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Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.

Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.

For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵

I'm applying for some more disability services. I put onto the application prefer email. I put I'm an AAC user. I put my relay number as well as my cell (which was required).

I had messages left on my cell phone telling me that if they can't get in contact with me in <x> days they'll close my case.

It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote.

🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨

Ableism teaches us to abandon each other.

Racism will disable you.
Transphobia will disable you.
Long COVID will disable you.
Genocide will disable you.
Climate change will disable you.

Do not obey when told to abandon the vulnerable.

Resistance & communities must be rooted in disability justice.

My painting COASTAL POPPIES

Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants

the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever

they aren’t going into universities’ endowments

they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research

Max the Cockapoo! Smiling and wagging his tail! Candidate for cutest dog. Also loves you.

doomscrolling break via dog photo

A big parrot holding a little parrot with the text: Little parrot: adult me having a bad day Big parrot: seeing a weird sea creature

Pitying someone is telling them you’re sad that they’re happening. It’s not the same as learning about them, asking what they need, asking them what they’re up against.

The opposite of pity is connection & community. We need each other, now more than ever.

Pity is a wedge, not a bridge. When you say “at least I’m not like them” it’s easy to justify doing stuff that tries to stop us existing.

It’s meant to make you forget that we’re here - that we can hear you. That we have needs and lives that are worth living.

Eugenics is bad is praxis.

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they point to our families as tragic/cautionary tales while threatening to cut the programs that are actually focused on trying to support autistic children and adults

BREAKING: The House passed a bill that limits judges' ability to block the Trump administration's unconstitutional actions nationwide.

This bill is a threat to the rule of law and endangers all of our rights — the Senate must reject it.

hi, cis folks!

the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it also strips care from DACA recipients.

context & guidance in the thread. none of these people can afford to pay OOP for meds now.

only 2 days left!

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde

hear hear

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER GUTTING INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administrations executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted American institutions and the staff and services they offer. show up FOR OUR LIBRARIES American Association

Dear Congress,
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️‍🩹

Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛

an orange cat is curled up in a circle shape with his fuzzy face looking up at you very innocently

I understand that these are dark times that call for courage. But keep in mind I am just a baby

Just wanted to reup this. Trans women and POC especially! Also if you're trans and just want to write about food and not transness!

•••••BREAKING•••••
A positive case of measles has been identified in Maryland, public health officials said Sunday.

The highly contagious virus was detected in a Howard County resident who recently traveled internationally.

(This case is NOT associated with the measles outbreaks in Texas and…

I’m so sorry, I know this isn’t the point of this thread but thank you, nobody told me this - you just solved why refrigerated leftovers basically always make me sick

If what you can do is smaller scale: that counts.

Not crossing a picket line ✅

Joining an antiracist book club ✅

Writing an op-ed for your local paper about a social issue you care about ✅

In mass, these things add up.

You don’t have to have every answer. Doing what you can is critical.

We need fuckloads of people doing okay at and trying to getting better at fighting facism. We need every person we can get to be the bystanders intervening.

Break the surface tension. This isn’t normal. Say so. Act like it.

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along with other livesaving efforts like AIDS treatments for child...

Move fast and break things has really become a federal policy.

A cat sitting on a man’s lap as a man lies on a bed.

Timeline cleanse

The fatality rate for bird flu in cats is staggeringly high (up to 90% depending on the study).

Outdoor cats are at highest risk.

Keep your cats inside. Don’t feed them raw food. Keep them away from birds (especially water birds). Wash your hands thoroughly if you’ve been in contact with livestock

Thank you! 💜

Senior Climate Scientist - Union of Concerned Scientists Senior Climate ScientistPermanentClimate &amp; EnergyUnion of Concerned ScientistsRemote Bargaining Unit Position: Yes Our Organization The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent nonpro...

Sadly there may now be many climate scientists in search of a new job. Here is an important one at a fantastic organization.