Disability self-advocate, PTA mom, political strategist, Minnesotan(ish), collector of cats. | I cry a lot but I am so productive. It’s an art (TS). she/her
My 5yo has an eye that seems to drift away from the other. I was like "That's disconcerting." It started happening more and more, so I took her to a fancy pediatric ophthalmologist and lol nope. She can just MOVE HER EYES INDEPEDENTENTLY and has been doing it to freak me out.
Serious question… if we don’t provide housing for people and we don’t allow encampments… what happens to the unhoused people? Where are we expecting them to go? What’s the plan?
When I was 13, a very good friend of mine was run over by a Suburban. The driver waved him and his friends across, miscounted, then ran him over. She couldn’t see and thought he was a curb.
He was 15. The driver and the friends all had extensive mental health issues for years.
When we had our third child I bought a Yukon. It’s very safe and built like a tank.
We always had sedans and crossovers which have no chance against large trucks.
The lives of my children are too important to risk to another driver.
“White guy spicy” is used most often in Minnesota self-deprecatingly by people who want to eat at Vietnamese, Nepali, Somali, Ethiopian, Indian restaurants but also can’t do spice.
People from the coasts are struggling so hard with the Midwest making fun of itself jokes, huh?
This isn’t cute. Walz is being used as a clown to mock white people. If Walz doesn’t like spicy food that’s fine, but it has nothing to do with being a white guy.
I was just informed by my 3yo's speech therapist that
@_HealthPartners
won't cover his AAC device. He's been trying to talk to me his whole life, we found something that really works, and I can't afford it.
Why does my insurance get to deny us that? I'm so sad for our family.
@farsideagm
Yeah, uh... many homeless are foster youth that have aged out of the system, LGBTQ+ teens who were thrown out of their homes, veterans without adequate services after returning form war... They are our neighbors already.
OMG, Walz is very good at being on cable news. Even if he doesn't become VP can we let him ramble about cat people with his Minnesota accent from now on?
@HopeRehak
I’ve been on web teams before that have to deal with this and some directors feel like it’s an emergency to get it down because it’s “disrespectful” to leave it up. I disagree. Death isn’t to be hidden away like that. People should be celebrated. I’m sorry for your loss.
And please, wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance, get your vaccine. People I love are dying. Oh, and for fucks sake don’t overthrow the government.
So, peak Minneapolis moment but I was leaving the concert and some woman was like "I'm going to puke" and another woman looked over and said "Oh, then puke on that cop car." The first woman shrugged was like "Good idea" and then puked on the cop car.
Millennials, can we take a vote and decide that even though Kamala Harris was born 3 months short of the Boomer/Gen X cutoff, she hereby declared a Gen Xer. I refuse to accept her Boomer status.
I went to grad school for public policy, and if I had to sum up American policy, it would be that we rather spend double the money making sure "undeserving" people don't get any benefit from the government than just solving the actual problem. We waste BILLIONS this way.
College kids protest first and most vigorously because they can. They have fresh political and historical awareness most of us do not, and the unique ability to structure almost all of their time. They have freedom of movement and can determine where they do their tasks.
@zunguzungu
I had an ectopic & almost died because a pro-life tech would not treat me. But I also lost a baby. We can hold both. It was a dangerous pregnancy that had to end immediately and also TO ME it was a baby. If it's a baby DOES NOT MATTER for abortion discussions. It's a red herring.
@zunguzungu
People abort babies, fetuses, embryos, tumors... medical professionals should follow the lead of the pregnant person what to refer to their pregnancy as. The idea that we need to litigate what is and is not a baby obfuscates the real issue-- bodily autonomy.
No one gives a SHIT that it is impossible to be disabled until they can use it as a moral battering ram to protect companies who don't want to take accountability for their actions.
Uber and Lyft have SUED to be exempt from the ADA. They are not here for us, they are here for $.
NOW: 50+ reps of local business groups and the disability community standing behind
@MayorFrey
to call on the City Council to amend Minneapolis' rideshare ordinance
CM
@Andrea4Ward8
, who voted to enact the ordinance, but has since called a vote to revisit it, is here
@emilykmay
Cameron made the movie specifically so the studio would pay for the 12 trips down there he took for that footage. He’s been down there 33 times now.
This was probably the most traumatic thing that happened to me in my youth. I have such a severe driving anxiety that I still don’t have a drivers’ license, even though it would make my life exponentially easier.
I love my country and believe in my heart that someday it will do better. Be better. But today I raise my hand and say stop.
A deeply held belief of my faith is standing against injustice, even when it’s hard. To protect the lives of others as I’m able.
Here I am. Solidarity.
@wildcat_of
As disability activist, and someone with a mental illness, I’m starting to believe that institutionalization is absolutely the goal and it’s scary.
We gotta get housing figured out. It’ll decrease substance use disorder, crime, childhood trauma, learning disruption, medical assistance costs, unemployment, prison costs…
Landlords’ profits aren’t worth all this mess.
Roughly 7000 apartments in Minneapolis sit empty because landlords refuse to lower their rents to prices our communities can afford.
Thank you
@noemptyhomes_mn
for hosting a vacancy tour! Landlords letting homes intentionally sit empty during a housing crisis is unacceptable.
I worked hard to make this happen. It’s no small change. It’s a matter of human dignity—a human rights issue.
I shouldn’t have had to advocate for this, but I’m glad I did. I just asked and then followed up and up and up…
Any of us can make change! Go make things better!
@_HealthPartners
He's almost 4 and he can only speak in 3 word sentences. He has SO MUCH MORE to tell us, and this was the option we had. He gets so mad and frustrated when he can't communicate with us.
What the fuck is America doing here? Like he's a BABY that just wants to SPEAK.
The Catholic Church in the US has been working tirelessly for DECADES to overturn Roe and instead of praising them the Vatican is like "Yeah, but like, what about maternal mortality rates and gun violence?" and I find this HILARIOUS. Can't even get a thank you from the Pope.
@LeslieStreeter
I’m at home for a week right now and my dad watches Fox News all day. I’m lefty and spend all my time getting people elected to office that uphold the values I thought dad taught me, but I guess they weren’t non-negotiable to him.
Thank you for recognizing the pain of it.
@trillharris
YUP.
The answer is institutionalization or prison. That’s the quiet part.
That is one reason you see all the disability organizations lining up on the affordable housing cause.
@Kbyrne1980
There are multiple posts saying that if the Minneapolis drivers hold fast, then maybe the rest of the drivers in the country will get help. It’s seen as a watershed moment.
@anne_theriault
The worst part of this whole thing was that McDonalds made her sign an NDA, but they didn’t, so they could slander her all over the place and she couldn’t defend herself.
Did ya'll know there was a general strike in Minneapolis? It grew from a Teamster Strike that turned violent when the police shot at strikers on a day named Bloody Friday. If you don't know about it, it's because Aquatennial was created to pre-empt any celebration or remembrance.
@navgattu
@gspeng
This happened in 1997, so these cars were new and people didn’t really know what their blindspot was. The woman who hit him had her kid in the car, did first aid and CPR in him and had to spend some time in a mental facility. Her kid had trauma and his friends also had trauma.
@_HealthPartners
I have great insurance. It's been really good to us for all the therapies and appointments and tests. But this is soul crushing. I'm devastated. Glad I started the county waiver process, but it's going to be MONTHS before we even get on the waiver WAITLIST.
I have two neurodiverse preschoolers. In 2021, instead of returning to the office, I got a remote job. Not having to be at a desk all day means I can be at the bus stop, the IEP meeting, the OT's office, the class trip. I get to be the mother I want to be. Or, you know, a loser.
I’m not Olivia Pope but if I was…the first thing I’d tell Kamala Harris is that she needs to pick the WHITEST, STRAIGHTEST, Protestant Christian man with a WIFE and 2-3 KIDS, about 48 to 50-ish years old and make HIM her running mate! Extra points if he’s a veteran.
This fucking sucks. I know I do all this activism and advocacy and all that shit, but really at heart I'm just a mom that doesn't want the world to disregard the worth and needs of her kids. It's not fair we have to fight so hard for basic dignity. I just want to talk to my son.
Ya'll say you made Minnesota friends, but who among you has been invited to the cabin? I will not consider myself accepted until I get that elusive invite.
