absolute jaw drop just now

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

There is no reason you can’t honor Holocaust Remembrance Day while also celebrating large boulder the size of a small boulder day…life is full of simultaneous joy and mourning.

God is CLEARLY pro trans rights

If I were part of the world, would I be worth it?

To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.

I’m incredibly disappointed to see you voted like this @alsobrooks.senate.gov. Throwing trans and intersex people under the bus will not satisfy them (and is wrong even if it would).

Be mindful of and gentle with the ways you use Newtown and Sandy Hook today and tomorrow. Those moms, dads, brothers, cousins, and loved ones are here, dealing a hurt most of us can never understand, over and over again. Listen to them. Amplify their voices.

I've had a rough day, and I think I've earned this. GOAT PAJAMA PARTY. Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them

Thank you, and it is time for new Senate minority leadership that will fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?

Thank you. The next step is remove Senate minority leadership as they’ve demonstrated that they will not fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?

What does this mean? USDA is not going to move approximately $4 billion additional dollars to states tonight in order to fully fund November SNAP benefits; The 1st Circuit is going to issue a ruling (essentially upholding or overturning the RI court's order) at some time in the near future;

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

I just want to make this *abundantly clear*. When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids… THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.

This kind of belonging and supportive space to grow and relax is what camp is all about. A lovely article 💕

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it. I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work. Our liberation is bound together. Are you coming along?

Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")? Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event. Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

with alt text in case anyone needs it 🏛️

We have a #MinCup25 champion!! Congratulations, #Kyanite! www.mineralcup.org/2025 After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right? Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Alright - I’ve been pretty quiet this #MinCup25 but now that it’s down to the final hour (or so), I have a story to share, in favor of #kyanite It’s about geology, field camp, and the kind of learning that happens despite difficulty, and because of great TAs. 🧵

Omg y’all. I love Freecycle and Buy Nothing, but some posts just make me cackle

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

I feel so awful for parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids right now, being drowned in such hateful nonsense. You deserve better. Your autistic kid deserves better. My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting

Timeline cleanse Fat Bear Week pro tip: the horribly-named and under-appreciated Underwater Salmon Cam is also an underwater bear cam. Bears come within mere feet (sometimes inches!) from the camera, which is how I learned that bears walking on their hind legs look ridiculous

Vote #kyanite! It has two different hardnesses 🤩

This sounds wacky but it is backed up by science.

#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Today in AI Is Not A Good Source For Learning About The World's Most Misunderstood Body Part, meet this ChatGPT gem. Funnily enough, we're actually going to talk about how most of this is kinda sorta right (for small values of right), as a cautionary tale about generative AI.

Oh for fucks sake lol of course OF COURSE godDAMNit

And so now they're prosecuting two employees for standing in the way of their illegal operation. It's unbelievable. These officers should be prosecuted for violating the Constitution every which way, but instead, it's Americans sticking up for the Constitution who are locked up.

OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING

Good afternoon you handsome and gorgeous lot. I am hosting a FREE virtual screening of our documentary, "Navigating Autism in Communities of Color" on August 1, 2025 6pm. You can find more information and registration here. supernovaparenting.org/navigating-a...

🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.

It's that time of year again! Drowning doesn't look like drowning; familiarize yourself with the instinctive drowning response

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Apparently new calendar season has already begun…

Soda literally kept me alive when an SBO d/t IBD meant I couldn't eat anything and we were not near my normal hospital, so you can call it "junk food" if you want to, but that's not a scientific or medical judgement.

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Healthcare, social security, medical research, disability supports & public health are all under attack. Want to fight back? Wear a mask. It only takes one infection to end up severely disabled. A mask protects you and those around you. It’s easier to resist when you have your health. #HandsOff

Happy International Asexuality Day!!!🖤🩶🤍💜

We have to celebrate wins or we will not get many of them. It's why they're purging the histories: to make it harder to know what wins we've even had. Knowing that we've beat these fuckers before is necessary in order for us to know they can be beaten.