#childrensrights — Public Fediverse posts

This week one of the fastest growing Change.Org petitions is to protect children's right to shared parenting, phenomonal!

Wonder where all the Black dads went?

We are DROWNING in court costs unable to get to the finish line in family court.

Reforms like this will GREATLY reduce costs for Black parents during custody processes.

If you think Black Dads Matter sign and share 👇🏿

https://c.org/bRsRz258KZ

#Dadvocate #5050 #FamilyLaw #FamilyCourt #ChildrensRights #BlackDadsMatter #BlackFriday

@philpem See also Ireland:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0902/1590013-social-media-report/

#AgeVerification #DigitalRights #ChildrensRights

Revealed: US attorneys rally to free children held in immigration custody
By Alexandra Villarreal in New York

Trump administration has indefinitely stranded hundreds of kids and lawyers from over 50 organizations are fighting for their release

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/03/attorneys-rally-children-immigration-custody

#USimmigration #Trumpadministration #Childrensrights #USnews #Children #LawUS #Law #Society #USpolitics #TheGuardian #AlexandraVillarrealinNewYork

Revealed: US attorneys rally to free children held in immigration custody https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/03/attorneys-rally-children-immigration-custody #UsImmigration #TrumpAdministration #ChildrensRights #UsNews #Children #LawUs #Law #Society #UsPolitics

The US's illegal war on Iran has claimed more children's lives..

"11 people killed in overnight attacks including four people at a wedding.

A four-year-old boy was among those killed at the wedding after a series of US strikes near the Iranian southern port city of Sirik, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. The Iranian Red Crescent said more than 50 people were injured when shrapnel hit a home where the wedding was taking place in Hormozgan province."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/02/iran-us-middle-east-war-strikes-tehran-washington-wedding-trump-kuwait-jordan-latest-news-updates

#WarCrimes #DTRegime #EpsteinDistractionWar #News #USPol #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #Activism #NoKings #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

RE: https://ieji.de/@Ramadan/117172133811497384

🚨🚨🚨THIS IS SO SAD‼️😞

🙋‍♀️NO DONATIONS FOR A WEEK‼️

WHERE ARE THE KIND-💞💞💞
TO HELP RAMADAN @Ramadan⁉️

🚨🚨🚨A MAN IN HIS 70s WITH A FAMILY OF 14 INCLUDING CHILDREN AND ELDERS‼️

PLEASE HELP!!!

HELP LINK: https://chuffed.org/project/144463-a-lifeline-for-my-family-of-14-in-gaza-urgent-evacuation-safety-needed

VERIFICATION LINK: https://gaza-verified.org/people/@Ramadan@ieji.
de/

#Gaza #Palestine #humanrights #humanity #GazaMutualAid #sharingiscaring #ChildrensRights #GazaChildren #ChildrenOfGaza #elders #savechildren #helpchildren #savegaza #SaveGazaChildren #famine @candi

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117161962406834896

⚡️ Get on it, Ireland, DPC, CnaM, and @EUCommission ⚡️

👇🏼

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #SocialMedia #DataProtection #ChildrensRights #Algorithms

Seven killed in Gaza as Israeli strike destroys aid supply warehouse

"An Israeli military strike overnight into Tuesday also destroyed a warehouse storing nutrition supplies intended for children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in Gaza, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said."

#IsraelIsATerroristState

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/seven-killed-in-gaza-as-israeli-strike-destroys-aid-supply-warehouse

#BoycottIsrael #CrimesAgainstHumanity #LaborFail #News #Activism #HumanRights #Gaza #Palestine #JusticeForZomi #WomensRights #ChildrensRights

"I walked to school at seven in Norway. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) says that's impossible."

https://olanordrum.substack.com/p/i-walked-to-school-at-seven-in-norway?utm_source=mastodon

#mastodaoine #RoadViolence #roadsafety #walking #childrensrights #StreetsAreForPeople

Apple has taken down a Milan billboard featuring a toddler with a food-smeared iPhone after criticism from a children's rights group. The ad was accused of promoting 'electronic babysitting,' raising questions about tech companies' roles in children's screen time.

#Apple #Advertising #ChildrensRights #ScreenTime #Parenting #TechNews

https://thedailytechfeed.com/apple-removes-milan-ad-after-childrens-rights-group-complaint-2/

Apple has taken down a Milan billboard featuring a toddler with a food-smeared iPhone after a children's rights group criticized it for promoting 'electronic babysitting.' This highlights the ongoing debate over children's screen time and technology's role in parenting.

#Apple #Advertising #ChildrensRights #Parenting #ScreenTime #Technology

https://thedailytechfeed.com/apple-removes-milan-ad-after-childrens-rights-group-complaint/

#AfshinHeiratian, attivista per i diritti dei bambini, è detenuto da 255 giorni senza una sentenza. Arrestato l’11 novembre 2025 dalle forze di sicurezza, è ancora nel carcere di Evin in custodia cautelare. Le autorità hanno negato la libertà su cauzione nonostante le richieste della famiglia. Membro della comunità bahá’í, ha già subito persecuzioni per il suo attivismo e le sue convinzioni religiose.
#Bahai #EvinPrison #Iran #ChildrensRights #FreePoliticalPrisoners
https://iranwire.com/en/news/155389-childrens-rights-activist-held-255-days-without-verdict-in-iran/

The BMA (British Medical Association) review of the Cass Report was misreported in the British press to the point of "misinformation" according to insiders.

Widely reported as accepting the Cass Report and the subsequent actions of NHS England, the review actually raised several concerns and specifically rejected the puberty blocker ban as not supported by the Cass Report.

#ukpol #trans #intersex #childrensRights

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/exclusive-reporting-about-british-medical-association-critique-of-cass-review-was-factually-wrong/

💔

#gaza #genocide #palestine #zionism #ethniccleansing #childrensrights

Why do settler-genocide societies hate children? #Israel, #Canada, #USA, they all hate children.
https://youtu.be/L3u1Cm8-o1w

#politics #humanrights #youthrights #childrensrights #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #PalestinianGenocide

[DECODED] Kiko Barzaga strikes again as Tacloban shooting triggers disinfo, muddles chats on juvenile justice law

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/decoded-tacloban-school-shooting-disinformation-kiko-barzaga-discussions-juvenile-justice-law/

Parents, schools – you may be punished too for children’s offenses

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/parents-schools-laws-liability-children-offenses/

Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children | UN

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167790

#Gaza #genocide #Palestine #zionism #infanticide #ChildrensRights

Moral Panic Beats First Amendment In Sixth Circuit’s Ohio Social Media Ruling -- via TechDirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/moral-panic-beats-first-amendment-in-sixth-circuits-ohio-social-media-ruling/

#socialmedia #identityverification #surveillance #firstamendment #childrensrights #anonimity #privacy

Giving children black eyes, and routinely putting them in 'the hole', is what democracies do, correct?

#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #WestBank #ChildrensRights #zionism

Wael Mohammed Shalh, a child from northern Gaza, is at risk of losing his sight due to glaucoma. He has an urgent medical referral (number 1) and reports confirming his high blood pressure and deteriorating condition, meaning he requires immediate travel for treatment outside Gaza. However, the closuaiting, Wael's eyes cling to the hope of traveling before he loses his sight. #Gaza #ChildrensRights #MinistryofHealth #WorldHealthOrganization @ishara

Destroying our children's health a little bit here, a little bit there
#HumanRights #ChildrensRights #WhatNext

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/trump-administration-healthcare-for-kids

@ProPublica Trump regime working hard at fascism. Starving children is another key cruelty component in their ongoing, crimes against humanity.

#USPol #ChildrensRights #HumanRights #Starvation #CriminalGovernment #USNazis #TrumpRegime #BoycottUSA #SanctionUSA #FascistUSA

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Abschied aber kein Lebewohl – A farewell, but not goodbye forever

(English below)

Am Pfingstmontag, 25.5.2026, fanden in unserer St. Concordia-Kirche zu Ruhla zwei Verabschiedungen im Gottesdienst statt.
In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde zunächst die Kantorkatechetin verabschiedet. Sie hat 20 Jahre lang mit Kindern und Familien gearbeitet und war zudem für die Kirchenmusik verantwortlich. Doch nachdem sie vor 25 Jahren in den Ruhestand getreten war, hat sie noch ein Vierteljahrhundert die Orgel bei Gottesdiensten, Hochzeiten, Trauerfeiern etc. gespielt. Dafür wurde ihr vom Superintendent des Kirchenkreises herzlich gedankt und ihr Engagement gewürdigt.

Die zweite Verabschiedung galt Pfarrer Reuther, der nach 22 Jahren Dienst in Ruhla Ende Juni 2026 in den Ruhestand geht.
Auch wenn sein Dienst in Ruhla endet, bedeutet das nicht das Ende des Bildungsprojekts in Ruanda! Der Ökumenische Eine-Welt-Kreis bleibt weiterhin bestehen und wird das Projekt in der gewohnten Weise fortführen. Mehr noch, Pfarrer Reuther bleibt Mitglied des Eine-Welt-kreises und wird die Leitung des Projekts behalten.

Beide Ruheständler hatten sich von den Besuchern und Gästen des Verabschiedungsgottesdienstes gewünscht, daß sie auf Geschenke verzichten, dafür aber eine Spende zu geben. Dafür hatten sie zwei Zwecke vorgegeben. Ein Zweck davon war unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda und wir sind dankbar für alle Spenden in Höhe von rund 800 Euro, die für unser Ruanda-Projekt gespendet wurden.

On Whit Monday, 25 May 2026, two farewells took place during the service at our St Concordia Church in Ruhla.
In a solemn ceremony, the cantor-catechist was first bid farewell. She had worked with children and families for 20 years and was also responsible for church music. However, after retiring 25 years ago, she continued to play the organ for another quarter of a century at church services, weddings, funerals and other occasions. The superintendent of the church district expressed his heartfelt thanks to her and paid tribute to her dedication.

The second farewell was for Pastor Reuther, who is retiring at the end of June 2026 after 22 years of service in Ruhla.
Even though his ministry in Ruhla is coming to an end, this does not mean the end of the education project in Rwanda! The Ecumenical One World Circle will continue to exist and will carry on the project in the usual way. What is more, Pastor Reuther will remain a member of the One World Circle and will continue to lead the project.

Both retirees had asked the visitors and guests at the farewell service to refrain from bringing gifts and instead to make a donation. They had specified two causes for this. One of these was our education project in Rwanda, and we are grateful for all the donations totalling around 800 euros that were made to our Rwanda project.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Rückblick und Ausblick zum (Un)Ruhestand – A look back and a look ahead at active retirement

(English below)

Nach über 40 Jahren ist es soweit: ich gehe demnächst in den Ruhestand. Aber die Arbeit des Ökumenischen Eine-Welt-Kreises für unser Bildungsprojekt in Ruanda geht weiter!
Ich werde dem Eine-Welt-Kreis weiterhin angehören und die Leitung des Projekts fortführen.
Gleichwohl ist diese Zäsur Gelegenheit gewesen, zurück und auch nach vorn zu schauen. Dazu hatte ich Gelegenheit, im Radio ein längeres Interview (Das Ruanda-Projekt, Autor: Djuana Mannel) zu geben und ich lade Sie ein, dieses mit Hilfe dieses Links anzuhören. Die musikalischen Einlagen wurden in diesem Podcast entfernt. Die ausführliche Sendung mit Liedern unserer Patenkinder wird zu folgenden Terminen beim Wartburgradio wiederholt: 12.05. 10-11.15 Uhr; 16.05. 15-16.15 Uhr; 18.05. 16-17.15 Uhr

After more than 40 years, the time has come: I am retiring soon. But the work of the Ecumenical One World Circle on our educational project in Rwanda continues!
I will remain a member of the One World Circle and continue to lead the project.
Nevertheless, this turning point has been an opportunity to look back and also to look ahead. I had the chance to give a longer interview on the radio (Das Ruanda Projekt, author: Djuana Mannel – in German only) and I invite you to listen to it via this link, in case you understand German. The musical interludes have been removed from this podcast. The full programme, featuring songs by our sponsored children, will be repeated on Wartburg Radio on the following dates: 12 May, 10.00–11.15 am; 16 May, 3.00–4.15 pm; 18 May, 4.00–5.15 pm (German only)

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Grundschüler – Kinderrechte – Weltgebetstag – Primary school pupils – Children’s rights – World Day of Prayer

(English below)

Anfang März veranstaltete die Evangelische Grundschule in Eisenach eine Projektwoche zum jährlich stattfindendenen weltweiten Weltgebetstag. Dazu erreichte uns folgender kleiner Berichte der Schuldirektorin:

„Im Rahmen unserer Projektwoche zum Weltgebetstag haben die Kinder unserer Evangelischen Grundschule Eisenach einen besonderen Gottesdienst gestaltet, der ganz im Zeichen von Gemeinschaft, Verantwortung und globalem Lernen stand. Im Mittelpunkt standen dabei Kinder aus Nigeria, Ruanda und vielen weiteren Teilen der Welt.
Die Schülerinnen und Schüler setzten sich intensiv mit den Kinderrechten auseinander. Themen wie das Recht auf sauberes Wasser, auf Bildung und auf Freizeit wurden nicht nur theoretisch erarbeitet, sondern auch kreativ und persönlich reflektiert. Dabei wurde deutlich, wie unterschiedlich die Lebensbedingungen von Kindern weltweit sind – und gleichzeitig, wie viel wir voneinander lernen können.

