Their experiences in these 4 years must have been just awful. To be away from their mother for such formative years as well is heartbreaking.
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Their experiences in these 4 years must have been just awful. To be away from their mother for such formative years as well is heartbreaking.
Something to remember when we're thinking about Tom Phillips. This not an abstract issue for many people, but a raw reminder of lived experience.
I have to admit it that I'm becoming a little obsessed with the Tom Phillips case. Wrapping my head around those kids in the deep woods for so long makes my brain boil. Bubbling and boiling acidic hot rage for this man. Unfortunately he is a new martyr for the worst of men.
I still HAVE to go on twitter because bsky people are WOEFULLY poorly informed on Covid. what does it say about liberalism that the nazi site has more up to date disability information still?
Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law. By @richardawebster.bsky.social
If you're mourning the CDC and you took your mask off in 2021 you may be a hypocrit
the people shilling this tech don't care to inform anyone that it actively hallucinates. It should have no place in the clinic aside from Machine Learning in very specific closed datasets. I keep screaming this but people act like I'm a luddite and don't get the future.
My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. Iβll have to tell her about these findings.
it took soooooooo much wrangling for them to get the first round, but since then it's been an easy sell bc both of them had Shingles and then said GIVE ME THAT SHINGLES VAX! My poor mother had shingles from Covid twice.
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Medical culture: 30 hours shifts? Pfft, in my day we used to do 72 hour call and you didn't see us complaining. You're a doctor, not a weak human. Also medical culture: Now just remember masks are hard to wear so no judging! Masks give you pimples and fog your glasses. We're only human after all.
Post viral illness, and infection triggered disabilities, should really scare you more
Getting rid of vaccine mandates for kids while cutting Medicaid and also going after the federal Department of Education means there will be more disabled kids with less structure to help them with infection-triggered disabilities.
Adults make their own decisions, but anyone who approaches public health in red states with βlet it happen, they chose itβ is apathetic to killing kids, which I cannot fucking abide, and if you can, youβre a monster. Bye
@juliametraux.bsky.social is looking for scientists and medical doctors to discuss how inflammation is being misused under the MAHA umbrella. #academicsky #medsky #sciencesky #immunology #publichealth #hiscisky
sometimes you need an ice cream cone
Visual artists and queer artists were targeted first by NEA cancellations and it's hit writers now
i got a gnarly huge papercut off aluminum foil just now π₯²
why was my first thought about my Sasaeng ex-friend who would have massive DHL packages of K-pop merch sent to my house so her mom wouldn't find out she was going into debt to stan ShinEE
20 Aug 25 -- Bluesky has suspended multiple trans users for anti-J.K. Rowling posts even when they didn't mention threats or violence. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
US pediatric group recommends COVID-19 vaccines for young children, contrasting federal policy reut.rs/46YMZjr
it's happening. a restroom of open stalls but the wheelchair one is occupied for 10+ minutes
I had to download my ROUTER'S app to fix smth like this recently. I'm still mad that I have to keep an app on my phone, for my damn ROUTER!!
Three prominent clinical trials targeting viral persistence in Long COVID with short treatment courses did not find the drugs helped improve people's health. But this is far from the end of the road for persistence trials. I unpacked the current state of the field @thesicktimes.org: (1/4)
i think geopolitics entered my vocabulary before i got to first grade. a lot of people were ignored or called liars for decades while people who support now just watched or enabled. and i can't ever forget that shit! im no sage, i just had racial comments from grown adults as a child!
i mean like its cool i guess that these Commonwealth countries are recognizing Palestine but my soul and heart are irreparably broken by how long it took.. privileged people asking ME if i know about such and such aspect of the atrocities. like yes and more than you
Some good news
fire seasons begun. another good reason to mask up.
Disinformation has been a key driver of the anti-trans backlash, and @ghawinriver.bsky.social is an expert on how it is developed, spread, and leveraged. Dig in with this interview by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social.
if you don't think grocery bills are connected to eugenics you ignored the pandemic and its lasting impacts as it gets ignored and COVID mutates more. the mass death normalization and the impact on labor.
Column: The Corporation for Public Broadcast is βwinding down.β What does that mean for public radio and TV? I talk with media studies professor and public media expert Josh Shepperd for an explainer. In short, it's dire Gift π
the real Bay area ππππ i will never accept Tiktok slander they're SO FUNNY
i don't know how to alt text this but Navajo nation, Vancouver, and cutting out Bakersfield, LA, and SD made me CRYYY π
people are arguing on Tiktok about the perimeter of the Bay Area and some of the posts have me sweating im laughing so much
got some potentially bad blood work news so i went home to play with makeup for 45 minutes
so tsunamis are dangerous not for height but for volume and speed. it only takes 6 inches to become impassible for humans and 3 feet to carry cars lol
praying for my 30+ family members on Oahu but cautiously very optimistic.
A lotttt of people are into hobby aviation in CA but it is dangerous. Our micro climates plus night time can make things so sketchy. on other social media i am seeing dozens and dozens of posts about the crash victims bc it's a close community hobby
I was thinking though; one of my old art studio buddies when I did a group studio was a retired first responder and had to do recovery for Denver's crash. It really scarred him and all JD music was banned. even covers. We all complied
So there has been a plane crash in my small community of Monterey and it was within miles of John Denver's crash site. The pilot was only 3 yrs older than me. RIP.
i now grow TWO chin hairs that feel rooted so deep that the follicle must be in bone i pluck or wax them and they always seem longer than plausible lol
Please keep the survival funds coming for Mohammed.
the most misogynistic Brazilian portuguese song is going viral and it might be the song of the summer lol
I am hearing that on his deathbed Hulk Hogan received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet, brother!
some days chronic illness sucks and you just go Me hand hurty
What did we say? Closed hospitals are going to be converted into for profit prisons for disabled people. Here we go again.
