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Elea Chang

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Can be spotted scoot scooting. Sometimes gender (they / name only pls). Making affecttheverb.com / Disabled And Here. Also: elea.fyi

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 26/09/2026
incredibly charmed by this whole article 🪶
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One 'absolutely prolific' male bird is keeping his species alive in the U.K. | CBC Radio
Conservationists have long been working to keep a rare species of bird from disappearing entirely from the United Kingdom. But any recent success they've had in protecting the Montagu's harrier's Brit...
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 16/09/2026
The treatment for a fatal cat disease wasn’t legally available. So cat lovers created an international black market. The cat drug black market, and why we needed it in the first place, on the next Reveal.
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The treatment for a fatal cat disease wasn’t legally available. So cat lovers created an international black market.
A fatal cat disease was finally cured, but the treatment wasn’t legally available. So a group of cat lovers created an international black market.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 17/09/2026
Spent most of the day at the pet ER (no answers yet, but perhaps also no immediate danger?) and ending it with searches for “how to clean dog poop from car.”
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Many activists & organizers use the Signal app instead of regular SMS texting for increased privacy 🧵 Swipe for practical steps to: • limit records • lock your device • protect your identity • verify contacts • avoid scams Save & share with people who use #Signal! #DigiSec #SecurityCulture #OpSec
REMEMBER Signal is safer, not safe scroll for safety tips
COMMUNICATE SAFELY Signal is not permission to say anything. Keep communications in large or not-fully-vetted Signal chats to a bare minimum. Don’t write anything you wouldn’t want authorities to read, or to be read aloud in court. If someone’s phone is taken or accessed, your messages to them may be visible. Anything can be screenshotted! Whether readable for one day or one minute, it can still be screenshotted.
VERIFY PEOPLE & DEVICES Double-check that you are talking to the person you think you are through a trusted second channel, such as an in-person conversation, video call, or a question only the two of you know the answer to. Use Signal’s safety-number verification. Compare the safety numbers or scan the QR code in person when possible; if they do not match, stop using that channel until you can verify the person. Remove people from chats if they—or any of their devices—become compromised, lost, seized, or accessed by someone else.
MANAGE DATA Set disappearing messages for every chat you create or join to 1 week, 1 day, or shorter. Set a default disappearing-message timer for all new chats: Signal Settings → Privacy → Default timer for new chats.  Delete Signal on your phone before traveling internationally. Delete Signal Desktop when you no longer need it, especially before giving away, sharing, repairing, or disposing of a computer. Be careful what you store in chat group descriptions—files, links, photos stored there are visible to everyone with a link to the chat.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am so glad this piece on Emi Koyama was written and honored to be one of many people who contributed quotes to it: www.autostraddle.com/emi-koyama-i...
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Prolific Trans and Intersex Activist Emi Koyama Has Died. Her Legacy Reminds Us To Imagine Transfeminist Futures
Koyama’s work deeply shaped the last three decades of trans, feminist, and intersex thinking.
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Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lovely remembrance posted today by the Seattle Office of Civil Rights: ocr.seattle.gov/remembering-...
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Remembering Emi Koyama  - Civil Rights Now
We remember Emi Koyama, a tireless activist and community leader who helped guide our work on gender justice and the criminal legal system.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
Are you looking for part time remote work? Are you a law student, lawyer, paralegal, or otherwise proficient in legal research? Want to come work with me and help me put together my podcasts (B*tch, Listen and the not-yet-released Baby Boom! Lawyered)? Apply here! rewire.bamboohr.com/careers/28
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Legal Researcher & Fact-Checker, Podcasts
Job Title: Legal Researcher & Fact-Checker, Podcasts Department: Podcasts Reports to: Executive Producer, Legal Content Employment Type: Contract, Part-Time Minimum Experience: 3-5 years Compensat...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22/07/2026
