Nathan Summers
@rockwlrs.bsky.social
Software developer that grew up in Indiana, lived all over the continent, and then settled down in rural Kentucky.
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"Inclusion" often means "inclusive placement," but simply being in a general ed setting isn't authentic inclusion. It's about more than presence and involves flexible planning for each and every student. Our guest Lisa Mihalich Quinn shares that the magic happens when educators ask, "what if?"
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Inclusion" often means "inclusive placement," but simply being in a general ed setting isn't authentic inclusion. It's about more than presence and involves flexible planning for each and every student. Our guest Lisa Mihalich Quinn shares that the magic happens when educators ask, "what if?"
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carlyn mueller and i wrote a piece on how disabled youth are writing about their lives in ways that center disability justice and what that means for how we imagine the curriculum. we offer the idea of a disability justice generation.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
carlyn mueller and i wrote a piece on how disabled youth are writing about their lives in ways that center disability justice and what that means for how we imagine the curriculum. we offer the idea of a disability justice generation.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
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github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
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If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
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"Big old" means big and not old. A big old house is a big house, not an old house. Old is the intensifier. It's an idiom.
But wow the arguments you get into with people when you try to explain this. Big old arguments that are still not old.
But wow the arguments you get into with people when you try to explain this. Big old arguments that are still not old.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Big old" means big and not old. A big old house is a big house, not an old house. Old is the intensifier. It's an idiom.
But wow the arguments you get into with people when you try to explain this. Big old arguments that are still not old.
But wow the arguments you get into with people when you try to explain this. Big old arguments that are still not old.
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Even that is limited (by budgets) - but at least it is SOMETHING.
Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
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Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
4/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Even that is limited (by budgets) - but at least it is SOMETHING.
Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
4/
Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
4/
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They see the risks, see the fact that they bring the infection home to parents & grandparents.
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
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Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They see the risks, see the fact that they bring the infection home to parents & grandparents.
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/
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A number of the callers highlighted that their children were going to school at the start of covid.
No measures were put in place for their safety - despite schools being recognised as petrified dishes for infection.
Many schools STILL resist masking & filtration.
Kids ARE aware.
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No measures were put in place for their safety - despite schools being recognised as petrified dishes for infection.
Many schools STILL resist masking & filtration.
Kids ARE aware.
2/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A number of the callers highlighted that their children were going to school at the start of covid.
No measures were put in place for their safety - despite schools being recognised as petrified dishes for infection.
Many schools STILL resist masking & filtration.
Kids ARE aware.
2/
No measures were put in place for their safety - despite schools being recognised as petrified dishes for infection.
Many schools STILL resist masking & filtration.
Kids ARE aware.
2/
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I have been listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social discuss children who can't or won't go to school.
His carers have covered many cases were children were near terrified of going in.
What it didn't touch on was the kids fear of being forced into a dangerous environment.
1/
His carers have covered many cases were children were near terrified of going in.
What it didn't touch on was the kids fear of being forced into a dangerous environment.
1/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I have been listening to @mrjamesob.bsky.social discuss children who can't or won't go to school.
His carers have covered many cases were children were near terrified of going in.
What it didn't touch on was the kids fear of being forced into a dangerous environment.
1/
His carers have covered many cases were children were near terrified of going in.
What it didn't touch on was the kids fear of being forced into a dangerous environment.
1/
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Maybe the next generation will set its sights on solving systemic problems instead of “My burrito is at a restaurant, but I’m all cozy here so, can a guy with a medical degree from another country bring it to me.” We’ve got that covered, and then some.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Maybe the next generation will set its sights on solving systemic problems instead of “My burrito is at a restaurant, but I’m all cozy here so, can a guy with a medical degree from another country bring it to me.” We’ve got that covered, and then some.
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A baby died of whooping cough in Kentucky… it’s the third child death from the disease in the past 12 months.
Measles and whooping cough are highly preventable with vaccination.
Sadly none of the children or their mothers were vaccinated.
One more example of the harm being wrought by RFK Jr
Measles and whooping cough are highly preventable with vaccination.
Sadly none of the children or their mothers were vaccinated.
One more example of the harm being wrought by RFK Jr
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A baby died of whooping cough in Kentucky… it’s the third child death from the disease in the past 12 months.
Measles and whooping cough are highly preventable with vaccination.
Sadly none of the children or their mothers were vaccinated.
One more example of the harm being wrought by RFK Jr
Measles and whooping cough are highly preventable with vaccination.
Sadly none of the children or their mothers were vaccinated.
One more example of the harm being wrought by RFK Jr
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Writers, there are SO MANY unique ways for your characters to have side effects or overdoses from medications, compounds, and the natural world.
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Writers, there are SO MANY unique ways for your characters to have side effects or overdoses from medications, compounds, and the natural world.
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
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Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie) was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1867.
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
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She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 was awarded to Marie Curie, née Skłodowska "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by th...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie) was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1867.
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
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Some of the questions I've had while collecting data:
* Should 17-year-olds be allowed to drive a Hummer H3?
* What is a "non life threatening injury"?
* Are you safe from cars while sleeping in bed?
* How many people die in parking lots?
* What happens when snowplows get too big?
* Should 17-year-olds be allowed to drive a Hummer H3?
* What is a "non life threatening injury"?
* Are you safe from cars while sleeping in bed?
* How many people die in parking lots?
* What happens when snowplows get too big?
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Some of the questions I've had while collecting data:
* Should 17-year-olds be allowed to drive a Hummer H3?
* What is a "non life threatening injury"?
* Are you safe from cars while sleeping in bed?
* How many people die in parking lots?
* What happens when snowplows get too big?
* Should 17-year-olds be allowed to drive a Hummer H3?
* What is a "non life threatening injury"?
* Are you safe from cars while sleeping in bed?
* How many people die in parking lots?
* What happens when snowplows get too big?
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Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
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Nov 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & kicks off #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
2025 is abt raising awareness of digital tools increasingly being used to stalk, harass & abuse women & girls & working to end it.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
2025 is abt raising awareness of digital tools increasingly being used to stalk, harass & abuse women & girls & working to end it.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Nov 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & kicks off #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
2025 is abt raising awareness of digital tools increasingly being used to stalk, harass & abuse women & girls & working to end it.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
2025 is abt raising awareness of digital tools increasingly being used to stalk, harass & abuse women & girls & working to end it.
www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-d...
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There’s one year’s membership to our Patreon Club for Terrible Autistics very generously being offered by one of our not-at-all terrible readers!
I can now make it 11 if anyone would like a gift link for a year's membership?
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There’s one year’s membership to our Patreon Club for Terrible Autistics very generously being offered by one of our not-at-all terrible readers!
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Accessibility should be the default not a luxury option.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Accessibility should be the default not a luxury option.
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The best part of this last (very difficult) year has been seeing so many people choose to stop giving into the divisive propaganda & instead develop community support systems, (that our government is no longer providing); while still holding boundaries w/ the people who continue to choose division 🫶🏻
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The best part of this last (very difficult) year has been seeing so many people choose to stop giving into the divisive propaganda & instead develop community support systems, (that our government is no longer providing); while still holding boundaries w/ the people who continue to choose division 🫶🏻
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🎗️Gentle Reminder
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🎗️Gentle Reminder
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December 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Wonderful to get the feedback from school that our kid is talking to their friends about the existence of things that their parents aren't equipped to talk to their kids about, and somehow that's a problem for my family to solve.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wonderful to get the feedback from school that our kid is talking to their friends about the existence of things that their parents aren't equipped to talk to their kids about, and somehow that's a problem for my family to solve.