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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”

This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.

Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

We can see that. The registration is what are YOU going to do about it? 😱🤬

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Sending gentle hugs and hope you get some relief soon!
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FLaB background with screenshot of Sarcoidosis News column titled "Diet and exercise choices aren't so obvious with sarcoidosis"

“Y’all think there are vampires that eat garlic even tho they’re not supposed to?"

That Q inspired this week's #SarcoidosisNews column. We don't always make the "best" choices, but sometimes that is what's best for us.
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#sarcoidosis #ChronicIllness #SpoonieSky
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Instead of telling a disabled person what they should or shouldn’t be able to do… ask them how you could help them accomplish what they need.

Listen to their struggles. Approach the situation with compassion.

Offer genuine support.

That’s the best way to be an ally.

Dean Cain was the worst Superman ever (even before this).

The real Superman knows ...
"THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN."

ICE goes against everything this country stands for.
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If voting wasn’t powerful, extremist lawmakers wouldn’t be trying so hard to keep us from doing it.

We won’t back down from fighting for our right to vote.

The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

Let it be known that disability and disabled are not dirty words, please don’t try to replace them 🫶🏻

*with
(I hate when I notice a typo after someone has already replied!)
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👉 Sadly I do need to explain because people wouldn't understand otherwise. When I say I can't handle 10 days of visits and noise and doing things, I mean it. It WILL make me crash hard. 🔴 Things you don't have to explain to anyone... (but probably should) ✔️ why you need rest ✔️ your boundaries ✔️ your healing journey ✔️ your eating habits ✔️ why you are saying no ✔️ why you are making changes ✔️ how you spend your free time ✔️ your body size or shape ✔️ what makes you happy in life Credit: @wholehealthbydebs #ChronicTruths #SelfAdvocacy #ChronicPainWarrior

Things you don't have to explain...
✔️ why you need rest
✔️ your boundaries
✔️ your healing journey
✔️ your eating habits
✔️ why you are saying no
✔️ why you are making changes
✔️ how you spend your free time
✔️ your body size/shape
✔️ what makes you happy in life
Credit: @wholehealthbydebs
#SelfAdvocacy

I don't understand either. I self-published my book last year because I didn't have the $$ or spoons to work witg editors, publishers, illustrators, etc. I won't get the publicity that others could get for me, but it means I did all of those jobs combined. So I say ... go us!
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Texas Democrats aren’t running away from anything. They’re fighting, with every tool they have, to save our democracy.

Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.

Morality begins where legality ends.

If CBS & ABC have bent the knee

And the Washington Post, NYTimes, & the LATimes have bent the knee

And the Congress & SCOTUS have bent the knee

All to a demented child rapist

Then it is all the more imperative that we the people never bend

We are who we have

#RemoveTrump #EpsteinFiles

If only there were actual people who could talk about what happened and who hurt them ... oh, wait.

Just (finally) watched the @cnn.com broadcast of "Good Night and Good Luck" on Broadway.
Wow.
So much to say, yet my words feel insufficient.
Thank you, Clooney & company, for reflecting and redirecting that spotlight for today.
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This is no time to go high. If GOP states redraw maps, then Democratic states should redraw maps.

Give the same energy. They will never play fair or by the rules. Ever.

1 - a skeleton looking out window 2- sleeping beauty is in bed chronically ill girl summer 3 - woman in bed with candle next to her 4 - woman on fire

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

You are under no obligation to involve people, churches, or communities who hurt you in your recovery. Even if they share your name or DNA, or played a significant role in your history.

You do not "owe" anybody else anything. You owe YOURSELF realistic safety & stability.

"You should never feel ashamed of using something that helps keep you safe." Credit: Nicole Believes Top left corner: weekly pill box, service dog, compression socks, cane, medications, monitor, wheelchair, forearm crutches, walking rollator with seat, IV bag, shower bench #DisabilityPrideMonth #MySeveralWorlds #DisabilitySupport #DisabilityAwareness

"You should never feel ashamed of using something that helps keep you safe."

Credit: Nicole Believes

Pill box, service dog, compression socks, cane, meds, monitor, wheelchair, crutches, rollator, IV bag, shower bench

#DisabilityPrideMonth #MySeveralWorlds #DisabilitySupport #DisabilityAwareness

In this blog post, Eileen Davidson shares how occupational therapy can transform life for those living with AiArthritis diseases. From managing fatigue & pain to reclaiming independence, her story sheds light on an often-overlooked part of care.

Read more ➡️ www.aiarthritis.org/ot-aiarthritis

1 - a guy with knives sticking out of him - please help, doctor, something's seriously wrong 2 - plague doctor says 'it's probably anxiety 3 - guy with knives sticking out of him just stares 4 - plague doctor says 'and you're fat. don't forget to pay on your way out'

And thank you for creating such a space here 💙🦋

Thank you so much for this! I have seen that "you must write every day" directive in so many versions, from so many sources, and all they do is trigger my impostor syndrome. We work so hard to overcome internalized ableism, only to face it everywhere we turn. Grateful for you & spoonie authors 💚
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