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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 4h
Angie Nixon is running a campaign that people who want change in the D party have long called for: Go on the attack, be aggressive on ICE, talk about Democratic values—what liberals can provide for the public to make the country better—and criticize Republican bad values. This is the way in FL.
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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 7h
A recent visit to Hamilton Gardens
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 13h
thys nys no partye! thys nys no disco! thys nys no jestinge arounde! thys nys no taverne! nor roade-syde playhous! Ich ne have tyme for that nowe!
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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social · 20h
Alan says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage. Here's a Rose-breasted Grosbeak from 2022. #BOTD #birds #nature #wildlife
A horizontal photo of a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak sitting on a branch. The bird is on the right side of the photo, in profile, looking to the left. The Grosbeak has a large, heavy bill that is a pale pink color with a black tip. The bird's head is completely black. The breast is white, with a vibrant red V in the center of the breast. The shoulder and wing are black, with a white patch on the wing. Most of the bird's body is obscured by the branch it is sitting on. In the background, tree trunks and branches are out of focus.
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'Cities never have any money' versus 'we overpay police and don't even notice it'. komonews.com/news/local/c...
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Seattle wants to claw back $13M in overpayments to police officers
More than 900 Seattle police officers are going to have to pay back a combined $13 million after city officials say a payroll error sent extra money to them.VOT
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well Done Germany! =============== The Cornell University case has highlighted the need to better protect women from rapists. This is a great idea for remote/hidden areas. ----------------------
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Again: The problem the fearmongerers have is @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani exists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
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GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · 19h
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17h
Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 19h
Black-winged Kite Juvenile This is a small, diurnal bird of prey known for its distinctive black shoulder patches, white head and belly, and striking red-orange eyes. Also called the Black-shouldered Kite, it hunts by hovering... 📸: @arunprathapphotography
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Paul Sullivan, Veteran @paulvetdem.bsky.social · 22h
Trump attacks our homeless ... And this includes attacking our homeless Veterans www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Geeks for Growth Oakland @4g4oakland.bsky.social · 22h
Add concise audio description for essential visual action, text and scene changes. Accessibility improves when the story still works without sight.Add concise audio description for essential visual action, text and scene changes. Accessibility improves when the story still works without sight.
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Citizen Portal News North Carolina @citizenptnewsnc.bsky.social · 21h
Durham County officials are sounding the alarm over proposed federal changes to Head Start that could drastically cut access and support for vulnerable children. Learn more here #DurhamCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #EducationAccess #ChildDevelopment #DisabilitySupport
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Durham officials warn proposed federal Head Start rules would curtail services, plan county comment
County early‑childhood staff and local Head Start providers reviewed a draft comment letter opposing proposed changes to Head Start rules, including a proposed 5% administrative cap (down from ~15%), reductions in disability supports and bilingual instruction bans; the county will submit comments to the Federal Register during the notice‑and‑comment period.
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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 21h
I remember when disability advocates screaming about how everyone else had to listen to them re: COVID/Biden, the "canaries in the coal mine." One of them wrote a whole piece in *January 2024* that she wasn't voting for Biden. I won't claim Biden/Harris were perfect but they were better than this.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 21h
For people just getting introduced to accessibility concepts, the number of resources can be overwhelming for people who don't know where to start. These 10 tips from Lireo Designs can be a good way to introduce your team to the basics. www.lireo.com/10-ways-to-i...
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10 Ways to Improve Accessibility on Websites and Social Media - Lireo Designs
My 10 tips for making your website and social media more accessible, whether you're a blogger, photographer, writer, designer, or developer.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 20h
Of course, Trump forgets about those of us on Social Security disability who are also on Medicare and are not seniors.
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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 19h
“When you’re living with #POTS - gravity is NOT your friend. Our bodies do not function properly when upright. As a result - most of us feel our best when we’re horizontal": buff.ly/nVZz8Ge by @Broadwaybabyto.bsky.social #dysautonomia #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #spoonie #NEisVoid #disabled
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Learning to Live Horizontally - Your Guide to All Things POTS
When you have POTS - being upright is a challenge. We deal with fatigue, tachycardia, dizziness, fainting and more. Adapting to living life horizontally can make symptoms more manageable.
