Elena
@lenagail.bsky.social
cat mom, adhd haver. previous structural functionalist, current conflict theorist. masking is community care. battling #LongCOVID | she/her 🍉
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This lady is not your friend.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This lady is not your friend.
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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 5:57 AM
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...
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woke up today to the news
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Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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I mean, I did 🤷♂️
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I mean, I did 🤷♂️
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Me every time I hear one of Ezra Klein’s opinions:
a group of spongebob characters are standing around a table with the caption oh brother this guy stinks
ALT: a group of spongebob characters are standing around a table with the caption oh brother this guy stinks
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Me every time I hear one of Ezra Klein’s opinions:
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Long Covid has now overtaken Asthma in the US, as a cause of chronic health disease in children. There is currently no cure. Yet no action is being taken and Violet Affleck is very much on point.
September 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Long Covid has now overtaken Asthma in the US, as a cause of chronic health disease in children. There is currently no cure. Yet no action is being taken and Violet Affleck is very much on point.
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Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure
Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...
www.afge.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
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When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When you get a vaccine or a medical checkup, we expect the healthcare worker to wash their hands and wear gloves.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
We should think the same about wearing masks in medical settings. Viruses can spread pre-symptomatically; masks are another effective infection control measure.
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Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
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the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents
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kamala harris jumping out a hole in the ground like bugs bunny "hey remember me? I'm transphobic too! I'M SPEAKING"
September 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
kamala harris jumping out a hole in the ground like bugs bunny "hey remember me? I'm transphobic too! I'M SPEAKING"
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Nothing really kicks up the climate panic/anger in me like a parking lot in a dead strip mall. We covered the earth in concrete for nothing.
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Nothing really kicks up the climate panic/anger in me like a parking lot in a dead strip mall. We covered the earth in concrete for nothing.
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Democrats have responded to GOP populism by inventing Unpopularism, a form of politics where you adopt a platform that absolutely nobody likes in the hopes this will energize your base.
Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
September 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Democrats have responded to GOP populism by inventing Unpopularism, a form of politics where you adopt a platform that absolutely nobody likes in the hopes this will energize your base.
Instead of reading trash from someone who doesn’t give a shit about the trans community, I highly recommend checking out Let Us Play by Harrison and Rachel Browne, which explores the trans athlete moral panic and presents perspectives from experts, advocates, and importantly, ACTUAL TRANS PEOPLE.
Jesus christ. It angers me deeply how not a single damn person in power who wants to at least pretend like they give a shit shout trans people will read even one damn book about the history of sex segregation in sports, cause you’d see how it’s all just sexist bs. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Kamala Harris cites concerns about trans athletes in her book
The Trump campaign attacked Harris over her positions on transgender rights. She says they were misconstrued.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Instead of reading trash from someone who doesn’t give a shit about the trans community, I highly recommend checking out Let Us Play by Harrison and Rachel Browne, which explores the trans athlete moral panic and presents perspectives from experts, advocates, and importantly, ACTUAL TRANS PEOPLE.
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
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Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
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Hey Sarah McBride, you’re not gonna stop the leopards from eating your face. Have a fucking backbone. Such a god damn disappointment - and I already didn’t expect much.
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey Sarah McBride, you’re not gonna stop the leopards from eating your face. Have a fucking backbone. Such a god damn disappointment - and I already didn’t expect much.
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seeing another rash of voter blaming and i wonder how people reconcile this with all the times dem senators - in deep blue states, even - that people voted for and put into office decided to give unanimous consent to GOP shit so they could go on vacation. they voted 'correctly', and yet, get nothing
September 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
seeing another rash of voter blaming and i wonder how people reconcile this with all the times dem senators - in deep blue states, even - that people voted for and put into office decided to give unanimous consent to GOP shit so they could go on vacation. they voted 'correctly', and yet, get nothing
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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This is part of resisting fascism. If you need every hand peacefully organized against it, that includes making room - and making it safe - for disabled/high risk people to stand beside you. We face an existential threat from the other side. Don’t make us face it from both.
How to be an ally to disabled / #immunocompromised people:
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
September 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is part of resisting fascism. If you need every hand peacefully organized against it, that includes making room - and making it safe - for disabled/high risk people to stand beside you. We face an existential threat from the other side. Don’t make us face it from both.
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Huh wow turns out the people who wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs never cared about free speech, they just wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Huh wow turns out the people who wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs never cared about free speech, they just wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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Who would have thought we will see the day that the #ACIP meeting sounds like a plenary at an anti-vaccine convention?
The primary emotion I feel is sadness. We are losing so much in real time.
The primary emotion I feel is sadness. We are losing so much in real time.
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Who would have thought we will see the day that the #ACIP meeting sounds like a plenary at an anti-vaccine convention?
The primary emotion I feel is sadness. We are losing so much in real time.
The primary emotion I feel is sadness. We are losing so much in real time.