For folks who didn't know, btw, Asheville city government spent a whole bunch of the last three years trying to convict mutual aid folks who fed unhoused people of 'felony littering' and 'aiding and abetting felony littering'. Those charges were only dropped in the beginning OF THIS MONTH (sept 6)
1.USE ALT TEXT on your images. Ableism is not cool. 2. DON'T RESKEET IMAGES WITHOUT ALT TEXT. Condoning ableism is not cool. It's that simple.
My heart cannot handle how consistently the disability community loses our most powerful voices to situations that amount to "they simply couldn't come up with the money to keep living." This fucking country is a systemically ableist eugenics factory backed by the Healthcare system and the US govt.
I have a few takeaways about this that MIGHT presage a longer-form thing I am far too tired to write tonight. A SHORTER, MORE COHERENT THREAD. 1. This was an extremely "2020" event. Outside of a few specific mentions of Kamala Harris, everything today was grievances that existed in 2020.
“American citizens trapped in Lebanon should have left sooner!” “People in North Carolina shouldn’t have voted Republican!” “She shouldn’t have worn that!” “That guy shot by the police shouldn’t have—” “Those people being bombed by Israel shouldn’t have—” You are SO DESPERATE to blame victims.
Friends Tomorrow is also My birthday I have no One I am going On the streets I am black I am trans I am good person I am needing help Please help me 297$ what needs to Get me off the street Begging with my Life
Something that can make non-binary identity hard to talk about is that it's—intentionally—an extremely broad umbrella concept that doesn't specify any particular identity. And some of the identities under that umbrella are more epistemically vulnerable than others. It's such a giant can of worms!
Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, according to a press release shared by the city on Sunday afternoon.
Asheville may not have its water system repaired for weeks; communities across region under boil water advisories.