SpaceStolas🦉
@spacestolas.me
Accessibility Engineer. Deafblind♿️. Dad. Causal Gamer (Halo/FPS). 🚀Former Rocket Engineer. 🤖 FIRST Alumni. Advocate for disability / humanity. 🏳️🌈🌎🫂Working in Perma/Agri-cultural Robotic to make it truly accessible for all. spacestolas.me
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🚨 Wolves Need Your Voice! Congress is considering harmful riders in the upcoming Interior appropriations bill that would strip protections for gray wolves in 44 states and weaken the ESA.
📢 Take action to protect wolves and endangered species: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
📢 Take action to protect wolves and endangered species: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
Urgent - Wild Wolves and Other Animals Need Your Help!
engage.nywolf.org
August 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨 Wolves Need Your Voice! Congress is considering harmful riders in the upcoming Interior appropriations bill that would strip protections for gray wolves in 44 states and weaken the ESA.
📢 Take action to protect wolves and endangered species: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
📢 Take action to protect wolves and endangered species: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
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Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
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AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…”
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…”
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
@johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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This is big. GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and now GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s core AI engineering team. Github is no longer independent company.
www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is big. GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and now GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s core AI engineering team. Github is no longer independent company.
www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
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Play the #Battlefield6 open beta? Would love to hear your accessibility thoughts if you are a gamer with disabilities or anyone who benefits!
You can:
- Share below or tag me elsewhere
- Post on forums.ea.com (always checking!)
- Ping via discord if you prefer privacy or anonymity
You can:
- Share below or tag me elsewhere
- Post on forums.ea.com (always checking!)
- Ping via discord if you prefer privacy or anonymity
August 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Play the #Battlefield6 open beta? Would love to hear your accessibility thoughts if you are a gamer with disabilities or anyone who benefits!
You can:
- Share below or tag me elsewhere
- Post on forums.ea.com (always checking!)
- Ping via discord if you prefer privacy or anonymity
You can:
- Share below or tag me elsewhere
- Post on forums.ea.com (always checking!)
- Ping via discord if you prefer privacy or anonymity
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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...
talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/co...
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Desperately need to sell two paintings. I only have $64 left on $2k loan we took out to pay for a med procedure last year, we no longer have SNAP and I just had to do what I thought I would never do and afterpay groceries and I need to pay my internet bill.
July 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Desperately need to sell two paintings. I only have $64 left on $2k loan we took out to pay for a med procedure last year, we no longer have SNAP and I just had to do what I thought I would never do and afterpay groceries and I need to pay my internet bill.
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Gaming isn’t just play, it’s how Indigenous communities teach, connect & strengthen bonds. Now, Indigenous creators and gamers like Angee Noel bring those traditions to the digital age, crafting stories & spaces rooted in who we are.
redpopnews.com/gaming-cultu...
redpopnews.com/gaming-cultu...
Gaming, Culture, and the Rez Summer Games | An Interview with Angee Noel
In this interview, Angee discusses how gaming can bridge cultures, close gaps, and inspire the next generation of Indigenous storytellers and innovators.
redpopnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gaming isn’t just play, it’s how Indigenous communities teach, connect & strengthen bonds. Now, Indigenous creators and gamers like Angee Noel bring those traditions to the digital age, crafting stories & spaces rooted in who we are.
redpopnews.com/gaming-cultu...
redpopnews.com/gaming-cultu...
Stephen Miller is.... a shitty piece of work.
July 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Stephen Miller is.... a shitty piece of work.
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Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
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Americans’ awareness of our eugenics history is non-existent, so people don’t see it coming back.
”Farms for the defective” sounds like RFKj’s “wellness farms” no?
Image: “Proceedings of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons,” 1892.
”Farms for the defective” sounds like RFKj’s “wellness farms” no?
Image: “Proceedings of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons,” 1892.
July 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Americans’ awareness of our eugenics history is non-existent, so people don’t see it coming back.
”Farms for the defective” sounds like RFKj’s “wellness farms” no?
Image: “Proceedings of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons,” 1892.
”Farms for the defective” sounds like RFKj’s “wellness farms” no?
Image: “Proceedings of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons,” 1892.
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The same disability can look differently in different people.
July 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The same disability can look differently in different people.
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After a wolf killed her horse, EU President Ursula von der Leyen pushed to weaken wolf protections. In Italy, Valeria Roselli lost her dog to wolves—but chose coexistence.
Fear shouldn't drive policy. Science and compassion must lead. #StandforWolves #WolfConservation
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/09/g...
Fear shouldn't drive policy. Science and compassion must lead. #StandforWolves #WolfConservation
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/09/g...
A battle is unfolding in Europe over the future of wolves
Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo decades of progress and lead to the species becoming threatened again.
www.npr.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
After a wolf killed her horse, EU President Ursula von der Leyen pushed to weaken wolf protections. In Italy, Valeria Roselli lost her dog to wolves—but chose coexistence.
Fear shouldn't drive policy. Science and compassion must lead. #StandforWolves #WolfConservation
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/09/g...
Fear shouldn't drive policy. Science and compassion must lead. #StandforWolves #WolfConservation
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/07/09/g...
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I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court
The task of interpreting the law is inherently “political.” But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public.
ballsandstrikes.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump
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cw: eugenics, sterilization
Periodic reminder that fascism & eugenics are a significant part of United States history.
Periodic reminder that fascism & eugenics are a significant part of United States history.
cw: eugenics, sterilization
Did you know we had a Eugenics Record Office from 1910-1939?
The superintendent of that office, Harry Laughlin, led the way with forced-sterilization laws, inspiring Hitler: bsky.app/profile/ashl....
The US and Germany recognized him as a leading scientist.
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Did you know we had a Eugenics Record Office from 1910-1939?
The superintendent of that office, Harry Laughlin, led the way with forced-sterilization laws, inspiring Hitler: bsky.app/profile/ashl....
The US and Germany recognized him as a leading scientist.
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Here’s a snippet about Harry Laughlin, superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office for its entire existence 1910-1939.
“His model sterilization law became internationally renowned, eventually taken up by Adolf Hitler in his own bid for a national racial purity.”
Hitler was inspired by Americans
“His model sterilization law became internationally renowned, eventually taken up by Adolf Hitler in his own bid for a national racial purity.”
Hitler was inspired by Americans
July 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
cw: eugenics, sterilization
Periodic reminder that fascism & eugenics are a significant part of United States history.
Periodic reminder that fascism & eugenics are a significant part of United States history.
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If you see people saying that deaf people should just use subtitles instead of sign language, remind them that many people prefer watching dubbed movies rather than subtitled ones because it’s in their own language.
a man in a blue shirt is waving his hand in front of a black background
Alt: Bryan Cranston dropping his microphone.
media.tenor.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you see people saying that deaf people should just use subtitles instead of sign language, remind them that many people prefer watching dubbed movies rather than subtitled ones because it’s in their own language.
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Well...yeah cuz they are Americans and the Holocaust was inspired the U.S treatment of well just about every BIPOC community, including Women and LGBTQIA+
The irony alone of the US liberating concentration camps abroad while running Japanese internment camps at the same time is wild.
The irony alone of the US liberating concentration camps abroad while running Japanese internment camps at the same time is wild.
June 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well...yeah cuz they are Americans and the Holocaust was inspired the U.S treatment of well just about every BIPOC community, including Women and LGBTQIA+
The irony alone of the US liberating concentration camps abroad while running Japanese internment camps at the same time is wild.
The irony alone of the US liberating concentration camps abroad while running Japanese internment camps at the same time is wild.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The fascists are openly telling you there will never be free or fair elections again. If they go ahead with this plan to disappear their political rivals you no longer can go on pretending that we have any other choice but to fight the war being waged against us.
Karoline Leavitt indicates the administration is open to a denaturalization-oriented investigation against Zohran Mamdani
June 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The fascists are openly telling you there will never be free or fair elections again. If they go ahead with this plan to disappear their political rivals you no longer can go on pretending that we have any other choice but to fight the war being waged against us.
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Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
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There is no justification for killing wolves — wolf hunts are trophy hunts.
Wolves live in balance with nature — they aren’t a threat to people or livestock.
Wolves are worth far more alive than dead and support balanced, healthy ecosystems. Empathy is the way forward.
#StandForWolves
Wolves live in balance with nature — they aren’t a threat to people or livestock.
Wolves are worth far more alive than dead and support balanced, healthy ecosystems. Empathy is the way forward.
#StandForWolves
June 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There is no justification for killing wolves — wolf hunts are trophy hunts.
Wolves live in balance with nature — they aren’t a threat to people or livestock.
Wolves are worth far more alive than dead and support balanced, healthy ecosystems. Empathy is the way forward.
#StandForWolves
Wolves live in balance with nature — they aren’t a threat to people or livestock.
Wolves are worth far more alive than dead and support balanced, healthy ecosystems. Empathy is the way forward.
#StandForWolves
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