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รค๓คภՇђค ђ๏гเչ0ภ 🏳️‍⚧️ @samanthahoriz0n.bsky.social · 1h

Facts!

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 4m

Hi @muellershewrote.com ,

I don’t know any disabled person or person with disabilities who calls themself “differently abled”

There are several sources that will explain why “differently abled” is a problematic term.

(Also, please consider adding alt text to your posts)

Thank you.

Why You Shouldn’t Use ‘Differently Abled’ Anymore

Terms like “differently abled” do more harm than good. Here’s why you shouldn’t use them, and what to say instead.

www.betterup.com

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aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 9h

Fun fact: we are DISABLED. It’s not a bad word. Your choice to use that abled-soothing phrase won’t make us less disabled. It’s 2025, not 1985.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 14m

There are much much earlier Isekai … all the Oz books for just a simple example.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 20m

My opinion is that Tron was a wild-out-there film … with a fascinating idea … that has contributed what it can to the zeitgeist and *already* been surpassed … repeatedly.

Matrix and the like are the successors and going back to the Tron-well doesn’t provide anything that we haven’t seen.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 20m

My opinion is that Tron was a wild-out-there film … with a fascinating idea … that has contributed what it can to the zeitgeist and *already* been surpassed … repeatedly.

Matrix and the like are the successors and going back to the Tron-well doesn’t provide anything that we haven’t seen.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4d

‘Stop trying to make Jared Leto happen’

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Who around here makes octopus plushies

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 28m

I would like to know as well

Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 3h

Who around here makes octopus plushies

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 2h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sam Altman: yeah so data centers, well you know they take a lot of power to run. And I figure, what is more powerful than Goku?

Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.

Altman: Goku will power our data centers.

Interviewer: yeah

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 31m

three stuffed cats wearing cowboy hats are standing next to each other on a red carpet

Alt: Bowing Cats

media.tenor.com

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 40m

Apologies for not mentions

Eugenio is photographed in almost exact profile looking to the left in this photo, with the “pac man” bubblegum taking up approximately the left third-to-half of the image.

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 58m

Alt text:

photo of Eugenio Suárez, a baseball player, No notes.

Eugenio had blown an enormous bubblegum bubble. The photo is taken ta the moment the bubble has popped. The bubble looks like a pink pac-man whose mouth is opening away from Eugenio

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

"Over the years, HEPAP and its subpanels have convened experts from the scientific community to help determine the strategic directions for the field. DOE Office of Science and the NSF have also collaborated with DPF in mounting a series of in-depth “Snowmass” studies starting in 1982.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

"'under the guidelines established by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). DOE and NSF continue to enhance their existing partnership in advancing HEP research and work together to support the ongoing U.S. leadership in this forefront research.'

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

"'Since Oct. 2000, the Panel now has joint ownership and continues to be chartered by the Deptment of Energy (DOE) and reports directly to the Associate Director, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science (DOE), and the Assistant Director, Mathematical & Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF),

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

"Although now outdated, this quote from their website summarizes HEPAP’s impact - Oct. 8, 2025)
'The High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) has advised the Federal Government on the national program in experimental and theoretical high energy physics (HEP) research since its inception in 1967.

High Energy Physics Advisory Pan... | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

The High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) has advised the Federal Government on the national program in experimental and theoretical high energy physics (HEP) research since its inception in 1967.

science.osti.gov

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

The APS Division of Particles & Fields statement (1/n) ⚛️🧪:

"DPF Exec. Committee statement on changes to HEPAP
On Sept. 30, we were informed that the DOE Office of Science was consolidating six separate advisory panels (HEPAP, NSAC, etc.) into a combined Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC).

DOE Establishes the Office of Science Advisory Committee

The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the establishment of the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC).

www.energy.gov

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

I am also concerned about the fact that the formation of a new committee means that it will be comprised only of people who agreed to be appointed by the Trump administration. In the past, HEPAP has been comprised of people appointed at different times, often by different presidents. 🧪⚛️

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

It does not really make sense to have a single committee overseeing all of the areas of science that the Department of Energy covers. DOE does everything from nuclear weapons development to searching for dark matter, and there is little to no overlap in the expertise required for these (anymore). 🧪

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

DOE's public statements about this say that all the ad hoc committees, including HEPAP, will be replaced by a single committee. As an STS researcher, I am compelled to point out that this overlaps with the Nazi playbook for taking over German physics. My slides about how they did that:🧪⚛️🔭

APS April 2017.pdf

drive.google.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

For a long time, P5 reports have guided Congressional allocations. In other words, HEPAP played a major role in establishing the national priorities for a field where the US has long been a global leader. HEPAP also supported creating global partnerships in particle physics & particle cosmology. 🧪⚛️🔭

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

HEPAP's responsibilities included helping to set agendas for public meetings where we would have the opportunity to ask program officers about how they were implementing stated goals. HEPAP also appointed the P5, which produced a report every ~10 yrs about particle physics science priorities. ⚛️🧪

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