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Disabled Cat lady (she/her) • Voter Protection/Law/Policy • DISCO = DISability COmmunity • 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 ♿️ #ChronicPain #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Spoonie #TransRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabledLivesMatter
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Social Security Disability testimony today:
⚫️ In 2023, ore than 30,000 people died waiting for approval of their claims
⚫️ More than 1.2 million Americans are waiting for an “initial” decision on their disability claim
⚫️ Many of the 1.2 million have been waiting for more than a year.
⚫️ In 2023, ore than 30,000 people died waiting for approval of their claims
⚫️ More than 1.2 million Americans are waiting for an “initial” decision on their disability claim
⚫️ Many of the 1.2 million have been waiting for more than a year.
This is a very real thing 4 many ppl. If you need help w/SSDI, a few tips I learned along the way:
🔵 SSDI decisions are based on whether your symptoms substantially interfere w activities of daily living
🔵 They don’t assess what your condition is, but its symptoms/severity. 1/
#DisabiltyThreads 🧵
🔵 SSDI decisions are based on whether your symptoms substantially interfere w activities of daily living
🔵 They don’t assess what your condition is, but its symptoms/severity. 1/
#DisabiltyThreads 🧵
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An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
But his emails…
"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
But his emails…
The House is in session today. Guess what that means? The discharge petition will have 218 signatures. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Epstein
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
The House finally returns, and so do Trump's Epstein files problems | Opinion
Trump's political viability rests in the hands of a criminal who recruited and abused teenage girls so Jeffrey Epstein could exploit them.
www.usatoday.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The House is in session today. Guess what that means? The discharge petition will have 218 signatures. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein #ReleaseTheFiles #Epstein
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Please let us know if you’d like to add your/your org’s name! Time sensitive! 💜 #Disability #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 👇👇👇
1/We have a sign-on letter asking JB Pritzker to veto IL SB 1950, which legalizes #AssistedSuicide. If you’re willing to advocate your org’s name (regardless of where you are), pls let us know, & we’ll get in touch. You can also email us @ info@10MinutesADay.org. #DisabilityJustice
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Please let us know if you’d like to add your/your org’s name! Time sensitive! 💜 #Disability #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 👇👇👇
As Virgina Guiffre said, this shouldn’t be about how he died, but how he lived, & from multiple accounts, he destroyed the lives of countless girls & young women. We lost Virgina in April. That’s more important than how a predator died, imho. #BelieveSurvivors #Epstein
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
As Virgina Guiffre said, this shouldn’t be about how he died, but how he lived, & from multiple accounts, he destroyed the lives of countless girls & young women. We lost Virgina in April. That’s more important than how a predator died, imho. #BelieveSurvivors #Epstein
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s companions submitted a drawing in the book Maxwell put together that indicates people knew about the abuse & says, “What a great country.” It’s America’s turn to do the right thing for #Survivors. 💜
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #MeToo #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Resist
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #MeToo #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Resist
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s companions submitted a drawing in the book Maxwell put together that indicates people knew about the abuse & says, “What a great country.” It’s America’s turn to do the right thing for #Survivors. 💜
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #MeToo #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Resist
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #MeToo #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Resist
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Please help oppose SB 1950, a dangerous bill that would harm the #disability community & which was opposed by the disability rights orgs & community. The largest national minority shouldn’t go unheard. This bill greatly hurts efforts towards #DisabilityJustice. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilitySky 💜 👇
Around 3 AM on 11/1, Illinois passed an assisted suicide bill, SB 1950. We need support to ask @jbpritzker.bsky.social to veto it. #Disability orgs & advocates all opposed the bill but were unheard.
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
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November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Please help oppose SB 1950, a dangerous bill that would harm the #disability community & which was opposed by the disability rights orgs & community. The largest national minority shouldn’t go unheard. This bill greatly hurts efforts towards #DisabilityJustice. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilitySky 💜 👇
Please help oppose SB 1950, a dangerous bill that would harm the #disability community & which was opposed by the disability rights orgs & community. The largest national minority shouldn’t go unheard. This bill greatly hurts efforts towards #DisabilityJustice. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilitySky 💜 👇
Around 3 AM on 11/1, Illinois passed an assisted suicide bill, SB 1950. We need support to ask @jbpritzker.bsky.social to veto it. #Disability orgs & advocates all opposed the bill but were unheard.
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
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www.10MinutesADay.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Please help oppose SB 1950, a dangerous bill that would harm the #disability community & which was opposed by the disability rights orgs & community. The largest national minority shouldn’t go unheard. This bill greatly hurts efforts towards #DisabilityJustice. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilitySky 💜 👇
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Around 3 AM on 11/1, Illinois passed an assisted suicide bill, SB 1950. We need support to ask @jbpritzker.bsky.social to veto it. #Disability orgs & advocates all opposed the bill but were unheard.
