Will Fertman
@willfertman.com
Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available for pre-order now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z
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Will Fertman
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· Nov 17
resources for parents – William Fertman, author
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For hearing parents out there with #deafkids —and I can't believe I'm the first one to use that hashtag here—here's some resources that appear in my upcoming book.
Good baby books to sign, #ASL media for kids, Deaf-made apparel, helpful orgs and docs for IEPs, etc. willfertman.com/resources-fo...
Good baby books to sign, #ASL media for kids, Deaf-made apparel, helpful orgs and docs for IEPs, etc. willfertman.com/resources-fo...
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Holy shit. What a legend.
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Holy shit. What a legend.
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If this is all I had, I would NOT have gone with the story. Sources have motivation to lie/obfuscate. “Torso” is very broad. There is no supporting evidence. And there is no reason that the sources could not have been on the record.
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
If this is all I had, I would NOT have gone with the story. Sources have motivation to lie/obfuscate. “Torso” is very broad. There is no supporting evidence. And there is no reason that the sources could not have been on the record.
Scotland: I cannot emphasize enough that this is a good thing.
American fast food chain Popeyes is to open a new restaurant in Scotland this year
Popeyes announces first-ever restaurant in Scottish city this year
www.thenational.scot
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Scotland: I cannot emphasize enough that this is a good thing.
This warms the cockles of my former-foodwriter heart. I was working for culture (the cheese magazine) when Conde Nast shuttered Gourmet. They cite Coyote and Defector in their launch statement, and I'm excited to see what a co-op can do in this space.
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
This warms the cockles of my former-foodwriter heart. I was working for culture (the cheese magazine) when Conde Nast shuttered Gourmet. They cite Coyote and Defector in their launch statement, and I'm excited to see what a co-op can do in this space.
Parents of #deafkids have seen this movie before.
It targets parents, specifically. It preys on our anxieties about our children.
Where doctors and experts offer uncertainty, Big Wellness offers certainty.
More people need to be aware of how fucked up and money-hungry the industry is.
“Big Wellness” isn’t even in our lexicon. It needs to be.
Where doctors and experts offer uncertainty, Big Wellness offers certainty.
More people need to be aware of how fucked up and money-hungry the industry is.
“Big Wellness” isn’t even in our lexicon. It needs to be.
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Parents of #deafkids have seen this movie before.
Yeah, that says a lot.
Trying to put Scott Adams into historical perspective. I only met him once, and don't know if the SF Chronicle was able to get anybody who'd have called themselves his friend to go on record.
archive.is/202601131606...
archive.is/202601131606...
archive.is
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Yeah, that says a lot.
First meeting of comics club at my son's school was a blast! Him and a group of classmates met to read and discuss favorites, discover new books, and draw their own.
Super-grateful to CSD Fremont's head librarian Joanne for making this possible! #deafkids #kidscomics #library
Super-grateful to CSD Fremont's head librarian Joanne for making this possible! #deafkids #kidscomics #library
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
First meeting of comics club at my son's school was a blast! Him and a group of classmates met to read and discuss favorites, discover new books, and draw their own.
Super-grateful to CSD Fremont's head librarian Joanne for making this possible! #deafkids #kidscomics #library
Super-grateful to CSD Fremont's head librarian Joanne for making this possible! #deafkids #kidscomics #library
I had the unique pleasure of working across the hall from one of the UAW organizers for UC Davis' postdocs. The superpowers went in both directions.
One of the cool things about organizing at a massive worksite like a university (or a hospital, or an advanced auto factory, or...) is that you get to meet people who have superpowers you do not understand in the slightest. Finished a walkthrough and a got a tour of the lasers.
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I had the unique pleasure of working across the hall from one of the UAW organizers for UC Davis' postdocs. The superpowers went in both directions.
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Sometimes I think I overdo it talking about how wretchedly evil Substack is and then someone who has been following me for like 200 years asks me, "What's wrong with Substack?"
Unapologetic platforming of Nazi propaganda is what's wrong.
Unapologetic platforming of Nazi propaganda is what's wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Sometimes I think I overdo it talking about how wretchedly evil Substack is and then someone who has been following me for like 200 years asks me, "What's wrong with Substack?"
Unapologetic platforming of Nazi propaganda is what's wrong.
Unapologetic platforming of Nazi propaganda is what's wrong.
Mystic river.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Mystic river.
@gofundme.com is now crowdsourcing bounties for murdering American citizens. Hooray.
GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, to remain online despite what appears to be a breach of the platform’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
@gofundme.com is now crowdsourcing bounties for murdering American citizens. Hooray.
"Don't believe those crackpot lies about people who worship differently, or whose skin is a different color, or whose parents came from another country."
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"Don't believe those crackpot lies about people who worship differently, or whose skin is a different color, or whose parents came from another country."
Yup.
So what they’re saying is,“demonstrating works”.
They want you to "quit demonstrating"
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Yup.
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I mean this so seriously. Please don’t read it as “doomerism”.
The phrase “personal responsibility” is eugenic rhetoric.
This is exactly how eugenicists spoke 100+ years ago. AMERICAN ones.
Amos W Butler, Oscar C McCulloch, Charles B Davenport, Henry H Goddard, Harry Clay Sharp. To name a few.
The phrase “personal responsibility” is eugenic rhetoric.
This is exactly how eugenicists spoke 100+ years ago. AMERICAN ones.
Amos W Butler, Oscar C McCulloch, Charles B Davenport, Henry H Goddard, Harry Clay Sharp. To name a few.
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I mean this so seriously. Please don’t read it as “doomerism”.
The phrase “personal responsibility” is eugenic rhetoric.
This is exactly how eugenicists spoke 100+ years ago. AMERICAN ones.
Amos W Butler, Oscar C McCulloch, Charles B Davenport, Henry H Goddard, Harry Clay Sharp. To name a few.
The phrase “personal responsibility” is eugenic rhetoric.
This is exactly how eugenicists spoke 100+ years ago. AMERICAN ones.
Amos W Butler, Oscar C McCulloch, Charles B Davenport, Henry H Goddard, Harry Clay Sharp. To name a few.
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Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
"...we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole."
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"...we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole."
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Repost for the Popeye money sack of good luck
January 9, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Repost for the Popeye money sack of good luck
Only when you're looking.
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Only when you're looking.
Zombie on heavy rotation in our house. The kids get the context.
Fela Kuti's Zombie turns 50 in 2026. It's one of the best anti-authoritarian anthems ever and sadly has always been relevant, even moreso now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5x...
Fela Kuti - Zombie
YouTube video by Fela Kuti
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Zombie on heavy rotation in our house. The kids get the context.
Love this!
For those who struggle to get started and feel overwhelmed, Veronica Lewis has a great methodology for how to write alt text. This methodology has been referred to as "the Capybara Method."
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Love this!
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The MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been pushed out of the investigation into Renee Good's death: "Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands." dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca...
BCA statement regarding investigation of ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis | Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Please see this updated link to the statement below from Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans.
dps.mn.gov
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been pushed out of the investigation into Renee Good's death: "Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands." dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca...
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
Unpopular opinion: clowns aren't that scary.
January 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Unpopular opinion: clowns aren't that scary.