Eileen
@eileenart.bsky.social
Research librarian. I like to draw things.
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WEAR A MASK!
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WEAR A MASK!
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'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
A great episode that should be required listening for everyone.
How has the media contributed to manufacturing consent for COVID to be “over” (and the decline of public health in general)? New episode ft. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social and @wanderingkayli.bsky.social as well as some comments from former COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
In the editing room! 🎙️ Bad Press: how the media manufactures consent in the era of COVID. Public health is often in the news but it’s not always covered well. Power influences the narratives we hear from outlets and journalists. Coming soon w/ Julia Doubleday + Kayli Jamieson. Don’t miss it! 🩷💚💀
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A great episode that should be required listening for everyone.
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
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“I don’t want MY taxes supporting disabled people! Let them fend for themselves!”
Many can’t. They can’t work, they can’t get out of bed, they’re completely dependent on caregivers for survival.
Are you saying it’s ok to let them die? Rather than provide social supports?
Many can’t. They can’t work, they can’t get out of bed, they’re completely dependent on caregivers for survival.
Are you saying it’s ok to let them die? Rather than provide social supports?
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“I don’t want MY taxes supporting disabled people! Let them fend for themselves!”
Many can’t. They can’t work, they can’t get out of bed, they’re completely dependent on caregivers for survival.
Are you saying it’s ok to let them die? Rather than provide social supports?
Many can’t. They can’t work, they can’t get out of bed, they’re completely dependent on caregivers for survival.
Are you saying it’s ok to let them die? Rather than provide social supports?
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“Long COVID has shattered every aspect of my life,” says Ella, who contracted COVID in 2021 at 19 and had to move home. Once active and social, she now spends days in a dark room with “debilitating fatigue,” exercise intolerance, brain fog, nerve pain, breathlessness and many other symptoms.
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“Long COVID has shattered every aspect of my life,” says Ella, who contracted COVID in 2021 at 19 and had to move home. Once active and social, she now spends days in a dark room with “debilitating fatigue,” exercise intolerance, brain fog, nerve pain, breathlessness and many other symptoms.
Are this many people genuinely unaware of the damage SARS-CoV2 continues to cause to human bodies and brains, or is it really just extreme denial?
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are this many people genuinely unaware of the damage SARS-CoV2 continues to cause to human bodies and brains, or is it really just extreme denial?
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A whole lot of people still can't figure out why students are struggling and absenteeism is so high. They seem oblivious to the fact that millions of kids have long COVID. Many are still talking about the brief stay at home period from 2020 as causal. Sometimes I just want to give up. It's COVID!
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A whole lot of people still can't figure out why students are struggling and absenteeism is so high. They seem oblivious to the fact that millions of kids have long COVID. Many are still talking about the brief stay at home period from 2020 as causal. Sometimes I just want to give up. It's COVID!
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hii guys I’m having a sale for black friday / small business saturday / cyber monday / whatever capitalistic holiday :3 lol. I also added pins to my shop as well they’re brand new!!!
matulasmercantile.com
wear a mask, mask up, n95, kn95, covid, flu, immunocompromised, disabled
matulasmercantile.com
wear a mask, mask up, n95, kn95, covid, flu, immunocompromised, disabled
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
hii guys I’m having a sale for black friday / small business saturday / cyber monday / whatever capitalistic holiday :3 lol. I also added pins to my shop as well they’re brand new!!!
matulasmercantile.com
wear a mask, mask up, n95, kn95, covid, flu, immunocompromised, disabled
matulasmercantile.com
wear a mask, mask up, n95, kn95, covid, flu, immunocompromised, disabled
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Wearing an n95 in public is the single most intersectional act of solidarity you can take.
Every group of people under attack by the fascists in charge is at higher risk of illness wrecking their body, finances, family, & future.
Don’t let fascists turn you into a weapon. Give/get mutual aid:
Every group of people under attack by the fascists in charge is at higher risk of illness wrecking their body, finances, family, & future.
Don’t let fascists turn you into a weapon. Give/get mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
Maskbloc.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wearing an n95 in public is the single most intersectional act of solidarity you can take.
Every group of people under attack by the fascists in charge is at higher risk of illness wrecking their body, finances, family, & future.
Don’t let fascists turn you into a weapon. Give/get mutual aid:
Every group of people under attack by the fascists in charge is at higher risk of illness wrecking their body, finances, family, & future.
