Anthony
@pyrpawed.bsky.social
Black, Queer, Quaker with too many dogs. Passions: disability rights & justice, enviro (esp. food & water) law & policy, & old school R&B (Chaka Khan all day, every day). He/Him/His.
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I talk about her in my Black abolitionists of NYC walking tour and usually no one has heard of her but she was Rosa Parks on the bus 100 years before that incident.
In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I talk about her in my Black abolitionists of NYC walking tour and usually no one has heard of her but she was Rosa Parks on the bus 100 years before that incident.
Incredible!
"For years, plant-based offerings have [mimicked meat] and fish with ever-more convincing blends of proteins and fats. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids...."
"For years, plant-based offerings have [mimicked meat] and fish with ever-more convincing blends of proteins and fats. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids...."
This pig’s bacon was delicious—and she’s alive and well [via @grist.org]
This Pig’s Bacon Was Delicious—and She’s Alive and Well
Mission Barns cultivates pork fat in bioreactors for meatballs and more. Honestly, they're pretty darn good.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Incredible!
"For years, plant-based offerings have [mimicked meat] and fish with ever-more convincing blends of proteins and fats. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids...."
"For years, plant-based offerings have [mimicked meat] and fish with ever-more convincing blends of proteins and fats. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids...."
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We're excited to announce that during our Disability and Neurodivergence Special, we'll be raising money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) as part of Twitch's #TogetherForGood charity campaign!!
Catch it Nov. 29-30!
Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
Catch it Nov. 29-30!
Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We're excited to announce that during our Disability and Neurodivergence Special, we'll be raising money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) as part of Twitch's #TogetherForGood charity campaign!!
Catch it Nov. 29-30!
Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
Catch it Nov. 29-30!
Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
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Cocktails, 1926
Archibald Motley (1891-1981)
"Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life' enshrined getting the feel of life from jazz and cocktails. It's easy for me to imagine these women chatting about their dreams, desires, and disappointments after coming from a speakeasy."
- Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer
Archibald Motley (1891-1981)
"Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life' enshrined getting the feel of life from jazz and cocktails. It's easy for me to imagine these women chatting about their dreams, desires, and disappointments after coming from a speakeasy."
- Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer
October 31, 2023 at 2:29 AM
Cocktails, 1926
Archibald Motley (1891-1981)
"Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life' enshrined getting the feel of life from jazz and cocktails. It's easy for me to imagine these women chatting about their dreams, desires, and disappointments after coming from a speakeasy."
- Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer
Archibald Motley (1891-1981)
"Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life' enshrined getting the feel of life from jazz and cocktails. It's easy for me to imagine these women chatting about their dreams, desires, and disappointments after coming from a speakeasy."
- Terri Lyne Carrington, drummer
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It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It continues to bother me how much Leopold II, one of the most evil men of all time and a ghoul on par with Hitler, is so completely ignored
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the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff.
A legal fight’s brewing between tribal nations and the Oklahoma government over sovereignty issues RE: hunting and fishing rights.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A legal fight’s brewing between tribal nations and the Oklahoma government over sovereignty issues RE: hunting and fishing rights.
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This is deeply disturbing. Swastikas and nooses are clear symbols of hate and shouldn't be tolerated anywhere-- let alone in our nation's military. This isn't up for debate.
Congress needs to talk to Coast Guard leadership & get to the bottom of this.
Congress needs to talk to Coast Guard leadership & get to the bottom of this.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is deeply disturbing. Swastikas and nooses are clear symbols of hate and shouldn't be tolerated anywhere-- let alone in our nation's military. This isn't up for debate.
Congress needs to talk to Coast Guard leadership & get to the bottom of this.
Congress needs to talk to Coast Guard leadership & get to the bottom of this.
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It's Black Lives Matter until that Black person is disabled or chronically ill.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It's Black Lives Matter until that Black person is disabled or chronically ill.
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Turn every Target into affordable housing. I don't think they'll be needing those buildings much longer.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Turn every Target into affordable housing. I don't think they'll be needing those buildings much longer.
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UPDATE | McMahon Breaks Up More of the Education Department
Trump officials announced six agreements with four agencies to take over some of ED’s responsibilities. https://bit.ly/3LNNLao
Trump officials announced six agreements with four agencies to take over some of ED’s responsibilities. https://bit.ly/3LNNLao
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
UPDATE | McMahon Breaks Up More of the Education Department
Trump officials announced six agreements with four agencies to take over some of ED’s responsibilities. https://bit.ly/3LNNLao
Trump officials announced six agreements with four agencies to take over some of ED’s responsibilities. https://bit.ly/3LNNLao
"Among licensed special education teachers, 57% said they used AI to help with IEPs or 504 plans during the 2024-2025 school year, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology. That’s up 18% from just one year prior."
The number of teachers using #AI to develop individualized education programs for students with #disabilities is surging, but so too are questions about what role the technology should play. #IEPs #SpecialEducation
Concerns Raised As Teachers Increasingly Use AI To Write IEPs
The number of teachers using AI to develop individualized education programs for students with disabilities is surging, but so too are questions about what role the technology should play.
www.disabilityscoop.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Among licensed special education teachers, 57% said they used AI to help with IEPs or 504 plans during the 2024-2025 school year, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology. That’s up 18% from just one year prior."
Saw To Live and Die in L.A. for the first time ever with my partner, an L.A. native,Gen Xer who even more surprisingly had never seen it.
For reference, I’m usually into what others would consider boring documentaries and out there indie films, but this was an incredible, quintessential 80s action.
For reference, I’m usually into what others would consider boring documentaries and out there indie films, but this was an incredible, quintessential 80s action.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Saw To Live and Die in L.A. for the first time ever with my partner, an L.A. native,Gen Xer who even more surprisingly had never seen it.
For reference, I’m usually into what others would consider boring documentaries and out there indie films, but this was an incredible, quintessential 80s action.
For reference, I’m usually into what others would consider boring documentaries and out there indie films, but this was an incredible, quintessential 80s action.
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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there are some things right in this world, and those things include @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. and the stories he shares about the kind of world we've chosen to build. thank you, brian. www.cbsnews.com/news/when-th...
When the employed are pushed into homelessness
Despite working full-time, many families are locked out of the rental housing market, due to low wages, soaring rents and poor credit, and have been pushed into homelessness.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
there are some things right in this world, and those things include @brian-goldstone.bsky.social. and the stories he shares about the kind of world we've chosen to build. thank you, brian. www.cbsnews.com/news/when-th...
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He just replaced your out of stock soap with short ribs
I got man shopping for my groceries…pray for me
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
He just replaced your out of stock soap with short ribs
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For families of those whose #disabilities put them at higher risk of #wandering, a program that distributes free technology offers a lifeline. #autism
Program Offers Way To Locate Missing People With Cognitive Disabilities
For families of those whose disabilities put them at higher risk of wandering, a program that distributes free technology offers a lifeline.
www.disabilityscoop.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For families of those whose #disabilities put them at higher risk of #wandering, a program that distributes free technology offers a lifeline. #autism
Really cool reading about how (sub)urban farmers are making fighting food insecurity, especially at a time in which grocery prices are skyrocketing.
For folks near Raleigh, look @ how Chickadee Farms & Plant Lane Farm are supporting the community: www.instagram.com/p/DRCSFkZkde...
For folks near Raleigh, look @ how Chickadee Farms & Plant Lane Farm are supporting the community: www.instagram.com/p/DRCSFkZkde...
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Really cool reading about how (sub)urban farmers are making fighting food insecurity, especially at a time in which grocery prices are skyrocketing.
For folks near Raleigh, look @ how Chickadee Farms & Plant Lane Farm are supporting the community: www.instagram.com/p/DRCSFkZkde...
For folks near Raleigh, look @ how Chickadee Farms & Plant Lane Farm are supporting the community: www.instagram.com/p/DRCSFkZkde...
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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For students who rely on SNAP, school food pantries offer some relief www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
For students who rely on SNAP, school food pantries offer some relief
The food pantry at Brashear High School is open once a week, and each student gets about five minutes to shop. Any snacks they don't take often go to teachers, to offer to hungry pupils.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For students who rely on SNAP, school food pantries offer some relief www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste:
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste:
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
"The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge's order requiring the White House to immediately begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at its press briefings when President Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt are speaking."
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
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U.S. appeals order to use American Sign Language interpreters at White House briefings
The Justice Department is appealing an order for the White House to provide ASL interpretation during press briefings given by the press secretary or President Trump.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge's order requiring the White House to immediately begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at its press briefings when President Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt are speaking."
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
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Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods in a bid to woo U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the State seeks federal funding for a rural health-care program.
Reeves Seeks to Ban SNAP Recipients From Sugary Foods
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods as part of a bid to woo Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods in a bid to woo U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the State seeks federal funding for a rural health-care program.
"While an increasing number of green spaces are investing in improving accessibility, hiking in nature poses natural challenges. 'The wood doesn’t care about ADA compliance,' said Peter Gagliardo, adaptive sports coordinator for Helen Hayes hospital...."
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‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs
Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trail
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"While an increasing number of green spaces are investing in improving accessibility, hiking in nature poses natural challenges. 'The wood doesn’t care about ADA compliance,' said Peter Gagliardo, adaptive sports coordinator for Helen Hayes hospital...."
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"For two centuries, the Farmers’ Almanac has served readers—farmers, gardeners, and weather enthusiasts—with long-range weather predictions for the [U.S.] and Canada. That annual tradition will now come to an end, with the 2026 edition of the publication being its last."
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Farmers’ Almanac to Publish Final Issue, Ending 208-Year Forecasting Legacy
The decision reflects the “growing financial challenge” of producing the magazine in today’s media environment, the publication said.
gizmodo.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"For two centuries, the Farmers’ Almanac has served readers—farmers, gardeners, and weather enthusiasts—with long-range weather predictions for the [U.S.] and Canada. That annual tradition will now come to an end, with the 2026 edition of the publication being its last."
gizmodo.com/farmers-alma...
gizmodo.com/farmers-alma...