💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.

Saying it again.

“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.” Gift link:

My heart is so heavy … I lost a friend and mentor yesterday and the disability community lost a leader. The incomparable Alice Wong passed away. She inspired me to find my voice. She encouraged me to take up space and embrace my disabled body.

Rest in Power Alice Wong 王美華@sfdirewolf.bsky.social Post from her Instagram with alt text. (I wanted to share here because it's difficult to navigate Instagram without an account.) www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

A voice the disability community desperately needed, may she rest in peace.

Maligning basic, safe OTC medications that most people have to resort to, like acetaminophen and ibuprofen, is part of a larger scam to blame people for their health problems (or their children's health needs or problems), so that the administration can claim people don't deserve care or support.

Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.

If you think activists asking for public masking are "purity testing," I'm going to assume you've never experienced post viral illness or lost someone close to you due to complications from COVID

When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional. crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...

Never forget that the airlines were instrumental in reducing the Covid isolation requirements and paid time off. Why? It was hurting their profits. They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved. Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy. Profit over people.

There can be no social justice without disability justice.

Masking indoors in public spaces boils down to this for me now: I love never being sick from airborne infectious diseases. The last cold I had was in early 2019, with not even a sniffle since. The only thing I don't do is dine indoors in public spaces; a good trade for health.

Tim Kaine is probably the most prominent elected official talking about the very real threat and struggle of long COVID and he just consigned millions to being screwed with ACA subsidies expiring.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov why are the IL state police abusing demonstrators at Broadview?

this actually still fucking sucks because it’s still mocking disability and framing it as punishment. this dem influencer account posts shit like this regularly, and it sucks that some of my oomfies still follow it

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

The “what should poor people be allowed to eat” debate is infuriating. The answer is simple. They should be allowed to eat anything. It’s no one’s business. Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all. Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.

“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades” We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:

Considering the vast amount of evidence that Covid can cause serious long-term health problems, mitigating risk of infection is absolutely logical. This should be utterly uncontroversial. But alas, politics, tribalism, and a desire to conform trump logic for most people. Not me.

Public Health To Drop ‘Health’ And ‘Public’

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

Men's Health: 'The Lion Does Not Concern Himself With Long COVID. Maybe He Should?' 'And now, the lion is making the rounds again—but this time as a covert(ish) way to talk about long COVID symptoms.' www.menshealth.com/health/a6910...

Lotta Black folks urging White folks to get out there and commit more than just the No Kings rallies, and lotta White folks Frustrated with a capital F at the temerity of being told this isn't enough. I'm personally just enjoying seeing a reversal of who's being told to be the answer. Sucks, huh?

ladies, this is how gullible Silicon Valley tech bros think you are

Canvas has been down alllll day. Maybe monopolies ARE bad!

Digital version of a snow day today. Canvas, which apparently uses AWS, houses live sessions, lessons, and assignments for my school, so we'll see if it's running tomorrow?

Here are 7 things you should know about Long COVID.

Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Not only that. they NEED your attention. Deprive them of it and keep it moving.

Yes Wearing a mask so that people are included shouldn’t be hard

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is. Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

Woah, babies are mostly imaginary, y'all.

"In summary, while HIV is best known for directly targeting CD4+ T cells, SARS-CoV-2 triggers a broader immune system dysfunction" "In both cases, immune system exhaustion increases vulnerability to infections and impairs the body's ability to control other pathogens" 23/🧵

"Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don't care" one million times this I am genuinely sorry this is how the universe works but it is indeed how the universe works, and the sooner more people get hip to this the healthier and happier we collectively all will be.

even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.

The worst is organizations that think it's more inclusive & liberatory to "respect everyone's personal choice" about masking than to NOT tell the Disabled that we're unwanted & unwelcome by not requiring them. They wouldn't respect my choice to light up a cigar because it's harmful to others. 🤨

1. We haven't come out the other end of Covid 2. I've never called for everyone masking every time they leave the house. I've called for more allies to mask in essential public spaces in solidarity with long COVID sufferers 3. Masks are *not* just for those who are sick

You can declare yourself against “universal public masking”, but that means I can declare you a dick. Long COVID absolutely wrecked my shit because people just couldn’t see themselves considering the health of others. Knowing you’re comfortable with that tells me everything I need to know.

Oh look, a columnist for the NYT telling me that masking in public stems from fear instead of rational assessment of the threat Nothing to see here

(things said by people who have not undertaken a rational assessment of the threat environment since 2021) I wish liberal covid deniers would actually engage with the piles of evidence on the continued danger of covid, rather than deeming everyone who has insane.

Nobody can have 10/10 takes across the board, not even @jamellebouie.net This ain't it + my continued masking in all indoor scenarios isn't an irrational assessment; it's because covid fucks people up, *really badly*, often sans symptoms So why not try to avoid that with This One Simple Trick?

I teach all of my classes in an N95 because my gift from having COVID (pre-vaccine) is an autoimmune disease that destroys my kidney function. COVID gave me kidney failure, which will require a kidney transplant. What's the #1 cause of death (aside from CKD) in patients waiting for dialysis? COVID.

A rational assessment of the threat environment for COVID would entail monitoring it properly - including not fudging death statistics, informing the public of the dangers of Long COVID, air filtration in all public buildings and mandatory masking in hospitals.

changing your behavior to be more in line with your values (ie: caring for, preserving your & your communities health), especially in such extraordinary circumstances as we are facing, is admirable. it is time to be courageous, time to use every tool in the box. mask up.

you would? ok great the action is wearing a mask in, at the very least, indoor public spaces. is your answer still yes? if not, why? even if you don’t respond to my q’s directly, i sincerely hope you ask l yourself & interrogate whether the reasons behind your answers align with your values.

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?