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432 - moggie: "It's discouraging but not surp…" - SFBA.social
To everyone at conferences and conventions: for the love of fuck, wear a mask. There’s a new COVID variant going around and even if you’re vaccinated and only get a “mild case” it can literally make you disabled for life.
2109 - Dan Keck: "During their Ability Summit ye…" - disabled.social
During their Ability Summit yesterday, Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer interviewed "Barbie with ASL" performer Leila Hanaumi. The CAO asked, "If you could have one thing to make the world more accessible, what would it be?" Hanaumi replied, "For everyone to learn sign language." This flustered the CAO, who laughed and clarified, "What tech would you want?!" This exchange hits different since I just finished reading Against Technoableism by Ashley Shew.
4611 - Dr. Babak Babakinejad - National Whistleblower Center
MIT used the Initiative to raise funding from wealthy donors, big corporations, the US government, and others. The MIT-Epstein report confirms that the project was specifically used to seek funding from the late Jeffrey Epstein as part of MIT’s interaction with the sex offender the university kept under wraps.
5089 - 92wav
Lewis’ obituary: “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” https://t.co/XpesOrcVUe
6994 - Now that my Instructor contract is over, I wanted to share my experience this past term teaching undergraduate courses. For months, students posted a slew of hateful, misogynistic, and sexual and g...
7701 - Wow,I posted on a page of a #transphobic woman running for school trustee in #Kamloops asking questions that she deleted, I then responded to one of her posts with a laughing emoji and she responds...
7726 - My solidarity with the people of Iran protesting and revolting against the Iranian state, and with Iranian women who are demanding the fall of the morality police and forced veiling. It hurts me to...
10683 - Matt Gray: "Nice to see that everyone is r…" - disabled.social
Nice to see that everyone is referring to the new pope by his chosen name.
🏳️⚧️ Do the same for trans people! 🏳️⚧️
10700 - Broadwaybabyto: "Assisted dying, MAiD, eugenics…" - disabled.social
As I became more involved in advocacy, I realized that until we dismantle systemic ableism and commit to ensuring everyone has the right to dignity in LIFE, we can’t ethically provide assisted dying.
The safeguards have completely fallen off. It can take more than two years to access pain management, mental healthcare and other specialities, but you can be approved to die in 90 days.
It’s being proactively offered to patients who want to live. Given in lieu of healthcare or social sup...
