iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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slop enjoyer @slop.guru · 26/01/2026

i am barking at you through a short barrier gate that I could easily overcome

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Reports and videos show ICE agents asking American citizens whether they’ve “learned their lesson over the last few days” are deeply troubling. Language like this implies intent and raises serious questions about premeditation and mindset on the scene.

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

reminder to not be too hard on yourself if you are feeling major anxiety at any of the truly insane headlines you are seeing these days. it’s likely because you haven’t spent 10,000 hours mastering how to be immune to the truly insane headlines you are seeing these days

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/01/2026

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I stand against ICE. I want peace. If resisting fascism isn’t peaceful, it is the fault of the fascists, not those who oppose them.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I wish I could disconnect my hips from my body and give them a good shake

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

There is nothing more frustrating than admitting to your own exhaustion but unable to fall asleep to make the most of the evening.

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

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DISrupt West Virginia @disruptwv.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

5/4 for 504: A Virtual Town Hall 8:30 - 9:30 PM EST We are just two days away! 🤩 Have you registered? If not, here's that link: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/... Check out our awesome panelists who will be joining us on Sunday! #DisabilityJustice #DISrupt

The image is an informational poster featuring a panelist named Aubrey Sparks. It has a dark teal background with subtle, small dot patterns and several light blue accent lines in the upper right corner. The main text is in a bold, large sans-serif font with varying sizes for emphasis. It introduces Aubrey Sparks as a panelist, noting her role as the ACLU West Virginia Legal Director with pronouns listed as She/Her. There is a small color photograph of the panelist on the left side, depicting a person with long dark hair, wearing a red top and smiling at the camera in front of a brick wall. Next to the image is a block of text that reads: Aubrey will join the town hall as a panelist to update us on the Texas v. Kennedy case and the concerns that still remain. She will also speak to the intersectional impacts, especially how this case could affect trans rights and broader civil rights protections.

The image features a promotional poster for a panelist named Seth DiStefano. The background is a dark blue with light blue and white dotted patterns. At the top, large white and teal letters display the words "Panelist Seth DiStefano." Below, white text indicates his position as the Senior Policy Outreach Director at the WV Center on Budget and Policy, along with his pronouns "He/Him" in teal. The left side of the image includes a photograph of Seth, who is wearing a dark suit and glasses, with a neutral expression. To the right of the photo, white text reads: Seth will join the town hall as a panelist to help us unpack the current and potential impacts of dismantling the Department of Education. He'll focus on how these changes could directly affect disabled students in West Virginia.

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DISrupt West Virginia @disruptwv.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Join us for 5/4 for 504: A Virtual Town Hall on Sunday, May 4th at 8:30 PM EST as we come together to fight for disability rights and defend Section 504. #DisabilityJustice #Section504

Flyer for a virtual town hall titled "5/4 for 504: A Virtual Town Hall" hosted by DISrupt West Virginia and MomsRising. Event is on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, starting at 8:30 PM EST. Two people are smiling and holding protest signs supporting disability rights. A QR code is included to join the movement.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

In 5th grade, I gave my first presentation on narcolepsy out of fear and desperation in an attempt to be understood by my current classmates and future teachers. #SleepSky #Narcolepsy #Disability #Advocacy

Slide labeled 1/11 with an accent graphic to add emphasis. The text reads: “How being a Rising Voices Speaker with Project Sleep helped me find my voice again, at a time I needed it most.” The text for the entire carousel is a mix of white and teal on a blue-green gradient background.

Slide labeled 2/11 with hand-drawn stars and arrows on a blue-green gradient background. The text reads: “In 5th grade, I gave my first presentation on narcolepsy. I was terrified to go to middle school. I was used to one classroom and one teacher who knew me well.” To the right is a photo of Cass from 2009. She is smiling and has long curly hair, wearing a purple graphic t-shirt, white undershirt, jeans, and gray sneakers, sitting cross-legged on a white floor against a white backdrop.

Slide labeled 3/11 with a lightbulb icon and a blue-green gradient background. The text reads: "My first act of advocacy was born out of desperation, fear, and hope. I worked with my parents and teachers to create a presentation about narcolepsy, which I gave to my peers. I wanted them to look out for me. Mostly, I didn’t want to feel so alone in a new system." To the right is a photo of Cass from 2009. She is smiling and has long curly hair, wearing a purple graphic t-shirt, white undershirt, jeans, and gray sneakers, sitting cross-legged on a white floor against a white backdrop.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It is concerning to me, the levels of clarity and uncertainty I feel simultaneously. I am overstimulated by my own ability to see life in fragments of where I draw hope, seek safety, and crumble in despair.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 16/04/2025

Removing gender dysphoria from Section 504 significantly reduces protections for transgender people who face discrimination in health care, education, and housing. “This opens up those with gender dysphoria to discrimination in [...] pretty much all aspects of life, without legal recourse.”

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Disability Advocates Alarmed by HHS Removal of Gender Dysphoria Protections

The move reduces protections for transgender people who face discrimination in health care, education and housing.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🆘 Protect #Section504 🆘 Texas v. Becerra is a court case in Texas. A group of 17 states have sued the United States government. The states are asking the court to get rid of Section 504. Section 504 is an important law that protects people with disabilities. #disability #humanrights

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Protect Section 504

This is a Caard of resources for individuals and groups wanting to know how to help protect Section 504.

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you’ve already started calling it the Gulf of America instead of the Gulf of Mexico, you should have no trouble with someone’s preferred name and pronouns.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

If you have a child with a 504 plan or IEP please watch. If you don’t…watch anyway because if you’re reading this, you know someone who does. Please call your representatives and tell them to stop this nonsense! Children need advocates to protect them. Please be one. Part 1

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Some context about the 17 states suing in full-throated support of disability discrimination

What is Texas v. Becerra?

