Donna Steiner
@donnasteiner.bsky.social
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The “what should poor people be allowed to eat” debate is infuriating.
The answer is simple.
They should be allowed to eat anything.
It’s no one’s business.
Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all.
Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.
The answer is simple.
They should be allowed to eat anything.
It’s no one’s business.
Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all.
Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The “what should poor people be allowed to eat” debate is infuriating.
The answer is simple.
They should be allowed to eat anything.
It’s no one’s business.
Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all.
Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.
The answer is simple.
They should be allowed to eat anything.
It’s no one’s business.
Ideally we would agree that food is a basic human right & it would be plentiful for all.
Until then, stop judging. Fed is best.
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“Were told by leaders across the board that we are the future, but when it comes to the pandemic our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Violet Affleck fighting for young people everywhere with this passionate speech about the dangers of Covid and Long Covid
Violet Affleck fighting for young people everywhere with this passionate speech about the dangers of Covid and Long Covid
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“Were told by leaders across the board that we are the future, but when it comes to the pandemic our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Violet Affleck fighting for young people everywhere with this passionate speech about the dangers of Covid and Long Covid
Violet Affleck fighting for young people everywhere with this passionate speech about the dangers of Covid and Long Covid
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Opinion pages have done so much damage to public health by platforming contrarians, minimizers, and anti-vaxxers. Have editors learned nothing from the damage they did when they made climate change a false debate?
July 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Opinion pages have done so much damage to public health by platforming contrarians, minimizers, and anti-vaxxers. Have editors learned nothing from the damage they did when they made climate change a false debate?
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This is correct from @joeweisenthal.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is correct from @joeweisenthal.bsky.social
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Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
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This Long Covid Awareness Day, let's look at why people believe they don't know anyone with Long Covid.
We are in the middle of a mass disabling event that most people refuse to acknowledge.
When we face the truth & stop denying reality, we can save lives:
We are in the middle of a mass disabling event that most people refuse to acknowledge.
When we face the truth & stop denying reality, we can save lives:
I Don't Know Anyone With Long Covid
Yes. You do. This Long Covid Awareness Day I want to talk about the reasons why many people don't realize they have Long Covid, as well as why others choose to hide their diagnosis.
www.disabledginger.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This Long Covid Awareness Day, let's look at why people believe they don't know anyone with Long Covid.
We are in the middle of a mass disabling event that most people refuse to acknowledge.
When we face the truth & stop denying reality, we can save lives:
We are in the middle of a mass disabling event that most people refuse to acknowledge.
When we face the truth & stop denying reality, we can save lives:
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Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.
March 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.
Loved this conversation.
My mentor and dear friend @roxanegay.bsky.social recently joined me here at Harvard Medical School for an incredible event. We both read new work and then had a wide-ranging discussion about the creative life, politics and culture.
I’m delighted to be able to share the video now:
I’m delighted to be able to share the video now:
Creative Nonfiction in Conversation: Roxane Gay and Saeed Jones
YouTube video by HMS: Global Health and Social Medicine
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Loved this conversation.
Over 300,000 lives could have been saved in the U.S. if adults had been vaccinated for Covid. We have learned nothing. (Total as of May 2022, sources: School of Public Health at Brown Univ and Microsoft AI Health.)
Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.
February 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Over 300,000 lives could have been saved in the U.S. if adults had been vaccinated for Covid. We have learned nothing. (Total as of May 2022, sources: School of Public Health at Brown Univ and Microsoft AI Health.)
If you are calling senators/reps/others, please add this to your concerns. Telehealth is critical for disabled & immune compromised, and game changers for those in rural communities, w/o transportation, elderly. It helps everyone, including medical facilities, staff, etc.
Medicare coverage for telemedicine is set to expire end of March
Telemedicine is a vital accommodation tool for disabled & elderly people.
Many can’t get to in person appointments without risk to baseline & health setbacks
Yet representatives at Medicare don’t seem to know what’s happening?
