The Masking Abolitionist
@maskedabolitionist.bsky.social
Writing about masks and abolition. Covid, disability, accountability, conflict, Indigenism. Trans, Urban Native, Middle Eastern, white, disabled, mad. I don't know how to blog. My blog: maskingabolitionist.wordpress.com
something i didn’t realize i’d appreciate about being back in cali are the old cars. they can’t last long out in the salt belt. there’s so many beautiful old cars here that i see almost every time i go out. i love it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
something i didn’t realize i’d appreciate about being back in cali are the old cars. they can’t last long out in the salt belt. there’s so many beautiful old cars here that i see almost every time i go out. i love it.
for a while, i did work on myself thinking eventually i would be done. then i did enough work on myself to realize that i’ll never be done. it’s just not something that gets finished. and realizing that feels like a huge achievement in the work.
May 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
for a while, i did work on myself thinking eventually i would be done. then i did enough work on myself to realize that i’ll never be done. it’s just not something that gets finished. and realizing that feels like a huge achievement in the work.
we’re really good at being really bad to other :(
May 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
we’re really good at being really bad to other :(
if you think about it, books are kinda just really long video descriptions.
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
if you think about it, books are kinda just really long video descriptions.
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Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% fatality rate & is almost completely avoidable with clean air & masking
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% fatality rate & is almost completely avoidable with clean air & masking
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
Why aren’t we doing it? Why aren’t people enraged when someone goes in for care & dies of COVID?
It’s because they think those vulnerable people were going to die soon anyways. It’s eugenics
“while Native beliefs lead to restraint, contentment, and conservation of the natural world, Western beliefs lead to oppression, coercion, and the destruction of environment.”
-For An Amerindian Autohistory p xi
-For An Amerindian Autohistory p xi
April 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“while Native beliefs lead to restraint, contentment, and conservation of the natural world, Western beliefs lead to oppression, coercion, and the destruction of environment.”
-For An Amerindian Autohistory p xi
-For An Amerindian Autohistory p xi
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Alaska is warming 2–3 times faster than the global average, and Native villages are on the frontlines. From flooding to permafrost collapse, the climate crisis is becoming a housing crisis.
New from Jess Zhang and Megan Gannon in collaboration with @thenation.com & @economichardship.bsky.social
New from Jess Zhang and Megan Gannon in collaboration with @thenation.com & @economichardship.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Alaska is warming 2–3 times faster than the global average, and Native villages are on the frontlines. From flooding to permafrost collapse, the climate crisis is becoming a housing crisis.
New from Jess Zhang and Megan Gannon in collaboration with @thenation.com & @economichardship.bsky.social
New from Jess Zhang and Megan Gannon in collaboration with @thenation.com & @economichardship.bsky.social
“we will always become those we have ever judged or condemned”
-Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, page 72
-Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, page 72
April 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“we will always become those we have ever judged or condemned”
-Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, page 72
-Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, page 72
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So actually, “they suck” DOES hold water. A lot of water, in fact. So much water…
www.forbes.com/sites/cindyg...
www.forbes.com/sites/cindyg...
AI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Water
With the rise of generative AI, companies have significantly raised their water usage, sparking concerns about the sustainability of such practices.
www.forbes.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So actually, “they suck” DOES hold water. A lot of water, in fact. So much water…
www.forbes.com/sites/cindyg...
www.forbes.com/sites/cindyg...
from Joshua Briond’s insta. will do alt text as soon as i’m able.
April 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
from Joshua Briond’s insta. will do alt text as soon as i’m able.
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This was taken during the great depression.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
April 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This was taken during the great depression.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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There's a guy in our town I can't stand. Talks nonstop, built a backyard pool--blacklisted from my bbqs. But I've grown to respect him a ton: ride or die for our neighborhood school, tells off anyone considering magnet BS, lobbies relentlessly, hardcore member of our trilingual ICE patrol. A lesson!
April 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There's a guy in our town I can't stand. Talks nonstop, built a backyard pool--blacklisted from my bbqs. But I've grown to respect him a ton: ride or die for our neighborhood school, tells off anyone considering magnet BS, lobbies relentlessly, hardcore member of our trilingual ICE patrol. A lesson!
this is why it’s always bothered me when the news has a focus on “innocence” in any context. that word is a dog whistle. who is deemed innocent in a world of injustice?
It shouldn't matter if Trump’s victims have criminal records. If we only defend the “innocent,” the fascists will argue that their victim “was no angel.” An anti-fascist rhetoric that carves out exceptions for imperfect victims is a gift to our opponents.
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
New from me for @us.theguardian.com:
What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben-Menachem
Labels like ‘gang members’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ are an easy way to make humans disposable
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
this is why it’s always bothered me when the news has a focus on “innocence” in any context. that word is a dog whistle. who is deemed innocent in a world of injustice?
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ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism…
autisticadvocacy.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
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You have my sword!
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
You have my sword!
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This seems…troubling. “What we are clearly seeing is that with this administration, they are not responding to congressional inquiries.” @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. Non...
www.propublica.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This seems…troubling. “What we are clearly seeing is that with this administration, they are not responding to congressional inquiries.” @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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This week we depart from our Nanaboozho stories to consider Moowas, a story about a young woman who refused her suitors and wound up with a man who was full of sh*t.
www.thousandworlds.ca/men-can-be-f...
www.thousandworlds.ca/men-can-be-f...
Men can be full of @^$#
Today we're departing from the stories about Nanaboozho because last week's story about Nanaboozho getting shit on reminded me of Moowas and the young woman who married Dung Man. The word Moowas comes...
www.thousandworlds.ca
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This week we depart from our Nanaboozho stories to consider Moowas, a story about a young woman who refused her suitors and wound up with a man who was full of sh*t.
www.thousandworlds.ca/men-can-be-f...
www.thousandworlds.ca/men-can-be-f...
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We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
these crowds are really incredible. the photos, the videos, the signs and banners stretching seemingly endlessly. and what will happen next? what will the ramifications of such a big day be? did we all get our energy out or are we really building momentum to push more for change?
April 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
these crowds are really incredible. the photos, the videos, the signs and banners stretching seemingly endlessly. and what will happen next? what will the ramifications of such a big day be? did we all get our energy out or are we really building momentum to push more for change?
my internal task of this lunar cycle is to stop taking on responsibility for people who won’t make the time for me.
April 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
my internal task of this lunar cycle is to stop taking on responsibility for people who won’t make the time for me.
haha i just wrote a thread about this
March 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
haha i just wrote a thread about this
we constantly see people do the worst of things and not bat an eye, so it's no wonder that, when someone in our community does something harmful, we struggle to know what it looks like for them to own it and change and continue to be part of the space.
March 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
we constantly see people do the worst of things and not bat an eye, so it's no wonder that, when someone in our community does something harmful, we struggle to know what it looks like for them to own it and change and continue to be part of the space.
if we had a dating app for covid conscious folks, what would you like to see on it?
March 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
if we had a dating app for covid conscious folks, what would you like to see on it?