@suburbancontra
@navgattu
@gspeng
“Nothing bad happened to me so even though there is tons of data that says this is increasing pedestrian deaths it is meaningless because I have not experienced it!”
I'm sure that he'll be talking more soon. I'm sure this is a small bump in our longer road. But right now I'm just so mad and so sad and so defeated. What are we doing here?
You can’t do theater without understudies.
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#RentLive
Kamala’s VP pick is gonna emit unprecedented levels of white straight maleness. Like you don’t even understand, he will be radioactively caucasian. the human equivalent of salmon shorts smeared with mayonnaise. he’s gonna say shit like “golly gee willikers. this is how we win.
Years and years and years of research have shown that direct cash subsidy to poor families works better than limited programs (like SNAP and WIC) and costs taxpayers SO MUCH LESS to execute.
But then America would have to grapple with its racism, and we just won't.
Minneapolis's Basic Income program gives $500/month to 200 low-income families for 2 years.
A year into the study, researchers found no evidence that the payments reduced work effort.
Instead, they improved mental health, financial stability, and food security.
#UBI
@GamePlayingGamr
@farsideagm
Not true. Here is a great study in MN that interviewed about 10k people who were homeless during the study period. They found the number one reason for homelessness was housing affordability and two was job loss. You can look at ALL the data on your own!
Imagine being thisclose to being able to galvanize the youth vote again and then picking an extremely divisive VP with very bad positions on Israel.
Please, Kamala, unburden us from what has been.
If Ilhan Omar doesn't win, we are serious risk of losing Walz and Simon. This isn't hyperbole. Samuels has a significantly worse ground game and a very unorganized campaign. Keith Ellison has proven over and over that CD5 turnout is VITAL to the state's progressive representation
I'm from NY and at least once a year someone mocks me for moving somewhere "cold" and "in the middle of nowhere" but like... we won an election this year and now we're just pushing legislation through one by one until we become Sweden over here or some shit.
@PinkRangerLB
During early COVID my psychiatrist was like “I’m leaving my patients a little more anxious than usual cause, well, it’s totally appropriate anxiety.” And that stayed with me.
@86Dem4ever
Okay... but what's the plan still? You take away free food and clothes now you have starving people in the streets? Without a home to go back to, treatment is rarely effective. Without health insurance, it's not affordable. Without internet, it's hard to even find who to call.
State Fair police chief: "It's important to note that that shot was fired with dozens of law enforcement officers within 15-20 feet of the group... The suspect took off in that chaos and was not apprehended at the time."
@innovationohio
Hi. My ectopic was a desperately wanted pregnancy. I would do anything to have that baby here with me. But it was impossible. And if I had found it sooner, I would have terminated because bleeding to death internally was the scariest most painful day of my life. This is torture.
I don't fuck with scabs. I haven't had a Surly in like 4 years. I flew out of state to see one of my favorite bands rather than darken their door. Drew Barrymore is dead to me now. Don't mess with labor. I'm not about that.
@Michael72172097
@_HealthPartners
My insurance company before Obama Care was trying to refuse my care as a pre-existing condition and refusing to cover any mental healthcare while birth control is $80 a month.
Representative Omar and her team bring so much JOY to her district and to our state.
She won tonight because she has her community’s back, so they have hers.
@reaganite84
Ah, yes, having safety regulations that apply to cars means banning an entire car. How ever did the car survive the seatbelt when we banned them all?
Richard Painter helped create the Roberts Court that will probably overturn Roe. Tina Smith worked for Planned Parenthood for years. I'm not a one issue voter, but I believe only one of these candidates gives a shit if I live or die.
Vote appropriately.
@RndmStreetMedic
During my ectopic the hospital staff let me bleed out for SIX HOURS while they debated if I was a good candidate for a CAT scan while pregnant. Not a single person got an ultrasound machine. By the time I was in the OR my BP was in the trash and I had lost 2.5 LITERS of blood.
A character in a book I'm reading is like "we don't have very good Mexican food in Minnesota" and I yelled OUT LOUD "Have you never BEEN to Lake Street?!" The author lives here, too! Has SHE never been to Lake Street?!
Look, they are in LA, I get it, BUT STILL.