Massive coverage loss in SNAP, and even more massive losses in Medicaid, will be among the *eligible*. Congress designed a dystopian set of administrative requirements that, by design, will make it practically impossible for eligible individuals to access coverage.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Experts worry that the litany of unanswered questions surrounding medical frailty will lead to more vulnerable people getting kicked out of the program. Preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest over 7 million people will lose coverage in coming years.”

People do not get that! Homelessness is a serious issue of disability justice because so many people become homeless because of their disabilities & so many people become disabled from the brutality of being homeless. Care about disability? Then you better care about homelessness!

lumpenpoledancer@daturabombs333.bsky.social · 3w ago

Upwards to 50 percent of the homeless are disabled.

I think there's actually a useful difference we can draw here. Namely: there is incrementalism that comes from pushing wherever possible (and with whatever levels possible) to make progress toward a maximalist demand, versus incrementalism that's positioned as an excuse for setting minor goals

kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈@itskylelucas.com · last mo.

My not-so-hot take is that what Mamdani is doing *IS* incrementalism, and the bar is so deeply in hell that a politician just doing *anything* good consistently is a total anomaly for people. And I think for now that is good and fine, because it is restoring people’s faith that better is possible.

find some James Baldwin joy in your life

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Medicaid work requirements were always going to be cruel. Then, the White House intervened (likely) and made the definition of who can be exempt based on disabilities/health much stricter. This is going to kill people. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The White House just made Medicaid work requirements even worse

"It’s hard not to think that the cruelty of the policy is the point."

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Anyway, I’ve got the same drum I’ve always had. No way forward without forgetting the way back. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

"We all want the good parts of community: the free support, the love, the name on our emergency contact. But it comes at a cost that’s not at all romantic or fun but very necessary. So I’m choosing to be a villager, and I’m enjoying it. Most of the time." A very good essay and very true.

The Inconvenient Village

We all want community, until we actually have to be a neighbor.

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Column: California is teetering on a healthcare cliff, but few are paying attention www.latimes.com/politics/new...

Column: California is teetering on a healthcare cliff, but few are paying attention

Between federal and state cuts to healthcare programs, millions of Californians may lose coverage. But it doesn't have to happen.

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Josh Turek hopes to represent the needs of Iowans and disabled people as a US Senator. At @motherjones.com , I wrote about Turek's run at the time of brutal Medicaid cuts, which he was on as a kid. He has a good shot at being the Iowa Democratic Senate nominee. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The populist Paralympian who wants to roll into the Senate

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek has scored upsets before. Flipping Iowa back to Democrats would be his biggest yet.

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Me and @pamherd.bsky.social

Spock's Work is Done in The Simpsons

Alt: Spock's Work is Done in The Simpsons

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Tim Carvell@timcarvell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In 13 years of learning about various government programs and agencies, the two-word phrase that explains the most, and that I most wish the general public knew about and understood, is “administrative burden”.

“I feel that if we don't take seriously the ways in which racism is embedded in structures of institutions, if we assume that there must be an identifiable racist who is the perpetrator, then we won't ever succeed in eradicating racism.” — Angela Davis

Safeguarding Health For People With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Absent Federal Leadership, Others Must Step Up | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

This is excellent by Boyle. What CBO and others have pointed out is that millions of eligible claimants will lose vital health care coverage because of administrative burdens. By design! That is the purpose of the bill. It does not target fraud. It just weaponizes burdens against the public.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position? RUSS VOUGHT: Yes BOYLE: That's laughable!

"One way we can honor Alice’s legacy is by continuing to build coalitions and understanding that all our struggles are tied. Or in other words: working together. It’s difficult work that few people do, but Alice did it gracefully." An excellent & important read

The Sick Times@thesicktimes.org · 4mo ago

In the wake of her passing and her recent celebration of life, @loscharlos.bsky.social shares how Alice Wong taught him the power of Disability Justice and how she wielded it to bridge the hesitancy between disability, Long Covid, and COVID-cautious communities. bit.ly/4mohc12

The only personal Jesus I recognize is Depeche Mode's.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

When you see one set of footprints, that’s because a chatbot is non-corporeal.

All of us are dissociated and dissociating to make it through today. I hope you give yourself and others grace.

Today is #TransDayOfVisibility. It's important to remember that #ActuallyAutistic people are more likely to identify as gender-diverse. In addition, trans autistic people are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Autism and transgender identity: Implications for depression and anxiety

Autistic traits are over-represented in transgender populations, and gender variance is high in autistic individuals. Furthermore, some evidence sugge…

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Protest is part of disability history and how we support a better future. As communities prepare for No Kings protests, access and safety matter. Check out ‘Power in Protest’ for guidance on protest prep, accessibility, rights, and what to do if arrested.

Power in Protest — learn more with our new toolkit!

Protests are a powerful way to make people pay attention to problems that matter to our community. It’s important to be prepared. That’s why ASAN made “Power in Protest,” our new toolkit about demonstrations and civil disobedience.

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I think for many, it is assumed that liberation movements are immune to the evils of patriarchy. they are not.

Orphaned kittens are finding a temporary home to grow, play, & build strength at Oʻahu’s Women's Community Correctional Center “Transforming Animal & Incarcerated Individuals’ Lives” program is a collaboration between the Hawaiian Humane Society & the DOC www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

At the #AB2299 (Calderon) press conference, @westerncenter.bsky.social Executive Director Cori Racela warned federal SNAP cuts could create a “looming humanitarian crisis” for hundreds of thousands of Californians. “If we are the California we want to be we must pass AB 2299.”

When did public health stop asking who's pushing people in in the river? The upstream-downstream metaphor was always about corporate power. Somewhere along the way, "pushed" became "fell" - and that shift lets the 'manufacturers of illness' off the hook journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

“Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?” Reclaiming public health’s defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health

Public health policy and practice are often described by means of a metaphor that depicts interventions as “upstream” efforts to prevent people from falling into a river, from which they must be rescu...

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Too often, activists are more focused on sorting people into categories of good and bad than on how people actually change their minds, beliefs, politics, and actions. Personally, I think this comes from a defeatist mindset. But people can and do change. So, how does that happen? Audio + transcript:

The Science of Unlearning And Why Organizers Need It

“Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.

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“Everything we can save is worth saving. Everything we can do is worth doing. We’ve already lost a lot, but we don’t have to lose everything. We don’t have to surrender.” 💯 - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

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States have started proposing steep reductions in disability services to cope with Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Idaho is the first to suggest scrapping home care altogether — An action with a high human cost. My latest @19thnews.org.

Idaho considers an 'apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and families

Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

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Can only write 3,000 word pieces now, sry

“Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe and accessible for disabled people stalled for decades - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?

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Opinion | California has built a reputation as a bulwark against President Donald Trump’s agenda. But when it comes to the state budget — California’s most powerful tool for change — that resistance fades. bit.ly/4aOFNqv 📝 Chris Hoene 📸 Fred Greaves

Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

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