Lorien
@oakandash.bsky.social
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Poverty and disability often go together.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Poverty and disability often go together.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
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nobody ask me about whatever trump said about autism I will just direct you to read neurotribes and @ericmgarcia.bsky.social’s book we’re not broken and to follow @slooterman.bsky.social @juliametraux.bsky.social as well
I invite you not to waste your time with it either unless you have to
I invite you not to waste your time with it either unless you have to
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
nobody ask me about whatever trump said about autism I will just direct you to read neurotribes and @ericmgarcia.bsky.social’s book we’re not broken and to follow @slooterman.bsky.social @juliametraux.bsky.social as well
I invite you not to waste your time with it either unless you have to
I invite you not to waste your time with it either unless you have to
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#Healthcare
Call Congress, 202-224-3121 for the next CR cycle. Community Health Centers are on the edge too.
For @resist.bot here’s a handy petition to sign by texting ‘sign PFCLQT’ to 50409. Or write your own!
resist.bot/petitions/PF...
Call Congress, 202-224-3121 for the next CR cycle. Community Health Centers are on the edge too.
For @resist.bot here’s a handy petition to sign by texting ‘sign PFCLQT’ to 50409. Or write your own!
resist.bot/petitions/PF...
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#Healthcare
Call Congress, 202-224-3121 for the next CR cycle. Community Health Centers are on the edge too.
For @resist.bot here’s a handy petition to sign by texting ‘sign PFCLQT’ to 50409. Or write your own!
resist.bot/petitions/PF...
Call Congress, 202-224-3121 for the next CR cycle. Community Health Centers are on the edge too.
For @resist.bot here’s a handy petition to sign by texting ‘sign PFCLQT’ to 50409. Or write your own!
resist.bot/petitions/PF...
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some thoughts on Newsom:
1. the reason I am desperate for Literally Anyone Else to be the standard bearer is specifically his stance on trans rights - he's been bad on other issues, like homelessness, but I really worry he'll lead the Dems towards Labour if he's the guy in charge
1. the reason I am desperate for Literally Anyone Else to be the standard bearer is specifically his stance on trans rights - he's been bad on other issues, like homelessness, but I really worry he'll lead the Dems towards Labour if he's the guy in charge
August 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
some thoughts on Newsom:
1. the reason I am desperate for Literally Anyone Else to be the standard bearer is specifically his stance on trans rights - he's been bad on other issues, like homelessness, but I really worry he'll lead the Dems towards Labour if he's the guy in charge
1. the reason I am desperate for Literally Anyone Else to be the standard bearer is specifically his stance on trans rights - he's been bad on other issues, like homelessness, but I really worry he'll lead the Dems towards Labour if he's the guy in charge
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As of right now, House Republicans don’t have enough votes to pass Trump’s Tax Scam that would gut Medicaid to give billionaires more tax cuts.
Keep calling GOP representatives: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Join a phonebank to contact voters in key GOP districts: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
Keep calling GOP representatives: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Join a phonebank to contact voters in key GOP districts: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As of right now, House Republicans don’t have enough votes to pass Trump’s Tax Scam that would gut Medicaid to give billionaires more tax cuts.
Keep calling GOP representatives: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Join a phonebank to contact voters in key GOP districts: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
Keep calling GOP representatives: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Join a phonebank to contact voters in key GOP districts: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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🚨NEVER FORGET: The House is capable of stopping the bill now. It’s time to turn our attention to our house representatives. Please call 202-224-3121 & tell them to vote: No! We all must call so this bill does NOT pass.
July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚨NEVER FORGET: The House is capable of stopping the bill now. It’s time to turn our attention to our house representatives. Please call 202-224-3121 & tell them to vote: No! We all must call so this bill does NOT pass.
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I am just a microscopist with social anxiety. But seeing #Covid impact on the brain through the lenses of the microscope has affected me. It’s hard not to feel for the millions sick everywhere.
Below is a 2021 video about our research. Can we please keep talking about #LongCovid?
Below is a 2021 video about our research. Can we please keep talking about #LongCovid?
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I am just a microscopist with social anxiety. But seeing #Covid impact on the brain through the lenses of the microscope has affected me. It’s hard not to feel for the millions sick everywhere.
Below is a 2021 video about our research. Can we please keep talking about #LongCovid?
Below is a 2021 video about our research. Can we please keep talking about #LongCovid?
