dr. andy
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associate professor in TX. pragmatic radical scholar. engaged educator. accidental, award-winning author. disabled punk. casually vegan. reluctant podcaster. TEDx’r 🤟
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We Live in a Disabling Society … But We Don’t Have To | Andrew Colombo-Dougovito | TEDxUNT
Disability affects more than 60 million people in the United States alone. Colombo-Dougovito studies how movement connects to well-being, and how the systems...
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Welcome, new Bluesky friends!
If you want to know what I do, this 👇 is a pretty good synopsis:
If you want to know what I do, this 👇 is a pretty good synopsis:
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I just feel that artists, authors, professors, teachers, and librarians are categorically on these watch lists because we like to read.
But yes. Watch what you post. And count the cost. "The days are evil."
But yes. Watch what you post. And count the cost. "The days are evil."
Do not post shit that will get you on watch list
Do not sign up for protests- just go
Wear a mask if you are protesting
No matter how mad you are: Stay safe and stay smart
Do not sign up for protests- just go
Wear a mask if you are protesting
No matter how mad you are: Stay safe and stay smart
January 15, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I just feel that artists, authors, professors, teachers, and librarians are categorically on these watch lists because we like to read.
But yes. Watch what you post. And count the cost. "The days are evil."
But yes. Watch what you post. And count the cost. "The days are evil."
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We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
I’m old enough to remember people raising rabbits for pets or meat in Flint after GM left.
People are always amazed to hear that that was in the 90’s, as in 1990’s.
Wild times.
People are always amazed to hear that that was in the 90’s, as in 1990’s.
Wild times.
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I’m old enough to remember people raising rabbits for pets or meat in Flint after GM left.
People are always amazed to hear that that was in the 90’s, as in 1990’s.
Wild times.
People are always amazed to hear that that was in the 90’s, as in 1990’s.
Wild times.
From the people that consider ketchup a vegetable.
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
From the people that consider ketchup a vegetable.
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All medication should be free.
And I'm repeat that for Americans in the audience - ALL medication. If u come at me saying "what about..." the answer is ALL medication should be free.
And I'm repeat that for Americans in the audience - ALL medication. If u come at me saying "what about..." the answer is ALL medication should be free.
My new medication is just north of $760 without insurance. It’s an anti-psychotic.
And some people wonder why anyone celebrates a CEO gets drilled between the eyes.
And some people wonder why anyone celebrates a CEO gets drilled between the eyes.
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
All medication should be free.
And I'm repeat that for Americans in the audience - ALL medication. If u come at me saying "what about..." the answer is ALL medication should be free.
And I'm repeat that for Americans in the audience - ALL medication. If u come at me saying "what about..." the answer is ALL medication should be free.
It’s really unsurprising at this point but this is truly, utterly deplorable.
We were just starting to see positive outcomes on addiction. These mutherfuckers pull the rug.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
We were just starting to see positive outcomes on addiction. These mutherfuckers pull the rug.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It’s really unsurprising at this point but this is truly, utterly deplorable.
We were just starting to see positive outcomes on addiction. These mutherfuckers pull the rug.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
We were just starting to see positive outcomes on addiction. These mutherfuckers pull the rug.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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The case before the Supreme Court this morning is about far more than just sports.
"It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."
"It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."
Supreme Court battle over trans athletes is about so much more than sports
"It's just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of the public life entirely."
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The case before the Supreme Court this morning is about far more than just sports.
"It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."
"It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."
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Research participants reported that barriers are not autistic traits, but environmental factors. Bullying. Lack of understanding. Sensory hostile environments with harsh lighting and noise. Forced masking that creates exhaustion and pain. Social rejection for being authentically autistic. Prejudice.
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Research participants reported that barriers are not autistic traits, but environmental factors. Bullying. Lack of understanding. Sensory hostile environments with harsh lighting and noise. Forced masking that creates exhaustion and pain. Social rejection for being authentically autistic. Prejudice.
This is why they wanted to bring the “President’s Fitness Assessment” back to elementary PE.
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is why they wanted to bring the “President’s Fitness Assessment” back to elementary PE.
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Public comments supporting this data collection are due Feb 9. More info soon—please share widely.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Public comments supporting this data collection are due Feb 9. More info soon—please share widely.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
…and our education system set the foundation, as its sole focus for the better part of the last 50 years has been ‘compliance’ over ‘learning’…particularly for kids with disabilities.
Compliance as a thing itself venerated and enforced, often by uniformed men with guns.
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
…and our education system set the foundation, as its sole focus for the better part of the last 50 years has been ‘compliance’ over ‘learning’…particularly for kids with disabilities.
Jan 31 hasn’t come yet. That’s usually the earliest most folks can file.
Bunch of agents are just sitting there, waiting for their moment.
