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Permission to Be Curious
@tobecurious.bsky.social
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Katie Joy Cochran
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Complex Spastic Paraplegia
Workshop Facilitator and Podcast Host of Permission to Be Curious
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tobecurious.bsky.social
Spoiler alert: the people who resisted progress and inclusion were never the good guys. #Resist #Inclusion #Disability
White text on black background. Spoiler alert: the people who resisted progress and inclusion were never the good guys. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
My take on the parade pic thanks to some AI help. 🥳 #Resist #ResistFacism #NoKings #Protest
President trump looking sad wearing a yellow polka dot party hat
June 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
When you say inclusion went too far, what you really mean is you miss the silence. We are not staying silent. #DEI #Disability #Disabled #DisabledAdvocate #Resist
Yellow background with black text on a white piece of paper: When you say inclusion went too far, what you mean is you miss the silence. We are not staying silent. @PermissionToBeCurious
May 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
Disability doesn’t mean people need to be “fixed” or “cured” to be acceptable in society. When disabled people become targets for elimination, public support, access to services & adaptive tech disappears.

Supporting autistic rights today strengthens protections for every disabled life tomorrow.
April 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
Leadership is not about who can be the loudest, the cruelest, or the most feared. True leadership is about integrity and accountability. It's also how we treat the most marginalized among us. #Disability #Resist #AmplifyDisabledVoices #PermissionToBeCurious #AskListenConnect #Disabled
[ID: Black background, white text: If someone's entire message is built on dehumanizing others, they aren't a leader--they're a warning. Choose kindness. Choose justice. Choose people. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social]
April 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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out5p0ken.bsky.social
This is so beyond deplorable and racist and cruel and inhumane. I am beyond disgusted.
March 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
I’m just saying, this would be a REALLY great year for a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup. #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #TeamCanada
March 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
tobecurious.bsky.social
And a couple more…
#PermissionToBeCurious #Inclusion #Disability #AmplifyDisabledVoices
White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: you are not a burden White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: it’s okay to ask for help White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: it’s okay to take a break
March 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
A few gentle reminders. #PermissionToBeCurious #AmplifyDisabledVoices #Disability #AskListenConnect #Inclusion
White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: Little reminders White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: You belong White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: you are valuable White background with watercolor pastel circles on it. A yellow circle in center has black text: you are worthy of love
March 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Cat's Eye Nebula - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/7GLbNG
The Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to this kind of nebula. Eleven rings, or shells, of gas make up the Cat's Eye. The full beauty of the Cat's Eye Nebula is revealed in this detailed view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image from Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) shows a bull's eye pattern of eleven or even more concentric rings, or shells, around the Cat's Eye. Each 'ring' is actually the edge of a spherical bubble seen projected onto the sky -- that's why it appears bright along its outer edge. Observations suggest the star ejected its mass in a series of pulses at 1,500-year intervals. These convulsions created dust shells, each of which contain as much mass as all of the planets in our solar system combined (still only one percent of the Sun's mass). These concentric shells make a layered, onion-skin structure around the dying star. The view from Hubble is like seeing an onion cut in half, where each skin layer is discernible. The bull's-eye patterns seen around planetary nebulae come as a surprise to astronomers because they had no expectation that episodes of mass loss at the end of stellar lives would repeat every 1,500 years. Several explanations have been proposed, including cycles of magnetic activity somewhat similar to our own Sun's sunspot cycle, the action of companion stars orbiting around the dying star, and stellar pulsations. Another school of thought is t...
March 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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pyxelmajick.bsky.social
Hummingbirds Hiding From the Rain 🕊️🌧️
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
Unfortunate that any of us have to keep saying this, but here we are.

#Resist #PermissionToBeCurious #AmplifyDisabledVoices #Disability #Dignity #Equity #Inclusion #Diversity #DEI #AskListenConnecr
Black background white text: The right to be included, respected, and heard is not something to be voted on or simply erased. No one should have to fight for the dignity and equality they should have always had. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
#Resist #Disability #PermissionToBeCurious #AmplifyDisabledVoices
[ID: Black background, white text: Marginalized communities have always had to fight for fair treatment. That fight is not over. Those trying to roll back progress will face resistance at every turn. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social]
March 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
They've become a parody of themselves.
U.S. Military Dragged After Photos Of WWII Bomber Enola Gay Are Flagged For Removal Due To 'DEI' Purge
They are a parody of themselves at this point.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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dailybeanspod.com
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties worldwide.
U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
time.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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atrupar.com
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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claudia-in-tucson.bsky.social
This seems appropriate.
March 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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philrosenthal.bsky.social
What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?

I think we have a winner.
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
I keep seeing a lot of posts online and comments that attempt to guilt, shame, and downplay impact of resistance that is deemed performative. Not everyone has the same capacity to engage, especially disabled people. Some of us are literally just trying to survive. #Resist #Disability #DEI #Advocacy
Resistance isn't one-size-fit-all. Disability impacts people differently, and so does activism. Some March. Some write letters. Some educate. Some organize. Some support from behind the scenes. All of it matters! Pushing back against misogyny, racism, ableism, and eugenics-based policies doesn't have to look the same for everyone.. What matters? Doing what you can in ways that work for you. dismissing someone's efforts because they don't match your own only weakens the fight. Every action counts. Every voice matters. keep pushing. Keep speaking. Keep going. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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literarypearls.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
We are already facing immense challenges in accessing the care and support we need! With fewer resources, less help, and more barriers ahead, we’re being pushed even further to the margins. It’s time for change! let’s raise our voices together. #Disability #Advocacy #PermissionToBeCurious #Resist
Black background white text: Disabled people are already struggling to get the care and support we need, and things are about to get even harder. Fewer resources, less help, and more barriers means we’re being pushed further to the edge. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
tobecurious.bsky.social
This isn’t alarmist. It’s happening. When politicians start rolling back rights, disabled people are always among the first to feel it, and if history tells us anything, it won’t stop there.

#PermissionToBeCurious #AmplifyDisabledVoices #DEI #Disability #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAdvocacy
[ID: black background, white text: They strip away protections, limit our choices, and call it fairness. But fairness does not look like erasure. It does not look like forcing people into the shadows. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social.]
February 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
tobecurious.bsky.social
We do not need to justify why diversity, equity, and inclusion matter. The people trying to eliminate them should be forced to explain why they believe exclusion is acceptable.

#DEI #Resist #PermissionToBeCurious #AmplifyDisabledVoices #Disability #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion
Black background, white text. We do not need to justify why diversity, equity, and inclusion matter. The people trying to eliminate them should be forced to explain why they believe exclusion is acceptable. @PermissionToBeCurious @ToBeCurious.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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esqueer.net
The highest ranking trans person in the federal government was fired last week amid the broader purge. It was certainly political and targeted. 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...
She pioneered change over five presidencies. The Trump administration just fired her.
Amy Paris, a transgender official who worked at the highest levels of the federal government, suspects her termination was politically motivated.
19thnews.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM