" #Ableism is a filter through which ability is presumed, and #disability is ignored or dismissed, judged or rejected."
- Dr Candida Fink

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The latest update from the Sameer Project's tent campaign in South Gaza:

Monday 02 June: 1,500 meals, 33 tents, 2,100 nutritional packs & more!

"Over the last week, we continued with our rice and tent distributions. The famine is ongoing and the price continue to increase. Most of the trucks that come in have been looted in support with the military occupation. So our focus remains on food at the moment and we increased food distributions thanks to our Eid campaign that is zakat eligible (check link in our bio) for more information."

Support the health and survival of Palestinians in Gaza. ANY AMOUNT IS A LIFE SAVER. You can read more about the Sameer Project's activities on their IG and here: https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project

#GazaGlobalSupport #PalestineSolidarity #FreePalestine @palestine @israel #FamineRelief #FamineInGaza #Gaza #Action4Gaza #SameerProject

Yeah, corporations suck.

Elon Musk may say that he's stepping back from the government, but we’re not done reporting on the impact of his DOGE wrecking ball.

If you have information to share with us, we want to hear from you.
https://propublica.org/tips

If anyone on here IS or KNOWS any Native American singers (professional or semi-professional) please introduce me! I am in need of their advice and a possible work-for-hire opportunity!

Also if anyone knows what other avenues I should be looking into to find someone, I’d really appreciate it.

Please boost for visibility, thank you!

#NativeAmerican #Singer #Vocalist #MusicProducer

Wow

https://www.tiktok.com/@jaydee9748/video/7511139319231401246

#ICE #SanDiego

The media have been complicit with the government in covering up the threat of the ongoing Covid pandemic and the risks to the public.

If they’re recommending N95s, we should pay attention.

They don’t suggest masks lightly.

https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/new-covid-variant-nb181-symptoms-rcna208189

#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #longcovid #wearamask #n95 #disability #ableism #eugenics

I fucking hate Discord. I hate that everyone and their dog has chosen to make a separate Discord for their group, when *almost all of them* would be better served by having something like a private subReddit.

Discord when used this way is like a group amnesia machine. Nobody can find anything, everyone asks the same questions over and over. But it lets people with shitty decision-making skills roleplay as an admin, so there's that.

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@_L1vY_ gestapo shit

OK, time for the sleep test. It seems to be open book, can I copy your answers

Ahoy friends. The world needs more #comfy. If the weekend means a chance to relax or just more work/stress we're back to help you thru.

As a gift to old friends, for others to get a tiny taste of what #RFF was all about, and because times require comfy measures, we've popped up the Comfy Channel as it was for the month of June.

https://comfy.radiofreefedi.net

And at our festival venue in the lead up to #RFFF25

https://party.radiofreefedi.net

Support each other and indie artists!

🐹 ❤️ #radioFreeFedi #music

Oh hey cool, an op-ed I wrote is now published!

TLDR: we need *fewer* satellites, each with *longer* operational lifetimes. Engineers: that's your challenge.

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/what-goes-up-must-come-down-how-megaconstellations-like-spacexs-starlink-network-pose-a-grave-safety-threat-to-us-on-earth-opinion

Any technology that CAN be used for surveillance WILL be used for surveillance, especially when the technology’s operators stand to make a profit from said surveillance.

Oppose all surveillance tech, especially those deployed in your hometowns for your “safety”.

#surveillance #kakistocracy #resist

https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

#News #Norway

A large container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway last week has been refloated.

Johan Helberg, who owns the house the ship nearly crashed into, said he "wouldn't have traded this experience for anything" as he watched it being removed from his property.
"Get a ship in your garden, and you'll find life worth living," he told Norwegian TV channel TV2 on Tuesday.

Time to play #WrongAnswersOnly

I have a sleep test tonight, how best to prepare?

(PLEASE BOOST!) :boost_ok: There is a lot to be angry about in the new budget request, gutting of science, health, and social programs while raising the debit ceiling to *4 trillion*. This is not about fixing the budget, this is about gutting everything good about America, and bolstering it to a stronger military might where force will be used against us.

Please, please, read the budget request and pick something(s) to contact your senators about. Fight to maintain funding in science, research, health, and education.

If you live in a state that has NASA centers, I recommend picking that as one of your talking points. They are trying to cancel the SLS program, which is already flying, not exploding (cough Starship cough), and has heavy lift capacity that far exceeds Starship.

Starship's second stage has a dry mass of 90 tons and uses a less efficient methalox fuel. So even if it were expended, it could deliver about 10 tons to lunar orbit without refueling. You only get the full payload of 90 tons with an orbital refueling, which means an orbital tanker that takes about *20 launches* to stock, and thanks to boil-off this must occur with in a few weeks using just two launch site, AND there can be no MMOD impacts on this unshielded space tanker which is a large target. Oh btw, the fastest SpaceX has done a turnaround on their booster is *2 months*.

Does "reusable" still sound like a good idea for heavy lift? It's just not logically feasible. It's expensive, prone to error, and causes extremely costly mission delays. It's likelihood of working is about the same as trickle-down-economics.

In basic words, Starship is like a bus, mostly good for around town, small payload for the size, long distance trips are a pain. The SLS is a jumbo jet, with a massive payload in comparison and can get you around the world efficiently in mere hours.

And probably many have forgotten, but the SLS *WAS BUILT FOR MARS*. That was the original vision of the program, until Trump in 2016 changed it to got to the moon.

We have a *working* *flying* heavy lift rocket! 95 tons to LEO, and by configuration 4 will be over 40 tons to lunar / deep space. One launch, no caveats, no ifs & maybes and crossing fingers that 20-ish launches in 2 weeks occur without issue. You don't just cancel that when the program is completed - talk about an actual waste! Manufacturing specialty items takes years, a decade even, to spool up and get the parts built to even make it, much less create the thing itself. It's all here, working, up and going. To cancel it now would be the true waste.

Plus, we know NASA gives at minimum 800% Return on Investment. You have to *raise* taxes to make up for the loss of revenue when you de-fund NASA. This generally holds true for other science and health agencies as well.

So please, keep pressure up, call and write today, and every day. We know that what makes a country great is not military power, but the arts and sciences. We know this because of history, because of logic, because humans love to create and the freedom to learn and grow is actual strength.

PS i will block reply guys - and there is info in the fuel differences in alttext if you are interested how methalox & constant metal burning in re-entry is a horrible idea climate wise.

PPS if you want to read about why funding space is good for everyone, see this earlier post https://flipping.rocks/@sunguramy/113976594279505007

#nasa #budget #science #health #education #congress #nature #art #space

I’m astounded by the compassion people show on this platform. It means so much.

I’m 37, living in Oregon with end-stage kidney disease, and urgently need a living kidney donor. My blood type is A+. NKR covers all donor costs—travel, lodging, medical, and time off work across the US.

Learn more: https://www.nkr.org/PZG643
#KidneyDonation #OrganDonation #ESKD #DonateLife #GiveLife #ShareYourSpare #BeADonor #Transplant #MedicalMiracle

I saw this yesterday and can't stop thinking about it.

#covid #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

sorry mas.to folks, I accidentally blocked your whole domain instead of one asshole on there
I am trying to fix the thing