Mia McNew

I’m White. I know I have privilege. But everyone who’s lobbed that at me — that I don’t need accommodations or that I’m not “marginalized” just because of disability — has ALSO been White.

They use it as a period, end of sentence denial when it actually just proves their bias & discrimination.

Ah yes, the old “if you can advocate for yourself, you’re clearly strong enough not to need accommodations!” argument.

Discrimination loves to toss privilege at those of us in any way possible, but never acknowledges their own.

Some of you who grew up on Mr. Rogers are still looking for the helpers.

It’s you. You’re the helpers now. Use your influence, your power, your privilege, your position to be the Mr. Rogers you want to see in the world.

I have marginal hope for Bsky. More so, I suppose, than for most of humanity right now.

I joined Bsky when it was first available — but it was crickets and I was just burnt out on social.

I’m close to deleting Threads/Instagram, because the algorithms will never get better. Zuck doesn’t want them to. They aren’t broken, they’re intentional.

Twitter from 2009-2020 was my favorite social space. It was my largest-ever platform, with 8k followers. It was the place I discovered the best books, creators, researchers.

I hoped Threads would be closer to it, but it’s still a Meta machine. I’m not sure why, but my content was always suppressed.

Ugh, indeed.

I remember that! And that was the moment I knew the truth about Capt Kirk, and I’ve never forgotten it.

I relate with this feeling *so* deeply.

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Even books by people with impressive degrees or credentials.

This does NOT mean that all books are false.

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Taking health advice from an economist is like taking dental advice from a candy company. They will always tell you what’s best for the economy & their bottom line, not for you.