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There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

A blue flyer with a graphic of a man wearing a blue mask and shirt waving on the top left corner. The bottom right corner shows a woman in blue overalls and a mask reading a book. Text reads: Pandemic Processing A group therapy space for those navigating the ongoing pandemic. When: Wednesdays from 5:00-6:30 pm PST (starting January 15th through March 19th Fridays from 12:00-1:30pm PST (starting January 17th through March 21st) *Participants may join one group at a time Who: California residents who are still taking COVID precautions in their daily lives looking for support and connection. Facilitated by: Olivia Belknap, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT145716) Under the supervision of Lisa Gray (MFT44983) Details: 10 weekly sessions, held virtually on zoom 90 minutes long $55/session for full fee $30/session for reduced fee based on financial need If interested, fill out the attached form or, contact me at: oliviabelknaptherapy.com https://forms.gle/UVefLvPR7pjqHiGJ7

My next round of Pandemic Processing therapy groups are starting again soon, open to those in CA!

Be sure to fill out the interest form to secure your spot: forms.gle/UVefLvPR7pjq...

Forcibly displaced Palestinians in Gaza say their tents are "flooded with rain and sewage water" as Israel continues to violate the ceasefire by blocking the entry of temporary homes and tents.

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Title page of the 1892 pamphlet: "The Reason Why The Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition". The bottom indicates the address of one "Miss Ida B. Wells" at "128 S. Clark Street, CHicagil, Ill., USA"

Gorgeous black and white portrait of Ida B. Wells, with her hair in a lovely updo, wearing a blouse with ornate beading and matching earrings.

How did Ida B. Wells and other African Americans respond to historical erasure at the 1892 world exposition held in Chicago? They organized, wrote themselves back into the record, defied racist propaganda and educated the world about their collective achievements www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/pdf/ibwe...

Disability is the only minority group you can join at any time. No one asks for it or expects it, it just happens

It’s not a moral failing. You didn’t “deserve” it. Most people will experience disability at some point in their lives

So why do we treat disabled people so badly? 🧵

it’s really something to see supposed ~for the people mass movements push back on new admin’s harmful policies~ with so few masks

folks public health is only as good as the bodies thru which it is applied—no one’s doing it for you anymore.

if you don’t participate in prevention, it doesn’t work.

You should also be masking up to decrease your chances of getting sick & getting there sick 🙂😷

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🗣️🗣️🗣️

i repeat myself:

when we say “you can become disabled at any moment” it doesn’t just mean you could have an aneurysm, it also means the state could declare you “unfit”— in need of “reparent”ing— for things recently considered normal.

The VA has inactivated coursework in "Whistleblower Rights and Protections Policy Statement," per memo leaked to me

Hot take: If you are planning on seeking citizenship in another country, don’t get an official autism diagnosis. Whether or not the country says it will exclude you, in fine print, because of it, don’t give them the opportunity to disqualify you because of a disability. Ableism is global.

ACOG Endorsed The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.

The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC

This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now

#MedSky

www.acog.org/clinical/cli...

Just got back from a training on sexual victimization prevention, and it was brought up *once* that people with disabilities are much more likely to be victimized. When asked for specific resources for certain disabilities, there weren't any.

It's like we aren't worth learning how to protect.

I know why! I know why! Pick me!
(We’ve decided viruses are something we ignore, no matter how materially they affect our lives)

Is it just me, or is giving a shit about other people considered far left now?

Wish I knew somebody who was in one of the two halls of Congress right now.

I am sending my therapist a PDF of Chuck Schumer’s posts as a pre-read for our Wednesday session

simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.

And festering shame. How many people contributed to someone getting sick? Disabled? …

They need some narrative that lets them off the hook. It was the vaccine. It was preexisting conditions. It was anything but me. It’s China’s fault. It’s the lockdowns. It’s the masks.

Tim Walz

We could’ve had Tim 😭

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.

Workers are already struggling with workplaces that aren’t Covid safe. We’ve failed to upgrade air quality or install any other meaningful mitigations for an ongoing pandemic

This bill would be devastating for worker’s rights

(h/t: @the.language.nerds)

Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵

In my experiences as a human and as a therapist, I’ve learned there is a certain percentage of people who need to experience things firsthand before they truly understand what it’s like - words, warnings, other people’s experiences, etc just don’t get through.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.

This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.

JD Vance spearheaded a federal ban on mask mandates.

He said it was “a massive victory for personal freedom in this country.”

So wear a mask because JD doesn’t want you to.

Wear a mask to make them harder to ban.

Wear a mask as a form of community care, solidarity and resistance.

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

Thanks for sharing this!!!