Rebecca
@softgothkitten.bsky.social
She/her, chronically ill, writer.
BA degree in Disability Studies
Anti-eugenics, pro-masking & clean air.
RFK Jr & MAHA hater
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/uptonrebecca
BA degree in Disability Studies
Anti-eugenics, pro-masking & clean air.
RFK Jr & MAHA hater
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/uptonrebecca
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How to Make the World Even Smaller
A chapbook of 35 poems about medical gaslighting, mystery symptoms, pain and fatigue, being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia as a child, and COVID. I started writing poems about chronic illness as a way to...
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This is a chapbook of poems I've written about chronic illness in the last seven years. About my childhood Fibromyalgia diagnosis, medical gaslighting before an autoimmune disease diagnosis, COVID, struggle with pain and fatigue, and more. You can purchase it here: payhip.com/b/BKJ5D
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I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
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Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
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Omg.
Over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple times and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple tim
Over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple times and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple tim
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Omg.
Over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple times and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple tim
Over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple times and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and sometimes so often it happens to the same people multiple tim
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When you actually measure if a well-fitted respirator blocks viruses, the answer is unequivocally yes. But when it doesn’t seal, orwhen you take it off to eat or scratch your nose, guess what, it doesn’t matter if the mask protected you ten minutes ago if you inhale virus unmasked now.
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
When you actually measure if a well-fitted respirator blocks viruses, the answer is unequivocally yes. But when it doesn’t seal, orwhen you take it off to eat or scratch your nose, guess what, it doesn’t matter if the mask protected you ten minutes ago if you inhale virus unmasked now.
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Ok this is important. A big myths
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ok this is important. A big myths
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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no job is more essential than your health—which you depend upon to be able to continue doing it
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
no job is more essential than your health—which you depend upon to be able to continue doing it
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🚨 Must watch: Nicole Widdersheim of Human Rights Watch, her voice audibly breaking, describes atrocities against civilians in Sudan that are now “on par, if possibly not worse,” than those during the Darfur genocide 2 decades ago.
She said both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) & the Sudanese Armed...
She said both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) & the Sudanese Armed...
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Must watch: Nicole Widdersheim of Human Rights Watch, her voice audibly breaking, describes atrocities against civilians in Sudan that are now “on par, if possibly not worse,” than those during the Darfur genocide 2 decades ago.
She said both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) & the Sudanese Armed...
She said both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) & the Sudanese Armed...
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1. In a stunning new bill proposed by several New Hampshire republicans, transgender women could be charged with trespass for using the bathroom.
The bill is the first to apply to PRIVATE businesses.
It also ONLY applies to transgender women, not trans men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The bill is the first to apply to PRIVATE businesses.
It also ONLY applies to transgender women, not trans men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New Hampshire Bill Would Create First Private Business Trans Bathroom Ban, Would Only Apply To Trans Women
The bill has several cosponsors and would target transgender people in bathrooms across the state.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
1. In a stunning new bill proposed by several New Hampshire republicans, transgender women could be charged with trespass for using the bathroom.
The bill is the first to apply to PRIVATE businesses.
It also ONLY applies to transgender women, not trans men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The bill is the first to apply to PRIVATE businesses.
It also ONLY applies to transgender women, not trans men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
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115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
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🚨 URGENT!!!!!! Congress is trying to ram through 18 massive censorship/surveillance laws TODAY 🚨
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 URGENT!!!!!! Congress is trying to ram through 18 massive censorship/surveillance laws TODAY 🚨
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
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TOMORROW: Congress is pushing through a package of bills which include an online ID check mandate that would fence off the internet & kill anonymity online.
Contact committee members that are considering these bills + make your opposition crystal clear using our call tool at
badinternetbills.com
Contact committee members that are considering these bills + make your opposition crystal clear using our call tool at
badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
badinternetbills.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
TOMORROW: Congress is pushing through a package of bills which include an online ID check mandate that would fence off the internet & kill anonymity online.
Contact committee members that are considering these bills + make your opposition crystal clear using our call tool at
badinternetbills.com
Contact committee members that are considering these bills + make your opposition crystal clear using our call tool at
badinternetbills.com
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🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
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“What about those who are isolated? Those who are in hospital or managing a chronic health condition or disability that means they can’t participate in the world in the same way as other teenagers their age?”
I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl
As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“What about those who are isolated? Those who are in hospital or managing a chronic health condition or disability that means they can’t participate in the world in the same way as other teenagers their age?”
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Old people have zero ideas when it comes to how to regulate emerging technology for young people other than "turn it off"
Same shit as video games in the 80s and 90s
Same shit as TV before that
Same shit as film before that
That's always the solution: "kill it."
Same shit as video games in the 80s and 90s
Same shit as TV before that
Same shit as film before that
That's always the solution: "kill it."
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Old people have zero ideas when it comes to how to regulate emerging technology for young people other than "turn it off"
Same shit as video games in the 80s and 90s
Same shit as TV before that
Same shit as film before that
That's always the solution: "kill it."
Same shit as video games in the 80s and 90s
Same shit as TV before that
Same shit as film before that
That's always the solution: "kill it."
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KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
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Send your child to school with a N95 or better -- don't wait for "clean air".
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Send your child to school with a N95 or better -- don't wait for "clean air".
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sam altman is being sued by his SISTER for sexual abuse. who gives a shit about his dogshit product that’s corroding brains and vaporizing the planet??? what is going on in this fuckin world
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
sam altman is being sued by his SISTER for sexual abuse. who gives a shit about his dogshit product that’s corroding brains and vaporizing the planet??? what is going on in this fuckin world
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This is a chapbook of poems I've written about chronic illness in the last seven years. About my childhood Fibromyalgia diagnosis, medical gaslighting before an autoimmune disease diagnosis, COVID, struggle with pain and fatigue, and more. You can purchase it here: payhip.com/b/BKJ5D
How to Make the World Even Smaller
A chapbook of 35 poems about medical gaslighting, mystery symptoms, pain and fatigue, being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia as a child, and COVID. I started writing poems about chronic illness as a way to...
payhip.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a chapbook of poems I've written about chronic illness in the last seven years. About my childhood Fibromyalgia diagnosis, medical gaslighting before an autoimmune disease diagnosis, COVID, struggle with pain and fatigue, and more. You can purchase it here: payhip.com/b/BKJ5D
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Claiming not to 'believe' in identity politics, or 'homosexual lifestyles' or 'transgenderism' is like claiming not to believe in gravity.
Your belief is irrelevant to the fact that those concepts and people exist.
Your belief is irrelevant to the fact that those concepts and people exist.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Claiming not to 'believe' in identity politics, or 'homosexual lifestyles' or 'transgenderism' is like claiming not to believe in gravity.
Your belief is irrelevant to the fact that those concepts and people exist.
Your belief is irrelevant to the fact that those concepts and people exist.
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Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
Critics have accused the company of being technofascist.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship is in fact bad because neurodivergent people participating in technofascism will not save us. Latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Deaths have not been updated since the government shutdown on October 1. A CDC spokesperson told us: "When the government reopened, the formidable backlog began to be processed. Provisional death data will be published soon."
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Deaths have not been updated since the government shutdown on October 1. A CDC spokesperson told us: "When the government reopened, the formidable backlog began to be processed. Provisional death data will be published soon."