Bothered Black Girl
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Bothered Black Girl
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Repeated illness with significant risk of disability is not inevitable.

We get amazing protection from high-quality masks (e.g., n95, p100). Give/get mask mutual aid here: maskbloc.org

We can also clean the air! In schools, models of filtering show a 50% reduction in risk of illness.
Indoor air monitoring goes to school
Across the US, schools have begun measuring air quality en masse. Researchers are helping interpret the data
cen.acs.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The departmental cuts, and the LAFD chief’s numerous complaints about them, are well-documented in public records, everyone was right to report on that story, and yet Aaron & his ilk have been happy to run interference for Bass’s administration and muddy the waters
January 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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From October 2022 through September 2023, 30,000 people died while waiting for federal disability determinations, as I wrote in this @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tens of thousands are dying on the disability wait list
Voters are asking questions—and the Harris campaign needs a plan.
www.motherjones.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This is bad in general, but extra when you consider people are becoming disabled at higher rates due to Long Covid.
January 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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yes! when people act like she was magic, they stop at the "wow." the gift her genius has given us is a path, a vision of what we can do.
January 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Because what good is knowing it's gonna rain if you never pack an umbrella?
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Calling her “Nostradamus” erases her scholarship, her identity, and her intent.
January 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM