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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 15h

What a darling!

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 2d

Do you buy mushrooms? Windmill farm workers are calling on you to sign and share the #BoycottWindmillMushrooms petition: act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i...

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Logan Hullinger @loganhullinger.com · 2d

Over a century after Baltimore fought Prohibition, the city is experiencing a sober renaissance. These spaces differ in their approaches, but they all aim to foster a sense of community.

Read my latest for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social 🔽

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Sober spaces in Baltimore are thriving

Over a century after Baltimore fought Prohibition, the city is experiencing a sober renaissance. More local businesses and organizations are providing substance-free spaces while working to ensure eve...

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 2d

This is horrible and trash, a hearing person shouldn't be teaching ASL. She can't even sign "dessert" correctly

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 3d

For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessible—and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The human costs of Trump's war on government

For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

www.motherjones.com

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Another article that might shed more light on why I feel so strongly about Alexander Graham Bell and why he's so hated by the deaf community

(Please note this was written by a deaf historian and scholar)

disability history museum--Education: Essay: Disability History Museum

www.disabilitymuseum.org

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

See my other response... Get past your internalized audism then we'll talk

Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

"He believed that the only way to live a full life was to speak. It was inconceivable to him that Deaf people could live rich full lives without speech. Signing was seen as inferior, partly because it was so embodied."

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

You and I experience the world very differently as disabled people.

You're showing your internalized audism and dismissing the history of trauma and damage Alexander Graham Bell has inflicted on the Deaf community. This link might help shed more insight on this subject.

Transcript | Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell | CBC Radio

Full-text transcript for Unsound: The Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell

www.cbc.ca

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

I don't claim to speak for all deaf, but if you insist... I have deaf parents, deaf siblings, and deaf relatives. I attended deaf schools and a deaf university. I work in a deaf setting. Majority of my friends are deaf and yes, *most* of us HATE Alexander Graham Bell :)

You're allowed to disagree

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Don't be fooled. Alexander Graham Bell was a horrible audist man who hated deaf people, he also DID NOT invent the telephone

"The most famous picture of Bell and Keller is one in which Keller is finger-spelling on Bell’s hand. It is a form of sign language. Yet he advocated to eradicate it"

Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

He was obsessed with eradicating deaf people/sign language.

Oralism and Milan
1881 had devasting consequences - many deaf teachers lost jobs, deaf children deprived of education in favor of speech therapy. Deaf kids were beaten for using ASL.

The Milan Conference of 1880: When Sign Language Was Almost Destroyed

Milan 1880 was a historic event in deaf education that nearly led to the death of sign language. Read on to see how that almost came about.

www.verywellhealth.com

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Us deaf people don't look at AGB in a favorable light 🤮

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, Francine...

Finding Francine: How Lowe’s brought a beloved cat home to Richmond

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Media currently stuck in my head

French movie poster for "Lola Montes" directed by Max Ophüls, featuring a large Lola Montez in yellow, surrounded by circus performers and acrobats in blue

Book cover of "Primates of Park Avenue" by Wednesday Martin.

The cover is predominantly light blue with a close-up of a woman's leg wearing black and white animal print clothing and high heels.

The title is red, the only vivid splash of color other than a small red round seal declaring the book an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

... what?!? I had to reread that multiple times and I'm still confused

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Not a cat @uraniumkitty.bsky.social · 4d

Please just leave Mount Everest alone

Mount Everest hikers describe ‘extreme’ conditions as huge rescue effort continues

At least 200 people still stranded after unseasonally heavy snowfall during China’s Golden Week holiday

www.theguardian.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

1/ This is so f'ing outrageous. You cannot safely restrain people on their stomachs. They're going to kill people.

This is very well known now.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Bmorerican @faelo23.bsky.social · 5d

This is how you protest an absurd fascism political military movement

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 7d

Hidden no more

Autistic people react better to calm voices

Screaming demands causes agitation in some exacerbating the problem

Butterflies on licenses, ID cards alert police to hidden disabilities

Training should be required

marylandmatters.org/2025/10/01/h...

Hidden no more: Butterflies on licenses, ID cards alert police to hidden disabilities - Maryland Matters

Several people came to MVA offices Oct. 1, for new identification cards with a special butterfly logo to identify a hidden disability, but it's not surprising that Eric Carpenter-Grantham got the firs...

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 7d

Petition is here: www.change.org/p/demand-the...

Sign the Petition

Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

www.change.org

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Sarah @lepidopterane.bsky.social · 7d

I quote skeeted @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social ‘s post about how ICE locked up Rodney Taylor without his prosthetic legs. which is? fucked up! If you saw this and want to do something right now, well, here’s a petition to sign. I just signed it. let’s get loud abt this

www.change.org/p/demand-the...

Sign the Petition

Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

www.change.org

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 7d

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 7d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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