Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

A lot of leftist accounts are suspiciously quiet on the section 504 lawsuit, proposed medicaid cuts, and the "make America healthy again" executive order.

I know other leftists are not the enemy but if we don't have able bodied allies and general population support, there's no hope of pushing back against these ableist policies. These big accounts ignoring a massive minority at risk is scary. The current admin is the problem but there's no hope of a solution without allyship.

We need visibility. We need allies.

Also if you have seen leftist accounts discussing disability issues, please let me know their handle so others can follow them!

"(*The 504 plan) *That law has turned out to be hugely important in education, offering an even broader definition of students with special needs than the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration in September 2024, saying that it was “abusing executive action” to sidestep the law. Under the Biden administration the Section 504 definition of disability was expanded to recognize that “gender dysphoria . . . may be considered a physical or mental impairment.”

The state was suing, Paxton said, "because HHS has no authority to unilaterally rewrite statutory definitions and classify 'gender dysphoria' as a disability."

The suit spends over 30 pages objecting to the addition of gender dysphoria to the Section 504 definition. It argues against the rule’s understanding of gender dysphoria. It argues against the characterization of Olmstead, a 1999 case that found persons with mental disabilities have the right to live outside of institutions. It argues that the new definition conflicts with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It asserts many negative impacts for each of the states that have joined the suit, including, in many cases, challenges with Medicaid compliance.

Then, on page 37, as it reached its third of four counts, the lawsuit switches gears, arguing not for an excision of the new language, but the elimination of Section 504 entirely. The suit argues that Section 504 is “coercive, untethered to the federal interest in disability, and unfairly retroactive” and therefore unconstitutional.

When confronted with protestors, the communications director for the Iowa Attorney General’s office told Michaela Ramm of the Des Moines Register, “The Iowans who were fed lies to show up at our office today in freezing temperatures deserve the truth, and the truth is that no one’s 504 plan is being changed or removed.”

But the language of the lawsuit is clear. The fourth item under “Demand for Relief” says “Declare Section 504, 29 U.S.C. § 794, unconstitutional.”

It’s followed by: “Issue permanent injunctive relief against Defendants enjoining them from enforcing Section 504.”

Everything is at stake.

FYI the national park service has removed the T from LGBT on the Stonewall Monument page

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I just want to note that the National Parks Service is not responsible for the removal of TQ+ from the Stonewall website. They've been fighting against the bullshit since the first reign of error.

► Sonequa Martin-Green

"𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭! 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐚. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲, '𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.' 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲, '𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐚.'" -𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 Remembering actress, author, screenwriter, humorist, and mental health advocate Carrie Fisher... October 21st, 1956 - December 27th, 2016 ❤

Portrait of Carrie by Aaron Rapoport, Los Angeles, 1985.

Rex not giving a single flying fuck on Umbara

where’s it’s friday like it fucking matters

(◍•ᴗ•◍)♡ ✧*。

anyway yeah DELETE YOUR FUCKING ADVERTISING IDS

Android:

Settings ➡️ Google ➡️ all services ➡️ Ads ➡️ Delete advertising ID

(may differ slightly depending on android version and manufacturer firmware. you can't just search settings for "advertising ID" of course 🔪)

iOS:

Settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ tracking ➡️ toggle "allow apps to request to track" to OFF

and ALSO settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ Apple advertising ➡️ toggle "personalized ads" to OFF

more details about the process here via the EFF

STOP SOMETHING ABOUT HOW LILLIA AND JENS RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE EPISODES

CUZ LIKE THEY LITERALLY WENT FROM

TO

AND I JUST AHWBFAKJWRBEKURJGVBAEUV KILL ME PLEASE

SASHEER ZAMATA as JENNIFER KALE in AGATHA ALL ALONG — Maiden Mother Crone (Episode 9)

Honestly, this. This, this, this.

Especially with Agatha’s excuse of “it was the 1920s!” sounds so similar to how white people respond to reparations (“It was 400 years ago! Get over it.”)

SASHEER ZAMATA as JENNIFER KALE in AGATHA ALL ALONG — Follow Me My Friend To Glory At The End (Episode 8)

I'm gonna miss them just as much as my doomed, toxic sapphics 😔

Agatha All Along Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End | 1.08

don't forget to boop today!