I dont know them but I do know what this is like. Multi-disabled no gov help, needing to fundraise for everything, can be 2000- 5000 or more per month, depending on location, amount of people, disability needs etc. Govs really should step up, do something useful with tax instead of killing people.

Depending on location, the marginalized have been rounded up for some time. See the treatment of refugees, "Fort Europe", Australia, court cases against people who offer them water & food. Ditto for homeless people & people with certain disabilities. But that is just "normal society" to most.

Kyriarchy groups, work with & for other kyriarchy groups in other countries. Kyriarchy, also named Empire, really only cares about making money & hurting living beings. It likes hurting certain kinds of humans & animals extra. This ideology crosses borders, while engineering borders & genocides.

Article is behind a pay wall, but here is an example of a "nice country". New Zealand, their government doing something with big human rights implications. Cruelty is often sold as "tough on crime", with 0 eye for human lives, innocent and criminals alike. Usually innocent though.

2. Every few months, I publish a national risk assessment for transgender youth and adults when it comes to legal threats. This particular update is a large one, with a new way of scoring risk for trans youth given the changing environment, and with major updates for adults.

1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here. For trans adults, Kansas is the newest "Do Not Travel" warning, only the 3rd state to achieve that warning. For youth, a change to the map increases risk to Medium in many states. Nationwide risk remains extreme. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Give up the idea that all of your wealth belongs to you alone. Share. Leave things cleaner than you found them. Put things back where they belong. Take a nap if you're cranky. I think Robert Fulghum was onto something.

This is the case for a lot of governments and countries worldwide. In the end, it is all kyriarchy.

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“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Parental rights, as well as government structures, are too often used to override the human rights of children. Children are human beings, entitled to human rights, and every good parent/human can see that. In this debate between gov vs parents, the actual children are often overlooked.

CW: severe violence, including violence in hospitals, organ trafficking

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They went all over the world. To the US, Chile, Argentina, even to Syria. 1 was good friends with Hafez al Assad. Unfortunately only some nazis were killed, the vast majority got away with it, including the mass murderers, "doctors" etc. Kyriarchy just revamps itself until it is fashionable again.

Another good person killed by the kyriarchy :( . genius.com/Joan-baez-an... "Rebellion, revolution don't need dollars They need this instead Imagination, suffering, light and love And care for every human being" "And I sense when I look at the stars That we are children of life Death is small"

Every marginalized human {and animal} deserves to live. If you are upset at the emotions, please pause & try to imagine what caused such harrowing intensity & then listen with compassion. Usually that dials intensity down. Just like in spoken word, when you are heard you don't need to scream loudly.

Considering CBT + "exercise therapy" as "cure" for ME/CFS came from the UK before spreading to Europe I am not surprised. Conversion therapy & torture I was subjected to it for 2y after getting sick Similar age as what these young people probably are ME/CFS is connected to viruses, not "thoughts"

Per an excellent write-up I'll link to in the next post, these dudes are in the "will commit violence for peer acceptance" category of shitheel. Middle-aged white males are the folks they see as "peers" so loud disdain from that group completely undermines them. Dudes, get out there and shout!

We get to choose what kind of example we want to be for the generations after us. We can work to undo generational curses. We can change the things that "are just the way it is." We can choose kindness & equality & freedom, in any century, any culture, even if it makes us outcasts or kills us.

I read a while ago that many opposed the Trail of Tears. So very many, that their efforts actually were the foundation for the Abolition & Suffragette movements. The gov was flooded with petitions for peace & rights for Indigenous peoples. The president + gov of Georgia ignored it & history forgot

It is important not to glorify politicians, anywhere, from any party, even if they oppose a clearly worse candidate {these are very kind words for what they are}. Look at how they treat people: if they dont care about saving the lives that are most under attack & join that attack, they are no good.

Anyway, it's 2 degrees out, with a windchill putting it at -15. I didn't wear my gloves from the car to my door - a single city block - and my hands were already turning red. Our unhoused neighbors will die out there tonight. The MN Indian Women's Resource Center needs funds to keep the heat on.

Most people also still believe the gov, non-profits, religious orgs, gofundme, etc takes care of our needs & accessibility equipment falls from the sky or something. Then they get mad at us for "begging" or "yelling" when we share our reality, that these by & large leave us to die. Many of us get 0

Or for people like me: no masking as I have severe CPTSD & cant deal if I cant see a face, though I'm immunocompromised. I need clean air too, so dont wear toxic scented products near me, dont smoke/vape, etc. Support means asking, checking in, and openness to hear the honest answers & meet needs.

