fey stranger
@feyandstrange.bsky.social
Accessibility nerd (real world not Internet/tech) specializing in events (hire me for your convention!), disaster response nerd, neurodiverse (thus parenthetical), wheelchair user, queer, freak, progressive liberal, old and tired, news junkie on hiatus
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
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Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
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Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
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As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor
www.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Celebrate the release of We Will Rise Again with EFF! Cindy Cohn joins the event at The Booksmith on Dec 2. Don’t forget to RSVP! www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
We Will Rise Again at The Booksmith
The Booksmith is proud to be celebrating the release of We Will Rise Again with Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Reo Eveleth, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, and Vida James.When:Tuesday, December
www.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Celebrate the release of We Will Rise Again with EFF! Cindy Cohn joins the event at The Booksmith on Dec 2. Don’t forget to RSVP! www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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These links might come in handy for you today and over this weekend! With new deals from our friends at @chaosium.bsky.social @montecookgames.com and more just added to the listing this morn. #TTRPGs #TabletopGaming #BoardGames #BlackFriday2025 thegaminggang.com/save-money-o...
Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025 Tabletop Gaming Deals - The Gaming Gang
Here are just a few of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025 board game, miniature, and TTRPG deals you'll find this week.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
These links might come in handy for you today and over this weekend! With new deals from our friends at @chaosium.bsky.social @montecookgames.com and more just added to the listing this morn. #TTRPGs #TabletopGaming #BoardGames #BlackFriday2025 thegaminggang.com/save-money-o...
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.
This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
It is minor compared to people losing their food aid or paychecks, but I'm pissed that the FEMA online education system is shut down. Everybody from disaster managers to public health to your fire department, county and state, use those free training programs, sometimes to qualify for jobs.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is minor compared to people losing their food aid or paychecks, but I'm pissed that the FEMA online education system is shut down. Everybody from disaster managers to public health to your fire department, county and state, use those free training programs, sometimes to qualify for jobs.
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Due to the federal government shutdown, CalFresh benefits won't be issued in November. However, San Franciscans who are use CalFresh will get a letter from our agency next week with instructions for accessing a one-time prepaid card that can be used at grocery stores citywide: sfhsa.org/calfreshaid
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Due to the federal government shutdown, CalFresh benefits won't be issued in November. However, San Franciscans who are use CalFresh will get a letter from our agency next week with instructions for accessing a one-time prepaid card that can be used at grocery stores citywide: sfhsa.org/calfreshaid
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When we were deployed, some Afghans risked their lives to help us. Now Trump wants to send them out to be killed by the Taliban.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
Exclusive: The U.S. government asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. Legal experts say the case could have consequences for Afghans the U.S. rescued and promised to support.
Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing
Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When we were deployed, some Afghans risked their lives to help us. Now Trump wants to send them out to be killed by the Taliban.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
It’s a disgrace, a betrayal, and a decision that endangers future US troops.
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I suspect the shift to fascism is in part due to this very phenomenon.
There is a shift in late stage capitalism to plutonimy where those outside the ultra-rich are economically irrelevant, but even the limited franchise of a farce of a democracy like the US is getting in the way of this change.
There is a shift in late stage capitalism to plutonimy where those outside the ultra-rich are economically irrelevant, but even the limited franchise of a farce of a democracy like the US is getting in the way of this change.
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I suspect the shift to fascism is in part due to this very phenomenon.
There is a shift in late stage capitalism to plutonimy where those outside the ultra-rich are economically irrelevant, but even the limited franchise of a farce of a democracy like the US is getting in the way of this change.
There is a shift in late stage capitalism to plutonimy where those outside the ultra-rich are economically irrelevant, but even the limited franchise of a farce of a democracy like the US is getting in the way of this change.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Join the movement to End Hunger in America
- volunteer at a food bank
- advocate
- donate
www.feedingamerica.org/take-action
- volunteer at a food bank
- advocate
- donate
www.feedingamerica.org/take-action
Take Action | Feeding America
Ready to make a difference? Find impactful ways to volunteer, advocate, and raise awareness with Feeding America. Join us in the fight to end hunger in America.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Join the movement to End Hunger in America
- volunteer at a food bank
- advocate
- donate
www.feedingamerica.org/take-action
- volunteer at a food bank
- advocate
- donate
www.feedingamerica.org/take-action
After every disaster when people lose power, there are deaths of this kind. Please be careful with portable generators and don't use them indoors.
If you lose power this winter and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful.
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2021 with @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2021 with @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.
Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by ...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
After every disaster when people lose power, there are deaths of this kind. Please be careful with portable generators and don't use them indoors.
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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4/ Russia may be able to pose a significant threat to NATO on a timeline much sooner than 2036 and without necessarily reconstituting its tank fleet.
European authorities continue to report increased unidentified drone sightings in European airspace near military facilities.
European authorities continue to report increased unidentified drone sightings in European airspace near military facilities.
October 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
4/ Russia may be able to pose a significant threat to NATO on a timeline much sooner than 2036 and without necessarily reconstituting its tank fleet.
European authorities continue to report increased unidentified drone sightings in European airspace near military facilities.
European authorities continue to report increased unidentified drone sightings in European airspace near military facilities.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
I don't want to shill for the Post, but this is a serious, silent and growing issue. Disabled folks below that age mark are in the same unpleasant boat. Nursing homes are not nice places to live, and we're supposed to have the right to care in the community - but that care is not great either.
More than 15 million people 55 or older don’t have a spouse or biological children; nearly 2 million have no family members at all.
Who will be there for these solo agers as their lives draw to a close? How many of them will die alone?
Who will be there for these solo agers as their lives draw to a close? How many of them will die alone?
An age-old fear grows more common: ‘I’m going to die alone’
As families fracture, people are living longer and are more likely to find themselves without close relatives or friends at the end of their lives.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I don't want to shill for the Post, but this is a serious, silent and growing issue. Disabled folks below that age mark are in the same unpleasant boat. Nursing homes are not nice places to live, and we're supposed to have the right to care in the community - but that care is not great either.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.
If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.
If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
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The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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at its core, a lot of these guys use AI as a woman who can be forced to love them, cannot say no to them, and that they have 100% control over. the problem isn't the specific words used or the specific target, it's what such behavior indicates about the user themselves
October 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
at its core, a lot of these guys use AI as a woman who can be forced to love them, cannot say no to them, and that they have 100% control over. the problem isn't the specific words used or the specific target, it's what such behavior indicates about the user themselves