just spent our damage deposit to find out our oldest cat has a week to live, maybe

clean air is a human right, clean air is a human right, clean air is a human right, clean air is a human right, clean air is

As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News

Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...

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Snail sharks 🐌🦈 shnails, snarks...?! #art

We have also been rather consistent in saying you cannot contain eugenics to one issue. It is too convenient to capital to blame sickness on sick people. And it’s why it needs to be resisted openly, fiercely, bravely, and even when you want brunch.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d ago

When disabled people/many people who work on disability/health pointed to the dangers of this kind of framing since COVID, they were usually mocked ("oh you think everything is eugenics") or ignored. But normalising the idea that the deaths of disabled people are desirable/reassuring is dangerous.

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normalized things on the internet that actually are ableist! 👀

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I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

Don’t stop talking about our queer siblings at home and abroad!

Advocating for transgender's refugees in Gorom refugee camp@bryo96.bsky.social · 5d ago

Your kindness has made a difference, but our needs continue to grow. Lesbian mothers,single mothers, and transgender refugees in Gorom urgently need food, healthcare, and bedding.Please keep sharing, donating, and supporting our community through these challenging times. chuffed.org/project/1855...

REMINDER that today is the last day of the month! If your library offers purchase request slots, they probably reset tomorrow, so make sure to put in those library requests today! Here are some intersex books for ideas -

Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced!@bogiperson.bsky.social · 2y ago

#IntersexAwarenessDay was on Shabbat... so this is me belatedly letting you know about some of my intersex book resources! Intersex books BY intersex authors: www.bogireadstheworld.com/intersex-own... All the books (any topic) by Black intersex authors: www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...

Here's a uservoice (not mine) shared to demand all GenAI features are opt-out by default on Twitch. GenAI shouldn't exist as it does in the first place but at the very least we all deserve to have our boundaries respected. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338...

today is the last day of #DisabilityPrideMonth. if my autoimmune self can ask anything of you, reader—especially if: you are able bodied; you see yourself as caring for disabled rights—is to familiarize yourself w the disability advocacy that’s been happening these pandemic years, indeed, right now.

babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · 7d ago

mask blocs, clean air clubs, and other anticovid / clean air organizing emerged under biden for a reason 😷✨

#julybugweek Prompt 2: Bug is slow Or are they?? (Prompt list by k0.za on instagram)

Momma Soad and baby, please assist. 👇🏾

Cåråbine à Citron 🍋@carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 5d ago

Soad is pleading with you one last time, with all the hope left in her heart. She and her child have run out of food, and hunger has weakened them to the point where they can barely stand Collected 75/$250 to secure treatment and vitamins for her son Omar😭👇🏾 tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx

youtube.com/shorts/fKMKn... it's the last day of disability pride month, pls drop ur disabled owned businesses below. fay mentions @bibiblossoms.bsky.social in the video, i got so excited!! ♿️

You say you want to be a better ally, let’s see it!

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NTotD: had several meaningful conversations with ppl who were open to what i had to say, valued my lived expertise, and asked good questions to keep the convo going + better understand & connect. it's easy to give into the fatigue and stay quiet on busy days, but my community notices. they care

i need my cis friends to step up and get louder as the brand deals roll in. it's not a progressive OR safe space if there's terf wizard school stuff in it. attention is also currency! it's been EIGHT years! youtube.com/shorts/6Tona...

if you care about trans people, you need to get over Harry Potter! 👋

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reset the counter. it has been 0 days since a professional told me i am "medically complex"

Please assist this campaign, which provides support for a community kitchen in Sudan as well as for displaced families outside of Sudan who suffer greatly as refugees. Just a second of your day to share, and give if you can.

ThomaSerena@thomaserena.bsky.social · 6d ago

Last update of the month. Let's try our best to get as close to the goals as possible. We secured funds for the kitchen but not fully for the families. I'll try my best to cover the rest. I just hope August will be btr 1. gofund.me/68699a866 2. chuffed.org/project/1403... #MutualAid #HumanitarianAid

If anyone uses Stripe to get payments, go to your Settings (Gear icon) > Plans and Fees > Radar (View plan details) > View Plans > Scroll to "More Options" and select "Lite" I want none of the money I earn to go to AI if I can help it.

