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shannondingle.bsky.social
Community Engagement at @LittleLobbyists. Disabled disability advocate. Mom of 6. Life has dealt me some wonderful cards and more than my share of terrible, but I’m still here. I’m staying. Hope you do too. #Immunosuppressed #AuDHD #CPTSD #YoungWidow
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Vaccines save lives. Why is this so hard to grasp?

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Using xenophobia to distract the American people from their planned cuts to #Medicaid is a sick and disgusting tactic. #ProtectMedicaid

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Medicaid champion, @booker.senate.gov, talking about our Little Lobbyists families with @briantylercohen.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5_...

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

One of my children is heading to UNC-C in the fall, and I grieve that this is part of the school's history and pray it won't be part of their future.

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As House Republicans move ahead with their Billionaire Tax Cuts this week, remember: They’re cutting Head Start for kids in need to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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Here's the question for Republicans right now: "The Energy and Commerce Committee controls Medicaid. Can you explain to me how the $800billion in mandatory spending cuts asked of them will be possible without cuts to Medicaid?" The math doesn't work unless Medicaid is cut.

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“Our hearts are prone to seek our own good over the good of others, and we love to call ourselves righteous while doing it. Instead, the call to follow Christ calls us to love others as we love ourselves, to love our neighbors, and even—and especially—to love our enemies.” @kkdumez.bsky.social

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My girl’s service dog is one of the best things in my life.

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“Trump doesn’t have the power to end the department himself, but the president has the ability on his own to shrink the department’s footprint—and then ask Congress to do the rest.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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Tomorrow I have an interview for my dream job with an organization I love. I’ve never wanted a job as badly as I want this one, and I’m uniquely qualified and expect to have a good shot. Prayers and love and good vibes and crossed fingers please!

submitted 122 days ago • 6 comments

Okay, y’all… tell me about the aftermath of the shingles vaccine. I just got it, along with COVID and flu. I know I’ll be hurting.

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Survey analysis finds people who don't watch women's sports, think they are less deserving of media attention than men's sports, and think women should prioritize being thin are more likely to oppose transgender women's inclusion in women's sports

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Good for Michelle, I say. Not attending the inauguration of a convicted felon and leader of an attempted coup who disrespects everything democracy holds dear? I respect her principled integrity.

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

They say “raise up a child in the way he should go,” but it’s not a promise. Sometimes you might tell a child to put a few books on a shelf, and they do this. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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I miss Lee, & I miss our lives before Lee died. Grief is heavy, especially around the holidays. Please check in on your grieving friends, even if they seem to be “fine,” even if their loss was years ago. This is our sixth Christmas without him, and it still stings. Check on your grieving friends.

submitted 169 days ago • 2 comments

Holidays are hard when you have a dead husband. You’d think the sixth Thanksgiving would be easier. It’s not.

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I just started wearing glasses this year, and I usually don’t wear them when I cook. This morning was my first “opening the hot oven with my glasses on” experience. 🤣 🤓

submitted 177 days ago • 6 comments

Life is especially hard in this current season. I’ve been out of work for three months, depending largely on the generosity of others. If you have any writing, editing, fundraising, grant writing, program managing, inclusivity, or operations directing jobs or leads, please pass them along, please.

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Hi, y’all! I’m trying out this space. Grateful for all of you.

submitted 190 days ago • 9 comments

I have set aside my ableism book proposal, and I‘m prepping a new book proposal on sex trafficking, telling my story while highlighting realities vs myths. It’s… a lot. But it’s time. Truth wins. Love wins. Hope wins.

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Our people here at the Dingle homestead are amused that Tropical Storm Lee (which will eventually be a hurricane) will take out its vengeance on beaches. I mean.

submitted 626 days ago • 2 comments

This is good news.

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You are loved. You are so loved.

submitted 637 days ago • 0 comments

42. Lee is supposed to be 42 today. We’ll order donuts, as we do every birthday, this the 5th birthday since he died forever 37. We’re okay, and we’re not okay. Both/and. (accessibility description: rearview mirror with a vinyl sticker that says “don’t let the hard days win.)

submitted 639 days ago • 1 comment

TIL that the name Unabomber is a shortened form of University and Airline Bomber. (Can you tell that one of my autistic kids’ special interests is true crime?)

submitted 685 days ago • 1 comment

People matter, and dehumanizing anyone is never the way to love and healing. If you can’t acknowledge the dignity of other people, then we’re probably not gonna get along. (In case, you know, you were wondering what you’ll find or not find on my profile.)

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My girl went to sleep-away camp a couple weekend ago for their cerebral palsy week, and from her smile, I think she liked it. ❤️

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