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Why We’re Running a Series About Access Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.

To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...

Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.

Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.

As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/

Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover

thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

If you're going to volunteer at a food bank because of the current times, please consider wearing a mask when helping distributing food. Even if they're not wearing a mask themselves, poor people have enough to deal with right now, getting an infectious disease just adds to the burden.

the correct response to scaremongering about trans kids in sports is:
1) kids should be able to play sports with their friends
2) you want the government inspecting yr kid’s genitals? asking for chromosome and hormone tests? seems messed up!
3) sports governing bodies also already figured this out

Appreciate these thoughts from one of the top researchers in the country on this broad topic!

The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

While preventing kids from allegedly harmful content online sounds like a great idea in theory, these laws set the stage for authoritarian censorship, violate young people’s core civil liberties, forcibly expose users to significant privacy risks and utterly fail at their goal of “protecting kids”

Unpacking the MAHA mirage: Trump guts healthcare while preaching wellness "They're moving us back almost into the Dark Ages."

“Health is wealth” is a popular saying among MAHA influencers. But the reality in the US, especially after the Trump administration's devastating cuts, is the inverse: Wealth is health.

“They’re moving us back almost into the Dark Ages."

A trip to IKEA destroyed my life, or, #millionsmissing and the moral corruption of normalcy “I think you need to send that feedback to Ikea.”

"A return to the normalcy of 2019 is a death cult, a fever dream—it is not a sustainable option for anyone in this ongoing pandemic. Disabled or not, those who aren’t taking precautions against COVID infection are living on borrowed time." thisisrachel.substack.com/p/a-trip-to-...

Pokemon Go but for learning your neighbors' names

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

A purple and teal ombre image has blue text that says: “People with HIV may be at higher risk of Long COVID. Here’s what we know.” Below this a blue oval text box has white text that says: “HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day #HLTSAD.” The footer reads, "Long COVID Essentials, www.tiny.cc/LCE. A series by The Sick Times x Long COVID Justice."

Today is HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (#HLTSAD), and we’re sharing some resources on #LongCOVID for people living with #HIV:

www.longcovidjustice.org/hiv-lc-risk

This resource comes from our Long COVID Essentials series, produced in collaboration with
@thesicktimes.bsky.social

Hi! I specialize in medication toxicity. All available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.

Mortality rates:

Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K

Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)

you guys are being very cynical about this but the real explanation is that bears and Bigfoot are buddies. They like to hang out and do stuff together

My outfit is good today

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Good morning, Taylor I'm a reporter with the New York Post. I plan on writing up a summary of your comments recently about Biden and his cancer diagnosis. There is a harsh backlash against you online and I wanted to see if you wanted to give a statement in response. Thanks Ariel Zilber

Hi Ariel, absolutely! Can you please include the below comment in full? Joe Biden is a war criminal who personally sanctioned the genocide of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians, including countless cancer patients. Gaza's only cancer hospital has been shut down for over a year. There are nearly 10,000 cancer patients in Gaza with zero access to treatment or chemotherapy. Biden is responsible for at least nearly 1 million deaths from Covid and kicked millions, including cancer patients, off healthcare amidst a raging pandemic. He forced people back to work with no labor protections. Covid itself has been linked to cancer. My sympathies will always lie with the innocent people Biden has killed and disabled, not the genocidal war monger sanctioning their deaths.

Let’s see if the NY Post actually includes my statement this time!

Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare The former vice president released an ad invoking family tragedy and attacking rivals who have plans to ensure everyone has access to healthcare.

Good read on one of many vile things Joe Biden did as president. Hell is not hot enough for him imo.

You're so brave omg

Just reread the OG hunger games trilogy I love Katniss 💓

Party 4 u

guy who thinks the Protect The Dolls shirts are about tariffs

Yup, and it's so hard to get liberals/leftists to see how their embrace of Covid denialism is directly connected to things like losing cancer therapies. Reminder that Covid/the pandemic never ended, Biden lied to the public to force ppl back to work. Mask up and fight for public health!

a photograph of a cat, overlaid with the words: "stop using chatgpt i can also give you misinformation and i'm beautiful"

i'm mostly not out here just to repost memes, but this is in fact a photograph of me soooo

They're also racist, and another way to incarcerate Black people for wearing facial coverings. It's why so many of the mask bans are in Black cities: Washington, D.C., criminalized face coverings for people over the age of 16.

Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.

If you're not masking and pretending the ongoing Covid pandemic is over, kindly shut the fuck up about vaccine hesitancy and vax rates. You are the one contributing to the problem and helping to dismantle public health! @juliadoubleday.bsky.social outlines it all very well here:

abolishing ICE should be the normie consensus position