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Tapping the sign: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."—Alice Wong in the Introduction to Disability Visibility

Today in Jeremy's salad: romaine, collard greens, white pumpkin, cucumber, and violet

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could: * make camming illegal * redefine escort ads as pimping * render model contracts unenforceable * criminalize discussions of teen sexuality And a whole lot more ...

When we talk about sexual violence, even when exposed by survivors themselves, we still tend to centre the male perpetrator (because god forbid a woman could be one! /s) An example: #MeToo became about Weinstein. Few people can name Alyssa Milano, and fewer still Tarana Burke. This needs to shift.

Mum has to give me money to buy my own xmas presents online for her to then put away because of how her card works. She got me a pretty resin bookmark with one of those things to help keep a page open, with the hope it’ll help my silly hands when reading 1/3

I’d like to remind people that we have no genetic markers for Madness and neurodivergence, including those which are hereditary. There is no singular gene which makes one autistic or have bipolar disorder. Genes didn’t turn out to be as simple as psychs wanted. So let’s not do any ableism here.

CW misogynistic SA language and sexual harassment I can attest to this too. I was called jail bait during my youth (and abused by a man who did so, in fact). I also received the most harassment as a teenager. It pretty much all stopped once I hit 21. CSA is thoroughly normalised in society.

i wish i could convince myself to hope that maybe, just maybe, THIS time people will finally admit that sexual violence is *political violence*, is a political and social structure, is a technology of oppression, not a private, basically forgivable transgression. but i really can't fool myself

every so often it's breaking news that powerful men are doing exactly what we all knew they were doing

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The birth of the author

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

CW for brutal discussions of genocide and violence I watched this documentary today and all I could think, as I was hearing all these horrors, was “if this is what comes out on ITV, if this is what they’ll say on camera (even with disguised identities), what the fuck else is happening?”

[tw: DV, financial abuse] due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785 please donate if you can afford, & share! #MutualAid

CW sexual violence Colonialism is predicated on sexual violence. I would put my neck on the line to say you will not have war without rape. Even the land was feminised when discussed as something to be taken and plundered. These scenes, then, are as unsurprising as they are horrifying.

Statistics are similarly bad in the UK: fewer than 3 in 100 rapes resulted in a charge, let alone a conviction. The criminal ‘justice’ system cannot and will not protect us. We need to imagine wider possibilities for justice that is truly transformative. Source: rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed...

Currently reading Mad World by Frazer-Carroll and Black Disability Politics by @drsamischalk.bsky.social (apparently my brain wants to read several books at once now), and I’ve gotta say they pair fantastically together! Both have a strong emphasis on disability justice so I’d recommend!

UK universities cannot thrive while continually cutting academic staff No amount of wellness webinars, Lego play workshops, communal climbing events, bounce back sessions, desk yoga, jigsaw puzzle nights or Vice Chancellor's Special Awards for Resilience can change this

Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"

Tim Davie, whose BBC cancelled The Mash Report and went after Lineker as part of a 'war on woke', going for not being right-wing enough speaks volumes about where the BBC will go next. (Don't remember the DG going when they used the wrong footage to make Johnson look better at the Cenotaph)

A good thread on the non-consensual sharing of videos of state violencee

An evil person getting ill/becoming disabled is not ‘karma’. This implies that disability is a punishment for bad deeds, and makes it fair game to then be ableist even more about said disability. Trump will not see your comments about his failing health. But disabled people in your community* will.

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries. No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

If you're wondering why capital keeps burning cash on such a worthless asset it's because its promised them the ability to fire their entire workforce and even though it can't deliver it yet the allure is too strong to stop now

I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is. Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right? If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS. No one should have that much.

God forbid a woman has hobbies

#AcademicSky hivemind please help! Could someone point me in the direction of primers on the work of Deleuze & Guattari, particularly Capitalism & Schizophrenia? I’ve read bits, but I now need to read the text in full. However, I can’t make sense of it! It’s literally given me a headache!

THE STOCKS These people are cartoonishly evil

This is what supposed "educationalists" are currently raking in money for suggesting we force-feed to millions of students at a stressful time in their young lives.

Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

Really sad I can’t watch live the online conference I was attending today. My terrible body is conspiring against me. Hopefully if I feel better later I can rejoin, but right now I just can’t concentrate. Fortunately, though, it is being recorded so I can watch in my own time. Still annoying!

as with books, music, games, etc etc

Good short thread on the so-called ‘excesses’ of MeToo

This is what I was thinking! If we define conservatism as (mostly) preserving the status quo, then liberal feminism is conservative as it only looks for women to ‘lean in’ to the current neoliberal (or fascist) system. Nothing much changes except for privileged women gaining the right to oppress.

They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is

Remember, if you accidentally misgender or deadname someone, it's very easy to just say "Shit, sorry," and then say the correct name or pronoun. The two important follow-ups are to not rend your garments and make it all about you and to then also make sure you work hard on not doing it again.

I dream of a day where we don't try to constantly repackage and resell phrenology

An “ally” is something you let *other* people label you.

This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

British MPs rolled out details on their ill-defined "strangulation" censorship law, saying that mere *possession* of consensually produced content, even a private video made with your partner, would carry a two year prison sentence.

Thought I’d follow some feminist feeds. 2 mins of scrolling + up pops a guy with a misogyny kink I don’t usually kink shame + porn doesn’t bother me (sex work is work), but having sexualised woman-hating in a place that’s supposed to be the opposite has given me whiplash (and one for the blocklist)

CW poor response to suicidal ideation and SA in article Studies are showing the harms of these chat bots, especially to children I am not being hyperbolic when I say I personally consider GenAI a societal (and environmental) poison May its bubble burst and those profiting off it lose their money

Fireworks aggravate my PTSD due to heightened startled response so I cannot imagine how bad it must be to have trauma related to explosions around this time of year. I’m so jumpy tonight but that’s getting off lightly. Others must be stuck in a black hole of flashbacks and no one deserves that.

12 hospital trusts being investigated for harms against women and babies. Medical misogyny (no doubt compounded in some cases with other intersections of marginalisation) kills, especially when combined with an underfunded NHS with resources stretched to their limits.

Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight