Kristin
@kdbedell.bsky.social
Hockey fan living with Vascular and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
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Believe survivors.
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Believe survivors.
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
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December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
One of my children was involuntarily committed in 8th grade because they were suicidal. The facility closed a couple of years later due to abuse. This was the "good" facility in our state.
Care does not happen in psych wards. Stabilization of crisis can happen in psych wards, & it's purely being in a contained environment with doctors all around adjusting meds. The rest of what happens in psych wards is torture. We will need to see the end of the psych ward for mad liberation.
December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of my children was involuntarily committed in 8th grade because they were suicidal. The facility closed a couple of years later due to abuse. This was the "good" facility in our state.
Almost done. Just down to a couple of minor fixes and hand-sewing to finish the lining.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Almost done. Just down to a couple of minor fixes and hand-sewing to finish the lining.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
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"Carolina is acting like you're stupid" - Steve Dangle/@sdpnsports.bsky.social
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
Day-to-Day | The Steve Dangle Podcast
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December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Carolina is acting like you're stupid" - Steve Dangle/@sdpnsports.bsky.social
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
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December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
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Republicans in DC are headed towards another shutdown while Republicans in North Carolina are focused on silencing American history, past and present.
The NC GOP should focus on finally passing a state budget instead of this harmful fearmongering and attempts to whitewash our school curriculums.
The NC GOP should focus on finally passing a state budget instead of this harmful fearmongering and attempts to whitewash our school curriculums.
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Republicans in DC are headed towards another shutdown while Republicans in North Carolina are focused on silencing American history, past and present.
The NC GOP should focus on finally passing a state budget instead of this harmful fearmongering and attempts to whitewash our school curriculums.
The NC GOP should focus on finally passing a state budget instead of this harmful fearmongering and attempts to whitewash our school curriculums.
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Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is built by and for low-wage workers across the service industry. We are building our union by any means necessary, and building it in a way that makes sense for us.
Read how to support workers
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Take Action - Union of Southern Service Workers
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December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is built by and for low-wage workers across the service industry. We are building our union by any means necessary, and building it in a way that makes sense for us.
Read how to support workers
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Read how to support workers
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Rapist Cal Foote is playing professional hockey again.
Sorry Canes fans. Looks like we (me being a VGK fan) will both inevitably be in the same boat 😮💨
Sorry Canes fans. Looks like we (me being a VGK fan) will both inevitably be in the same boat 😮💨
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Rapist Cal Foote is playing professional hockey again.
Sorry Canes fans. Looks like we (me being a VGK fan) will both inevitably be in the same boat 😮💨
Sorry Canes fans. Looks like we (me being a VGK fan) will both inevitably be in the same boat 😮💨
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SA Warning:
The whole thing stinks from the top down.
For those not in the know, the Hurricanes org (including their affiliation with the #ChicagoWolves) have now:
1) Attempted to sign 2 of the 5 players accused of sexual assault
2) Actually signed 1 of the 5
The whole thing stinks from the top down.
For those not in the know, the Hurricanes org (including their affiliation with the #ChicagoWolves) have now:
1) Attempted to sign 2 of the 5 players accused of sexual assault
2) Actually signed 1 of the 5
Absolutely fucking trash. This is the Canes’ AHL affiliate for those who thought the work was done after the initial non signing. #CarolinaCulture
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
SA Warning:
The whole thing stinks from the top down.
For those not in the know, the Hurricanes org (including their affiliation with the #ChicagoWolves) have now:
1) Attempted to sign 2 of the 5 players accused of sexual assault
2) Actually signed 1 of the 5
The whole thing stinks from the top down.
For those not in the know, the Hurricanes org (including their affiliation with the #ChicagoWolves) have now:
1) Attempted to sign 2 of the 5 players accused of sexual assault
2) Actually signed 1 of the 5
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There's another dimension to this Rosa Parks story that you may not know. This is where the story most often gets mis-narrated.
The bus driver is often left out as a faceless entity and passive part of the story, but he is important to this story.
James F Blake adds some much needed context 🧵
The bus driver is often left out as a faceless entity and passive part of the story, but he is important to this story.
James F Blake adds some much needed context 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
There's another dimension to this Rosa Parks story that you may not know. This is where the story most often gets mis-narrated.
The bus driver is often left out as a faceless entity and passive part of the story, but he is important to this story.
James F Blake adds some much needed context 🧵
The bus driver is often left out as a faceless entity and passive part of the story, but he is important to this story.
James F Blake adds some much needed context 🧵
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In a day that will forever live on in infamy, and 3 months after a horrendous murder shook the country;
70 years ago today, a 42 year old woman took a deceptively simple but defiant stance that led to the biggest and most successful boycott in American history.
Mrs Park said no
70 years ago today, a 42 year old woman took a deceptively simple but defiant stance that led to the biggest and most successful boycott in American history.
Mrs Park said no
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In a day that will forever live on in infamy, and 3 months after a horrendous murder shook the country;
70 years ago today, a 42 year old woman took a deceptively simple but defiant stance that led to the biggest and most successful boycott in American history.
Mrs Park said no
70 years ago today, a 42 year old woman took a deceptively simple but defiant stance that led to the biggest and most successful boycott in American history.
Mrs Park said no
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Somewhat more urgently requesting signal boosts and testimonials this round, as my unemployment officially ran out today; and I continue to send out job applications like letters in bottles, with roughly the same rate of response.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Somewhat more urgently requesting signal boosts and testimonials this round, as my unemployment officially ran out today; and I continue to send out job applications like letters in bottles, with roughly the same rate of response.
Thread.
Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Just finished reading We Breed Lions by Rick Westhead. If you can get your hands on a copy, read it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just finished reading We Breed Lions by Rick Westhead. If you can get your hands on a copy, read it.
Disability.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Disability.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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NEW: A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW: A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!