Telemedicine is a vital accommodation tool for disabled & elderly people.
Many can’t get to in person appointments without risk to baseline & health setbacks
Yet representatives at Medicare don’t seem to know what’s happening?
medicare telehealth is set to expire in 38 days.
Why doesn't anyone at Medicare know anything?
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If you are calling senators/reps/others, please add this to your concerns. Telehealth is critical for disabled & immune compromised, and game changers for those in rural communities, w/o transportation, elderly. It helps everyone, including medical facilities, staff, etc.
In general, just a good idea.
To all the people who stop and think before meeting up with a chronically ill or disabled person, and let them know you/someone in your household isn’t feeling well, so they can cancel if they need to, THANK YOU.
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
We are SO sad to have to cancel, but so grateful to be protected. #disabilitysky
February 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In general, just a good idea.
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COVID was an opportunity to adapt & be a more inclusive society. We could have learned about airborne spread & adopted clean air standards. Improved ventilation. Made more outdoor spaces. Normalized masking.
Instead we’ve politicized infection control & made society less safe for everyone
Instead we’ve politicized infection control & made society less safe for everyone
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
COVID was an opportunity to adapt & be a more inclusive society. We could have learned about airborne spread & adopted clean air standards. Improved ventilation. Made more outdoor spaces. Normalized masking.
Instead we’ve politicized infection control & made society less safe for everyone
Instead we’ve politicized infection control & made society less safe for everyone
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disability is the only marginalized community that you could become a part of at any time in your life.
just something to think about the next time you want to call other people parasites; you could be disabled at any moment.
just something to think about the next time you want to call other people parasites; you could be disabled at any moment.
February 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
disability is the only marginalized community that you could become a part of at any time in your life.
just something to think about the next time you want to call other people parasites; you could be disabled at any moment.
just something to think about the next time you want to call other people parasites; you could be disabled at any moment.
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I’m so fucking furious at this shit
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’m so fucking furious at this shit
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At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.
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@presentdarkness.bsky.social
This is 💯 spot on. Congress, you created this monster! The American people will never forget your derelict actions when it mattered the most! If you don't heed the voices of the people, the people will remove you from your cushy seats!
#Bluecrew #Resistance
@presentdarkness.bsky.social
This is 💯 spot on. Congress, you created this monster! The American people will never forget your derelict actions when it mattered the most! If you don't heed the voices of the people, the people will remove you from your cushy seats!
#Bluecrew #Resistance
February 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@presentdarkness.bsky.social
This is 💯 spot on. Congress, you created this monster! The American people will never forget your derelict actions when it mattered the most! If you don't heed the voices of the people, the people will remove you from your cushy seats!
#Bluecrew #Resistance
@presentdarkness.bsky.social
This is 💯 spot on. Congress, you created this monster! The American people will never forget your derelict actions when it mattered the most! If you don't heed the voices of the people, the people will remove you from your cushy seats!
#Bluecrew #Resistance
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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The clearest explanation of tariffs I’ve ever heard
Did not realize this address from Trudeau was going to be aimed at us
February 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The clearest explanation of tariffs I’ve ever heard
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If enough time passes, an otherwise healthy person can start to get used to sickness.
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
Don't Gaslight Yourself. You're Right To Grieve What's Happening to America.
I know what you're thinking.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If enough time passes, an otherwise healthy person can start to get used to sickness.
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
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It’s very hard to watch ppl who said nothing about genocide and who gave up on COVID protections talking about community and showing up. It suggests to me that community is conditional, and I’m not down with that.
Community is about taking care of everyone, y’all.
Community is about taking care of everyone, y’all.
January 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s very hard to watch ppl who said nothing about genocide and who gave up on COVID protections talking about community and showing up. It suggests to me that community is conditional, and I’m not down with that.
Community is about taking care of everyone, y’all.
Community is about taking care of everyone, y’all.