Resting Bad Crip
@restingbadcrip.bsky.social
BC, Canada. Disabled. Geek. Bookish. Tea. Social Justice. Indigenous led environmentalism. Anti-racist. Equity. They/Them
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
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Please, my friend,
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Please, my friend,
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
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“The Lovejoy Trap is […] also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary “for the children.” It leapfrogs right over any discussion of the facts because it feels like life or death.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“The Lovejoy Trap is […] also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary “for the children.” It leapfrogs right over any discussion of the facts because it feels like life or death.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
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09:10 Aug 11 2025
HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT for Coastal British Columbia
Expires: 01:10 Aug 12 2025
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined wit...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT for Coastal British Columbia
Expires: 01:10 Aug 12 2025
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined wit...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
09:10 Aug 11 2025
HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT for Coastal British Columbia
Expires: 01:10 Aug 12 2025
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined wit...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT for Coastal British Columbia
Expires: 01:10 Aug 12 2025
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined wit...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
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Canada is still arming Israel.
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel
Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.
www.readthemaple.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Canada is still arming Israel.
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
The UK is still arming Israel.
France is still arming Israel.
The US is still arming Israel.
Germany is still arming Israel.
India is still arming Israel.
All complicit in genocide
www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...
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I was the only one masking on BC Ferries tonight. Plenty of coughing folks. Must be that "summer flu" going around
July 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I was the only one masking on BC Ferries tonight. Plenty of coughing folks. Must be that "summer flu" going around
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NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
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BC Government MUST Reinstate Funding For A Disabled Child's Medication.
And perhaps it is time to discuss a declaration on the rights of the dying.
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
NEW post by me. The BC Govt has cut funding to an essential treatment for a disabled child with a very rare disease. Her name is Charleigh Pollock and time is running out. There is link to petition in post. Please sign, share.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
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Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
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Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP And Their Apologist Press
This is post is jointly co-authored by Jeff Hall and Gabrielle Peters responding to the Editorial by The Times Colonist about Charleigh Pollock
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NEW post by myself and @jhallinpeel.bsky.social responding to the pro-govt attack editorial in Times Colonist today.
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
Denying Charleigh Pollock: The Tragic Politics of BC NDP and their Apologist Press.
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
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I have only raised $50 and I cannot survive much longer like this
Please help
Please help
Hi I am disabled, queer and unable to work. I am also going through a period of mental health crisis because my abusive mother is back on her bullshit. I desperately need $500 by Monday to keep my phone on and pay necessary bills and maybe eat a decent meal for once
Paypal.me/crippledscholar
Paypal.me/crippledscholar
May 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have only raised $50 and I cannot survive much longer like this
Please help
Please help
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The post is not a rehashing of the straw ban debate but rather examines why with it and other policy and discourse remains unaltered even when evidence mounts against it.
April 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The post is not a rehashing of the straw ban debate but rather examines why with it and other policy and discourse remains unaltered even when evidence mounts against it.
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Mark Carney mocked concern about plastic straw bans, declaring them unworthy of serious people's attention. Which means he mocked & belittled disabled people & our accessibility. And lots of 'smug & superior' folks joined in.
It hurt. I wrote about it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
It hurt. I wrote about it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
Carney Laughs, Crips Cry and Far Too Many of Us Will Continue to Needlessly Die.
The Canadian Election – Mocking, Belittling, Ignoring, Negating, and Denying Disabled People’s Humanity. I watched Mark Carney and a roomful of Liberal Party of Canada supporters mock, …
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mark Carney mocked concern about plastic straw bans, declaring them unworthy of serious people's attention. Which means he mocked & belittled disabled people & our accessibility. And lots of 'smug & superior' folks joined in.
It hurt. I wrote about it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
It hurt. I wrote about it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
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I'm blocking people who send me replies that clearly have not read the post they are replying to. I took the time to write it. You can take the time to read it. Or you can just not reply if you don't want to read it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
Carney Laughs, Crips Cry and Far Too Many of Us Will Continue to Needlessly Die.
The Canadian Election – Mocking, Belittling, Ignoring, Negating, and Denying Disabled People’s Humanity. I watched Mark Carney and a roomful of Liberal Party of Canada supporters mock, …
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm blocking people who send me replies that clearly have not read the post they are replying to. I took the time to write it. You can take the time to read it. Or you can just not reply if you don't want to read it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
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As usual, @mssinenomine.bsky.social writes the best piece I've seen in months, on any topic. Read it; it's worth your time.
