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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I'm an idiot. Leaving this up for posterity of stupidity. My fell for it again award is in the mail.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 1d

You didn't make this one up, I've seen it on the back of Joe Manchin's Maserati.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 1d

Chat, is it normal to obsess about the afterlife a few days after your second "yearly checkup" of the year?

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 1d

Assuming this might not have been in jest, it is not a HIPAA violation. Law enforcement are not covered entities under HIPAA.

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1d

This is a HIPAA violation.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 2d

Update.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

"Trump and MAGA are the reason your child lost their special education services" is the message, that's easy. Distribution is going to be hard.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 2d

They wiped out OCR. They wiped out OSERS. They wiped out ED OGC. These offices and their functions are all required by federal law, and thats simply not going to happen going forward.

Special education services will be contingent on being able to find competent counsel to represent you.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 5d

The rubicon for me was SCOTUS’ departure from reality in Kennedy v Bremerton.

When the Court decides imaginary disputes that are not presented that ruling cannot be legally binding. SCOTUS has ceased being a court at that point and is just legislating.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 5d

"No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." 5A

"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." 14A

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 5d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Dn...

The bike was an electric motorcycle in ebike's clothing.

How e-Bikes are Killing Motorcycles - Aniioki A9 Pro Max Review

YouTube video by FortNine

www.youtube.com

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 6d

Black children and those with disabilities may suffer the worst consequences, since they disproportionately face harsh discipline at school.

Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office

Black children and those with disabilities may suffer the worst consequences, since they disproportionately face harsh discipline at school.

capitalbnews.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

www.theguardian.com

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 8d

From the e-bike post, a story that definitely did not happen, about a product the author doesn’t understand.

From the “less regulations” party: “Nobody gets to drive anything with a motor — electric or gas — without a driver’s license and registration.”

A section of an asinine article about e-bikes, reading:

“But this kid wasn't just riding his. He was pulling a wheelie on the thing while doing about 40 mph. His front wheel was up so high, it nearly took my face off. Which means he wasn't looking at any stupid flashing crosswalk lights.
/ Follow Opinions on the news
It was such a blur, it took me a second to realize what nearly ended me. The kid was 30 yards past me now, still flying along, looking back, laughing.
I yelled, "What the actual.." - you know the rest.
He grinned and yelled back, "Sorry, Pops!"”

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 10d

update: jesus christ

clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · Sep 4

gonna be fucked up when it comes out we drone striked a bunch of fishermen

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 11d

Really feels like "R camp is feeding bullshit to reporters" is newsworthy, especially if other reporters are repeating it as gospel.

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 11d

So the only story you wrote *wasn't* about R's trying to manipulate reporters into giving coverage they knew was false, but would be favorable because their actual plans were extremely unpopular? Even though that's what your reporting revealed?

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Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 11d

A good article on Kavanaugh Stops

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 11d

Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you

That is not, in fact, what ICE does

He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day

Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 12d

In Shelby County, Roberts wrote that states have to be treated equally... One among many of his horrible decisions that got us to this point.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 12d

this government is fucking with the bonds of union, genuinely insane

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12d

simple an untenable situation, but doubly so given that big blue states are HUGE net contributors to the federal budget www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Affidavit Bowie @affidavitbowie.bsky.social · 12d

the World's Greatest Deliberative Body btw

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12d

Ted Cruz just posted a video montage with photos of every Democratic senator altered to make them wear sombreros and mustaches. It’s set to the song Macarena.

What the fuck are we doing here?

Ted Cruz v @tedcruz
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The 44 Senate Democrats who voted for Schumer's Shutdown should know that the Sombrero posting will continue until they re-open our government.
Hey, Macarena!

[photo of Amy Klobuchar that’s been altered]

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12d

Last night, the ADL took down its "Glossary of antisemitism" which included an entry for the term "globalist," describing it as a far-right codeword for Jews.

Hours later, the official DHS account authors a post with a common far-right meme, saying that "globalists" will be denied entry to the US.

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Eidorb the Unseemly Ksc @vexedfluxation.bsky.social · 13d

Jimmy Carr wrestling with the moral dilemma of whether or not to pay tax on the money he's getting for playing Riyadh

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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