Steph Chizzo☆

(she/her) I hate Swiss cheese

[Steph Chizzo☆ @Steph_Chizz]

@JplusMe @pelositracker @AOC https://t.co/OZolvdIlez

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

The idea is good but the text itself was rushed and not thought through. It violated a lot of standard practices to protect survivors and due process:

1. It also released documents related to allegations found to be false or unsubstantiated, not just verified violations or settlements. So innocent people would get lumped in with violators.

2. To our knowledge, there was zero victim consent or consultation on this text. That is very different than with Epstein, where victims are centered and consulted at every step. Here, victims offered all their statements with the promise of protection and anonymity. The text gave them no way to have a voice in what information of theirs or their accounts they wanted public or keep private. That is important because…

3. Although there was a throwaway line about redacting victim names, I do believe full witness or victim statements would have been released. With the way employment at the House works (offices are small, time periods of staff employment are publicly disclosed, etc) it means that even with names redacted you can definitely track details in witness statements and use that to ID victims without their consent. And there was zero mechanism for victims themselves to assert their privacy.

Originally we were supposed to debate the details of the text over two days but for some reason they rushed the vote so we couldn’t iron out any of these details to get this information properly disclosed in a way that guarantees victim safety.

If the text was clean I think you’d get a lot more support. As a survivor, I know why the vast majority of women never report at all and a lot of those reasons, even if unintentionally or inadvertently, were included here. For me at least, guaranteeing the safety and agency of victims and survivors would get me to a YES.

[David Velasquez, MD @davidevelasqu]

Why are med schools offering classes on structural racism, you ask?

Because of Henrietta Lacks
Because of the Tuskegee Study
Because of experimental procedures on enslaved Black women
Because of unnecessary procedures on women in ICE detention centers
Because if you are Black or Hispanic & come to a hospital with a heart attack, you are more likely to experience a worse standard of care

The reasons are endless.

[emily may @emilykmay]

“When I die, I know people will talk about Friends, Friends, Friends. And I’m glad of that, happy I’ve done some solid work as an actor, as well as given people multiple chances to make fun of my struggles on the World Wide Web…” /1

[B Graham Disciple @bgrahamdisciple]

My son, who is a software engineer, just told me that people who know software just had their Elon Musk realization.

[p @9753289p]

what is joe biden’s plan to unpause the ticketmaster queue for taylor swift’s eras tour

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

it is always a good time to watch this video

[Annie Schulte @annieschulte]

🧵This thread is about who I met on January 21st, 2020, while moonlighting as an Uber driver. Jefferson City is a sleepy town on Tuesday nights but I signed into my driving app, knowing that I could always count on a few legislators needing a ride home from the bar. #moleg

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

🧵

[Nathan Monk @fathernathan]

The same folks saying, “don’t have sex and you won’t get pregnant,” believe in a religion based upon the idea that a woman didn’t have sex and got pregnant.

[Kristen Schaal @kristenschaaled]

What if all that dumb anti abortion energy was directed at helping the humans in front of their faces? The passion to fight for something that they don't have to look at or ever deal with is so cowardly. Be smug about figuring out hot lunches for kid's who can't afford it?

[Laura Marie @lmegordon]

Nobody has ever been more surprised than a husband hearing about his wife's plans for the second time.

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

Wait, so gun control laws aren’t going to help prevent shootings but laws against abortion are supposed to stop abortions?

[Bizarre Lazar @BizarreLazar]

I’ve been on Twitter since 2009. I’m just now realizing the home button is a bird house.

[Street Medic @RndmStreetMedic]

Last night, a younger patient arrived with abdominal pain, chest pain, and shortness of breath. While assessing, the patient began to appear more and more pale with each moment. "I tested + with two at home tested, but I have an IUD." VS=HR 150 BP 80/40

I sounded an alarm.

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