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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 6d

Free Halloween Zine : Disability perspectives on horror movies : files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 13h

can confirm

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 14h

this fool said peinciples

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 14h

reinventing the seal of the confessional from first peinciples

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 19h

haha, i almost went with "...i'm autistic and have no idea how to properly calibrate the correct amount of seeming interest in what you're saying"

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 22h

If you’re a parent of a child with a disability, you’re worried about how your family will be impacted by SpecEd Department of Education layoffs and you want to talk to a journalist about it, please DM, email (sluterman at 19thnews dot org) or Signal (slooterman.18).

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 1d

Large Language Models do not have access to the meaning of language. They simply have access to the *form* of language (convincingly grammatically correct). This means that no matter how many times it "gets things right" you must treat *every* response as meaningless until validated.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

i do it so that even if it is a short flight people know that i am accustomed to overnight transatlantics

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

"we rewrote the creed"

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

here is a fun perfume fact even though i am not allie: the word comes from the latin per + fumum, meaning "through smoke" because incense was the original perfume

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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 3d

If you think its a coincidence that they are pushing BS autism causes while the DeptEd empties its special education division and ICE had an autistic child in dention without any of their family knowing, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

This is a purposeful attack on our most vulnerable.

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

with parry mechanics

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months.

There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

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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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

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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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

essentially all of federal special education cut, while we bail out argentina and build a 90k square foot ballroom.

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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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure how poorer districts in any state will be able to stomach the costs from IEPs. I expect disability support staff (i.e. paraprofessionals) may be furloughed.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

nothing has prepared me for the absolute horror on display by the nation that i served in uniform to defend

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

it is rather embarrassing tbh

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

nah they maybe would have a year ago but summoning a plague of frogs is political now

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 4d

Nicely done

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 4d

fun fact: the first people to wear clerical collars were actually protestants, and roman catholics picked it up from them

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