Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Census Bureau is proposing major changes to the 2030 Census—including excluding many noncitizen residents from the population used for congressional representation and eliminating race and ethnicity questions from the decennial census. 145
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Across California, unmet needs too often become crises met with coercion. CRDJ + @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social call on the next governor to invest in voluntary, community-based care—and give disabled people and those with lived experience real power in shaping it. medium.com/@crdjustice/... 111
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Tell me you don't respect women without saying (explicitly at least) that you don't respect women. 000
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Federal agencies have spent years addressing gaps in data about people with intellectual & developmental disabilities (I/DD). Now, the proposed 2028 NHIS redesign could remove measures developed to help close those gaps. #DisabilityData #NHIS 1117
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This graph explains why research and data literacy training is important 000
Reposted by Kate CaldwellLGBTQ+ Legislation Alerts @legialerts.org · 01/10/2026Positive Law Also signed in California on Saturday 9/26/26 - CA 2025 SB 1114 - a data privacy protection bill re: LGBTQIA+ status. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...leginfo.legislature.ca.govBill Text - SB-1114 Data collection: sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status: disclosure.SB 1114 Data collection: sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status: disclosure. 062
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is an absolute insult to the communities CMS serves. 010
Reposted by Kate CaldwellChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:lawdork.comBreaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prisonSolicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. 18517301
Reposted by Kate CaldwellTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In Maryland, just fifty miles from DC, a sheriff has targeted and attacked local immigrants for over twenty years. The harm to those communities is breathtaking. a NEW must-read, just weeks from his latest reelection race... (in a county that Harris won over Trump).boltsmag.org“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - BoltsFrederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo... 16576286
Reposted by Kate CaldwellGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026Well now the problems I had looking up specific people last week makes sense. And yes that is deeply messed up. If someone is in ICE custody, they should be findable, full stop. It's already bad enough that people disappear from the system while they're being transported somewhere else. 415653
Reposted by Kate Caldwellashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected 3030991153
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@mayor.nyc.gov , I love the WPA influence of these posters. I certainly hope they will be accessible (ADA compliant at the very least). Although I am already concerned that a 10-minute time limit will be inaccessible for disabled people, for whom such bathroom access is critically needed. 030
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yes it is clearly inspired by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) style posters that most folks think of as the National Parks posters. However, it was actually part of a much larger (and incredibly successful) federal jobs program under FDR in response to the Great Depression. 042
Reposted by Kate CaldwellKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026FWIW I don’t think that AI is an existential threat, nor on track to become one. I do however think that the leaders of the biggest AI companies, AI’s strongest boosters, and some of the folks who are most adept at using it to exploit others are actively hastening along OTHER existential threats. 492149413
Reposted by Kate CaldwellAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2026We really did try to warn everyone 655123164263
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I can't vouch for these as I haven't tried them yet but they've got lots of fun lewks: www.oxknit.comoxknit.comOXKNIT® Women & Mens Retro Clothing, 1960s &1970s Men Vintage ClothingOXknit.com specializes in mod and vintage clothing for men and women. Indie & Retro clothing.Our unique designs are inspired by fashions from the 60s to the 90s vintage clothing. We mainly sell retro-... 010
Reposted by Kate CaldwellThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 02/09/2026If you care about U.S. autism policy, you should be VERY worried about last week's IACC meeting—as RFK Jr. filled the IACC with underskilled anti-vaxxers who don't know how to do their jobs. Former IACC member @samanticka.bsky.social reports, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2026/09/auti... #autismthinkingautismguide.comWhy Last Week's IACC Meeting Should Worry YouSam Crane provides precise commentary on August 27th's IACC meeting—including its questionable—as well as its promising—efforts. 43529
Reposted by Kate CaldwellJohnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For the first time since his release from federal prison, artwork by Leonard Peltier will go on public display in New York City this fall. "The Paintings of Leonard Peltier" opens Sunday, October 4, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Fifteenth Street Friends Meeting House. redpopnews.com/the-man-the-...redpopnews.comThe Man the World Fought For, Seen Now Through His Paintings: "The Paintings of Leonard Peltier" arrives in Manhattan October 4For the first time since his release from federal prison, artwork by Leonard Peltier will go on public display in New York City this fall. 05731
Reposted by Kate CaldwellJust Security @justsecurity.org · 26/08/2026"States must remember that data is a source of power — and, in an age of AI, possibly a more important one than land or money." Steven J. Kochevar on how states can fight federal overreach by protecting their data:justsecurity.orgStates Can Fight Federal Overreach by Protecting State DataStates must be vigilant stewards of their data — auditing what they hold, limiting what they share, and enforcing legal constraints against overreach. 04726
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Professor Jason Arday was more than the headlines surrounding his death. His work examined racism, neurodivergence, inequality, mental health & belonging in higher education. Remember the work. Carry it forward. Full carousel, video + links: canva.link/xz2np7pcmcul... [1/11] 143
Reposted by Kate CaldwellChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/08/2026You’ve got to see this. Angie Nixon’s Café Resistance is so much more than a bookstore. It’s a community hub offering FREE tutoring, a food pantry, Black history classes, mentorship, mental health workshops, music lessons, healthcare resources and more. 249115983447
Reposted by Kate CaldwellJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/08/2026An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comHow Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanityAn extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people. 101079669
Reposted by Kate CaldwellKate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 21/03/2026There is a difference between freedom of speech and hate speech. Fuck Peter Singer. 092
Reposted by Kate CaldwellMarielza @marielza.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"79% of respondents said they don't trust Peter Thiel, while a whopping 71, 70, and 69 % said they “don’t trust” Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman, respectively (Musk will probably be mad he didn’t get that 69 figure.)" 17495121
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Show you care by sharing some spoons today with this playlist. 🥄 Our latest CRDJams turns up the volume on rest, joy, movement, resistance, recovery, and everything in between. Listen now: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 031
Reposted by Kate CaldwellBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I've been going through this and oh my goodness gracious, there's so much access to wonderful stuff in here and it is not limited to Californians (depending on sister library) 22610
Reposted by Kate CaldwellNight Of The Living Kevin @kevinnewburn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Happy Zero Cool Day y'all 31902187
Reposted by Kate CaldwellRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Third Way — which has declared "war" on progressives — is a Trojan Horse for corporate America. Their funding sources are a Star Wars cantina of billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corporations, and corporate dark money bundlers.robertreich.substack.comThe Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way" There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy 14125741173
Reposted by Kate Caldwellpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026in fact, i'd argue the primary political purpose of this vaccine executive order and press conference is to explicitly and publicly undermine the CDC director in her first week on the job 625864
Reposted by Kate CaldwellDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“The proposed system would capture heat from subway platforms, store it underground and redirect it to nearby municipal buildings during colder months.” This tech is already successfully used in Toronto & Japan.abc7ny.comNew York City eyes first US transit thermal energy network to fight subway heatNYC launches study to cool subway stations plagued by extreme heat. The congestion pricing-funded project would explore ways to lower platform temperatures and recycle excess heat. 27530
Reposted by Kate CaldwellDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Additionally, admin has installed two basketball courts that are actually rain sinks for flood mitigation. Municipal climate policy, y’all. I am so into it. www.fastcompany.com/91455518/the...fastcompany.comThese basketball courts double as a hidden flood defenseOn an typical day, it's a place to play. But in extreme rain, this new infrastructure captures rain like a pool. 14610
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026So many of us have lost family and friends because their personal assistance/direct care hours were cut. That isn't the reason listed of course, but it is always the precipitating event. That is the true cost of Medicaid cuts. 011
Reposted by Kate CaldwellBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Library funding is tied to usage. 13889132920
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026So many people are going to perish. It has already started. We won't know the true cost of it for a long time but it will be devastating and we will feel and see it every day as it happens. Especially those of us in marginalized communities. 11816
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Third Way Democrats didn’t invent workfare, they mainstreamed this conservative idea. By recasting work requirements and welfare conditionality as “progressive” reform, they shifted the center-left toward treating basic support as something earned through paid work, not a social right. 010
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It doesn't "take a lot of the hard work out" ... it takes the knowing out. 090
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Jimberly Understood the Assignment 🦝 Jimothy may be the internet's newest disabled icon, but let's hear it for Jimberly, the mother who reportedly stayed close, moved at his pace, and helped him remain part of the raccoon family. www.youtube.com/shorts/W-Epd...youtube.comJimothy the raccoon's mom, Jimberly, refused to leave him behind 💙 🦝 #shorts #jimothyYouTube video by That Good News Girl 121
Reposted by Kate CaldwellDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I could barely afford vibranium as it was 612834552
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 30/07/2026Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished. 362911547
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I think also tho we're not teaching kids other coping strategies... which may also just be more cognitive offloading of the adults around them... 040
Reposted by Kate CaldwellDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026More than a year after arresting him, the Trump DOJ moved Monday to drop the criminal case against California labor leader David Huerta arising from his June 2025 protest of an ICE raid in Los Angeles. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...talkingpointsmemo.comAnother ICE Protester Prosecution Bites The DustOne of Dozens of Failed Prosecutions More than a year after arresting... 110831
Reposted by Kate CaldwellDeborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 28/07/2026 291176441
Reposted by Kate CaldwellAlaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps 321114533497
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026They are just trying to stretch this out to Aug 3 000
Reposted by Kate Caldwell☆ Spookxa ☆ @luxssa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This transcends language 212460852
Reposted by Kate CaldwellCollective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Thirty-six years ago, the ADA was won through years of organizing, protest, legal advocacy, and coalition-building led by disabled people. While it transformed this country, its promise remains unfinished, and today, many of its protections are under attack. #ADA36 #DisabilityPrideMonth 1129