Neha Sampat
@nehas.bsky.social
Found my voice & using it. #Belonging builder. Do-Betterer. Mama, Speaker, Writer, Poet, #ChronicMigraine Warrior, #Spoonie (but no chamcha!), Box-Breaker, Former Lawyer and current BelongLab CEO.
Seriously. And in our culture, cousins are called and treated as siblings, so it really is his aunt. Sheesh.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Seriously. And in our culture, cousins are called and treated as siblings, so it really is his aunt. Sheesh.
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Please Note: As of now, the majority of SF Bay Area restaurants that plan to offer free or reduced-priced meals to families who will lose #SNAP benefits are owned by ethnic minorities. There are TONS of eateries across the SFBA: are white owners pitching in, too?🧐 www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
These Bay Area restaurants are offering free meals for SNAP recipients during the shutdown
A growing wave of Bay Area restaurants will provide free meals to people on federal food assistance when SNAP benefits run out Nov. 1.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Please Note: As of now, the majority of SF Bay Area restaurants that plan to offer free or reduced-priced meals to families who will lose #SNAP benefits are owned by ethnic minorities. There are TONS of eateries across the SFBA: are white owners pitching in, too?🧐 www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
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I know we’re all Online (probably chronically) but what truly makes me sad is that this still isn’t the tipping point. And I have no idea what it will take for the average American to wake the fuck up to what’s going on.
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I know we’re all Online (probably chronically) but what truly makes me sad is that this still isn’t the tipping point. And I have no idea what it will take for the average American to wake the fuck up to what’s going on.
This. And in my personal network, I’m noticing who tends to speak up and who doesn’t. And let me just say that those of the unmelanated variety tend to be quieter and pull a Homer.
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This. And in my personal network, I’m noticing who tends to speak up and who doesn’t. And let me just say that those of the unmelanated variety tend to be quieter and pull a Homer.
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Question for the white liberals who have written columns praising Charlie Kirk in the name of "free speech."
Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)
Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Question for the white liberals who have written columns praising Charlie Kirk in the name of "free speech."
Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)
Where are you columns actually DEFENDING THE FREE SPEECH of people who are being fired for [checks notes] quoting Charlie Kirk? (Which most of you white praisers didn't have the guts to do)
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
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They went from blaming Black Folks to blaming the LGBTQ Community to blaming Jewish Folks for Charlie Kirk being murdered…by a fellow white supremacist.
🗣️🗣️🗣️Are you non-marginalized allies paying attention? I mean are you really paying attention?
We need y’all to get your shit together for 2026.
🗣️🗣️🗣️Are you non-marginalized allies paying attention? I mean are you really paying attention?
We need y’all to get your shit together for 2026.
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They went from blaming Black Folks to blaming the LGBTQ Community to blaming Jewish Folks for Charlie Kirk being murdered…by a fellow white supremacist.
🗣️🗣️🗣️Are you non-marginalized allies paying attention? I mean are you really paying attention?
We need y’all to get your shit together for 2026.
🗣️🗣️🗣️Are you non-marginalized allies paying attention? I mean are you really paying attention?
We need y’all to get your shit together for 2026.
Returned here after a long break to find this lovely post. It’s my poem, “Legacy,” published in the stunning @thebkmagazine.bsky.social!
CW: Mention of colonization
Born shy of 7 lbs,
she flung out her delicate arms
to gather air and dust
and world and universe,
to claim what was hers
Read more of "Legacy" by @nehas.bsky.social in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
Born shy of 7 lbs,
she flung out her delicate arms
to gather air and dust
and world and universe,
to claim what was hers
Read more of "Legacy" by @nehas.bsky.social in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
September 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Returned here after a long break to find this lovely post. It’s my poem, “Legacy,” published in the stunning @thebkmagazine.bsky.social!
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I’m delighted to share that my poem “The Sparrows Shake Me, Wake Me” was published in Beyond the Veil Press’s new disability pride poetry, essay, & art anthology, In Praise of Despair.
To purchase: a.co/d/jiG0Rqg
#crippoetry #crippower #DiabilityPride #disabledpoets #disabilitypoetry #poetry
To purchase: a.co/d/jiG0Rqg
#crippoetry #crippower #DiabilityPride #disabledpoets #disabilitypoetry #poetry
August 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I’m delighted to share that my poem “The Sparrows Shake Me, Wake Me” was published in Beyond the Veil Press’s new disability pride poetry, essay, & art anthology, In Praise of Despair.
To purchase: a.co/d/jiG0Rqg
#crippoetry #crippower #DiabilityPride #disabledpoets #disabilitypoetry #poetry
To purchase: a.co/d/jiG0Rqg
#crippoetry #crippower #DiabilityPride #disabledpoets #disabilitypoetry #poetry
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Chronically ill? I HOPE YOU LIKE PAPERWORK
April 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Chronically ill? I HOPE YOU LIKE PAPERWORK
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CW: ableism (critiqued)
According to some, we will live in silver cities, and we will have saved the bees, so hills will shine, carpets of flowers will grow, and suburbs will be walkable.
