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Harriet Tubman was disabled.

#BHM

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How have we not had this conversation via text because I have been thinking the exact same metaphor. Also have really appreciated the saying “the parties are two cheeks of the same butt”

i love artificial intelligence

RFK Jr is saying that "autism is destroying our kids." Autism didn't destroy me, but ableism almost did, and eugenics/the mainstreaming of disinformation certainly threaten to.

Struggling to see the usefulness in still needing to heap blame somewhere for the fact that Tr*mp is president. We could be doing infinity things right now to address *the disaster that is in front of us right now* and we all need you to choose to focus and do the real work (helping) instead.

Chicago, baby.

We passed a bill in committee yesterday that felonizes elected officials if they vote against Trump’s immigration policy. Let that sink in. Duly elected officials will go to jail- will have a criminal record- if they do not vote for and support Trump’s policies.

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Articles about substack’s nazi problem:

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(Free link: archive.is/uyugO)

14yo me identified most with Eponine and had a crush on Enjolras

41yo me identifies most with Enjolras and I have a crush on crushing the wealth hoarding class

my tiktok feed showed me a video of construction laborers hiding under the floor during an ICE visit. a CA farm worker talking about ICE picking up other workers. and a Latino man assaulted by his white neighbor, who the police refused to do anything about.

fucking bleak.

Screenshot of the front cover of the digital zine "DIY web archiving", which has large-sized text stating: "Things disappear from the internet. Care about stuff on the web? You need to act to archive it. ANyone can do it—this zine shows you how."

Here's a poster version of the DIY Web Archiving zine's front cover, with some added text if you want to print copies for some space where people can take them—you can hang this poster above or nearby:

Social media sites push gross conservative content into your eyeballs because they want you to feel angry and overwhelmed and powerless, and turn on your own neighbors, and then leave. You’re not powerless, so why would you willingly hand over your own power?

Sen. Romney links TikTok ban to pro-Palestinian content Critics say his remarks belie the "national security" motive and expose free speech suppression.

Reminder that Mitt Romney explicitly said the rationale behind the tiktok ban was pro Palestinian content. The renewed push last year was explicitly to help Israel conduct a genocide without scrutiny on social media.

Imperial boomerang in action.

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I have been in fight mode since two weeks ago, when we got the warnings about high winds and fire danger, and now that it’s the first day I’m not either working to support other people and/or vigilantly watching for evacuation updates, I have never been so exhausted and unhinged in my liiiiife

Meet the Americans who still take COVID-19 precautions seriously People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic.

“I don’t consider myself COVID cautious. I consider myself COVID competent,” Zebrowski said. “Cautious would imply that I have an unreasonable fear of something. I do not have an unreasonable fear of this disease.”

Nailed it 🔥

If you speak a language other than English could you tell me how you "pay attention" in it? For example, in Hindi we "give" attention and I think in Spanish it is "lend" attention.

#psychology #language #linguistics #cognitivepsych

Fleeing the LA fires alone on a wheelchair: ‘I had to take my chances’ An evacuation order when the Eaton fire threatened Galen Buckwalter’s Sierra Madre home triggered a nightmare odyssey through chaotic streets

Galen Buckwalter, 68, shared with me his harrowing tale of being forced to flee the Eaton fire alone on his wheelchair through dark streets and fierce winds, dodging debris as fire neared his home.

“In emergencies, disabled people are the last to get services…We have no system. You’re on your own”

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you’re defending capitalism? I’ll never understand

In relationshps with inherent power differences, the one with power is responsible for how its experienced

Therapists, that means you.

People need to be able to recognize and protect themselves from abusive power.

Exploring the dynamics within the therapist/client relationship is a great start.

in da clerb [airplane], we all fam [sniffling, sneezing, coughing] but I’m the only one wearing a mask 😭

Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, Join Chorus Saying Israel’s Actions Consistent With Genocide The groups are the latest to join the large number of prominent voices accusing Israel of genocide or genocidal acts.

On Thursday, two major humanitarian groups joined the chorus of experts and other human rights organizations saying that Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians and leveling of Gaza for the past 14 months is consistent with genocide under international humanitarian law.

Absolutely. I’m slightly more on edge than usual, as a mod from one of my online lupus groups just died. SO hard not to be on that edge when we don’t hear from people, and we hope maybe they’re having a time where they feel SO good they went to Disney, or maybe they’re just in a flare, but… yes.

Oh good I thought I just caught a Facebook ban but it’s everybody and not just me

As I am working through the day and my partner happens to be free to read the news updates about the… (you know, the guy)… he’s sharing little info bursts to update me with whenever I have breaks. That’s love, isn’t it? If that’s not love, what even is love? #FuckTheMedicalIndustrialComplex

Really appreciative of Ruthie’s work which helps us understand state violence. Additionally @reallandsend.bsky.social & @avierkant.bsky.social’s “extractive abandonment” is really important to consider here. Read more in this Health Communism reading guide: blindarchive.substack.com/p/health-com...

My kids have to do drills at school to prepare for school shooters, but please tell me how it's tragic that now CEOs will have to be afraid for their lives.

I can’t help but see the Hannah Kobayashi situation through the lens of knowing full well that abusive parents will spotlight themselves on the news to look like heroes while their adult child is literally trying to voluntarily escape from them.

How To Talk About Autism Respectfully · Public Neurodiversity Support Center A Field Guide for Journalists, Educators, Doctors and anyone else who wants to know how to better communicate about Autism.

Hey! Bluesky! Learn you about some Autism!

I wrote this piece after a conversation with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and it's received tremendous feedback from both Autistic people and from educators, doctors and journalists who have learned from it.

Read it!

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White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.

Tbh it’s just not part of my values to view any politician that way—no heroizing/pedestalizing them, no villainizing. Everyone in positions of power will act against the interests of the people without, by definition, because that is necessary to maintain power, and no one is an exception.