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Author TRUE BIZ + GIRL AT WAR 🧏🏻 deafie | they/she/👉🏼 |📍Philly https://buttondown.com/signs+wonders https://linktr.ee/Novic

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Feb 23

I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...

Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch

Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...

www.disability-rights-watch.com

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 11h

All that bilingual poison, man!

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 13h

I would love to notice a LOT less tbh

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 13h

Can I just say, is not a great time to be a hypervigilant due to childhood trauma person.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 16h

Idk man, it's hard to say what even matters anymore, but not paying the furloughed government workers backpay feels like a real FAFO move

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 18h

Woah

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 18h

Will probably never get over the fact that a few powerful white dudes had such limited tolerance for occasional pangs of discomfort brought on by the occasional social consequences of their constantly saying and doing racist stuff, that they decided to end democracy. Absolutely wild.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 23h

I use Buttondown and like it. Folks with more subscribers seem to prefer Ghost or Beehiv

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Considering, "do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?" as a neck tat

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Really exhausted by so many progressive anti-racist, queer-affirming folks still being ableist af

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

That's annoying! @buttondown.com , this on your radar?

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 1d

“We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context,” said Solomon Cyr, spokesperson for Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation.” — Love it when people take advantage of political opportunities.

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I think that's up to you! But I personally migrated my newsletter elsewhere (to Buttondown). It's not as flashy but it gets the job done 🤷🏻

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

But rest assured it will be able to inform the masses that a meat's kosherness depends on the religion of the cow.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Me too 🙏🏼🤞🏼

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Hey SLPs/Deafies/other people who deal with ASHA. I know for a while there was contention re: whether a deaf-signing person could give a presentation at ASHA in ASL or be a certified SLP. To what degree was that "official" policy, and is that still the case?

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that Substack helped launch Bari Weiss into CBS takeover position and the precarious media position in which we find ourselves generally. (And this is only one of multiple Bad Things about them!) The best time to have left there is, like, a couple years ago, but the second best time is now.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

Any chance we can pay Dear Leader to self-deport?

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Always good to remember there are many more of us than there are of them... and also, they are extremely incompetent at the basics of their "job".

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

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Disability Rights Watch (US) @disrightswatch.bsky.social · 2d

We're back, with a lot of action items for you, and none of them is RSVPing to a protest 😉
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/10/05/w...

Week 36 + 37 Updates - Disability Rights Watch

RFK Jr. and Trump deliver multiple anti-scientific rants about Tylenol and vaccines in connection to autism. After promising to find the "cause" for autism by September, HHS's RFK Jr. delivered a seri...

www.disability-rights-watch.com

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

oop!

Disability Rights Watch (US) @disrightswatch.bsky.social · 2d

We're back, with a lot of action items for you, and none of them is RSVPing to a protest 😉
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/10/05/w...

Week 36 + 37 Updates - Disability Rights Watch

www.disability-rights-watch.com

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

Couldn't reply to your original post but here you go, @cooperlund.online

Photo of the inquirer Sunday paper with a headline "why too much time on the internet can make you culturally Philadelphian" with a picture of gritty coming out of a computer screen

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 3d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

It's so fascinating how playoff baseball becomes a completely different sport. I may be biased, but I don't think any other sports transform in quite the same way.

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