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Sara Luterman

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Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements. Signal: slooterman.18 Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: @bcrodriguez.bsky.social and I dug deep into the history of blaming moms for their kids’ autism and how some moms see echos of that dark history in MAHA

This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism

One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.

19thnews.org

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

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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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 3h

That was a very silly movie.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5h

Tonight’s #31DaysOfHorror: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. We skipped 4-6. I honestly really liked 3.

Movie poster for Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 8h

That makes it more tempting, but I don’t think I’d want to watch everyone I love get old and die.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 9h

Everything bagel, chive cream cheese, smoked salmon is a completely respectable bagel order.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly, the only thing that threw me was the sourdough part. I didn’t know sourdough bagels were a thing.

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Julie Bogen @juliebogen.bsky.social · 10h

A reminder (from my 2019 @theatlantic.com reporting) that as military families go without pay this shutdown, many of them are single-paycheck households relying on the servicemember's income because the spouses have been pushed out of the workforce.

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses

For the partners of America’s active-duty service members, finding a stable, well-paid job is often impossible.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 11h

Would I continue to age? I think that would make a big difference in terms of decision-making.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 15h

A lot of people on here, in multiple directions but primarily in the left-bashing formula, are less interested in Gaza or Palestine itself than what they can achieve out of it vis a vis their online arguments.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 14h

He does friendly interviews too! The ones where he wrecks people just get more traffic.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 14h

When people say “autism community” they normally mean everyone involved — At minimum autistic people and their family members. I think most people on the outside have no idea about any of the community politics. I have spent a nonzero amount of my career trying to explain the politics.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 14h

I think what you’re saying is essentially correct, but it is useful to have one word that encompasses all of those people and the word “stakeholders” gives me hives.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 14h

No one who does Leo Frank trutherism should be taken seriously.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know if this is still the case, but for a while she was a well-regarded Medievalist scholar.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a great day for @moderation.bsky.app to reconsider and unban Link. He is actually a well known figure in disability advocacy and Black In Astro circles. He’s not just some guy who posts.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 15h

How are the Celsius levels?

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 15h

ERIC.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 16h

Inflation comes for us all. 😔

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16h

The soda machine in the House Press gallery went from being $.60 to $.75. I believe we have no choice but to impeach President Trump.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 16h

Also gender, but that’s not so much a social stratification issue. Autism to be considered “vanishingly rare” in girls, which is why Autism Speaks’ logo was originally blue.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 16h

I think how we think about autism is tied up in race and class — Specifically it used to be disproportionately dxed in rich white people’s kids because they had the resources to pursue a more specific diagnosis. They’ve also been able to fund whatever fancies they have research-wise.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 16h

I am part of “us” and I’ve been reporting on “us” for coming up on ten years.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 17h

Google Docs hasn’t started on me yet, but it does seem like it’s only a matter of time.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t understand why more people don’t get that surviving a genocide perhaps maybe shaped our culture’s attitudes towards having children.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

I find Evil Gay villains less hard to watch or even kind of fun compared to more or less disposable gay victims in older movies, if that makes any sense.

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