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hi, cis folks!
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
June 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
hi, cis folks!
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
the senate budget bill is out & this version still contains a prohibition against lifesaving trans healthcare for medicaid/CHIP—that's 275,000 people!
if you're willing to stand with trans folks, please call your senators—no matter who. follow the thread for context & scripts.🧵
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One big one is to submit a public comment by Monday morning about the DOE’s move to remove accessibility requirements in public buildings.
This massive violation of the ADA and disability rights has flown under the radar.
Please share far & wide and let’s make sure they hear our voice!
This massive violation of the ADA and disability rights has flown under the radar.
Please share far & wide and let’s make sure they hear our voice!
Urgent community action needed by Monday!
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
“DOE wants to remove 12 civil rights rules. Part of these are disability access protections. They say the rules are unnecessary & outdated”
This will mean buildings aren’t accessible to disabled people. Another step towards eliminating us from society
Speak Up Now: Protect Disability Access Rights!
Deadline to submit public comment is June 16th!
nacdd.quorum.us
June 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
One big one is to submit a public comment by Monday morning about the DOE’s move to remove accessibility requirements in public buildings.
This massive violation of the ADA and disability rights has flown under the radar.
Please share far & wide and let’s make sure they hear our voice!
This massive violation of the ADA and disability rights has flown under the radar.
Please share far & wide and let’s make sure they hear our voice!
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Roger Foley has been speaking out about coercion within Canada's MAiD (medical assistance in dying) program for years.
He's been pushed to access it, despite repeatedly telling hospital staff he doesn't want to die.
He's had his accommodation for special lighting removed. Food & water restricted:
He's been pushed to access it, despite repeatedly telling hospital staff he doesn't want to die.
He's had his accommodation for special lighting removed. Food & water restricted:
Brother Of Disabled Man To Canadian Hospital: He Is ‘Dying In Front Of You’
The brother of a disabled Canadian man is pleading with his hospital – which pushed euthanasia and cut off food and water.
dallasexpress.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Roger Foley has been speaking out about coercion within Canada's MAiD (medical assistance in dying) program for years.
He's been pushed to access it, despite repeatedly telling hospital staff he doesn't want to die.
He's had his accommodation for special lighting removed. Food & water restricted:
He's been pushed to access it, despite repeatedly telling hospital staff he doesn't want to die.
He's had his accommodation for special lighting removed. Food & water restricted:
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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
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now is the time for universities to announce that they collectively will not disenroll any international student who has their visa revoked, and that they will ensure remote degree completion is possible
May 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
now is the time for universities to announce that they collectively will not disenroll any international student who has their visa revoked, and that they will ensure remote degree completion is possible
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stop writing that he’s leaving DOGE without mentioning that just a few days ago the solicitor general told the United States Supreme Court that he is not part of DOGE
Editors, please assign a deep dive piece on the grave damage musk & doge have done to the United States, rather than how he’s feeling about it.
May 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
stop writing that he’s leaving DOGE without mentioning that just a few days ago the solicitor general told the United States Supreme Court that he is not part of DOGE
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A doctor in France administered lethal doses of morphine plus a benzodiazepine to a disabled patient who had NOT requested euthanasia.
This is not only eugenics, it’s murder.
This is not only eugenics, it’s murder.
The case is barely covered here. Sorry, I only have sources in French. Joel, the patient with Down syndrome, did not ask for euthanasia nor his family. He was due to get out of the hospital soon : france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/nouvelle-aqu...
Médecin visé par une enquête pour homicide à Angoulême : ce que dit le rapport accablant sur un décès "consécutif à un acte volontaire"
Un médecin du Centre hospitalier d'Angoulême est visé par une enquête pour homicide volontaire sur un patient atteint de trisomie 21. Selon le rapport d'expertise médicale, le décès du patient est dû ...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
May 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A doctor in France administered lethal doses of morphine plus a benzodiazepine to a disabled patient who had NOT requested euthanasia.
This is not only eugenics, it’s murder.
This is not only eugenics, it’s murder.
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Make America Sick and Diseased @altcdc.altgov.info @alt-hhs.altgov.info
Holy crap. The CDC has stopped telling us about disease outbreaks. Here’s why that’s terrifying.
(Article linked in thread.)
#cdc
(Article linked in thread.)
#cdc
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Make America Sick and Diseased @altcdc.altgov.info @alt-hhs.altgov.info
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Can't protest in person? Can't stop shopping from Amazon? There are endless ways you can actively resist the Tr*mp regime. Your contribution is needed. Your contribution matters. We need you.
There are endless ways to resist authoritarianism. You get to choose the ones that work for you.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can't protest in person? Can't stop shopping from Amazon? There are endless ways you can actively resist the Tr*mp regime. Your contribution is needed. Your contribution matters. We need you.
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Constant reminder that preaching about getting off the internet ignores the thousands of people running around unmasked has consigned here.
It’s great that YOU feel better out in “the real world”, but don’t pretend it’s something everyone can do and the only way to be.
It’s great that YOU feel better out in “the real world”, but don’t pretend it’s something everyone can do and the only way to be.
May 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Constant reminder that preaching about getting off the internet ignores the thousands of people running around unmasked has consigned here.
It’s great that YOU feel better out in “the real world”, but don’t pretend it’s something everyone can do and the only way to be.
It’s great that YOU feel better out in “the real world”, but don’t pretend it’s something everyone can do and the only way to be.
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Deportation for honking his horn at an undercover ICE officer
May 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Deportation for honking his horn at an undercover ICE officer
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I'm seeing a lot of people announce they're leaving the country if habeas corpus is indeed suspended. That's understandable, especially for racialized, disabled, and trans people. But leaving is a privilege most people don't have.
May 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm seeing a lot of people announce they're leaving the country if habeas corpus is indeed suspended. That's understandable, especially for racialized, disabled, and trans people. But leaving is a privilege most people don't have.
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A 66 year old quadriplegic man died via MAiD (Assisted Dying) after being neglected for 4 days in a Quebec ER
His advocate was threatened with removal because she was fighting to get him a mattress to prevent sores
A second patient at the same hospital ended up on Palliative care due to bedsores
His advocate was threatened with removal because she was fighting to get him a mattress to prevent sores
A second patient at the same hospital ended up on Palliative care due to bedsores
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May 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A 66 year old quadriplegic man died via MAiD (Assisted Dying) after being neglected for 4 days in a Quebec ER
His advocate was threatened with removal because she was fighting to get him a mattress to prevent sores
A second patient at the same hospital ended up on Palliative care due to bedsores
His advocate was threatened with removal because she was fighting to get him a mattress to prevent sores
A second patient at the same hospital ended up on Palliative care due to bedsores
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We're going to hear lots of talk about comfort and convenience as the tariffs hit. Remember, an instant pot or a microwave might look like a convenience to some clueless politician, but for a parent it's a fundamental tool to cope with a world that doesn't afford them time to do anything but work.
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We're going to hear lots of talk about comfort and convenience as the tariffs hit. Remember, an instant pot or a microwave might look like a convenience to some clueless politician, but for a parent it's a fundamental tool to cope with a world that doesn't afford them time to do anything but work.
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To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
May 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
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I EP’d "Pretty Gay" for 2 reasons: 1) out of love for my friend Catherine; 2) to see if the Dropout model was replicable on a smaller scale. After 21 episodes, it's now successful enough that Catherine can make it her FT job. 🤗
Season 3 premieres May 7, only on Patreon.
Season 3 premieres May 7, only on Patreon.
April 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I EP’d "Pretty Gay" for 2 reasons: 1) out of love for my friend Catherine; 2) to see if the Dropout model was replicable on a smaller scale. After 21 episodes, it's now successful enough that Catherine can make it her FT job. 🤗
Season 3 premieres May 7, only on Patreon.
Season 3 premieres May 7, only on Patreon.
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If you're in California, here's a bill to protect your legal right to wear a mask.
These bills need our support. Mask bans pose a threat to public health, but they also encourage ableism and discrimination.
Everyone needs the legal right to keep themselves and their families safe.
These bills need our support. Mask bans pose a threat to public health, but they also encourage ableism and discrimination.
Everyone needs the legal right to keep themselves and their families safe.
April 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If you're in California, here's a bill to protect your legal right to wear a mask.
These bills need our support. Mask bans pose a threat to public health, but they also encourage ableism and discrimination.
Everyone needs the legal right to keep themselves and their families safe.
These bills need our support. Mask bans pose a threat to public health, but they also encourage ableism and discrimination.
Everyone needs the legal right to keep themselves and their families safe.