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Tracy Ensor
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Applied scientist, systems thinker, ideator, implementer. Building capacity in programs and people at Nebraska Extension.
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I had one of those too! So great. 2nd place to the angler fish kid.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Art of Problem Solving or Mathcounts might have some applicable resources.
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Update: looks like the state went back and changed the banner to quote the governor instead, and also a lawsuit has been filed against DHHS leader.

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nebraskaexaminer.com Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 12d
STATE SITE? The Nebraska DHHS website posted a banner blaming Democrats for the federal shutdown and urging them to “stop using Nebraska’s most vulnerable people for political leverage.” Did it run afoul of state law?

From Juan Salinas II:

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Nebraska DHHS website blames Dems for federal government shutdown as SNAP shutoff looms • Nebraska Examiner
State law prohibits public resources from being used for political purposes; DHHS says Gov. Jim Pillen can issue partisan statements.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
The fault is not with us individually. The fault is with the institutions that actually do the evil.

When we work together - encourage each other using positivity and community action - we succeed.

When we just shout and judge each other we get nowhere.
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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With alt text, and it is beautiful ☺️
To the Editor: I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an I.Q. of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body. I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of the autistic community, depending on the estimate. For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low functioning in this new schema. Jason Jacoby Lee New York
October 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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When we live in an individual mindset, being asked to do anything for others without profit or advancement of some kind feels useless, uninteresting, or burdensome.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM