Kate 🏴☠️
@maskonalways.bsky.social
Disabled nurse, voracious reader, infertility struggler (fuck that warrior nonsense). It's never too late to start wearing a mask again.
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Kate 🏴☠️
@maskonalways.bsky.social
· Dec 31
The longer I work with kids, the more I come to understand that the most critical factors in a child's learning/success are a full belly, a safe home, a good night's rest, and a home that values education. Everything else is tinkering.
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$35 MEDICATIONS RN URGENT!
Disabled chronically ill parents. They're in Disability application process. Only their brother *can* work so he's job hunting RN. 4 ppl $10 each does meds. 20 more ppl $10 each keeps food in the house.
Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
Disabled chronically ill parents. They're in Disability application process. Only their brother *can* work so he's job hunting RN. 4 ppl $10 each does meds. 20 more ppl $10 each keeps food in the house.
Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
August 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
$35 MEDICATIONS RN URGENT!
Disabled chronically ill parents. They're in Disability application process. Only their brother *can* work so he's job hunting RN. 4 ppl $10 each does meds. 20 more ppl $10 each keeps food in the house.
Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
Disabled chronically ill parents. They're in Disability application process. Only their brother *can* work so he's job hunting RN. 4 ppl $10 each does meds. 20 more ppl $10 each keeps food in the house.
Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
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Q Minnesota is looking for writers. We want pitches from writers across race and ethnicity, trans and nonbinary experience, generation, rural and urban Minnesota, disability, immigration status, class, and faith. Pitch us: qminnesota.com/pitch/
August 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Q Minnesota is looking for writers. We want pitches from writers across race and ethnicity, trans and nonbinary experience, generation, rural and urban Minnesota, disability, immigration status, class, and faith. Pitch us: qminnesota.com/pitch/
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Martha Lillard was that last known person living in an iron lung.
Guess what killed her?
Long COVID.
Unprevented contagious disease screwed Martha Lillard over at pretty much BOTH ends of her life (she caught polio when she was like 4 or 5).
Guess what killed her?
Long COVID.
Unprevented contagious disease screwed Martha Lillard over at pretty much BOTH ends of her life (she caught polio when she was like 4 or 5).
My grandpa lived through polio and still served in WW2.
"As of 2026, there are no longer any known people living in an iron lung. the last known person in the United States relying on the device—passed away on June 26, 2026, at the age of 78"
"As of 2026, there are no longer any known people living in an iron lung. the last known person in the United States relying on the device—passed away on June 26, 2026, at the age of 78"
August 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Martha Lillard was that last known person living in an iron lung.
Guess what killed her?
Long COVID.
Unprevented contagious disease screwed Martha Lillard over at pretty much BOTH ends of her life (she caught polio when she was like 4 or 5).
Guess what killed her?
Long COVID.
Unprevented contagious disease screwed Martha Lillard over at pretty much BOTH ends of her life (she caught polio when she was like 4 or 5).
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We have to get real about this and reinforce to young women and girls that this kind of transformation isn't something to aspire to. I am telling you, this trend is going to kill people, and it requires actual cultural resistance.
August 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
We have to get real about this and reinforce to young women and girls that this kind of transformation isn't something to aspire to. I am telling you, this trend is going to kill people, and it requires actual cultural resistance.
I miss the trending topics on Twitter where you could parachute into some other subculture's low-stakes but insanely juicy drama. I just got super bad news and wanted to cheer myself up, but on bluesky my options are childhood vaccination or more Trump "news".
August 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I miss the trending topics on Twitter where you could parachute into some other subculture's low-stakes but insanely juicy drama. I just got super bad news and wanted to cheer myself up, but on bluesky my options are childhood vaccination or more Trump "news".
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The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really
wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty.
It's not. It's agriculture.
wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty.
It's not. It's agriculture.
We have data on this.
The blue is all the non-ag human use:
The blue is all the non-ag human use:
August 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really
wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty.
It's not. It's agriculture.
wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty.
It's not. It's agriculture.
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Like, a lot of us right now have a prior assumption that "AI is driving water shortages."
And no, it absolutely tf is not. It's agriculture. It's always been agriculture.
Most of us have spent our whole lives not seeing it.
We need to stop that ag water blindness before it screws us all over.
And no, it absolutely tf is not. It's agriculture. It's always been agriculture.
Most of us have spent our whole lives not seeing it.
We need to stop that ag water blindness before it screws us all over.
August 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Like, a lot of us right now have a prior assumption that "AI is driving water shortages."
And no, it absolutely tf is not. It's agriculture. It's always been agriculture.
Most of us have spent our whole lives not seeing it.
We need to stop that ag water blindness before it screws us all over.
And no, it absolutely tf is not. It's agriculture. It's always been agriculture.
Most of us have spent our whole lives not seeing it.
We need to stop that ag water blindness before it screws us all over.
I'm not sure I like this hidradenitis suppurativa rep...
August 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I'm not sure I like this hidradenitis suppurativa rep...
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you.
So just the normal introduction then?
So just the normal introduction then?
August 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you.
So just the normal introduction then?
So just the normal introduction then?
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Meta using disabled people to justify the obscene pervert glasses & the disgusting violation of privacy for everyone, everywhere.
Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers.
It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion.
#spéirghorm
novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...
Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers.
It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion.
#spéirghorm
novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...
August 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Meta using disabled people to justify the obscene pervert glasses & the disgusting violation of privacy for everyone, everywhere.
Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers.
It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion.
#spéirghorm
novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...
Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers.
It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion.
#spéirghorm
novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...
