Alright, look, ideally Guillermo del Toro will make another aquatic monster romance. Personally, I feel we're overdue for one of those, but if he must remake classics, can we get that guy on Beauty and the Beast? I bet he could give us the ending we all deserve for that one.

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Started my day off with a kayak rescue/self rescue lesson and ended it with an afternoon volunteering at the weekend spay and neuter clinic and it was a great day. Thinking back at the many years I spent working 6-7 days a week to be a student/grad student like eww why lol

As Americans go hungry, Trump’s out golfing on your dime using your tax dollars. Don’t worry, it’s only about $3–4 million per trip.

An “ally” is something you let *other* people label you.

Still utterly in awe of the killer whales I saw a couple weekends ago.

Our Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman advocates that people who need & use AAC must be leaders & co-designers of AAC technologies. She writes about this in Impact, a journal from the Institute on Community Integration. She's featured in its 40 Big Ideas issue! lnk.to/bigidea @jordynbzim.bsky.social 1/2

It’s been 100 years since DC’s #ForestHaven institution for people with I/DD opened. Watch our webinar on its closure, featuring two former residents & our own Bob Williams, an advocate for #CommunityLiving & the #Medicaid programs that make it possible. lnk.to/fhyt [Video: Webinar… (1/2)

Those "Covid in pregnancy causes autism!!" headlines are misleading AF plus use autistic people as a jump scare—instead of emphasizing that Covid vaccines protect pregnant people AND babies from actual bad outcomes. @ejwillingham.bsky.social, in our latest newsletter: buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

Amazing the things neurotypical ppl think are acceptable ways to express displeasure with a coworker. /sarcasm

"Egg thief" Today's #birdoftheday set by @alan678.bsky.social is #underrated. What could be more #underrated than the thieving herring gull? 🤭 Here, stealing a guillemot egg from Stack Rock, Pembrokeshire.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #WeekRforRocks #AlphabetChallenge #birds #EastCoastKin #Stunday #birdphotography

More nope on #ProfoundAutism: An Autistic person’s ALS was only diagnosed a couple of months before they died, as their symptoms of progressive muscle weakness & associated disability were assumed to be 'challenging behavior' due to being 'severely Autistic.' thinkingautismguide.com/2023/09/grav...

Translation: don't feed the trolls. Engagement is food. Block the trolls. Even if they're the feds. Starve the trolls.

Weather forecast in Monterey bay was sunny with a chance of orcas so I went out on a boat and got caught in the moment watching orcas hunt sea lions. Beautiful and terrifying.

Sign up for our 10/22 webinar with Dr. Rua Mae Williams, titled "AI 101 for AAC Users:" lnk.to/ai101. Rua will be joined by Board members Jordyn Zimmerman & Godfrey Nazareth to discuss potential impacts of #AI for people who need and use #AAC. @fractalecho.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social (1/3)

I saw wild orcas yesterday, just for a moment. Terrifying and beautiful. 10/10, highly recommend. Very proud of myself that I didn’t pee my pants ROFL. Stuff of nightmares. Stuff of dreams.

Our Advisory Council Member #AliceWong appeared on a #Radiolab episode called #Voice! Listen for her amazing insights and a shoutout to CommunicationFIRST (1:00:48): lnk.to/rlab. Alice starts speaking at 00:32:47 and 00:58:45. Transcript here: lnk.to/rlabt. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social 📷 Photo… (1/2)

Our truly amazing supporters and the #AAC community have had our back for SIX years! Help us reach our 6th birthday celebratory fundraising goal by week’s end: lnk.to/pledge. We’ve got $7.2k out of $10k remaining to ensure we can keep fighting for communication #equity. … (1/2)

Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The work we do to advocate for people with speech-related #disabilities is more important than ever. To celebrate SIX years of hard work, we want to raise $10k by 10/10, our 6th birthday. Share our birthday #fundraiser far and wide so we can meet our goal! lnk.to/pledge [Video: Bob... (1/3)

