Felt it was the right time to share the list of books yt people need to read. All authors are nonwhite, mostly Black authors In honor of Black History Month, pick up a book & read some actual history instead of relying on propaganda Thank u to everyone who helped make this list

Black history is American history. This February may we celebrate the joy, acknowledge the struggles, and commit ourselves to building a world that reflects the justice and dignity Black history demands.

Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes. Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.

Of course, police have arrested Black and Brown journalists in the US too: Mumia Jamal, Evan Lambert, Omar Jimenez, Rosie Huang. They have also surveilled Journalists of Color. What's happening to Don Lemon is an escalation of authoritarian plays abroad & at home mlk50.com/2020/06/09/p...

I wish I could find a sponsor for this. It even starts on my birthday! I cannot afford $200 ... there is so little community for us. www.aninfinitemind.org/healing-toge...

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The new episode of B*tch, Listen is out. I talked with @vilissathompson.bsky.social—who's also developing the true crime podcast In Mercy's Shadow—about the "mercy" narrative, disability, and how systemic failures get ignored in stories about harm. This conversation is worth your time.

Jean, a 41 year old Haitian asylum seeker, was abducted by ICE & died in their custody as medical care was withheld. Jean's family describes him as a gentle & selfless soul, known for always helping with his hands & expecting nothing in return. Please share & support his family through their loss.

My appeals process has been completely and UCLA is moving forward with my termination. To be clear, my government employer is firing me because of social media posts about Charlie Kirk. This is Project 2025, winning. It’s fight time. www.gofundme.com/f/support-jo...

January 28, 2019 will forever be the day that changed my life. I truly wish I never had to go through any of it but can’t go back now so I use it bc I’ll be damned to let those fuckers win

Know what…George Floyd died almost 6 years ago now. White people decided for a split second & went back to your privilege. Then, you voted for what we are dealing with now. Two white people get killed & all of a sudden yall care again. One word for that…racist

You know, it’s an honor & a privilege to be a medical professional/HCW, it’s not a right you have so when you bring bigoted or biased thinking into your dissemination of medical care, you decide some people are worth more/better care over others & that IS the problem

About a year ago I raised the alarm bc the state of FL was trying to get detailed prescription information from insurance companies…every single prescription filled in FL Guess what reports say ICE is using…Medicaid/Medicare databases I flat out said that shit was going no where good & here we are

You know what burns my biscuits? Every single study abt suicide or anything related reports “approx half of those involved in study report being uncomfortable talking abt suicide” You’re a HCW! Know how to get comfy, START TALKING ABT IT! This is an excuse & a bad one at that.

Today, my child & I did some of his extra reading work to help him w/his reading skills. We read abt boycotts & slavery & protests & segregation. When he asked abt abolishing slavery, I explained it’s still legal in many states. I explained that this country still has problems

They are jus hoping if they use big words then yall will just think they couldn’t possibly be making it up… We are literally taught not to use medical terminology when speaking to people with mixed experience so people understand what we’re talking about

Another white person has a gfm that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars after being suspended from work… But yall don’t see the racism do you? Because Keith Porter Jr. a Black man that lost his LIFE can’t even get a fraction of that raised… Truly, fuck this place

There is a fundraiser now to support the Minnesota DoorDash driver who went viral on TikTok when she ran into a customer's home to escape ICE. She took refuge in the right home and was protected. Now she needs mutual aid! gofund.me/579df1c89

Well, it’s finally happened…my child talked me into offering to chaperone his school field trip next month & of course I get selected. This might be the first & last time I let him talk me into this 😅

If you are making a big fuss over Renee Good being murdered by ICE but not Keith Porter Jr (& many others who are nonwhite) you are racist I said what I said

People wonder why pre-cut produce is necessary as an accommodation for disabled people which should NOT be charged more for “Give me the dullest knife you have” which still took a layer of nail off bc the joints affected by the RA in my fingers cause my hands to shake

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles. It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

Just me, the lonely masker, at a lunch/event full of people who work in the healthcare field Felt cute

AI is garbage bc even non-knitters knows that just looks wrong

SEVEN YEARS SOBER! Seven years! Some days it’s really hard, really freaking hard but reminding myself why has helped me through & 7 years of sobriety is my reward.

