“The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” "The age of justice must be ushered in. It will not be born from corrupted governments or the timid UN. It will come from us, or not at all."

Thank god I grew up when I did and developed a sense of self when I did. Bc wow the comments I see here about disability every day are so unendingly petty and cruel. Most people really cant even begin to imagine an accessible world.

This little girl’s name is Maria. She is the daughter of the martyr Hassan Siam, who was out shopping with her and her mother before an Israeli strike targeted them. Her father was killed instantly, and her mother was injured, while Maria was walking behind them, only to find herself facing the most horrific scene a child could ever witness in her life… Her father was killed before her eyes, her mother was bleeding and wounded, and she was running in terror, searching for safety. Just days earlier, her father had been injured in another strike. He had barely begun to recover from his wounds when he was targeted again… and this time, he did not return to his daughter. Maria never needed to learn what war meant, but she was forced to learn what it means to lose her father, to see her mother bleeding, and to fear death while she is still just a child. This is how our children have been living for more than three years: pain piling upon pain, loss upon loss, and scenes that are beyond what any human being should ever have to endure.

ever notice how it’s the most prominent leftists (esp those who are profiting financially off that posture) that are the most bigoted, bloviating, solipsistic, scapegoating, down-punching ableist bullies?

If your "anti-capitalism" stops at accommodating disabled people, you don't actually hate capitalism - you just hate how it affects you. Your praxis is the very pick-me selfish narcissism of which you accuse others.

the famously “narcissistic immediate desire” of immunocompromised people to survive

RT @michaelmoran: Calling disabled people “unreasonable” for needing access is the locker-room humor of eugenics: normalizing contempt is a…

‘We know GET is not only useless but actively dangerous, as exercise can trigger one of the most devastating ME/CFS symptoms: post-exertional malaise (PEM). PEM robs people of their remaining energy, rendering many patients bedbound, sometimes incapable of almost all movement.’

RT @NatalieGABand: It’s weird how I’ve had nothing but compassion& empathy from some of the new friends I met in Gaza when I tell them abou…

Fascist framing of our most vulnerable people

RT @michaelmoran: I went to a DSA healthcare working group meeting in 2016 in Chicago. Half of the speakers were disabled folks calling out…

I really fucking hate that the Liberals and Conservatives are fighting over MAiD and neither give a flying fuck about increasing the benefits for disabled Canadians to, at least ensure that poverty isn't a factor in their choice. fuck you both. Hopper and Vaughan are ghouls.

And this story for FAIR on how media invited (actual) eugenicists to debate who should live or die during Covid fair.org/home/media-elevate-…

I’ve also written about liberal/centrist ableism. Like this story on the women behind Biden’s Covid minimization efforts 9/ open.substack.com/pub/justin…

Worth delving into.

For FAIR, I wrote about how to talk about the age and ability of political candidates without bigotry. 3/ fair.org/home/when-does-conc…

Two years ago, I did an investigative exposé of ableism at ACT UP NY, of all organizations, for the late Alice Wong’s outlet. 2/ disabilityvisibilityproject.…

Ableism on the left is one of my beats. Here’s a bunch of articles I’ve published on it! First, my big summary on how and why it happens - how it’s a feature not a bug of leftism. 1/

You can view the list and more information here: RECOVER-TLC Biomarker Studies | FNIH fnih.org/our-programs/recove… 3/3

RT @michaelmoran: Anyone can build an Ableist Left™️. All you have to do is come on here once a week calling disabled people narcissists an…

In the meantime, here’s some ACTUAL reporting, where the reporting looked at ACTUAL studies in the field and examined the ACTUAL science behind long covid. Progress is being made. You’ll never believe it, but the causes in play are NOT hysteria 🙂‍↔️ smithsonianmag.com/innovatio…