Just like your zip code has more to do with the status of your health than your DNA code does . . .

@mcuban.bsky.social If @bsky.app isthe app of the people, why have they used ageist and ableist memes to promote it? And why is their corporate leadership, @jay.bsky.team @arcalinea.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy and @rose.bsky.team failed to respond to those who've expressed concerns about that?

#agingisliving

#HappyValentinesDay #EndAgeism

Aging Gracefully: Why Growing Older Should Be Celebrated, Not Mocked Aging Gracefully: Why Growing Older Should Be Celebrated, Not Mocked

Lest we think that ageism is a Western phenomenon, according to the World Health Organization, "Globally, 1 in 2 people are ageist against older people...." (www.who.int/health-topic...)

Here's an op-ed from The Nile Post in Uganda.

nilepost.co.ug/opinions/242...

An important post for all physicians to heed. Any silence on their part is complicity in jeopardizing the health of their patients.

Smart kid.

I just wish they wouldn’t resign. Why not refuse and then let the chips fall where they may?

It is the darkest of all possible humor that Disney is publicly rolling back their DEI initiatives and removing content warnings from older, racially-insensitive work on the same week that they are releasing a new MCU movie with a Black man as Captain America.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Good advice ⬇️

Glad to know we're still having an #OlderAmericansMonth. LOVE the theme--and your book is the perfect way to prep for it!!!

Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older [Leardi, Jeanette] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older

This year's #OlderAmericansMonth theme is #FliptheScript on #aging. To prepare, check out my book "AGING SIDEWAYS: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older" (amzn.to/4gp7xUl), which contains lots of quirky, surprising ways to think and talk about aging as well as strategies for busting #ageism.

@arcalinea.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @rosewang.bsky.social @jessica200.bsky.social just wondering why you decided to celebrate your first anniversary with an ageist and ableist image and messaging? Perhaps featuring an actual one-year-old might've made more sense?

Is Ageism Clouding Bluesky? Why Bluesky's Anniversary Meme Misses the Mark on Inclusion What happened: You’ve now seen it. The Bluesky meme celebrating its first anniversary landed last week.

Oh, @bsky.app. We love you and want you to do better.

Why be #Ageist? Thank you @jeanetteleardi.bsky.social and @andelyons.bsky.social for alerting me to the meme.

Let's end #Ageism, shall we?

www.linkedin.com/pulse/ageism...