Don’t let fascists turn you into a weapon. Give/get mutual aid:
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Disabled people need healthcare, housing, food and social supports.
This should not be controversial.
They shouldn’t have to have “thought ahead” and purchased disability insurance.
They shouldn’t have to beg, grovel and “prove their worth”.
They shouldn’t left to die.
We are not expendable
This should not be controversial.
They shouldn’t have to have “thought ahead” and purchased disability insurance.
They shouldn’t have to beg, grovel and “prove their worth”.
They shouldn’t left to die.
We are not expendable
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Disabled people need healthcare, housing, food and social supports.
This should not be controversial.
They shouldn’t have to have “thought ahead” and purchased disability insurance.
They shouldn’t have to beg, grovel and “prove their worth”.
They shouldn’t left to die.
We are not expendable
This should not be controversial.
They shouldn’t have to have “thought ahead” and purchased disability insurance.
They shouldn’t have to beg, grovel and “prove their worth”.
They shouldn’t left to die.
We are not expendable
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Exactly why mask mandates are necessary to quash airborne diseases like Covid, for which we do not have a sterilizing vaccine. And for measles, for which there is no longer herd immunity via vaccines. Masking & vaccinations in combination FTW 😷💉
The whole "you shouldn't be required to get vaccines because you might think they're not safe" thing is so weird to me. We know they're safe. If you harbor a deep fear that wearing a seatbelt is somehow dangerous, you still legally have to wear one when driving.
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Exactly why mask mandates are necessary to quash airborne diseases like Covid, for which we do not have a sterilizing vaccine. And for measles, for which there is no longer herd immunity via vaccines. Masking & vaccinations in combination FTW 😷💉
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Drawing pictures is one of the most fun, satisfying, challenging, beautiful things you can do. Making a terrible ugly drawing is so pure and gorgeous and human and I can't believe anyone would let a robot pretend to do that for them.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Drawing pictures is one of the most fun, satisfying, challenging, beautiful things you can do. Making a terrible ugly drawing is so pure and gorgeous and human and I can't believe anyone would let a robot pretend to do that for them.
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I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
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⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply and prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
The 'genuinely disabled'
The 'literally vulnerable'
They keep moving the goalposts.
They were never going to fund SNAP. It's eugenics:
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10% OFF HOLIDAY SALE IN MY SHOP
EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP TAB 10% OFF
Use the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS10 or click this link: ko-fi.com/crippledcomm...
#ShopSmall #BSNM #Knitting
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Use the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS10 or click this link: ko-fi.com/crippledcomm...
#ShopSmall #BSNM #Knitting
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
10% OFF HOLIDAY SALE IN MY SHOP
EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP TAB 10% OFF
Use the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS10 or click this link: ko-fi.com/crippledcomm...
#ShopSmall #BSNM #Knitting
EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP TAB 10% OFF
Use the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS10 or click this link: ko-fi.com/crippledcomm...
#ShopSmall #BSNM #Knitting
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.
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If an airborne virus emerged that undeniably targeted people like you… would you wear a mask to protect yourself?
Now try to find a group of people that don’t suffer negative effects of a lot of currently circulating viruses…
Include time off work, loss of earnings, secondary infections,
Now try to find a group of people that don’t suffer negative effects of a lot of currently circulating viruses…
Include time off work, loss of earnings, secondary infections,
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If an airborne virus emerged that undeniably targeted people like you… would you wear a mask to protect yourself?
Now try to find a group of people that don’t suffer negative effects of a lot of currently circulating viruses…
Include time off work, loss of earnings, secondary infections,
Now try to find a group of people that don’t suffer negative effects of a lot of currently circulating viruses…
Include time off work, loss of earnings, secondary infections,
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RIP Alice Wong💔
Damnit all. Mortality keeps taking the good people from us 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
RIP Alice Wong💔
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So many disabled people live short lives, largely because of social determinants of health like lack of healthcare, inadequate housing, or unmet basic needs such as clean air and water.”
— Alice Wong
— Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
So many disabled people live short lives, largely because of social determinants of health like lack of healthcare, inadequate housing, or unmet basic needs such as clean air and water.”
— Alice Wong
— Alice Wong
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Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
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For those not on Instagram:
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From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For those not on Instagram:
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