Notices by Cass (they/them) (justgrist@disabled.social)

There are reasons that a thing disabled people say frequently is, “Nobody gives a fuck about us but us,” and you can see most of them on display on fedi daily. Doesn’t matter that’s it’s decentralized. Where there are abled people more concerned with maintaining their self-image of being a Good Person™ through selective self-examination, there will be capitulation to eugenicist violence.

#Tech question for other #blind people. Is anybody else unable to activate links in messages on the #Signal #IOS app? I'm running the latest OS version and app version, but can't find a way to activate links either in the #Voiceover rotor or the context menu that comes up when you double tap and hold.

Boost for reach if you don't mind. Thanks.

@fifilamoura @whknott @GramrgednAngel @mekkaokereke Yep. You nailed it here, Fifi. As a disabled person who tries to point out to others a lot how embedded eugenics is in US culture, and how long that has been the case, the preservation of this kind of evidence is crucial, Getting rid of evidence like this actually plays directly into fascists' hands. Can't help thinking of recent news about things being removed from national archives exhibits that might be objectionable to conservatives.

Leftists who are passive-aggressive or otherwise shitty about accessibility fuck off into the actual sun challenge.

@griotspeak Mars is farther away but go far enough down into the ocean and you'll hit crush depth. Seems like a pretty permanent solution to me, and would perhaps take less power that sending them to Mars.

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops".

~ Stephen J. Gould

Would be nice if more people knew this quote and spent some extended time thinking about it on every level.

@mutualaid The fundraiser for Tinu’s family is just a few hundred dollars shy of the 60% mark now. Thanks to all who have helped by sharing and/or giving. Please continue to share so the final goal gets met. #ForTinu

https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-tinus-legacy-with-compassionate-support

@mutualaid The fundraiser for Tinu’s family is almost half funded but it’s starting to lose momentum and, nope, we’re not letting that happen. Please give to this if you’re able and definitely share. Sharing costs nothing.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-tinus-legacy-with-compassionate-support

@PacificNic Just here to say I appreciate putting the word "lockdowns" in its proper place by having the quotes around it. Nothing we experienced here in the US came close to anything that could accurrately be described as lockdowns. People continuing to unironically use that framing is part of what's keeping us in a continual state of crisis.

@siege my god. That would bring the discourse on match ratings to a height and ferocity never seen before. It would become the top rope razor’s edge of pro wrestling discourse. 😂

@weirdwriter @bemyeyes Haha. Why do I feel exactly zero surprise, and of course they're spinning the violation of consent as a win for blind ppl. And of course a bunch of ppl will defend this practice because Be My Eyes said it's to better help us.

Number of days since somebody makes a general suggestion that ppl run to Canada to escape US fascism without knowing that the vast majority of nation states don't accept disabled people as immigrants and that Canada will quite literally offer disabled people assistance in dying before offering them assistance in living: 0

Neither USAID workers nor ppl working in a presidential admin are likely to be leftists of any kind and even they are now saying Biden is directly complicit in genocide. This is the most obvious, high-profile example of the liberal-fascist bargain playing out over nearly 8 fucking months now. I do not know what more anyone needs to see to acknowledge that.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gaza-famine-biden-israel-hamas-b2542961.html?lid=v83xec4gt9s7

Not that I think corporate or even governmental DEI is a solution to the problems re -isms in society but it's notable to me as a disabled person that biden last election ran on improving SSI--including both raising the asset cap and benefits amounts--and what happened instead is that neither of those things came to pass and instead the federal government's DEI office got dissolved for something called the office of talent management that could not sound more neoliberal if they tried.

@siege Fucking hell. I reported this person like twice on .cloud in late 2022 when I first joined fedi. Doesn't say anything good for modding on the big instances that they're still around doing the same shit.

@mutualaid Ellie needs to raise $2500 for her mom’s medication to keep her mom’s lung disease from getting worse. She is at $1055/$2500 and needs the money ASAP. Any amount you can give helps. Boosts also help and are appreciated.

If you give, please give as goods and services to bypass paypal limitations in Latin America.

PayPal.me/ellienoctis93

https://ko-fi.com/ellienoctis/goal

Edit: Ellie’s mom has had to be hospitalized again and they really need to raise these funds.

This is a thread of #MutualAid requests that I’m helping to boost. Please scroll down to see the individual requests. Donations help most but boosts can also help and are always welcome and appreciated for any mutual aid requests I’m helping to boost. @mutualaid 👇🏻

@mutualaid Hey, all. Ellie needs help again, this time with raising $450 for medical expenses for her father who had a stroke a couple months ago. Any amount you can give helps. Boosts are also welcome and appreciated. Please send the money as goods and services to bypass paypal restrictions in Latin America.

$0 has been raised so far.

PayPal.me/ellienoctis93

@mutualaid Tinu is still raising the funds for her mortgage payments and other expenses. She’s about $1200 short of what she needs, and that’s before new costs come due on 2/29. She has been having to choose between paying for cancer meds and other expenses for too long now. Please help with a donation if you can. Boosts welcome and appreciated as well.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fortinu-covid-recovery-expenses?member=17188251&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

@mutualaid The organizers of this fundraiser for a Black disabled person in the Global South have raised enough to secure their friend safer housing. They now need help raising funds so their friend can secure employment. Their latest sub-goal is $950 to be raised by Feb 15. They’re at $305/$950. Please give anything you can. Boosts welcomed and appreciated as well.

https://givebutter.com/5KAVjz