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What folks don't understand about private schools is that they often have no depth—if a child has a problem, there might be one person on campus qualified to support the kid, or there might be nobody. In a public school district, if there isn't someone, the district must pay for outside support.

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A million times this. As the product of both public and private schools, I'll say that private schools fail kids as often as public schools do, and when they do, it's often just as catastrophic to the kid.

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Uncle Ed continues with the good work

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Yeah, the pervasive failure to treat ASL as a "normal" language is a huge problem. Fremont CA has three bilingual elementary schools (two Mandarin, one Spanish) and they still try to keep their own deaf kids out of the ASL bilingual school that's IN THEIR TOWN.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Comics Club starts today, and my guy drew a mascot!

Child's drawing of a bean-like character peering over the top of an open comic book, labeled, "COMiC BOOK"

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Me at 5 years old: I love sharks and I can’t want to spend my whole life looking at sharks and reading about sharks and talking about sharks Me at 42 years old doing that: Hell yeah this rules

Me on an inflatable shark at 5 years old

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Will Fertman @willfertman.com · 27/09/2026

Happy World Deaf Day to all the Deaf Worlds out there.

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shanley @shanley.com · 19/05/2026

Things that happened to me immediately after I said Marc Andreessen needs to be removed from power in an interview with the MIT Tech Review, the most prestigious tech publication in our industry:

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Ben Apatoff @bapatoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been enjoying Mark Prindle’s music reviews for many years, and I know he does not suffer fools. Thank you Andy for sending me this! www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...

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On the book jib, I just finished Ben Apatoff's 33 1/3 book about Body Count's self-titled debut. It's a really good entry! It focuses both on the novelty of (and response to) an all-black punk/metal band and the insanely aggressive law enforcement/governmental response to the controversial "Cop Killer" track. It also discusses the band's mix of styles, the lyrical matter of all the songs, and the band's post-debut career.

The book includes a lot of quotes from multiple band members and I gotta say, Ice-T seems like a really intelligent guy. A passionate and angry guy too, but very smart.

The book also includes quotes from fans of the band including Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, Duff McKagan and so on.

If you like the album at all, I recommend the book!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026

They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism.

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The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual: A Guide for Parents o…

And if you want to review my book, it could use a couple stars over at Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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A direct and approachable guide for parents of deaf or …

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Whether consciously or not, their dreams and ambitions are about control.

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It's hard to overestimate how much these guys yearn for slaves.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every single one of these guys wants to be the billionaire eccentric in a Heinlein novel. But they always end up the billionaire eccentric in a Crichton novel.

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We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is extraordinary.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16/09/2026

To be fair, there have been cases here in SF of board members presenting at all-hands meetings in mesh tops.

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“Openness re: a child's autistic identity—particularly in parent–child conversations—may support self-understanding, self-esteem & positive framing.” New research you can use: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Waymon Hudson @waymonhudson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy International Day of Sign Languages from a Deaf guy who learned ASL as an adult and discovered, to his horror, that even his eyebrows could have bad grammar. Thankful ASL gave me a bridge into Deaf community & culture. I’m still learning. The eyebrows are doing their best. 🤟😂

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My comics art studio, Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social, is now accepting applications for our mentorship program, January- April 2027. We're in Portland, Oregon. Details at: helioscopepdx.com/mentorship #pdxcomics

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Mentorship — Helioscope

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I'm going to bring it to Comic Book Club next week and see what the kids think.

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I was posted on FB by Sanrio Europe, so I get that it's likely not ASL. But if it was... maybe she's signing BAD?

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Happy International Day of Sign Languages, everyone! Can anybody tell me what Hello Kitty is supposed to be saying here?

Cartoon showing Hello Kitty, a simply-drawn white cat figure, on a pink background. There's a diagram showing her right paw pivoting and moving away from her expressionless non-mouth. Above her head are the words "International Day of Sign Languages."

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Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

These are absolutely the best books. I once found an edition of Trilby heavily annotated by a superfan, with clipped reviews of a stage show and the 1931 talkie.

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I cried so hard at this movie I gave myself a nosebleed. It's really good. Amir El Masry has a face

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And, since this post blew up, the thing that I did was write a guide for hearing parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. No AI, just research-supported, Deaf-adult-approved advice and poop jokes from the heart. www.bloomsbury.com/us/deaf-baby...

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...and the low-to-zero value of automated creativity from both a producer and consumer standpoint.

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This isn't to say that LLMs et. al. aren't and won't do extraordinary harm now and in the future. But that we're getting crystal clear on the meaning of human-made things, from the most rudimentary kid's art or abject fanfic on up...

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It genuinely feels like the endpoint for one strand of automation. Now that the computer really can do it all for you, the only thing left is to do it yourself.

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