For realz

Words worthy of a billboard campaign. Stop trying to technofix absolutely everything already- you just can't.

Nothing left on the shelves at #RiteAiid but greeting cards and laxatives- make of that what you will.

The DOGE lackey that Elon Musk installed as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is making moves to fire HALF of the workforce at the Social Security Administration. The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.

"Today, absurdly and unfairly, a billionaire pays the same amount of money into Social Security as somebody who makes $176,000 a year." - @sanders.senate.gov Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!

exactly

The settlement agreement promotes diversity and equity efforts and is grounded in healthcare nondiscrimination protections—both of which are under threat by the new administration.

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

Military says "Nah, we good," to orders that they discriminate against transgender servicemembers. Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here. (original image reposted with alt text)

I sort of missed this had nearly 1k reposts/quotes (because I muted it). Here's the gist: 1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it 2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.

AskJan is apparently a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it. thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...

OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.

No surprises there

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

Good grief- NPR called what’s going on with #DOGE “extra-Constitutional.”

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Gov is part of a drive to automate public service & admin using ungoverned, unaccountable AI systems. It will harm vulnerable people. Writing in Tech Policy Press in December, @alicetiara.bsky.social & @kevindeliban.bsky.social saw this coming. www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...

Alternative headline: "Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare" www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to call this a coup- not comfortable w rhetorical invocations of war. Such attitudes got us into this mess. Why can’t humans just be chill?

Update the day-to-day civil, servants, and other federal workers are calling this what it is: a war, Donald Trump and the Republicans are waging war against American democracy government and the sooner the Democrats at the elected level start saying that and treating this as a coup the better

General strikes are under utilized

#Eugenics on a global scale

BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

Who else is wondering about the A after DEI? Yet another group of people whose safety and wellbeing I am concerned about rn.

Global climate change worsens disasters, but blaming climate change alone deflects responsibility from effective local governance, infrastructure, and warning systems to multinational corporations and international climate mitigation efforts. Time to re-read @frediotto.bsky.social.

🍉 A little over a year ago @thellpsx.bsky.social @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social & I started this campaign & we are close to raising $2 million CAD. The ongoing destruction & violence and mass starvation of an entire people hurts my heart so much. #FreePalestine now Donate: chuffed.org/project/crip...

What about the rest of the country?

I'm tired of late-stage capitalism. Can we skip ahead to end-stage already?

'One principle of disability justice is recognizing the inherent value and wholeness of people regardless of their ability to produce.' Killer interview with cyborg boss bitch @sfdirewolf.bsky.social!

Every time I see someone talk about the freedom of “self driving cars” I want to yell “YOU WANT A TRAIN”

I feel like this was rolled out months ago- so much weird AI trash on these sites now.

I’m rooting for the nonhuman organisms

etymology matters and the co-option of language #americandream: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/beho...

Writers! My favorite Benedictine writers' workshop has a Substack! Do yourself a favor by checking it out. tonyamato.substack.com?r=9pftl&utm_...

Accessibilty, physical or digital, is more than meeting minimum legal standards. It can create a second-class, go to the backdoor for disabilities. Instead, consider how to integrate designs up front that focus on dignity, ease of access, aesthetics, and inclusion. #disability #accessibility

The people have spoken- if only we could get this kind of swift result to ensure safe and compassionate reproductive care. Siongle payer would be nice too. www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

I had great fun contributing to the first edition! I'm happy to see this dictionary going out in the world. #cyborg #borgdiem #ableism #disabilitypride #vocabularywords

The fact that anti-harrassment/ discrimination law isn't applied to appointed government officias has drastically contributed to the current political crisis. One wondes in what professional environment these folks would be permitted to behave as they do.

The University of Alabama has dozens of references to Dianne Kirksey on its websites as a "trailblazer." Last week they kicked the Black Student Union she founded in 1968 off campus, citing a new law passed by Alabama Republicans that bans it: thecrimsonwhite.com/115369/top-s...

The real truth. #grickledoodle #bat #belfry #cartoon #drawing #art #funny #goth

The US Access Board has partnered with @cendemtech.bsky.social & the AAPD and they're soliciting public comments on the topic of developing "AI" from a disability-centered perspective, working in the vein of "Equity, Access & Inclusion for All." So check here if you have something you'd like to add:

"A 2022 [CDT report] found that during the 2020 elections, women of color running for office were more likely to get targeted w/ #disinformation than any other group. 'We're seeing this w/ Harris & other women of color politicians'...says [CDT Research's] Dhanaraj Thakur:" www.wired.com/story/...

Humans weren't meant to sit in offices all day. The remote work naysayers can suck it.

Shit, this is real bad. Once they sink their teeth into the federal government they'll be extremely hard to shake. Tesla and SpaceX only exist because of this.

This is another fine piece about ableism in our institutions by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social www.yesmagazine.org/issue/access...

Hands off the kids! Refuse the police-ification of everything.

Yes! Industry regulation is crucial.

Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men, and most of those homicides are committed with guns. One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...