I interviewed @angelafrederick.bsky.social about her book Disabled Power, which details the extreme challenges disabled people faced when part of the Texas power grid failed during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

At five years old, I held up an entire wedding procession counting exactly 5 rose petals to toss by each church pew after asking how many and being told “Oh, about four or five.” Forty years later, I got my autism diagnosis.

ICE agents violently detained another disabled person, causing severe injuries. Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf. Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop. He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite.

Kamlager-Dove: Biden put together a very restrictive plan around selling these chips to other countries. And Republicans were saying, “Hey, Biden, you’re not protecting our national security.” Fast forward to Trump, and he’s selling these things like you sell Snickers on the corner.

I am sure someone else has already come to this realization, but Gandalf is basically a neighborhood cat. He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.

Because it’s not getting reported on enough: Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun. He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters

This is goals. So beautiful.

Josh and I are having our 26th anniversary on Thursday, and this year we got one of those tall patio heaters so I can hang out with him outside despite my complete inability to generate my own body heat. He's putting it together now, and I'm excited :) I'm going to do so much knitting out there.

A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE. It is the GUNS. #SadButTRUE 💔

Big Tech makes money when we argue with eachother which is why it favors and amplifies polar extremes with conflicting values so that there’s debate and repeat visits to see advertising space. And yet here I am complaining about it on social media 😞

I love it when mushroom caps hold water, like this pretty purple-capped Russula 📷 Canon 5D Mk III Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 125 Stack of 78 images 10/23/21 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

I’ve made sooo many pairs of these fingerless mitts - they are so warm and comfy but leave fingers free for the phone. I’ve made so many, because I have LOST so many 🤦‍♀️ #knits #knitsky

AI? No. just watercolor and brush pen

I was trying to think of a favourite photo from this year, and this face-on shot of a Drinker came to mind. This moth piqued my interest because of its unusual appearance in comparison to other #moths I'd seen this year. It wasn't easy to photograph. It was incredibly lively. #teammoth

Another shooting. The details will shift, the outrage will fade. That’s the danger. Repetition trains acceptance. A country doesn’t collapse at once…it gets conditioned to look away.

Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

Surprise! Happy holidays! The final two episodes of "Burn Order" were due to be posted this Monday, December 15th. But here they are, a little early. This is the complete series -- a total of six episodes. Free to listen at Apple podcasts or on any podcast app: podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...

Day 2099 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Group in Crinolines" (1909) Wassily Kandinsky. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Kandinsky died on this day in 1944. This early figurative scene shows a cluster of women in sweeping crinolines gathered in a park-like setting, their forms softened and stylised

Local women crochet/knit woolly PJs for rescued vulnerable, ill and formally abused elephants to shield them from the nighttime cold, Elephant Conservation Care Center, India #UnravellingWomensArt

Celtic Traveller on Ravelry. I’ve made this countless times in a variety of Aran yarns 🧶 #knit #knitsky

Hmmm Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar and we return of course to my feathered friends. I've gone for a colourful fella today this Crimson Topaz Hummingbird. Capturing the incredible colours and slight iridescence is never easy, nature really is the best artist! #BirdArt #SciArt #Illustration #Procreate

"i no longer want to be a meme. please let me go home."

Heavy cables in a yarn that shows them off perfectly - in this case Hayfield Aran 🧶 #knit #knitsky

I feel like Indiana abandoning Trump is a tipping point. And it’s not because they didn’t want a new map. It’s because he shook them down.

When someone dies of the flu and you say “what pre existing conditions did they have?”….you’re saying the chronically ill are expendable. When you say “only the sick & elderly die of the flu”… you’re saying they’re expendable. We are not expendable.

Sign for an Indivisible event in Alabama tomorrow! I call her Lady Ribbety. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Getting back into knitting has meant a lot of un-knitting and re-knitting and re-learning. But I am really having fun! There’s something about starting with a bag of wool and making something beautiful that grounds me in the best way. #KnitSky

Who invented non-reflective glass? American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938. It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor

@dpfrazier22.bsky.social, thank you so much for including me!! 🥰💙🥳🤗🙏🏻 go.bsky.app/A2yhrs3

8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.

Sketches from today’s trip to the Montgomery Zoo #TraditionalArt

WATCH: @murray.senate.gov and Rich Fiesta of the @retiredams.bsky.social explain how Trump is sabotaging Social Security

Know the difference! #Unity

Victim blaming helps the privileged keep their power. Got raped? You were asking for it. Disabled? You didn’t take care of yourself. Getting deported? Should have followed the process. Don’t make enough money? Should have made better choices. Stop blaming the oppressed.

I want to go to the zoo today; there’s a new baby giraffe. The sun is out, even if it’s cold. I’m really lucky to have a great zoo so close to home. More adults should feel free to go without kids, unless morally bothered by the keeping of wild animals (very understandable).

If someone with a chronic health condition says that something doesn’t feel right, there is a very good chance that something isn’t right. I wish medical professionals listened instead of immediately seeing us like we’re just some hypochondriacs.

If you’re running for Congress, maybe talk about passing a bill to refund everyone the difference in their health premiums for 2026 if republicans fail to pass ACA subsidy extensions.

Amanita Jester #art

Alexej von Jawlensky - Mystical Head , Head of a Girl, 1918 (oil on cardboard) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Thin does not equal healthy. Etch this onto your brains. A friend was in chemo, losing weight, miserable, and people told her how great she looked because the diet industry reprogrammed your brains. Don't comment on other people's bodies without invitation to do so, maybe.

Who said flying is limited to the sky? This footage shows the largest known migration of mobula rays, captured in the waters of Baja California Sur. Filmed by freediver and photographer Aidan Bedford. A quiet reminder that art often begins with attention. #NatureAsArt #VisualWonder #Observation

New project started in this gorgeous yarn - Hayfield Bonus Aran in purple heather 🧶 #knit #knitsky

When ACA subsidies expire, it’ll be the disabled & chronically ill who suffer the most. They have the highest healthcare costs and are living in extreme poverty. They can’t afford the premium hikes. This is a eugenicist agenda, and every Dem who voted for it knows it