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Alton B.H. Worthington @abhw.bsky.social · 19h
i grumble about adobe a lot, like many folks, but I do appreciate that they put together web tools for accessibility. Adding this to my list of resources for students, alongside others color.adobe.com/create/color...
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Color Blindness Simulator & Safe Palette Tool | Adobe Express
Use the color blindness simulator to test palettes for accessibility. Create color-blind-safe combinations and design more inclusive visuals in Adobe Express.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h
More MAGANAZISM: For nearly 50 years, the federal government has said people with disabilities should live, work and learn in the most integrated setting possible rather than be segregated in institutions like nursing homes. Trump is reversing this policy. www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.
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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 19h
"Last week, a federal judge agreed to strip out mentions of "integration" from federal regulations tied to S504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a...civil rights law that prohibits disability discrimination. The judge did so after the Justice Department declined to defend its own rules..." Convenient
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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 19h
Accessibility benefits everyone without detriment to anyone.
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 19h
As a person with a disability, I’m furious. This proposal threatens voting assistance for disabled people, including veterans. Spare us the patriotic speeches if you won’t protect our ability to vote. Needing help does not make our voices worth less. www.propublica.org/article/disa...
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Patricia Kefalas Dudek (Patti) @patriciadudek.bsky.social · 18h
'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
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Disability Bookshelf @disabilitybooks.bsky.social · 18h
We've added new titles to our Bookshelf that deal with Traumatic Brain Injury. For more information see www.disabilitybookshelf.com/neurological... #booksondisability #disabilitywriters #DisabilityBookshelf #tbi #braininjury #booksky #writingcommunity
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Radio Free America @handle.invalid · 17h
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca · 17h
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social)
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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Prairie Land @prairieland.bsky.social · 17h
Alt National Park Service: A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities. Now this administration is weakening the
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Vi 🍡 @shinykuromi.bsky.social · 16h
This is gonna be sooo wild I know, but scrapping the health/disability element of something doesn't make the ill/disabled suddenly healthy. It ends up permanently worsening them and even killing them. Again, wild I know!!!
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Electric Marshmallow Productions @electricmarshmallow.com · 16h
This is why the very first TV show we developed is called THE PARK. It's about a Blind woman and her Indigenous neighbor raising their families together in a 1980s trailer park. We are trying to find a producer/funding to make the pilot.
graphic with light gritty background that the gradient of light green, light yellow, orange, and red. Text at the top is black except for the names of disabilities which go in order, red, orange, green, blue, and purple.

Main text reads: "The least represented disabilities on television between 2020 and 2022: Blind/Low Vision, Deaf/HOH, Learning, Dwarfism, and Intellectual/Down Syndrome."

Smaller text below: "FilmDis Disability Representation on Television 2020-2022 – The Pandemic Years Study"
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Swolesome is tired 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @swolesome.bsky.social · 16h
5. Connect with the Indigenous Nations where you live. Different Nations will have different needs--volunteers, donations, support in specific fields (e.g., navigating legal)--try to learn *from* them rather than *about* them wherever you can. They'll know best if help is needed and where.
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Swolesome is tired 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @swolesome.bsky.social · 16h
As Residential School denialism continues to poison weak minds and hearts, Euro-Canadians** need to take urgent action. 1. Know the facts. This is not contested, it's incredibly well documented in survivor accounts and through multiple other sources of evidence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...
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Canadian Indian residential school gravesites - Wikipedia
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 19h
Blue-winged Teal One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America. 📸: @mikullashbee
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 21h
The angle of the sunlight brought out this Sora's ruby eyes.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 23h
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Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia continues to protests. #GeorgiaProtests Day 675
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every human being — whatever their size, strength, or cognitive ability — carries a dignity that no force, ideology, or machine can ever take away.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 20h
Barred Antshrike. The barred antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) is a passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in the Neotropics in Mexico, every country in Central America, Trinidad and Tobago. 📸: @donovan.nature
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 03/10/2026
‘[States like Ohio] without concealed carrying permit requirements saw nearly triple the rate of road rage shooting victimizations compared with states that maintain stricter carry standards.” Strong gun laws work, full stop.
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Springdale I-275 Road Rage Shooting Under Investigation
Shots fired on I-275 during a Springdale road rage clash — police tracked the truck to a Grandin Avenue address.
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