💜 Noz 💜 Bust-up Commission Slots Open!@nozdraws.art · 6d ago

nice, now Stripe is auto-opting people into a nickel charge per transaction for "AI-enhanced" protection shit they never asked for you can change it back to their free "Lite" version, but the fact that it's opt-out by default is so fucking annoying

puppy sharks 🦈🐶 #art #sharks

relistening to The Future Is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha to fall asleep. this has been the worst disability pride month of my life, but you know what? i'm just going to keep reading & re-reading our books, checking in on community members, masking, and showing up

disinformation about health and health care is disinformation about covid is disinformation about climate change is disinformation about [de]regulation is disinformation about health and health care is

babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · last yr.

Listen: there are already people who have been organizing in this space for years—people who are connecting the dots between those in office and climate change and the ongoing pandemic and genocide in Gaza and your denial who have been holding a mask out to you, waiting. Are you ready to put it on?

part of truly moving forward from this period will mean directly addressing disinformation & repairing its harm; one way i can imagine this taking shape is by addressing the very present & ongoing need for clean indoor air. this, unfortunately, would require a lot of ppl to eschew persistant denial.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · last wk.

Right-wing disinformation is a big reason why this country has so many people who distrust science and medicine. Disinformation pushed by business-aligned right-wing groups and media. Other reasons are systemic problems (like our lack of national healthcare). But they’re exploited by the right.

3hrs until office closes and still at $100 to go for paying down overdue balance ($900 total but they need $200 this week) plus $200 in meds and groceries etc ASAP bc my new rx costs $100 🫩 anything/everything helps ❤️‍🩹🫡 ko-fi.com/katiwithoutt...

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office closes in 8hrs and I’m still at $132 needed towards my overdue motel balance plus; $600 housing again Monday $150 for toiletries, groceries, otc and rx meds needed tmrw $170 overdue copay $50 phone/other bills $150 tube formula everything helps 💞 ko-fi.com/katiwithoutt...

the language substitutes for "mobility aid user" or "disabled person" in the paperwork i'm trying to fill out are sending me. so many words to avoid calling me disabled, the thing that i am and the reason for the gODDAMN PAPERWORK

Speaking of generosity, an awesome guy, Dax, is matching donations up to 300€ for Raghad. She was burned on her legs months ago and the wound has healed badly under the conditions. Funds help with her medical care, and medicine. Help ease her way. chuffed.org/project/1255...

Help Raghad's family survive genocide & rebuild

Hello, my name is Raghad. I am a lawyer from Gaza, and I am reaching out with an urgent appeal for my family and for my future.

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Let’s begin here. We cannot say that we do not know this is happening. There was adequate and loud warning from El Fasher, as the city was under siege for months. The same is happening for El Obeid. We have a responsibility to stop this. The genocide in Sudan is not silent, it is ignored.

a handful of ppl in my life have stopped masking recently, at a time where i'm extremely vulnerable to the wildfire smoke and illness. it's one thing for others not to mask, i can't control that /1

we need clean air, PReP, &more treatments bc indeed, doing everything to mitigate solo is difficult if not impossible. even with all the best tools, individual prevention is so isolating to the point where it’s, perhaps obviously, not sustainable for most ppl. but neither is getting sick like this 😞

babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · 11mo ago

another week, another person i’ve known for years who stopped masking hitting me up for doctor recs. they’ve got longcovid. i always give as much as i can. illness is not punishment for not engaging in mitigation behavior in an environment lacking systemic safety, it is simple cause & effect.

New article on wildfire smoke in the Canadian Medical Association Journal 🍁 "Relying on people to protect themselves is not enough & top-down strategies such as building measures to ensure quality of indoor air & legislation to protect outdoor workers are needed" www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Wildfire smoke air pollution: new approaches needed to protect people affected

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