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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 15h

whenever we get close to seeing a systemic problem with policing, media rushes to frame it as a training problem. however, police culture is at the core of its mistreatment of victims and rape cases. policing is a tool of white supremacy AND *male* supremacy

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is for the same reason that you DO apply as much pressure as you can (within the boundaries set by the victim) on the abuser. To effect the power imbalance. The person who exerts the control is the problem to be addressed, not the victim or their choices.

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The essence of an abusive relationship is entrapment. The abuser’s coercive control (in tandem with structural oppression) makes it so their victim *cannot* leave. This is why you DON’T shame victims for “staying,” you give them access to as many resources as you can. To effect the power imbalance.

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The people who need to be pressured to leave relationships are abusers, not the victims who they entrap. The main message shouldn’t be “leave relationships that are controlling” (which focuses on a victim’s behavior) but “leave relationships you can’t maintain without being controlling.”

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

there will be no liberation as long as people like that drag us down

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m gonna be real here, all of these people need to be removed from leftist movements

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

how many if these guys does the DSA have? what’s going on here

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

you read that post, thought “I will just ignore the rape apologia, the important part is calling a woman’s judgement into question instead”?

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

JFC

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squidward's long lost black cousin (they/themme) @djinnofthedamned.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

genderqueer here. but I remember being 10 years old and standing outside of the hair braiding salon with my mom. a man driving past cat called me. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt because it was a hot summer day. I gradually stopped wearing shorts. save for twice in college, I haven't since

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MJ @discountfaramir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Many people on the so called left need to brush up on their disability studies, bc the last couple weeks i have been seeing ableist rhetoric that would make rfk jr’s heart sing

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Nina, Our Sister Killjoy @gotmyniinaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it will be interesting to see which non-governmental institutions go along with this language.

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squidward's long lost black cousin (they/themme) @djinnofthedamned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sometime between my powerchair being delivered tomorrow and other things, I have to revise a few of my disability justice lecture slides to include *all* of the ableist fuckery this administration is pulling in plain sight what a time to be alive

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squidward's long lost black cousin (they/themme) @djinnofthedamned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

somebody needs to study the overlap between Long COVID weakening bones and GLP-1's being prescribed for Long Covid related symptoms, like MCAS, POTS, etc. cause the catastrophe of Long Covid is about to get so much worse.... all thanks to medically and socially sanctioned fatphobia and ableism!

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Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nah. Actually. I think across the board, leadership all need to be removed. Hard reset. If everything.

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Joy @joybella.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Whewwwww

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.

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Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Matthew Van Houten’s statements to Jake Tapper on CNN are even worse. Like. Im gonna get in trouble if I say anything else.

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Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi good morning. Cornell’s statement made by Ken Kimball is disgusting. Keep writing them. This is not ok. vp-univrelations@cornell.edu

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cornell gang rape has me thinking about the pervasiveness of this mindset:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.

Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And I don’t know how to help people understand that THE CURRENT VARIANTS ARE DESTROYING PEOPLES LIVES.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also. The “tools” are NOT available. They are restricted by age, comorbidities, fees etc. It’s no good just having them exist in the same universe. People need to be able to access them.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wrote an article in Medium a while back where I spoke of this exact problem… of turning your back to the ocean. Unwise.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So… a few issues to sort out still.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this engine of disease spread will do what it does early in the outbreak of any illness… staff and visitors… discharged patients… will carry the killer variant straight back to their homes… including aged care, group homes, hostels, barracks, prisons etc.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it would spread like fire in there as we take airborne disease about as seriously as an episode of Mr Bean AND

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it would likely present to hospital or a doctor in the community when it emerges… because it is more severe… AND

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HOWEVER This is assuming that a new and concerning variant can’t be produced… because if one was…

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be fair… I think what they are trying to say is that the hazard a hospital poses to the community is not a worry because the community is already stuffed full of disease and some non sterilising immunity… Which is not ideal.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They are looking at deaths, I am looking at tearful people saying “I will pay you anything if you can (insert loss of health item that needs fixing here).” There is nothing available to buy for some of these devastating impacts. You can’t pay me,I can’t fix it. I don’t even know anyone that can.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Without going into details I have had to support people through hearing loss, loss of appetite cos they can’t taste their food, losing their voice, losing their job, losing their company if they are a sole trader… You think this can’t happen to you?

