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Delbert Whetter

@delwhetter.bsky.social
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Multigenerational Deaf filmmaker, producer, business owner, consultant, board member and advocate for disability inclusion in Hollywood and everywhere else. 🤟Producer of feature-length animation, documentaries, and live-action narrative films. #GoDucks !

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
MATT DAMON — 56 Candles 🎂 today — talks about auditioning for DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) not getting the part & spending the entire summer working in his hometown Movie theatre as an usher tearing tickets & watching people come out crying so moved by the movie were they.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Manga, the Hugely Popular Graphic Novels That Originated in Japan, Targeted In Growing Number of Book Bans in the U.S. pen.org/banned-manga #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Manga, the Hugely Popular Graphic Novels That Originated in Japan, Targeted In Growing Number of Book Bans in the U.S.
Many popular manga artists appear on PEN America’s list of most commonly banned authors in the 2025-2026 school year.
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i don't think you should be allowed to call your business a speakeasy if it has a yelp page
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Mirjam Swanson @mirjamswanson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bad look. Awful look. Classless and crass. On Lincoln Riley’s blind eye to the antics that followed the scary hit on Dante Moore — and how much that says about the state of USC football. www.latimes.com/sports/usc/s...
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Commentary: USC didn't just lose to Oregon. Lincoln Riley fumbled away the Trojans' integrity.
Columnist Mirjam Swanson writes USC coach Lincoln Riley's embarrassing lack of leadership cost the Trojans a potential win over Oregon.
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Delbert Whetter @delwhetter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Prediction of the next channel ESPN will move this game to before final buzzer: The Ocho. #GoDucks
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FREEBROOKLYN❌👑 @freebklyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hard to be more “don’t threaten me with a good time” than this threat of a good time.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 03/09/2026
Just got outta the TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY 35th anniversary rerelease and Jesus Christ, man. What a movie. They had to do all that shit for real. They had to fly that helicopter under an overpass. They had to blow up that building. They had to find an actor who could turn into liquid metal.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fuck. No. The greatest human being to ever live. Was thinking about Steel Magnolias when the director shouted at her in front of everyone and told her she couldn’t act and had no idea why they’d hired her she said “Because I’m Dolly Parton, and they hired you to make me look like I can act.”
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
He’s terrific in this series. Incredible casting across the board.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dr. Vin Gupta: There is no proven link between the childhood vaccine schedule and the development of autism. There are other much more plausible and proven risks that we just don’t talk about because they are so focused on their hypothesis that’s been debunked.…
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Nice - slightly accurate recount of those crazy days - www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Before most people knew what an indie was, there was 'Tapeheads,' shot in a now-gone Los Angeles
Starring a young John Cusack and Tim Robbins, the 1988 comedy now plays like a time capsule of L.A. scrappiness. It screens in 35mm on Monday.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
One of the largest US studies ever conducted on the MMR vaccine and autism has just been published, analyzing more than 2.5 million children.  Researchers found no association between receiving the first MMR vaccine before age 2 and childhood autism.
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Dannie G @dgodin1234.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
There's a band right now loading in $9,000 of equipment in a 98 Toyota to take to a gig that pays $250. Support local bands.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
📹| In a funny incident, two people tried to enter a movie theater screening [The Odyssey] without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse in a comedic reenactment of the famous story.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hi! For reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com, I'm looking to connect with people on how workplace accommodations has helped their mental health when it comes to changing in function due to Long Covid. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well, joint greatest
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 08/07/2026
We must unite our country through care – care for our loved ones, care for our communities, and care for our country.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Her name is Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, PhD (Physics) and she loves to teach. 😃 people.tamu.edu/~etanya/
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 25/06/2026
Cinemas are a ripoff
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/06/2026
This DOJ memo would turn back the clock on decades of law. @crampell.bsky.social's latest "Receipts" looks at an authorization that went out last week allowing states to institutionalize more people with disabilities, taking away their autonomy.
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The Americans Trump Would Rather Not See
There are some uncomfortably eugenicist vibes in Trump’s latest disability policy, which authorizes states to institutionalize more Americans.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“Mankind will reach maturity on the day it learns to value diversity —of life and ideas. ... The worst thing that could happen is for all of us to look and think and act alike.” — Gene Roddenberry I'm guessing Pauline Hanson is no fan of #StarTrek. #auspol #diversity #multiculturalism
"If man is to survive, he will learn to take delight in the essential differences between cultures. To learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear." — Gene Roddenberry
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23/06/2026
apparently the bassist for the Oregon Symphony wore a shark costume for their performance of the Jaws score, you love to see it www.reddit.com/r/Portland/c...
photo of a symphony orchestra in concert, only the double bass player is in an inflatable shark costume
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Delbert Whetter @delwhetter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This review has me pretty stoked to see this upcoming film by @manmademoon.bsky.social deadline.com/2026/06/rogu...