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the “dobby’s grave” landmark is just a small dead guy who died on the beach a few days ago. he’s not even buried, someone just saw him and said “that’s dobby” and everyone started piling harry potter merch on him. a sad end for lindsey graham
August 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
the “dobby’s grave” landmark is just a small dead guy who died on the beach a few days ago. he’s not even buried, someone just saw him and said “that’s dobby” and everyone started piling harry potter merch on him. a sad end for lindsey graham
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I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the figure of the intersex person in current discourse on sex and gender, especially in relation to the UK government's anti-trans segregation regime. But the actual voices of actual people are getting lost.
This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.
This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.
A few weeks ago, after a 7 year delay, the UK government quietly dropped the results of their 2019 Call for Evidence on variations in sex characteristics
The results are striking but will of course seem deeply familiar to anyone working in this field.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
The results are striking but will of course seem deeply familiar to anyone working in this field.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Variations in sex characteristics (VSC): experiences of life in the UK for people with VSC and those who care for them
www.gov.uk
August 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the figure of the intersex person in current discourse on sex and gender, especially in relation to the UK government's anti-trans segregation regime. But the actual voices of actual people are getting lost.
This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.
This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.
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Anne Frank died of typhus in a camp much like the ones Trump & co are running today.
Leaked video from an ICE camp details people suffering from tuberculosis, a never ending “flu” & conjunctivitis.
ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event.
These are concentration camps.
They’re a breeding ground for disease which will lead to preventable suffering, disability and death.
ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event.
These are concentration camps.
They’re a breeding ground for disease which will lead to preventable suffering, disability and death.
August 9, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Anne Frank died of typhus in a camp much like the ones Trump & co are running today.
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More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.
August 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.
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A transparent public examination of the true failures of the pandemic is critical. Not the anti-vax silliness, but hard science: the "widespread failure" of clinical leaders to understand essential basic concepts of airborne transmission highlighted by the UK COVID Inquiry. It happened here too.
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Module 3 of the UK COVID Inquiry is out. Encouraging to see explicit recognition of the "widespread failure" of clinical leaders to understand aerosol science, and the "clear failure" of IPC leaders to understand that they might be wrong. #medsky #scisky
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu....
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu....
August 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A transparent public examination of the true failures of the pandemic is critical. Not the anti-vax silliness, but hard science: the "widespread failure" of clinical leaders to understand essential basic concepts of airborne transmission highlighted by the UK COVID Inquiry. It happened here too.
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If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnes
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week.
A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnes
August 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.
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i feel like more people need to know that the “men don’t read books anymore” blogger also posted one of the vilest transphobic rants about trans boys i’ve ever read. she says that hrt for trans teen boys is worse than anorexia. as with all gateway clickbait there is something NASTY under there
August 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
i feel like more people need to know that the “men don’t read books anymore” blogger also posted one of the vilest transphobic rants about trans boys i’ve ever read. she says that hrt for trans teen boys is worse than anorexia. as with all gateway clickbait there is something NASTY under there
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Breaking: @markey.senate.gov continues to lift up the significant concerns with KOSA raised by LGBTQ+ youth and human rights groups.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...
August 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Breaking: @markey.senate.gov continues to lift up the significant concerns with KOSA raised by LGBTQ+ youth and human rights groups.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...
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One important detail: Gerika said that she is questioned in bathrooms regularly (a common experience for many queer women). But in most cases, she tells the person she's a girl and they leave her alone.
In this case, she felt she had to prove it.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
In this case, she felt she had to prove it.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One important detail: Gerika said that she is questioned in bathrooms regularly (a common experience for many queer women). But in most cases, she tells the person she's a girl and they leave her alone.
In this case, she felt she had to prove it.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
In this case, she felt she had to prove it.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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my sons' school started using AI this year and both of them had to go to each of their teachers with a presentation about blatantly obvious falsehoods in the curriculum.
not even counting my youngest's math teacher using it for grading. he had to get EVERY assignment regraded because it was so bad
not even counting my youngest's math teacher using it for grading. he had to get EVERY assignment regraded because it was so bad
@rweingarten.bsky.social, this is a horror. Teachers cited in this article say they're using "A.i." to develop lesson plans for kids with disabilities and imply that they're feeding student data into LLMs. This is using untested, dangerous teach on vulnerable kids AND possibly violating privacy law.
“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.”
“And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
“And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
August 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
my sons' school started using AI this year and both of them had to go to each of their teachers with a presentation about blatantly obvious falsehoods in the curriculum.
not even counting my youngest's math teacher using it for grading. he had to get EVERY assignment regraded because it was so bad
not even counting my youngest's math teacher using it for grading. he had to get EVERY assignment regraded because it was so bad
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We're in an air quality crisis in Oregon right now.
I am constructing air
filters for those who need
them. Cost for a whole-
house filter is about $80.
If you can afford it, please
reach out to fund more air
filters for others.
I am constructing air
filters for those who need
them. Cost for a whole-
house filter is about $80.
If you can afford it, please
reach out to fund more air
filters for others.
August 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We're in an air quality crisis in Oregon right now.
I am constructing air
filters for those who need
them. Cost for a whole-
house filter is about $80.
If you can afford it, please
reach out to fund more air
filters for others.
I am constructing air
filters for those who need
them. Cost for a whole-
house filter is about $80.
If you can afford it, please
reach out to fund more air
filters for others.
You can basically line up a map of immigrant detention centers with the covid outbreak map. To be clear, this is because the conditions and health care are so poor in these prisons it fules outbreaks, not because immigrants are dirty or however the Rs would frame it.
August 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
You can basically line up a map of immigrant detention centers with the covid outbreak map. To be clear, this is because the conditions and health care are so poor in these prisons it fules outbreaks, not because immigrants are dirty or however the Rs would frame it.
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Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common.
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common.