Besonders wichtig war den Kindern ein positiver und wertschätzender Blick auf das Leben von Gleichaltrigen in anderen Ländern. Sie entdeckten Gemeinsamkeiten, entwickelten Verständnis für Unterschiede und erkannten, wie wertvoll Solidarität und gegenseitige Unterstützung sind.
Der liebevoll gestaltete Gottesdienst in der Annenkirche (in Eisenach) bot Raum für Gedanken, Gebete und Beiträge der Kinder, die ihre Eindrücke und Erkenntnisse auf vielfältige Weise zum Ausdruck brachten.

Die im Rahmen des Gottesdienstes gesammelte Kollekte von 228 Euro kommt dem Patenschaftsprogramm in Ruanda zugute und unterstützt unser Patenkind Dina und andere Kinder auf ihrem Weg zu einem selbstbestimmten Leben.“

At the beginning of March, the Protestant Primary School in Eisenach organised a project week to mark the annual World Day of Prayer. We received the following brief report from the headteacher:

„As part of our project week for the World Day of Prayer, the children at our Protestant Primary School in Eisenach organised a special service centred on community, responsibility and global learning. The focus was on children from Nigeria, Rwanda and many other parts of the world.
The pupils engaged intensively with the topic of children’s rights. Issues such as the right to clean water, education and leisure were not only explored theoretically, but also reflected upon creatively and personally. It became clear just how different children’s living conditions are around the world – and at the same time, how much we can learn from one another.

It was particularly important to the children to take a positive and appreciative view of the lives of their peers in other countries. They discovered commonalities, developed an understanding of differences and recognised how valuable solidarity and mutual support are.
The lovingly organised service at St Anne’s Church (in Eisenach) provided a space for thoughts, prayers and contributions from the children, who expressed their impressions and insights in a variety of ways.

The collection of 228 euros taken during the service will go towards the sponsorship programme in Rwanda, supporting our sponsored child Dina and other children on their journey towards a self-determined life.“

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Durch euch ist mein Leben voller Glück – Thanks to you, my life is full of happiness

(English below)

Pädagogen, Wissenschaftler, ja, Menschen mit klarem Verstand, wissen, daß Bildung wichtig ist und einen entscheidenden Einfluß auf die Lebensperspektive eines jeden Menschen hat.
Wie heißt es so schön? „Grau ist alle Theorie“. So richtig diese Theorie auch ist, sie wird erst mit Leben erfüllt, wenn sie von jungen Menschen mit Leben erfüllt wird und sie das aus eigener Erfahrung bestätigen.

Mindestens einmal im Jahr schreiben unsere Patenkinder an ihre Paten einen Brief, in dem sie ein wenig von sich selbst erzählen, wie es ihnen geht und welchen lebensverändernden Einfluß die Bildung hat, die sie dank ihrer Paten genießen können.
Lassen wir sie selbst zu Wort kommen:

„Ich möchte Ihnen meinen aufrichtigen Dank für Ihre großzügige Unterstützung aussprechen. Ihr Beitrag hat einen bedeutenden Unterschied gemacht und mir geholfen, meine Ziele mit Zuversicht und Motivation zu verfolgen. … Ich schätze Ihre Freundlichkeit, Ihr Vertrauen und Ihre anhaltende Unterstützung sehr. Vielen Dank, dass Sie an mich glauben und mich so positiv beeinflusst haben.“

„Ich möchte Ihnen meinen aufrichtigen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung meiner Ausbildung aussprechen. Dank Ihrer Förderung kann ich die Schule besuchen und mich ganz auf mein Studium konzentrieren. Ich mache stetige Fortschritte und hoffe, dass ich mit Ihrer freundlichen Hilfe auch in diesem Jahr weitermachen kann.“

„Ich bin ein glücklicher Mensch, jemanden wie Sie zu haben. Ich schätze Ihre Hilfe, die mich zu einem klugen Menschen macht …“

„Ich bin Ihnen wirklich dankbar für Ihre Freundlichkeit und Unterstützung, die mir geholfen haben, meine Ausbildung fortzusetzen.“

„Meine Familie und ich … danken Ihnen von ganzem Herzen für die Liebe, die Sie uns entgegengebracht haben, um mir bei meinem Studium zu helfen. … Sie haben viel aufgegeben, um mir zu helfen, meine Schulausbildung fortzusetzen.“

„Sie haben mir bei all meinen Studien geholfen, und heute studiere ich ohne jeglichen Druck.“

„Mit Ihnen ist mein Leben voller Glück, und ich wünsche mir, dass wir noch mehr Gründe haben, zu lächeln und einander zu lieben.“

„Sie haben mir geholfen, härter zu arbeiten und mir ein klares Ziel zu setzen, um erfolgreich zu sein.“

„Ich bin Ihnen dankbar für Ihre Hilfe, die mich zu dem gemacht hat, der ich heute bin.“

Wir freuen uns, daß unsere Jugendlichen aus eigener Erfahrung spüren, wie wertvoll die Chance ist, die sie durch die Förderung ihrer Paten bekommen, und diese Gelegenheit für ein hoffnungsvolles und selbstbestimmtes Leben in Würde beim Schopfe fassen.




