Trump’s “America First” approach to international aid is unprecedented. In the Ugandan data deal, the U.S. will get direct, real-time access to nine of the nation’s health data systems for seven years. Dangling lifesaving aid to force countries to share citizens’ health data is unconscionable.

“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.” - Desmond Tutu Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚

🛑 Stop before sharing this story claiming 47 bikers were wrongly branded "kidnappers" for giving 22 foster kids a special camp experience in Arizona. It's AI-generated fiction. www.snopes.com/fact-check/4...

Great news everyone!

She put her head down in her arms and cried, and her cheeks were salt and wet. She cried for the waste of her years in bondage to a useless evil. She wept in pain, because she was free.

North Carolina lawmakers are trying to push through a law that would make it harder for people in the state to cast their ballot just a few months ahead of the midterm elections. North Carolina residents: Tell your elected officials to vote NO.

The incomparable Madeleine Vionnet was born on June 22 1876. She created some of the most significant designs of the early c20th & her bias cut gowns remain legendary. This is a rosy late #1930s glory for a light summer evening, perhaps with a glass of vino to match #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

President Trump’s attacks on the LGBTQ community are nothing new. In fact, he stole his playbook directly from the politicians of the McCarthy era who outed and fired thousands of government workers solely for being gay.

This is exactly right. It's because the underlying premise that autistic kids are unacceptable as they are - doesn't change. So even if therapists are switching up from punishment to positive reinforcement - the kids are still being taught to fundamentally dismantle who #autism #neurodiversity

Empathy, Becoming, and Belonging: On what it really means to be met across difference What structural, relational, and political conditions would need to change? Maybe @stimpunks.org Cavendish Space could help? morerealms.com/empathy-beco...

This hits the nail on the head

I see life as a shared gift, received from others and passed on to others, living and dying as one process, in which lies both our suffering and our reward. Without mortality to purchase it, how can we have the consciousness of eternity? I think the price is worth paying.

🔗 Here's what studies actually say: www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Today is the anniversary of Olmstead, a Supreme Court case that is about our right to live in community. Last week, OLC wrote a memo that threatens our right to community living. Learn more with our plain language explainer: autisticadvocacy.org/2026/06/asan...

For whatever reason, people equate art to the finished product instead of the process and humanity involved, hence white suburbanites looking at a Pollock and saying "MY KID COULDA DONE THAT" and like Yeah kinda, but they didn't. There's intent and purpose and movement and ideas.

🧵 Public domain culture inspires! 🎩✂️ For our screening 📽️ of MOROCCO (1930), artist Freya Morgan remixed imagery from the film into a delightful new work: Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco": Public Domain Paper Doll Collection. 🌹 Download & create your own Marlene look 👇 archive.org/details/publ...

❌ Canada has not "criminalized the Bible" or made it illegal to publicly quote Scripture, contrary to online claims. The rumor misrepresents changes to a law governing hate propaganda. www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...

When I checked on her the historian told me she is anxious, for she has articles to write, classes to prepare, a manuscript to finish, but she added that when she stops and looks at the news she is reminded there are bigger reasons much bigger reasons to be anxious.

A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

“Moving IDEA oversight into the Department of Health and Human Services risks changing how the federal government understands and responds to students with disabilities. […] Students with disabilities may need health care & related services, but they are students first.” thearc.org/blog/moving-...

Donald Trump doesn't own the White House. He didn't own the East Wing. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is not his, either. They are ours and his acts of destruction are attacks on all of us.

#OtD 22 Jun 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury docks bringing the first group of 492 Jamaicans to the UK. They had answered an appeal for workers from the UK which needed to rebuild following World War II, amidst an acute labour shortage shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Happy 137th birthday, Petrified Ham!

Last week, our founder @taraodk.bsky.social presented at the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Division of Coaching Psychology Conference 2026 in Birmingham Sharing learning from Thriving Autistic’s Discovery Programme & our evaluation of post-identification support for Autistic adults thrivingautistic.org

Mountain View Cam, Shenandoah National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #Shenandoah

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Welcome to the Public Domain SUMMER (1930)! ☀️🌻🐝🌴 This 2nd entry in the seasonal Silly Symphonies cycle was released in January, but we've saved it to mark the #SummerSolstice. 😎 👀 Watch the full short ➡️ archive.org/details/summ... #Solstice #JuneSolstice #Disney #Animation #ClassicCartoons

Congress could close Social Security's gap tomorrow by acting in the interests of the broader public—and not just the richest 10 percent.

Happy Father's Day to all the awesome autistic, non-autistic, and undiagnosed dads and grandfathers in our community—and also a big "we love you!" to everyone for whom this day is hard, or just really complicated.

I've often said that I felt like I understood most things in American politics but I never could figure out why Tulsi Gabbard in particular did things and "all her decisions were being controlled by a reclusive cult leader" turns out to be the reason

Burghley House has a completely mind-blowing array of 17th century paintings across its ceilings and walls… trompe l’oeil giving the illusion of the architectural details being real stone and marble and that figures are coming out of the walls 😮🤩 Here’s a photo thread of some of the rooms…

Worn #othisday in 1945 by actress Rita Hayworth, autographing a golden shoe. Her metallic dress has cut-out details selectively baring her midriff, a feature pioneered by couturier Madame Gres in the early 1930s. #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

At the Reflecting Pool and guys

#Ootd is this 1959 Jacques Heim evening dress. It was apart of the cecil Beaton Collection. Beaton, famous fashion, society photographer, and overall personality. collected outfits from designers and the elite for his collection, which he exhibited in 1971. #Fashionhistory

For those days on the boardwalk in the blazing sunshine, a toile de lin, a beautifully detailed linen ensemble by Vera Borea, edged in blue from the mid #1930s #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

On autistic masking: “Expecting autistic people to unmask without also addressing white supremacy and racism, transphobia, etc. is a hollow and privileged position to take.” @dramypearson.bsky.social at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2023/11/beyo... #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

Court records belong to the public. PACER's paywall puts a price on public access. The Open Courts Act would modernize federal court records and eliminate PACER fees. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

SSI's asset limit is $2,000. It hasn't been updated since 1989. Saving disqualifies you. Working past a threshold disqualifies you. Getting married can disqualify you. This is not a design flaw. It is the design. stimpunks.org/philosophy/d...

Indeed. And I often wonder if we’re failing them even more. Kids affirmed from an early age are having hope and futures crushed out of them, versus a generation earlier looking out from a closet towards a possible future. Our kids know they are under attack and they’re kids.

African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Neurodiversity advocates like me speak out about our neurodivergences because other people cannot. They will lose their jobs. They might be in prison, where too many neurodivergent people end up, or lost to us forever." CN for mention of suicidality. TY Katie. #AutisticPrideDay #neurodiversity

what’s up, southeast US?? i’m delighted to tell you our queer trans sci-fi short film, LONG AWAY, is an official selection of the Out South Queer Film Fest! the festival runs August 13-16, at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC! stay tuned for screening time and date and see it on the big screen!

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

If Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed

Reason No. 1248654 that I f*cking HATE AI If you're not an AI hater, why aren't you? 🧐

Polling for congestion pricing is always bad before a city implements it. Then it rapidly improves once residents experience faster traffic, quieter streets, and better transit service. As a European city official once told me, " “You have to make people happy against their will."