Eiryn
@eiryn.bsky.social
Public health organizer and researcher. | Disabled, queer, exhausted. 🌈♿ | Appreciator of birds and space. 🐦 | (they/them). Exec director @covidsafecampus.bsky.social Views are my own.
We're preparing for another year of our Campus Ambassador Program and we invite all current students interested in disability justice and COVID safety advocacy to apply! Apply to join the program by June 6, 2025 at 11:59pm PT covidsafecampus.org/ambassadors Please share and spread the word!
just spent 5 minutes letting my representatives know what's at stake with any bill that criminalizes masks -- please share with your masking friends in texas <3 tinyurl.com/stophb3061
Oppose TX Anti-Mask Bill: HB 3061_Call/Email Scripts
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New York, keep calling your NY Senator and Assemblymember! Hearing that some are still on the fence about whether to add anti-mask legislation to the state budget! Masks should not be banned, criminalized, or stigmatized. #NoNYMaskBan
COVID Advocacy NY@covidadvocacyny.bsky.social · 2y agoNY Governor Hochul is trying to pass a mask ban in State Budget! Please call your NY Senator & Assemblymember, Senate Majority Leader, Assembly Speaker, & Governor Hochul & urge them to reject any mask ban & anti-mask legislation in the State Budget! #NoNYMaskBan covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny
#COVID19 re-infection doubles risk of long COVID in kids, young adults, data reveal The second infection was also tied to a 50% or greater increase in several specific #longCOVID conditions, including myocarditis and fatigue www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Mask ban lobbyists announced another 6-figure campaign to drum up support for their "popular" proposal. They call concerns "misinformation" but have yet to address any. How can the NYPD know whose mask is “legitimate”? How can they judge someone's intent without bias?
New Yorkers, have you called your NY State Senator and Assemblymember yet today? #NoNYMaskBan
COVID Advocacy NY@covidadvocacyny.bsky.social · 2y agoNY Governor Hochul is trying to pass a mask ban in State Budget! Please call your NY Senator & Assemblymember, Senate Majority Leader, Assembly Speaker, & Governor Hochul & urge them to reject any mask ban & anti-mask legislation in the State Budget! #NoNYMaskBan covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny
“Since we live under racial capitalism, settler colonialism, & white supremacy, ableism…here’s always been about…race, gender, labor/productivity/capital and dis/ability…used for generations to degrade, oppress, control, & disappear disabled & non-disabled people alike…” truthout.org/articles/abl...
Ableism Enables All Forms of Inequity and Hampers All Liberation Efforts
Ableism has been used for generations to degrade, oppress, control and disappear disabled and nondisabled people alike.
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Grateful to have access to vaccines right now (for now) & very scared of the consequences of a violently anti-vax government threatening our futures. Vaccines are a critical public health strategy we cannot afford to lose. Keep vaxxing, keep masking, keep caring.
Just got my 6 month COVID vaccine booster 💉 Reminder to people w/ compromised immune systems & anyone else recommended to get a second 2024-2025 dose: If you were vaxxed anytime in Sept, it has been 6 mo now. You can still get boosters from most retail pharmacies! Mask up, get vaxxed, & rest!
NY, hope you’ll join me in leaving voicemails today for our NY State Senator, Assemblymember, Senate Majority Leader, Assembly Speaker, and Governor urging them not to pass any type of anti-mask legislation in the state budget! Masks should NOT be criminalized. #NoNYMaskBan
COVID Advocacy NY@covidadvocacyny.bsky.social · 2y agoNY Governor Hochul is trying to pass a mask ban in State Budget! Please call your NY Senator & Assemblymember, Senate Majority Leader, Assembly Speaker, & Governor Hochul & urge them to reject any mask ban & anti-mask legislation in the State Budget! #NoNYMaskBan covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny
Our Campus Mask Ban Policy Report Form is easy to fill out. What info we're looking for: - School name - The text of the policy (copy/paste it) - Where/how the policy applies - Link to the source All submissions are anonymous. Report restrictive mask policies here: tinyurl.com/ReportCampus...