Educators, scientists, indeed, people with clear minds, know that education is important and has a decisive influence on every person’s outlook on life.
How does the saying go? “All theory is gray.” As true as this theory is, it only comes to life when young people fill it with life and confirm it from their own experience.

At least once a year, our sponsored children write a letter to their sponsors in which they tell them a little about themselves, how they are doing, and what a life-changing influence the education they are able to enjoy thanks to their sponsors has had on them.
Let’s hear from them directly:

„I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your generous support. Your contribution has made a meaningful difference and has helped me progress toward my goals with confidence and motivation. … I truly appreciate your kindness, trust, and continued support. Thank you for believing in me and for the positive impact you have made.“

„I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your support of my education; your sponsorship has allowed me to attend school and pursue my studies with focus. I am making steady progress, and I hope to continue this year with
your kind help.“

„I am a lucky person to have someone like you. I appreciate your help which makes me a clever person…“

„I am truly grateful for your kindness and support which has helped me to continue my education.“

„Me and my family … thank you with a moving heart for the love you have shown us to help me in my studies. … You lost many things so that you helped me to continue my school.“

„You helped me in all my studies and nowadays I am studying without any pressure.“

„With you my life is filled with happiness and I wish we have more reason to smile and love each other.“

„You helped me to work harder and to set a strong goal of succeeding.“

„I appreciate you for your help that you give me that makes me the one who I am now.“

We are delighted that our young people can see from their own experience how valuable the opportunity they receive through their sponsors‘ support is, and that they are seizing this opportunity for a hopeful and self-determined life in dignity.

Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/foster-parents-lose-license-lgbtq

When #parents won't #MaskUp - they teach their #children to not be safe with their #health too. They also teach their kids to not care about others in the community. I'm blown away by how many parents are OK with exposing themselves & their kids to several preventable, airborne illnesses, including covid. They're risking death & disabilities on themselves & their kids.

Our #PublicHealth system is already overburdened & understaffed. We have many former health care workers with long covid & they never returned to work. We are nowhere near prepared to deal with many future cases of long covid & the 2ndary illnesses & disabilities that more people will suffer from - because they aren't being #CovidSafe.

Our government & mainstream media has stopped reporting facts on covid & on long covid. They want the public to forget about it. Which means dismissing the lives of disabled people like me & many others, who are still being covid safe.

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #medical #Healthcare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDP #Eugenics #PeopleWithDisabilities #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne #MeaslesIsAirborne #PutAMaskOn #ChildWelfare #ParentalResponsibility #ChildrensRights #DisabledRights #DisabledLivesMatter

@lclarke522

@donni

Chicago comedian in real life, Internet poster in posting. Proudly hatless. Suspicious of most squirrels. Only wrestles sea cows seasonally

@batkaren

my mom fucked a bat

@HadasWeiss

dm “thanks for the follow” and i’ll unfollow, only sayin this once

no rude posts

"I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"

@Gogs

Your Occasional Adequacy

Very much just saying things, really.


All my posts …. oh, OK then (but we’re discussing this terminology at some point), ‘toots’: https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

@partnumber2

A small intro: I’m someone of no importance.
I’m not frightened of dying. What scares me is NOT dying.

Survived cancer and various other things/people that have tried to kill me.
If it ain’t Pompey, politics or nonsense I ain’t interested 😎
Dum vivimus, vivamus

@Alice

Mostly one-liners at my own expense

Awkward AF

Midwest to West Coast

Photos on Pixelfed: @Alice

Please direct any and all complaints to the anthropomorphic hotdog that manages this account.

