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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Living with disabilities is a masterclass in how to handle gaslighting You get it from everyone. Doctors, family, friends, bosses, colleagues A neverending litany of people telling you “it can’t be THAT bad” or “you should just do this” We are the experts in our bodies. Respect us. Listen to us.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Those who say "I'm not ableist" yes you are. I have internalized ableism myself too. We were raised in a world that so much of our beliefs go back to ableism, patriarchy, racism, all of it. It takes work to break from that, and it's a daily thing. You're never "cured" in this current age.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I really wish people could get this. Disabled people usually cannot immigrate. Most countries with healthcare that could help us, say we are a "drain on economic resources" and have a limit of what you can cost the health system a year. I've already gone over that cost in 1 month in the US.

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Gregory Mansfield @ghmansfield.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Stop blaming disabled people. Stop blaming disabled people. Stop blaming disabled people.

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 31/01/2025

An executive order cannot and will not stop me from protecting all of us in the LGBTQI+ community. An executive order will never override everyone's right to basic human dignity.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is the idea of "don't call the Nazis Nazis" simply because they'll be upset by it? This is a bullshit excuse. If they have A TRUE change of heart, they'll understand the anger the other side has for them. Because they'll know that what they did was wrong.

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Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Just a reminder that if you tell a disabled person to move out of the US if they’re scared of living here, other countries don’t want us either. Countries will turn you away because you’re disabled. We’re seen as a burden and that’s so normalized that it’s okay to turn us away.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Please do not leave the *Accessibility* part out of DEIA. It's about anyone they can "other" and raise themselves off the backs of.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I just want to throw this out there: HBO's "An Update on our Family" about the Myka and James Stauffer situation from a few years back? It sucks. It's a waste of time. I got more info and commentary from the Dad Challenge Podcast in ONE VIDEO than 3 episodes of this churned out bullshit.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Honestly starting to read the Handmaid's Tale in the dark, late at night, feels fitting. How long until our real stories that mirror a horror story like this are hidden and told as whispers in the night? #booksky

The first page of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale on an e-reader, with screen lit up in the dark

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Mark Cuban still profits heavily off of cost plus drugs and trying to sell it as a Medicaid alternative on his blue sky is dirty and scheming with the people who are desperate and scared right now. Billionaires are only concerned about their next source of cash.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Also, I called my states Medicaid. They have "no further information on coverage going forward"

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Saying that you hope Republicans "get what they voted for" is fine and good, but what about the disabled people and the trans folks getting fucked over while we wait for Republicans to learn something they'll never learn?

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Just as I said a couple days ago: Without Medicaid I will die. Guess what's on the chopping block right now?

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

She literally can't do a gofundme and is probably also banned from zelle which is why she's focusing on venmo. Donate to *real* charities. Don't just send your money to random people and hope they do good with it.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Just as a reminder: Without disability payments people will be homeless. Without Medicaid/Medicare people will die. Without food stamps people will starve. I'm one of those people that rely on these programs to stay alive. But please! Keep judging who you think deserves it. /S

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Audrey the Autistic Author @audreyamato.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Just a reminder that the only reason the #Americans with #Disabilities Act was passed was that a bunch of wheelchair and assistive device users gathered in front of the Capitol, shed their assistive devices, and climbed up the stairs in demonstration. It was 1990.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I understand being upset with ignorance in our world. Doesn't give you the right to be an ableist fuck though. Supporting people isn't bad.

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

As of right now I have two options: 1. A life on benefits 2. Death That’s it. Taking away the option of #1 doesn’t suddenly mean I’ll “go back to work”. It just means I’ll lose my home, my independence, and my life.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" Oh, oops! Just kidding!

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I know there are some EOs about gender. Vermont State has been considered generally LGBTQ+ friendly. I was curious about officially changing my gender, but guess what? Vermont DMV has removed the pages. They're gone. The links lead nowhere. What the hell?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2025

🚨 Trump fires inspectors general of at least 12 departments in late-night purge, clearing way to install loyalists. The move may violate federal law requiring 30-day notice to Congress. Agencies affected include Defense, State, VA, and more.

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Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge

The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is a good story. I had a close friend. They showed me Mount Eerie the band and A Crow Looked at Me album. Nothing has touched my soul more than that album. Even though we haven't spoken in a long time, I wish them the best and I thank them today for one of my favorite bands of all time. ♥️

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Doesn't the big baby in the white house need a nap and a McDonald's hamburger sometime? When is the break from the onslaught of bullshit?

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

There is an epidemic of homelessness in my city. HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE NOT PUNCHING BAGS FOR YOU. THEY ARE NOT ALL ON DRUGS AND THEY ARE NOT ALL FOCUSED ON DRUGS. DRUG ADDICTION IS A DISEASE AND THEY DON'T DESERVE TO DIE REGARDLESS OF SOBRIETY. Sincerely, A former homeless person

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Doing some reading but I did finally get a picture of my e-reader stickers! #booksky

The back of an e-reader with a bunch of small frog stickers and 3 large stickers:
A hungry caterpillar that says "eat the rich" on its body
A black "This machine kills fascists" sticker
And a pink club penguin penguin that has a speech bubble that says "there are no ethical billionaires"

The front of an e-reader with the screen lit up to show the book: How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Guys. Discord SHARES INFO WITH THE US GOVERNMENT about ANY perceived illegal activity. Use signal. If you're looking to start protests, make change, and work for freedom don't join a bullshit discord server. Protect yourself and your community. THIS IS A LONG FIGHT.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Delete TikTok. It's over. It's dead. It's gone. Also the cryptic bullshit that's being posted is literally to distract you. Focus on real change, real impact. Make your voice heard don't settle for internet sleuthing some random TikTok page.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hi. It's never okay to deadname or misgender someone. ***Even if they suck.*** Trans rights are human rights and all you're doing by dead naming and misgendering them is showing trans people who don't suck that you're not really accepting.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you disagree with Bishop Mariann Budde's speech on mercy and kindness to LGBTQ+ and immigrants... you are not a Christian. It's weird I have to be the one to tell you that. Mercy, love, and acceptance shouldn't upset Christians. P.s. Jesus wasn't white, also weird I have to tell you that too.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Just as a reminder: there are no ethical billionaires. Jumping from one billionaire to another is not going to save the world. Billionaires should not exist.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you need a how-to…

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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

In a world of Pete Hegseths, be a Rev. Mariann Budde.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I'm losing my mind. He pardoned the silk road guy? The guy who put hits out on people? What? How is *this* the priority?

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I pledge to personally pull a Christian Griepenkerl on anything that Elon Musk loves. #history #nazi #fuckelon

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is Gidget. She is soft. She likes to nap. I think I'll join her.

Black and white cat with yellow eyes looking into the camera

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Hi. Please stop talking about immigration from the US when it's only for the fortunate. Disabled people don't get an option to leave and are a target of this new administration. Please stop saying that we can "leave if you don't like it" it's simply not true.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Tomorrow is a day to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. That's how I'll spend the day.

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Urchin @searchin-urchin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I will not be returning to TikTok. You might notice difference today and then it will become more unnoticeable. There will be changes. Things will be different. I will not watch something I loved turn into something to hurt me. I'll be seeing everyone on here and substack. #boycotttiktik #tiktok

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