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"They were the fact, they did not pretend to be the idea" - Aimé Césaire

#IntroDisabilityJustice
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For @npquarterly.bsky.social, I wrote about the challenges of organizing at a feminist nonprofit that, in practice, avoids our political realities.

I'd appreciate if you read + engage:
We Stood Up: Organizing at a Feminist Nonprofit - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
When it comes to the workplace, many nonprofits fall far short of their political ideals. At my feminist nonprofit, we stood up to demand change.
nonprofitquarterly.org
If you haven't listened to @drtanksley.bsky.social on these AI tools in education, make it a priority. (h/t @ruha9.bsky.social)
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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And Charles was enslaved on the German Coast, in LOUISIANA near New Orleans, where the largest uprising of enslaved people took place in 1811.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811_Ge...
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Omg. The pain that Charles experienced with no medication while also being enslaved and expected to work with starvation level nutritiob must have been unbearable.

The fact that they included it in the ad, and that they still saw him as "property" that they wanted returned is diabolical.
The Black Panther Party learned that sickle cell anemia was a neglected genetic disease affecting mostly people of African descent. Although disease had been known since 1910, it attracted little govt attention and even less funding.
So the Panthers set up a screening program. #BlackSky #Disability
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
During Twitter's most recent conversation about eugenics (specifically about sickle cell), I came across this blog featuring one of the few early 19th century descriptions of sickle cell (in English). It's a runaway slave ad. #BlackDisabilityPolitics sicklesense.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/a...
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Harriet Tubman was [made] disabled—

meaning an enslaver hit her on the head with a pipe when she was a teenager so she suffered migraines, fainting, and visions (or 'hallucinations') for the rest of her life.

Which makes what she did that much more remarkable.
Harriet Tubman’s Disability and Why it Matters
In Harriet Tubman's version of freedom, Black women were liberators and a disabled Black woman sat at the center of democracy.
msmagazine.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Good morning.

A reminder that slavery disabled people. Also, prisons disable people. Dehumanization disables.
Author's note for poem ☝🏾

It is written about Harriet Jacobs's 1861 "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", where she writes of her confinement:

"I lived in that little dismal hole… for nearly 7 years. My body still suffers from the effects of that long imprisonment, to say nothing of my soul."
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Broadview Press
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -
broadviewpress.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ableism is

"A system of assigning value to people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness."

Read the full 2022 version of this living definition of ableism led by @talilalewis.bsky.social 👇🏾
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Do people know that this is an ableist slur?
idk if the baldamore accent makes it even funnier, but i’m dying over here
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
did any of y'all see where i put my glasses at just now?
a scooby doo cartoon character crawling on the floor
Alt: Velma, a scooby doo cartoon character crawling on the floor, looking for her glasses.
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Death had me so sad today so it's perfect that this is my first laugh
This why we ask how the funeral was omg 😭😂
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The local news + the perspectives of immigrant and indigenous communities there and it's like. I still remember the riots in Sweden during the early 2010s.
The myths around the Nordic states fascinate me. Because it is always "Oh this Nordic country is a wonderland of social safety nets and why can't we be like them?" And then you read local news and none of that shit is actually true. So where does the propaganda start and why is it so pervasive?
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Somi. I didn’t “discover” her, technically someone told me about her in 2017. I never see people discuss her, but her music nice. I have the Petite Afrique album; medicinal.
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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New Medicaid work requirements will take effect at the end of 2026 - it will FAIL sick people and cut off their care.
Tell HHS to recognize people with #MECFS and #LongCOVID as “medically frail” so our access to Medicaid is protected.

SIGN THE LETTER: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Please do this action. So many people have these diseases and more to come.
New Medicaid work requirements will take effect at the end of 2026 - it will FAIL sick people and cut off their care.
Tell HHS to recognize people with #MECFS and #LongCOVID as “medically frail” so our access to Medicaid is protected.

SIGN THE LETTER: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

I use an Android phone, perhaps many others do to. I'm posting the article as a public announcement.
New Android malware lets criminals control your phone and drain your bank account
Albiriox now targets over 400 financial apps and lets criminals operate your phone almost exactly as if it were in their hands.
www.malwarebytes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Please understand the far-reaching impacts that doxxing and fedjacketing can have on people’s lives.

If you believed the additional lies that the perpetrator spread after issuing his statement of “accountability” that denied the real damage we suffered, read this: www.instagram.com/p/DSAd8c9jcnM
巴勒斯坦团结行动网络(PSAN) on Instagram: "In solidarity with the two workers unjustly fired by Orange Blossom Education whose courses we used to support and promote, we demand that OBE: 1) Take accountability ...
141 likes, 8 comments - pal_solidarity_zh on December 8, 2025: "In solidarity with the two workers unjustly fired by Orange Blossom Education whose courses we used to support and promote, we demand th...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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In February this year Keir Starmer nearly halved the UK's aid spending.

The move was praised by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who called it a "strong step from an enduring partner".
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)

The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)

The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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best hours to be up are now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What is it exactly that makes people accept anything positive stated about western and northern Europe as fact without verifying or digging into the how? 🤔
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment

Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days

True work life balance

Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Has this already been a thing or is this a new trend where indie artists invite their social media followers to join them on a discord server?
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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BEFORE THERE WERE LIGHTS
#UrbanHorror

A young boy plumbs the true nature of a New York City blackout and discovers the Big Apple has a host of challenges which only occur when the moon is full and all the lights are out...

thaddeus.substack.com/p/before-the...
#scifi #fantasy #amwriting #Omniverse
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"A military source confirmed to the Sudan Tribune that the Sudanese government has frozen the establishment of a Russian base on the Red Sea for the time being, asserting that recent reports regarding the base’s construction are inaccurate."
Sudan freezes plans for Russian naval base on Red Sea - Sudan Tribune
December 6, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – A military source confirmed to the Sudan Tribune that the Sudanese government has frozen the establishment of a Russian base on the Red Sea for the time being, assertin...
sudantribune.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'm really looking forward to cooking this week. 🙂
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
thankfully i'm half dead inside !
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM