Kate Peeples, Ph.D.
@katepeeples.bsky.social
Former teacher, special education professor, and literacy specialist. Current auntie extraordinaire and occasional ne’er-do-well.
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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My gosh this is great (and by “great” I mean both 🤣 and 🤦🏻♀️)
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My gosh this is great (and by “great” I mean both 🤣 and 🤦🏻♀️)
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As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
“On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic.” 😂🤦🏻♀️
Trump sets his sights on Seth Meyers.
“NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
“NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic.” 😂🤦🏻♀️
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The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment. n.pr/4oj2jNz
How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment.
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment. n.pr/4oj2jNz
There’s (sadly) not much hope or relief to be found in NC politics these days, but AG Jackson and the NCDOJ are fighting all the good fights.
Great news: In the lawsuit we filed, a federal court just ruled that the Agriculture Department acted unlawfully by refusing to use its emergency fund to make SNAP payments. It has until Monday to deliver a plan to pay benefits.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There’s (sadly) not much hope or relief to be found in NC politics these days, but AG Jackson and the NCDOJ are fighting all the good fights.
THE
CRUELTY
IS
THE
POINT.
CRUELTY
IS
THE
POINT.
42 million Americans will lose SNAP benefits tmw, and this is what the dude shares today.
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
THE
CRUELTY
IS
THE
POINT.
CRUELTY
IS
THE
POINT.
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Educators & parents:
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
Help ProPublica Report on Education
ProPublica needs your help to track how the upheaval of public education is affecting schools and colleges in your community. Take a few minutes to join our source network and help guide our coverage.
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Educators & parents:
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
Wahoowa!
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wahoowa!
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Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
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Happy Indigenous People's Day
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Happy Indigenous People's Day
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
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If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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Right-wing groups are increasingly requesting copies of syllabi and course materials to assess what's being taught in college classrooms. Universities like UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro are having to decide what to turn over, and what faculty can still control.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
As scrutiny increases, NC public universities vary on question of whether faculty control course materials
Right-wing groups are increasingly requesting copies of syllabi and course materials to assess what's being taught in college classrooms. That means universities like UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Greensbor...
www.wunc.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Right-wing groups are increasingly requesting copies of syllabi and course materials to assess what's being taught in college classrooms. Universities like UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro are having to decide what to turn over, and what faculty can still control.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
“Raleigh-Durham” (referred to as one city)
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Raleigh-Durham” (referred to as one city)
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I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.
Must-Reads and the War on Chicago
"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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It makes me so fucking mad that there was a right wing conspiracy theory that Biden’s FEMA was denying funds to North Carolina and then Trump gets into office and actually does it and…mostly silence.
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It makes me so fucking mad that there was a right wing conspiracy theory that Biden’s FEMA was denying funds to North Carolina and then Trump gets into office and actually does it and…mostly silence.
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
While we brace ourselves for today’s expected pseudo-scientific, ableist nonsense, let’s try to remember that:
1) Autism is not an illness.
2) Autism is not a disorder.
3) Disability is not inherently tragic (though its cause, e.g., being a victim of violence, might be for some).
1) Autism is not an illness.
2) Autism is not a disorder.
3) Disability is not inherently tragic (though its cause, e.g., being a victim of violence, might be for some).
Kennedy Said to Focus on Unproven Link Between Common Painkiller and Autism
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
While we brace ourselves for today’s expected pseudo-scientific, ableist nonsense, let’s try to remember that:
1) Autism is not an illness.
2) Autism is not a disorder.
3) Disability is not inherently tragic (though its cause, e.g., being a victim of violence, might be for some).
1) Autism is not an illness.
2) Autism is not a disorder.
3) Disability is not inherently tragic (though its cause, e.g., being a victim of violence, might be for some).
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If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
Black Women, White Apathy and Why a Leopard Ate Jimmy Kimmel's Face
Jimmy Kimmel is not a victim of "cancel culture." But he is the perfect example of what happens when white people are silent in the face of racism.
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill
Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were
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September 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
www.accessible-social.com