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‘Rogue Trooper’ Review: Duncan Jones’ Visually Mind-Blowing War Movie
‘Rogue Trooper’ review: Duncan Jones’ '2000AD' adaptation is a fast, funny, visually mind-blowing old-school war movie – Annecy Film Festival
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Woohooo, a panel on reporting on eugenics w/ @infamouslyshort.bsky.social of @discojourno.bsky.social, Ericka Dixon of Transgender Law Center, and me of @motherjones.com is now on @healthjournalism.org's YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ui...
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Survival of the fittest: Covering the resurgence of eugenics-coded health policies and products
YouTube video by HealthJournalism
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“Thrilling music playing” That’s just your opinion, subtitles.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted
Research was included in CDC's recent hepatitis B birth vaccination review
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
eating in mexico as a european has gotta be like hearing music for the first time
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @nicolefilippone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
About 7 years ago when I first realized one of my kids might be autistic, I remember googling "what is autism" and immediately being overwhelmed and confused by what I found. As I read and read... and read... I kept thinking, is there a checklist somewhere? I mean, what exactly IS autism?
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Delbert Whetter @delwhetter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thank you for sharing! Just pledged. Only a few more hours and a handful of dollars to push this project across the finish line!
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Mid-Atlantic ADA Center @midatlanticada.adata.org · 27/04/2026
Disney+ is debuting Songs in Sign Language, reimagining songs from Frozen 2, Encanto, and Moana 2 in ASL through collaboration with Deaf West Theatre. loom.ly/hOQZz3k #ADA #DeafInclusion #AccessibilityMatters #ASL
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Delbert Whetter @delwhetter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The closed captioning for the @ktla.com California Governors debate is absolutely atrocious. Missing 90% of the candidates’ answers #CAGOVDEBATE #captionfail
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This thread connections is also pretty much how successful Hollywood networking is done. It’s NOT about becoming besties with Spielberg to get a career
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The magic isn’t over. In two weeks will be the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milano-Cortina, in which you’ll be able to witness exceptional athletes with disabilities do things you’d never be able to do. ✨
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Last night I mentioned only 8% of hearing parents learn enough sign to have a 2-way conversation with their deaf child. Many reasons, but a lot of stems from misinfo. Here's a letter of mine where I busted some of the biggest ASL/ language acquisition myths: buttondown.com/signs+wonder...
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ASL Mythbusters
The most frequent of the FAQs
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Rachel Walens @rwalens.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
LA folks - please keep an eye out for Steven Savage. He was last seen on the 4200 block of Carlin Avenue in Lynwood around 8:30 PM on January 23. Savage is deaf, non-verbal and dependent on medication. His family is extremely worried.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is not materially different from Josef Mengele. The concept is to deliberately expose people to serious harm so you can gather more data on what you already know will hurt them. It's not some big coincidence the Nuremberg Code expressly prohibits everything resembling this kind of "science."
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Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I loved a lot about the Wicked duology, especially part one. But the problems of the show could only be fixed SO much. Variety gave me the chance to look at how far For Good goes with representation. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
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‘Wicked: For Good’ Script Changes Improve Disability Representation, but Issues Remain
A look at how the "Wicked: For Good" changed a plot point involving Elphaba's sister Nessarose from the stage version.
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Erin 🦆 @erninlow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
YOU GUYS, IT'S PLAYOFF DAY! #goducks
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a cartoon of a duck wearing a green oregon shirt
Alt: The oregon duck wearing a green oregon shirt and making an O with his hands
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Delbert Whetter @delwhetter.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Eugenics rearing its ugly head
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
ICE agents violently detained another disabled person, causing severe injuries. Arturo Ruvalcaba lives in Utah and is deaf. Three ICE agents grabbed him at a bus stop. He tried to use sign language to communicate his disability to them, and they interpreted that as “resisting arrest”.
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A deaf Utah man says ICE agents injured him months ago and he’s still in pain. Now he’s suing.
A Utah man who is deaf says ICE agents discriminated against him and injured him, in what he says in a lawsuit was an unconstitutional search.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Sheri Byrne-Haber's "Giving A Damn About Accessibility" has great tips on how to deal with people who challenge or dismiss the need for accessibility. uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...
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Giving a damn about accessibility
A candid and practical handbook for designers.
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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fonttik expansion includes colorblind simulation filters to better design accessible text and identify barriers! Shoutouts to our accessibility engineering folks for innovating tools at EA and making them available worldwide for all game developers to use! ♿️👏 www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-makes-eig...
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EA makes eight new accessibility patents free to all
Technologies include grapple assist, speech and audio generation tools, and improvements to its text and size contrast tool Fonttik
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