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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 1h

with parry mechanics

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

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.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4h

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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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4h

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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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 8h

essentially all of federal special education cut, while we bail out argentina and build a 90k square foot ballroom.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 10h

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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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not sure how poorer districts in any state will be able to stomach the costs from IEPs. I expect disability support staff (i.e. paraprofessionals) may be furloughed.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h

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

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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h

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

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 8h

nothing has prepared me for the absolute horror on display by the nation that i served in uniform to defend

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 12h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 13h

it is rather embarrassing tbh

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 13h

nah they maybe would have a year ago but summoning a plague of frogs is political now

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 1d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
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Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 1d

Nicely done

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 1d

fun fact: the first people to wear clerical collars were actually protestants, and roman catholics picked it up from them

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

"the church is dying" oh no what could the God we worship possibly do with the dead

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

you are right for all but the peace prize, which is awarded in oslo

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

provided, that is, that they are looking for something rather rigorous and academic. (it is three volumes in one, 700+ pages, and deals with the Holy Spirit in its entirety, not merely as agent of the resurrection of the body.)

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

sorry, you did say apostles' and there i went nicene. so i don't know of anything super academic in that regard. but i would say, if it's something that they struggle with and want to hear more about the theology of, one book i would heartily recommend is yves congar's _i believe in the Holy Spirit_

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

just how academic/exhaustive are you looking for? luke timothy johnson's _the creed_ is really good, though not what i would call exhaustive. and while i have not read it, i have heard good things about ben wyatt's _Christ and the council_

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

somehow @lorenlasch.bsky.social managed to buy eye masks that have not one but two different product names that sound like they could have been aliases that shawn gave gus on psych

a black box of eye masks with geometric shapes on it which reads, "blaq™ kakadu plumpers"

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

but we had three devastating newses today already

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

my personal favorite is the upper half of "the burial of the count of orgaz" but if you are looking for something a bit more 'neutral' the one i see most frequently is fra angelico's "the forerunners of Christ with saints and martyrs"

ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

"we're doing the studies to make the proof." -guy who definitely understands the scientific method

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 2d

one place that does this well imho is the african-american episcopal historical collection at vts:
vts.edu/aaehc/

African American Episcopal Historical Collection (AAEHC) | Virginia Theological Seminary

vts.edu

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

from a fire that no longer destroys but rather lights up the divine face for humanity."

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 3d

had to look it up so i didn't lead you astray. in "the prototype and the image," marion talks about the cross as the τύπος of the invisible on the visible, and therefore in a sense the prototypical icon. he later closes by saying, "in the icon, the visible and the invisible embrace each other...

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