I had a psych appointment yesterday and she was asking whether I worried too much. I asked what was too much and she gave the example of "worrying about bills and worrying about the 10 people who died on the news" and I was like well yeah...(1/x) And I was like isn't that normal? And she said most people only worry about stuff that more directly affects them.

What??? (2/x)

The COVID conscious discourse today (re: lizwhatsherface's thread) points to a couple of key issues in organizing, both on and offline. (1/x) The first is respect and consideration, particularly of oppressed people. I think in a lot of cases the notion of feelings and relations between organizers are sidelined, but they really shouldn't be. (2/x)

It's a good time to eat only fully cooked meat, drink only pasteurized milk, and fully cook your eggs (no runny yolks). Some H5N1 resources in replies: Person to person transmission may have happened before: cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h…

After reflecting on it a bit, I realized that my (and other white Jews') gut discomfort with comparing Netanyahu to Hitler isn't about technicalities or antisemitism, but is rooted in white supremacy. The Holocaust was terrible, but in most ways it wasn't unique. 🧵 The Holocaust is unique in being taken seriously as a genocide on a retroactively white people by white people. I don't feel comfortable addressing the issue of Jews' historical race but white supremacy has a dominating role in why/how we talk about the Holocaust. (2/x)

🧵 Doctors who haven't experienced poverty should have to live on an SSI level income and without insurance for a year. Here are things they would think twice about saying: (1/?) #neisvoid #disability "Why haven't you gotten your labs done?" (Because I can't afford the fees or transportation) (2/?)