Kristin
@kdbedell.bsky.social
Hockey fan living with Vascular and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
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Believe survivors.
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Believe survivors.
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Let's please not pretend that this culture actually cares enough about young girls, women, abuse survivors, for that to be the deal breaker for a president to be in office. The first thing you learn as a survivor, hammered into you as long as you live, is no one really cares, it's just talk.
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Let's please not pretend that this culture actually cares enough about young girls, women, abuse survivors, for that to be the deal breaker for a president to be in office. The first thing you learn as a survivor, hammered into you as long as you live, is no one really cares, it's just talk.
Last night's politics lantern walk. Made butterfly-esque wings for M to carry and turned my walking sticks into flowers.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last night's politics lantern walk. Made butterfly-esque wings for M to carry and turned my walking sticks into flowers.
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There is actual racial discrimination occurring and people are suffering but sure, let’s focus on the musings of a bunch of elite white men posting from their elite positions about how they are the primary victims of racial discrimination in this country. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There is actual racial discrimination occurring and people are suffering but sure, let’s focus on the musings of a bunch of elite white men posting from their elite positions about how they are the primary victims of racial discrimination in this country. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Jersey to jacket transformation complete. Time to wrap it up and stick it under the tree for M.
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Jersey to jacket transformation complete. Time to wrap it up and stick it under the tree for M.
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Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Donate to My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals, organized by Shirley Tutor-Perez
My granddaughter Rhiannon will be 11 on 12/20. She has been b… Shirley Tutor-Perez needs your support for My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals
www.gofundme.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Had an absolute blast at Giant Robot Fight Club. Part comedy show, part fever dream. Triangle folks, highly recommend.
December 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Had an absolute blast at Giant Robot Fight Club. Part comedy show, part fever dream. Triangle folks, highly recommend.
Finally getting to see Giant Robot Fight Club!
Overheard during the safety neeting: "Let's have the dumbest night ever!" This is going to be awesome.
Overheard during the safety neeting: "Let's have the dumbest night ever!" This is going to be awesome.
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Finally getting to see Giant Robot Fight Club!
Overheard during the safety neeting: "Let's have the dumbest night ever!" This is going to be awesome.
Overheard during the safety neeting: "Let's have the dumbest night ever!" This is going to be awesome.
I have seen several headlines/takes that do not clearly distinguish that the Democratic bill extended ACA subsidies while the Republican bill pushed HSAs. This is a very important difference. Brava to @juliametraux.bsky.social for making it clear.
New from me at @motherjones.com: Senate Republicans blocked the Democratic plan to extend ACA tax credits while trying to pass (and failing too) health saving accounts plans, which @mirandayaver.bsky.social told me, are not useful for poor and middle-class folks. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Senate Republicans blocked yet another chance to save Obamacare subsidies
ACA health care "is not a luxury item. It is basic survival for a lot of people."
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I have seen several headlines/takes that do not clearly distinguish that the Democratic bill extended ACA subsidies while the Republican bill pushed HSAs. This is a very important difference. Brava to @juliametraux.bsky.social for making it clear.
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This made me laugh this week:
"So sad that this generation of white boys cope with loneliness by turning into incels… whatever happened to sitting ur ass down and writing a song called Iris? Putting pen to paper about how down bad you are? Let’s bring that back."
"So sad that this generation of white boys cope with loneliness by turning into incels… whatever happened to sitting ur ass down and writing a song called Iris? Putting pen to paper about how down bad you are? Let’s bring that back."
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This made me laugh this week:
"So sad that this generation of white boys cope with loneliness by turning into incels… whatever happened to sitting ur ass down and writing a song called Iris? Putting pen to paper about how down bad you are? Let’s bring that back."
"So sad that this generation of white boys cope with loneliness by turning into incels… whatever happened to sitting ur ass down and writing a song called Iris? Putting pen to paper about how down bad you are? Let’s bring that back."
Just Detention International (justdetention.org) does excellent work to combat sexual assault in prisons.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse
Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eye
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just Detention International (justdetention.org) does excellent work to combat sexual assault in prisons.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Understandably, it's been slow going for this project this year. They need at least 75 more toys for parents at Cook County Jail to give to their kids: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Understandably, it's been slow going for this project this year. They need at least 75 more toys for parents at Cook County Jail to give to their kids: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
One of my children was involuntarily committed in 8th grade because they were suicidal. The facility closed a couple of years later due to abuse. This was the "good" facility in our state.
Care does not happen in psych wards. Stabilization of crisis can happen in psych wards, & it's purely being in a contained environment with doctors all around adjusting meds. The rest of what happens in psych wards is torture. We will need to see the end of the psych ward for mad liberation.
December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of my children was involuntarily committed in 8th grade because they were suicidal. The facility closed a couple of years later due to abuse. This was the "good" facility in our state.
Almost done. Just down to a couple of minor fixes and hand-sewing to finish the lining.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Almost done. Just down to a couple of minor fixes and hand-sewing to finish the lining.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
Hate that the Canes decided to be evil assholes, because it looks kinda pretty.
Maybe someone will buy it after M's already-paid for season tickets run out.
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"Carolina is acting like you're stupid" - Steve Dangle/@sdpnsports.bsky.social
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
Day-to-Day | The Steve Dangle Podcast
YouTube video by sdpn
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Carolina is acting like you're stupid" - Steve Dangle/@sdpnsports.bsky.social
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
continues on to say that it's on Hurricanes journalists to ask the hard questions about Cal Foote
Kudos to Dangle, Adam, & Jesse for this one
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Remembering poet Gwendolyn Brooks who died #OTD in 2000.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. First Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 (1950). #booksky
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendo...