Rebecca Weger

Congresswoman @ramirez.house.gov: " Congress designed DHS [Department of Homeland Security] to violate our rights under the pretense of securing our safety."

" DHS cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled, and something new must take its place"

if i could give one broad direction to people: stop being afraid of doing something. take some initiative. find a group near you. pick up the boxes that need hauling. bring food. take out the trash.

see a need that is unmet? get some friends together and do the thing.

organize your niche.

Anywho, the main truth I know is that there's ALWAYS something that can be done. Always. You just have to find the things you can do.

>>Satire - Immunocompromised Patient Feels Safer Knowing Nurse's Chin is Safe From COVID & Other COmmunicable Diseases [ pic of nurse drinking with mask around chin - mybodyistryingtokillme.com

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Andrew Cuomo being cheered at the finish line by Trump, Musk, and Stephen Miller says it all, and he will have the Election Day that New Yorkers find appropriate for such a man.

I sincerely hope that Stephen Miller’s last minute endorsement of Andrew Cuomo ensures Mamdani’s win.

We’ve got fascists and billionaires pushing for a serial sexual offender … or a young progressive with real policies that people actually want.

No wonder the establishment is scared.

Researchers Believe Autism Is Caused By Trains Being So Gosh Darned Cool U.S. — A groundbreaking study of the factors contributing to autism has convinced scientists and doctors that autism is most likely caused by trains being so gosh darned cool.

Satire: "While further research has been called for, experts indicate that there may be no cure except to surrender to the siren call and spend hours every day researching how abso-freaking-lutely cool trains really are."

babylonbee.com/news/researc... #autism #neurodiversity #TRAINS

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

I preordered! Maybe you'd like to too? I think it's a good bet that many of us are going to need these collected words in the coming months/years.

In the meantime, I highly recommend subscribing to her mailings and the Movement Memos podcast. (From me, a self-proclaimed podcast hater.)

British murder mysteries on TV

A Perspective on the Role of Metformin in Treating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID (LC) are increasingly recognized as debilitating postinfectious conditions that impact both individuals and society. Recent research highlights the potential of metformin, an antidiabetic agent, as a treatment for these syndromes by targeting their underlying mechanisms. This review assesses the effectiveness of metformin in ME/CFS and LC, which involve complex dysfunctions related to cytokines, glycolysis, ATP generation, oxidative stress, gastrointestinal microbiomes, and vascular endothelial function. Metformin, traditionally known for its antihyperglycemic properties may offer broader therapeutic benefits by influencing these pathological pathways. It works by inhibiting complexes I and IV of the electron transport chain, which reduces the strain on malfunctioning complex V and decreases the production of harmful free radicals. Additionally, metformin’s impact on mTOR signaling could improve energy metabolism in ME/CFS and LC by downregulating an overactive but underperforming protein, thereby alleviating symptoms. Beyond the impact on cellular metabolism, metformin has shown to have anti-inflammatory, vascular, gastrointestinal, neuroprotective and epigenetic effects. We explore this impact of metformin and the potential role it could play to help people with ME/CFS. While metformin shows promise, it is unlikely to be a stand-alone solution. Instead, it may be part of a broader treatment strategy that includes other therapies targeting neurocognitive and autonomic impairments.

I know accessing things in the UK is different than it is here in the US. I don't know if it's any help at all to be able to share this recent research review.

pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Thanks. My upcoming doctor's appointment has already been cancelled.

Reproduction Causes Autism | Bonfire You know what causes autism? Reproduction! Now you can help spread the word.. "NOS Magazine is one of the most exciting new initiatives of the neurodiversity and self-advocacy...

Welp, I guess it's time to relaunch our 2018 "Reproduction Causes Autism" t-shirt campaign—because anyone claiming otherwise is selling something, and/or holding a major US government position. Proceeds to benefit @autisticadvocacy.org.

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#autism #neurodiversity

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents

Because free speech is only for certain speech for certain people.

Thank you! I get so frustrated when pieces like this don't name and link to the actual bill.

In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.

I die without access to healthcare, I pay attention to a lot of public opinion data, and I work sort of in the same world as they ⤵️ do and I understand how they're arriving at the conclusion they're pushing.

But my gods, the lack of imagination is going to get us all killed.

I know there are lots of heads on the fascist hydra and they all feel overwhelming. But please remember that each of us has a role to play and they aren't all fighting all the heads at once.

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“We need to be anchored to each other. The more we fail in this task, the more we will see people drift away into spheres of delusion, fantasy and paranoia—kept company in those worlds by the artificial voices they have learned to trust. As federal troops occupy our cities, as our neighbors are snatched, and our freedoms are stripped away, will we all be sitting ducks, siloed behind our screens? I say this now with the utmost urgency: Find your people. Turn to people. And please, don’t leave anyone behind.” - Kelly Hayes

"Amid so much manufactured uncertainty, our biases, allegiances and preferences can become more impenetrable, because they may feel like the only 'truth' we have." organizingmythoughts.org/m/

Because we are our best hope.

Get to know your neighbors. Get their names and phone numbers. Ask to borrow the appliance. Bring in each other's packages.

Get to know who is already organizing in your community. Who's already doing good work filling the gaps that government services leave behind?

I highly recommend watching Katrina: Come Hell and High Water on Netflix.
September is disaster preparedness month. With defunding of weather services, FEMA, science, this is a good time to be thinking about what you might do or need in various situations.
And always, building mutual aid networks.

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

Every single thing, EVERY SINGLE THING, that RFK has done was predictable and predicted. He is doing what every other fascist eugenicist has done before him. The disability community has been warning about this for YEARS. It is not in any way shape or form mysterious and unknowable.