@ElleGray

researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting

https://ko-fi.com/elleg

#space #humor #humour #literature #reading #art #dance #science #oceans #whales #ChildrensRights #adventure #travel #surfing #novels #poetry

@LikeItOrLumpIt

✨BRAIN GLITTER ZOMBIE✨SEROTONYMPH✨Your Source for StupiToots© ✨ #NewYork 🗽 #Syracuse Alt Txt avatar is a gif of a smiling Caucasian woman with light long hair, in a Halloween theme orange and black frame, graveyard, and black cat. Alt Text Header: I "heart" New York sign at Geneva New York Oct 2023 #nosearch #noindex

🚫 Sober Ally--Not into recreational drugs or alcohol 🚫

**Pink Sparkle**

@LRRRonEarth

I AM LRRR, FUTURE CONQUEROR OF YOUR PLANET. STRANDED IN AMERICA SINCE 2023. OMICRON MALE. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. HE/HIM. TRAHR. BLM. HEEL. BELOVED MICRO-CELEBRITY. CONNECTIONS TO FUTURAMA CANON ARE TENUOUS AT BEST. I DO ALL-CAPS AND CARTOON VIOLENCE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME. I AM UNHINGED.

NOT AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LISTEN TO ME.

TOOTS POSTED BY MY HUMAN GHOSTWRITER AGAINST HIS WILL.

I'M LIKE IF CALVIN'S DAD HAD A BLOODTHIRSTY IMAGINARY ALIEN MONSTER HOBBES.

@Kierkegaanks

Normalize calling Sam Altman ai-nāṣir.

@MAJ1

Member of the Great Migration of Nov 2022

Retired mainframe storage manager, channel Marvin the Paranoid android, like cats, tech, open world games,nature.

Very amateur scientist /astronomer / climatologist.
Wide musical tastes, scouse sense of humour.
Absolutely no time for “alternative” facts.
Nullifidian

https://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]rty

Avatar: A red squirrel wearing elven style armour with a winged helmet & a sword.
Banner: Small computer room showing IBM ES/9000 mainframe

He/Him

@BlippyTheWonderSlug

Blippy, a suspiciously majestic Sea Slug of some sort, was found in a Nuclear/Biological waste disposal facility near Oldenburg, Germany sometime in 1959.

⚠️ 👉 Potty mouth. 👈 ⚠️

Deutscher, aber sprecht kaum Deutsch.

--

#Bassist #EveryDayIsCaturday #Audrey #PoultryCoroner #RandomShoes #BongSignal #GangsOfNovember #TheArtOfShitposting

Cats: #YoshiOneEye #EmmaPeel #PussyGalore #HarleyQuinn
#NotOurCat: #Humba #Zardoz #Franz

@tobestewart

Somethng s mssng from your lfe
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tobyartste1

@TheBreadmonkey

Hi, I'm Ben.

I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

🌱

He/Him

📷 @TheBreadmonkey

Want to buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thebreadmonkey

Psst ...wanna see some toots?... https://justmytoots.com/@TheBreadmonke[email protected]

#fedi22

@maxleibman

Solutions architect (before that, in project management). Maker of dad jokes. Actual dad.

Recently migrated from mastodon.social. Still figuring out who I'm going to be on Beige.

@Nickiquote

Bad jokes, worse opinions. Tonally all over the place. Irish (North), living in England. Leftist provincial dad. He/him.

The Toots, the whole Toots and nothing but the Toots: https://justmytoots.com/@Nickiquote@mstdn.social

Avi: himself, default white bloke in glasses, b&w. Header: drawing of Aretha Franklin’s eyes staring out over sunglasses.

@Suzdal92

NOTE- Newly moved over from Mastodon Social. I realized Beige Party is more my style. Please follow back if we used to be mutuals. Thank you!!!
*Gen-X mom in KY
*Cog in the corporate machine 
*Fuck the GOP 
*Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 
*Yes to Love, Kindness, and Irreverent Humor
*Sweary

@MamasPinkyToe

I suspected he was not a real hypnotist when he said I was growing Swedish, very Swedish, but here I am, doing many typically Swedish things.

@wendinoakland

have opinions. Dog person. Keen on modernist architecture, brutalism, & uranium glass. And nudibranchs, the sea slugs of remarkable beauty. Graphic designer turned volunteer. Oakland, CA, previously NYC & London.🖖🏼 She / her / ma’am. Fedizen since 11/22. #AntiFa #SlavaUkraini | F🇺🇦K PUTIN | #NAFO #BLM #Simpsons #noNazis

@xinicit

#Sober guy living outside of the Greater #Houston Area. I still miss Rock 101.

Avatar: A goat wearing sunglasses. It looks rad as hell. 
Header: An illustration of a fictional cat named Princess Donut. She is wearing a tiara.
https://justmytoots.com/[email protected]

@Uair

I have no hole into which you can pigeon me. I'm unique. Just like everyone else.

