Fruit Bat
@mansim.bsky.social
Gujarati, Tangata Tiriti, trying to be a good ancestor.
Lover of plants, stories and social justice.
She/they.
Smaller than you think.
Lover of plants, stories and social justice.
She/they.
Smaller than you think.
Reposted by Fruit Bat
Question for all of us to ponder: how do we balance hitting home the reality of a mass disabling event with the fact that the tactics to hit home are all based in a “loss” or “deficit” framing? Is it possible to make people see the seriousness of it without ableist framings?
This was a heartbreaking story to work on: New data from reveals the crushing burden of Long Covid in NZ.
Reading testimonies is like reading obituaries. LC patients describe their lives in the past tense, because the lives they used to have are now gone.
newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/17/t...
Reading testimonies is like reading obituaries. LC patients describe their lives in the past tense, because the lives they used to have are now gone.
newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/17/t...
'This isn't a life': The crushing burden of Long Covid
The first authoritative NZ research reveals the heartbreaking impact of the Long Covid illness on patients' lives
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2023 at 7:47 PM
Question for all of us to ponder: how do we balance hitting home the reality of a mass disabling event with the fact that the tactics to hit home are all based in a “loss” or “deficit” framing? Is it possible to make people see the seriousness of it without ableist framings?
Reposted by Fruit Bat
"Two wheelers like e-bikes and electric mopeds] are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport" theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric ...
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2023 at 8:51 PM
"Two wheelers like e-bikes and electric mopeds] are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport" theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
Hard to shake the sense that this election was bought, not won.
October 15, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Hard to shake the sense that this election was bought, not won.