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Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social · Apr 18

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #AmericanSignLanguage Day, the founding of the American School for the #Deaf in 1817 & #blind
#mathematician Leonhard Euler.

Listen & read transcript: disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/ep106/

#Hartford #CT #ASD #math #DeafGain #ASL #EduSky #history

Bronze sculpture of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and young Alice Cogswell. Gallaudet is seated and, by resting his right thumb next to his closed fist, makes the ASL sign for the letter A. He gazes down at Alice, who also signs the letter A with her right hand while clutching a book to her heart with her left hand. She looks up at Gallaudet. Blue skies and green trees are behind the sculpture on the campus of the American School for the Deaf.

Painting of Leonhard Euler with his head turned to his right. He is wearing a blue coat with black stripes over a ruffled white blouse. His hair and head is covered by a silver head wrap. He purses his lips, and his right eye droops.

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NOAA @noaa.gov · Mar 28

The cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., have officially reached peak bloom!

Take a peek 👓 (not peak!) at the blooms pictured here, taken today (3/28) by the National Park Service.

Visit nps.gov/cherry for more.

Close-up of cherry blossoms leaves taken March 28, 2025, the first day of “peak bloom” for the trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Credit: National Park Service.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Mar 6

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.

At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

www.nature.com

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peacefulprairegal.bsky.social @peacefulprairegal.bsky.social · Feb 22

Fifty-six percent of children in Oklahoma have Medicaid. These liars will stop at nothing. Soonercare covers those who are older as well as those with disabilities.

Bren @kindofnerdy.bsky.social · Feb 21

Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid. He lied.

2 out of every 5 births in this country are covered by Medicaid....

Don't Cut My Medicaid

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social · Feb 19

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 21

He's willfully sabotaging all of public health.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
#Medsky #IDSky

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Myra Batchelder @myrabatchelder.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is outrageous. US should not destroy $500 million in COVID tests!

Hundreds of people in the US are still dying every week from COVID.

People are still getting COVID and then Long COVID and other serious health issues from COVID.

COVID wastewater is high.

COVID is not over.

wapo.st/42VLGQh

U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests

The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and is considering destroying 160 million tests.

wapo.st

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ACLU @aclu.org · Feb 17

LaLa Zanell advocates on behalf of LGBTQ people facing violence, from her own community all the way to Congress.

For her work as our Trans Justice campaign manager and for many other facets of her life, we celebrate LaLa and her continued fight for our communities.

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

Who's running this country:
MUSK
Donald Trump or
Elon Musk?
Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
The Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call Your Senators and tell them it's time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk.
No One Elected Elon Musk
FireMusk.org
Common
Cause
Holding Power Accountable
SP
ACTION
LC
FUND

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 17

Vaccines are safe and effective. Elections have consequences. #MedSky

Dr Leigh Lewis @ellelewis.bsky.social · Feb 17

RFK jr refused to say gardasil is safe.

Gardasil HPV vax prevents 90% of cervical cancer cases and 56% head & neck cancer cases.

These are your sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, grandchildren

Elections have consequences

MedSky

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 17

#IDSky on a roll here

ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Feb 17

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 16

U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu

The decision brings U.S. poultry farmers a step closer to immunizing their flocks

www.science.org

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Feb 15

They distract you over here with a little anti-trans bigotry in an executive order, while their other hand is stealing your Social Security number.

Tell Congress to pass the "Stop the Steal" bill to prevent Elon Musk from meddling with our payment systems and data here: bit.ly/4gnneKE

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Feb 15

200-300 Texans are believed to infected with #measles, an extremely contagious and deadly virus, as the disease spreads throughout the state. State officials urge residents to get vaccinated and warn it may not be possible to stop the spread of measles.
www.chron.com/news/houston...

Hundreds of people feared infected with measles in Texas

The outbreak of measles in a small West Texas community may be worse than officials originally thought. They are scrambling to promote vaccinations.

www.chron.com

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peacefulprairegal.bsky.social @peacefulprairegal.bsky.social · Feb 14

Stop the attack on Section 504

Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

dredf.org

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peacefulprairegal.bsky.social @peacefulprairegal.bsky.social · Feb 14

RFK will result in a greater percentage of the population needing medication for mental health.

Antidepressants Gave Me My Life Back—I Won’t Let RFK Jr. Villainize Them

SSRIs have been prescribed safely for decades. And this fearmongering from the current administration could have deadly consequences.

www.cosmopolitan.com

peacefulprairegal.bsky.social @peacefulprairegal.bsky.social · Feb 14

These folks have no idea what a measles outbreak would look like. #worstideaever

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 11

Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information

The NGO Doctors for America argued that HHS, CDC and FDA violated federal law in removing medical information from public-facing websites.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Feb 11

"Just awful: One of the inspector generals that Trump fired was examining Elon Musk's failures to meet reporting protocol designed to safeguard national security as a major recipient of Pentagon contracts. It's time to follow up on that."

Read more here: bit.ly/4hwLoDN

#ResistTrump

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Feb 11

They're not planning on actually governing. They never were. The plan is to rule.

#ResistTrump

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 11

Google folded to Trump's will immediately to rename the Gulf of Mexico. How to submit a correction comment:
Go to Google maps (website).
Hamburger menu -> Edit the map -> Your Opinion -> Report an issue

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · Feb 9

American Medical Association is providing regular updates on bird flu and other infectious diseases on YouTube. I highly recommend subscribing to their page, especially since CDC has been axed by FOTUS #Voices4Victory

m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...

American Medical Association (AMA)

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Our mission is to promote ...

m.youtube.com

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · Feb 10

"The administration, in its drive for total power, is determined to plunge the nation into even deeper constitutional crisis as Vance all but said directly by tweet last night that Trump intends to ignore court orders designed to curb some of his unconstitutional power grabs."

More: bit.ly/3WVqzKd

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Feb 10

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org

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