Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8hNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 6347592030
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 196119862986
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederMaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Heroes who wear masks: I’m looking for you!” - @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica at 2026 @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social “I wear a mask because I don’t want to get COVID.”— CS (Nott the Brave) said it for all of us. A mask protects you from all the pathogens spreading in the air! #IAmNYCC 59923
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5356432138
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Please tag yiur fav accounts below - whos covering disability content here? I still havent figured out this site and I am unlikely to unless I can tune my feed to the vibe of disability twitter 5137
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.socialinquirer.comA 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decadesAfter measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system. 27512217
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Everyone needs to read this. Reality is, in fact, stranger than fiction. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing. ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/urbits3/sitf... 301038350
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For what it’s worth, according to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) definition, this also counts as Long Covid—not just new symptoms but also worsened existing ones. If you have ever wondered if you’re part of the LC cohort. 15422
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026Joining global advocates for clean air at the UN today! ✊ 20823121
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing. 32753311
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJosh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excited to team up with these amazing folks to talk about the moral, ethical, and pedagogical reasons to resist the use of AI in our classrooms. You can register here: olemiss.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 16924
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Articles like these are emblematic of the institutional amnesia surrounding Covid-19. A pathogen that emerged less than seven years ago, which can cause fatigue during the acute infection and as a common long-term effect, not even mentioned. Conspicuously absent. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...nbcnews.comWhy are Americans so tired? CDC report highlights who’s feeling it mostFatigue is one of the most common concerns reported in primary care visits, yet not much attention is given to how often adults in the U.S. are coping with it. 381001351
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/09/2026not even the bitcoin people were brazen enough to try and pull this line 971652235
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: 10547731905
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026‘The plan calls for government agencies to try out “supported-living models” such as “farmstead or campus-based communities”, which the groups fear could revive forms of institutional confinement.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘So much fringe science’: RFK Jr’s advisers are pushing an extreme makeover in autism researchExperts warn the 336-page plan from RFK Jr’s advisers deflects federal dollars into unreliable alternative therapies 2118581
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And yet, many media outlets publish articles celebrating campus-based communities for disabled people that already exist, without taking a moment to analyze problems with it (there's a difference between segregated housing and inclusive housing). 24923
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederEllen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I work at the intersection of book history, disability studies, and digital humanities. It is really frustrating that all three (especially the latter two) are rarely included in disciplinary lists in grant applications. I have to find workarounds that aren't as descriptive or accurate. 1162
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/08/2026Our Michael Mechanic tallied up just some of what DOGE’s nonsense has cost us since last year. (Spoiler: It includes our humanity, safe food, and a ton of money.)motherjones.comElon Musk’s DOGE promised savings, but it's cost us a fortuneA new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely. 9229106
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Clean Air Cville has just released a step-by-step PC Fan Air Purifier build guide with a complete supply list and photos: www.cleanaircville.org/buildguide This design uses silent PC fans so is great for classrooms & places a totally silent air filter is needed: www.reddit.com/r/crboxes/co...reddit.comFrom the crboxes community on Reddit: DIY Air Purifier Build Guide | Clean Air CvilleExplore this post and more from the crboxes community 11487255
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is misogyny and anti-disability discrimination on par with old-timey doctors claiming women are prone to ‘hysteria’ and the vapours. It is unacceptable seeing this in any newspaper. UK philosophers should loudly condemn it as a whole, since it is authored by an ex-colleague. It is wrong 3239786
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee Schroederpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026have we considered just banning these things entirely 402648541
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederAndrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Perfectly said. No, I cannot do another daily task. Unless I want to skip one of my two meals. And no, I cannot go to any more appointments or physical therapy or anything. I need to rest more. I can't remember the last time I had *any* energy at all. I have to move and I have no idea how. 0249
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee Schroederbabs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 29/12/2025if you think you’d don’t know anyone with longcovid, but you don’t use any mitigation yourself, consider: yes you do, they just may not feel safe enough to tell you. 111429
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederMax P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival. 40776171391
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Inflammatory disorders can be brutal. I’d know personally (thanks vasculitis et al). But the misinformation, including on vaccines, is dangerous. A deep dive from me into how MAHA sped up the inflammation panic. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Great Inflammation panicThe wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful. 7514195
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Everyday eugenics is grinding me down to my bones. Any time I read the news its just headline after headline of "well vulnerable people will just die *shrug*" whether its war, famine, diseases, environmental disaster, or whatever other horrific stuff is happening daily. I am so so weary. 0257
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Not a big fan of the "sick, elderly and/or disabled people don't count" discourse that appears to follow public health disasters these days. 331344338
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes 191643348
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/librarian.netHow to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net 171033451
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I truly dont know how we can look around and pretend the same groups of people identified as likely to die or become disabled by Sars-Cov-2 no longer need protection. Sorry are you telling me there are no more pregnant people, disabled people, or elderly people in the world? 4418
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives. 9853781420
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 31/07/2026At the end of Disability Pride Month, I want to reflect on the labor it takes to be a disabled person being one of a handful of people regularly covering disability. I am exhausted. But I'm also proud of what I do at @motherjones.com. 1024856
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026When are we going to talk about how class shapes conferencing in academia? And how conferences exacerbate the wealth gap btw folks with unlimited research funds vs those of us with the funds to attend/belong to just one org a year? 1162
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederShira Lurie @shiralurie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Reposting this piece by myself and @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social about SHEAR’s resistance to inclusion and accessibility for…reasons. www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/1...insidehighered.comEnding remote conference options is exclusionary (opinion)In scrapping remote options for conferences, academia has set out on a dangerous trajectory, Shira Lurie and Nicole Schroeder write. 042
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355932419
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Got an email today for an academic org bemoaning how much conference hotels charge for a mic, speakers, and projector. You have got to be kidding me. Just cut the hotel conference contract. Host your JULY conference at a uni thats fully prepped. Go virtual. Buy $20 mics 1/6 1151
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Same applies to epi pens. I pay $400 for a generic pair every other year. Even though there are some brands like Auvi-Q that ARE innovating and making the application easier (and harder to make mistakes), insurance companies fuck w the formulary to make sure you pay more for a worse product. 093
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic. 355130474822
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thank god there are no gender studies classes anymore otherwise we might be able to figure out what's going on here. 1876078967
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederKrystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 06/07/2026"July is Disability Pride Month, so I wanted to focus this newsletter post on how my Disability Justice lens informs all of my work, in case tangible examples could help others to think more critically about how oppression limits access." www.equitableforall.com/articles/7-w...equitableforall.com7 Ways This Disability Justice Practitioner Can Support Your Work with Virtual Equity ServicesThis newsletter post is the author's attempt at highlighting how her Disability Justice lens informs all her virtual equity services, as she reconciles that she will either get better at marketing her... 053
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederUnderground Bookshelf @ugbookshelf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Call for submissions! The July writing contest theme is: Own Voices, Personal Fiction or Poetry, Memoirs or Nonfiction Learn more at: www.underground-bookshelf.com/3250546_july... #WritingContest #ownvoice #Fiction #poetry #memoirwriting #memoir #submissionsopen #disability #lgbtqia #bipocauthors 142
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederBerkeley Public Library @berkeleypubliclibrary.org · 06/07/2026One of the gems on our ELibrary page is Calisphere's digital collections. For Disability Pride month, we'd like to highlight UC Berkeley Bancroft Library's Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement collection: calisphere.org/collections/...calisphere.orgDisability Rights and Independent Living Movement: selected documents from the Bancroft LibraryThe world view on disability has shifted dramatically over the past thirty-five years. In the 1960s and 1970s, for reasons not yet fully explained, the grassroots call for self-determination by people... 041
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 24/06/2026If we are serious about protecting LGBTQIA+ people - not just online safety, but the survival of queer history - we need to understand what is lost when access to online spaces is restricted wearequeeraf.comGeocities: a cautionary tale of how Trans+ history can be deleted with one clickGeocities, a gay owned start up, was one of the first to give people tools to make their own web pages - when Yahoo deleted it, queer and Trans+ archives were lost 05020
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederFirestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 14/06/2026"The Government Doesn't Want You To Read These Zines" – new benefit zine packets from South Bend Commons! All proceeds go to Prairieland Defendants. firestorm.coop/products/253... @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social 3300221
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Please keep hammering this. It's an obvious and effective message that plays widely, especially with low-info voters. 172383657
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Calling all in #DisabilityStudies - please share the news that @disstudies.bsky.social has a new conference CFP out! "Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World" is going to be AMAZING next April! 1/7 198
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Did you teach, read, or cite an article from @DSQJournal this year? DSQ is open access for anyone interested in #DisabilityStudies! Since it doesnt make $ through publication, we have to fundraise to support the editorship. If you care about making this possible please donate! 072
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I know academic orgs are mostly bs, but I'm on the SDS Board and I actually think we are trying to combat the general harms of academia. If youre also in #DisabilityStudies I really hope you can help us sustain the org! 020
Reposted by Dr. Nicole Lee SchroederNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026To be clear since the headline isn't: a study that claimed GenAI was good for learning, actually, turns out to have been bullshit. 5692327