Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

Timothée Chalomet and Ryan Gosling play them in the movie.

Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

Democrats, Trump is increasingly unpopular and he will keep sinking as he destroys the economy. For the love of God, stand up and fight. Don't cave. Be an opposition party and reflect the anger of the majority. Win over people. It won't be as hard as you think. Stop being scared.

As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law: “It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

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A person may use a wheelchair because they cannot stand or walk at all. A person may use a wheelchair because they cannot walk for long distances. A person may use a wheelchair because they are recovering. A person may use a wheelchair due to fatigue. These reasons are all valid.

And now the second half of my exciting writing news! Your Body Should Be A Part of the World also won the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and Brain Mill Press first annual chapbook contest. I’m really honored and grateful to be in the company of these other wonderful Wisconsin poets.

I feel so lucky to be able to share that my new poetry chapbook, Your Body Should Be A Part of The World, will be published by C&R Press in 2025. These are poems of crip survival, chronic illness, and the persistence of living. I can’t wait to share them with you. www.crpress.org/wsb24/

On my way back from very short trip to Philly to consult doctors at Jefferson Headache Center. Hopefully I will return in January for their inpatient program. Meanwhile my hair continues to expand apace. #Migraine #CripTime

Part one of my exciting writing news is coming soon! Meanwhile here’s a crip holiday birb.

My mom’s husband could not believe that, when he needed medical care, he could just walk into an Australian hospital and get it free of charge. Universal healthcare is not the Loch Ness Monster, my man. It’s, I dunno, elephants. Something that definitely exists that we just don’t have HERE.

My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a

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This is the Birbershop Quartet

So in the meantime here are some fall birb displays

I’m not a person who’s very good at having news and not sharing it. This is notably not one of my strengths. I WANNA TELL YOU.

Right now I have some exciting publishing news to share but I’m not allowed to share it yet 😍😬

Belated intro: I’m a disabled writer, former academic, and full-time sick person. I’ll be posting content related to disability, chronic illness, and creative writing BUT ALSO pictures of my 11 year old wienerbeagle Krypto and my collection of #TargetBirbs. No bait, no trolls, no time for drama.

Well. While he’s pardoning folks….get all of the folks on death row pardoned, all those drug convictions for weed pardoned, etc etc etc.

Whatever your opinion about the Hunter Biden pardon, if it gets more attention than the Kash Patel nomination, it is one more instance of a failure to distinguish between fundamental and trivial threats to the rule of law.

Trump is one mood swing away from appointing Barron to the US Supreme Court and y’all are talking bout “we need to respect norms.” WE??????? THE NORMS ARE GONE, GIRL.

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

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Medicare coverage for telehealth will end on Jan 1 unless Congress Acts. I can't drive due to my disability, and the cost for cans is prohibitively expensive. Please call your reps and ask them to continue Medicare coverage of telehealth. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Exactly this www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

Sarah McBride: "It is an attempt to distract ... Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."

I’ve mostly been avoiding the news but I was awake in the middle of the night scrolling and did I see that Marky Mark is going to be head of the FDA?

This is also how the Nazis did the antisemitism thing which, you know, turned into a final solution So maybe stop dismissing it while we have time to stop total catastrophe from being visited on us

How does that little poem go? “First they came for the trans people…” Sarah McBride is an elected Democratic member of the House. Will the Dems stand up for her?

We could have had a president who would have added long term care for the elderly and disabled to Medicare, a life changer for those like my father who suffers from dementia. Instead we have one whose HHS nominee wants to halt all research on Alzheimer and cancer cures beginning on day one.

I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

Hey, folks! Someone ordered a “Protect - Defend - Affirm - Support Trans Kids” hoodie, and Bonfire is about to produce it. If you want this design and order now, you’ll get it in a timely fashion! Lots of styles to choose from. www.bonfire.com/protect-defe...

Tried to roundup a list of folks in critical disability studies & disability justice work that I know of who are already on here, please lmk if there's someone else i should add! go.bsky.app/NJWgurk

Not sure if bluesky is ready for BAT-TREK but it’s my birthday today so here’s my gift to y’all 😘

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

The notion Democrats will unlock electoral success by throwing trans people under the bus runs into a few problems, including: Colin Allred took this advice, saying "I don't want boys playing girls sports, or any of this ridiculous stuff," then came up a million votes short against a bipedal worm.