Elizabeth Stone
@elizmstone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @rutgersifh.bsky.social. Behavioral health services and policy researcher. Midwesterner at heart.
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It's ALMOST like if people read @pamherd.bsky.social & @donmoyn.bsky.social's Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means, they could have predicted precisely the adverse effect of layering on new administrative burdens to accessing life-saving food assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps
Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:21 AM
It's ALMOST like if people read @pamherd.bsky.social & @donmoyn.bsky.social's Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means, they could have predicted precisely the adverse effect of layering on new administrative burdens to accessing life-saving food assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Hello BlueSky,
We're raising funds to support all kids with disabilities—mobility, sensory, mental health, intellectual, developmental, and chronic conditions.
If every follower donates $1.00, we will meet and surpass our goal!
PLS SHARE 👇
We're raising funds to support all kids with disabilities—mobility, sensory, mental health, intellectual, developmental, and chronic conditions.
If every follower donates $1.00, we will meet and surpass our goal!
PLS SHARE 👇
Little Lobbyists is turning 9!
For 9 years, families of medically complex & disabled kids have been showing up to Capitol Hill — kids, wheelchairs, ventilators, and all — to make sure their children are seen & protected. Help us c...
secure.actblue.com
June 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Hello BlueSky,
We're raising funds to support all kids with disabilities—mobility, sensory, mental health, intellectual, developmental, and chronic conditions.
If every follower donates $1.00, we will meet and surpass our goal!
PLS SHARE 👇
We're raising funds to support all kids with disabilities—mobility, sensory, mental health, intellectual, developmental, and chronic conditions.
If every follower donates $1.00, we will meet and surpass our goal!
PLS SHARE 👇
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Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
May 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
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The straightforward effect of adding more administrative burden on stores will be that fewer stores will accept SNAP. These are the equivalent of abortion TRAP laws, like mandating the width of a corridor.
Brooke Rollins: "Until today, any retailer accepting the food stamp had to stock 12 or more 'nutritious' foods. Real food. Well, today, we're more than doubling that to 28, but we're also closing the loophole. You could stock jelly as a fruit and jerky as a real protein. All that changes today."
May 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The straightforward effect of adding more administrative burden on stores will be that fewer stores will accept SNAP. These are the equivalent of abortion TRAP laws, like mandating the width of a corridor.
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Q: How will the new SSI rules impact your family?
A: I have no clue
Q: But you're something of an expert?
A: I know, now imagine how everyone else must feel.
Q: Why is it like this?
A: Because Republicans love administrative burdens and do it on purpose.
from @ms.now
A: I have no clue
Q: But you're something of an expert?
A: I know, now imagine how everyone else must feel.
Q: Why is it like this?
A: Because Republicans love administrative burdens and do it on purpose.
from @ms.now
Opinion | My son is a disabled adult. The Trump White House has him in its sights.
The administration is reportedly changing two rules that benefit disabled adults who live with their families.
www.ms.now
May 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Q: How will the new SSI rules impact your family?
A: I have no clue
Q: But you're something of an expert?
A: I know, now imagine how everyone else must feel.
Q: Why is it like this?
A: Because Republicans love administrative burdens and do it on purpose.
from @ms.now
A: I have no clue
Q: But you're something of an expert?
A: I know, now imagine how everyone else must feel.
Q: Why is it like this?
A: Because Republicans love administrative burdens and do it on purpose.
from @ms.now
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I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here.
At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable.
The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable.
The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
www.propublica.org
April 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here.
At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable.
The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable.
The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
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Preemptively cutting 'optional' Medicaid programs in anticipation of cuts is going to disproportionately harm marginalized people! Democrats COULD have increased the scope of federal funding mandates to make these core programs, and they didn't.
Bracing for federal cuts, some states are already paring back Medicaid services
Paying for doulas to help birthing moms in maternity care deserts was a priority for Montana. But it halted the plan amid a budget shortfall and fears over coming federal Medicaid cuts.
www.npr.org
April 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Preemptively cutting 'optional' Medicaid programs in anticipation of cuts is going to disproportionately harm marginalized people! Democrats COULD have increased the scope of federal funding mandates to make these core programs, and they didn't.
