Jennifer Justice
@heyajj.bsky.social
Artist | writer | access technologist | blindish | good witch energy
Words worthy of a billboard campaign. Stop trying to technofix absolutely everything already- you just can't.
Craig 'VI' Slee: Turnip 🎃, not a pumpkin@mrvi.cold-albion.net · last yr.Paraphrasing @wolvendamien.bsky.social, et al: YOU CAN'T TECHNOFIX YOUR WAY OUT OF A MATERIAL BELIEF AND SOCIAL VALUES ISSUE. And medicine and "healing" are often deployed as technofixes.
Nothing left on the shelves at #RiteAiid but greeting cards and laxatives- make of that what you will.
The DOGE lackey that Elon Musk installed as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is making moves to fire HALF of the workforce at the Social Security Administration. The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.
"Today, absurdly and unfairly, a billionaire pays the same amount of money into Social Security as somebody who makes $176,000 a year." - @sanders.senate.gov Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!
The settlement agreement promotes diversity and equity efforts and is grounded in healthcare nondiscrimination protections—both of which are under threat by the new administration.
Trump Administration’s Executive Order Threatens a Historic Settlement That Could Improve Black Maternal Healthcare - Ms. Magazine
President Trump’s executive order banning decades of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices erodes the federal government’s ability to hold hospitals accountable for their treatment of Black…
buff.ly
Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.
Military says "Nah, we good," to orders that they discriminate against transgender servicemembers. Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here. (original image reposted with alt text)
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2y agoArmy guidance on implementing President Trump's order on transgender troops, filed in court today, says to NOT take adverse personnel action against people based on gender identity "at this time" and to continue medical treatment. for gender dysphoria. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I sort of missed this had nearly 1k reposts/quotes (because I muted it). Here's the gist: 1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it 2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2y ago17 states are suing to overturn section 504. www.bazelon.org/wp-content/u...
AskJan is apparently a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it. thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...
Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability - The Sick Times
Several government resources about accommodations for people with Long COVID have become unavailable in the last week, following purges of government websites and datasets under the Trump administrati...
thesicktimes.org
OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
lawdork.com
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
Good grief- NPR called what’s going on with #DOGE “extra-Constitutional.”
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Gov is part of a drive to automate public service & admin using ungoverned, unaccountable AI systems. It will harm vulnerable people. Writing in Tech Policy Press in December, @alicetiara.bsky.social & @kevindeliban.bsky.social saw this coming. www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...
AI Can’t Solve Government Waste – and May Hurt Vulnerable Americans | TechPolicy.Press
If you believe public institutions should actually serve the public, this is an unacceptable bait-and-switch, write Kevin De Liban and Alice Marwick.
techpolicy.press
Alternative headline: "Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare" www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
nytimes.com
I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
Statement On The 65th Anniversary Of The Sit-In Movement
On this day, 65 years ago, February 1, 1960, the sit-in movement began, which led to the greatest civil rights movement in our country’s history.
sncclegacyproject.org
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to call this a coup- not comfortable w rhetorical invocations of war. Such attitudes got us into this mess. Why can’t humans just be chill?
#Eugenics on a global scale
Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2y agoBREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
nytimes.com
Who else is wondering about the A after DEI? Yet another group of people whose safety and wellbeing I am concerned about rn.
Crystal Preston-Watson@scopicengineer.com · 2y agoA heads up as it looks like most federal employees working on accessibility will be put on leave and eventually fired.
Global climate change worsens disasters, but blaming climate change alone deflects responsibility from effective local governance, infrastructure, and warning systems to multinational corporations and international climate mitigation efforts. Time to re-read @frediotto.bsky.social.
Don’t let climate change take all the blame
OPINION: The climate crisis is a massive problem, but when politicians fault it entirely for every disaster, attention is deflected from local measures that might build resiliency. That needs to chang...
knowablemagazine.org
Brian Schatz@schatz.bsky.social · 2y agoThe reason we are seeing floods in new places and wildfires in the “wet” season, the reason we spend hundreds of billions on disaster response, is that climate change makes bad weather more common and more intense. Climate inaction costs you money and puts you in danger.
🍉 A little over a year ago @thellpsx.bsky.social @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social & I started this campaign & we are close to raising $2 million CAD. The ongoing destruction & violence and mass starvation of an entire people hurts my heart so much. #FreePalestine now Donate: chuffed.org/project/crip...
What about the rest of the country?
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2y ago“While SB 1120 does not entirely prohibit the use of AI technology, it mandates that human judgment remains central to coverage decisions. Under the new law, AI tools cannot be used to deny, delay or alter health care services deemed medically necessary by doctors.”
I'm tired of late-stage capitalism. Can we skip ahead to end-stage already?
'One principle of disability justice is recognizing the inherent value and wholeness of people regardless of their ability to produce.' Killer interview with cyborg boss bitch @sfdirewolf.bsky.social!
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
theguardian.com