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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

9 years ago, I voted for Bernie Sanders today

Polly @polipolly.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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Roseberg, Oregon PD removing June 14 flyers #NoKings

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Happy birthday, Tigger! 6 years old!

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Today is May 4th. A day for Jedi, for dreamers, for those who believe that light can overcome darkness. And a day to remember that “resistance” is not science fiction — it is real. In this galaxy — not far, far away but right here — Donald Trump had become our Darth Vader. #MayThe4th #StarWarsDay

May the 4th Be With Us All: Yoda’s Wisdom in the Age of Tyranny

#MayThe4th #DeafResistance #8thAmendment #MAGA #DeafRights #YodaWisdom #StarWarsDay #DisabilityJustice #NoJusticeNoPeace

JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It’s true! Lipreading is a nightmare! “Do or do not. There is no try.”—Yoda #MayThe4th #DeafResistance #StarWarsDay #Yoda

JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

May the 4th be with you—but also with every Deaf person fighting to survive in a system built to exclude them. MAGA extremism is turning cruelty into policy. Deaf people are denied mental health care. And the 8th Amendment? Barely Be Yoda. Be the resistance. #MayThe4th #YodaWisdom #StarWarsDay

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when we are encouraged to speak up, reduce stigma, and normalize care. But in the vast chorus of mental health conversations, one community is almost always left behind — the Deaf community. We rarely talk about Deaf mental health. #mentalhealth #stigma

Deaf People Deserve to Heal — For Once and For All

By Jason “JT” Tozier In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Today, on Space Day, we do more than marvel at the celestial expanse above us — we honor the shared human drive to understand the universe and recognize the Deaf minds that have helped shape that quest. Somewhere in the vast canvas of the cosmos, a star bears the name of a Deaf individual. #spaceday

Happy Space Day—From Earth to the Stars: A Deaf Name Written in the Cosmos

By Jason “JT” Tozier

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Happy National Space Day! Did you know that a star has been named after a Deaf person in space? How stellar is that? #space #spaceday #astronomy #stars #star youtu.be/YFLIxWh6l0c?...

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Happy Space Day—From Earth to the Stars: A Deaf Name Written in the Cosmos

JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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In Trump’s America, the assault on academic freedom is not merely a political trend — it is a cultural war. And once again, the Deaf community is taking a disproportionate hit. Across USA, Deaf Studies, Deaf Education, and Interpreter Training Programs are vanishing.. medium.com/@thelasthicc...

Gallaudet Cuts Deep: When Majors Fall, So Does Democracy

By Jason “JT” Tozier

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

More than 15 institutions have already eliminated or gutted these critical lifelines. Let’s be clear: this is not an isolated budgetary decision — it is systemic erasure. It is the deliberate silencing of Deaf intellectualism under the deceitful banner of austerity. youtube.com/watch?v=xcA2...

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Gallaudet Cuts Deep When Majors Fall—So Does Democracy

JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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Join the protest tomorrow! International Workers Day! “Together we are awesome in our power. We have only to organize this power and wield it, for our common good, to make this world a better place. Together we can win”—An Introduction to the Industrial Workers of the World by Tim Acott #mayday

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker.

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05

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JT @gratefuldeafhippy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Mathematics and statistics are the invisible engines of civilization—without them, society would collapse into ignorance. April reminds us: without numbers, patterns, and critical thinking, the world would be lost in chaos. Celebrate the intellect that shapes our future. #math #statistics #number

A Love Letter to Mathematics: How Numbers Shaped My Soul

#mathematics #numbers #statistics #mathgeek #mathematicalphilosophy #sociology #deaf #deafstudies

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Independent bookstores are more than shops—they are sanctuaries where empathy, imagination, and free thought are born. Today, we celebrate them for keeping the soul of humanity alive. Selling books back to Powell’s bookstore was my favorite part. @powells.bsky.social #indie #books #empathy

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If Powell’s hadn’t opened its doors in 1971, would there have been a blueprint for dreamers like me? Powell’s gave radical thought, human nature, and everyday wonder a home—and in doing so, it saved mine. Celebrate independent bookstore day! Ready to transform? Buy a book! @powells.bsky.social

Powell’s Bookstore and the Blueprint of My Soul: A Deaf Child’s Journey to Free Thinking and…

As a Deaf child in the 1980s, I was shaped by a force of love and free thinking — my hippy mama — who took me for the very first time to…

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Check out my pic below. How cool is that?!?

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ASL Interpreter Denied Entry at a Congresswoman's Town Hall: Democracy and the ADA

It was a rude awakening—a blatant act of human rights denial and linguistic oppression. An ASL interpreter was barred from entering a town hall hosted by a United States Congresswoman, someone sworn to uphold democracy and protect the Constitution.

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