I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

Thinking again about this piece by @miamingus.bsky.social from 2022: "I need you to care about disabled people’s lives more than you care about a vacation, a party or a celebration. A cornerstone of being disabled in an ableist world is isolation." leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/y...

This is such a great point: “Finding people who want to provide trustworthy information to their communities could be one of the most useful ways to be of service (e.g. information about current and future pandemics, weather, or anything that affects oppressed communities).”

Posted this on IG for my dear Alice last week. "One of the things I’ll remember most about you was how you gave your love away so freely to those you cared about. You just gave. You just kept showing up and reaching out. You just loved." www.instagram.com/p/DRQk9vhjxO4/

"For those who don't have community (and for those who do), I'd offer that a pod of a few or more folks can help in the years to come...Even those part of a strong community can find pods useful, esp during a time that will be rife w constant crises which may drain many community members’ capacity."

"Building a pod for ourselves + being part of others pods is a critical kind of community infrastructure we can invest in creating. The kind that is endlessly adaptable, hard to destroy and a kind of renewable resource we can draw from again and again." www.soiltjp.org/blog/pods-fo...

We're thinking about these powerful words from disability justice activist @miamingus.bsky.social, and reflecting on all the work we must do to keep fighting for Long COVID justice and #disabilityjustice!

Everyone can have their three Christmas ghosts moment. But they have to earn it. Part of that is not just words but actions. @miamingus.bsky.social has a great group of columns on accountability and forgiveness. leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/h...

Maybe you have an accountability pod? Or a pod who you attend protests w or take action against fascism/injustice? A care pod to support elders or disabled friends? A cooking pod to cook meals for folks in your community? Or a pod for natural disaster(s)? All are welcome + registration is free.

Looking forward to our last Pod Greenhouse of 2025 on Dec 6th, 12:30-3pm ET. This is a virtual space for pod work: find support for yourself and/or support others. Meet new people or register with folks you know. Registration is free. Registration + Access Info: www.soiltjp.org/our-work/gre...

"You interrogate your privilege, but never your abled privilege. You educate yourself about oppression, but never ableism." @miamingus.bsky.social

what @miamingus.bsky.social said!

I can't repost this enough times.

I was reminded of this gorgeous article by @miamingus.bsky.social today. Its a short read but it describes everything I'm always reaching for, and often missing, in life as a disabled person leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...

A must read or reread: You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence by Mia Mingus leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/y... @miamingus.bsky.social

🙌🏽 Indeed! "'Disability Justice' is Simply Another Term for Love" - Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/d...

"... We are all aging, we are all living in polluted and toxic conditions and the level of violence currently in the world should be enough for all of us to care more about [D]isability and ableism." - Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/a... [2/2]

Just read @miamingus.bsky.social's blog post on access intimacy. It explains why so many of us living with #lupus were devastated by @lupus.org's decision to scrub the LGBTQ community, and the Black and Brown community from their website. leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...

will never get tired of seeing the #AccessIsLove gear out in the world

The next Pod Greenhouse is Saturday, Sept 20th, 12:30-3pm ET It's a virtual space, registration is free and you can register as an individual or as a group. There's more access info at the link below Excited to see all who have already registered! Register: www.soiltjp.org/our-work/gre...

"Imagine being so harmed by an infection that everyone around you refers to as harmless that you can’t walk more than 500 steps a day. Imagine you have to plan your week around taking a shower (sitting down)."

Long covid is now the most common chronic health problem in children, even surpassing asthma.

Absolutely wild how extremely far right rhetoric on Covid/disabled people, that liberals and leftists rightly attacked MAGA for in 2020, has now been mainstreamed to the point that leftists/liberals are further right on public health than most MAGA people were in 2020. Julia outlines it well here

Watching this play out in real time has been mindboggling. At some point, liberals and progressives are going to have to reckon with this if we have any hope of making progress. We should have listened to disabled and immunocompromised ppl. We should have cared.

I came across an older text "Access Intimacy: The Missing Link" by @miamingus.bsky.social a few days ago. It's not often that something resonates with me so much, suddenly piecing together long-standing, vague feelings like a puzzle. 1/7

Love this: "Where might we be if we interrogated the conditions that allow harm to take root + flourish? What more could be possible if we actively embodied connection + community? What could we win if we sought out concrete practices to close the gap between our professed values + our actions?"

Sad but true. RFK Jr's wish is coming true—everybody's getting measles. Cases are rising & there's no end in sight www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-wish...

the construction of Cop City hinged on a compliant media that repeated false police claims and framing, private funders who see expanded policing as a safeguard for their capital, and state actors willing to serve those interests without question. none of that is unique to Atlanta!

Cop City is officially "opening" today. The movement against it carries so many lessons for people everywhere, because the issues are everywhere today: the un-democratic militarization and expansion of policing and state violence, backed by dark money private funding.

Periodic reminder this is FDA-approved for men as well as women up to age 45! It covers 9 strains of HPV so even if you’ve been exposed to some, it can protect you from others. It works on strains that cause cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, throat and back of mouth cancer. Low-key medical miracle.

Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people: Unions Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid) Universal public education Labor laws Environmental regulations Social Security If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?

This is an *active* current example of democrats helping to pass a law that will actively hurt people fighting civil rights and civil liberties in our current crisis moment. Either help the movement, get out of the way, or admit what side you’re on.

Imagine sucking so much that countries where you’re not on the ballot vote against you

NEW YORK (AP) — Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next.

Today is my 52nd birthday and I'm noting the occasion by taking the risk of asking for help. gofund.me/1ce220fe

WSJ: The S&P 500 just ended the day with its biggest loss in the first 100 days of a new presidential term since Nixon's in 1973.

Elon's DOGE cost taxpayers at least $135 billion, not counting the costs of all the lawsuits. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dog...

Tonight!

evergreen reminder:

Some have responded w/ a version of "why are you elevating this story when non-citizens have it much worse?" This story shows, in a concrete & visceral way, that citizenship is not a shield from state lawlessness in a mass deportation regime. That realization can turn ppl against such policies.

Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”

Have folks heard of this snail mail protest? Goal is to flood the system. Don’t need to include a return address. OP with more info: www.instagram.com/p/DIbgRA0R7ls/ PS: Was so easy to add alt text to the images by simply copying and pasting. Got to: Settings > Accessibility > Require Alt Text

I keep hearing that these empty ports mean that all of us are about to “go through some things,” and while I am worried about shortages, the reason I am truly frightened is that this pandemic has taught me that when all of us “go through some things” many of us do not survive.

National Law Day of Action: Lawyers join Workers to stand for the Rule of Law on May 1st. Find an event near you: lawdayofaction.org

🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the US, we will gather in solidarity—honoring the legacy of workers who organized for the 8-hour day. Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy. BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one