I’ve been waiting for Democrats to just crash TF out and say “ok bet, if there are no rules anymore, our platform is student loan forgiveness, erasure of credit card interest debt, eliminating interest rates over 5%, stopping spam calls to your cellphones, etc.” where is project 2028?

The really exasperating thing is all this ends if even a slight majority of white folks can accept that a multiracial democracy is the only viable route.

#FreeDC 😍 Been wearing my “you are on native land” hat and “free DC” sharpied on duct tape affixed to my backpack on my daily dc commute. Vibing with all of the resistance stickers and posters I’ve been seeing along my walk

Talking about long covid with someone and holiest of holies I got to hear them accidentally say the phrase BRAIN FROG

Really grateful to the editors of @jslx.bsky.social for this opportunity to write about Bill's legacy -- both scholarly and some personal -- from our perspective as 3 students from his later years. 🐦 w @laurelmack.bsky.social & Meredith Tamminga onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places: California Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area Florida Massachusetts NC Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Zine request form in folder. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Now on my daily commute 😣 Tell me when I’m supposed to start feeling safe #FreeDC

If you haven’t read Heather Cox Richardson’s letter from yesterday, it’s well worth your time.

Anyway, here until the internet goes out: disability-rights-watch.com

If not authoritarian, why authoritarian-shaped?

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Outside Dupont north metro

Shoutout to DC for the amazing turnout yesterday! #FreeDC

Just devoured "Once there was" and this. Beautiful and has a way of getting in your heart and just sitting there like a purring cat who's also clawing your lap at the same time "If I lost my stories, I wouldn’t be anyone" ✨🥰

Same here :)

So glad this is out! Still wish we had the data processed in time for @jmhenner.bsky.social to use but pleased to have his contribution in more ways than 1. See below for a brief commentary re Jon, deaf linguists & participating in SiL research and doing it in a way that disrupts or crips it all

Social media is abuzz—not just with reports of fireflies, but with a startling claim: that this is the last generation to experience their dazzling light show. 🪲💡 Our firefly team has been getting this question for weeks, so today we are bringing you some answers!⤵️ xerces.org/blog/are-fir...

We honored to share the release of our new special issue: Critical Studies in Deaf Education and Linguistic Research. This special issue honors the life & scholarship of Dr. Jon Henner, a linguist/theorist whose ideas deeply influenced deaf education, linguistics, and disability studies. (1/3)

Heat indexes near 105, but no advisory today? 🤔 Readers are asking — and so are we. Given heat is the top weather killer, maybe it's time for more caution… not less from @nws.noaa.gov More at cwg.live Pictured: Forecast heat indexes at 3p

Coincidentally, this mirrors the rest of our politics

AI this, AI that, what about how much energy AI actually uses? “It blows my mind that you can buy a car and know how many miles per gallon it consumes, yet we use all these AI tools every day and we have absolutely no efficiency metrics, emissions factors, nothing." From the experts:

🔥 The heat’s not done — expect 90s every day for the next week. 🌬️ But just as July says goodbye, models tease a cooler, comfier start to August: 80s by day, 60s by night, and less humidity. Too good to be true? Maybe. But we’re rooting for it. 👉 Details: cwg.live

Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

Why this DC summer is so miserably humid and stormy 🎁 wapo.st/4nPyx3n

Thanks to @liamodell.com for covering my presentation on the ethics of the development and use of sign language technologies at the BDA conference in Leeds. And thanks to @bda.org.uk for the invitation! The UK has given me a lot as a deaf scholar over the years - happy to give back in return.

Trump’s rolling campaign of shakedown censorship, blackmail and purge has now felled the Late Show. But Stephen Colbert, a true-blue patriot and comic genius who skewers dunce-tyrants for a living, is irrepressible and invincible.

Some of my favorite macro shots from my recent visit to Eugene, OR. It was hotter than I would have liked during the long days but the morning walks were perfect #vsco #momentmacro

Perfect opportunity on your trip to read this stunning new book. Artfully articulated, detailed, deeply researched, exquisitely organized, beautifully constructed. Exponentially insightful. EMPIRE OF AI by Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social Essential. Consequential. Riveting. Don’t miss Ch. 9, 12

This. Was. So. Freaking. Good. I’m recommending this and the AI Con to EVERYONE!!!!

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

My keynote presentation at #ICED2025 yesterday was about the critical importance of deaf academic spaces, presenting #DrDeaf as an example, and the values they entail for broader deaf educational environments. Preprint of the paper: lnkd.in/ecx4bM-D Full keynote presentation: lnkd.in/eE7qrkhY

It's been 10 years since we first started delivering the weather forecast on WAMU 88.5! More details at cwg.live

🚨 Heavy rain possible this week 📅 Daily storm chances through at least Friday 🌧️ 2–4" of rain likely, with higher totals possible ⚠️ Marginal flooding risk each day (per NWS) 🌬️ Tuesday: Most widespread storms, some could be severe 💧 Humid all week = fuel for downpours More info @ cwg.live

Really infuriating stuff. There's no place for AI in the classroom. AFT needs to follow the lead of @aaup.org and understand that these technologies are part of the increasing move to corporatize the classroom.

The GOP's Medicaid-busting tax scheme is filled with poison pills antithetical to the values of our people. So I wrote a proper preamble for their big, ugly bill.

Democracies use government as an instrument for the common good. Using a tax bill to destroy and deny health care for 17 million of our people is a sign of authoritarianism.

Alligator Alcatraz must be stopped. We’re fighting to save the soul of this country and you continue to inspire us. You always show up when it counts. Thank you, truly! 💚✊

Thank you to everyone who stood with us today, in person and around the world online. Together, we sent a powerful message: America is not okay with this happening on U.S. soil.

Trump isn’t “cutting out waste.” He’s targeting programs like SNAP, Medicaid, and Social Security – targeting our most vulnerable communities. People need these to survive. No more cuts for our communities! Not now. Not ever.

Buried in the Republicans' billionaire tax giveaway is a special interest provision that would essentially ban states from regulating AI for a decade. This is a dangerous proposal that has nothing to do with taxes. It cannot become law.

This one of the sun pillar accompanied by some birds 😍 Was surprised to not see those small birds by the waves. What are they called again? Didn’t see a single one this year 😢 #vsco #OBX

Sun pillar clearer here #OBX #vsco

Slowly editing the many sunrise photos I’ve taken. In love with this one with its slight sun pillar, the crescent moon and the soft colors So crazy how many different colors the sunrise can be #OBX #vsco

LSA Presidential Research Forum Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use. Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_... #LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics

🙋🏾‍♀️ Presenting collaborative work with @savithry.bsky.social @linasigns.bsky.social and Laura Horton! #linguistics

But alas, the near unanimous pleas of the American people not to enter another illegal war fell on hearing ears. 💀

Extreme heat warning in effect Monday and Tuesday for DC area. Here are signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke to watch out for. We've got more heat safety tips, and our full forecast, at cwg.live