I rescheduled the post I had planned for today. MukhammadAziz Umurzokov deserves to still be alive, passing his first classes at Brown. Failing that, he, at the very least, deserves to be remembered. www.patreon.com/posts/145949...

Running for office, considering running for office, being in office, these are tricky items to balance regardless of seat, politics, conditions of a race, etc. @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social & @yuhline.bsky.social are two of the best who've ever done any of this. Warmth to you both always.

NYC real estate is expensive and speculative investors w/ deep pockets are too often able to move fast to buy buildings, resulting longterm in higher eviction rates, poor quality housing, tenants driven out of neighborhoods. @council.nyc.gov: pass COPA (Int 902) & put tenants and communities first.

"In many ways, Alice Wong was the first disabled public intellectual, & that “public” piece was not necessarily something the disability community was prepared for. " Beautiful tribute to oracle & forever loved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social , by wonderful Rebecca Cokely. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Been asked if we'll be doing a live tonight — Yes! On my list to talk about is food safety (this post from yesterday, Thanksgiving Food Safety - Boars Head Recall — www.patreon.com/posts/144496...) and health insurance Tonight at 8:30PM ET, link is ⤵️ www.patreon.com/mattbc/event...

A rare and beautiful visitor to Central Park today, this Barn Owl resting high in the Pinetum in a fenced-off area. 🦉 ❤️

AYFKM they literally say “well journalists could just be placed into deportation proceedings and then apply for asylum,” as if that’s an adequate remedy to NOT BEING FIRED.

Haven't had much energy to post, much less for anything, but advice deeply welcome: my Dad's birthday is the day before mother's day this year. It'll be the first of both without her for both of us. For folks who've been through this, any suggestions on how to start prepping to spend these firsts?

Loved going on the Uniquely Human podcast with Barry Prizant and Dave Finch, where we talked about the politics of autism, Medicaid, DOGE, Elon Musk, RFK Jr. and what it all means for #ActuallyAutistic people podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

On that note, I strongly recommend logging in to your medical portal(s) and explicitly opting out of medical record sharing, because otherwise your medical data is technically available to ~anyone without your knowledge

I'll be joining @audiecornish.bsky.social on @cnn.com at 6:20 AM EST to talk about RFK Jr., autism and why he's wrong. Tune in if you can.

Hands Off! COVID Long-Haulers Fights Back call will start in just over 10 minutes (or maybe longer if we're working on disability time). I will thread some of the information on here @motherjones.com

Death, especially related to structural failures & neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, is filled with about 35,000 indignities, and 72,000 different types of admin, & also, some very unexpected, beautiful moments of human compassion between family, chosen family, even strangers. I love you, mom.

Last week was my last w/ MBP @marklevinenyc.bsky.social. Mark was the 1st elected who knew my name. To work for him has been to know someone who lives their external values internally: kind, funny, thoughtful, a guy w/ a big brain, bigger heart. Next steps soon but for now, a 🧵 of work: 1/

Too happy about this news to be utterly bemused by the words, "The canceled movie would be the second Looney Tunes feature saved by Ketchup Entertainment". For the sake of law dorks and chaos gremlins everywhere, Save Coyote vs. ACME!!!!!

My theory on why Trump is choosing THIS order to defy is 1) someone at White House made the decision [cough, Stephen Miller] w/o properly vetting it, and now DOJ has to dig in and 2) like suspected fuck-ups at USAID, if they back down it'll reveal just how incompetent they really are.

The campaign leadership that Vice President Harris inherited from Biden was not great! They shoved this guy in a box!

It's been a day, a week, a year & somehow it is only the first week in March. If anyone else needs a happy, I'll just be watching Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur tonight. Especially this clip, over & over again. Just a super genius girl & her dinofrom another dimension. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXT0...

Molly is one of the best advocates, mentors, collaborators I've had the joy to work w/. A fierce cross-issue courts advocate & devoted mom, she deeply gets how local policy is change-making, LOVES her city, & is the exact type we need in office. Donate & if you're from St. Paul, get to know her! 👇

Sean Baker is such a great celebrator of cinema. Great to see him getting uplifted and to see him use his third Oscar speech of the night to push the powers that be to save the movie theater experience. #Oscars

I see a lot of public opinion research - this isn't nuts, this is a thing that *must* happen.

You all really, badly, quickly, need to familiarize yourselves with the Republicans’ media infrastructure. No joke. This, none of this surprises me. They have built a media ecosystem that is impenetrable and actively uses Dem messaging to push people down the alt-right pipeline.

This is a loudly blown whistle.

