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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 12h

I've been fearing this from the beginning.

I have some self interest because I'm a special education teacher, but I can't imagine what this is going to do to families affected my this.

Even under good situations, there's still rights to be fought for. This makes it so much worse.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h

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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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 17h

Yup. I feel the exact same.

Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 17h

On the way home from the barn I heard a This American Life piece by a guy who had an AI clone of himself call his friends to have conversations and I would just like to state now that if anyone ever does this to me, we will no longer be friends. WTF is this world where we outsource all interaction?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Clipping @clppng.bsky.social · 1d

When I was a kid the vice president misspelled a word and it effectively ended his political career

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 1d

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

Probably late to the party, but pumpernickel, lightly toasted, schmear of cream cheese, lox, red onion, and capers.

Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely a game with gatcha mechanics which really leans into the endless suffering.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

Maintaining your karma is much easier if you get the season pass, especially with the 2x progress on the enlightened path with the Buddha+ Gold upgrade.

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

That was my first thought, but most AI bots are pretty good at using a semicolon properly.

Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

Found out I'm on a blocklist called AI Haters, so my day just got better.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

And of course, I have a typo. *heavy sigh*

Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 1d

One upside of this whole Bari Weiss bullshit is that every time I see one of her memos,I feel better about my own writing.

Every time my imposter's syndrome pops up, I can look at this and say "can you believe someone is sending this shit out to a professional newsroom?"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full memo.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 2d

It's a good look.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in this picture, and I do not like it.

The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 3d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 3d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

kaleidotrope.net

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 4d

Bookshop has free shipping today and tomorrow! It's a great time to pick up my latest, Wearing The Lion! (But only if you want to see Heracles adopting every monster in Ancient Greece.)

Wearing the Lion

Check out Wearing the Lion - <b>"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. <i>Wearing the Lion</i> establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantas...

bookshop.org

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 5d

They were screwed when they replaced the head of search, who actually cared about it, with the guy who kept failing upwards trying to cram more ads into every available corner.

Google search is now actively worse because the longer you spend searching, the more ads they can throw in front of you.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social · 5d

We're so fucked.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."