I'm equal parts seven, seventeen, and seventy, and have been since elementary school. I've got the open ended curiosity of a seven year old, the suicidal bravery of a seventeen year old, and the wisdom of an old man.

I am equal parts George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, and Charles Bukowski.

@revndm

Interfaith Minister. Gay, married, side, Chicagoland. No transphobia, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia.I support free Canada, Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. He/Him

@glasspusher

he/him, standing with 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️‍🌈 and 🇺🇦
“it is better to disable one streetlight than to curse the light pollution”

90% Reply Guy and shitposting, 7% science and astronomy pix, 3% attempts at humor. You’ve been warned.

Bio: scientist since I was 4 years old, and still loving it.

Header pic is a partially eclipsed moon in a field with a few stars. Avatar is a crescent formed by flour spilled on a black granite countertop

#LRRR2028 or as soon as possible
#teamOrca
#ChunderRoad

After winning the #TEDPrize on March 2, 2011, the French #artist JR launched the #InsideOutProject, in his first #TEDTalk. Using his own #artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement by displaying large-scale black and white #portraits in public spaces. Through their “Actions,” communities around the world have sparked #collaborations and conversations.

Over the past decade, more than 500,000 people spanning across 152 countries and territories have participated in the Inside Out Project. Thanks to participants' donations, the project has reached all the continents, with over 2,500 actions created. Actions have revolved around a range of topics: #diversity, #community, #feminism, #racism, #ClimateChange, #education, #ChildrensRights, and #art are just a few of them. Posters are displayed in outdoor spaces that are visible to the public. These #GroupAction #ArtInstallations are documented and shared online.

https://www.insideoutproject.net/en/

Together we can turn the world inside out!
Contact the Inside Out Project Team:
https://iopsurvey.typeform.com/contactus

#CommunityArt #GlobalProject #CommunityEmpowerment #UnitingCommunity #ArtActivism #ArtThatSpeaks #InternationalProject #ArtProject #ArtCollaboration #PublicArt #ArtForThePublicForThePublic #ArtIsPower

Summary of "Metaeugenics and Metaresistance: From Manufacturing the ‘Includeable Body’ to Walking Away from the Broom Closet

I will start this summary by explaining the title. I usually skip that part. This time I am going to explain the title because the title is so long, and so annoying. In "Academia" (which is just a fancy way to say college), there is a joke about how professors choose titles for their papers. It's not a specific joke. But everyone likes to make fun of titles that go like this "short catchy title": "long title with complicated meaning". I choose this kind of title a lot, because I think it's fun. I don't take myself too seriously.

The first part of this title is "Metaeugenics and Metaresistance". Something-ics is a kind of science, or a way of thinking, like economics, or politics. Eugenics is a way of thinking that says there are good bodies and bad bodies, and that human beings have a moral duty to keep their bodies "good" and to only have children with "good" bodies. Eugenics also says that governments are responsible for making sure their citizens are only people with "good" bodies. Eugenic science was overtly racist and ableist.

Most people believe that eugenics is over. They believe it was a bad science that happened in the past, and that we don't believe in it anymore. The problem with believing eugenics is over is that it makes it hard for you to notice when it is still happening. When more black and Indigenous people die from a virus, some people understand that this is because of racism in medicine. But when more disabled people die, we think it is because their bodies are weaker - That they do not have "good" bodies. The truth is that disabled people are dying more not /just/ because they are vulnerable but also because we made public choices that endanger their lives.

We made these choices because we still believe in good bodies and bad bodies. We still believe that it is everyone's moral duty to make their body as strong as possible. We still believe that some people deserve to die because of the body they are in. This is metaeugenics.

For something to be meta- is for it to exist without being said or written out loud. It is important to be clear that when we say disabled people, we do not mean just white disabled people. Understanding metaeugenics helps us to understand why we are okay with so many disabled people dying. It also helps us to understand that black and Indigenous people are not just vulnerable to racism, but to ableism also, even when they are not disabled in ways that are obvious to us. Because we do not care about disabled people, we allowed black and Indigenous people to be put at greater risk from racism in public health. Metaeugenics can help us understand how racism and ableism work together.

Resistance means to work against something. In this paper I want us to think about the ways we can work against metaeugenics by paying attention to metaresistance. To notice metaresistance, you have to think differently about what you are seeing when you see people resisting something. You have to notice both what someone is directly working against, and also notice how that resistence “speaks” or does resistance against other things that are not clear - like metaeugenics. I will give some examples later.

The next part of the title is “manufacturing the includable body”.

