Cherie
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Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
Medicare literally only covers wheelchairs if needed for a series of specific tasks inside the home and not if it's just necessary to, say, go to the doctor or even get the mail. Not only that, but it requires a face to face visit with a Medicare doctor first. www.medicare.gov/publications...
August 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Medicare literally only covers wheelchairs if needed for a series of specific tasks inside the home and not if it's just necessary to, say, go to the doctor or even get the mail. Not only that, but it requires a face to face visit with a Medicare doctor first. www.medicare.gov/publications...
Pretty sure nonprofit organizations are the real undeserving poor. This country is such a disaster that you can't even get a wheelchair in a humane way! It is the 21st century! You can get a robot to clean your floors for $300!
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Pretty sure nonprofit organizations are the real undeserving poor. This country is such a disaster that you can't even get a wheelchair in a humane way! It is the 21st century! You can get a robot to clean your floors for $300!
In case anyone is looking for good protest songs, The Honey Drippers, ‘Impeach the President’ is #18 on Rolling Stone's list of best protest songs... www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... #citizensimpeachment
The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time
From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power
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April 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In case anyone is looking for good protest songs, The Honey Drippers, ‘Impeach the President’ is #18 on Rolling Stone's list of best protest songs... www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... #citizensimpeachment
Seriously, anyone living on the border with Canada should do all their shopping in Canada. Probably will increase life expectancy!
April 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Seriously, anyone living on the border with Canada should do all their shopping in Canada. Probably will increase life expectancy!
I just had the thought "can you buy vegetable seeds from other countries?". This country really is falling apart...
April 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I just had the thought "can you buy vegetable seeds from other countries?". This country really is falling apart...
I wish all restaurants, or at least those with takeout and/or delivery, listed all ingredients. I also wish anywhere with options would always let you pick "nothing" or "2 rather than 5 of these.".
April 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I wish all restaurants, or at least those with takeout and/or delivery, listed all ingredients. I also wish anywhere with options would always let you pick "nothing" or "2 rather than 5 of these.".
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You will never get a new, revolutionary, truly good sentence or work of art by seeking out the perfect middle of all known beliefs. It's why AI is flawed as a creative machine, and why governing to polls is futile.
We want new, beautiful, surprising things, politically, artistically, and otherwise.
We want new, beautiful, surprising things, politically, artistically, and otherwise.
April 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You will never get a new, revolutionary, truly good sentence or work of art by seeking out the perfect middle of all known beliefs. It's why AI is flawed as a creative machine, and why governing to polls is futile.
We want new, beautiful, surprising things, politically, artistically, and otherwise.
We want new, beautiful, surprising things, politically, artistically, and otherwise.
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I've had to talk in public about AI recently, for reasons I barely understand. I always ask, "raise your hand if you've read something funny created by AI?" No one does.
That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.
That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.
it's very similar to the process in Hollywood of making "data-driven" programming choices - ultimately good political messaging and hit movies are both an unknowable and unquantifiable commodity and the best process we've ever developed for getting it is "let smart, experienced people try stuff"
This piece is from 2017!
“Data-Driven’ Campaigns Are Killing the Democratic Party”
And still @mattyglesias.bsky.social is somehow selling data-driven “popularism” to support the status quo as the American Republic is ending.
“Data-Driven’ Campaigns Are Killing the Democratic Party”
And still @mattyglesias.bsky.social is somehow selling data-driven “popularism” to support the status quo as the American Republic is ending.
April 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've had to talk in public about AI recently, for reasons I barely understand. I always ask, "raise your hand if you've read something funny created by AI?" No one does.
That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.
That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.
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Never seen it framed this way by all recent elections
Wild
Wild
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Never seen it framed this way by all recent elections
Wild
Wild
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🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:
1️⃣ “Pass Rep. Larson’s bills to protect Social Security!” (+2,928)
2️⃣ “Preserve public broadcasting and access to free press” (+1,992)
3️⃣ “FIND YOUR COURAGE. IMPEACH Trump now, while you still can” (+1,175)
1️⃣ “Pass Rep. Larson’s bills to protect Social Security!” (+2,928)
2️⃣ “Preserve public broadcasting and access to free press” (+1,992)
3️⃣ “FIND YOUR COURAGE. IMPEACH Trump now, while you still can” (+1,175)
Resistbot Petitions
Trending campaigns organized by Resistbot members.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours:
1️⃣ “Pass Rep. Larson’s bills to protect Social Security!” (+2,928)
2️⃣ “Preserve public broadcasting and access to free press” (+1,992)
3️⃣ “FIND YOUR COURAGE. IMPEACH Trump now, while you still can” (+1,175)
1️⃣ “Pass Rep. Larson’s bills to protect Social Security!” (+2,928)
2️⃣ “Preserve public broadcasting and access to free press” (+1,992)
3️⃣ “FIND YOUR COURAGE. IMPEACH Trump now, while you still can” (+1,175)
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In case you needed proof that the disastrous Citizens United decision put a for sale sign on our democracy. 👇
April 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In case you needed proof that the disastrous Citizens United decision put a for sale sign on our democracy. 👇
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Calling Congress isn't always easy, people like @novicsara.bsky.social, who is deaf, who use relay services get hung up on. For @motherjones.com, I looked into limits with urges to call Congress, and one cool solution: @autisticadvocacy.org's proxy calling system. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to call Congress—when the phone isn't an option
Proxy calling gives some disabled people a better way to flood Capitol Hill phone lines.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Calling Congress isn't always easy, people like @novicsara.bsky.social, who is deaf, who use relay services get hung up on. For @motherjones.com, I looked into limits with urges to call Congress, and one cool solution: @autisticadvocacy.org's proxy calling system. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A conservative federal judge just issued a dire warning: The government must bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States after he was illegally deported to a brutal Salvadoran prison, or else the country will descend into lawlessness.
A conservative judge just issued a dire warning about the Abrego Garcia case
The government has brought us to the brink of "lawlessness.:
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April 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A conservative federal judge just issued a dire warning: The government must bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States after he was illegally deported to a brutal Salvadoran prison, or else the country will descend into lawlessness.
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BlueSky has spoken: Chris Van Hollen is officially hotter than Ryan Gosling
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BlueSky has spoken: Chris Van Hollen is officially hotter than Ryan Gosling
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An vital point by Judge Wilkinson: the Constitution is not just a legal document. It's a political compact, ordained by the people, delegating certain powers to the government for certain purposes. Its processes and restrictions are our rules for our government. Trump is breaking our rules for him.
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
An vital point by Judge Wilkinson: the Constitution is not just a legal document. It's a political compact, ordained by the people, delegating certain powers to the government for certain purposes. Its processes and restrictions are our rules for our government. Trump is breaking our rules for him.
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I've seen enough. Donald Trump is not abiding by a lawful Supreme Court ruling. As a member of Congress, I fully support impeaching him. NOW.
April 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've seen enough. Donald Trump is not abiding by a lawful Supreme Court ruling. As a member of Congress, I fully support impeaching him. NOW.
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Donald Trump's open defiance of a lawful Supreme Court order is an impeachable offense.
The House of Representatives should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President. The future of our nation depends on it.
The House of Representatives should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President. The future of our nation depends on it.
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Donald Trump's open defiance of a lawful Supreme Court order is an impeachable offense.
The House of Representatives should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President. The future of our nation depends on it.
The House of Representatives should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President. The future of our nation depends on it.
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Just donated what I could to @vanhollen.senate.gov. He's my senator, and he's actually DOING SOMETHING.
April 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Just donated what I could to @vanhollen.senate.gov. He's my senator, and he's actually DOING SOMETHING.
Fun fact: before Van Hollen was a Senator, he was the Representative for what is now Jamie Raskin's district
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Fun fact: before Van Hollen was a Senator, he was the Representative for what is now Jamie Raskin's district
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One silver lining of this hellscape timeline is that it’s clarifying. You are what you do when it counts. And Gavin Newsom has shown that he’s calculating, opportunistic, sociopathic scum.
April 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One silver lining of this hellscape timeline is that it’s clarifying. You are what you do when it counts. And Gavin Newsom has shown that he’s calculating, opportunistic, sociopathic scum.