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The U.S. spends over $180 billion on cops and incarceration every year. The annual SNAP budget is $100 billion.

Federal court quashes DOJ subpoena targeting a Washington state gender-affirming care provider - ACLU of Washington The Western District of Washington quashed a subpoena issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to QueerDoc, a Washington-based medical clinic with an entirely queer and transgender team that provides...

So proud of my friends at QueerDoc!

www.aclu-wa.org/press-releas...

Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.

This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.

I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.

Bolstering Innovative Engagement: Disability Justice through Participatory Action Research The Disability Justice Collective is a participatory-action research group at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater that works toward fostering more inclusive environments in college campuses by refl...

Meet the Disability Justice Collective, a group of student researchers who are working to theorize academic ableism and discover more about why higher education is so difficult and marginalizing for students with disabilities.

YouTube video by Self-Advocacy Matters Podcast Self-Advocacy Matters Podcast - Episode 4: Brad Lomax

“Brad Lomax — a revolutionary activist who bridged the fight for Black liberation and disability justice. From his work with the Black Panther Party to his pivotal role in the 504 Sit-In of 1977”

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This is a piece of the Mamdani campaign that I think is really underdiscussed—that in a moment of terror and despair, his premise is that standing up against fascism can be joyous.

Intersectional Health Disparities Among U.S. Midlife and Older Adults Focusing on Sexual Orientation and Race and Ethnicity: Evidence from a Population-Based Study Older adults with sexual minority and racial/ethnic minority statuses are posited to face heightened health disadvantages due to multiple marginalizat…

#MorningReads Sexual minority older adults of color face intersectional excess health risks—partly supporting the multiple disadvantage hypothesis. Inverse disparities emerged for Hispanic and Asian women, underscoring the need for intersectional public health approaches. #LGBTQHealth

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

you have been visited by Giant Bison and this acts as a bonus when seen alongside Baby Bison you will now enjoy 48 hours of better things happening

Medicare Advantage Enrollees Have Access to About Half of the Physicians Available to Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries | KFF Medicare Advantage enrollees were in a plan that included just under half (48%) of all physicians available to traditional Medicare beneficiaries in their area in 2022, on average. The limitations of ...

I'm telling you, Medicare Advantage is a bad deal - for one thing, you'd have access to only half the doctors you could see with traditional Medicare.

Open enrollment runs into December. Just say no to M.A.

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National Survey on Lupus Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE), in partnership with Lupus Canada, has launched the National Lupus Survey to learn directly from people living with lupus about their care experiences, challenges, and...

JointHealth™ express - Living with #Lupus in 🇨🇦? We want to hear from you: surveymonkey.com/r/ACELCNatio...

The Survey gives people an opportunity to share their unique experiences & ideas for improving care.

#ACR25 @schroeder-uhn.bsky.social @lupuschat.bsky.social @acr-journals.bsky.social

Guillermo del Toro said “I don’t ever make eye candy, I make eye protein” and that goes hard tbh

Soft Censorship of Diverse Books WNDB is collecting information on the soft censorship of diverse books across the US. Have you witnessed soft censorship in your community? Please share your experiences below. Your response can be…

Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

Dr. Akhil Sood is presenting at poster #2201 on “Adherence to Reproductive Health Guidelines in Lupus Care: Insights from Patient and Physician Surveys” so stop on by! 🎉
#ACR25 #chooserheum #rheumatology

Our faculty member, Dr. Daphne Lew is presenting her work on “Characterizing the Frequency and Timing of Changes in Patient-Reported Social Risk Factors among Rheumatology Outpatients” at poster #1917 now! 🎉

#ACR25 #rheumatology #chooserheum

They compared to their own analysis in SPSS

Similar results but the visual outputs were better with ChatGPT, they concluded

🤔 I would employ a lot of caveats about the use of an LLM to perform analyses, but also acknowledge that LLMs have been used to help with writing/debugging code

#ACR25

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a SARS-CoV-2 triggered Kawasaki disease Pediatric Research - Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a SARS-CoV-2 triggered Kawasaki disease

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a SARS-CoV-2 triggered Kawasaki disease

Like post acute infection syndrome, tihis is not new. But, we now have identified a trigger, and have more early event data.

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Dr. Jillian Rose also shared some great analogies for what NOT talking about sex health is like!

🔸…it’s like treating half the disease.
🔸…is like measuring function without asking about QoL (quality of life)

See images for reference ↴ #ACR25

cc: @ladaorg.bsky.social @lupuschat.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled to catch this #ACR25 session on the Cognitive Function in Rheumatic Diseases. The first presentation was given by, patient advocate, Mary Alore sharing her experience with brain fog.

Cc: @ladaorg.bsky.social @lupuschat.bsky.social #LADAorg #LupusChat

So excited about Dr. Daniel Whibley’s presentation at #ACR25 on Cognitive Dysfunction and how it Manifests in those living w/Fibromyalgia. He shared several ways to conduct baseline cognitive tests.

cc: @ladaorg.bsky.social @lupuschat.bsky.social #LADAorg #LupusChat

Pet food is usually not covered by SNAP (depending on where you are), but needing to cover more groceries may take up what you would have spent on it. Many animal shelters have pet food pantries, so check your local if you're struggling to feed your pets.

Diagnosing the Deficit: Addressing Gaps in Rheumatology Training for Internal Medicine Residents - ACR Meeting Abstracts Background/Purpose: Rheumatologic diseases are common and complex, requiring internal medicine physicians to develop skills in musculoskeletal examination, diagnosis, and management. Despite this, exp...

Last #ACR25 poster session and lots of great posters left, including @kristenyoung.bsky.social

Abs 2184

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One of the strongest hurricane’s on record is slamming into Jamaica right now and USAID no longer exists and FEMA is a shell of itself

everybody else is waiting around for the vengabus to come, too

but I've got news for you

we need to become the vengaboys we're waiting for

CW: suicide due to transphobia

Reactive self-determination was the term I used to describe “safety maths” in my past research! It’s such a common phenomenon that people are discussing trans healthcare engagement in many ways, using a range of terms. #TransHealth

Open access: doi.org/10.1080/2689...

🖇️ Authors' takeaway:
Rheumatic disease creates chronic financial strain, often more than cancer, and persists even in older Medicare-aged adults.

#ACR25

It'll be on-demand, thankfully!

And I'm always happy to connect and talk through stuff anytime, especially nerdy research things. 🙂

And thank you 🙂