Fuck my neighbors. Seriously, fuck all of them who are setting off fireworks.

I know I’m going to shock the shit out of people but I was ready for a change. It’s not 100% yet the full color I want but it’s getting there, this is the most silver it’s looked so far! SILVER! And I love it

I once told a friend to please make sure you never put my name on a bench. Put my name on something really useful like a trashcan. She promised me a dumpster 🤣

“Do you make it a hobby, openly mocking disabled people?” Then crickets. Absolutely zero response every single time. Bc they know they have no way to defend themselves against the obvious truth… Mocking masking = mocking disabled people = makes you a fucking monster bc you hate disabled people

I learned this valuable lesson from Jay himself. It made me think & now, I refuse to sit idly by…I rarely block them, I go at it head on. Only way it changes is calling them out bc 9/10…they’re telling Black people they know racism better than they do or they are talking over them…WP are predictable

My child: I’m going to ride my bike! No one: … Me: “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike! I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like!” 🤣

It really sucks to not have an actual healthy social life as a kid bc you were bullied & had overprotective, controlling parents. I have absolutely no clue what that’s supposed to look like so guiding my child is such a fine line between not caring enough & caring too much abt it

This pattern has been so much fun…it looks like dragon scales! Since the pain in my fingers has improved a lot I actually feel like knitting again! Using the awesome @isasaxonists.bsky.social yarn…Red Theban Gradient (this is the darkest shade of 3)

TW/CW: s*icide I’m tired of “but they always smiled” or “the were always happy” or “they were planning ahead” We’ve done awful educating people abt s*icide bc that means shit This is an ACTIVELY s*icidal person. Presenting a poster at a conference(‘19) &in 2 wks it hit the fan

Not me working on my app to get my Masters of Psychology 😅 specifically community psych I know it won’t make anyone take me more seriously if they are determined to say I don’t know what I’m talking about but for those who will take me seriously, it’s just the final piece in the puzzle of my work

PSA (aka Pharmacist Service Announcement) HCW, please retire ANY & ALL use of “retardation” for the love of god please! I was editing something today & found it in multiple documents which are published/available to people. Inhibition. Slowing. Blunting. Just to name a few…

FUCK! Fuck fuck fuck! Just makes me feel better at this pt! He had to leave the incision open so that my gum would stop pulling…this is the 3rd surgery in abt the same spot so it’s causing my gum to recede from the teeth…which isn’t good But I heal like shit so this isn’t fun

Support my friend if you can!!! So proud of her @realdocv.bsky.social 🥰 available on Amazon

They are doing construction next door 😭 all I wanna do is rest FFS! Luckily the myth busters are blowing shit up so I turned it up…

This is a new kind of sensory hell… Do I need to blow my nose bc there is something in there or is it the bruise forming from my most recent gum surgery?!? Reader: I cannot blow my nose bc that 100% hurts 😭

It sucks when your body metabolizes local anesthetics so stinking fast…means you don’t get through a simple procedure without needing a second dose…

Oral surgery number three tomorrow 😭 I really, really hope this is the last one bc I’m real tired of having my gums sliced & diced. Yes, I’m glad we are being proactive due to the chances of it turning into cancer but FFS I need this to be done already

I knew losing him was going to be hard but I’m taking it much harder than I expected I would. I’m not okay, I’ve gone completely non-verbal, sticking to only written communication bc my heart hurts so damn much. I’ll be okay but I’m letting the grief hold space for now

Don’t take business meetings while waiting in the waiting room at the doctors office…go to your freaking car…especially when you have a voice volume that is loud FFS I don’t wanna hear your fucking meeting

TW/CW: pet death Our beloved Spike died last night 😭 we are devastated. Even though we knew we didn’t have forever, it’s still hard. Spike was part of this family for almost 14 years. He’s been with Wyatt his whole life. Rest easy my handsome dude, rest easy.

Help! My TMJ is beyond bad & I’ve tried the usual stuff so I’ll take som new ideas of stuff to try Already wear a retainer at night while sleeping & I’ve already tried a muscle relaxant…

S*icide is the one of the only forms of death we blame the person who died instead of acknowledging what they were living with when they died. One of the only we focus on all the negatives in their life instead of celebrating their life as a whole.