Thank you @NPR for letting me speak my caregiver truth - that when I didn't have external caregiving support it was "imprisonment" and "hellish" and when we finally got external help, it racked up to $300k plus/yr, no coverage. #CaregiversCryForHelp https://t.co/BS2DGzQNCm

a blessing for the life you didn't choose Blessed are you when the shock subsides, when vaguely, you see a line appear that divides before and after. You didn’t draw it, and can barely even make it out. But as surely as minutes add up to hours and days, here you are, forced

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..of making a decision every day, that you’re still gonna put one foot in front of the other, that you’re still going to get up in the morning. And you’re still going to struggle, that that was what I took away from it." https://t.co/NmmGyrtXGv

I hate how the new twitter has basically shielded me from the tweets from @prisonculture. But I was reminded this morning of her words: Hope is a discipline. "It’s less about “how you feel,” and more about the practice... (1/2)

Not unbelievable! This country is a MESS. Thank you @MomsDemand for your tireless work.

john coltrane at the guggenheim. nyc, 1960. photo by william claxton.

May we find strength & solace in our new selves; compassion for our partners, and self-compassion most of all. I see you. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 2/2.

Amplifying #LongCovidAwarenessDay. Writing for the partners and spouses of those suffering, as we bear witness to indescribable destruction. Destruction of their old selves, our old selves, and belief in systems you've been told your whole life are there to help. 1/2

For @wsj to say flat out that SVB could have failed because they added non-white men to their board shows how far behind the times (and certifiably stupid) this publication really is. It makes me so angry and very sad. WSJ readers and staff deserve better.

Once again I have been on hold for 85+ minutes today. Unreal. @WEXIncNews

Keenan Anderson—a 31-year-old high school teacher & father—stopped LA police for help after an accident. They instead cuffed him, pinned him, & tased him repeatedly as he begged them to stop. Keenan died of cardiac arrest from excessive tasing. His crime—asking police for help.

Remembering Elizabeth Cotten, born on this day in 1893 in North Carolina. Here she is performing “Washington Blues” in 1965.

Sharing for reach. #atlanta #missingperson

Such a validating thread.

It’s not until you or someone you love has a brush with disability to see how the odds are stacked against that person and what an ableist society we live in. I have gone my whole life blind to this reality (ergo I must have been part of the problem), now I see it everywhere.

An absolute masterclass by Jon Stewart.