Art is a powerful truth-teller. #NoOtherLand lays bare the ugly reality of Israeli apartheid & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Mazel tov & Mabrouk to Basel & Yuval, who, like us, know that there is no safety, no future, without solidarity, freedom, justice, & equality for all.

I would love this gorgeous, elaborate James Bond songs tribute at the Oscars to be an elaborate play to make Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson pick a new Bond already lol. #Oscars

I'm going to stop working for the night, before I do: I need you to know that they haven't won yet. Tonight was bad, but they still have more votes they need to win before they cut Medicaid.

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

Hmmmmm... Joy Reid ... Alex Wagner ... Katie Phang ... Jonathan Capehart ... Ayman Mohyeldin ... trying to put my finger on a common thread here .... (On a more serious note ... WHAT? These are some of my favorite people on my favorite shows who covered certain issues way more than other shows!!!)

*eye twitches in Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance*

Multiple times a day, the white house does a thing that isn't logical, has argument for legal challenge etc. I thought today's would be mostly congestion pricing but ending PMF & FEBs felt initially unfathomably specific. But all this isn't about fixing. It's about making federal work unfixable.

"Because the deported migrants are no longer on U.S. soil, Washington is not legally obligated to make sure they are treated humanely or have the chance to seek asylum." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

A quiet kind of sadness has been a frequent friend the last few months, so I aim to remember to look up and look outside, on the chance that I can be surprised by something good each day. This past day's favorite moment - first Delaware Amtrak platform sunrise of 2025. It never fails to disappoint.

i gotta say, my little hearts go kapow kapow whenever i learn of a later-life transitioner. 😻🎉✨💓 welcome everybody, oh, welcome! especially if you’re even older than i was. there’s no such thing as too old.

They want you to feel trapped. They want you to feel exhausted and confused. They are agents of chaos and enemies of progress, but that doesn't mean that the world has to stop spinning. Do what you can for yourself first and then for others. Take it day by day, hour by hour. Breathe.

What's been keeping me level headed throughout the madness has been just being outside in community with other people. Seeing people just trying to make a living and make life has helped me sort of zoom out a bit and figure out how I can help make a difference.

Sad to see colleagues fired this weekend: “PhD-trained scientists tasked w/ helping…respond to outbreaks; employees that ensure medical devices for patients w/ cancer & diabetes are safe; a public health worker stationed at an intl airport to prevent animals carrying rabies… from entering the US”

Gonna post cringe for just a second here. Not on a self-pity kick, just out of ideas and pride: I have some irons in the fire and some contract stuff, but I need a full time job in LA. Whatever I've been doing isn't working and I need help. If you have any ideas, please DM or email me (in bio).

I wonder yet again what it's like to live in precedented times.

If any parents of children with disabilities received similar emails like this, message me on Signal at emgarcia.85

One of my parents has ALS. ALS patients regularly participate in clinical trials funded by NIH grants, including indirect costs like cleaning labs, screening/enrolling patients, air conditioning & more. NIH funds for indirect costs helps scientific advancements actually happen - make hope possible.

i tell this story every time these old photos come up but: I remember in film school one of my classmates asked what about film chemistry in the 1970s caused everything shot in NYC to look so brown and grimy and our professor was like "that wasn't the film, that's just what the air looked like here"

"Have patience but also persistence." Been struggling to reflect on how to personally adapt my capacity & skills rn to this moment. Wonderful tool from @prisonculture.bsky.social , adapted by their comrade Eva as a zine, to help users process how we individually want to & can meet the work of today.

A thing I keep reminding myself is to hold onto hope, joy, good surprise. Hold onto loved ones & strangers who keep doing their best despite how this timeline keeps breaking bc if we can't hold to hope or courage, we'll have even less chance to do right by each other. Idk, but this helped today.

Respectfully, you need to stop doomscrolling and get enough rest so you have the energy you need to deal with any new national garbage fires tomorrow. Plus normal life stuff. And don't forget to charge your phone outside of your bedroom.

I've been on Medicaid - I don't know what my life would've been w/o it. It's vital that Congressional offices hear from those who know Medicaid firsthand - people who rely on it, have relied on it, or have people they love who are on Medicaid. Learn how to fight for your care today at 4pm ⬇️

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

While we're all fawning over Matt Maxey's ASL performance (rightfully so!), just gonna leave this here. Visibility is important; invisibility is planned.

Sunday scaries are a whole new something with superbowl fireworks reaching a whole 40 min outside of philly. Congrats birds. #Superbowl

This outfit makes me want to see Sza as Phoenix Jean Grey SO BADLY #Superbowl

If anyone could get Sam Jackson to make an Uncle Sam cameo, it is indeed Kendrick. #Superbowl