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disabled trans lawyer, organizer @qcru.bsky.social, astrology gay, & unapologetic gemini dreaming of a world without prisons

still masking 😷
Maryland: call your state reps today to urge they oppose HB 1081 / SB 709! This proposed mask ban could be easily weaponized to criminalize masking at protests, gatherings, and otherwise harass/exclude disabled & oppressed people from existing in public.
Hold onto your masks, MD!

Bills in the statehouse want to charge masked people with criminal intimidation.

Despite sponsors' claims, a ban threatens Black, Jewish, & other marginalized people & gives police tools to profile maskers out of public life.

Learn & act at linktr.ee/FightMDMaskB...
Fight MD Mask Bans: Action Kit | Linktree
A toolkit to take action against MD mask bans inspired by organizers in NC & NY.
linktr.ee
February 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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As you steel yourself for today's news and navigating this crueler, more precarious world in general, perhaps you might find inspiration in the magpies of Antwerp who looked at anti-bird spikes and thought "I could build a nest with that" (research and pix by @aukeflorian.nl)
Be ungovernable, like birds who build their nests OUT OF ANTI-BIRD SPIKES. New study (📷s by author Auke-Florian Hiemstra) describes Antwerp magpies' "fuck you" to evil architecture: a nest of 1,500 stolen metal spikes 🧪 https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-21/
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Some context about the 17 states suing in full-throated support of disability discrimination
February 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.

Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.

Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
February 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Years ago, ACT UP protested at hospitals cutting off LGBTQ+ people from their care.

They didn't stand for it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
adding “Amazon telehealth AI overprescribing antibiotics” to my 2025 bingo card
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
for real time updates on the legal battles / chess game of attacking these EOs and memos one by one: www.democracy2025.org/response-cen...
Democracy 2025 Response Center
Real-time analysis of the Trump administration’s actions.
www.democracy2025.org
January 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
this week an elderly (cis) client asked me whether trump’s gender essentialism EO meant instant deportations for the “30% of America that’s trans”
January 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I say this as much to myself as anyone else: this is their goal. To pelt us with every vile declaration & action, to make us feel battered, powerless & defeated at every turn.

I just keep reminding myself to feel my feet on the Earth, breathe, get in my lane, reach out across lanes & fight.
January 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM