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Anthony

@pyrpawed.blacksky.app
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Black, Queer, Quaker with too many dogs. Passions: disability rights & justice, enviro (esp. food & water) law & policy, & old school R&B (Chaka Khan all day, every day). He/Him/His.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
if you are a restaurant in Los Angeles and you cannot compete with a taco truck you should not be a restaurant in Los Angeles. this is very basic “slowest zebra on the savanna” stuff
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yet another piece of U.S. history I learned via art. I saw painting based on that photo by L.A.-based artist rafa esparza at Mass MoCA. It was displayed in a gallery that had actual earth from thhe border covering the floor. Border Wash—after Leonard Nadel, 1956 (2019) adobe and paint rafa esparza
Painting of a bare-chesting Mexican man standing in line at the border being sprayed with cancer causing chemicals for the U.S. guest worker program. Only the sprayer's arm is visible holding the spray can.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 12/08/2026
Many people assume that adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities automatically have to be conserved when they turn 18. Except there are many, many variations such as limited conservatorships to consider, before deciding. Here is how CA does things: ihssconnect.com/conservators...
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Conservatorship in California: A Parent’s Guide for When Your Disabled Child Turns 18 - IHSS Connect
What a limited conservatorship is, the less-restrictive options to weigh first, and why the time to start planning is before the 18th birthday — not after.
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Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) @awnnetwork.org · 11/08/2026
AWN's latest blog post on disability pride by Kayla Rodriguez! awnnetwork.org/a-personal-l...
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A Personal Look Into Disability Pride - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
First, I hope everyone had a happy Disability Pride Month and was able to find moments of pride and joy! This year for Disability Pride Month, AWN focused on learning how to share your pride proudly a...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/08/2026
Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation
A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
AI Has Ideas About Intellectual Disabilities. It’s Not Always Accurate www.disabilityscoop.com/2026/07/30/a...
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AI Has Ideas About Intellectual Disabilities. It's Not Always Accurate
As artificial intelligence proliferates in American life, new research finds that the technology is poised to amplify stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities.
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koolkankat.bsky.social @koolkankat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Criminalizing homelessness does nothing to help the homeless. Having a felony conviction will make it hard if not impossible for homeless person to get a job or housing. All it does is punish the homeless for being poor and unhoused. /1 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Unhoused People Are Paying the Price For the Supreme Court’s Cruelty
The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
As I said the other day - this story is very much revealing how little folks understand the massive reach and influence of agribusiness and how the food chain works. Framing the story around taco bell is a good ex of news coverage failing to give us the info we need about our corporate food system.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 10/07/2026
This goat escorted Colorado firefighters to a wildfire burning near Cheyenne Mountain: ‘She understood the assignment’
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This goat escorted Colorado firefighters to a wildfire burning near Cheyenne Mountain: ‘She understood the assignment’
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Why some African nations are turning down Trump aid money www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US-Africa health deals: Why some nations are turning down Trump's money
The Trump administration sees the aid as more transactional - but some say it is not a fair trade.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026
If nothing else, the Citizen app has made me realize just how many people walk around wielding machetes
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Data centers are trying to come to tribal land. But tribes are fighting back. The Seminole Nation banned them. The Cherokee Nation is studying impacts. Osage Nation is weighing Google's Project Spring. As Rev. Chebon Kernell says: "We have a right to say how life can be."
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As data centers eye Oklahoma, tribes weigh the costs
Tribal nations across Oklahoma and the country are working out how to navigate an influx of corporate interest in Indian Country, thanks to a rise in data centers.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It's a two-box day at SCOTUS, meaning a maximum of four decisions coming at 10a ET.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Just attended @sjjphd.bsky.social’s book talk for A Second Sight:How the wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom. The book sounds great and you should read it. bookshop.org/p/books/a-se...
Sarah, with her book, which you should buy right now.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
the Trump admin has sent over a dozen undocumented pregnant minors to a shelter in San Benito, TX Some were as young as 13 At least half were pregnant as a result of rape All had high-risk pregnancies And now, they & their newborns--U.S. citizens--are missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
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The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway
The Trump administration is refusing to answer questions about the health and safety of undocumented young mothers—and their newborn U.S. citizens—in its custody.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
NEW: In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to know who to ask and for what. w/ @kqednews.kqed.org
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I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to kno...
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Huge thank you to Molly Mcvety for this fantastic feature on A SECOND SIGHT. This really captures me and the scope of the work.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Shout out @theliteratelizard.bsky.social who has a 15% discount code here for ordering my book and other great books to un-whitewash US history. Thanks for including me!
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Nonfiction Views: New books to un-whitewash US history, plus the week’s notable new nonfiction
As the corruption and grifting of Trump and the Republicans becomes more blatant and dangerous every day, and as the administration rushes to whitewash American history as the 250th anniversary of the...
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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Two years after the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on the use of electric shock devices to address behavior issues in those with #disabilities, the agency says a decision is near. #FDA
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FDA May Finalize Ban On Shock Devices Used On People With Developmental Disabilities
Two years after the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on the use of electric shock devices to address behavior issues in those with disabilities, the agency says a decision is near.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yeah the rotisserie chicken amendment is neat! Unfortunately it was attached to the Farm Bill which locked in $187 billion in cuts to SNAP. So, yes, now SNAP can be used for rotisserie chickens but more importantly, this bill means red tape, cuts & tons of people losing access to food completely.
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Gus Bova @gusbova.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport
The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Given how many people keep saying that Eric Swalwell's being a creep was an open secret, it makes it even more damning how many elected officials endorsed him.
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 11/04/2026
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A steamer is not enough either. Sometimes you need a old iron and some heavy starch
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Happy Birthday, Chaka Khan 🎂🎉🥳🎈 🗣And now we're flyin' through the stars
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Supreme Court refuses to review the 5th Circuit's extremely dubious ruling against Rodney Reed's request for a DNA test, which could prove the death row inmate's innocence. (There is a very good chance he is innocent!) All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
It is inexplicable why the Bastrop County District Attorney’s Office refuses to allow DNA testing of the belt that
was used to kill Stites, despite the very substantial possibility that such testing could exculpate Reed and identify
the real killer. It is also inexplicable why the courts below
did not proceed with more caution and carefully consider
each of Reed’s arguments, especially given that his claim
implicates the “constitutionally intolerable” possibility of
the “execution of a[n] . . . innocent person.” Herrera v. Collins, 506 U. S. 390, 419 (1993) (O’Connor, J., concurring).
The Court should vacate the Fifth Circuit’s judgment and
remand the case for the Fifth Circuit to address Reed’s argument in the first instance. Because the Court refuses to
do so, the State will likely execute Reed without the world
ever knowing whether Reed’s or Fennell’s DNA is on the
murder weapon, even though a simple DNA test could reveal that information. I respectfully dissent.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
As a professor, providing accommodations doesn’t impact me at all, and it helps students out. The fact that anyone cares about this is baffling to me. But then I remember that the country is currently run by eugenicist freaks and they’ve just found a new group to hound.
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Disability Culture Lab @disabilitylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our third feature for Black Futures Month is AJ Link, Director of Policy for New Disabled South. Re: Black disability liberation, he describes his determination to fight for a better future for Black disabled kin, thinking about parallels between now and the Reconstruction and Jim Crow apartheid.
On a dark teal background, white text reads “Black Futures Month,” with yellow text in all caps reading “Activists Creating Black Disabled History Right Now Pt. 3” below. Below is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (1)On a dark teal background, white text reads “AJ Link (he/him).” Above is a circle picture of AJ, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. On either side of the picture are yellow framing sections. Below is AJ’s bio in white text that reads “AJ is openly autistic. AJ currently works as the Director of Policy for New Disabled South and New Disabled South Rising.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (2).On a dark teal background is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. To the right is text reading “AJ Link (he/him)” and “Q: ‘What does Black disability liberation look like?’” Below is the first part of AJ’s answer in white text that reads “Honestly, we’re in a collective moment right now where it’s hard for me to dream about what liberation will be for Black disabled people. I think a lot about my elders and ancestors and how I’m privileged enough to live a life that maybe they couldn’t have dreamed of themselves as they fought to make a future that is my present reality.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (3).On a dark teal background is a circle picture of AJ Link, a bald Black man with a beard leaning against a wall by a window. He is wearing a short sleeve light blue button-down shirt with small red, white, and dark blue skulls patterned all over the shirt. To the right is text reading “AJ Link (he/him)” and “Q: ‘What does Black disability liberation look like?’” Below is the second part of AJ’s answer in white text that reads “And I also think about the hope of Reconstruction, followed by the despair of Jim Crow apartheid. And yet, we’re still here fighting for a better future. For me, this moment is not about hope, but rather determination. I’m determined to fight for a future in which my Black disabled kin are free to decide for themselves what their own liberation looks like.” Below is the Disability Culture Lab logo in white. At the top is a small repeating geometric graphic shape in black, red, and yellow, creating a colorful border. The same border is repeated at the bottom. In the bottom right corner is the page number (4).
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Important new @worldresources.bsky.social research shows that agricultural expansion isn’t only leading to forest loss - it’s leading to loss of grasslands, savannas, & wetlands too. From 2005-20, the 🌎 lost 95 Mha of non-forest natural ecosystems to annual crops, and another 95 Mha to pasture. 1/
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Agriculture Is Taking Over Grasslands, Wetlands and Other Overlooked Ecosystems
A new study reveals that agriculture is rapidly replacing ecosystems like grasslands, wetlands and savannas, which are often ignored in sustainability policies.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/02/2026
Many news outlets are reporting that some trans Kansans received letters warning that their licenses were being invalidated overnight. This morning, Evan Urquhart spoke with a trans woman who found out on Bluesky that it would be illegal to drive her car. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Her License Was Invalidated For Being Trans — Assigned
“I wish I could convey to them that the people they’re hurting are real human beings,” says Juniper, 24, of Witchita Kansas.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/02/2026
Listen...these dudes changed the locks on her mailbox They marked her mail undeliverable and returned it to the sender They blocked her & her tenants from receiving doctor’s bills, medications, credit card statements, car titles, property tax statements, & more ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...
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Supreme Court Says You Can’t File Tort Suits Against Postal Carriers Who Won’t Deliver Mail to Black People
According to Clarence Thomas, mail that your mail carrier steals from you is really just “lost,” if you think about it.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026
They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.
“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 16/02/2026
This Tennessee Prison Is Leaving LGBTQ People Unhoused Behind Bars truthout.org/articles/thi...
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This Tennessee Prison Is Leaving LGBTQ People Unhoused Behind Bars
The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 13/02/2026
"Established in 2013, California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) has boosted funding for high-need students and increased district autonomy. But schools still face fiscal and academic challenges." www.ppic.org/blog/whats-n...
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What’s Next for California’s School Funding Formula?
California has recently updated elements of its funding formula for public schools. What would additional changes entail and how would they affect state spending and district allocations? PPIC researc...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 09/02/2026
“We came here to be safe from being flooded out, but to then try to flood us out through hate, it just makes me really frustrated and upset."
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Black Colorado Ranchers Prevail After Attempts to Run Them Off the Land
After years of facing discrimination and harassment, the Mallerys are pushing forward and fighting for change.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/02/2026
Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away. [via @dailyyonder.bsky.social]
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Native Families Were Promised Free Solar. Trump Took It Away.
Trump’s gutting of the Solar for All program is deeply felt on the Northern Plains reservations.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 06/02/2026
90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why. 19thnews.org/2026/02/stud... via @19thnews.org
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90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why.
Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, new reports find.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 05/02/2026
What it means to be 'ready' for kindergarten in California
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What it means to be 'ready' for kindergarten in California
While there’s growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's what they have to say.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 05/02/2026
One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News: Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way. insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
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One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News - Inside Climate News
Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Plans are in the works to develop a pocket neighborhood where people with intellectual and developmental #disabilities can live long-term with family, friends, caretakers or on their own.
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Group To Build Neighborhood For Adults With IDD
Plans are in the works to develop a pocket neighborhood where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can live long-term with family, friends, caretakers or on their own.
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026
Another blow to disabled folks, nine states are attacking their rights yet again: "Nine states are arguing that a 2024 update to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations related to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is unconstitutional," particularly the "integration mandate.'"
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Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026
Apple is so weird because what do you mean I have a new phone for the first time in 6 years, but it looks exactly like my old one (same color and all)? (The new phone has way more storage, a better camera, etc. so is objectively better, but it's just funny I can't tell apart the old from the new).
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Tanya ✨️ @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Beating out Kendrick, Bad Bunny AND the K-Pop girlies for song of the year?! Nahhhhhhh
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
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