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· Jul 28
35 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Milestone in Peril
This past Saturday, Americans celebrated the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with rallies, marches, and events across the country.
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As we honor the progress achieved towards inclusion, access, and dignity for people with disabilities, we must also acknowledge the unsettling steps backward taking place today. #ADA35
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Political violence has no place in a civil liberal society!?!?
What the fuck is ICE?
What the fuck is the US-funded GENOCIDE of the Palestinians?
What the fuck is the systemic POLICE killing of unarmed Black people?
What the fuck is brutal arrest of ANTIWAR college students?
What the fuck is ICE?
What the fuck is the US-funded GENOCIDE of the Palestinians?
What the fuck is the systemic POLICE killing of unarmed Black people?
What the fuck is brutal arrest of ANTIWAR college students?
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Political violence has no place in a civil liberal society!?!?
What the fuck is ICE?
What the fuck is the US-funded GENOCIDE of the Palestinians?
What the fuck is the systemic POLICE killing of unarmed Black people?
What the fuck is brutal arrest of ANTIWAR college students?
What the fuck is ICE?
What the fuck is the US-funded GENOCIDE of the Palestinians?
What the fuck is the systemic POLICE killing of unarmed Black people?
What the fuck is brutal arrest of ANTIWAR college students?
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Do we need reminding of this?
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”
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September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Do we need reminding of this?
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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Trying to strike a balance between hating political violence and hating Charlie Kirk, while acknowledging America’s history of violence against Black leaders and liberation activists that Kirk doesn’t care about, while also pointing out the systemic problems the right built that led us to this...
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trying to strike a balance between hating political violence and hating Charlie Kirk, while acknowledging America’s history of violence against Black leaders and liberation activists that Kirk doesn’t care about, while also pointing out the systemic problems the right built that led us to this...
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Donate to Help to Jihad, organized by Fatima Ibraimo ferez
I am a 34-year-old man from Gaza, married and once living a simple, peaceful life. Before the… Fatima Ibraimo ferez needs your support for Help to Jihad
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September 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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📣 DC is our home, not a military zone.
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
We Are All DC
On September 6, we march to Stop the Trump Takeover. Show up at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW & W St NW) on Saturday, September 6 at 11 AM. We march at 12 PM. Allies join us!
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September 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣 DC is our home, not a military zone.
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe.
📍 Malcolm X Park
16th St NW &, W St NW
Washington, DC 20009
🕰 11 AM
#WeAreAllDC
Learn more at weareallDC.com
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Dear friends, even £25 can change our day completely....
it means food, safety, and hope for my children.❤️
it means food, safety, and hope for my children.❤️
September 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Dear friends, even £25 can change our day completely....
it means food, safety, and hope for my children.❤️
it means food, safety, and hope for my children.❤️
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Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
We lost everything in this war.💔🚨 And also our source of livelihood Now we have nothing Even my son who suffers from cartilage is not able to work We only have you left. We hope you can help us.🙏♥️
gofund.me/dd60f6b9
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September 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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From “Design a Spaceship” by Andi Buchanan in Uncanny Magazine issue 24 (“Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!”), September / October 2018.
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I’ve seen the answer far too often as an abled consultant. It’s usually shitty. Overlays exacerbated it on the web.
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I’ve seen the answer far too often as an abled consultant. It’s usually shitty. Overlays exacerbated it on the web.
September 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From “Design a Spaceship” by Andi Buchanan in Uncanny Magazine issue 24 (“Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!”), September / October 2018.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f145b7...
I’ve seen the answer far too often as an abled consultant. It’s usually shitty. Overlays exacerbated it on the web.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/f145b7...
I’ve seen the answer far too often as an abled consultant. It’s usually shitty. Overlays exacerbated it on the web.
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DC residents are united in one demand: federal forces out of our city now. On Sept 8, we take that demand straight to Congress. Stand with us. #FreeDC RSVP: freedcproject.org/event-list/f...
