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We offered a virtual #HandsOff protest, which was organized by #ChronicPain patients in the #Diasability community & will keep it up for these reasons. More info from @10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social ! 💜 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For some disabled protestors, “Hands Off” went virtual
"We know we have to teach everyone how to include us."
www.motherjones.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We offered a virtual #HandsOff protest, which was organized by #ChronicPain patients in the #Diasability community & will keep it up for these reasons. More info from @10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social ! 💜 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Ableism is so pervasive & normalized that we have so called leftists attacking disabled people for being unable to protest. Telling them the stakes are “too high to stay home”
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
April 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Ableism is so pervasive & normalized that we have so called leftists attacking disabled people for being unable to protest. Telling them the stakes are “too high to stay home”
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
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hi, cis folks!
the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it'd strip care from DACA recipients, too.
context & guidance in the thread. do it while you’re still fired up from/about protests.
only 4.5 days left!
the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it'd strip care from DACA recipients, too.
context & guidance in the thread. do it while you’re still fired up from/about protests.
only 4.5 days left!
hi, cis folks!
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
April 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
hi, cis folks!
the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it'd strip care from DACA recipients, too.
context & guidance in the thread. do it while you’re still fired up from/about protests.
only 4.5 days left!
the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it'd strip care from DACA recipients, too.
context & guidance in the thread. do it while you’re still fired up from/about protests.
only 4.5 days left!
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“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
Among cuts at HHS: most of the workers at NIOSH, incl Pittsburgh national lab that approves and ensures continued quality of respirators - N95s + breathing devices for firefighters, miners, people working w chemicals, construction dust. “Nothing is happening to make sure they continue to be safe”
On Elon Musk and RFKjr's devastation of NIOSH:
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
"It’s a small thing, but it’s massive in terms of its impact and its importance,” said John McDonough, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “And they’ve just wiped it off the face of the Earth.” @megtirrell.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
February 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Updates on information added to the Resource Hub Webpage, which shares links to info and resources for Americans wanting to leave the US (including specific 2SLGBTQ+ resources, and trans and non-binary specific resources) are going to be shared on this profile. transresources4.wordpress.com
Resource Hub for 2SLGBTQ+ Americans
Guide and links to resources on Asylum, Border Crossing, Mutual Aid, and Trans Specific supports
transresources4.wordpress.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Updates on information added to the Resource Hub Webpage, which shares links to info and resources for Americans wanting to leave the US (including specific 2SLGBTQ+ resources, and trans and non-binary specific resources) are going to be shared on this profile. transresources4.wordpress.com
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There is literally no reason to dismantle workplace and education protections for disabilities unless you hate seeing disabled people exist. #Save504
February 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
There is literally no reason to dismantle workplace and education protections for disabilities unless you hate seeing disabled people exist. #Save504
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This is why Deaf communities tried to tell NAD. 🤷🏾♂️ www.axios.com/2025/02/08/a...
February 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why Deaf communities tried to tell NAD. 🤷🏾♂️ www.axios.com/2025/02/08/a...
February 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Own DVDs. Own Vinyl. Own CDs. Own books. Own maps. Own ART!!
We are in an era of digital streamed media that can be cut off at any moment. We need to start storing off-grid hard copies of EVERYTHING. Hardly anyone under the age of 40 owns anything anymore. Backup whatever you can and protect it.
We are in an era of digital streamed media that can be cut off at any moment. We need to start storing off-grid hard copies of EVERYTHING. Hardly anyone under the age of 40 owns anything anymore. Backup whatever you can and protect it.
February 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Own DVDs. Own Vinyl. Own CDs. Own books. Own maps. Own ART!!
We are in an era of digital streamed media that can be cut off at any moment. We need to start storing off-grid hard copies of EVERYTHING. Hardly anyone under the age of 40 owns anything anymore. Backup whatever you can and protect it.
We are in an era of digital streamed media that can be cut off at any moment. We need to start storing off-grid hard copies of EVERYTHING. Hardly anyone under the age of 40 owns anything anymore. Backup whatever you can and protect it.
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Someone asked me if I ever thought my platform would be so political, given that I started as a teacher.
This is me pre-Frazzled-social-media.
So…I definitely had a feeling!
This is me pre-Frazzled-social-media.
So…I definitely had a feeling!
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Someone asked me if I ever thought my platform would be so political, given that I started as a teacher.
This is me pre-Frazzled-social-media.
So…I definitely had a feeling!
This is me pre-Frazzled-social-media.
So…I definitely had a feeling!
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A reminder that fiction — books, film, games, what have you — is always political. The willful absence of “politics” in any work is itself a political choice and a political act. Who gets to tell (and sell) stories is political. It might be an undercurrent — covert, not overt. But it’s there.
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A reminder that fiction — books, film, games, what have you — is always political. The willful absence of “politics” in any work is itself a political choice and a political act. Who gets to tell (and sell) stories is political. It might be an undercurrent — covert, not overt. But it’s there.
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If you're wondering whether you should promote your book or your latest publication now with all the chaos, the answer is yes. We need your words. We need to flood the channels with art and literature. So go for it, friends.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you're wondering whether you should promote your book or your latest publication now with all the chaos, the answer is yes. We need your words. We need to flood the channels with art and literature. So go for it, friends.
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Happy birthday, Elmo! 🥳
Congratulations on your library card!
Congratulations on your library card!
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy birthday, Elmo! 🥳
Congratulations on your library card!
Congratulations on your library card!
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Multiple people have brought to my attention that sharing my content regarding updates to the CDC and FDA recalls on TikTok resulted in community guidelines violations for “misinformation”
February 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Multiple people have brought to my attention that sharing my content regarding updates to the CDC and FDA recalls on TikTok resulted in community guidelines violations for “misinformation”
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This is very scary. Please share this info in ASL widely so folks know their rights. youtu.be/1Q-fpFGqLes?...
February 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This is very scary. Please share this info in ASL widely so folks know their rights. youtu.be/1Q-fpFGqLes?...
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I cannot, during these horrific times, recommend enough the importance of making pockets of time to just do things that are not related to anything but the joy of being alive and playing. You need it. You do. It will keep you whole. Which we need. We need you whole.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I cannot, during these horrific times, recommend enough the importance of making pockets of time to just do things that are not related to anything but the joy of being alive and playing. You need it. You do. It will keep you whole. Which we need. We need you whole.