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@kananeibert.bsky.social

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Reproductive and sexual health professional, currently working for my state medical society, trauma-responsive counselor, disabled cis-het woman (she/her), writer, community educator, proud to be in a very supportive mixed race LTR. My views are my own.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Jan 20

Hi all. It has been a long time coming BUT, today as promised to myself I finally launched my first Substack blog. I hope folks enjoy my post and I am looking forward to creating good content for my readers. Thanks to everybody who told me to start this journey. The timing seems fitting.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Aug 13

#ChronicIllness #MedicalWarfare #Diabetic #PatientAdvocacy #ShameOnYouCarefirst

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Aug 13

How is this even a thing? And I used more of it this time because I had an infection, which makes your blood sugar go up. We live in a nightmare country right now. They really don’t care if we don’t make it to see another day.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have so much hatred for my insurance company not covering my short acting insulin refill until tomorrow. Like somebody who’s diabetic can just go without their insulin…

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Aug 1

It is the last day of #DisabilityPride2025 and I came here to say let’s please keep speaking loudly and proudly because #DisabilityJustice is critical for our survival. We must keep organizing together to protect our communities and stop the eradication of us by the actions of camp maga.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Jul 26

#Disability #DisabilityJustice #Accessibility #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

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An Accessible Farmers Market

We have a few weekend farmers markets here in #Baltimore.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Jul 22

365 Days After Septic Shock-I Made It!

365 Days After Septic Shock

On July 22, 2024 I was diagnosed with septic shock and complete kidney failure.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Jul 20

I realized today that I have been in the hospital at least once, but usually it’s been more than once, every month so far during 2025. 😑 #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 24

I have never been so utterly exhausted and I definitely have zero spoons. I’m begging and also grateful for any amount of sleep and any amount of pain relief gifted to me.

#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #SepticShockSurvivor #KidneyDisease

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 24

I cannot begin to describe the relief I feel knowing I was able to get up this morning at 7am and take a muscle relaxer, pain medication, and my cannabis tincture then crawl back into bed, knowing I don’t have to meet the demands of any commitments or people today-I can just lay here for a while.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 5

Big same about no marches for me anymore. I am really happy you saw my post. I looked into the orgs putting it together and it seems legit. We will see! My back pain and spasms restarted this weekend too, its our stress that isn’t helping matters any. Hang in there 💜💜💜

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 5

Hi friends. I just registered for this #Disability inclusive protest and community support event on May 17th. Please see the flyer below and the registration link for zoom is us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Ive been wanting more virtual protest opportunities to connect with others. #ChronicIllness

A flyer announcing a disability inclusive protest event may 17 2025 it has black and white people that are in drawings with various disabilities surrounding a bed and it says bed-in virtual hands off protest may 17 3pm eastern tome in the united states. Hosted by diyabled and 10 minutes.

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 2

#DisabilityJustice #WorkersUnited #WorkerLiberation #DEIForever #MayDayEveryDay #Resistance #DisabilitySky ##ClassWarForDisabledWorkers

Kobra @kobrakahn.bsky.social · May 2

My thoughts on labor organizing are complicated and probably not well-informed, but my thoughts on racial and disability justice are very clear and direct: if you don't want to priortize accessibility because it's juet the right thing to do, you should at least do it because it benefits EVERYONE.

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · May 1

"Making disability issues an afterthought in labor necessarily excludes millions of disabled people of color." tcf.org/content/comm...

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · May 1

Happy May Day International Workers of the World Day. We fight the capitalist fascist war mongering machine.Today represents liberation for the exploited. We must fight against the regime that seeks to silence and harm us. #Resist #Antifascist #DEIForever #DisabilityRebellion

A drawing of workers of different races and cultures united together in solidarity they hold protest signs and the bottom text reads power concedes nothing without a demand iit never did and it never will

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you so much William!

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 29

#MayDay protests. What virtual opportunities are planned? #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityJustice

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 28

#ProtestInclusion #DisibilitySky #DisabilityJustice #Resistance #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Apr 28

Save the date, because 5/17 (starting at 3PM EST) is right around the corner, & you won’t to miss our #virtual #intersectional #disabilty led event! We’ll have advocacy workshops, disability art & music, interactive community time, & more! You can register with the QR code in this flyer!

Bed -In
Virtual
HANDS OFF!
Protest
May 17
3pm EST / 2pm CST
1pm MST / 12pm PST
Hosted by DIYAbled & 10 Minutes a Day

Sponsored by: CENTERS FOR PAIN CONTROL MIDWEST ANESTHESIA AND PAIN SPECIALISTS; NEW DISABLED SOUTH; SUGAR HOLLOW; & CHASE BLISS

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 28

There is not an a dedicated hotline yet coming from Canada for United States people to call for suicide. The number being shared is for Trans support. Let’s not cause a problem for that and let’s please fact check things.

IT'S NOT A SUICIDE HOTLINE FOR AMERICANS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

Your friend here who sometimes remembers to fact-check looked up this number lots of you are sharing with this post, and found ""Trans hotline. Trans Lifeline Hotline provides peer support and resources for trans and gender-diverse people. Call: 1-877-330-6366. Youth and young adult helpline. Kids Help Phone is a 24/7 helpline available to anyone in Canada aged 5 to 29 who wants confidential and anonymous care..." Which is great, but not a suicide hotline for Americans, so far as I can tell.

Another friend writes, "I confirmed that HHS (such as it is) DOES plan to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call the suicide hotline, planning to do this in October (not the whole suicide hotline). What I can NOT confirm is that Canada has made a special phone line available to the U.S. It seems that this is not true; or, at least, that the number in the post being shared is incorrect. The number given in the post being shared is already established as a Trans Lifeline in Canada. They are not staffed to take on all U.S. LGBTQ needs, and their system is likely not built to withstand heavy usage. That's why it's important to confirm; we don't want to crash a crucial service to Canadian Trans people. (And you're right, if a caller does not identify as LGBTQ, no one could "spot" them, but, if their needs center on their sexual orientation or presentation, they would not be able to discuss that.)"

Please don't share this without the comments, because it appears to be wrong. And I deleted my original post because yeah, lots of you WERE sharing it without these comments noting that it's wrong. And then I had to edit the first screenshot so the number wouldn't get shared again. .

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🌹🏳️‍⚧️rose&🦽🦓 they/ey @cripwriter.bsky.social · Apr 28

kinda worried abt how intentional/earnest fascist actions are being painted as "cognitive decline"

the shitheads who wrote project 2025 aren't in "cognitive decline", & that's the playbook this administration is following

it's disturbing how even leftists are attributing this to assumed disability

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 28

It’s an ideology with a play book already mapped out proven to inflict mass harm and fully underway in the United States. It’s so disgusting that people shift these things into ableist bs and act like oh it has to be people suffering mental health. Wrong, it’s people who are hateful wanting to harm

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 28

Shared this on my other socials too, thank you for sending this out, people need to see how what is happening now mirrors the past.

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you want to learn about the links between genocide, eugenics, and disability, I think the open access book "The First Into the Dark" is a good place to start.
utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/books/m/10.5...

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Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 28

I don’t want to do Monday tomorrow. I’ve never had less spoons. #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #PCOSFor35Years #SepticShockSurvivor #LongCovid #KidneyDisease #TransmetatarsalAmputee I am completely exhausted from everything-work, health, and this political hell we are in.

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 24

I did think of StarTrek and that voice/quote too after I posted it 😂

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 24

It makes me angry we can’t edit posts yet on here. Come on #Bluesky. This inability to edit is very #Ableist

Kana @kananeibert.bsky.social · Apr 24

Typo. Not Jim. I was trying to write this can’t ever happen again. #MedicalTrauma #DisabilityJustice #ChronicIllness

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