Please help me get the word out. I am asking not currently disabled people to commit to watching Crip Camp this weekend. It’s only 90 minutes long! It’s on Netflix! It’s family friendly! But it’s also an incredible primer on disability rights. erinryanhey.substack.com/p/disabled-p...

Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’

Don’t Wait Another Weekend

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Today I’m 15 years alcohol free. I never had a rock bottom, and I didn’t drink every day. But when I did drink, I didn’t have an off switch. Tried moderation - and it worked! 9 times out of 10, I could moderate. I finally decided it wasn’t worth playing with that 1 time, and I was right ☺️ #sober

In case you had any doubt how Seth Moulton feels about the backlash to his throwing trans kids under the bus. He repeats that he should be “allowed to have a conversation” about contentious issues. That’s fine, but human rights should not be a contentious issue. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social · last mo.

THREAD: Seth Moulton aggressively defends anti-trans comments in Nov. '24. "What do you want for trans kids who want to play sports?" Seth: When kids get older, in competitive sports and college, the majority of voters believe in restrictions on trans women or just straight men on women's teams.

Peter Singer was the original debate me bro. He was obsessed with getting disabled scholar Harriet McBryde Johnson to admit that her life was not worth living. Assisted dying has always been a right wing project. Read Johnson’s ‘Unspeakable Conversations,’ NYT 2003 sites.nd.edu/ten-images-f...

Citizens United was actually the name of the film company trying to get networks to play their anti-Hillary documentary near Election Day. That got it to SCOTUS, which ruled that individuals / nonprofits could not be restricted in spending. Suddenly $ didn’t need to go through campaigns anymore.

Michael Podhorzer@mikepod.bsky.social · last mo.

"How did our country get so broken? In short, it broke when the billionaires broke it." I wrote this in October of 2024. It's about to get even worse after the Roberts Court's ruling in NRSC v. FEC. www.weekendreading.net/p/the-john-r...

Anything less than this response from a Democrat is unacceptable. Trans rights are human rights, fix your hearts 🏳️‍⚧️🫶. ⬇️

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️@erinryanhey.bsky.social · last mo.

When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, and the danger of being a trans kid … that almost half of them try to commit suicide? You think we're going to punish those kids? We're going to cut them off from team sports, from participating in the community, from fun? It’s like, No we're not.

When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, and the danger of being a trans kid … that almost half of them try to commit suicide? You think we're going to punish those kids? We're going to cut them off from team sports, from participating in the community, from fun? It’s like, No we're not.

What the heck is wrong with this person? Seth, “I don’t want trans kids playing on the same field as my daughter but I’m not supposed to say that” Moulton himself. I feel like I’m gonna throw up. It’s such obvious political posturing. But he never took back his comments, and we remember.

Rep. Seth Moulton@moulton.house.gov · last mo.

Every young person deserves to learn and play sports alongside their peers without being targeted for who they are. Today’s SCOTUS decision is a painful reminder of the work we still need to do to protect the transgender community from these blanket bans that continue to attack their freedom.

I stg if the democrats actually run on this “platform” of keeping kids “safe online” or whatever they’re calling it 😓😥🫣. It’s embarrassing and dishonest. We just want healthcare.

Sara Manns@whatsarasaid.bsky.social · last mo.

Let’s say this more because it’s true: I don’t need the government to make me get my kid a flip phone or turn off the wifi at 9pm. I need quality daycare I can afford, health coverage that pays for getting Lima beans out of tiny nostrils & bike lanes so kids can grow up with progressive freedom.

I gotta be honest, setting reasonable limits on the technology for my kids is really easy and I would like the democrats to help with literally any other aspect of having children instead of

Please help me get the word out. I am asking not currently disabled people to commit to watching Crip Camp this weekend. It’s only 90 minutes long! It’s on Netflix! It’s family friendly! But it’s also an incredible primer on disability rights. erinryanhey.substack.com/p/disabled-p...

Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’

Don’t Wait Another Weekend

erinryanhey.substack.com

“You will learn about history that I can almost guarantee you did not learn in school. You will laugh and probably cry. But most importantly, you will gain the knowledge necessary to fight back against the administration’s vile crusade against disability rights.” open.substack.com/pub/erinryan...

Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’

Don’t Wait Another Weekend

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Do you guys have ANY idea to how close we were to the Scots being in Boston during The Tall Ships™️??

We need community screenings of Crip Camp this July (disability pride). It’s not just about a summer camp. It’s about the nation’s 1st independent living center. It’s about the fight for our lives. Not currently disabled allies, here’s your chance to support us - let’s go. cripcamp.com

A lot of the “kids online safety” proponents actually are anti-LGBTQ extremists and fundamentalists who want kids to have less freedom and don’t care if that actually makes them tremendously less safe too

When you grow up during a great exception you just assume its normal

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This chart from Thomas Piketty illustrates what Jefferson Cowie calls “the Great Exception,” the period of the New Deal Order from the 1930s to the 1970s when inequality was low, and rates of unionization and federal marginal tax rates were high.

There’s something kind of magical happening on TikTok. Fans in the U.S. for the World Cup are sharing experiences of random suburbs. They keep “saying it’s like a movie!” - even people who have been to NYC or LA before. And Americans are sharing their welcome parties 😭 - it’s heartwarming!

i don’t think you can ethically watch this world cup, sorry

Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

Semi-annual reminder that: “Am I having a stroke?” is kind of funny, I guess, as a reaction to seeing disorienting news. But it’s a lazy joke that relies on ableism for its punchline. It’s been six years since my stroke and I wish it was a joke, but it was real life. Always punch up friends.

PSA UMass Lowell currently has a 24 hour live stream of baby hawks on its campus if you need a baby bird mood boost💙 www.youtube.com/live/nVhgCTa...

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Here is Tom Steyer personally supporting high school trans athlete AB Hernandez. I don't think I've ever seen a candidate as brave as Tom Steyer in his explicit support for trans folks. It says a lot that it took a self funded billionaire not dependent on donors to do it.

Happy Mass Dems convention weekend! Here’s a reminder of why you should vote for Ed Markey and not Seth Moulton. jonathancohn.medium.com/ma-elects-fi...

MA Elects Fighters to the US Senate. So What Does Seth Moulton Fight For?

If you know me, you’ll know by now that I am strongly supporting Senator Ed Markey for re-election for Senate in Massachusetts.

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No Amazon, I do not want to BUY IT AGAIN, I’m literally trying to return it.

Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2mo ago

I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

Adding to Tom Steyer discourse

I don't identity as trans, thanks. I am trans. Little word that makes a whole lotta difference.

I mean look at Bezos. Yes ordering books online was an innovative idea. God bless. And how did Jeff get those books to people to make his billions? The post office that taxpayers built and subsidized for over 250 years.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Billionaires benefit from the mythology America has told itself for decades of the scrappy guy or gal who just came up with a genius idea the market didn’t know it needed and who profited without government help when they launched the idea. Almost none of this is true.

This is where dangerous NYT style reporting on “Trans issues” as opinions up for debate rather than legally protected human rights gets us. Protect trans kids 🏳️‍⚧️.

ACLU@aclu.org · 3mo ago

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

Frank: a Life in Politics is Barney Frank’s memoir and I’m telling you that because 1. Some of the things he did in his career surprised me and he’s very candid in the book. 2. He reads the audiobook *himself* - an extremely Boston experience if you have moved away and are missing the accent.

I think this is especially harmful at a time when people are seeing the Trump administration destroy government and are feeling the effects of it. Now, more than ever, is the time for Democrats to make the case for all the ways government can improve lives, and how we must all pitch in to do that.

Doug Gordon@brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is why the Democrats' current obsession with tax cuts is so dangerous. They're paving the way for more extreme proposals like ending progressive taxation altogether. Again, we don't need "Republican lite." We need a party that affirms that paying for the things government does is good.

I think it’s very good that we have placed billionaires in the position of publicly defending the current tax system that was designed to enrich them. In a progressive tax system, those at the top keep their lifestyles the same. A person who profits $10 billion taxed at 70% is still a billionaire.