The “includable body” is something disability scholars write about. When we talk about inclusion, we usually mean that society should be open and accessible to everyone, no matter their disability. But when we “do” inclusion, schools and workplaces usually set some rules about what a person must do or be or look like in order to be included. Some scholars that write about this are Tania Titchkosky, Sara María Acevedo, Joe Stramondo, Eunjung Kim, and Anne McGuire. When a disabled child has to “earn” their place in the mainstream classroom by graduating from certain therapies, this means they have been made “includable”.

This is one way we uphold metaeugenics. We make disabled people work to make their bodies “includable” in therapies before we will accommodate them in “mainstream” spaces. Disabled people are morally obligated to make their bodies as “good” as possible, and if they don’t, they are called “non compliant”.

If you know anything about inclusion, you might be a little confused. Inclusion is a right! In the United States, we have the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which means disabled people have the right to accommodations to access public life, work, and school. Unfortunately, rights and laws do not work without people doing the right thing. Even if you have the "right" to be included, who decides what counts as inclusion?

The problem with rights is that someone else is always in charge of deciding what "counts".

The United Nations has the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). In my paper, I try to explain that when you put these documents together, they show a global metaeugenic attitude toward disability. The CRPD says that disability must be recognized as a natural part of human diversity, but that adult decision makers have the authority to determine the "best interests" of a disabled child. In the CRC, adults are responsible for considering the "best interests of the Child" and children are guaranteed the right to "develop healthily". What does this mean when the child is born into a body that the world declares is "unhealthy" or "disordered"? Basically, a disabled child has the right to be "fixed". Our rights comand us to manufacture an includable body for any person whose body is not "normal".

The final part of this paper's title is "Walking away from the broom closet". Ursula K. le Guin was a famous science fiction author. She wrote a book called "The Ones who Walk away from Omelas". In this book, Omelas was a Utopic society. A utopia is a place where everyone is happy and cared for. In the story, people find out that Omelas's happiness is only possible because there is a child, locked in a broom closet, who takes on all the suffering so that everyone else can be happy.

I think that in the real world, we have lots of broom closets where we make people suffer so that we can have our happy idea of normal. I think prisons are an example of broom closets. I also think that for many disabled children, the "intensive interventions" we force them to do in their "best interests" are a kind of broom closet. They suffer so that we can have our happy idea of a future without disability.

Attitudes toward children can tell us about attitudes toward the future. If we want to ensure our children do not have to be disabled, then we must also want a future where there are no disabled people. The disabled community is large and diverse. There are some conditions which are painful and some people want treatments that help them feel at peace in their own bodies. But that doesn't mean that you can eliminate disability. Disability is a natural part of human life. The society that wants to eliminate disability can only hope to eliminate itself.

I will end this summary with some stories.

On August 2, 2018, NBC News’ Health website published an article praising Google Glass
and researchers at Stanford University for the creation of a wearable app that may improve eye
contact for children with autism (Scher, 2018).
In preschool, [he] struggled socially with other kids. One hit him in the
face with a rubber mallet and another in the shoulder with a metal shovel.
“He didn’t see it coming,” [she] told NBC News. “When you don’t look
kids in the face, you can’t see their reactions or know what to expect.”
When he was 5, he was diagnosed with autism.
[N]ow 9, [he] started working one on one with a therapist using applied
behavioral analysis, a technique to improve social behavior, but [his
mother] saw little progress.
“Nothing really changed,” she said. “Until Google Glass.”

This child was assaulted by his peers. Because he was disabled, the solution was to put him in therapy. To use technology to change his behavior. To put him in a broom closet. So that other people could be happy.

In another project, researchers made a smart watch that would buzz to notify a child that they were behaving inappropriately. In this example, even "hand flapping" was considered inappropriate. At one point, "Child 5" was buzzed. He looked up and noticed that his teacher was too far away to stop him, and he continued flapping his hands. This child is my patron saint of noncompliance. His microresistance, written down in a scientific paper, is a testimony for all to see that the researchers are focusing on the wrong idea.

There are other examples, like the children who run away from robots designed to teach them social skills, or the children who scream at their therapists.

If we pay attention to where our participants are resisting our research, we can learn to recognize these broom closets, unlock the doors, and take these children out of Omelas forever.

https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cjcr/article/view/1976

Hashtag soup
#SciComm #ScholarComm #STS #CDS #HCI #DisabilityStudies #HumanComputerInteraction #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #CRPD #CRC #Metaeugenics #Metaresistance #Eugenics #Omelas #UrsulaKLeGuin #Autism #Disability #DisabilityJustice #TechJustice #Technoableism #ColiberationLab