You know what's dumb as hell? The fact that ambulances won't transport a motorized wheelchair when transporting a wheelchair user to/from the hospital.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) had 5 of their conference attendees ejected for distributing an editorial that was critical of the Trump administration? This can't be the ADA that I know! *Checks the ADA that I know*

You know that feeling when your blood glucose has been hovering around 400mg/dL for about 3 hours? It's bad.

Days ago, I didn't know that Ken Wh*tman existed. And now he's my enemy. Only true haters understand this kind of satisfaction.

I hope that all of the designers and publishers who were unfortunate enough to be featured on the 4PG "archive" are keeping detailed notes about the impact on their lives and businesses (earnings, time, emotional distress, etc.).

A(n) I(ncredible) Business Plan: 1. Alienate everybody in your industry through unauthorized commercial appropriation. 2. ???? 3. Profit.

Policy nerd here. Public figures have this thing called the right of publicity. It varies a bit, state-by-state, but this basically means that a public figure's name and likeness cannot be used for the commercial gain of another without express permission from the public figure.

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think "fair use principles" apply to a webstore attempting to commercially profit off of fabricated, nonconsensual association with legitimate designers and publishers.

Mike Waltz invited a reporter to the "Houthi PC small group" chat so Andrew Hugg could be mesmerized by the eyes of an undercover reporter.

Today, I encountered a document on the CMS website that provides guidance to Medicaid LTSS providers, clarifying the differences between institutional and home/community-based settings. The document is called "settings that isolate" and that phrase is still haunting me.

After passing the largest #Medicaid cut in history, the GOP is now trying to pass the most restrictive voter ID law, which would specifically disenfranchise people living in skilled nursing facilities (about 70% of whom rely on Medicaid to fund their care).

You ever have a migraine so bad, you strain a muscle in your neck that you can feel in your face?

Senator Ted Cruz just used an ableist slur on the Senate floor—twice—while arguing for the #SAVEAmericaAct, which will specifically disenfranchise many #disabled voters.

My partner's cat is pretty young, so every now and again we realize he hasn't experienced something, which results in lots of playful speculation and light scheming to make it happen.

Somebody tell Pete Hegseth that mewing doesn't actually work.

My cat is an artist. Unfortunately, her work is heavily influenced by Andy Warhol's oxidation paintings.

@possibleworlds.bsky.social you better eep with one eye open.

When will the Traitors cast all muppets and one human?

On the same day, Scott Presler advocated for passage of the SAVE America Act, announced his campaign for Republican Committee of Beaver County, and committed to holding voter registration drives—which will cease to exist if the SAVE America Act is passed.

The call is coming from inside the locker room.

How about we SAVE AMERICA from this ACT of blatant voter suppression?

You ever experience water pressure in a Hotel shower that is so good it makes you feel guilty?

When will the Traitors cast a muppet?

The House and Senate are voting on the SAVE America Act TODAY. This means that today is a great day to thank Sen. Fetterman for opposing the SAVE Act last year & to encourage him to oppose the SAVE America Act this year!

Apparently the City of #Pittsburgh does not collect data on the state of our sidewalks, crosswalks, and curbcuts. So, I guess our maintenance strategy is just... vibes? Not surprising since the city dumped tons of snow onto curbcuts, trapping #disabled folks in their homes for 2-3 weeks.

the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads: "WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"

Yeah, I'll trust the Florida Department of Health when the publish some kind of methodology with their study results and guidance.

Love and respect to the PRT bus driver who got stuck halfway up a hill yesterday, paused for about 30 minutes, and slowly backed down.

Greg Bovino is a fucking bitch.

@coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social could you please follow WCAG and add alt-text to the images on your posts? It's truly WILD when public officials with communications teams ignore the most basic #accessibility standards.

Racial justice activists and community organizers have been talking about the detrimental impacts of overpolicing majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh for decades. And those feelings are based in facts—it actually makes Black people less safe in Pittsburgh.

I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but I've never seen a MoCA Toolkit that uses a picture of a giraffe.

When you're a hater, the real treasure is the enemies you made along the way.

It may seem contradictory that the "food is medicine" crowd (derogatory) cut SNAP benefits, but their reasoning has always been based in shaming/blaming people. It has never been about access to healthy food. It has always been about punishing people for having the gall to live with a #disability.

When I was a D1 student-athlete, I was strictly prohibited from betting on any sport at any level that has an NCAA championship. But members of Congress can trade stocks in the industries that they regulate through the policies they pass.

If you're a worm, I'm a worm.

Why does Kristi Noem look like that?

When I explain gastroparesis to people, my partner likes to lighten the mood by saying "what happens in the vagus nerve stays in the vagus nerve." It's funny because there's a whole framework that suggests the exact opposite, lol.

Is the US Open... golf? Or tennis?

I am BEGGING the person who created yard signs for Dennis Very to check the contrast before submitting another design.

Friendly reminder: — Personal devices only — Don’t leak from work, on a work device, or from work Wi-Fi — Use Signal and Signal’s camera — The reporter should recreate any image you leak before displaying it to the public www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-...

TIL that Dexc*m received a warning letter from the FDA for changing materials used in their sensors, which made them less accurate. www.fda.gov/inspections-...

A spending reform by any other name is still a Medicaid cut.

I cannot overstate how much I enjoy it when I'm on a Zoom and the facilitator says "I see we have some new workgroup members joining us today. Mal, what is your cat's name?"

MAHA in a nutshell.

I don't think I'm going to vote for the guy who my college slumlord wants to be the Mayor of Pittsburgh. www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...

This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard. DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!

Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious

Why is the first line treatment for gastroparesis girl dinner?

Celebrating my raise with an upper endoscopy, let's fucking gooooo