"[E]very issue, every concern was Sisyphus “Still here. Still asking you to notice this rock called ableism.” And every experience was the same wave off: Not now. Not here."
"[E]very issue, every concern was Sisyphus “Still here. Still asking you to notice this rock called ableism.” And every experience was the same wave off: Not now. Not here."
I'm blocking people who send me replies that clearly have not read the post they are replying to. I took the time to write it. You can take the time to read it. Or you can just not reply if you don't want to read it.
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/c...
Carney Laughs, Crips Cry and Far Too Many of Us Will Continue to Needlessly Die.
The Canadian Election – Mocking, Belittling, Ignoring, Negating, and Denying Disabled People’s Humanity. I watched Mark Carney and a roomful of Liberal Party of Canada supporters mock, …
mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As usual, @mssinenomine.bsky.social writes the best piece I've seen in months, on any topic. Read it; it's worth your time.
"[E]very issue, every concern was Sisyphus “Still here. Still asking you to notice this rock called ableism.” And every experience was the same wave off: Not now. Not here."
"[E]very issue, every concern was Sisyphus “Still here. Still asking you to notice this rock called ableism.” And every experience was the same wave off: Not now. Not here."
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Thinking about how during WWI English women's football became really popular and then after the war in 1921 the FA banned women's teams from competing on Association-affiliated pitches.
Basically because of misogyny and jealousy.
Basically because of misogyny and jealousy.
March 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thinking about how during WWI English women's football became really popular and then after the war in 1921 the FA banned women's teams from competing on Association-affiliated pitches.
Basically because of misogyny and jealousy.
Basically because of misogyny and jealousy.
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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By focusing on “choice” while failing to address the suffering that underpins it, MAiD shifts the medical profession’s role from healing to facilitating death."
macdonaldlaurier.ca/euthanasia-a...
macdonaldlaurier.ca/euthanasia-a...
Euthanasia and assisted dying - unmasking health care and social failures: Ramona Coelho | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
A compassionate society does not encourage its citizens to choose death simply because it has failed to help them live.
macdonaldlaurier.ca
January 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
By focusing on “choice” while failing to address the suffering that underpins it, MAiD shifts the medical profession’s role from healing to facilitating death."
macdonaldlaurier.ca/euthanasia-a...
macdonaldlaurier.ca/euthanasia-a...
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I can’t comprehend the pov that sees homeless encampments and is angry at the individuals (victims) instead of the dehumanizing systems and policies we have (and can change).
December 29, 2024 at 7:58 AM
I can’t comprehend the pov that sees homeless encampments and is angry at the individuals (victims) instead of the dehumanizing systems and policies we have (and can change).
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It's November! Time for the 5th annual #LyricsPrompt, 2nd year on Bluesky—and this year we have functional hashtags and can view YouTube videos right on the platform!
If you don't want your feed clogged with excellent music, please mute me for the month.
Here's how it works 👇
If you don't want your feed clogged with excellent music, please mute me for the month.
Here's how it works 👇
November 1, 2024 at 2:59 PM
It's November! Time for the 5th annual #LyricsPrompt, 2nd year on Bluesky—and this year we have functional hashtags and can view YouTube videos right on the platform!
If you don't want your feed clogged with excellent music, please mute me for the month.
Here's how it works 👇
If you don't want your feed clogged with excellent music, please mute me for the month.
Here's how it works 👇
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I asked my aunt, the doctor,
what is something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic?
And my aunt, the doctor,
replied that something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic
is to remember
that we are still in a pandemic.
what is something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic?
And my aunt, the doctor,
replied that something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic
is to remember
that we are still in a pandemic.
November 22, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I asked my aunt, the doctor,
what is something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic?
And my aunt, the doctor,
replied that something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic
is to remember
that we are still in a pandemic.
what is something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic?
And my aunt, the doctor,
replied that something
all of us can do
to prepare
for another possible pandemic
is to remember
that we are still in a pandemic.
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These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
The sites are being set up at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Nanaimo General Hospital, and organizers plan to run them all through this week.
www.timescolonist.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...