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I told my parents that sometimes I take a mental health day and don't go to work and you would have thought I told them I do hard drugs in back alleys at night
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You would think after lockdowns and remote working for months, employers would have adjusted to the idea that it is better to have a few sick employees out of the office rather than the majority of them too sick to work.
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Spend enough time with crip folk and you notice how often a person sits or leans, how someone holds or adjusts their body, how pain can sound almost like an accent, how energy or attention ebbs, how moods flow, how communication varies, etc. You develop better bodymind literacy.
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Normative time is a technology of ableism. The cult of punctuality is ableism dipped in respectability politics. Disciplining disabled people for taking the time we need and moving at our own speed is ableism. And yes I will die on this hill. Crip time. BE LATE. #MakeAbleismWait
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It blows my mind that some Americans would be OK with life in a dictatorship as long as they saved 25 cents on a gallon of gas.
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A year ago, someone walked into the coffee shop where I work and ordered a pumpkin latte. I wrote my number on the receipt. Celebrating a year today. Things between us are crisis level bad. Each day together feels worse than the last. But being alone is my greatest fear
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A BPD helicopter is continuously circling the neighborhood close to the Fraternal Order of Police in #Hampden, where protesters have gathered after marching down Morling Avenue. 1/
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Four ways you can get involved in the #StrikeForBlackLives on this coming Monday, July 20th:
🙏 Sign the 8:46 Pledge
📅 Attend an event
🎉 Host an event
🚫 Strike
Join us: bit.ly/PPCJuly20
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The federal government, without explanation, seized 2000 cloth masks intended to protect protesters from COVID, apparently because they objected to the phrase "stop killing black people."
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this needs to addressed urgently. what action will you take @UniofOxford?
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Start by taking the net worth of Jeff Bezos, and add a minus sign. That's the “money behind it”
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SELF-HARM FORMS PEOPLE USUALLY DISMISS
1. listening to music on max volume
2. not drinking water, eating food, using the restroom, or sleeping even though you need to & could do so immediately
3. starting arguments on purpose
4. avoiding socializing with people you actually like
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“MY ANXIETY ISN’T *THAT* BAD” STARTER PACK
1. leg bouncing
2. picking at your lips
3. walking very quickly
4. having two modes: GOTTA GO & WHY I SO TIRED
5. peeing! lots of peeing
6. [new notification comes in] GOTTA READ THAT N O W
7. “am i being annoying??”
8. “they hate me”
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Out of decency and respect, I've stayed quiet. But, @realDonaldTrump, I'm really getting sick of your shit.
#25thAmendmentNow
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Pro-tip for civil disobedience: you _want_ them to have to process 500 suspensions. Make sure you come back later looking for second copies of paperwork, minor corrections, etc.
Demonstrate across the street during your suspension.
Call this prick’s bluff, kids. xitter.cf/sarahemclaugh/status/9…
Texas school district says it will suspend all students who take part in "any type of protest or awareness” in aftermath of the Parkland school shooting: thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief…
