Tara Hulen
@thulen.bsky.social
Former journalist, retired due to disabling ME/CFS. I love cats, Halloween, Sidewalk Film Festival and Cinema, Lodge 49, Resident Alien, Evil (the TV show - not the upcoming nightmare) trying to stay sane.
@meactnet.bsky.social representing and advocating!
“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist @imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”
The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge
How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused
www.motherjones.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@meactnet.bsky.social representing and advocating!
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I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
July 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
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Hilary Marston was the Chief Medical Officer at FDA until today. In my experience, she was one of the folks most interested in helping people with #LongCOVID.
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
April 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hilary Marston was the Chief Medical Officer at FDA until today. In my experience, she was one of the folks most interested in helping people with #LongCOVID.
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
Between Marston and Marrazzo, it's a bloodbath for infection-associated chronic illness today. 🧪
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Great info! Exercise when you have ME/CFS is like trying to run on a broken leg.
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Great info! Exercise when you have ME/CFS is like trying to run on a broken leg.
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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open.substack.com/pub/insideme... So they’re erasing whole groups of people from governmental history and consideration. Y’all see what’s happening, right?
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
open.substack.com/pub/insideme... So they’re erasing whole groups of people from governmental history and consideration. Y’all see what’s happening, right?
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On Thursdays before 4pm, everyone gets Sidewalk Membership pricing with $8 matinee tickets, free coffee, and 10% off concessions. The film will have on-screen captions when made available by the distributor.
THURSDAY (1/30) at the Sidewalk Cinema, tickets available at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
THURSDAY (1/30) at the Sidewalk Cinema, tickets available at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
January 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On Thursdays before 4pm, everyone gets Sidewalk Membership pricing with $8 matinee tickets, free coffee, and 10% off concessions. The film will have on-screen captions when made available by the distributor.
THURSDAY (1/30) at the Sidewalk Cinema, tickets available at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
THURSDAY (1/30) at the Sidewalk Cinema, tickets available at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Outsiders loves to hate on Alabama, for good reasons. It breaks my heart daily. I’m in a nice blue bubble, or I’d go crazy. But y’all get ready for the Alabamaification of - everything.
Some personal news: The Whitmires are going to Washington. In January 2025, I start my new role as Washington watchdog columnist for @aldotcom.bsky.social. Forward ever! www.al.com/news/2024/11...
The Whitmires are going to Washington
Beginning in January 2025, Kyle Whitmire will serve as the Washington watchdog columnist for AL.com.
www.al.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Outsiders loves to hate on Alabama, for good reasons. It breaks my heart daily. I’m in a nice blue bubble, or I’d go crazy. But y’all get ready for the Alabamaification of - everything.