We will shortly make an announcement about renewing our organisational commitment to working for the trans community. We have already started hiring. We know, and they know, that trans people are right at the cutting edge of fascism. What we can do we will do.

Many people will lose PIP welfare. I remind folks that PIP is not an out of work benefit it is solely and directly related to people’s needs. There is no purpose to these cuts except sanctioning Disabled people for being Disabled. These cuts are dangerous. They will affect you and your loved ones.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

Centers for Disease Control cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health in U.S

EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad

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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
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When the global community thinks what is happening in America doesn’t affect them I will simply present this one example for comment.

Masses of medical & scientific research is under threat. This will adversely impact much needed global data & studies that the world needs to advance healthcare.

Americans 504 is under attack and therefore so are your human rights but perhaps more importantly here is a thread on what you can do about it before you can’t do anything at all… www.linkedin.com/posts/rebecc...

#HumanRights #DisabledRightsAreHumanRights #Accessibility #AmericaHumanRights #ADA

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

After moving in here I’ve decided to practice what UR movement preaches - pacing and making more conscious choices on where we expel energy. For now I’ll be more active/vocal in our face-to-face communities. I will however re-share folk’s important insightful words + some key thoughts or drawings 🌱

Since I set up @artsemergency.bsky.social (not inc 2y piloting & discursively developing a project) FOUR people have signed up to our community EVERY DAY. That’s now 17,200 people over the past 12 years. 90% of our team & 100% of our trustee board would have been eligible for the project aged 16🧵

this is my first black history month working at a black-owned bookstore, and yesterday i was sitting at the desk feeling like i was missing something. but in fact i did not need to curate a bhm display bc over half our stock is black books. a surprising relief that i’m still processing

Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.

#BlackHistoryMonth

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

Did you know?

In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.