Here she is at 2. #UnwellToBeginWith, but so proud to be learning about our country in preschool. She’s 11 now, and tells me she doesn’t think anyone in government cares about her because she has a disability. /3
My daughter at 4, dressed as Nancy Drew for book character day. Kids this age still cannot be vaccinated, but that doesn’t seem to matter to anyone in charge. Hospitalizations for this age group at record highs. It’s a mystery how @CDCDirector sleeps at night. /4
Age 7. #UnwellToBeginWith but smart enough not to stare directly into the sun without eye protection during an eclipse. /5
Ages 6 months and 10. Don’t kids who are #UnwellToBeginWith deserve to grow, have joy, and be safe in school? /6
Age 11, holding Domino. Domino’s world isn’t complete without Gwen, her talents, and her snuggles. I agree. She may be #UnwellToBeginWith, but she is fierce, kind, a loyal friend, smart, funny, & like everyone else with a disability, a necessary part of the fabric of our lives./7
What I fear most is not the growing fascism on the right, but the open embrace of eugenics on the left.
For two years, too many folks have come to believe that those with pre-existing conditions are expendable.
Once we fully accept that premise, who else will we sacrifice? ###
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She started Aug. 1 in a new school knowing exactly ONE person.
She’s the only person in an N95 every day.
This result and campaign are part of why I’m angry about the #DNCSuperspreader /🧵
When the Delta variant was burning through India, it could have been easily anticipated that it would arrive here in a few months. Instead, the CDC under the Biden administration told everyone to “vax and relax.”
There was already existing data that showed this might be wrong/2
However, instead of sticking to principles and protecting more vulnerable members of society, my fellow Dems saw political opportunity to manufacture an “end” to the pandemic.
Former allies showed me that caring about precautions was only about self-preservation, not community/3
#MPox “Therefore, these novel findings and the analysis with aerosol dynamics show that aerosols carrying MPXV could be present in environments where patients have resided and that airborne transmission of MPXV can occur.”
You’re about to type something about how disabled people should just stay home if they don’t want to get sick in the current #Covid surge, even when people have spent the better part of four years telling you how wrong that is.
Don’t do it 🧵
See, if you’re a real person and not a paid troll, your words reverberate past this site.
You teach that attitude to your kids. Your kids carry it to school, where it does damage. /2
If a wheelchair user takes the time to gift you with an explanation of their condition - which they are under no obligation to do - and your response is to assert that they could walk if they tried harder, most people would likely agree YTA. /3
Part of the huge gap on opinions on Gaza really truly comes down to the digital divide and who sees what pictures. Numbers, while staggering, still don’t communicate the scale of loss as well as video and images.
The following is a conversation with my boomer mom. /🧵
Mom: well what would YOU do if someone came to your house and kidnapped your kid?
Me: Let’s say it’s a neighbor. I’m absolutely going after that one particular party. I may go find folks who funded it, too. But what I’m not gonna do is level the neighborhood. /2
Mom: well, that’s the cost of war. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Me: 20,000 kids aren’t a game, they didn’t vote for Hamas, and there is more than a fair chance their parents were noncombatants. That’s why the ICJ said this was breaking international law as #genocide /3
As we get closer to the US election, or if there is more #Covid or #H5N1 news, expect to see more bot activity.
You *can* help to shut down the impact by doing the following:
1. Hide troll, but do not block right away. /🧵
2. Next, go to their profile. Very few followers and / or fairly recent account creation means it’s likely inauthentic.
3. Click on their followers, and block their followers. You’ll often find their followers are recent accounts, also with mostly very low numbers. /2
4. Next, click on their verified accounts. You’ll likely see a couple of very large accounts following your troll, which will be unusual esp. if the account doesn’t have spectacularly brilliant or unique insights. Be sure to block the big verified accounts following your troll /3
Strictly hypothetically speaking, of course, what do you think this app would look like if there were globally high rates of lead poisoning that affected the prefrontal cortex?
Behavior would show increasing signs of reduced executive function and reasoning skills. 🧵
People would notice a change in others with more significant poisoning, and they would be alarmed at the implications of this going on unabated.
They might try to warn the public and repost mountains of scientific data.
They might try to lobby politicians for action. /2
If it were discovered that there was a global epidemic of lead contamination and governments were unwilling to act to educate the public on the risks, you might see individuals trying to take action to protect themselves and others. /3