Reposted by Lisa EganJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 21/12/2024(cautiously at the farmer's market) and would you say your cow is... you know... a friend of Louis Pasteur...? 404316583
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Does anyone know the answer to: “what percentage of the uk population take immunosuppressant medication"? Google is no more useful than a bag of dicks. 310
Reposted by Lisa EganClinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 21/12/2024This morning, @SkyNews has a report on the rise in airborne infections filling hospital beds: 💙 'flu = 4x more beds than 2023 💜 RSV = high admissions for 0-4 yr olds Thanks to @AnnaJonesSky and @ashnahurynag for this excellent report. 1/🧵 25232
Reposted by Lisa EganShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Reminder that if you ever need a meal and can't afford it, find your local gurudwara, they will feed you a great hot meal for free, you won't even have to fetch a plate for yourself and they'll also give you a place to crash if you don't have one and there's room. gurudwara is open to all always 923895811
Reposted by Lisa EganMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The problem with this article is that the media hasn't been very empathetic here. This isn't a case of "white man kills family" and the photo is him jet skiing. The media has actually been trying pretty hard to shame everyone who is being empathetic to him. The empathy is coming from social media. 20882771509
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Photoshops by people with poor photoshopping skills are more endearing - and environmentally friendly - than these AI images. This is absolutely no better at getting the technical details right (e.g. the faces of the 2) than a bad photoshopper. 020
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Quite surprised that the BBC 10pm news is quoting disablist hate speech out loud; without a hate speech content warning first. But then we’re only disabled, we’re not full humans with thoughts and feelings 020
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I fully support the introduction of tethered plastic bottle lids to reduce the amount of plastic bottle tops littered. But the current design of the lids is so bad, the tether is so short, that it’s almost impossible to get the lid back on if you don’t chug it in one. Yes I just got a shower of OJ 010
Reposted by Lisa EganImani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024No one asks questions because “that’s just what happens to ‘disabled people’.” www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYqaFbdE/tiktok.comFrom @WHIM TikTok video by Crutches&Spice ♿️ : 315144
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Living in a block of flats, I’m so scared that one of my neighbours might be charging one of these things in here. In the BBC article about this fire it says this: The *government* is aware it can ban these things; rather than just advising ppl not to buy them? www.bbc.com/news/article... 150
Reposted by Lisa EganJim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Trying to imagine pitching this movie 50 years ago: “So this guy from apartheid goes to America and cons his way to collecting half a trillion dollars and buys a President with it. Then he starts to order Congress around from his computer which is actually a portable telephone.” 301122552025
Reposted by Lisa EganPaul Bloomer @bloomeroid.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Anyone reading the Cass Review should be able to see it was political, with a set end point dictated in advance. It was criticised at the time by scientists for this. Every other country’s reviews on gender affirming care has found puberty blockers are safe. Cass’ report should be binned. 8817261
Reposted by Lisa EganBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Gannett, owner of the Des Moines Register, won’t publicly commit to paying legal costs for Ann Seltzer, the pollster being sued by Trump. This is ominous, especially in light of the capitulation last week by Disney/ABC, which is vastly better resourced than Gannett. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/u... 1272011659
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024There’s so many jaw drops in this article. He’s not been having cabinet meetings, he’s not even willing to be on the other end of the phone for his cabinet, his aides compile media briefings for him that leave out all criticism. 010
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/12/2024Hm, I wonder why agricultural chemical companies don't want tighter PFAS regulation, I'm sure there's a benign reason for it.civileats.comWhy Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water. 25514
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 20/12/2024Pasteurization was a revolutionary and lifesaving innovation! I can’t believe we have to have this conversation 11838207
Reposted by Lisa EganJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'." "Okay, now don't be mad but..." 211155193973
Reposted by Lisa EganErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/12/2024Yesterday, 37 Democratic Senators voted to pass the anti-trans NDAA. Those same Dems refused to allow Senator Baldwin to advance an amendment to remove anti-trans provisions from the bill. EITM has released an easy to read list of Senators who voted for it. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.com37 Democratic Senators Voted To Pass Anti-Trans NDAA. Here Are Their Names.The vote came after most of the same Democrats refused to allow an amendment on the floor to remove the anti-trans provision in the military spending bill. 772002663
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024So the list is, I presume, being quickly retitled “The 100 Best Restaurants; and one to avoid at all costs”? 010
Reposted by Lisa EganRick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024I DID NOT EVEN CLOCK THE FIT OF THE JUMPSUIT Who let him cinch that waist? Did they add shoulder pads to the jumpsuit? I’m pretty sure this is the kind of tailoring the menswear guy raves about Meanwhile every cop looks like they’re about to show up for a first date with me (derogatory) 716213
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/12/2024Remember that appalling condo collapse in Florida? There is...a lot more where that came from.npr.orgAbout 3 dozen high-rise buildings in South Florida are sinking, a study findsThe 35 buildings surveyed along an almost 12-mile stretch from Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach have sunk or settled by 0.8 to 3.1 inches, scientists found. 443893815
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 20/12/2024The optics on this image are truly wild like the Adjuster clearly has a comrade embedded somewhere who suggested that this would be a good way to handle his perpwalk because this performative display makes him look metal as fuck. 1225929
