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Shirley Leung, PhD

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · Sep 8

I wrote a rant that addresses EVERY Seattle anti-housing "tree advocate" talking point I have ever seen.

It's long but honestly not THAT long lol. I will be very, VERY happy if 5 people read it.

Come be one of them :)

blog.moreparksmoreneighbors.org/page/anti-ho...

Anti-housing, self-proclaimed "tree advocates" are missing the forest for the trees - or worse

“I have to wait HOW long?!” One of the five neighborhood kids gathered around me threw their dirt-caked hands up in disbelief. They were gardening for the first time ever and simply refused to believe...

blog.moreparksmoreneighbors.org

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 17h

Not sure who all needs to know this but lake forest park Safeway has hot pot meats 🍲

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 1d

"Maria" is rolling up raisins under the hot Madera sun. To earn $70, she has to roll 1,000 sheets! Each row has around 250 sheet. It's hard grueling work walking on the burning sand for hours rolling one sheet after another. #WeFeedYou

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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Brandon der Blätter @intcreator.com · 1d

this bike lane has been blocked for two weeks. it has been reported many times by many people by the Find It Fix It app and by phone. I bet if it was a car lane @seattledot.bsky.social would have fixed it by now

the two way bike lane on Airport Way between S Edmunds St. and S Lucile St. with two 1673 lb concrete blocks blocking one of the lanes

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Amy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Hey 10ft tall AI wall can you show me what the mayor would look like if his nose got longer every time he lied like in Pinocchio?

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Amy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS. 10 Foot AI Wall Downtown Broken After Salmon From Pike Place Accidentally Flung Too Far

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 2d

Do not forget, Bruce Harrell is a 63 year old multimillionaire who lives in a 7000 square foot lakefront home.

I feel like he’s the prime demographic for like, and AI investment scam 😩

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 2d

someone in a kipnuk facebook group screen recorded all the pleas for help in the community due to the disaster flooding

hopefully the alaska national guard will make it out there soon

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2d

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · 2d

Wants to ban masks on civilians/curb protest, loves AI/wants to force it into govt, ensures wealthy he won’t tax them, wants to expand the surveillance state and police funding, paints himself as a Trump-style strongman/bully - I’ve told y’all before and I’ll say it again: Harrell is a republican

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Harrell says yes—"what we're trying to do is make sure that masks with the intent to camouflage themselves to exert force over people is not what we want and we'll prove it that so I'm all for that."

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Justin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 2d

The Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell wants people who are protesting the neo-Gestapo to be identified and prosecuted. Don’t vote Harrell.

Please vote for Katie Wilson when ballots go out in a few weeks, Seattle.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 2d

Yikes, he said yes! This is a serious civil liberties concern. There is a vast difference between agents of the state and individual protesters.

Also, I often mask up in public places to keep myself from getting sick, which will only become more necessary now that Trump has decimated the CDC.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Huge applause at Suarez' question about whether Harrell will require protesters to take off their masks like he wants to make ICE take off their masks

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s telling that Harrell seems most comfortable among Republicans.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Harrell says he won't be a mayor "who's just going to tax you to death."

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2d

If you're horrified by this, complete the survey.
cc @niais.bsky.social
Thanks @dotsandlines.bsky.social for the HT
🧪 🔭

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 2d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 6d

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3d

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 3d

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

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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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

The mass firings at the CDC tonight drive home the fact that no one is coming to save us

But we can save each other

Wear a mask. Ideally a respirator like an N95

Even if you’re vaccinated. Even if you’re “not worried”

It protects you but it also protects everyone else

Bonus? Less colds & flus!

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 4d

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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