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31 Aug, 6 tweets, 2 min read
In the panic after Trump won, my spouse and I talked about where to draw lines--what would trigger us to move--out of Texas or even the US. One of mine was the end of legal abortion. Tomorrow, that line will be crossed. But there's no way we can move now. We're stuck in Gilead.
I am, once again, going to share the short story that sums up how I feel about all this.

TW's for all kinds of repro horrors magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2019/the…
Y’all it is not helpful, when someone says, “Terrible things are happening here, and I CANNOT move,” to reply, “Well why don’t you just move?”
If you want to help, please donate. There are thousands of people across the state waiting to hear if they can get abortions for unwanted pregnancies tomorrow. These funds will be helping them move across state lines, if necessary, to get them:
Ok looks like that link closed out, but any of these orgs are providing direct assistance to folks needing abortions vvv

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1 Sep
STOP TELLING TEXANS TO MOVE! You cannot throw away your HOME and FAMILY and COMMUNITY and SUPPORT SYSTEMS like you’re upgrading an iPhone! There are profound financial, legal, and ethical reasons why people cannot, cannot, ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY cannot move! My god, the privilege!
Not to mention—this is not just a Texan issue! The Supreme Court has signaled they will no longer even make an effort to uphold Roe V Wade. So you’re looking at very soon, all the red states—the majority of states—following suit and getting even bolder, going after birth control
And the few blue states where abortion *may* remain legal (barring greater consolidation of federal GOP-fascist power)? Surprise, surprise, they’re the most expensive states. Is Ver-fucking-mont going to open its arms to the impoverished masses of the south? Yeah I thought not.
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21 Aug
Some Gulf-Coast-dweller advice for folks in the path of Henri 🧵
-Have a go-back packed w/important documents & electronics wrapped in plastic
-Move precious things & books & stuff that’ll be destroyed by water to high shelves or to a 2nd floor if you have one
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-If you have a car and street-park, move your car up into a high parking garage or to a higher street before the storm hits if you can
-Plan for your power, water & gas to be out for days (here we always plan for a week)
-Adults need 1gallon/person/day of drinking water
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-Have a few days of food thats both nonperishable & doesn’t need to be cooked. PB&Js are good, trail mix, snacks, spaghetti-o’s, jerky, etc.
-If you’re a drinker, some drinks can really help calm the nerves during the storm. But don’t get wasted, in case it goes bad for your area
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20 Jul
"One reason we find the fantasy of outer space colonization so irresistible is the prospect of starting fresh. Our global society is enormously complicated, with baked-in bigotries and illogical ways of doing things that seem impossible to untangle here on Earth.🧵
On another planet, we assume we could start over and get it right. Realistically, though, there’s no leaving our messiness behind, no matter how many light-years away we travel. I can’t think of a better illustration for this than the fact that the moon is already a toilet /
When people think of what astronauts left behind on the moon, they might picture Buzz Aldrin planting an American flag. But I picture all the literal shit we left up there. Because NASA, unlike any respectable hiker, didn’t value “packing out waste”. /
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3 Jul
Some folks in the comments seem to think a moon/Mars colony is possible. Not in our lifetimes, friends. NASA has been planning the Artemis mission for years, and will continue planning it for years more, and that's going to send astronauts to the moon for a week. ONE week.
Artemis is also not fully funded yet by congress and is enormously technically difficult, so it's not even a given that it's going to happen. So no, no moon Maralago or Mars Maralago either. It's much easier to keep people alive in low earth orbit than farther away.
Also, cancer. Without an atmosphere protecting them, astronauts are exposed to far more radiation than on earth. The longer you're up there, the more likely it is you develop cancer. At this point, I don't think I need to tell you how far away we are from space hospitals.
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3 Jul
If any of you are under the impression that our billionaires might succeed in "escaping" to space, while the world burns, let me put those fears to rest with what I know from being the spouse of a NASA flight controller. 🧵
For a half-dozen people to exist up on the ISS, it takes a ground team of thousands of people, constantly problem-solving how to keep them alive. Their quality of life is bouncing around in a narrow tube with the same 5 people who can't really bathe for months. /
Every minute of their day is micromanaged so they can survive. They follow strict exercise regimens to keep their bones from turning to goo. They spend a ton of time studying systems and conducting repairs on equipment that's continually breaking because SPACE WANTS TO KILL YOU /
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19 Jun
I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

Punishment doesn't work.

Like every type, for every age of person. No exceptions. We have over a century of research proving this.

And the younger a kid is, the more devastating the long-term impacts on their mental health will be.
Prompted by hearing about someone who gives their 2yo time-outs multiple times a day for developmentally appropriate behaviors. 😡
Allow natural consequences to occur. Talk to your kids about why you don't want them to do X behavior. Redirect them from destructive and unsafe behaviors. If they're too young to talk to, sorry, you just have to wait until they grow up.
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