Not the Only One

It's actually incredible how yt academics will use Indigenous peoples, risking their cultural safety for their own monetary benefit but as soon as you call it out, they'll cower and try to turn others against you. It's almost like they don't give a shit about culture or mob 🤔 / X

Stories of disabled people being "forced" to pursue Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) dominated Canadian news in 2022. Disability activists, primarily on Twitter, but elsewhere as well, have picked up the thread and taken it further, suggesting that current government policies around MAID — which were mandated by a Supreme Court of Canada ruling — are explicitly coercive and eugenicist in nature. These activists argue that the Canadian government actively uses MAID to encourage disabled pe...

In short: An internal investigation by the Australian Federal Police recommends no criminal charges be laid against the arresting officer of protester Hamid Sotounzadeh, who received rib fractures and spinal disc protrusions during that arrest.

Organizers claiming, "We wanted speakers with disabilities but couldn't find qualified ones" are missing the point. Talent is out there – just look harder. Question your standards: Lived experience is as valid a qualification as any academic degree. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. #WeAreBillionStrong #AXSChat #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #Ableism #a11y #SDGs

When a player almost dies on the field, the game must end.

Want to learn more about all of the amazing work that has been part of #DisabledInSTEM? Check out this recent @NatureEcoEvo interview with Alyssa Paparella to see the insights of starting this platform while being a graduate student! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02707-6

"I know some people take advantage" No you don't know. That's what the assholes on TV told you to justify cuts. All studies indicate that there's far less fraud committed by welfare recipients than there is committed by rich people fudging their taxes.

I'm talking about all of the misogyny crap today because folks keep speaking for me and saying I'm one of Fedi's big boosters. It's true, I do prefer this place to corporate driven social media. But I want to be abundantly clear, I don't feel welcome here. Not really. I get garbage sent my way that would give you therapy bills. And largely, as a quirk of decentralization, most of you won't ever see it. Fedi is like being gaslit, every time I use it. And I need to flipping say that.