We’ve spent the last SIX years advocating for everyone with communication #AccessNeeds, such as those from #autism, #aphasia, & any other #disability. In celebration, we want to raise $10k by 10/10, our 6th birthday. Please join our b-day fundraiser today! lnk.to/pledge [Video: Short… (1/2)

We interviewed Board member Lateef McLeod about his dissertation on #PeerMentorship for people who need & use #AAC. It confirmed the importance of mentorship by us & for us, & of co-creating mentorship spaces #accessible to people who use a variety of AAC. lnk.to/aacphd [Image: Lateef… (1/3)

Sharing my service dog fundraiser again: givebutter.com/nhEnw1 She's doing incredibly well! It is always enjoyable to get texts about what she's working on and extra fun when I get to have her visit me to work on her getting to know me. I'm really looking forward to having a dog to help out!

CN bugs Saw a real life swarm of maggots recently and it made my day (no sarcasm) and once again I’m questioning why I like to look at gross things so much. They were like cute little carnivorous caterpillars but gross which made it even better.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

TIL there was a theory in like the sixties that some person named Baldwin published that claimed the dinosaurs went extinct because they were all constipated (following plants were outcompeting ferns).

“They did not die from COVID , they had preexisting conditions.” “They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.” This is what eugenics sounds like.

Pasteurized milk is great! Vaccines are great! Food regulations save lives! It feels weird any of these things are "up for debate". I feel goofy quoting NACHO LIBRE, but I believe in science.

God I fucking love tumblr.

Wolves are a critical part of the environment. Together with bears they cull the weak the sick and the old from the herds they prey on. Reducing the spread of disease and increasing the health of the herds. Without wolves, the system falls apart.

In light of these trying times, please enjoy this western fence lizard hanging out on a fence, pun intended by me, maybe not by the lizard, who probably doesn’t know English

Happy National Moth Week everybody.

Rich men don’t own teenage beauty pageants for the fashion.

Funding cuts to PBS and NPR, attempts to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing, Colbert canceled. Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.

Lilya has until end of day today to get $600 for June and July's storage fees or all items they own go to auction. Between medical emergency and a hotel for a medical trip canceling and delaying refund, they are out of money until their next SSI payment. venmo: @WHolifield paypal.me/WHolifield

Third time kayaking today. **** I love birds. So pretty and cute and funny. Seeing them from the water is next level cool. Trying to get back to the boat ramp against the wind was a workout, even on the little lake nearby. Good place to learn. Just wish the water wasn’t full of DDT (?!?!)

I’m out here having weirdly spiritual experiences… *checks notes* …placing subcu fluid lines in large wild animals that are offering to bite my face off for being in their space bubble. Wildlife volunteering rocks.

If you're being snarky about children drowning in a flash flood what the fuck is wrong with you

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

Today while on a sea lion rescue* a little girl told me yesterday the sea lions mommy came and got him from the beach, but today she didn’t. She wanted to make sure when our vets were done with him that we’d get him back to his mommy. So cute. *where I volunteer, we are trained and permitted

Every week someone tells me they had to put Covid aside to focus on bigger issues like fascism. The thing is, eugenics and fascism go hand in hand. Historically pandemics have ignited fascism & normalized eugenics & indifference

Survival is resistance. Joy is resistance. Today where I volunteer I got to place a fluid line for the first time on a live animal. Very grateful I get to do this work. Very grateful my patient didn’t bite me.

Also there’s a lot of policies being put into place/removed that will be very very hard to undue. Were will fight then yes but also gotta fight now

All hands on deck! "The Senate may try to vote as soon as the end of next week! We need to tell them to take Medicaid cuts out of the budget reconciliation bill. We need to tell the Senate: No cuts to Medicaid." By @autisticadvocacy.org, with contact guidelines: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/06/tell...

Transgender people deserve to dictate our own lives and futures. No court decision can change who we know we are.

That birthday parade could’ve been an email.