Alysia
@akb5.bsky.social
Mom of three, wife, advocate, former Vermonter but now MA is my home. Constantly reminding myself “don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy”.
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities & this year's theme is "Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress". What does that actually look like? A world where disabled people can live full lives. This is what we fight for every day. We hope you'll join us.
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities & this year's theme is "Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress". What does that actually look like? A world where disabled people can live full lives. This is what we fight for every day. We hope you'll join us.
Articles like this make my head explode. Even if you take away the bad data and fact checking, it is perpetuating the stigma of needing additional supports by calling it “gaming the system” AND by mentioning that students at those “smart” institutions like Harvard and Amherst shouldn’t need help.
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Articles like this make my head explode. Even if you take away the bad data and fact checking, it is perpetuating the stigma of needing additional supports by calling it “gaming the system” AND by mentioning that students at those “smart” institutions like Harvard and Amherst shouldn’t need help.
Hahahahahahaha. Oh my goodness this is disgusting.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hahahahahahaha. Oh my goodness this is disgusting.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bought my holiday gifts online today from @anunlikelystory.bsky.social instead of the other unnamed bookstores. Grateful to have a local bookstore that also ships to us! #smallbusinessSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bought my holiday gifts online today from @anunlikelystory.bsky.social instead of the other unnamed bookstores. Grateful to have a local bookstore that also ships to us! #smallbusinessSaturday
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Twenty years old.
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died. She faithfully and honorably served our country. l can't begin to imagine what her family, friends, and colleagues are experiencing right now. Keep them in your thoughts.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Twenty years old.
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“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
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If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.
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I just watched the whole video, and not a single reporter stood up for her. Everyone just pivoted to asking questions on other topics.
This is shameful.
This is shameful.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I just watched the whole video, and not a single reporter stood up for her. Everyone just pivoted to asking questions on other topics.
This is shameful.
This is shameful.
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
Life is hard and the world is on fire but then your dog wakes you up to pee at 5am and you see the most amazing early morning sky with shooting stars so you text your 19 year old who you know has been awake all night and the two of you experience seeing shooting stars for the first time together.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Life is hard and the world is on fire but then your dog wakes you up to pee at 5am and you see the most amazing early morning sky with shooting stars so you text your 19 year old who you know has been awake all night and the two of you experience seeing shooting stars for the first time together.
To quote a friend: It’s just so gross that this small group of truly heinous monsters are so closely involved with this.
And are now all in power.
And are now all in power.
Lutnick is the current Secretary of Commerce and Epstein sent this email three months before he died.
Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
To quote a friend: It’s just so gross that this small group of truly heinous monsters are so closely involved with this.
And are now all in power.
And are now all in power.
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Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
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“Tonight we sent a message…we chose our commonwealth over chaos.”
- Governor-elect Spanberger
- Governor-elect Spanberger
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Tonight we sent a message…we chose our commonwealth over chaos.”
- Governor-elect Spanberger
- Governor-elect Spanberger
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Goodness. Closing beautifully with Vito Marcantonio: “If it be radicalism to believe that our natural resources should be used for the benefit of all, and not for the purpose of enriching just a few, then I plead guilty to the charge.”
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Goodness. Closing beautifully with Vito Marcantonio: “If it be radicalism to believe that our natural resources should be used for the benefit of all, and not for the purpose of enriching just a few, then I plead guilty to the charge.”
I love baseball (she says, from under a blanket, with no stake in the game).
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I love baseball (she says, from under a blanket, with no stake in the game).
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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Markey on SNAP: "This moment isn't just an economic failure. This isn't just a civic failure. This is an utter moral failure for the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans."
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Markey on SNAP: "This moment isn't just an economic failure. This isn't just a civic failure. This is an utter moral failure for the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans."
@massgovernor.bsky.social be better than this. Yes we can.
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Gov. Healey says there's "no way" Massachusetts would be able to make up for lost SNAP funding from the federal government.
www.cbsnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@massgovernor.bsky.social be better than this. Yes we can.
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The distillation of this is that your government is lying to you and plans to keep doing so.
Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
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When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The distillation of this is that your government is lying to you and plans to keep doing so.
I realized this about my own kids (ages 23, 19, 17) when we talk about the atrocities happening and their response is this is all they know. The chaos is their political baseline and they see no way out.
Yeah, this is what I wrestle with -- a college freshman today was only nine when Trump first ran for president. They've grown up with him as a baseline, not an aberration.
It's odd for me to realize that my first-year undergraduates are at an age where they don't really remember that there was a form of US politics prior to Donald Trump. For them, Trump is not an aberration from the normal course of political discourse, but just how US politics is done.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I realized this about my own kids (ages 23, 19, 17) when we talk about the atrocities happening and their response is this is all they know. The chaos is their political baseline and they see no way out.