None of us live completely independently. We all rely on others to varying extents. But by demonising disabled people, the media frames needing support to live as the worst crime you could commit. We all deserve more support from the government to live well. /1

I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism. They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.

The victim was aged between 6 and 9. The reporting seems to miss the point that a child cannot consent to sex, so "sexual experience" should be accurately described as "previous rapes". The whole thing is disgusting.

We aren’t meant to live under constant threat Our nervous systems weren’t designed for it End stage capitalism and fascism are existential threats to our survival… and the 24 hour news cycle makes it impossible to get a break. It’s ok to unplug. It’s ok to rest. It’s ok to prioritize yourself.

And the lack of international concertation. The west invested heavily on 2 corporations, while there were many other available in the world. A pandemic policy that went narrow colonial mindset... when all the vaccines should have been delivered globally.

Acts of meaningful resistance: 1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare 2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights 3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources

If Labor can remove children with autism from the NDIS at the stroke of a pen, why can't they remove the AUKUS subs from the defence budget at the stroke of a pen? 🤔

I reckon @scottmitchell.bsky.social stating how Labor wants to "flood the zone with beige" perfectly describes their current approach to being in power. All they're offering is a constant stream of mediocre reforms. pca.st/episode/2c94... /1

“They did not die from COVID , they had preexisting conditions.” “They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.” This is what eugenics sounds like.

Autism isn’t something you “fix”. And “what’s wrong” isn’t people with disability. The problem is the way care work isn’t valued, supported and funded because it’s largely seen as “women’s work

Women as "informal supports" are the backbone of this fucking country

#usa #diseased #infested #magats #biohazard #cancercapitalism #conservatism #christofascists

External journalists aren’t allowed into Gaza and the entire @aljazeera.com team in Gaza has been murdered by Israel with the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal today Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing

Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City

tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house

No, one group of autistic people is not “eclipsing” others, because NO autistics are getting enough support. NONE. Shame on organizations that let parents with unfounded claims make life harder for autistic people whose struggles are less obvious, but no less real or brutal. #neurodiversity

I told the old punk that I am trying not to feel defeated but as I look at the world and at humankind I feel like nothing that I do is enough, and in reply the old punk said: none of us is responsible for saving humankind, each of us is responsible for being a kind human.

This is the entire point of the "it's complicated" line of hasbara/Western journalism. It is an intellectual off-ramp for further thought. And so many of us take it. It is a state-sanctioned excuse not to think at all. Because as soon as you actually do, the whole picture unravels

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼This. Sex worker and Trans rights have been the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for decades now. If you’re anti either? You’ve swallowed fascism lesson 101

With budgetary attacks on Medicaid underway, it’s a good time to revisit Marta Russell’s money model of disability—a Marxist theory of disablement that explains how even the most neglected care systems become profitable under capitalism. I wrote about it in 2021 on Blind Archive

A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.

No it doesn’t and it’s awful to say this. Cancer can age you. Chronic stress or illness can age you. Poverty can age you. If you start associating looks with morality, you end up bursting with eugenics flavor.

we've appended an editors note to the photo of the screaming naked child running away from her burning village during the Vietnam War to clarify that she was also suffering from mononucleosis

To quote Judith Butler, “Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic” Folks are simply telling them up front that they will not succumb to those logics! It's admirable

Two different ways of reporting objective truth

Just the "non-lethal" parts of the F35!! Penny, I would love to hear you run that line of argument in front of an international court.

Centrists are the greatest obstacles to change in politics.

Senator Shoebridge asks whether F-35 fighter parts are sent to Israel. Senator Wong gives her weasel words line about “contributing components that are non-lethal in nature”. So sounds like a yes. #GazaGenocide #auspol #QT

I'll never understand why people are so comfortable assuming that people aren't disabled for the sake of dunking. How many people with energy-limiting or other disabilities knew they had a disability before they heard their condition named "laziness"?

A lot of people need to hear this

This explains my issues with any segregated settings incredibly well. As soon as we start to believe a small group of people is bad and doesn't deserve basic rights and decency, the more likely the group will expand over time and their "just punishment" will worsen. /1

I’m confused: did a memo go out this week saying it’s finally okay for politicians and the press to be outraged that Israel is starving Palestinians? If so, I didn’t see the memo. But I did see the evidence of this war crime back in late 2023. Where are we at? Starving is bad, bombing is ok?

Disability communities have so much to teach the world about community & resistance. About creativity, love, & anger. About power, justice, & politics. About acceptance & change. I wish more of you would listen to, learn from, and collaborate with us. The world would be better for it.

Cyclists: don’t wear head phones, it’s dangerous. Car drivers: here’s a complete meeting setup for your drive. #motonormativity #trafficSafety

We want to understand the types of public interactions you are experiencing as a result of masking. Anything from off-hand comments to more extreme behaviour. Help us identify patterns and pressure points, so that we can advocate for safer, more inclusive public spaces. Survey link in thread

so itchio has shadowbanned any games tagged with 'nsfw', 'adult', or 'erotic' so they don't show up in searches, and several devs have reported that their r18 games have been removed from the site with no warning

We need to devise entirely-new methods to distribute and pay for work that isn't just hoping and praying that private companies save us out of the goodness of their hearts

A reminder that the government hasn't made any moves on legislating an end to sub-minimum wages for disabled people, as recommended by the #DisabilityRC, so while some disability-specific employers are transitioning to real min wages, they don't have support or compulsion to do so

This is insane. It didn't pass but the Liberals wanted to suspend Faruqi over this. We're two days in and the major parties are already trying to cut the knees off the Greens over...lets see... a sign in the Senate. Genuinely terrible stuff. #auspol

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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I can tell you from personal experience that invading your children's boundaries, sets them up to be abused later in life. Empower your children, don't tear them down.

Like what scam do you think disabled people are trying to pull by sometimes needing to rely on a service? If you make a statement like “NOBODY NEEDS DOORDASH!” And someone says “well, actually? I kinda do, here’s why,” isn’t the normal response “oh, I didn’t think about that” not “you’re wrong!”

If you have a hashtag with multiple words, write the hashtag in #PascalCase or #camelCase to help users of screen readers. That helps the screen reader to read out the words out individually, rather than trying to read them in one long word.

Let us remember that western leaders cut funding from UNRWA and replaced it with nothing. This is sheer evil

Seems weird it took two months after the election for Parliament to resume. Thankfully there are zero domestic or international crises that warranted the attention of politicians!

It comes down to human supremacists. They don't believe water earth or sky are living organisms that deserve protection in its own right, only believe in some fantasist economy and how it affects humans.

I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days. "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."