Bunch of agents are just sitting there, waiting for their moment.
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Jan 31 hasn’t come yet. That’s usually the earliest most folks can file.
Bunch of agents are just sitting there, waiting for their moment.
Bunch of agents are just sitting there, waiting for their moment.
Because universities made a deal with the devil in the 80’s which has allowed businesses to dictate curriculum.
The lack resistance to AI theft by academic associations and institutions is so disappointing. If we don’t raise the alarm- who will? Why are our unis passively accepting big tech propaganda instead of fighting for legislation to protect scholarship & truth?
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Because universities made a deal with the devil in the 80’s which has allowed businesses to dictate curriculum.
Dismissing any discussion of whiteness or refusing to engage in convos is textbook discomfort.
We would rather dismiss the idea than consider why we lack any capacity to talk it.
But sure, let’s say that’s not it. How then do you suggest that we discuss race and whiteness with white people?
We would rather dismiss the idea than consider why we lack any capacity to talk it.
But sure, let’s say that’s not it. How then do you suggest that we discuss race and whiteness with white people?
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Dismissing any discussion of whiteness or refusing to engage in convos is textbook discomfort.
We would rather dismiss the idea than consider why we lack any capacity to talk it.
But sure, let’s say that’s not it. How then do you suggest that we discuss race and whiteness with white people?
We would rather dismiss the idea than consider why we lack any capacity to talk it.
But sure, let’s say that’s not it. How then do you suggest that we discuss race and whiteness with white people?
This is deplorable.
This is intentional misinformation from the president of the united states, though he probably doesn’t even know it.
This is intentional misinformation from the president of the united states, though he probably doesn’t even know it.
Trump: "Effective today, America will no longer require 72 'jabs' for our beautiful, healthy children. We are moving to a far more reasonable Schedule, where all children will only be recommended to receive Vaccinations for 11 of the most serious and dangerous diseases."
January 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This is deplorable.
This is intentional misinformation from the president of the united states, though he probably doesn’t even know it.
This is intentional misinformation from the president of the united states, though he probably doesn’t even know it.
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Hard to look at this and not think that Andrew Wakefield won.
Trump: "Effective today, America will no longer require 72 'jabs' for our beautiful, healthy children. We are moving to a far more reasonable Schedule, where all children will only be recommended to receive Vaccinations for 11 of the most serious and dangerous diseases."
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Hard to look at this and not think that Andrew Wakefield won.
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We don't have the disability education infrastructure to support a growing number of kids who are going to be disabled because their parents didn't get them vaccines against illnesses that can lead to the development of disabilities.
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
We don't have the disability education infrastructure to support a growing number of kids who are going to be disabled because their parents didn't get them vaccines against illnesses that can lead to the development of disabilities.
Every person responsible for the actions leading to the death of public media in the US should be forced to watch Mr. Fred Rogers’ 1969 Senate testimony on repeat for the rest of their lives, or until their heart “grows any sizes, at all”.
Whichever comes first.
Whichever comes first.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Every person responsible for the actions leading to the death of public media in the US should be forced to watch Mr. Fred Rogers’ 1969 Senate testimony on repeat for the rest of their lives, or until their heart “grows any sizes, at all”.
Whichever comes first.
Whichever comes first.
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I don’t like to throw around the term rape culture often for a variety of reasons, but this? THIS is rape culture.
It exists to intimidate women into minimizing their public prominence, which serves to strengthen male dominance in culture, society, and politics.
It exists to intimidate women into minimizing their public prominence, which serves to strengthen male dominance in culture, society, and politics.
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I don’t like to throw around the term rape culture often for a variety of reasons, but this? THIS is rape culture.
It exists to intimidate women into minimizing their public prominence, which serves to strengthen male dominance in culture, society, and politics.
It exists to intimidate women into minimizing their public prominence, which serves to strengthen male dominance in culture, society, and politics.
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Another thing we joked about becoming real.
The slow/PR-marketed shut down of public services because we can’t afford them anymore - is happening…
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The slow/PR-marketed shut down of public services because we can’t afford them anymore - is happening…
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Tens of thousands demand schools switch to four-day weeks to boost teachers
On Monday MPs will debate calls for schools to switch to a four-day week after more than 126,000 people signed a petition demanding the change, which supporters say will help recruit teachers
www.mirror.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Another thing we joked about becoming real.
The slow/PR-marketed shut down of public services because we can’t afford them anymore - is happening…
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The slow/PR-marketed shut down of public services because we can’t afford them anymore - is happening…
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
And, we’re expected to just go back to work on Monday?!
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And, we’re expected to just go back to work on Monday?!
All because Obama made a joke 15 years ago.
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
All because Obama made a joke 15 years ago.
Not a single government official has effectively answered “how”.
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Not a single government official has effectively answered “how”.