Or the people who are there, like my spoons tend to go towards social stuff, but who share some unpleasant truths: like how the kyriarchy functions, that gov, healthcare etc might not help you, that common things like scented cleaning products are toxic, etc.

So when it comes to "grow community locally" stuff, here's something non-Disabled folks especially have to figure out how to counter. There is a long-standing pattern where chronically ill people, even those who previously had extensive support networks and community, are abandoned and isolated.

The kyriarchy's set up of everyone needing multiple jobs, has made relating VERY difficult for many people. When we are disabled, kicked out of the rat race, we learn everything that has value in life, real value. Sadly we are seen as disposable, so people dont make the time to be with us & learn.

Yes! I'm extremely social, live & die for certain people Have risked & upended my life more than 1x Yet most people dont even have time for meeting Dont have time to share their vehicle for my mobility Like I own a free bakery, but get thrown a cookie, sometimes, randomly. The discrepancy is HUGE.

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Kind, inclusive places of learning, that are different from mainstream, tend to be attacked by less-than-kind people. Kyriarchy opposes these places & empathy. I know from experience. Something this low shouldnt be surprising. Courage to this dear community in this extremely painful time.

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They risk their own life and limbs, because they know other people their lives are at risk.

This is why expressing grief, empathy, anger, is looked down upon. We must "just get over it" & be quiet, as the kyriarchy prefers us not to exist at all, instead of existing loudly with feelings that humanize us, as marginalized people. Being honest about our feelings is needed for a better world

" It was political hate that drove her family out of Missouri given Becca’s statement they were looking for a safer place to live. It was hate that sent ICE to her neighborhood & it was hate that led that ICE agent to shoot her. It is hate that is now justifying her murder." This is the Kyriarchy.

Renee Nicole Good was not the first person to be murdered by ICE under Trump. Keith Porter was a Black man killed by ICE on New Years Eve. Silverio Gonzalez was an undocumented immigrant killed in Franklin Park. Marimar Martinez was shot 5 times in Chicago & survived. No one is safe.

Declaring someone insane is also a favorite tactic of abusive parents/exes. A lot of the history of psychiatry is locking up "unwanted" Women, starting in the 1800s. Medicating diversity away is also a big pharma cash cow. I have nothing against chosen meds though, if they are necessary & help you.

Mental illness often from trauma Also there are vested interests to declare some people insane So they wont be listened to so their credibility is ruined When that gets done you can easily be shot put in solitary for forever This is a favorite thing of certain regimes Like in NL, STASI Germany, etc

It is very kyriarchy. Yes it happens in the USA, has for centuries, but it really goes beyond one country too. It is the same thing through many centuries, regimes, areas.

Lets name all heroes who were killed for witnessing/filming government violence on fellow human beings Naming, witnessing, trying to stop kyriarchy violence can get you maimed/killed Its 1 of the things kyriarchy likes best through different countries/regimes/centuries Its why I'm this disabled

I don't know them but I DO know what this is like. Here its been months without running water, going on 4 months. I do have food most days but not always, like today I dont. Anyway its a complete disgrace thousands have to exist like this. Wanted to type live but its existing, until we dont anymore

Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.

"Finley wants to remind the world that COVID long-haulers are still here, that anyone could get it that wellbeing needs a solution more robust than friends helping friends through emergencies. A friend died because he didn't have $60 for meds. "We are dying because we can't afford to live. "

posting margot photos from the archives until morale improves

day 2 of posting margot photos from the archives until morale improves

This is why it is very upsetting when the Dutch gov says we are spending billions on healthcare and need to make cuts, when people with lyme disease cant even get antibiotics, people with ME/CFS dont get any help, and elderly people are left to die in literal shit. Money aint going to care.

No one is getting paid to do the good things that need doing, & folks that are waiting for someone 'whose job it is' to do the things needed to save folks and make the world a better place - you'll be waiting forever. Start small. Do a thing, ask in local group if anyone will help. Start DOING!

Awkward with Trump's trans service ban

Or an advertisement, or a line in a movie. No I am not kidding. Inspiration {God} can be found anywhere.

This is part of the enshittification. In NL, this reaches nearly everywhere. Like cant cancel bank account of a dead relative, not even with the death certificate in hand, as the bank must call the person to confirm...for months/years

That leader might still be a dictator, and worthy of being treated as such. Yet whenever Western governments act this way, they are usually interested in the resources of the country, not human rights or saving lives. To the degree that I am ALWAYS suspicious when a gov says it wants to save lives.