The Grok fiasco underlines one of the biggest threats from AI: technocrats using it for social engineering purposes. Sure, this time it was obvious, but don’t think there aren’t ten thousand other ways it’s more subtly biasing society towards the interests of malevolent power

In a world that worships productivity, choosing rest is rebellion. Accommodating yourself is resistance. Honoring your limits is power. It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m proud as fuck of you for taking care of yourself even when the world tells you not to.

like toni morrison said,“sometimes you don't survive whole, you just survive in part. but the grandeur of life is that attempt. it’s not about that solution. it is about being as fearless as one can & behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances.”

Sometimes the scariest part of healing is realizing how much you’ve normalized the pain.

you're not reading this by accident. everything is going to be okay. breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. you've been this uncomfortable, and stressed, and you survived. close your eyes and feel the universe within you making a way for you right now.

climate change isn’t impending, climate collapse is HERE. you cannot rely on the systems that are causing planetary collapse, mass extinctions, and genocides to do anything but profit from your death. you need to KNOW this and act on it. otherwise you will drown in dissonance.

We can radically break from our past. From the person we were; the influences that shaped us; the beliefs & taboos that limited us. We are under no obligation to play by the "rules" we learned growing up. We do not need permission; or to justify; or to apologize.

I have a rule that I don't allow people to talk me into things on the spot. Even if I am 99% sure I will agree I still wait.

ICE agents are wearing face coverings to hide their identity. They’re not masking. Masking is public health. Masking is solidarity with disabled people. Masking is community care. Masking is resistance. Wear a mask, ideally an N95 or better, and protect yourself health.

stop trying to make other people care as much as you do. your passion doesn't need to be validated by people who are content with mediocrity and stagnation.

If we're not up to the work of self-acceptance, we're not up to the work of change. I know, I too wish we could just skip the part of accepting exactly who & where we are-- but realistic, sustainable change starts exactly there. No other place. No exceptions.

i promise you nobody who is masking in 100 degree weather is ‘virtue signaling’ are you people fuckin serious

Disease is a weapon of colonialism, it’s the same struggle

“You were destined for me. Perhaps as a punishment”. — Fyodor dostoesvsky

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You shouldn’t support disabled people just because you’ll be disabled someday. You should support disabled people because they’re human beings and deserve compassion.

We'll have days where we feel decent, even okay-- followed by days where we feel like garbage. Part of what we're learning in recovery is not to overreact to the garbage days. They're NOT evidence of relapse. They're evidence the human experience is variable. Easy does it.