Read more by Ella T Holmes in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
According to some, we will live in silver cities, and we will have saved the bees, so hills will shine, carpets of flowers will grow, and suburbs will be walkable.
Read more by Ella T Holmes in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
CW: ableism (critiqued)
According to some, we will live in silver cities, and we will have saved the bees, so hills will shine, carpets of flowers will grow, and suburbs will be walkable.
Read more by Ella T Holmes in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
According to some, we will live in silver cities, and we will have saved the bees, so hills will shine, carpets of flowers will grow, and suburbs will be walkable.
Read more by Ella T Holmes in The B'K Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
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Too many people treat the chronically ill person in their life appalling, and then turn around and expect help when they become sick themselves.
I will always help when someone asks, but consider at least owning your prior gaslighting, ghosting & ableism. Admit you didn’t “get it”.
I will always help when someone asks, but consider at least owning your prior gaslighting, ghosting & ableism. Admit you didn’t “get it”.
March 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Too many people treat the chronically ill person in their life appalling, and then turn around and expect help when they become sick themselves.
I will always help when someone asks, but consider at least owning your prior gaslighting, ghosting & ableism. Admit you didn’t “get it”.
I will always help when someone asks, but consider at least owning your prior gaslighting, ghosting & ableism. Admit you didn’t “get it”.
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All those "Showing gratitude increases mental wellbeing!" studies you hear about: how many of them control for actually having something to feel grateful about? Seems to me that would be the more crucial component, no?
March 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
All those "Showing gratitude increases mental wellbeing!" studies you hear about: how many of them control for actually having something to feel grateful about? Seems to me that would be the more crucial component, no?
What is the diagnosis when mental health providers traumatize you to the point of mental illness?
Asking for a zillion melanated and marginalized friends.
Asking for a zillion melanated and marginalized friends.
March 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What is the diagnosis when mental health providers traumatize you to the point of mental illness?
Asking for a zillion melanated and marginalized friends.
Asking for a zillion melanated and marginalized friends.
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Want to support disability justice? Start by listening to disabled people. Then, actually *believe* what they tell you.
March 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Want to support disability justice? Start by listening to disabled people. Then, actually *believe* what they tell you.
Exactly this. I lodged a complaint, and the medical director harmed me the same way as the doctor about whom I was complaining.
“The doctor did what? You need to lodge a complaint!”
I understand why so many people say this. But please realize if you’re disabled, you’ve likely been mistreated in healthcare settings for your entire life.
You’ve lodged complaints. You’ve asked for managers. The system works against you
I understand why so many people say this. But please realize if you’re disabled, you’ve likely been mistreated in healthcare settings for your entire life.
You’ve lodged complaints. You’ve asked for managers. The system works against you
February 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Exactly this. I lodged a complaint, and the medical director harmed me the same way as the doctor about whom I was complaining.
Wherever there is yt supremacy, there is a Desi chamcha operating as its soldier. For shame!!
Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
February 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wherever there is yt supremacy, there is a Desi chamcha operating as its soldier. For shame!!
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Every year during US/CA Black History Month I see white people going viral talking about it.
But way fewer Black folks going viral.
I know it’s the algorithm, I’m not blaming anyone! But do take a moment to think, am I seeking out Black voices?
Here are 10 Black creator Starter Packs to start ⬇️
But way fewer Black folks going viral.
I know it’s the algorithm, I’m not blaming anyone! But do take a moment to think, am I seeking out Black voices?
Here are 10 Black creator Starter Packs to start ⬇️
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Every year during US/CA Black History Month I see white people going viral talking about it.
But way fewer Black folks going viral.
I know it’s the algorithm, I’m not blaming anyone! But do take a moment to think, am I seeking out Black voices?
Here are 10 Black creator Starter Packs to start ⬇️
But way fewer Black folks going viral.
I know it’s the algorithm, I’m not blaming anyone! But do take a moment to think, am I seeking out Black voices?
Here are 10 Black creator Starter Packs to start ⬇️
Holding our reps and one another accountable is a cornerstone of true democracy. Righteous rage is a cornerstone of justice. So stop shaming me for not being quiet, nice, cooperative, and polite.
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Holding our reps and one another accountable is a cornerstone of true democracy. Righteous rage is a cornerstone of justice. So stop shaming me for not being quiet, nice, cooperative, and polite.
Better yet, follow their leads, and amplify their insights.
Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Better yet, follow their leads, and amplify their insights.
This right here.
Whenever a friend develops chronic illness, has a bad experience with the healthcare system or faces temporary disability, they say “oh my god I didn’t know it was THIS bad”
They did know. We told them. They chose not to believe us
Believe disabled people. Listen. Help. One day it’ll be your turn
They did know. We told them. They chose not to believe us
Believe disabled people. Listen. Help. One day it’ll be your turn
February 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This right here.
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A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly