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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 12h

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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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 10h

MOMENTS NOT MINUTES WHATEVEERR

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 10h

they could never make me hate you misty quigley

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 10h

with the yellowjackets news out lets recall that misty has a 32 minute compilation of her manipulative minutes www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfvl...

Misty’s Most Manipulative Moments 🧐 Yellowjackets | SHOWTIME

YouTube video by Yellowjackets Official

www.youtube.com

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 11h

i love it on there

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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 2d

LIBRARY BOARDS
Pursue a seat on your local public library board. Your board may be elected, or it may be appointed. Need help finding details about your local board? For the People: A Leftist Library Project has you covered: data.librariesforthepeople.org

For The People

data.librariesforthepeople.org

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Kass G. @anarkass.bsky.social · 1d

If you have a library you can run for the board of, do it!

Otherwise you end up with a list of corporate interests being represented like we have in Philly.

(Ours are either voted in by the board or appointed by the mayor so they're all representatives of local power)

Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 2d

LIBRARY BOARDS
Pursue a seat on your local public library board. Your board may be elected, or it may be appointed. Need help finding details about your local board? For the People: A Leftist Library Project has you covered: data.librariesforthepeople.org

For The People

data.librariesforthepeople.org

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

yeeee kottke.org/25/10/a-data...

A Data Love Letter to the NYC Subway

Giorgia Lupi and her team at Pentagram have created a data-driven animation for the MTA called A Data Love Letter to the Subway.

kottke.org

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

wait this is so sick and I have been wanting to build my own music player since I cant quite find one that I like...perhaps I should also try this

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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social · 15h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

These billionaires want to disrupt death—and keep their fortunes forever

Sci-fi meets Silicon Valley meets the trust industry.

www.motherjones.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

indie pop bangs sometimes

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

so so good the production is fab!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiO2...

Maude Latour - Sailor 99 (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Maude Latour

www.youtube.com

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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 14h

Newspaper ads scanned from Annual of Advertising Art in Japan 1970, Bijyutu Shuppan Sha, 1970
Art Director: Koichi Tsuchiya
Designer: Katsumi Asaba
Advertiser: Toray Inc.
designreviewed.com/artefacts/an...

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

if anyone asks me if a place is nightmare i will be naming the milken institute

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

I knew AI would make its way into "museums" but why the fuck did abraham lincoln just speak to me from a picture frame

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 14h

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

food deserts in DMV area are a HUGE problem!!!!!

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

like !!!!!!! wtop.com/dc/2025/10/n...

THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!!

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

kinda want to make a website where i just share good or interesting news..no such thing as neutral but need to to celebrate the work that people are doing

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 1d

If you are employed & doing pretty fine right now, set aside some money from each paycheck to dedicate to mutual aid asks. Even just $20.

Shit is really bad, the social safety net is being shredded, & truly TRULY all we have is each other right now.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

Like it’s a whole group of people being shocked they woke up in fascism, meanwhile folks been dying and screaming

And folks are debating how to use the AI

And the “good guys” don’t give a shit beyond making sure you never tell them how they contributed or are safe enough to seperate

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

everyone giving hayley williams her flowers we have prayed for times like this

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