The idea that people who take significant Covid precautions must be introverts is offensive as hell.
It’s ableist as hell. Performers, Organizers, the biggest extroverts in the world were forced to give up careers because other people wouldn’t mask. We do it because we still can’t afford COVID.

I am completely exhausted. I didn't want this life, but I've reached a point where I'm risking my life to feed my starving family.

I'm malnourished. I've been without income or work for over two years.

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This is incredible.

Also. Fuck RFK Jr.

imagine what conscientiously maintained air purifiers and—dare i say—an open window or two could change.

It’s been overshadowed by Venezuela and especially Iran, but the deadly boat bombing campaign is still going, even though:
-There’s no war
-The US wasn’t attacked or under threat
-Drug traffickers aren’t terrorists
-These may not be traffickers
-It’s blatantly illegal
-With no clear strategy either

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Big oil
Big tobacco
Big airlines and corporations saying get back to flying and work (in the case of Covid)

Follow the money

Trivia: Which preventable public health failure caused over 100 million deaths globally in the 20th century when for decades strong evidence of harm was suppressed or ignored while the public, even doctors, widely promoted it?

A screenshot of a Hollywood Reporter politics news article. The headline reads, "Dave Chappelle Knocks Republican Party for “Weaponized” Transgender Jokes: “That’s Not What I Was Doing”" The subheadline states, "After being called out for transphobic jokes, the superstar comedian told NPR that Lauren Boebert and other Republicans are politicizing his humor." Below the text is a photo of Chappelle in a black tuxedo speaking at a podium, with a caption noting he is accepting the President's Award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards.

No, that's exactly what Chappelle was doing and it's why trans people criticized him for doing it.

I mean, there's also the fact that people are in denial about the fact that COVID is still here, still dangerous, still causing millions to develop Long COVID every day, but our society has given up on preventing infections aside from those of us who wear masks

This is unfortunately true when it comes to a lot of autoimmune condition communities, but I see it so often among patients with thyroid autoimmune conditions.

I wish these influencers and practitioners didn't profit off of our vulnerability, fear, and shame.

They say these medications cause more harm than good, you actually just need to "change your diet & your mindset" and buy supplements that they profit from. People who claim to have "cured" their thyroid autoimmune condition using diet alone are celebrated while those who take medications are shamed

As someone who takes thyroid medication: a lot of wellness influencers, "naturopaths," etc spread fear surrounding thyroid medications, making patients more hesitant to take them. They say these medications are "poison" and "toxic" & vulnerable patients believe them.

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Media that keeps covering Platner and this race should really talk to @andrealaflamme.bsky.social she's running too. Doubt she has a nazi tattoo or uses the r word

I also feel like Graham Platner has dominated so much of the discussion among leftists when other progressive candidates are getting much less. Karishma Manzur in neighboring NH is trying to unseat Zionist centrist dem Chris Pappas, and her platform is fantastic.

The normalization of the R slur recently has been SO disheartening & people looking the other way when this happens can't claim to truly care about disabled people. You can't only care about disabled people when it's politically convenient and expect us to believe you're sincere.

Absences have increased on a global scale, with illness the most common cause.

Politicians have responded to decreased performance & ‘absenteeism’ by calling for attendance policies, based on the assumption that morality & discipline are at fault.

Same old bias w/ no evidentiary basis. 🧵

Now that Swalwell has ended his campaign I hope everyone who defended him (including the ones who said "I'm not saying this isn't true, I'm just saying it's suspicious timing!") have a terrible week!! ❤️

A photo of Eric Swalwell

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor following sexual assault allegations.

Exactly!! I'm so tired of people trying to "insult" fascists by comparing them to us, as if that doesn't just reveal their own attitudes about disabled people. You are not any different from fascists if you refuse to interrogate your own beliefs about disability.

In addition to the retraumatization and institutional betrayal survivors face from cops and courts (and often the media, too), survivors can also face being jailed, charged, surveilled, abused, harassed, and more when they report being victimized to cops. It happens a lot, more than people think.

When survivors talk to a reporter (or reporters plural) and don’t report to the police, it’s not because they’re less trustworthy and don’t want to see systemic action. It’s because survivors have been failed so spectacularly by cops and courts that many survivors rightfully no longer trust them.

Ultimately, survivors are the ones shouldering the most burden, doing the most work. Always. And I would respect and support a survivor’s decisions to pursue any path of their choosing. And journalism in its current state isn’t enough, either. But this is why some survivors choose journalism.

Some journalists actively dislike survivors and have done pieces meant to undermine them, which I’ve also encountered. But I really don’t trust cops or courts to do the right thing when it comes to sexual violence. Their track record is worse than abysmal. They actively cause harm every day.

Not every journalist does a good job but you can actually tell the difference if you know enough about investigative processes, biases, and media literacy.

I trust journalists way more than cops and courts to investigate sexual violence allegations. When a thoroughly reported journalistic investigation comes out, like the ones about Eric Swalwell, I’ve seen enough. If you haven’t done this work you may be unaware of how much goes into it.

From a survivor perspective: look at the path strewn with the bodies of people who tried to report on abuse when they end up:

•shamed
•doxxed
•destroyed in trials by bloodthirsty lawyers
•shunned

etc ad nauseum

Most SA victims will err on the side of not being victimized a second+ time.

Would love for there to come a day when it didn't feel necessary to regularly trot out personal trauma just to get people to maybe consider that sexual misconduct is a foundational part of political culture in this country.

If you don't have internal accountability, you can't pull off external accountability.

Which imo is why Dems couldn't stop a known rapist like Trump in the first place

"Innocent until proven guilty, we haven't seen any evidence yet" please explain to me how you're any different from people who didn't believe Epstein survivors here.