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Emily Johnson

@emilyrj.bsky.social

News/book edits, marketing, linguistics, research. #EDS Iowa admin. #Dysautonomia Iowa, #MastCell & http://Disabled.Social mod. @RenegadeResearch.bsky.social volunteer. Patient Advocate. #SevereME Same pic, a bit different handles on X, Substack. #Iowa β™ΏοΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ“š

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Many people asked how I became so severely disabled and went without care so long

A big part of the answer is caregivers who were eugenicists, being subjected to their mercy for most of my life, because β€œyour family should help you with this”

Sometimes family is a fatal option

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Disability Day of Mourning, where we mourn and remember disabled kids and adults killed by caregivers disability-memorial.org

I’m a filicide survivor, I’ve posted over the years about it

If you want to support me, please donate and share this post ⬇️

01.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Disability Day of Mourning.

Today we remember & honor all the disabled people murdered by their caregivers, their loved ones, & our society.

We have lost SO MANY in our community this year alone due to eugenics…

They deserve to be remembered.

We must stop more from joining their number.

01.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the hel...

Claude goes to war in Iran: "Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools."

01.03.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9

Ooof. Was thinking about this last night. People knowing exactly how this stuff is being used and still not willing to break up with it even though it isn't essential their daily lives and it's just "for fun" is woooof.

01.03.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine you're paying like $100 a month or whatever for Claude and realizing the government used the same shit to kill schoolchildren in Iran. And they're using your tax money to pay for it. So you're paying Claude twice to kill kids. Crazy.

01.03.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 883    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2187    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 384

Reading this, again, you get the sense that someone at Anthropic knows how the intel community misleads by using definitions of words that are different than everyone else believes. And the people at OpenAI simply don't know or don't care about that.

01.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1272    πŸ” 298    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 12
MOE: +/ - 2.5 PTS FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026

OCBS NEWS POLL | YouGov

HOW SHOULD THE U.S. APPROACH IRAN'S CURRENT LEADERSHIP? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT NEGOTIATE WITH THEM THROUGH DIPLOMACY PRESSURE THEM WITH SANCTIONS NOT GET INVOLVED REMOVE THEM FROM POWER WITH FORCE

38% 22% 22% 18%

MOE: +/ - 2.5 PTS FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026 OCBS NEWS POLL | YouGov HOW SHOULD THE U.S. APPROACH IRAN'S CURRENT LEADERSHIP? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT NEGOTIATE WITH THEM THROUGH DIPLOMACY PRESSURE THEM WITH SANCTIONS NOT GET INVOLVED REMOVE THEM FROM POWER WITH FORCE 38% 22% 22% 18%

MOE: +/- 2.5 PTS| FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026

@CBS NEWS POLL | YouGov TRUMP NEED APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT 74% NEEDS APPROVAL 26% DOES NOT NEED APPROVAL

MOE: +/- 2.5 PTS| FEBRUARY 25-27, 2026 @CBS NEWS POLL | YouGov TRUMP NEED APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN? PRIOR TO START OF CONFLICT 74% NEEDS APPROVAL 26% DOES NOT NEED APPROVAL

CBS News conducts a poll.

It finds that only 18% of Americans advocate removing Iran's leadership "by force," and 74% say Trump needs congressional approval before starting a war.

So their headline is, "CBS News poll on Americans' views on Iran prior to conflict."

www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

01.03.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1252    πŸ” 364    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 31

At least 20% of USians will support any horrible thing. So this means that this war is deeply unpopular among regular people.

01.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 607    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

Unaccompanied children as young as 13 who are pregnant, often from rape, are being moved to Texas so the Trump administration can avoid getting them access to abortion, critics say. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

01.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 32
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Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds One in four Republicans say Trump is too willing to use military force.

The poll showed that 56% of Americans think Trump, who has also ordered strikes in Venezuela, Syria and Nigeria, is too willing to use military force//
Just one in four Americans supports Iran strikes, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

01.03.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

01.03.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9218    πŸ” 3235    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 50

We are absolutely desperate for people that can send money through Zelle. We have like 6 March needs to close and they are all Zelle.

01.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.

If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72

01.03.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1003    πŸ” 429    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 19
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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.

Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.

16.02.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2525    πŸ” 777    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 21

OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.

openai.com/index/our-ag...

01.03.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2585    πŸ” 1138    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 71

I designed these! πŸ’ž Please boost these posts so our very deserving and #LongCovid and #MECFS communities (and all who care about us) can stay stylish while funding education, research, awareness and advocacy β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή

01.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only thing it feels worthwhile for me to say right now is pay attention to whether your feelings & the information you’re absorbing are paralyzing you or prompting you to meaningful action, whatever that is. Paralysis helps no one but the enemy.

28.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1049    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
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Kansas Revokes IDs for 1,000+ Transgender Residents Under New State Law More than 1,000 transgender Kansas residents have had their driver's licenses and birth certificates invalidated under a new state law that took effect Thursday. The legislation requires gender marker...

It was never about protecting cisgen women and girls. This law strips transgender adult male and females of their right to pursue liberty.

www.finedayradio.com/news/tv-delm...

27.02.2026 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6826    πŸ” 2641    πŸ’¬ 527    πŸ“Œ 253

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

28.02.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6518    πŸ” 2761    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 74
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A 2 month old with a respiratory illness

A 5-7 year old with multiple seizures

A 13 year old with a fractured leg

A 22 month old in respiratory distress

A 17 month old with pneumonia

These are just some of the 11 children-detained at Dilley-who were rushed to the hospital in the past six months

27.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 650    πŸ” 428    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 17
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Donate to Standing with Nurul Amin’s Family in Buffalo, organized by Fatimah Shah Alam GOAL : As much as we can raise. Objective: To raise funds to supp… Fatimah Shah Alam needs your support for Standing with Nurul Amin’s Family in Buffalo

There is now a GoFundMe to support Nurul Amin Shah Alam's family. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-w...

27.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment

Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

22.02.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 818    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 58

If you don’t think you know anyone with long covid what you really mean is that people are uncomfortable sharing their health status with you or there are people who have dropped out of your life (due to illness) that you haven’t checked up on.

19.02.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 407    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

A lot of them do the same thing to disabled and chronically ill people, taking our content from one platform (never respectfully engaging in good faith) to repost on others and misrepresent what we say/do and who we are, driving targeted harassment β€” they think this is fine, professional even

27.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

27.02.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15495    πŸ” 6613    πŸ’¬ 533    πŸ“Œ 362

There's been discourse on Long Covid on this site the past few days. I think some people are thoroughly underestimating how hellish chronic illness can make you feel, even if you aren't at an immediate risk of dying.

27.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
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For the first time in Gallup history β€”

More Americans sympathize with Palestinians in the β€œMiddle East Situation” than with Israelis.

41% Palestinians (+8)
36% Israelis (-10)

Democrats: Palestinians +48
Independents: Palestinians +11
Ages 18-34: Palestinians +30
Ages 35-54: Palestinians +18

27.02.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1483    πŸ” 445    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 77

There’s more in common with antivaxxers & vaxx’n’relaxers than they might like to think. Constant (re)infections & opportunities for viral mutation are part of why COVID vaccines became less effective. *Masking protects the vaccine*. Julie is doing good work that many public health orgs refuse to do

26.02.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2