Things today's White House autism announcement did not do: -Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families -Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear -Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience

Jill was that professor for me. She expanded how I thought about art and the world. I have always considered it a privilege to have had the opportunity to learn from her and will always carry her lessons with me. May her memory be a blessing.

An absolutely vital piece providing the history and context of the corporatization of public education. This stuck out to me as something I increasingly see from AP classes: “They’re more likely to encounter these as decontextualized excerpts in corporate-produced test prep materials.”

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202…

This is why I love Big Ears so much, a never ending sense of discovery. And love this for Chicago!

This is the worst gimmick. Every time I see one of his stupid posts I feel dumber.

Welcome back college football!

Beck/Sonic Youth/Sneaker Pimps/Built to Spill/Elliott Smith backed by Quasi 1997 Champoeg State Park

The president plans to invade Chicago this week. Now to schedule the vet appointment and get the kids’ backpacks ready for school!

Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.

I see Izzy Mandelbaum has entered the chat.

Existential Philosophy. Kierkegaard-Sartre-Nietzsche. Also the only class I ever had with a page limit on papers, nothing over 5 pages I believe, which was way harder than writing 15 pages.

I couldn’t believe this was real, so checked my email and, yes sure enough, it’s real. Smashed that unsubscribe button.

Attention K-12 schools: you cannot predict the jobs of the future. Don’t let the AI pushers tell you they can.

This is my family. And it’s not just my family, it’s our friends and the wonderful teachers and staff who care and educate our kids. They give their whole heart to their jobs and get spit in the face by this radical court. A deeply shameful decision.

I was just in NYC with my wife and three kids, we rode the subway all over Manhattan from morning through the night. Never felt unsafe once. The ease of getting around was honestly one of my favorite parts of the trip.

This made me look up when I saw Ida in Portland at the Meow Meow and found out it was 6/22/2000. 25 years ago! 🤯 A lovely memory where the whole audience sat on the concrete floor gently swaying to gorgeous harmonies.

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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Happy Don’t Rank Cuomo Day for those who celebrate!

Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

This really isn’t a hard message. Obama neutralized the Iran nuclear program through the hard work of diplomacy, but Trump tore up the deal in his first term out of spite and chose war instead.

also very demoralizing to see people who fell for it the first time, fall for it again

Gonna go see 28 Years Later for a more hopeful vision of the future.

This is Bill Lee and Cameron Sexton’s goal all along for Tennessee.

The only reason Tennessee isn’t higher on this list is because the governor and legislature have already done the work leading to massive rural hospital closures. Now they want to spread that across the country.

isolated vocals from the ending of “you still believe in me” from pet sounds. brian wilson touches the face of heaven

Sat down to fold some laundry. That was 2.5 hours ago 😂.

Elliott Smith opening for Beck 1997 (with Built to Spill and Sonic Youth in between)

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

I can only imagine the nonsense that would have happened if AI was around when Michael Ferro owned the paper.

The best novel I read last year.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

This is straight-up Nazi shit, and nobody should pretend otherwise. It is shameful that this man has any power.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Thinking back to the time a Republican state senator in Tennessee hosted an Orban goon at the State Capitol.

The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name. That, my friends, is rank bullshit.

Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up and outlining the damage being done to this country right now. Here is a story today that is hurting hungry people in Tennessee that I hope you highlight.

A society that provides accommodations and support for people with disabilities is a better society for that, full stop. If your first reaction to this is to be angry or suspicious that is a you problem. If you're in this guy's district and looking for a MD, find someone else, cause this dude sucks.

The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities. Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.

Happy #WorldDownSyndromeDay. It falls on 3/21, because people with Down syndrome have three copies of the twenty-first chromosome. This is the best Down syndrome PSA ever made and I want you to watch and share it. #WDSD2025

Today is World Down Syndrome Day! The best way you can show your support for the Down Syndrome community is to voice opposition to cuts that would be devastating to the Down Syndrome community - the Department of Education, Medicaid and SSDI. Advocacy is the best form of support and love 💙💛

🔥 JUST NOW: “LET KIDS LEARN!!” A Tennessee House committee disrupted, forced to adjourn over Lamberth & Watson’s cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools (aimed at SCOTUS) — as the entire audience repeatedly recited the pledge of allegiance. 🇺🇸

Bingo. That's why Gov. Bill Lee, et al were so insistent on ramming through the voucher bill here in TN. They will now direct that money away from the kids that need it and towards another tax break for families with kids already in private schools.

And it further stigmatizes disability, treating Autism as something that needs to be cured or fixed, as opposed to included, accepted and supported.

OPINION: "Attacks on disabled Americans and the policies we rely on lie at the core of so much of MAGA culture." @lollardfish.bsky.social, whose son is autistic and has Down syndrome, on how Trump admin. policies will affect people like his son.

Percent of school vouchers that go to religious institutions (schools and the churches that run them): Florida - 82% Arizona ESP - 87% (older AZ program: 96%) North Carolina - 92% Ohio - 91% Wisconsin - 96% Indiana - 98%