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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9h

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

projects.propublica.org

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 6h

if you didn't come to me and bianca's talk today in chicago u missed out 😎😎 photo by sage

me in the bookstore
"... I want this boy to be so pretty, it's like, this boy is so pretty I want to destroy him."

@ RESTORIED BOOKSHOP

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 6h

so many authors in discussion of this say they have low employability (like me)
I made the bargain of low income in exchange for time to write: am experienced in how to live low-income. Even so, options get cut off as you accumulate injuries; poverty traps catch you; you don't grow more employable.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 19h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 7h

Raging creeks cut off evacuation routes in southwest Colorado as 383 households are forced to flee

Heavy rain sent by Hurricane Priscilla forced 383 households at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir to evacuate. More weather is on the way.

coloradosun.com

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 7h

If I try, that can be every day!

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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 7h

ALL RIGHT #HorrorWatch! ARE YOU READY?

GET SET

PRESS
PLAYYYYYYYYYYYY

The Thing From Another World (1951)

After retrieving a body from a crashed flying saucer, scientists fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism at a remote research facility in the Arctic.

tubitv.com

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 7h

Oh dear Lord no

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 8h

The absolutely nightmarish situation for authors right now is a big part of why I'm probably never going to stop teaching.

I like teaching, but it's frustrating that full-time authoring feels like it will never, ever be an option. At least until I hit retirement age.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 19h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 19h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Jon Ficke @jonficke.bsky.social · 7h

Authors leaving is one piece of the puzzle, even less visible are the people who drop out before breaking in in the first instance because we can see the hellscape the industry is becoming and attrition takes us out before we find rep/debut deal.

J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 8h

The absolutely nightmarish situation for authors right now is a big part of why I'm probably never going to stop teaching.

I like teaching, but it's frustrating that full-time authoring feels like it will never, ever be an option. At least until I hit retirement age.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 19h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Nice recap

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Kat for now 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏕️ @esedia.bsky.social · 7h

The moment of family 💖 we all need today

The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 7h

Zach
@zach116.bsky.social • 1d
Show this post to your mother if you believe it is something acceptable to say to a stranger

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempr... • 1d
You are a waste of time for everyone you know. You are merely tolerated. Never fully embraced. And fuck your flags in bio nonsense

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempronouns... • 1d
You know what? Bet. One sec

Kim Williams @towandakim.bsky.social • 1d
Hi there, Grey's mother here. I've always been proud of my kiddo. The free thinking was hard during teen years because I had some growing up to do. I support whatever opinion or stance Grey takes, with respect, whether I agree or disagree with it. Always proud to see a display of 1st Amendment.

Grey Them Pronouns @greythempronouns... • 1d
Holy shit Zach my mom just joined Bluesky specifically to prove you wrong

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 7h

RETVRN to Crab

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Tegan O’Neil @teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 11h

it’s October 11th, which means that nine years ago this little essay went live … did it change my life? yes, and most definitely not how I expected.

so let that be a lesson for you this Coming Out Day: whatever you think the future holds, it does not. life comes at you, for worse and for better.

One Hundred and Sixty Four Days

Part 1 of an ongoing series. Follow up with Part 2 here . If you like my writing, please consider a donation to my Patreon . It’...

whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 9h

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 10h

Tron: Ares with, like, Michael B. Jordan would not have been a bomb.

Mike Draco’lantern 🎃 @digitaldraco.bsky.social · 11h

You're overlooking Jared Leto, I think.

I've seen a LOT of people saying they're not going to see it just based on him being in it.

Also, the fact that Disney didn't bother to properly follow up on Legacy.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

Amen

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 8h

Look, this is what Catholicism does so well. Yes girl, BRING OUT THE MONSTRANCE. MAKE THEM SAY IT IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Martin Luther could *never*. He failed to predict the Trump Presidency and also is directly implecated. I am so serious.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Casey Plett @caseyplett.com · 9h

Hi pre-order this plz

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 1d

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 14h

Loved this profile of the women who run Hagfish Books, another amazing company devoted to reissuing forgotten and overlooked titles.

They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of

www.nytimes.com

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