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Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)
Lunar Flyby - NASA
www.nasa.gov
April 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)
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MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
tcpipeline.org
February 26, 2026 at 2:12 AM
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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Team USA skier: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Team USA skier: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.
Opening ceremony is today so time to kick off #AGoodGame Olympics edition! If you’re also mentally in Milan Cortina over the next few weeks, consider joining in! And huge thanks to @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @emmasandoe.bsky.social for the original idea
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Opening ceremony is today so time to kick off #AGoodGame Olympics edition! If you’re also mentally in Milan Cortina over the next few weeks, consider joining in! And huge thanks to @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @emmasandoe.bsky.social for the original idea
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
I'm not big on football, but I do love watching the Olympics. Am thinking this is the year to adapt @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @emmasandoe.bsky.social 's #AGoodGame approach, making donations based on the US medal count.
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I'm not big on football, but I do love watching the Olympics. Am thinking this is the year to adapt @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @emmasandoe.bsky.social 's #AGoodGame approach, making donations based on the US medal count.
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remember this every time they use mental health issues to justify their policies
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
remember this every time they use mental health issues to justify their policies
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We should not forget that Alice Wong could only go to college because she had access to Medicaid. People with disabilities can only thrive and survive if society chooses to invest in them the way it invests in everyone else.
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...
Opinion | My Medicaid, My Life (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We should not forget that Alice Wong could only go to college because she had access to Medicaid. People with disabilities can only thrive and survive if society chooses to invest in them the way it invests in everyone else.
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...
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RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
🏆
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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New research out today. We describe the injured people & the situational characteristics involved in shootings by police during mental or behavioral health involved policing responses in the US. …Almost 2500 shootings over a 6-yr period - all carefully reviewed (twice!) by my very hard working team.
Mental and behavioral health characteristics among individuals injuriously shot by police in the United States
Criminalization of people experiencing mental illness is systemic, but the conditions surrounding police use-of-force in such encounters are under-examined.To describe mental or behavioral health (...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New research out today. We describe the injured people & the situational characteristics involved in shootings by police during mental or behavioral health involved policing responses in the US. …Almost 2500 shootings over a 6-yr period - all carefully reviewed (twice!) by my very hard working team.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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#NJ Your task today, if you can:
Help feed our neighbors.
Community Food Bank of NJ has a donor who will match donations 2X.
Remember, small donations make a difference.
cfbnj.org?_aid=2faf03f...
Help feed our neighbors.
Community Food Bank of NJ has a donor who will match donations 2X.
Remember, small donations make a difference.
cfbnj.org?_aid=2faf03f...
Community FoodBank of New Jersey - Providing Food, Help & Hope - CFBNJ
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is NJ’s largest anti-hunger organization. Learn more about our mission & how we help our hungry neighbors.
cfbnj.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#NJ Your task today, if you can:
Help feed our neighbors.
Community Food Bank of NJ has a donor who will match donations 2X.
Remember, small donations make a difference.
cfbnj.org?_aid=2faf03f...
Help feed our neighbors.
Community Food Bank of NJ has a donor who will match donations 2X.
Remember, small donations make a difference.
cfbnj.org?_aid=2faf03f...
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JUST IN: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, was first elected to Congress in 2018. She defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman who was endorsed by President Trump.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins N.J. governor in Tuesday's second victory for Democrats
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, was first elected to Congress in 2018. She defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman who was endorsed by President Trump.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
JUST IN: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, was first elected to Congress in 2018. She defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman who was endorsed by President Trump.
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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Do you still have a mail-in ballot sitting on your kitchen table? Make sure you fill it out and get it to a dropbox before 8pm tonight.
nj.gov/state/electi...
nj.gov/state/electi...
nj.gov
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Do you still have a mail-in ballot sitting on your kitchen table? Make sure you fill it out and get it to a dropbox before 8pm tonight.
nj.gov/state/electi...
nj.gov/state/electi...
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If you’re in the public health space and continue to be confused, read this. I cannot tell you how badly the “public health isn’t political” nonsense has harmed us.
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you’re in the public health space and continue to be confused, read this. I cannot tell you how badly the “public health isn’t political” nonsense has harmed us.