So you're telling me the vouchers didn't actually expand access to private schools, but instead helped line the pockets of these schools? I'm shocked.

It’s a work in progress, but some key points are that the pleasure of disabled folks is devalued bc we are expected to focus on survival and being less disabled above all else and pleasure spaces allow us to resist that AND to build community

So miss me with the AI literacy solutions. In fact, keep missing me until you propose “AI literacy” that teaches folks how these systems incorporate systemic oppression into its operations. That’s the kind of literacy we need.

Anyone arguing that some flavor of AI literacy will protect women from AI deep fake porn is at best unserious and at worst desperate to protect their automated goon generator. This is prima facie not a literacy problem.

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars.

There's just gotta be a line somewhere.

Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Michael Schur on the Good Place committee: There’s a reason they’re “dressed like hikers from Oregon” Michael Schur on the Good Place committee: There’s a reason they’re “dressed like hikers from Oregon”

I’m rewatching The Good Place and got a good laugh from Michael describing The Good Place Committee: “The Titanic is sinking, and they’re writing a strongly-worded letter to the iceberg.” www.avclub.com/michael-schu...

“We want to destroy the humanities as a field, we only want people working vocations, we don’t want you thinking, speaking, writing for yourself.”

Is, once again, a Saturday morning cartoon villain’s plot.

This part exactly. We are currently repeating some of the worst moments in history and everyone keeps calling it unprecedented because history is poorly taught and we are making all the same terrible decisions with higher stakes

I too have written about white conservatives in southern state legislatures rushing through bullshit changes to the law just to thwart the advancement of literally one black man, but I'm a historian who writes about the Jim Crow era South and not a reporter discussing current fucking events there.

OK, his complaint makes mine look like nothing

Idaho Banned Pride Flags. Boise 'Complied.' Delicious compliance.

have something happy for once in your goddamn life

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On the theme of kids of astronauts, this is Maya Glover, the daughter of NASA astronaut Victor Glover and Dionna Glover. Maya is at Cal Poly doing architecture.

From her Insta: mayalorinnn.

Trump/Vought are planning to eliminate the program that oversees social science funding from the National Science Foundation, and they are not going to wait for Congress to weigh in because they have already shown they believe they have the power of the purse.
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‼️ omg "As for what those judges will stand for—as opposed to stand against—Brest has no clear answer"

Fed Soc "knew what they wanted to do and why, and changed the face of law. Dems can do the same, but they have to try"

I have a clear answer! I'm trying!
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Scratch a transphobe, find a misogynist. They don’t care about protecting women, they care about controlling us. Transphobia is a threat to all women’s rights.

Solid explanation of dysautonomia as well as some recovery tips.

Yesterday I had a busy morning but a restful afternoon, so I was expecting I'd be mostly ok today. But I didn't sleep much, and had a minor stressor this morning - as a result my autonomic issues are having a party. HR all over the place, drained, brain fogged, uncoordinated etc. Really

Long COVID Treatment Guide An evidence-supported guide covering treatments addressing multiple Long COVID symptoms & mechanisms — focused on prescription medication, with a limited set of supplements, OTC medications, procedure...

We're thrilled to release the #LongCovid Treatment Guide! This is a collaboration with @rthm.bsky.social to help patients & providers explore treatment options together.

The guide focuses on 24 medications, but includes a few other interventions for breadth /1

Once again, student journalists doing the work!

It's important to pace yourself. You can check our PEM guide with helpful tips and tricks to not over do it.
#covid #LongCovid #longcovidawareness #LongCovidAwarenessDay

The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal A woman who sought asylum in the United States after fleeing a country where homosexuality is illegal says the Trump administration's third-country deportation system sent her to another one.

The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal

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Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.

SO MUCH THIS, I am also so very tired of this, shaming terrible people is great but shame them for the REASON THEY ARE TERRIBLE and not for anything about their bodies or appearances

Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.

Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

This is…a lot.

In addition to her husband being investigated, the Labor Secretary herself is also being investigated for “having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs…”

Title slide reading ‘Mail In Ballots: What Voters Need to Know. Recent changes at the US Postal Service make timing much more important this year. This is especially true of voters with disabilities for a few reasons.” It also features a blue “VOTE” sticker icon.

This image reads: “USPS recently updated their postmarking guidance. This doesn’t change how ballots are mailed, but it does mean postmarking may not always happen the exact day USPS gets your ballot. When it comes to submitting your ballot, we are encouraging folks to give yourself as much time as possible prior to state deadlines with upcoming primaries and the midterm elections.”

This image reads: “Why does this matter? Mail may take longer in some places. Because USPS has combined some mail processing centers, postmarks might show up later than expected, even if you mailed your ballot on time.” An image of a clock is also present.

This image reads: “Don’t wait. Plan ahead. USPS recommends mailing ballots at least 7 days before the postmarking deadline.” An image of a public USPS mailbox is also present.

Mail-in voting rules haven’t changed, but timing has.

Know the USPS postmark guidance updates, plan ahead, and protect your ballot.

Need help? Learn more:
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

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The best synthesis I have seen so far of things I knew or had put together from various sources but had not really seen pulled together 🧪

Importantly, I don’t think these academics were an aberration. I think a lot of scientists would have entered these circles, given the option.

@preyanimalgf - yes the UK has free healthcare but you might die b4 a dr bothers to figure out what is actually wrong with you @wrath_776 - in the US you get to pay large sums of money for the same experience