![Campus Mask Ban Policy Report Form Walkthrough. URL: tinyurl.com/ReportCampusMaskBans . What is there to fill out? Below are screenshots of questions on the Policy Report Form. There are three questions in the left column. First question: University/College name. Second question: Is the policy that you are reporting proposed, or already in effect? (Choose one option: “Policy proposed (not in effect yet)”, “Policy already in effect”, or “Other:”). Third question: Campuses affected: (Check all that apply: ”School only has one campus”, “Specific campuses”, “All campuses”, “System-wide”, “Other:”). The next question, shown in the right column, reads as: “What type of restrictive mask policy is it at this time? You may select multiple types to best reflect the policy.” Options include: “Masks prohibited at certain events.”, “Masks prohibited in certain locations.”, “Masks prohibited in certain situations.”, ”Masks must be removed at the request of [somebody with authority].”, “Masks prohibited in classrooms.”, “Masks prohibited in dorms or campus housing.”, “Total ban on masks in any context.”, “People are punished for covering their faces but there is no official policy banning it.”, Other, please specify. Other (open ended text box).” Below the screenshots text reads as “After this, just paste a copy to the link to where you found the policy along with the exact text that the policy states - and you’re done!” The bottom left corner of the image has the COVID Safe Campus logo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4edzkyc4x7z4qhkhucq4slw4/bafkreic4m4ovmr752hx5qdscelgmzslkjoumfi6lvf37m2latmdvtdzkpa)
![Campus Mask Ban Policy Report Form Walkthrough: Policy Type. URL: tinyurl.com/ReportCampusMaskBans . “How to choose policy types.” The left column displays a screenshot of a question with a list of policy types and checkboxes beside them. Text reads as: “What type of restrictive mask policy is it at this time? You may select multiple types to best reflect the policy.” Options include: “Masks prohibited at certain events.”, “Masks prohibited in certain locations.”, “Masks prohibited in certain situations.”, ”Masks must be removed at the request of [somebody with authority].”, “Masks prohibited in classrooms.”, “Masks prohibited in dorms or campus housing.”, “Total ban on masks in any context.”, “People are punished for covering their faces but there is no official policy banning it.”, Other, please specify. Other (open ended text box).” End of question text. Answer based on where, when, & how mask use is restricted. The right column of the graphic provides examples of each type of policy. Select ALL that apply. Examples: “Masks prohibited at certain events”- such as a university meeting, forum, graduation, etc. “Masks prohibited in certain locations”- such as specific buildings/areas on campus “Masks prohibited in certain situations”- such as protests, demonstrations, large gatherings, etc. “Masks must be removed at the request of [somebody with authority]” - such as campus security, police, staff members, etc. being allowed to require mask removal for “security”, ID checks, or any other reason. End of example text. The bottom right corner of the image has the COVID Safe Campus logo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4edzkyc4x7z4qhkhucq4slw4/bafkreiegwh45t6nb6ixwkfaswsqeus57pbdeflrjmgtnzf3dft77m7vpcu)
PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST: Do you know of any schools that ban masks or force mask removal for "ID checks" or any other reason? Take 5 minutes to report any campus mask restrictions/bans: tinyurl.com/ReportCampus... Every submission helps advocates track and oppose these policies! More info below.
So how is everyone else coping with this season of Severance being over What are we supposed to look forward to every week in this real world hellscape I need my emotional support sci fi thriller, the fictional one, not reality (The season finale was a masterpiece though)
This is the beginning of my birthday weekend! I would love to achieve my goal. I thought of taking a road trip for my birthday, but it is more important to have my basic needs met with rent, phone, and internet 🛜 Please, I am at 430/850 🥺 V: Syreeta-Nolan PP: nolansyreeta
a woman in a black dress is wearing a crown on her head and says `` me when my birthday week starts '' .
Alt: a woman in a black dress is wearing a crown on her head and says me when my birthday week starts
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Fellow journalists, it's easy to write "at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic" when referring to 2020-2021, instead of putting Covid-19 in past tense.
Elana Levin@levin.bsky.social · 2y agoright now we are "in the middle of the pandemic". If we are ever going to reach the end of the pandemic we need to talk about it like the present crisis it is. Remember when HIV was a death sentence? HIV denialism didn't lead to a cure. Organizing did.
Most of the people in power have never had to fight for anything, and it shows.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2y agoAmerican civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention. Pain management is suicide prevention.
A coalition of archivists and librarians is now assembling information arks. The Data Rescue Project includes more than 400 volunteer backups of government repositories. When asked who was contributing to these backups, an administer of the tracker had a simple answer: “Nerds who care.”
"My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night." a letter from Mahmoud Khalil in ICE detention mondoweiss.net/2025/03/lett...
Letter from Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana
Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian student activist being faced with deportation, writes from an ICE detention facility: “The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppres...
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according to a classmate, on the night of Khalil's detainment, a call went out in a student group chat warning that ICE officers were seen on campus. someone asked for help; they forwarded it on, including to a group chat Khalil was in. hours before his detainment, he reached out: “How can I help?”
Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away?
We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.
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for @teenvogue.com, Columbia journalism student Anvee Bhutani spoke to people who have known the disappeared Mahmoud Khalil at different points in his life — aid workers, friends, fellow activists — who describe a deeply committed, compassionate organizer who saw education as a way to serve others.
Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away?
We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.
teenvogue.com
I am disgusted that this is the world we live in. People will die. That’s not hyperbole- people will literally die horribly without LIFESAVING HIV medication.
Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: "The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent." mondoweiss.net/2025/03/lett...
We’ll say it again: Criminalizing masks does not make New Yorkers safer. In reality, it puts our health at risk, opens the floodgates for racist enforcement, threatens to exile some people with disabilities from society, and undermines protections for protestors.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 2y agoNEW: New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to ban masks and is urging New York State lawmakers to include a mask ban in the upcoming state budget. This move endangers public health and threatens civil liberties.
URGENT: NY Gov. is pushing harder for mask ban Take action, see thread The criminalization of masks is antithetical to public health & community safety. Mask bans disproportionately harm the most marginalized people, especially racially marginalized & disabled people. www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
Nearly 100 Organizations Demand New York Lawmakers Reject a State Mask Ban - NYCLU
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NEW: CSC is launching a policy report form to track campus mask bans and restrictions being proposed or implemented at universities/colleges across the US. If you care about pandemics, privacy, protests, and Palestine, help us spread the word and track these policies. tinyurl.com/ReportCampus...
Recently I went to the state capital to testify against a mask ban bill in Maryland. As we await updates, I hope this is educational to hear if you’re new to the topic or encourages you to speak out in the future. It's not over until it's over everywhere. Nobody is free until all of us are free.
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COVID Safe Campus@covidsafecampus.bsky.social · 2y agoWe still have a long way to go before meeting our funding needs for spring semester (Jan-May/June) - check out these slides and links in bio to find out multiple ways you can help and please share! Fundraiser links below Donate: Donorbox.org/fundCSC2025 Shop merch: Bonfire.com/store/covidsafecampus