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

Another goal of the covid conscious lesbian bar hit piece is to make disease mitigations a basis for mockery and social ostracization So that when the next plague/mass disabling event happens (and more are coming), the "surplus" population will die off that much faster and quieter

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Same thing with white feminists who love to go "kill all men" They'd mostly be targeting Black and brown men, as well as a number of Black and brown transmasculine people too Their white fathers, brothers, priests, coaches etc who actually harmed them would be just fine for the most part

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

This is why when white trans ppl are all "kill cis people" I'm not into it, because they'd mainly be killing Black and brown folks Including a large number of Black trans folks they would just assume are cis

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Find ways to get involved at www.meaction.net/post/making-... * New to this campaign? MEAction is leading the #FrailAndFurious campaign to protect Medicaid access for people with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and other infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs).

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Making Progress for ME/CFS and Long COVID

State Medicaid leaders are listening. Here’s what we’ve won so far, and what comes next.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Advocates have participated in stakeholder meetings & webinars in 6 states, bringing the voices & needs of people with ME/CFS & Long COVID into the rooms where these decisions are being made. Our advocacy has opened new doors to advance recognition of ME/CFS + w/ state public health leadership.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’ve also connected with state health officials in California, Wisconsin, and Colorado, while pursuing connections in Alaska and Nevada. Four advocates have shared their lived experiences directly with Medicaid leaders. Thank you, advocates! #PwME #medicaid #pwLC

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Medicaid leaders in Pennsylvania & North Carolina have confirmed that ME/CFS, Long COVID, MCAS, POTS, & hEDS are on their lists of conditions that may qualify for the medical frailty exemption—PA has included ME/CFS as a Tier 1 condition, meaning an ME/CFS diagnosis alone can establish eligibility.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is #MedicaidMonday and we are back with #FrailAndFurious campaign* updates. We have been busy and we want to make sure we share the wins along the way! Full details: www.meaction.net/post/making-... In the past weeks, MEAction advocates have been making real progress across the country.

Infographic showing ME/CFS and Long COVID medical frailty exemption progress in PA, NC, CA, WI, CO, Alaska, Nevada. White background with frail & Furious campaign and MEAction logos at top. Each update is listed in a text box. Outlines of states to the side.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

malcolm harris showing yall how to ally once again

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And I really do think that's what most of our disabled comrades are complaining about, insofar as they are. Not that we haven't eliminated all health risks in our spaces but that we don't behave like this stuff matters for all of us as a movement...

*We're" the ones who force them into having to consider their health individually when we decline to think about it collectively, rather than working with our disabled comrades to make reasonable choices re: weighing risks. Something they have more experience with anyway!

And yeah when you put people in that position, you are only gonna hear from certain people. You aren't gonna hear from people who don't want to talk about their personal needs in an organizing context, they'll just be quiet and protect themselves. Which is a big loss.

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

really proud of this conversation from our @socialismconference.org session w @vickyacab.bsky.social & @slamble1.bsky.social about trans care in the age of health fascism—especially the discussion of how frame of protection/safety can become a means of imposing prohibition, coercion & deprivation

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squidward's long lost black cousin (they/themme) @djinnofthedamned.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i often think about how so much of the way black people communicate on the internet has been shaped by the way ALL social media platforms normalize anti-black violence, b/c many non-black people won't interrogate how myths of black inferiority shape how they "misunderstand" things black people say

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Katy B @katybrc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After living with ME for 40 years, for countless reasons I'm more grateful than I can express for the #ME community. #pwME are a great example of how online communities can have multiple important benefits for patients, in some cases it can literally be a life line. 💙🛟💙

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every single woman who has been assaulted needs to file suit. Finish them.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

This framing in particular is meant to portray white Christian nationalism as one sub scene among many in which the “real” problem is toxic group dynamics rather than a politics genocidal dehumanization.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I expect that if you claim to be against fascists, against RFK, against the technofash cults, you aren’t harming people in the exact same way they do.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All of these can be perpetrated by anyone anywhere along the political spectrum. It’s the hearing parents who refuse to learn sign language and put their deaf kids in for cochlear implants before they can consent. It’s shaming patients for how much they weigh. It’s medical racism.

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