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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 8h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 14h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 11h

These potatoes were so pretty, I couldn't just post about them. I needed verse.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 11h

the way is dark
but look
these potatoes
humble and good
are beautiful

Small fingerling potatoes in yellow, pink, and mottled purple dry on a white towel.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 11h

ICYMI!

Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 3d

Today on Bready or Not: Dulce de Leche Pumpkin Pie. An incredible pumpkin pie--and a surprisingly easy one, thanks to the food processor.

www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

Close up of a pumpkin pie with an orange interior and a golden brown drizzle atop.

Overhead view of a pumpkin pie with an orange interior and a golden brown drizzle atop.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 1d

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4d

Did you know I wrote a book about the origins of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, console RPGs, and their rise to success in North America?

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · Sep 11

Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popular culture.

Here's my review: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/aidan-moher-...

Review: Fight, Magic, Items by Aidan Moher

Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popu...

transfer-orbit.ghost.io

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 1d

Fully understood. I wish the availability was wider, too!

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I had a better answer, but unfortunately, they are only available as ebooks through Kindle. I'm sorry!

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 1d

A low stockpile, cool weather, and a sale inspired the first cheese shipment of the season, from Maytag Dairy in Iowa. They are most famous for their blue, which I’ve already had. I also bought some Frisian Farms cheeses I have been searching for!

Yellow and white blocks of cheese are in rows upon a table.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 1d

TFW you get approved for a galley by a favorite author.

a cartoon character with red hair and blue eyes is flying in the air

Alt: a cat-like cartoon character with red hair and blue eyes wields a magical sword

media.tenor.com

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 1d

Vampires aren’t real? Really?

A black and white cat in a red and black vampire cape stares forward confidently.

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Eve Eschenbacher 🎮 @midnightrem.bsky.social · 2d

I'd ask how that explains autistic girls and women, but you know they'd either say that "only boys can be autistic" or they'd come up with something else equally asinine, like "girls get autism when they take tylenol for their periods" or some shit.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good grief.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 2d

can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 2d

Give your imagination time to roam. Do mindless tasks. It's amazing how many people get ideas in the shower or while washing dishes! Also, read a lot. Read across genres. Take inspiration from, and subvert, existing words.

#SpoonieAuthChat

Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 2d

Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons) October 9, 2025:

What kind of advice would you give to another author who feels like they have writer's block?

(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)

Banner image has the same text as the post. There’s also another image of three spoons connected at the base.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 2d

Rando dude makes zero sense. What the heck?

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 3d

Visalia.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sorry for your loss.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 3d

Today on Bready or Not: Dulce de Leche Pumpkin Pie. An incredible pumpkin pie--and a surprisingly easy one, thanks to the food processor.

www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 4d

My novels & many anthologies I'm in are available! Support your local indie store--or even mine, Fair Trade Books in Red Wing, MN.

Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 4d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 5d

If you enjoyed A House Between Sea and Sky, it's a great time to grab ebooks of my other recent fantasies from 47North! A Thousand Recipes for Revenge & A Feast for Starving Stone are $2.49 each in US & Canada!

Book 1: amzn.to/3H7sZ0Y
Book 2: amzn.to/3L2uzCU
[promo links]

Image has two book covers at an angle for A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE. Text explains that for one month, both books are $2.49 each, US and Canada only. That means the complete series is under $5.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 5d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! Enjoy!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5d

Jesus. This is huge. B&T is, or I guess now was, one of the main library vendors for print books.

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

From the Libraries community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

www.reddit.com

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