Federal Forces Out Now: Visits to Congress with Free DC — Free DC
DC residents want federal forces out IMMEDIATELY. We are calling on our allies across the country to join us to visit Members of Congress on Thursday, September 4 and Monday, September 8 to tell t...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
DC residents are united in one demand: federal forces out of our city now. On Sept 8, we take that demand straight to Congress. Stand with us. #FreeDC RSVP: freedcproject.org/event-list/f...
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Now you C-D-See it, now you don't.
@theonion.com
@theonion.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Now you C-D-See it, now you don't.
@theonion.com
@theonion.com
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I can't take any "fascism experts" seriously who spent the past 2 decades ragging on abolitionists who said plainly that fascism was both already embedded in the criminal punishment system AND that criminalization is the fuel for fascism.
September 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I can't take any "fascism experts" seriously who spent the past 2 decades ragging on abolitionists who said plainly that fascism was both already embedded in the criminal punishment system AND that criminalization is the fuel for fascism.
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Thursday, September 4 - ICE Rapid Response and Know Your Rights Training / YES on PROP 50 Phonebank / Satirical Play This Weekend
Thursday, September 4 - ICE Rapid Response and Know Your Rights Training / YES on PROP 50 Phonebank / Satirical Play This Weekend — Indivisible Chicago Alliance
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September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thursday, September 4 - ICE Rapid Response and Know Your Rights Training / YES on PROP 50 Phonebank / Satirical Play This Weekend
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September 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Donate to Support Hassan's family look their lives and future, organized by Hassan ALShaer
Hello, my name is Hassan, a resident of the Gaza Strip. I am mar… Hassan ALShaer needs your support for Support Hassan's family look their lives and future
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September 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... #dementia #science
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... #dementia #science
Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... #dementia #science
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... #dementia #science
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Help Mai and her family leave Gaza before it’s too late
I'm helping my friend Mai raise funds to help her family survive. All of my transactions to her are listed here for accountability: tiny.cc/Mai-Funds.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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proud to announce my movie “yoda with huge rack smoking blunt in gundam during d-day landing, drawn in style of doonesbury” is not only a huge box office success worldwide but has been nominated for several academy awards including best gundam yoda
When a single person anywhere in the world can generate a film from a prompt, what does Hollywood still represent?
www.latimes.com/entertainme...
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If anyone can make a movie now, what does Hollywood still stand for?
From AI-native studios to interactive platforms, a new generation of storytellers is challenging Hollywood’s role as the center of the entertainment universe.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
proud to announce my movie “yoda with huge rack smoking blunt in gundam during d-day landing, drawn in style of doonesbury” is not only a huge box office success worldwide but has been nominated for several academy awards including best gundam yoda
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Palantir sycophants love to condescendingly gloat about proving the "haters" wrong, then you look at the haters and its a bunch of journalists, activists, and media ppl sounding the alarm about a techno-authoritarian defense contractor that is actively constructing the American surveillance state.
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Palantir sycophants love to condescendingly gloat about proving the "haters" wrong, then you look at the haters and its a bunch of journalists, activists, and media ppl sounding the alarm about a techno-authoritarian defense contractor that is actively constructing the American surveillance state.
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A Cry for Help: Save Little Moudi from Gaza
Five-year old Moudi has never known peace. Born with a breathing condition, life was already difficult for him before the war on Gaza began. But for the past 18 months, Moudi's tiny lungs have struggl...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Domestic cats may be beloved pets, but when allowed to roam outdoors unsupervised, they can pose a serious threat to local wildlife. That’s why, on this #InternationalCatDay, we’re reminding you to keep your cats indoors.
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Cats and Wildlife: A Dangerous Mix » Backyard-Wildlife.net
Responsible cat ownership is not about depriving cats of freedom—it’s about giving them a safe, stimulating life while respecting the natural world.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Domestic cats may be beloved pets, but when allowed to roam outdoors unsupervised, they can pose a serious threat to local wildlife. That’s why, on this #InternationalCatDay, we’re reminding you to keep your cats indoors.
backyard-wildlife.net/2025/08/cats...
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