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
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www.10MinutesADay.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Around 3 AM on 11/1, Illinois passed an assisted suicide bill, SB 1950. We need support to ask @jbpritzker.bsky.social to veto it. #Disability orgs & advocates all opposed the bill but were unheard.
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
You can read more about it on our blog. #AssistedSuicide #DisabilityJustice 💜
Take action here👇
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If you’d like to read more about why IL’s & other #AssistedSuicide bills harm the #Disability community, visit the link below. #DisabiltyJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky 💜
Action Alert: The End-Of-Life Options Act in Illinois
On Friday, October 31, 2025, no treats were given by the Illinois legislature to the disability community—around 3:00 am, they voted to pass SB 1950, the "End of Life Options Act," an assisted s...
www.10minutesaday.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If you’d like to read more about why IL’s & other #AssistedSuicide bills harm the #Disability community, visit the link below. #DisabiltyJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky 💜
There’s also only so far you can “stretch” food stamps that, on average, provide $187/month to recipients. That’s less than $7 a day. Food prices are also on the rise, & it’s a little late to suddenly tell ppl who may have spent their previous balances to “stretch” more. #SNAP #Resist #FoodStamps
A lot of people are sharing articles about how to stretch your food budget or cook like our grandparents did to survive.
Our grandparents lived through the Great Depression.
If we’re having to resort to what they did… things are much worse than folks are willing to admit.
Our grandparents lived through the Great Depression.
If we’re having to resort to what they did… things are much worse than folks are willing to admit.
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There’s also only so far you can “stretch” food stamps that, on average, provide $187/month to recipients. That’s less than $7 a day. Food prices are also on the rise, & it’s a little late to suddenly tell ppl who may have spent their previous balances to “stretch” more. #SNAP #Resist #FoodStamps
@10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social are putting together a zine that covers voting tips for the #disability community. If you’re a disabled #artist & would like to help illustrate it, please get in touch below! #DisabilityJustice #VoteThemOut 💜💙👇👇👇
Are you a disabled artist? We’re looking for some members of the #disability community who’d like to help illustrate a zine about voting tips for disabled folks. If you’re interested, please reach out! #DIsabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky 💜💙
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social are putting together a zine that covers voting tips for the #disability community. If you’re a disabled #artist & would like to help illustrate it, please get in touch below! #DisabilityJustice #VoteThemOut 💜💙👇👇👇
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Seeing a severe lack of masks at the #NoKings rallies. Highly disappointing. I was hoping to possibly make it out for the next one, but it'll be flu season plus covid, measles, etc. Looks like we're still struggling on the "all people" portion of "Until all people are free, no one is." #disability
October 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Seeing a severe lack of masks at the #NoKings rallies. Highly disappointing. I was hoping to possibly make it out for the next one, but it'll be flu season plus covid, measles, etc. Looks like we're still struggling on the "all people" portion of "Until all people are free, no one is." #disability
Dr Oz says the US is “under babied”
Kennedy says declining birth rates are a national security threat
Neither will do a damn thing to control measles and infectious diseases that are disabling & killing kids
Neither will address gun violence which takes the lives of countless kids every year
Kennedy says declining birth rates are a national security threat
Neither will do a damn thing to control measles and infectious diseases that are disabling & killing kids
Neither will address gun violence which takes the lives of countless kids every year
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Block Club Chicago has launched a new WhatsApp Channel to keep residents up to date on ICE activity, migrant coverage, & breaking immigration news.
The newsroom will share weekday recaps & real-time alerts directly to subscribers’ phones. Sign up today! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...
The newsroom will share weekday recaps & real-time alerts directly to subscribers’ phones. Sign up today! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...
Block Club Chicago Launches WhatsApp Channel Focused On Chicago Immigration News
Block Club’s new WhatsApp Channel delivers ICE updates, migrant coverage and breaking immigration news straight to readers’ phones.
blockclubchicago.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Block Club Chicago has launched a new WhatsApp Channel to keep residents up to date on ICE activity, migrant coverage, & breaking immigration news.
The newsroom will share weekday recaps & real-time alerts directly to subscribers’ phones. Sign up today! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...
The newsroom will share weekday recaps & real-time alerts directly to subscribers’ phones. Sign up today! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/b...
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2/2 We’re hosting a virtual option
focused on the #Disabillity community for #NoKings tomorrow. Join us if you’d like support or just to be with other resisters. 💜💙
focused on the #Disabillity community for #NoKings tomorrow. Join us if you’d like support or just to be with other resisters. 💜💙
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
diyabled.us14.list-manage.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
2/2 We’re hosting a virtual option
focused on the #Disabillity community for #NoKings tomorrow. Join us if you’d like support or just to be with other resisters. 💜💙
focused on the #Disabillity community for #NoKings tomorrow. Join us if you’d like support or just to be with other resisters. 💜💙
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Agricultural secretary says that SNAP benefits will run out before November. These are the consequences of the Senate GOP and Donald Trump not negotiating for millions of people who depend on the ACA. They simply don’t care if people don’t get their healthcare or STARVE!
rollcall.com/2025/10/16/u...
rollcall.com/2025/10/16/u...
