If @repdean.bsky.social wants to do something about rape culture, she should encourage her senior advisor to tell the truth about my sexual assault at her victory party on Election Night 2018.

A corollary is that when allegations come out and numerous heavies immediately abandon the accused, it's because they all already knew

If they ask you
if you are planning
on wearing your mask
forever,
tell them you know
that you will not last
forever,
but you’re willing
to do what you can
to take care of others
for as long
as you are still here.

United Nations report recommends Canada repeal MAID for people without terminal illnesses International committee also called on Ottawa to scrap the proposed expansion of MAID eligibility in 2027 to people whose sole underlying illness is a mental disorder

Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD.

Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

RFK Jr.'s HHS just dismantled a center focused on efficiency The firing of all staff at the Center for Policy and Evaluation makes no sense as a cost-cutting measure.

All of the Administration for Community Living's Center for Policy and Evaluation staff were laid off. For @motherjones.com, I talked to its former heard and an employee terminated today on the irony of getting rid of a department that focuses on efficiency....

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hey a great way to start organzing and protect your community is to wear an N95 or better as were in a "quademic." No one is saving you if you become disabled. Community organizing regularly leaves disabled people for dead. Actively pursue anti-ableist organaizing.

tweet from @variety: marilyn manson drops defamation lawsuit against evan rachel wood, will pay her $327,000 legal fees. attached are images of actor evan rachel wood and musician marilyn manson.

things you do when you’re totally innocent, your honor

How COVID Helped Trump Win Biden never ended the pandemic, but he did end government efforts to mitigate its worst impacts

@walkerbragman.bsky.social and I collaborated on this look at how Biden’s refusal to confront the ongoing COVID pandemic - while ending every government program that dealt with its impacts- helped re-elect Donald Trump.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-covid-...

Press release: The Sick Times announces one year of covering the Long COVID crisis - The Sick Times “Our reporting on Long COVID remains as vital today as it did when we launched,” executive editor Miles W. Griffis said. “Many of our colleagues in the media continue to minimize the disease and the o...

The Sick Times--a digital long-COVID newspaper--is 1 yr old today. I couldn't be prouder of what Betsy, Miles, and their team have accomplished. thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...

If you have the means, pls join me in supporting their end-of-year fundraiser. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/

It’d be really great if people like the Menswear Guy and the Onion Dude would get over themselves and use alt text.

It would be even better if people didn’t share their stuff without adding it.

Ignoring Public Health May Have Cost Democrats the Election The Biden administration cut pandemic-era health benefits, and the Harris campaign failed to present any comprehensive health care reform policies. This was not an inspiring message for voters.

The Biden administration cut pandemic-era health benefits, and the Harris campaign failed to present any comprehensive health care reform policies. This was not an inspiring message for voters. My latest for @tnr.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/1881...

Disabled folks pointed out how inaccessible and hostile it is to have a large gathering like this in a small space without masking or air purification.

For that, they are getting screamed at, insulted, and called “wreckers.”

These DSA folks are repeating right wing propaganda about covid.

Over on the *other* place (w/which I am committed not to engage! no tweets/RTs/likes!)

the People's CDC is asking us to write to HICPAC by TOMORROW to adopt universal masking in healthcare.

Instructions at
tinyurl.com/hicpacnov2024

#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers

Emily Oster doing a podcast with Bari Weiss feels like a potentially dangerous turning point

Emily Oster should have been run out of academia for her HIV takes. But here we are, instead.