Texas v. Becerra is a court case in Texas. A group of 17 states have sued the United States government. The states are asking the court to get rid of Section 504.
What is Section 504?

Section 504 is an important law that protects people with disabilities. Section 504 says you can’t discriminate against disabled people if you get money from the United States government. To discriminate means to treat people badly because of who they are. Section 504 says you cannot treat people badly because of their disabilities.

Section 504 has rules that explain what disability discrimination is. The rules say that places like schools, hospitals, and doctors’ offices have to include people with disabilities. The rules say what these places have to do to include people with disabilities. Anyone who gets money from the United States government to serve the public or do business has to follow the rules.

The United States government finished the first Section 504 rules in 1977. Many disabled people protested so that the government would make the rules strong.

The United States government updates the Section 504 rules over time. The government just finished updating the rules in 2024. Many disability advocates wrote to the government about what to put in the rules. The updated rules are stronger and have more examples about what disability discrimination is.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 11/02/2025

🚨Critical Thread 🚨 1/2 17 states are suing to eliminate Section 504—a law that protects disabled people from discrimination. Without it, schools, hospitals & public services could deny access & accommodations. This is a direct attack on inclusion & equal rights. Our kids’ futures are at stake. Cont

THE 17 STATES SUING TO ELIMINATE SECTION 504
West Virginia

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Indiana
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Kansas

Louisiana

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

South Carolina

South Dakota
Texas

Utah

Why is Section 504 important?
Section 504 covers all parts of society that get money from the United States government. Section 504 and its rules are very important, especially in education and healthcare. Here are some ways that Section 504 and its rules help us. The rules in Section 504 say that:
• Schools must include students with disabilities and help them learn.
• Doctors and schools must have sign language interpreters for people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing who sign. Videos must have captions.
• Doctors must give clear information to disabled people. This includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Websites for schools and hospitals must work for people who are blind and low vision.
• Doctors and hospitals cannot stop helping someone because they have a disability.
• Doctors and hospitals must have tools and machines that work for wheelchair users. This includes machines that check for cancer.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Probably good to remember that Section 504 was only enforced after disabled individuals took over a federal building for a almost a month.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kendrick brought America together the way that "Country Roads" ad was supposed to.

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Jean, em dash enthusiast @jburkespraker.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

All these healthcare commercials. I want analysis of the impact of NIH cuts on each brand.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

this is a weird year for business and communication majors to have analyzing super bowl commercials for homework

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Suanne Laqueur @suannelqr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Get a library card. Go to the library. Take out books. Read the books. Download the Libby app, borrow ebooks and audiobooks. Lots of them. Put them on hold. Click the “notify me” tag for books not in inventory so the library knows you want them. And when the shit goes down, we meet at the library!

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My university’s DEI department has an event tonight on stalking awareness. Given the histories of the men in charge of our country, their motives continue to speak for themselves.

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C Conner @caitlinconner.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Pay attention to their language—erasing our histories, cultures, and identities as 'radical' and 'wasteful' shows they don’t care about us. This isn’t about fairness; it’s about control. They divide us because united, we’re unstoppable. Speak out, organize, and protect our shared humanity.

A document from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) dated January 28, 2025, addresses the DIA workforce. The subject is titled "Pause on Special Emphasis Programs and Related Activities and Events." It states that the agency is pausing activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, special emphasis programs, and observances, citing an executive order titled "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing." The memo lists various cultural and historical observances (e.g., Black History Month, Pride Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month) that are paused, although federal holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth remain unaffected. Agency resource groups and networking activities are also paused until further notice.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I don’t think we have paid enough attention to statements made by congress in defending some of these nominations. Example:

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'Hypocrisy': Mullin suggests some senators drink on the job during Hegseth hearing

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

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Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Anybody who actually knows gender nonconforming kids could tell you that they are some of the most courageous people in the world. Let’s hope the rest of us can rise to their standard.

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Watching with my own eyes, reading, engaging… nothing will ever help me grasp how we got here.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I know you all already know this, but this is going to get really bad.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/01/2025

Interesting, given Trump is not yet president and the ban doesn't go into effect until midnight tonight. But okay.

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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Banned: TikTok & reproductive rights Not banned: assault weapons

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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm really exhausted with the state of everything

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Kate Kelly @katekelly.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Archivist is just tasked w sending out a birth announcement when an amendment is born 👶🏻 Just because the announcement hasn’t gone out yet, doesn’t mean the kid doesn’t exist. In this case—the kid’s already 5 years old 👧🏻 & POTUS sent it out for her. Better late than never!

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Hi, ASL interpreter of 30 yrs & a person w/ Deaf family here. In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around: ASL and English are not the same language. ASL has no written form. Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/01/2025

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2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/01/2025

Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called. A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.” A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

@remrunner.bsky.social is #nchat up and running here on Bluesky? I’ve been looking at old articles on Project Sleep and was reminded of big it used to be on X.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/01/2025

everything is pretty bad and it's going to get worse and I think we need to remember to give ourselves license to post about silly things too losing our minds to despair isn't going to do any of us any good

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Cass Stewart @designermae.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I limit myself to the amount of news I consume, as it literally eats me alive. Nothing could have prepared me to really grasp there are people in #Idaho who feel comfortable enough to display their hatred and challenge #marriageequality.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/01/2025

If you work at Meta and support LGBTQ+ people no you don't.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”

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