Laura
@bluedotpeach.bsky.social
I’m here for community, expertise, insight, and timely and truthful information…I care about human rights and civil rights, Healthcare, Mental Healthcare, Education and Disability Justice…p.s.Covid is not over😷…I’m a 🔵 living in the 🍑state.
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Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office:
• 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students
• 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence
• 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination
• 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students
• 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence
• 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and…
propub.li
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office:
• 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students
• 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence
• 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination
• 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students
• 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence
• 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination
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February 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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DREDF will hold a Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504 on February 12, 2025 at 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET. They will talk about the case, the next steps in the case, & what you can do about it. Register: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the...
In September 2024, a group of 17 states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government called Texas v. Becerra. The lawsuit asks the court to get rid of Section 504 and its regulations. Section 504 is a ...
dredf-org.zoom.us
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
DREDF will hold a Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504 on February 12, 2025 at 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET. They will talk about the case, the next steps in the case, & what you can do about it. Register: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas
to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
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Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump makes it official: JAY BHATTACHARYA, a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, is his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
November 27, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Trump makes it official: JAY BHATTACHARYA, a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, is his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
A remarkable turn after Bhattacharya became a public health pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his "fringe" views.
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“Knowledge is power. Book bans go against the very nature of an open, civil society. Whether through the legal system, the ballot box or our voices, we must uphold educational freedom and support knowledge. We must stop the censoring of books."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
Book Bans Harm Kids
Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed their curiosity and develop empathy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:09 PM
“Knowledge is power. Book bans go against the very nature of an open, civil society. Whether through the legal system, the ballot box or our voices, we must uphold educational freedom and support knowledge. We must stop the censoring of books."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
Yikes y’all! This won’t play out well in Georgia. Now would be a good time to make sure you and your kids are up to date and you might want to get comfortable with other mitigating measures too. 😷😬
Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
These are the vaccination rates of kindergartners by state. It takes 95% coverage of MMR vaccine to prevent measles outbreaks & most states are not achieving it. I fear that under the new administration rates will drop even further and we will start to see preventable illness, disability, and death
November 16, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Yikes y’all! This won’t play out well in Georgia. Now would be a good time to make sure you and your kids are up to date and you might want to get comfortable with other mitigating measures too. 😷😬
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“Combating disinformation requires a heartfelt approach beyond education, regulation, and personal responsibility. Resilience efforts must include healing and community-building,” says Martina Van Norden, a PEN America organizer. pen.org/lies-hurt-us...
Lies Hurt Us All: Humanizing Our Response to Disinformation - PEN America
Restating the truth is needed to reset the consequential hurt of disinformation — and there is work that we all can do to advance this healing in our communities.
pen.org
November 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
“Combating disinformation requires a heartfelt approach beyond education, regulation, and personal responsibility. Resilience efforts must include healing and community-building,” says Martina Van Norden, a PEN America organizer. pen.org/lies-hurt-us...