Reposted by Lisa EganAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/12/2024He's literally trying to buy himself congress, right out in the open. 27264761449
Reposted by Lisa EganMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/12/2024If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages: 4554091010215
Reposted by Lisa EganChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill. 25585576719298
Reposted by Lisa EganPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024seems a bit dramatic 2817301413354
Reposted by Lisa EganErick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This post from @alexnpress.bsky.social is just too on the nose of how law enforcement is used and implemented to protect the capital of the obscenely rich. 33783582321
Reposted by Lisa EganBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 19/12/2024An unhoused woman in *active labor*—her water had just broken—was ticketed by Louisville police for sleeping outside. What a cruel, cruel country.lpm.orgPregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in laborShe told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day. 1592324825
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/12/2024Pregnant people are more likely to die by homicide than due to obstetrical complications (we'll see how Dobbs affects these numbers..). Intimate partners with guns are the primary drivers here.thetrace.orgWhen Pregnancy Makes You a TargetAdrienne Rodriguez held her head high as she walked to the front of the courtroom. On her right, her friends and relatives filled the three wooden pews in the back of the room. To her left, the rows o... 26518
Reposted by Lisa EganProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️propub.liIf You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your LifeWomen experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds… 257105676676
Reposted by Lisa EganLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17/12/2024"Wrong people listened to on puberty blockers ban". The National in Scotland continuing to do some good work. 121032262
Reposted by Lisa EganLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17/12/2024🚨 Carmarthenshire Winter Pride cancelled after legal threats from GCs and the Free Speech Union. 3221180
Reposted by Lisa EganMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024we’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out How Trump Won and the answer is simply that we live in a country where people think the moon is a government drone 852733428
Reposted by Lisa EganEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/12/2024"I was exactly what they wanted to a T, and that's why it felt so right." Disney decided it's too risky to let children see this young trans women as a human being like themselves. For shame.deadline.com‘Win Or Lose’ Transgender Actress Speaks Out After Disney Cuts Her Storyline: “Very Disheartened”Transgender actress Chanel Stewart speaks out after Disney revealed Tuesday that it cut the transgender storyline from 'Win or Lose' animated series. 131691582
Reposted by Lisa EganZinnia Jones 🐍🗡️ @zinniajones.com · 17/12/2024A person's gender doesn't belong to anyone else. It's only theirs. That's what it means for something to be an identity. It's not your-dentity or their-dentity or mom's-dentity. It's I-dentity. A parent has no more control over this than they have over any other individual's gender. 314832
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/12/2024I hate substack not because it hosts gross people (every newsletter service does) but because it actively platforms and promotes vile people and their revolting enterprises. 26718
Reposted by Lisa EganProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The Church of England and its tolerance for abusers is a disgrace. And these bishops who put the safety of children last, well behind their concern for the Church's reputation and fell feeling for their abusing colleagues, should absolutely not be in the House of Lords. 1237477
Reposted by Lisa EganZinnia Jones 🐍🗡️ @zinniajones.com · 17/12/2024They said that same bullshit about gay people holding hands. I am not doing this again 141363337
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I’m so ill. I’ve called an ambulance for myself 4 times as an adult; and twice has been in the last 2 days. 310
Reposted by Lisa EganAlice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Help raise money for Crips for eSims for Gaza by donating $500 & your will receive 3 signed copies of books by @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social & me Email proof of receipt: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com Or donate directly: chuffed.org/project/crip... 5209175
Reposted by Lisa Egans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16/12/2024Anyway a trans teen has been missing in my town for a week and for some reason people feel compelled to send me Facebook screenshots and there is a direct line from what JS is peddling to the hate and bile people are putting out there under their government names with their grandkids in their pfps. 511022
Reposted by Lisa EganMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting. This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks. 351104432875
Reposted by Lisa EganBriana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Banning masks is a disability rights issue. I’ve almost died from a common cold multiple times. It’s not just about COVID. If you’re banning masks, you’re actively excluding those like me from accessing those spaces. Disabled people deserve to be in society. 271159293
Lisa Egan @lisybabe.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I was stunned to see ProPublica quoting “evidence-based gold standard treatment for those with medically necessary needs” suggesting that quote is the truth about ABA. They’re supposed to be the best research journalists in the world, and they couldn’t Google “Ole Ivar Løvaas” 🤦♀️ 110
Reposted by Lisa Eganrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13/12/2024NOPE, we are not going to make UHC restricting ABA "therapy" a scandal. Autistic adults who survived it as children describe it as torture. It should be illegal and I don't give a fuck if they're only doing it to save money, it's an unambiguous good to reduce the hours we torture autistic kids. 541528653
Reposted by Lisa EganSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Always surprised how many folk on social media are unaware that highly visible women online regularly get threatened w/ rape and other violence. Happens to every woman w/ a substantial following I know, has for a decade regardless of platform. And no, authorities don’t care and that’s no solution. 12855301212