Debi Tate
@ddtate.bsky.social
👩🏻🦯 Information Tech Professional; Small Business Owner, now exploring the world with sight loss. Please add Alt-Text, make your content accessible! Consumer and fan of all things Accessibility, especially Audio Description and Audio Books.
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"Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Very excited about the latest Dave Robicheaux novel by my favorite author, James Lee Burke. Checkout the preview of The Hadacol Boogie. #BookSky
www.jamesleeburke.com/the-hadacol-...
www.jamesleeburke.com/the-hadacol-...
THE HADACOL BOOGIE Audiobook Preview | James Lee Burke
www.jamesleeburke.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Very excited about the latest Dave Robicheaux novel by my favorite author, James Lee Burke. Checkout the preview of The Hadacol Boogie. #BookSky
www.jamesleeburke.com/the-hadacol-...
www.jamesleeburke.com/the-hadacol-...
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If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
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Staff picks Wednesday with store manager Ryan! Check the alt text for his thoughts on James Lee Burke
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Staff picks Wednesday with store manager Ryan! Check the alt text for his thoughts on James Lee Burke
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Literally anyone I am remotely related to I refer to my “aunt,”
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Literally anyone I am remotely related to I refer to my “aunt,”
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians
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A federal appeals court ruled the Trump admin can deploy the National Guard to Portland. For those who are shocked at watching the National Guard on the ground in U.S. cities, we need to talk about how it began…
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump admin can deploy the National Guard to Portland. For those who are shocked at watching the National Guard on the ground in U.S. cities, we need to talk about how it began…
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For many years, it has been my honor to work with a voluntary team of broadcasters on the Internet radio station, Mushroom FM, which plays music from the 50s to the 80s.
While not a paid vacancy, I posted the following to the Mushroom FM blog. Participating in this project is a great experience […]
While not a paid vacancy, I posted the following to the Mushroom FM blog. Participating in this project is a great experience […]
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caneandable.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
For many years, it has been my honor to work with a voluntary team of broadcasters on the Internet radio station, Mushroom FM, which plays music from the 50s to the 80s.
While not a paid vacancy, I posted the following to the Mushroom FM blog. Participating in this project is a great experience […]
While not a paid vacancy, I posted the following to the Mushroom FM blog. Participating in this project is a great experience […]
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"As it turned out, she was texting me about a criminal case she is pursuing against one of the president’s perceived political enemies: New York Attorney General Letitia James."
"Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again."
"Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again."
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"As it turned out, she was texting me about a criminal case she is pursuing against one of the president’s perceived political enemies: New York Attorney General Letitia James."
"Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again."
"Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again."
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I love seeing all of the pictures of the No Kings protests around the country, but please take the extra few seconds and add #AltText to them. It can be as simple as "An unbroken sea of people at the No Kings protest in (City)."
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I love seeing all of the pictures of the No Kings protests around the country, but please take the extra few seconds and add #AltText to them. It can be as simple as "An unbroken sea of people at the No Kings protest in (City)."
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We're considering a feature that would let you specify topics you're not interested in, in addition to your existing interests. This would influence the content shown on your Discover feed and the accounts recommended in Explore. What do we think?
October 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
We're considering a feature that would let you specify topics you're not interested in, in addition to your existing interests. This would influence the content shown on your Discover feed and the accounts recommended in Explore. What do we think?
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if you look at social media and dont immediately feel better what you should do is keep going back to it every five minutes or so. eventually you will find the Post that makes your life better
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
if you look at social media and dont immediately feel better what you should do is keep going back to it every five minutes or so. eventually you will find the Post that makes your life better
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“When they talk about the mixed-race population in the U.S., they don’t include me there, they include me in the category of Hispanic. So the fact that I am native to the Americas gets lost.”
From the archives: The Lipan Apache are reclaiming their identities after decades of denial.
From the archives: The Lipan Apache are reclaiming their identities after decades of denial.
Labeled ‘Hispanic’
Lipan Apaches across Texas are challenging the myth that their tribe was wiped out.
www.texasobserver.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“When they talk about the mixed-race population in the U.S., they don’t include me there, they include me in the category of Hispanic. So the fact that I am native to the Americas gets lost.”
From the archives: The Lipan Apache are reclaiming their identities after decades of denial.
From the archives: The Lipan Apache are reclaiming their identities after decades of denial.
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JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”
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Please use alt text when posting illustrations or photos or other images. I realize it feels like an inconvenience if you didn't ever do it at the other place, but folks who need it are a zillion times more inconvenienced every single day.
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Please use alt text when posting illustrations or photos or other images. I realize it feels like an inconvenience if you didn't ever do it at the other place, but folks who need it are a zillion times more inconvenienced every single day.
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Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
![And there's the issue of masks. This Court has listened
carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk's captors for masking-
up and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd
Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as
disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a
single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small
wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard
them
as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It
should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks.
Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and
honor still matters.
To us, masks are associated with cowardly
desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we
have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.
Carrying on
in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this
administration and everyone who works in it
"We can not escape
history," Lincoln righty said. "[It] will light us down in
honor or dishonor, to the latest generation." Abraham Lincoln,
Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862) .
Perhaps we're now afraid to stick our necks out. If the
distinguished Homeland Security intelligence agency can be
weaponized to squelch the free speech rights of a small, hapless
group of non-citizens in our midst, so too can the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the audit divisions of the I.R.s.
and the Social Security Administration be unconstitutionally
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
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Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
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Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.
September 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.
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Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
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Most braille embossers cost thousands.
Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built one for about $200, and they’re giving the plans away for free.
Their design won top science fair honors and came with a heartfelt donation to support our work.
Read more here: www.brailleinstitute.org/story/a-boss...
Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built one for about $200, and they’re giving the plans away for free.
Their design won top science fair honors and came with a heartfelt donation to support our work.
Read more here: www.brailleinstitute.org/story/a-boss...
August 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Most braille embossers cost thousands.
Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built one for about $200, and they’re giving the plans away for free.
Their design won top science fair honors and came with a heartfelt donation to support our work.
Read more here: www.brailleinstitute.org/story/a-boss...
Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built one for about $200, and they’re giving the plans away for free.
Their design won top science fair honors and came with a heartfelt donation to support our work.
Read more here: www.brailleinstitute.org/story/a-boss...
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"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...