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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 2h

I swear I have seen one wait at a traffic signal in Los Feliz

E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 5h

everyone should have friends like this

Text message from my friend: "How's grad school going?
You are doing it!"

Reply from me:
"I got this text right as I checked messages after my first graded midterm"

Text message from my friend:
"You are doing it"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 1d

@npr.org: About 1 in 100 children in the U.S. is born with a congenital heart defect. But for babies or young kids with the most serious ailments, there is no artificial heart specifically designed for them.

Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 1d

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

I have returned to the @latimes just to authorize a strike

(no, this is an old photo from when we went on our one-day strike last year!)

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 1d

NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroom’s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers — 98% of members — took part in the historic vote.

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

Eric

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

It's no worse than any other disabilities. But for years, it was billed as one of the most tragic outcomes possible for kids. It was seen as a symptom of schizophrenia or this condition that drove children into a catatonic state. The fact mothers were blamed for it made the stigma worse.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

I have a thread, but this is the bottom line: bsky.app/profile/prim...

E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

This is all to say -- ableism being endemic among "autism parents" is an entirely predictable result of the lousy, unsupportive and fatalistic way in which we inform parents about an autism diagnosis and steer them to resources. I don't think it has to be this way.

E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

Beth! 💕

E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

This is all to say -- ableism being endemic among "autism parents" is an entirely predictable result of the lousy, unsupportive and fatalistic way in which we inform parents about an autism diagnosis and steer them to resources. I don't think it has to be this way.

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

I wish we had a system where, when we identified that a kid was autistic, parents were not handed a report about their kid that ticked off all their supposed deficits. I wish we told parents, "Congratulations-- now you can better understand your kid. Welcome to a whole new world of human experience"

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

And most parents do *not* get told to listen to autistic people. They get a kit from Autism Speaks that tells them to grieve for their child. (Yes, I got one and it gave me a nonstop panic attack that only subsided when I ... just spent time with my still-great kid)

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

The hard part is that beyond the ableism, there is a legit struggle for many parents: our support systems for families are terrible. But that righteous anger should be directed at fixing the lousy systems, not bunk cures to "fix" kids who aren't broken

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

I was very lucky that one of the first parents I turned to for advice told me to follow the #actuallyautistic hashtag and listen to autistic people. It changed my life and I hope it made me a better parent to my kid.

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

It's very hard to find "parenting an autistic kid" spaces that are not driven by ableism. If you express that you really enjoy your autistic kid, you get a lot of people yelling at you that 1) your kid must be "high functioning" (terrible term but that's what they say or 2) you must be lying

Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

it's bc so many "autism parents" hate their children for being disabled.

it's never driven by autistic adults. autistic adults grow to be, at best, wary of "autism parents"

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

sir

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

at this point even the antivaxxers have to be saying "look, you can't just say that random things cause autism"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

*lives. forgive the typo please, I am trying to study for a torts midterm

Flash cards that say "false imprisonment -- seizing personal property" and "hitting something connected to the body (but not the body)"

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

this man has been elected president twice and Obama's Nobel Prize *still* live rent free in his head

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1d

"To make the proof" shows how absurd this all is from a scientific standpoint.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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