👋 Scientist and science communication professional here Communications around the diarrhea outbreak caused by the cyclospora parasite has been confusing, and social media has been awash with misinformation. Here’s what you need to know:
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Ben Bellows @benbellows.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Fraud and abuse happen. How frequently they happen is a function of management system effectiveness. Great series of annual reports from U of Portsmouth 10+ years comparing rates across health systems. Generally lower in public systems. researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/files...
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/07/2026
well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.
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Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)
When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Will have comments on this later. But worth a read now! (3-5 min read. tl;dr Taylor Farm's lettuce almost certainly went to way more places than just Taco Bell & Sysco, & those retailers need to speak up.)
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 15/07/2026
It took 20 minutes of being on the phone to learn that our local storage facilities’ idea of accessible is putting a black strap on the unit door so you can more easily grab it open or closed. Me: “I can’t physically bend down and lift it up though?” Them: [shrug shrug shrug]
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Let me repost this I made a case study on technological revolutions, gender , race and the role of marketing and propaganda
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.
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The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 12/07/2026
The eternal question of whether it’s aging or disability (or both!) rises again as I ponder how this pinched shoulder nerve came to be and how long my left arm might be numb.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
They could have made this map any color.
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Prairieland cartoonist/zinester who got 30 years for making a zine. Still short of the goal for funding his fight against this total travesty of justice. A gullible rural jury brainwashed by rightwing media, and the most fascist judge in the country. Donate & push this over the finish line.
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Donate to Help Artist Des Revol and His Family, organized by Jonathan Rochkind
Our friend, Daniel "Des Revol" Sanchez Estrada, has been wrongly arrested and c… Jonathan Rochkind needs your support for Help Artist Des Revol and His Family
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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hey if you’re an AFAB person with a need for masc shoes, Tomboy Toes is tragically going out of business and your time is now. There are 1,000 pairs left and no restocks www.tomboytoes.com
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Tomboy Toes - Masculine Dress Shoes in Smaller Sizes
AS SEEN ON:                          The Tomboy Toes Mission Tomboy Toes is a seller of formal and semi-formal men's shoes in sizes intended to fit women, trans men, and non-binary people with smal...
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
hey, this is a fairly nerdy news item, but you should absolutely know about it. (looks like there are links in other posts in the thread.) the Post Office is really contemplating not delivering ballots unless states expose their voters' data to DOJ. I hate saying read that again but, read it again
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 14/06/2026
Deeply displeased with the universe. I only got to meet Emi a few years ago at a mutual friend’s memorial – I really enjoyed meeting up with her, indulging Kitti’s requests for cuddles, and hearing her talk about Aileen’s. But cancer strikes again. To carry on her work: gofundme.com/f/support-ai...
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Donate to Keep Aileen’s Open in Emi's Memory, organized by Madison Zack-Wu
Please celebrate Emi's memory by keeping her organization Aileen’s open. Emi, c… Madison Zack-Wu needs your support for Keep Aileen’s Open in Emi's Memory
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Affect @affecttheverb.com · 12/06/2026
PDX: the COVID + Health Resource Library (CHRL or “choral”) is popping up again at APANO’s Open Studios on Friday 6/26! It’s a mask-required drop-in style BIPOC art space to “experiment, play, explore creativity, and cultivate connections.”
Flyer about our next popup: “COVID + Health Resource Library, Friday 6/26, 4-8pm.”

“For disabled BIPOC to come & get
- free masks (strapless Readimask, duckbill Vflex and ACI N95, SIP airtight valve)
- free Metrix borrowing (lab-quality molecular COVID tests); check out period: 1 month”

On the bottom right, the text reads:
“APANO Open Studios
Masks required, drop-in style
8188 SE Division St”

Illustrations of a Metrix test, a mask with a SIP valve installed, and a Readimask fill the bottom left.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 02/06/2026
Turns out an echocardiogram can kind of suck if you’re not feeling great and have a slightly (clinically insignificantly) tilty heart + ribs too narrow and close together for the ultrasound probe to fit through. “I’m having trouble locating your heart” is just not a sentence you expect.
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Aileen's @aileens.org · 26/05/2026
Keep Aileen’s Open while Co-Founder Emi fights cancer - organized by Madison Zack-Wu gofundme.com/f/support-ai...
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Donate to Keep Aileen’s Open While Co-Founder Emi Fights Cancer, organized by Madison Zack-Wu
Please help movement icon and community leader, Emi, by keeping … Madison Zack-Wu needs your support for Keep Aileen’s Open While Co-Founder Emi Fights Cancer
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One of the hardest things to learn is that communication, confrontation, conflict and aggression are DIFFERENT And people aren’t “avoidant” just because they don’t want to deal with attacks AND just because you have a good Pr package and a soft voice doesn’t make you NOT the abuser or enabler
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
You've probably seen the word #Landback somewhere and instantly had some feelings. It sounds blunt, which is part of why a lot of people tend to have an instant reaction or jump to some very problematic misconceptions about what it means. So, let's talk Landback, from my POV and work.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Revisiting my two year old go fund me because ish sucks but if you can’t you can’t it’s just all out awful everywhere
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Hallucination" implies conscious experience that chatbots lack. We need another term for the specific kind of error where they make things up out of whole cloth. It's not lying because they don't know anything.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 14/05/2026
I apparently leave the house so little for non-dog related activities that the usually stoic Pecan cried when I had to go to a grantor event earlier. I was gone all of 3 hours, dear sir!
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 14/05/2026
[ taps the sign exhaustedly ] I’ve spent the last 2 months scrambling to keep Affect going and we could use a bit of funding help while we have access to all of…$4943 in our bank right now. We haven’t fundraised much before, but now we’re officially our own 501c3 & would love any / all support!
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
i think it's critical to understand that taiwan is not baby china and is not a freer or more democratic version of china. taiwan is its complicated, multiply colonized, justice-seeking self. it is not interchangeable with china, which is itself an incredibly diverse place.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 14/04/2026
She's right and it's not even just young folks. There are grown folks who are uncomfortable with journalists asking follow-up questions. It's like people wanna feel like they have access not answers, and they're conflict averse.
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mouldwarp @mooncalfed.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
dang i need this so much.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Today, I talk with @tanuja.bsky.social about rupture and repair in our movements. This is the first of two episodes about conflict, how we process it, and how we can keep our relationships and organizations strong.
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Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Maya Angelou was completely right “People will forget what you said but never how you made them feel” Problem is entitlement, privilege and trauma means folks lose the understanding of discomfort as part of growth as opposed to “feeling bad” And blame the safest person not the source
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 25/03/2026
The zine program for Alice Wong’s celebration of life today is now available on her website: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/celebration-...
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
Celebration of Life
Welcome & Introduction On November 14, 2025, our beloved Alice Wong became an ancestor. In her own words, she told us: “Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that …
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Blocking/Muting = Self-Care @queeringpsychology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This doesn’t mean asking the person if they are fawning & asking them to be “honest” This means looking at yourself & your actions. What are you doing or enabling on your end of the relationship that your comfort is such a high priority over their systemic & personal safety?
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Blocking/Muting = Self-Care @queeringpsychology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“I take care of my disabled loved one & they don't ask me to mask” Well yes, 1) you, the more abled person, have more power in that relationship, 2) they need you & know that your whims determine their care, 3) If they did ask you to mask, would you treat them the same?
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 18/03/2026
This is the kind of future that would encourage me to actually go outside more. I get an aesthetically awesome mechanized chair that comes with built-in shade and snacks? Yes, please.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/03/2026
I have lead in my hair right now. Not hypothetically. According to a new Consumer Report investigation, the exact human braiding hair on my head—Ywigs Water Wave Bulk—tested with the HIGHEST lead levels of any product analyzed. Let me tell you why that matters beyond the obvious. 🧵
rewirenewsgroup.com
Black Women Deserve Answers About the Chemicals in Braiding Hair: Opinion
A new report found high lead levels in both synthetic and natural braiding hair. It’s unclear how toxic these products are—but it shouldn’t be so hard to get basic information about our health.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 11/03/2026
I love the idea of future technology being a mere tool that fosters more community and access.
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Distribute Aid @distributeaid.org · 03/03/2026
A new month means a new newsletter! Head to --> buff.ly/M0WRbgy for why we believe in protecting communities before disaster hits, and some resources for finding mutual aid groups near you.
Image taken at a community resource hub set up in Los Angeles after the 2025 wildfires - 2 people with their backs to the camera carry bags of blankets and other supplies, with stacks of boxes in the background.

Quote: "Grassroots community groups should not - we really can't stress this enough - have to shoulder the responsibility for ensuring that people have life-saving essentials when disasters strike. But the truth is that relief from the state might come late, or not at all."
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 04/03/2026
Would your day be helped by some art? Sometimes *I* need to look at things that remind me that better days are possible…
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Once again, excellent, important brass tacks reporting from Marisa.
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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Want to directly help trans folks across the Southern US? Each one of @distributeaid.org's everything-but-the-meds HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit puts a years worth of safe injection supplies into the hands of a trans person. This saves them $ and helps ensure a continuity of care!
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HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit - Distribute aid null
Donate to support social impact in Serbia with Distribute Aid.
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 25/02/2026
This series was borne out of grief *and* love for Alice. I’m excited that we’ll actually finish publishing in time for Alice’s birthday.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026
In light of everything, a reminder: "The most visible layer as a Black disabled person is our Blackness, which is constantly under the threat of scrutiny, assumed guilt, and, as logically follows, persecution." - Tinu Abayomi-Paul in #TheBlackAgendaBook
yesmagazine.org
What Black Disabled Women Want
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026
Center Black disabled people. That’s all I got right now.
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