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Greetings fellow #Newskies & #Dogskies! In an effort to connect here, I'll share pics of my 🧡, "Mia". She is 2 yrs old, and a 60 lb mix of Rottweiler + land shark + princess, and may even be part gremlin! We enjoy birding, sociology, reading, & happy hour walks! Hope to connect with kind people.

People think liberal arts degrees and sociology are useless, but it'd help you avoid this kind of shit.

When sociologists talk about people reaching for strongman fascism over loss of status... this is why.

Alice Wong was a fierce advocate for disabled people and a brilliant writer. Her last words were: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.” I hear you Alice, the fight for disability justice continues.

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💡 Did You Know? Intellectual disability is the most common developmental disability, affecting about 6.5 million people in the U.S., and about 1-3% of the global population; that's as many as 200 million people!

There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on #DisabledRage public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/

🚨🚨🚨 from Biff (on Twitter as @Biff234523, formerly @Biff234524) regarding Novavax availability for 2025-26 season (USA scope)! 🚨🚨🚨 Full thread here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19408... If you're short on time, bookmark this post (or 📌it). Then share it widely. ✨ #Novavax #Covid #Vaccine #SARSCOV2

The bill will strip close to one trillion dollars from federal Medicaid funding across a decade—an attack expected to cause tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year, disproportionately affecting the disabled community. Disability advocates tell @juliametraux.bsky.social what this means 🧵

International Reggae Day (IRD) marks its 31st year with calls for a “refocus” – and perhaps a revival – of reggae music as a vehicle for activism.

Adding to this, I don't think people fully realize that this country has deported many US military veterans. When I was in Tijuana a couple of years ago, the border wall along the beach separating Tijuana from San Diego is full of names of deported vets. Truly shocking to see the magnitude of it.

The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) stands in solidarity with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, the cross-disability community, and our allies. Read the entire statement here: conta.cc/3Sb4LHy

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Federal law requires Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) & supports inclusion of disabled students in general education settings. Will our children end up like Willowbrook? disabilityjustice.org/the-closing-...

Hi, @motherjones.com disabled disability reporter here, I really want to hear about how tariffs are impacting disabled, chronically ill, and aging folks. Reposts appreciated and my email is jmetraux@motherjones.com.

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I am interested in hearing from people still left at the Administration for Community Living about the status of programs for @motherjones.com. My signal is juliametraux.49.

Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight

Tracy Chapman. "Finally the tables are starting to turn Talking about a revolution." (Pencil drawing after a 2003 photo by Andrew Williams.)

woman and dog on #redditgetsdrawn. #socialfaces

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#BHM2025 The life of Rosa Parks offers crucial lessons for young people about a life of activism that is dangerous for guardians of the status quo. See YA book about her life & work with orgs in Montgomery & Detroit. (Limited free copies for K-12 teachers ⬇️.) www.zinnedproject.org/news/young-r...

Carl Sagan's prediction in 1995. We are here now.

The new regime's racism just helped inspire what I predict will be the Blackity Blackest Black History Month in a while. Reposting this photo to commemorate the festivities. Also, a whole mood. #LiftEveryChairandSwing

My current state. Artwork by Sarah Nilson (sarahnilson.com)

1/ Looking for info on Long COVID? Try the Long Covid Collection of 18K+ published research papers on this debilitating condition. The collection is updated weekly, & is searchable online at the LitCovid portal: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...

Calling all COVID-haters! Got any requests for the updated 2025 edition of my science zine, WHY WE MASK: IT'S NOT "JUST A COLD"? Any errors you'd like corrected, sources you'd like updated, or info you'd like included? Let me know here!

Seen in Venice Beach today

As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.

It's astonishing how little attention is paid to the quality of the air we breathe, especially in sensitive areas such as schools, hospitals and nursing homes. However, a few pioneers around the world are showing us the way 🔽.

These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️

Just sayin’. #blacksky #kinksky #nerdsky

Speaking of Luigi Mangione and entertainment in prison, I would like to direct people's attention to a charity that's really cool, The Prisoners Literature Project. They're looking for year end donations! www.prisonlit.org

An entire episode of Channel 4's Dispatches was dedicated to inciting hatred of disabled people, blaming us for the UK's problems. It can be summed up with a single, well-known image.

'A Way Home for Dogs' is a #SanDiego nonprofit dedicated to locating lost pets (free of charge). Babs Fry is #BeautifulPeople and we need more like her. #DogSky #PassItOn sandiegomagazine.com/features/bab...

“When the nonviolent resisters use humor…” writes sociologist Majken Jul Sørensen, “Not only is it hard to justify violence. Almost all kinds of reactions, violent or not, make the oppressor look ridiculous.”

Ruth Wilson Gilmore's concept of "organized abandonment" is useful here: the intentional disinvestment and neglect which creates group-level vulnerability to premature death. Organized abandonment kills more people than interpersonal violence, and it's not even close. It's worse.

I am sad and tired would really like this world to stop being a shitshow

The emotional support animals are about to unionize

My latest anthology is Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire You can find out more about my book plus a free plain language version and discussion guide on my website disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/disabil...