I can't stress this enough: if someone takes their own life because of fear of legal repression or criminalization, they are a victim of the state. Deaths of despair are social murder, a direct result of having a society that isn't designed to care for the needs of the people in it.
May 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I can't stress this enough: if someone takes their own life because of fear of legal repression or criminalization, they are a victim of the state. Deaths of despair are social murder, a direct result of having a society that isn't designed to care for the needs of the people in it.
Reasons why unhoused people "decline shelter," based on my experiences working in the shelter and harm reduction realms for several years, a thread:
- the shelter is not safe for them due to race, gender, sexuality, ability/health, trauma, language, creed, age, affiliation, etc.
(cont'd)
- the shelter is not safe for them due to race, gender, sexuality, ability/health, trauma, language, creed, age, affiliation, etc.
(cont'd)
May 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reasons why unhoused people "decline shelter," based on my experiences working in the shelter and harm reduction realms for several years, a thread:
- the shelter is not safe for them due to race, gender, sexuality, ability/health, trauma, language, creed, age, affiliation, etc.
(cont'd)
- the shelter is not safe for them due to race, gender, sexuality, ability/health, trauma, language, creed, age, affiliation, etc.
(cont'd)
Reposted by Arnold Snarb
if i see one more cis liberal saying shit like "wouldnt it be soooooo funny if the VERY passing trannies used the WRONG bathroom lol!" i'm going to start doing some very unwise things
November 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
if i see one more cis liberal saying shit like "wouldnt it be soooooo funny if the VERY passing trannies used the WRONG bathroom lol!" i'm going to start doing some very unwise things
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"One morning, the weight of the genocidal war and displacement gets hold of me, and I get angry at everything and everyone around me. With the unraveling of the rage that has been pent up inside me for far too long, I stop recognizing myself."
Read: arablit.org/2024/11/21/6...
Read: arablit.org/2024/11/21/6...
New Poetry by Shaimaa Abulebda
By Shaimaa Abulebda It’s winter, and I am counting down to Ramadan. The nights are long and cold in the crowded tent, away from home. One morning, the weight of the genocidal war and displacement g…
arablit.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:55 AM
"One morning, the weight of the genocidal war and displacement gets hold of me, and I get angry at everything and everyone around me. With the unraveling of the rage that has been pent up inside me for far too long, I stop recognizing myself."
Read: arablit.org/2024/11/21/6...
Read: arablit.org/2024/11/21/6...
Reposted by Arnold Snarb
Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
just here to see how "blocks are public" unfolds, really.
November 18, 2024 at 11:19 PM
just here to see how "blocks are public" unfolds, really.