Joy in hard times: Celebrating Disability Pride Month amid crisis
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...
RIP to a great. met him at Valley fair one time. so cute ππ
Drowning is soo devastating. It happens so fast and can be anyone. condolences to his family.
"The current health and economic burden of long COVID may already exceed that of other chronic diseases and will continue to grow each year as more and more COVID-19 cases occur." academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
16 Jul 25 -- CA is a sanctuary state, with strong pro-trans protections, but trans kids there are still getting letters telling them their care is cancelled, exploring stockpiling hormones or getting them abroad. and fearful of govt investigations. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
The US Department of Labor formally withdrew its plan for a ruleβintroduced during the Biden administrationβthat would have federally ended the practice of subminimum wage for disabled people.
SoCal surgery center staff confront ICE agents detaining landscapers on the property
Contra Costa launches basic income program, but eligibility rules could leave out neediest. Some wondered why county was excluding people who may be less fortunate than those enrolled in county programs. localnewsmatters.org/2025/07/11/c...
Bluesky doesn't have a lot of the "left behind" people still on Twitter like some peoples mutual aid and disability circles. however me and my disabled moots are attacked more and more lol
In the past 2 decades, the U.S. has lost over 20% of its butterfly population. Other insects are declining too β bees, moths, dragonflies and more.
@hauntedbees.com
imagine needing to provide for your pregnant girlfriend and then dying with your brothers because of gig work. do you even know how it is to find a job in CA right now?
in China there are silent fireworks, and we have drone shows. the tech exists to be adopted!
among the deceased were brothers. one young man has a baby on the way and is survived by his girlfriend. I saw video of her begging firefighters to look for survivors the day after the blast. One family in particular is really devastated. π
hasan needs help with his gfm. please donate. please share his posts. his family needs uπΈππ gofund.me/e6740048
horror movies make life less scary somehow lol. Like, things could be better, but no spirits are plotting on me rn so i have that going for me
barely surviving the Worst 48 hours to own dogs of the year. stinkers kept me up all night bc they decided to start caring about fireworks periodically past 9:45 and were unaffected prior lol
me at the most dramatic moment of my shark-based horror movie trash watch: oh hey! it's ryan guzman doing first aid
why is Palo alto/menlo park/Atherton like Monterey2
so you people without fibromyalgia just don't have feeling in your fingernails and bones? like you're not feeling the skeleton shifts? ehlers danlos + fibro is a bad combo
What. Is. Happening. NBC Los Angeles news write-up here: www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
Highly recommend giving this podcast episode a listen next time someone diagnoses you with "Covid anxiety disorder" (which isn't a thing). It'll make you feel much less alone π www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/spe...
LCRW is one of the best in the game, it's absolutely criminal that they've got to come to us hat in hand to make ends meet. they're consistently putting out incredible coverage on the far right. please help abner meet this current need & become a sustaining contributor to LCRW.
spoonerism
apocalypse hotel was so good and strange
super awesome deathly heatwave on the other coast while I'm in a sweater, long pajamas, and two blankets here had to find a winter hat to go to the store today that was chill even wore boots. we love being captives of bombing induced climate change this summer
βAnd another recent NBER paper found that abortion restrictions increased rates of intimate partner violence by 7 to 10 percent, contributing to a projected increase of $1.24 billion in social costs, including health care and lost productivity for victims.β
Today is the anniversary of the Olmsted decision which stated that disabled people deserved to receive care in their own communities rather than be forced into institutions. Unfortunately, we still have a long way to go. RIP Lois Curtis.
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live β¨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below π
I have never named a pet, they all came named lol. when my dad named his dogs he went with "brown dog" and "clara bow"
it's hard to conceptualize how DEEP the bottom is moreso the pacific than the atlantic but still.
the Netflix oceangate doc is wilder than i imagined and i thought i followed it at the time. Spine tingling footage esp since i grew up in a marine biology town and people are serious abt safety at depth bc we have a canyon.
thank you Mainers!! Rural trans kids matter too!
βIf ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.β In August, Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill banning the public from wearing masks. Protesters showed up today masked anyway. We asked them why.
βIf ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.β
Long Covid can get your pets along with human loved ones so wear a respirator to your civil actions!
every dog goes for my right kneecap and pushes it out of place lmao EVERY DOG!!! why do you guys want my knees busted!!
"i never thought of it like that" is one of those phrases that makes me irrationally so angry and upset OPEN YOUR MINDSET lol overthink more!
and Vaccinations don't protect against spread they just make you survive the acute phase of Covid. WEAR YOUR MASK! Especially my pregnant people!! Search your city/state + mask bloc for free supplies.
Internet has been cut off across the Gaza Strip. E-SIMS are urgently needed. If you can option 1, please donate to the collaboration on chuffed.org, or please see my second comment for Option 2, on this post chuffed.org/project/crip...
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work thatβs been lost.
We're going to need more support as we cover protests this summer. If you'd like to contribute, please check the quoted post below
I hope ya like jellyfish. Because they're the only adapted
I spoke with mask bloc organizers about how they prepared for the impact of tariffs on masks that they hand out to their communities for free at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...