Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

He’s a deranged child rapist. It’s not surprising, quite frankly. And the sooner he’s deposed from office, the better.

For you, Republicans… declaration.fas.harvard.edu/resources/text

No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.

The last several years have convinced me that what zombie apocalypse stories are really missing to emphasize their realism is granola moms and twitter bros screaming YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO as they sprint outside and hug the nearest zombie while filming with a selfie stick

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

Young Republicans are praising Hitler. Here's why Democrats are to blame.

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

The American Right doesn't want black people to vote.

When a picture says a thousand words… #TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

NEW: if you’re planning on taking I-5 to the No Kings rally, you might wanna leave now. In order to disrupt our protests, they’re shutting parts of it down. meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

In Nuremberg it wasnt't accepted as a défense.

Republicans are weird nazis. Pass it on.

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

As a deaf person with a deaf kid, I'm the first to admit IDEA isn't perfect. I fight people's (often willful) misinterpretations of the Least Restrictive Environment every day. Just gave a lecture at BU about how change is needed. Deleting all legal oversight in the middle of the night isn't it.

Proof that public outcry can still be helpful, if temporarily. The money was rerouted to the National Center on Deafblindness, who will then distribute to the other programs. But it is only one year's worth, so keep an eye on it.

🖊️ Add your name to protect OSERS and federal disability oversight: 👉 exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C... Every signature helps send a clear message: students with disabilities deserve strong federal protection under IDEA and ADA. #ProtectIDEA #4SpecialEducation

This isn’t just a budget issue—it’s a civil rights issue. Federal leadership is essential to uphold IDEA and ADA, and to protect the rights of children and adults with disabilities. Read more in our newsfeed: nationaldeafcenter.org/news-items/p...

Without OSERS: Students with disabilities risk losing access to education, transition supports, and accommodations. States and schools lose federal guidance, accountability, and funding. Families and professionals lose the infrastructure ensuring consistency and quality.

The recent Reduction in Force (RIF) at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)—including OSEP and RSA—jeopardizes decades of progress in disability rights, education, and employment. #ProtectIDEA #4SpecialEducation 🧵 [thread]

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

i love that fox news is mining bluesky for content. if you're reading this, hi fox news. you guys suck.

“The leopards!!! MY FACE!!!!” — every MAGA eventually

Another thing regarding mutual aid & who your community is, is a lot of disabled people in particular are very isolated. They're in deep poverty & complete abandonment. Literally. So they hop online to have community. Sometimes it's the only community they have & the only way they can get help.

The human mind is not equipped to deal with the constant onslaught of realizing that there are far more ignorant, genuinely sponge-dumb people in the world than you ever thought possible.

They wanted the House. They wanted the Senate. They wanted the White House. They got it. All of it. It's all theirs. And it's shut down. They can lie They can troll They can "own the libs" But. They. Cannot. Govern. This is all you need to hold in mind when you're looking to assign blame.

Here's a good first pass on what parents of #deafkids and other kids with disabilities should know and should be doing in the wake of the OESP firings: adayinourshoes.com/osep/ ♿

Beware the bread and circuses. You are not immune.

Slashing special ed staff in the Department of Education and gutting public health agencies is what you do if you are a straight-up eugenicist.

Today in an interview with NBC News, Vance said that Trump was considering all of his options for deploying the National Guard to major cities, including invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807, which grants the president emergency powers to deploy troops on U.S. soil.

Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you. Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.

Yesterday we received word that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) within Dept of Ed (DoEd) was gutted--right now we believe there is no one or nearly no one left. But what does it mean? 1/11

"Trump and MAGA are the reason your child lost their special education services" is the message, that's easy. Distribution is going to be hard.

but blacksky.community/profile/did:...

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Shit is going to hit the fan soon. Get vaccinated asap. Get food and other essentials.

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties. Hello? Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party. Enough of the false equivalence.

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months. There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress. Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...