I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us.
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us.
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
We can multitask:
-ICE, CBP
-Minneapolis and elsewhere
-Tactics not changed
-Trade Wars and potentially hot wars
-Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay)
-the East Wing is rubble
-I know there are more
And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files!
Don't let up!
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
The Federal government is led by living embodiments, caricatures of Toxic Masculinity.
Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
Protestors turn from Pratt Street and block traffic on Calvert Street.
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
At first, I thought the agents were using a urinal. That would've been more appropriate.
Video of the inside of this detention center have come out showing inhumane conditions.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
"But the truth is that book banners are cowards... Of change. Social progress. Losing their unearned privilege and power. They cling to control by restricting our access to information: accurate historical accounts, diverse storytelling, critical awareness."
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine โ new open access editorial
Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically havenโt and what can be done to change things.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given
New @aanmember.bsky.social guidelines for the management of functional seizures led by Ben Tolchin. A landmark for people with FND worldwide.
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Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
The real reason for the season. #solidarity #crushice
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Sociolinguist Shelley Dawson has an insightful chapter in this new book called "Long Covid vs. Functional Neurological Disorder: Punching Down"
It details the dismissal, rhetorical tricks, and stigma that a handful of Long Covid researchers use to invalidate FND
www.routledge.com/Clashing-Vul...
The last time time the White House was this extensively altered was for architectural and structural reasons, not vanity.
Source: Wikipedia share.google/7FuC3xCHcFqs...
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
An important study (IMO) looking at social dynamics re: FND on Twitter.
People w FND face continual attack by a variety of groups who dismiss our condition and experiences - ranging from abusive clinicians to other disabled people.
It makes it even harder to exist in public with this dx.
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The only king I recognize. America is broken, we don't need Band-Aids. #nokings #kingkong
TLDR: Grave marker in an Italian museum collection. Missing after WW2. G.I. and his Italian bride have possession. Grave marker given to granddaughter. Granddaughter put a marker in the backyard. The house was sold to the people who "discovered" it. Mystery solved.
wapo.st/47bsQVP
To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
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Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
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DC demands federal forces out now. Press conference + rally. Today, August 18, at 3 PM. 14th St & U St. NW.
For nearly two weeks straight Trump has escalated his attempt to take over DC. Federal agents are now violently profiling, harassing, and arresting Black and Brown DC community members and their presence is a severe danger to people here.
Join us today at 3 PM to demand FEDERAL FORCES OUT NOW.
"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrieโs anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist
We must all be sub guyz now. Look how insecure and weak they are. #NotAllHerosWearCapes
Don't sit by
I will join the choir of posters, 'I thought he was already dead.'
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
It Was Not the โNewsโ That Traveled Slowly โ It Was โPowerโ -- an essay on #Juneteenth by Christopher Wilson | text on top of black and white photo of men standing in suits
It Was Not the โNewsโ That Traveled Slowly โ It Was โPowerโ -- an essay on #Juneteenth by Christopher Wilson to #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth
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