Sami Schalk

UWPD's careless assault on student protest Police records from the encampment crackdown in May 2024 show enforcement inconsistency and the "obstructing or resisting" trap.

There is body cam footage of my encampment arrest which means they know exactly who the fuck strangled me from behind and threw me to the ground resulting in needing months of physical and psychological therapy. ACAB all day every day. And free Palestine!

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Care for the caretakers

Some recommended books include Black Disability Politics by @drsamischalk.bsky.social (for why a lot of Black disability activism isn't done under the disability label) and The Capacity Contract by Stacy Clifford Simplican (for the cognitive barriers to self-advocacy).

Boat Struck Multiple Times By Pentagon Wasn’t Even Headed To U.S.: CNN

The alleged drug boat that the Trump administration sunk off the coast of Trinidad wasn’t even headed to the U.S., CNN national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand reported Friday.

Got someone! Thanks yall!

Super random, do I have any followers who live near Boston Medical Hospital? I am looking for someone to purchase and bring some supplies to a loved one who is there unexpectedly

A light blue poster with the "Society for Disability Studies" logo at the top. In the center, a comic with three people reaching down towards a donation box. One hand holds a dollar bill, another holds a heart, and the third a credit card. Poster reads "Mark your calendar! This 'Giving Tuesday' the SDS is launching a fundraising campaign." In bold is the date December 2, 2025.

This #GivingTuesday the SDS and the Disability Studies Quarterly are trying something new! We hope you join us in supporting authors, artists, activists, and researchers who work in #DisabilityStudies. 1/5

It's only Tuesday afternoon and I already feel worn out.

I think you’re right but saying I’m bringing my mechadildonic to the party sounds way fancier than fuck machine 😂😜

Wait what does mecha mean? Like mechanism?

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Today while reading for work I learned the terms teledildonics and cyberdildonics (both of which refer to sex toys that can be controlled remotely).

Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them. Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism.

“Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent …

When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”

Trump Pauses Asylum Applications, and Lawmakers Suggest Military May Have Committed War Crime Plus, how young is too young for a smartphone?

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As Department of Homeland Security agents are expected to surge into New Orleans, a common thread in the federal immigration enforcement crackdown has emerged: local officials are being kept in the dark – and it's spiking fear among the immigrant community. https://cnn.it/4oxd7ad

From the NorthCarolina community on Reddit: Urgent: ICE / BP agents are coming to Raleigh and Durham Explore this post and more from the NorthCarolina community

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A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.

"In many ways, Alice Wong was the first disabled public intellectual, & that “public” piece was not necessarily something the disability community was prepared for. " Beautiful tribute to oracle & forever loved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social , by wonderful Rebecca Cokely. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

a man is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words now you got it Alt: a man is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words now you got it

A man told me he only dates women & trans women. I told him that’s redundant. Trans women are women, you can just say you’re only into women. He didn’t understand so I said: what if someone said to you, I only date men & Black men? He was like, that would be really weird. Exactly bro. Exactly.

This Black Friday don’t buy into genocide Avoid these BDS targets enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

This Black Friday and Cyber Monday don’t buy into genocide.

Avoid these brands enabling Israel’s ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:

- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating

This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Our unpredictable posting schedule remains unpredictable, but in the upcoming weeks you can look forward to new interviews featuring Mimi Khúc, Alex Brown, James & Lucy Catchpole, and Sami Schalk!

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.

The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.

Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.

“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page "The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."

New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:

“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”

“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

Ice melts in the South

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Waut so some folks in Congress made a video saying yo you don't have to follow illegal orders and the president got so mad he starting tweeting about hanging them, do I have that right?

My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.

For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.

qasimrashid © 34m BREAKING: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. Now they're merely "potentially divisive." White supremacy is structural in the United States, and every day under this fascist Trump regime it becomes more embedded in public policy. Genocide isn't "potentially divisive," it is horrific violence and must be condemned without exception. And MAGAs wonder why they're referred to as Nazis. smh

To be fair, it’s sorta the unofficial symbol of the #Trump regime—