HearHerHands
@hearherhands.bsky.social
She/Her | Deaf, chronically ill, disabled | Fiber Arts | Service Dog Handler 🐕🦺 (Opinions my own) in MD 🦀
profile pic: a beautiful artistic profile of Jennifer as a mermaid with her hair in a long fishtail braid wearing a fluffy shawl- by @bybyony
profile pic: a beautiful artistic profile of Jennifer as a mermaid with her hair in a long fishtail braid wearing a fluffy shawl- by @bybyony
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The bill Gavin Newsom vetoed (twice):
"The measure would have ensured insurance coverage for evidence-based treatments and required physician training: practical, cost-effective steps backed by leading medical experts."
"The measure would have ensured insurance coverage for evidence-based treatments and required physician training: practical, cost-effective steps backed by leading medical experts."
Newsom Dropped the Ball on Menopause, But Others Are Ready to Lead
From Illinois to Maine, states are rewriting the rules on menopause.
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The bill Gavin Newsom vetoed (twice):
"The measure would have ensured insurance coverage for evidence-based treatments and required physician training: practical, cost-effective steps backed by leading medical experts."
"The measure would have ensured insurance coverage for evidence-based treatments and required physician training: practical, cost-effective steps backed by leading medical experts."
deaf friends. I am doing vlogmas this year because idk - I am ambitious. wondering if anyone knows of a sign for vlogmas that is used currently? I know the sign for vlog. and I know it's a shortening of vlogging and Christmas. any ideas?
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
deaf friends. I am doing vlogmas this year because idk - I am ambitious. wondering if anyone knows of a sign for vlogmas that is used currently? I know the sign for vlog. and I know it's a shortening of vlogging and Christmas. any ideas?
anyone with slightly more visual acuity mind describing the image for alt text for me? I can't read any of it unfortunately. :/
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
anyone with slightly more visual acuity mind describing the image for alt text for me? I can't read any of it unfortunately. :/
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The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
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“Chicago is in a state of holy rage, and we will not bow to fear. Of course, we feel other things in this struggle too: joy, love, solidarity, sadness. But the holy rage we feel is a call to action.”
"Our rage means that, for as hard as President Donald Trump and his administration are trying, they have failed in intimidating us or convincing us that what’s happening is normal. And there is Holy Spirit power in that." —@lajoyce.bsky.social on clergy protests at Broadview.
Chicago Is in a State of Holy Rage
On Nov. 14, clergy from a variety of faiths gathered outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Ill., to articulate God’s rage.
sojo.net
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Chicago is in a state of holy rage, and we will not bow to fear. Of course, we feel other things in this struggle too: joy, love, solidarity, sadness. But the holy rage we feel is a call to action.”
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ICYMI and want to read about Something Else for a minute: I wrote about the history and evolution of deaf representation for @pbs.org American Masters. You can stream their documentary "Not Alone Anymore" on Marlee Matlin for free on the site, including an ASL version 🤩. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
How the portrayal of Deaf people in film has evolved over time | American Masters | PBS
March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film
www.pbs.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
ICYMI and want to read about Something Else for a minute: I wrote about the history and evolution of deaf representation for @pbs.org American Masters. You can stream their documentary "Not Alone Anymore" on Marlee Matlin for free on the site, including an ASL version 🤩. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Just dumping asylees in Southern Mexico with no resources, no way to contact anyone, and no way for anyone to contact them is wildly cruel.
U.S. Deports Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones
The Trump administration's deportation flights to the Mexican southern border towns of Tapachula and Villahermosa leave people stranded with few resources.
capitalandmain.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just dumping asylees in Southern Mexico with no resources, no way to contact anyone, and no way for anyone to contact them is wildly cruel.
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Speaking of…
Noticeably excluded from this image listing what appears to be touting the US’s inclusivity…disabled ppl of course
Noticeably excluded from this image listing what appears to be touting the US’s inclusivity…disabled ppl of course
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Speaking of…
Noticeably excluded from this image listing what appears to be touting the US’s inclusivity…disabled ppl of course
Noticeably excluded from this image listing what appears to be touting the US’s inclusivity…disabled ppl of course
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Why did I vote for you if you’re just going to turn off your fucking voicemail when you get scared of your constituents
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Why did I vote for you if you’re just going to turn off your fucking voicemail when you get scared of your constituents
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Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
yeah this but I keep picturing the cartoon Rep elephant and Dem donkey. too bad am not really that artistic myself.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
yeah this but I keep picturing the cartoon Rep elephant and Dem donkey. too bad am not really that artistic myself.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is making final preparations to host the Deaflympics 🥹
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
Tokyo government conducts sign language lessons ahead of Deaflympics
Some 3,000 athletes from over 70 countries and regions are slated to compete in the first Japan-held Deaflympics.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is making final preparations to host the Deaflympics 🥹
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
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Pay close attention to which health care "advocacy" organizations condemn Senate Democrats for fucking over the entire health care system, and which care more about Schumer liking them than real people staying alive and say nothing at all...
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Pay close attention to which health care "advocacy" organizations condemn Senate Democrats for fucking over the entire health care system, and which care more about Schumer liking them than real people staying alive and say nothing at all...
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For anyone arguing that the SNAP situation requires that Senate Democrats cave in exchange for nothing, and do it by tomorrow — I would think the developments of the last 24 hours, e.g. states acting in reliance on FNS' representations, USDA throwing a tantrum, increase the likelihood of a TRO....
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
For anyone arguing that the SNAP situation requires that Senate Democrats cave in exchange for nothing, and do it by tomorrow — I would think the developments of the last 24 hours, e.g. states acting in reliance on FNS' representations, USDA throwing a tantrum, increase the likelihood of a TRO....
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AOC comes out swinging
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
AOC comes out swinging
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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it’s cute that they think we’ll forget
if they work together to keep everyone’s hands off it who is up for re-election anytime soon that just reinforces that this was a strategy more of them agreed on than the ones who vote yes. nuke them all from orbit
if they work together to keep everyone’s hands off it who is up for re-election anytime soon that just reinforces that this was a strategy more of them agreed on than the ones who vote yes. nuke them all from orbit
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
it’s cute that they think we’ll forget
if they work together to keep everyone’s hands off it who is up for re-election anytime soon that just reinforces that this was a strategy more of them agreed on than the ones who vote yes. nuke them all from orbit
if they work together to keep everyone’s hands off it who is up for re-election anytime soon that just reinforces that this was a strategy more of them agreed on than the ones who vote yes. nuke them all from orbit
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*Call your senators — especially Dems in swing or purple seats — and tell them:
“Do not join Republicans on a clean or near-clean reopening that gives away ACA subsidies, SNAP protection, or our leverage.”
Call your House member — tell them the same thing. Tell them you are watching.*
“Do not join Republicans on a clean or near-clean reopening that gives away ACA subsidies, SNAP protection, or our leverage.”
Call your House member — tell them the same thing. Tell them you are watching.*
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
*Call your senators — especially Dems in swing or purple seats — and tell them:
“Do not join Republicans on a clean or near-clean reopening that gives away ACA subsidies, SNAP protection, or our leverage.”
Call your House member — tell them the same thing. Tell them you are watching.*
“Do not join Republicans on a clean or near-clean reopening that gives away ACA subsidies, SNAP protection, or our leverage.”
Call your House member — tell them the same thing. Tell them you are watching.*