USDA's Rollins says food stamp funding to dry up in two weeks - Roll Call
Nearly 42 million people could be left without monthly food benefits if the federal government doesn't reopen before funding runs out.
rollcall.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Agricultural secretary says that SNAP benefits will run out before November. These are the consequences of the Senate GOP and Donald Trump not negotiating for millions of people who depend on the ACA. They simply don’t care if people don’t get their healthcare or STARVE!
rollcall.com/2025/10/16/u...
rollcall.com/2025/10/16/u...
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It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
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If you’re looking for a virtual #NoKings event, here’s one focused on the #disability community with the registration link! 💜💙 #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain 👇
Don’t miss the #NoKings event we’re sponsoring with @diyabled.bsky.social! It’s virtual &
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
diyabled.us14.list-manage.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you’re looking for a virtual #NoKings event, here’s one focused on the #disability community with the registration link! 💜💙 #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain 👇
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Donald Trump Has:
1) 💰 for White House GOLD
2) 💰 to BUILD a White House Ballroom
3) $40B to BAIL OUT Argentina
4) 💰 for security details 🏌️🏌️
5) 💰 to shoot down QUESTIONABLE boats?
BUT
1)NO money for ACA Subsidies
2) NO money for SNAP in November
1) NO money for 100+ INFRASTRUCTURE projects
GOT IT!
1) 💰 for White House GOLD
2) 💰 to BUILD a White House Ballroom
3) $40B to BAIL OUT Argentina
4) 💰 for security details 🏌️🏌️
5) 💰 to shoot down QUESTIONABLE boats?
BUT
1)NO money for ACA Subsidies
2) NO money for SNAP in November
1) NO money for 100+ INFRASTRUCTURE projects
GOT IT!
October 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Donald Trump Has:
1) 💰 for White House GOLD
2) 💰 to BUILD a White House Ballroom
3) $40B to BAIL OUT Argentina
4) 💰 for security details 🏌️🏌️
5) 💰 to shoot down QUESTIONABLE boats?
BUT
1)NO money for ACA Subsidies
2) NO money for SNAP in November
1) NO money for 100+ INFRASTRUCTURE projects
GOT IT!
1) 💰 for White House GOLD
2) 💰 to BUILD a White House Ballroom
3) $40B to BAIL OUT Argentina
4) 💰 for security details 🏌️🏌️
5) 💰 to shoot down QUESTIONABLE boats?
BUT
1)NO money for ACA Subsidies
2) NO money for SNAP in November
1) NO money for 100+ INFRASTRUCTURE projects
GOT IT!
If you’re looking for a virtual #NoKings event, here’s one focused on the #disability community with the registration link! 💜💙 #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain 👇
Don’t miss the #NoKings event we’re sponsoring with @diyabled.bsky.social! It’s virtual &
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
diyabled.us14.list-manage.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you’re looking for a virtual #NoKings event, here’s one focused on the #disability community with the registration link! 💜💙 #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain 👇
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Don’t miss the #NoKings event we’re sponsoring with @diyabled.bsky.social! It’s virtual &
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual No Kings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
diyabled.us14.list-manage.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Don’t miss the #NoKings event we’re sponsoring with @diyabled.bsky.social! It’s virtual &
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
a chance for the #disabilty community to hang out! Hope to be there with you tomorrow! 💜💙
Zoom registration link;
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My grandma is ANTIFA.
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My grandma is ANTIFA.
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I was grateful to get to talk about one of my biggest passions: the intersection of journalism and accessibility! Thanks, @equalaccesspublicmedia.org! And shout-out to @trustingnews.bsky.social, who is is mentioned in this!
#PartyLikeAJournalist #A11y #Accessibility
#PartyLikeAJournalist #A11y #Accessibility
Today in The Word: Is accessibility the key to rebuilding trust in news? Our reporter talks to @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social of @a11yawareness.bsky.social and @kattenbarge.bsky.social of @spitfirenews.com.
Journalism’s overlooked key to public trust - EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide
Accessibility rebuilds broken bonds with news audiences while bringing new engagement
eapmstyleguide.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was grateful to get to talk about one of my biggest passions: the intersection of journalism and accessibility! Thanks, @equalaccesspublicmedia.org! And shout-out to @trustingnews.bsky.social, who is is mentioned in this!
#PartyLikeAJournalist #A11y #Accessibility
#PartyLikeAJournalist #A11y #Accessibility