Kate Caldwell
@kcaldwell.bsky.social
Director of Research & Policy, Center for Racial & Disability Justice. https://linktr.ee/k8caldwell
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With @govpritzker.illinois.gov signing Illinois’ medical aid-in-dying bill into law TODAY, the stakes are clear.
Real compassion means strengthening palliative care, mental health supports, HCBS, & assistance in living—not cost-saving shortcuts guiding end-of-life policy.
CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/7]
Real compassion means strengthening palliative care, mental health supports, HCBS, & assistance in living—not cost-saving shortcuts guiding end-of-life policy.
CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/7]
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
With @govpritzker.illinois.gov signing Illinois’ medical aid-in-dying bill into law TODAY, the stakes are clear.
Real compassion means strengthening palliative care, mental health supports, HCBS, & assistance in living—not cost-saving shortcuts guiding end-of-life policy.
CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/7]
Real compassion means strengthening palliative care, mental health supports, HCBS, & assistance in living—not cost-saving shortcuts guiding end-of-life policy.
CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/7]
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It was bizarre to see the judge attempting to joke with the immigrants in court and play with their kids even as he was ultimately sending them out to the masked agents in the halls. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It was bizarre to see the judge attempting to joke with the immigrants in court and play with their kids even as he was ultimately sending them out to the masked agents in the halls. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
I'm gonna need people to get as upset about the elimination of disparate impact as they are about calibri font...
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm gonna need people to get as upset about the elimination of disparate impact as they are about calibri font...
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I like how they just come right out and say you don’t have to do any research for tenure, just offer courses that pass our ideological litmus test.
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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It’s that time of year! @emilyladau.bsky.social and I are delighted to share the 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide. We hope this guide helps you discover new favorites and uplift disabled entrepreneurs all season long.
www.kecaldwell.com/gift-guide-2...
#Disability #DHGG #Entrepreneurship #Eship
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#Disability #DHGG #Entrepreneurship #Eship
2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide
Access a text version of this infographic with image descriptions here or download it here .
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December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s that time of year! @emilyladau.bsky.social and I are delighted to share the 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide. We hope this guide helps you discover new favorites and uplift disabled entrepreneurs all season long.
www.kecaldwell.com/gift-guide-2...
#Disability #DHGG #Entrepreneurship #Eship
www.kecaldwell.com/gift-guide-2...
#Disability #DHGG #Entrepreneurship #Eship
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No one should be offered DEATH instead of SURGERY SOMEWHERE ELSE!
This is fucking eugenics.
This is fucking eugenics.
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No one should be offered DEATH instead of SURGERY SOMEWHERE ELSE!
This is fucking eugenics.
This is fucking eugenics.
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Ending DEI practices in college admissions will expose an uncomfortable truth. Women now outperform men academically.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
If universities stop trying to gender balance incoming classes but instead admit based on merit, they’ll reject men at higher rates than they do today.
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Being part of a Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice Wong co-edited with @freeblackgirl.bsky.social was really special, even more so now. My piece was republished in the @theflytrapmedia.com today (with some updates to make the piece more current). the-flytrap.ghost.io/complex-futu...
The Complex Future of Post-Pandemic Work
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that remote work is possible for many industries, but it’s still unclear what the future of remote work is five years later.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Being part of a Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice Wong co-edited with @freeblackgirl.bsky.social was really special, even more so now. My piece was republished in the @theflytrapmedia.com today (with some updates to make the piece more current). the-flytrap.ghost.io/complex-futu...
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thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Reposted by Kate Caldwell
MAiD promises safeguards, but the system relies on coercion, paperwork, and little oversight. Providers self-report, algorithms amplify bias, and people choose MAiD because they can’t afford care or housing. That isn’t consent—it’s economic coercion.
Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
MAiD promises safeguards, but the system relies on coercion, paperwork, and little oversight. Providers self-report, algorithms amplify bias, and people choose MAiD because they can’t afford care or housing. That isn’t consent—it’s economic coercion.
Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
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Health care shouldn’t depend on your job or being seen as “productive.” Linking care to employment reinforces racist and ableist inequities, shutting out disabled people & communities of color. Health justice means decoupling care from work.
Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Health care shouldn’t depend on your job or being seen as “productive.” Linking care to employment reinforces racist and ableist inequities, shutting out disabled people & communities of color. Health justice means decoupling care from work.
Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) reframes disability as “suffering,” treating disability as the problem and death as the solution. When society denies access, support, & care, those failures get labeled “personal tragedy,” and death becomes the relief.
Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) reframes disability as “suffering,” treating disability as the problem and death as the solution. When society denies access, support, & care, those failures get labeled “personal tragedy,” and death becomes the relief.
Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
Reposted by Kate Caldwell
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
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The orange poopskitch's plan to dismantle the dept of education has unfortunately moved forward with a move to shift educational offices to other departments in a move that makes no logical sense from an educational standpoint & is profoundly concerning.
#Pinks
#Pinks
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The orange poopskitch's plan to dismantle the dept of education has unfortunately moved forward with a move to shift educational offices to other departments in a move that makes no logical sense from an educational standpoint & is profoundly concerning.
#Pinks
#Pinks
Hey y'all, DHS just dropped a new proposal this morning to rescind the 2022 public charge rule change. You can read and comment on the proposal at the link here.
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-20278
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-20278
Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
DHS proposes to rescind the 2022 public charge ground of inadmissibility regulations. The 2022 regulations are not the best implementation of the statute, inconsistent with congressional intent, undul...
www.federalregister.gov
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hey y'all, DHS just dropped a new proposal this morning to rescind the 2022 public charge rule change. You can read and comment on the proposal at the link here.
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-20278
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-20278
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
It will never stop bothering me that it is "pleaded" and not "pled" 😣
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It will never stop bothering me that it is "pleaded" and not "pled" 😣
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Rest in power, Alice Wong.
A fierce disability justice oracle, storyteller, and now ancestor.
She taught us that disabled wisdom lights the future, and that our stories must never be erased.
We mourn. We fight. We carry her work forward.
Thank you, Alice. For everything you gave us.
A fierce disability justice oracle, storyteller, and now ancestor.
She taught us that disabled wisdom lights the future, and that our stories must never be erased.
We mourn. We fight. We carry her work forward.
Thank you, Alice. For everything you gave us.
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
A fierce disability justice oracle, storyteller, and now ancestor.
She taught us that disabled wisdom lights the future, and that our stories must never be erased.
We mourn. We fight. We carry her work forward.
Thank you, Alice. For everything you gave us.
A fierce disability justice oracle, storyteller, and now ancestor.
She taught us that disabled wisdom lights the future, and that our stories must never be erased.
We mourn. We fight. We carry her work forward.
Thank you, Alice. For everything you gave us.
Reposted by Kate Caldwell
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
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🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
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"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
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Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose assisted suicide, MPs and peers are told
Many terminally-ill people would feel “duress” and “pressure” to choose an assisted suicide if it is legalised, because of the lack of funding for the NHS, palliative care and social care services,…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
🎁✨ Makers + creators it’s time!
The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is open
If you’re a disabled entrepreneur (or know one), send your info by Nov 21 to be featured this holiday season!
Submit here: forms.gle/L6jFZifLhUeH...
Boosts + reshares appreciated 💙♿❄️
#DHGG #Disability #ShopDisabled
The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is open
If you’re a disabled entrepreneur (or know one), send your info by Nov 21 to be featured this holiday season!
Submit here: forms.gle/L6jFZifLhUeH...
Boosts + reshares appreciated 💙♿❄️
#DHGG #Disability #ShopDisabled
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November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🎁✨ Makers + creators it’s time!
The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is open
If you’re a disabled entrepreneur (or know one), send your info by Nov 21 to be featured this holiday season!
Submit here: forms.gle/L6jFZifLhUeH...
Boosts + reshares appreciated 💙♿❄️
#DHGG #Disability #ShopDisabled
The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is open
If you’re a disabled entrepreneur (or know one), send your info by Nov 21 to be featured this holiday season!
Submit here: forms.gle/L6jFZifLhUeH...
Boosts + reshares appreciated 💙♿❄️
#DHGG #Disability #ShopDisabled