If you want to support Kimberlin's family directly after the detention of their sole provider, you can donate to their Gofundme at tiny.cc/floresfamily

Lewis Warsh

I am so angry. Two Durham, NC kids - 11-year-old Genesis and 6-year-old Denis of Burton Elementary Magnet School - were taken by ICE at their regular asylum case appointment, and immediately deported without due process. Follow SiembraNC on IG or FB or @siembranc.bsky.social for next action steps.

Can you read English cursive? Ever wanted to volunteer from the comfort of home for a useful cause? Have I got an offer for you... The Newberry Library in Chicago is always in need of transcribers to help decipher historical handwritten documents. If this is you, learn more about it below:

“Accepting that COVID has killed tens of millions more people than reported implies a magnitude of institutional failure that is psychologically costly to internalize. Even in a crisis of government legitimacy the belief that the system will alert people to health risks remains”

Still masking on public transportation. Given the number of people who are coughing and sneezing, I’m pretty happy with the choice.

Like a lot of small businesses in our region, Firestorm has been in financial distress for the last year. Hurricane Helene was our tipping point, but local cost of living increases, inflation, and higher occupancy costs are huge contributors. 1/9

I wish I could say this loud enough, hard enough, viral enough that no one else would ever have to be terminal to realize it deep in their bones: This is what you get. These days. Screaming will not get you a refund or replacement. Your job is to *make* what you can out of it while you're here.

My traditional Easter reading, from James Tate.

My rescue kitty has come up to my room for the very first time. He's been here for two months & finally left the laundry room to explore the house, yesterday & now he has decided he's sleeping in my bed!

A different perspective. Always helpful.

If you've seen this piece before, "The New American Gothic" by Criselda Vasquez, Then heartbreakingly, I have to inform you that—according to Vasquez's Instagram as of 4/03/26—Vasquez's father has been taken by ICE. GoFundMe below to help financially support their family.

My Uber driver goes “Ma’am, men will never approach you with all those face barriers.” I was like “Thank you! I know! It’s great advice, share it with every woman you know!” And he goes “Oh, I, uh, didn’t mean it as a compliment.”

If there's a thing you *need*, and you have the money to buy it, now would be a better time than... any time after now. You probably don't need to ask me how I know. Love, The person who buys things for the shop

I sometimes think that because people offer services (such as teaching) 'online', their service users devalue what they receive, or indeed feel entitled to receive it for free!# The principles of disability justice emphasise the importance of VALUING expert information and time.

its long covid awarness day, if you wanna help me be reconnected to all of my belongings that I couldnt bring with me in the air ambulance i had to take across the country (that i had to take bc of lc) you can donate here gofund.me/deac55be8 I know others need it more so I understand if not <3

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a research study I just launched on rest, energy, & ME/CFS, open to people with ME/CFS & medical or healthcare providers who are currently practicing or conducting research & have had at least 1 patient or participant with ME/CFS. Visit restandmecfs.com for more.

I’m at work and Dolly’s at home but we both love our indoor sunbeams.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, the effects of SARS-CoV-2 are commonly body-destroying in ways we’re barely beginning to understand, and the best way to keep yourself and others safe is to WEAR A MASK.

"Just love yourself" is nonsensical advice for CPTSD survivors who have been taught & conditioned to hate ourselves. Love is not a switch that can be suddenly flipped on. We have to start w/ "love" the behavior-- i.e., self-care-- as we slowly build up to "self love" the feeling.

Your mission in trauma recovery is your mission. What "they" say about you is their unhealed sh*t. It has zero to do w/ what you owe your "parts" & inner child today, how you use the tools of self talk, mental focus, & physiology today, who you are as a recovering survivor today.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

LETS GEAUX!!!!!!!!! LETS GEAUX!!!!!!! I can ALWAYS count on yall! Make sure yall follow @louisianajsa.bsky.social here and on IG as well as subscribing to thurmanperryfoundation.org so we can keep you up to date on the bill as it moves through committee this legislative session!

Can’t help but think of Alice Wong saying that “being disabled is a lot of work in an ableist society.” #IllnessPolitics

“Awarding people a lower rate just because they may hypothetically recover later turns the constant struggle with unpredictable conditions into an additional cruel penalty.” This makes no sense, except as a way to prevent disabled people from getting support that might improve their lives.

Upcycling is fun etc: www.poagueverse.com/blog

👀 I am sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this.

Iowa City.

Vibe in Boston right now #NoKings

Appreciation post for all our Covid variant trackers, wastewater data experts, etc., for taking the time to bring this vital info to social media. I am very grateful to learn from you all, & bc you share this information here so many of us are able to better protect ourselves & families. Thank you!

Everyone should get their shingles vaccine and then everyone should lay aside 24 hours to recover from it. (I know it hits everyone different but it was flu-like enough to keep me *off social media even* yesterday.)

Trump’s failure to nominate a new CDC Director is just another symptom of the weapons-grade incompetence of The Regime. The CDC could easily have been just humming along in the background while the U.S., I don’t know, starts wars and such. But no. And this is also a national security threat.

This Saturday is No Kings Day. Carry the voice of farmworkers by downloading or making a farm worker themed No Kings sign at ufw.org/nokings32826/. Say NO to Trump ruling by fear and intimidation. And immigrants – including US citizens – being targeted and terrorized. 1/

I absolutely appreciate your focus on keeping us safe! Thanks!!!

#MedievalSky I received a very important announcement today. Feminae, the bibliographical database on medieval women created and run by Margaret Schaus for the past couple of decades, is going offline as of 1 April. Download as much as you can ASAP: inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/Feminae/Adva...

“I've been dealing with parosmia for over 5 yrs. Imagine the worst smell you have ever smelt in your life? That’s how a lot of things smell (and taste) to me every day.” Read interview of Kristina, a mask chain designer who struggles with #LongCOVID. www.instagram.com/p/DUbjmflEaI3/

I mask everywhere. I've traveled the world; gone to the movies; gone to comedy shows; I've presented in rooms of 1,000s. 1x someone made a passive aggressive comment to me about it. One time! If you've stopped masking, it is not too late to start again. Please take care of your health.

“But keeping …. a healthy respect for the powers of viruses circulating among us isn’t a bad idea.” Yes. Please. “They might affect us in more lasting ways than a few days of lethargy and snot.” And in Long Covid’s case it’s five years of lasting.

So much for those declining Covid wastewater levels 😣

If you'd like a Congressperson who you know with absolute certainty would not support ICE taking over airport security, please consider donating to my campaign. Running for office (and even getting on the ballot) is unreasonably expensive. www.votewelch.com

NIH must fund nanoneedle test or some other all-type blood test to PRODUCTION otherwise most doctors won't get onboard forget what general public thinks if you can't show doctors tests that it's QUANTIFIABLE they write patients off sooner or later nanoneedle would also prove what treatments help

A mass public education campaign on long Covid is needed. This can't be on our backs anymore. People need to know it is still happening & reinfections increase risk. Info is needed to help friends, family, schools, employers, HCW understand LC, destigmatize masks & prevent infections

I’m talking to the NIH next week about what it’s like to live with Long COVID. What’s the one thing people still don’t understand and the part that really needs to be seen and said out loud?

If we’re worried about the strain on healthcare systems maybe we should stop throwing HCW into the meat grinder (and maybe more of them should be less hostile to prevention tools?) Adding more COVID on top of existing Long COVID symptoms doesn’t magically fix them. Reinfections often make it worse.

1/ We need a rigorous, independent review of 🇨🇦 Canada's COVID response, & hard scrutiny of what stopped the Government from implementing what is known. Because it's not for want of COVID data that all tiers of government mismanaged #COVID & continue to ignore #LongCOVID -

Infection control and public health leaders cannot be trusted to be honest with the public about how pathogens transmit. That sounds shocking, but it's easily verifiable. Their conflicts of interest from their negligence around COVID (confirmed by the UK inquiry) are simply too large. #medsky

Health officials are even actively telling people NOT to wear a mask to protect themselves because they can “create the wrong message” and “spread panic”. If there is even a chance of AEROSOL transmission, this could be extremely dangerous advice. kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...

I can't wait to read this.

"The war and the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz are pushing more people to recognize that fossil fuel is politically as well as environmentally devastating."