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Sara Luterman

@slooterman.bsky.social

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Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements. Signal: slooterman.18 Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: @bcrodriguez.bsky.social and I dug deep into the history of blaming moms for their kids’ autism and how some moms see echos of that dark history in MAHA

This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism

One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 4h

Pew Research finds only 31 percent of transgender adults surveyed said they are accepted by their parents.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone

Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.

www.pewresearch.org

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 4h

I mean yes, but that’s why it’s fun.

A contemporaneous review from the Washington Post in 1986 reads “Watching "Maximum Overdrive" is like sitting alongside a 3-year-old as he skids his Tonka trucks across the living room floor and says
"Whee!" except on a somewhat grander scale.”

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5h

Why does the gas station have a rocket launcher?

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 6h

Tonight’s #31DaysOfHorror is Maximum Overdrive (1986). AC/DC wrote the soundtrack, which is fun.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 4d

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read on this website

hailey @hailey.at · 4d

if you’re writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go “oh that’s fine to say because it’s not a real person” (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 6h

I think part of why so many people who leave traditional media for Substack descend into Poster’s Madness is because everyone really, really needs editors to tell us “no” sometimes.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.

NPR @npr.org · 19h

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said. n.pr/4nOvwQs

Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 12h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 12h

There are a lot of places you are technically allowed to take children but people will look at you like you brought in a dead skunk.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 13h

I also love being a parent and I wonder how much of the reticence people have has to do with how generationally segregated our society is.

It’s socially unacceptable or inappropriate for kids to be in a lot of places, so people who don’t have them often don’t see them.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 15h

oh cool a pivot to video

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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 18h

New, from @davidgilbert.bsky.social in @wired.com: Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’ www.wired.com/story/chaos-... Sounds familiar @noupside.bsky.social?

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

www.wired.com

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: RFK transferred 70 public health officers to work for four months at far-flung Indian Health Service sites. Though the help is desperately needed, the deployment threatens to disrupt vital disease tracking and harm reduction work. www.politico.com/news/2025/10... w/ @mayakaufman.bsky.social

‘Straining everything in our system’: Indian Health Service transfers leave leadership vacuum

The four-month deployments are unusually long and target a chronic issue rather than an isolated emergency.

www.politico.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 17h

Reupping this — I’m still looking for folks to talk to!

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 17h

My local pharmacy isn’t carrying Teal Pumpkin stuff this year and it’s kind of disappointing. Are allergies woke?

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s #31DaysOfHorror: A Bucket of Blood.

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yeah, hard to get a Reuben at a kosher restaurant for sure!

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

The other 50% have sushi and pizza on the menu for inexplicable reasons.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Isn’t that just like 50% of kosher restaurants?

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

My pediatrician stopped doing COVID shots about two months before the government really announced anything. I ended up taking my daughter to a travel clinic and paying $150 out of pocket for her first shot.

I still don’t know if/when the second one in the initial series will even happen.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 1d

This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

livestreamed fact checking. good use of real-time fire data and camera feeds.

Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this is just funny.

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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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