I was a TA for a class called “Monsters” at UC Santa Cruz. Counted for Gen Ed if I recall. Each unit was a different flavor of critical theory applied through studying a monster (eg Frankenstein, witches, etc) from a play. Truly excellent. I submit versions of this that don’t all have to be theater.

Counter proposal: humanities basics STEM majors need to have some sense of.

Airbnb needs to be banned. As long as there are homeless people, there's no reason we, as a society, should be enabling landlords to become ersatz hospitality businesses. We could house everybody if we actually used all the vacant units and Airbnbs for housing. There wouldn't be a "supply problem".

Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick.

Israel bombing a synagogue in Tehran is the kind of symbolism that would feel too heavy-handed in a work of fiction. But yeah. That tracks in this ridiculous timeline. May God bring comfort and safety to the Tehran Jewish community.

Actually we should just give citizenship to every undocumented person in the United States who wants it. Walking over an imaginary line isn't some great moral atrocity. Making people live in the shadows as a permanent underclass absolutely IS.

Chag sameach! I didn’t get to a seder tonight but does giving sick sea lions meds and fluids feel like a seder? Yes. Yes it does. And that’s what I did instead.

Gotta ask whether the use for AI that you think is so helpful is worth the cost. Every once in awhile there’s probably a reason to use it that is worth this level of harm to communities but making a funny meme so you don’t need to learn to draw and don’t need to hire a human isn’t one of them.

I don’t want visibility, I want to know that my health care is safe. I would like to be able to use bathrooms when I travel without worrying if I’m breaking a bullshit law. I want my goddamn right to exist to be a given rather than something that comes and goes with the political winds.

I think I’m connected to some Alaskans here, please consider asking your attorney gen to protect disability rights (also FL, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, SD, TX): autisticadvocacy.org/2026/02/take...

Your occasional reminder that no party or politician “gave” you anything, especially not your rights. A lot of working class people fought, bled, and died for them. A lot of powerful people, including your “party,” fought against them until they saw a personal advantage.

One aspect of bathroom bans I don't see discussed much is how they disproportionately impact trans folks with disabilities/chronic illness. Just a heads up, we've gotta talk poop. And in particular, diarrhea.

“Learning styles” aren’t a thing. Preference are and preferences impact motivation, plus universal design has reasons to offer multiple modalities to access/practice the material. But people do not have different learning “styles” (ways they require info to be offered in order to learn).

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

There’s a thumbnail image of what I’m assuming is the fungus in bright stain

"TMVII is a fungal infection that can spread through sexual contact, but also by sharing towels and linens or any skin-to-skin touch. Patients and experts alike are concerned about the lack of response to TMVII, given that most of its cases have presented in men who have sex with men."

“Everyone just buy EVs” seems sort of like silly advice given from a place of extreme privilege when a large percentage of the population can barely afford (or can’t) afford housing.

Saw condors in the wild today 10/10, do recommend. They’re gorgeous.

I lots of ableist takes saying what’s happening politically is madness and all I can say is it definitely is not madness, and saying it is just throws Mad people under the bus. It is the perfectly unethical but expected acts of people trying to max profits at the expense of other living beings.

A classic anti-masker tactic is to claim that if you don't wear a mask 100% of the time, it isn't worth it. Untrue. Every single time you wear a mask, you reduce the chances for viruses to spread. Wearing a mask always improves public health, even if you only do it occasionally.

#AliceWong would have been 52 this month. We feel Alice’s continued presence as we honor her legacy. Join us by taking action on a #DisabilityRights issue important to you and attending her memorial, which will be streamed on 3/25 at 2pm ET. lnk.to/alicemem @sfdirewolf.bsky.social #AliceIsLove 1/2

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There's a sea creature whose common name is the pikachu nudibranch and I need everyone to see it immediately.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Explore assisted suicide laws through a disability rights lens and discuss what real choice means. Join DREDF and the Center for Independent Living on March 19, 2026 at the Ed Roberts Campus for a screening of Life After and a panel discussion. Register: https://life-after-at-erc.eventbrite.com

for the youths who werent around for the iraq installment - dont believe anything the govt says about progress - no the democrats dont have to say getting rid of the baddie was good and therefore they have to support the war - the war needs to be ended - the media is not your ally and they love war

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

At an Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services listening session, the plea of attendees was clear: don’t weaken oversight of equity in #SpecialEd. Learn ways to advocate & how OSERS has supported students like our Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman. lnk.to/jzosers @jordynbzim.bsky.social 1/2

Everyone I know who has LC is telling similar hellish stories…a little PPE goes a long way

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

“Working together is vital to our survival more than ever,” says our co-founder Bob Williams. In an interview from (Un)Hidden: Disability Histories & Our World, Bob shares some of the history he participated in & calls us to act now for #DisabilityRights: lnk.to/unhidden. [Image: Bob… 1/2

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws. You know, like a democracy.

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In our newest guest blog, Glenda Watson Hyatt answers our questions about her recent master’s thesis on the employment (and #discrimination) of people with #SpeechDisabilities, including those who use #AAC: lnk.to/glenwh. @queensuresearch.bsky.social [Image: Glenda Watson Hyatt raises her… 1/2

Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.

"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?" Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

“I was denied a communication navigator when my speech began to slur… When I became unable to speak, my cellmate pleaded for me.” Watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony about her experience being detained by #ICE.

We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.

The cause of slave revolts is slavery - unknown Pic of the day #photography

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

Hi friends! It’s me! Bubba Boom! Chicago’s fattest drag king with the biggest hugs in drag here to remind you of a few things: Facism relies on people upholding and enforcing thin, white beauty standards Fatphobia is rooted in racist, colonial, and capitalist beliefs FUCK ICE. FREE PALESTINE.

Ilhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”

#DisabilityAdvocate, #AACUser, & fashionista, Marisa Conners, says her #Medicaid #HCBS waiver ensures her “needs & preferences are respected,” & it enables her to advocate & create in ways that align with her communication style. Learn how in her guest blog. lnk.to/marisa [Image: Marisa... 1/2

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and Minneapolis resident, was murdered by ICE today. He was a lawful gun owner. Our government saw his Second Amendment right as a threat and executed him in the streets.