Katie Meyer
@katiekat.bsky.social
Teacher educator at a public university in the northeast. I love coffee, pastries, my cat, walks, and collective liberation.
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Katie Meyer
@katiekat.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Hi. I'm a disabled educator, grad student, & organizer. I do work around supporting & celebrating disabled people & communities in schools. Connecting with disabled folks on social media brought me into community 10 years ago. With the downfall of the bird app, I'm hoping to find that again here. ❤️
No longer a grad student, but the rest remains true.
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
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A judge in Vermont has ordered Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk immediately released from ICE detention. Öztürk has been held in a notorious prison in Louisiana. She still faces the threat of deportation, apparently in retaliation for co-authoring a piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.
May 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A judge in Vermont has ordered Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk immediately released from ICE detention. Öztürk has been held in a notorious prison in Louisiana. She still faces the threat of deportation, apparently in retaliation for co-authoring a piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.
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Judge appears about to order the release of Rümeysa Öztürk!
WKS: THE COURT FINDS MS OZTURK HAS SUFFICIENTLY ESTABLISHED ALL THREE FACTORS.
May 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Judge appears about to order the release of Rümeysa Öztürk!
Me, yesterday: yay, I finished my first year teaching in higher ed. Time to finish up grades so I can take a short break before summer classes
My body, this morning: please say hello to a sore throat, headache, and body aches.
My body, this morning: please say hello to a sore throat, headache, and body aches.
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Me, yesterday: yay, I finished my first year teaching in higher ed. Time to finish up grades so I can take a short break before summer classes
My body, this morning: please say hello to a sore throat, headache, and body aches.
My body, this morning: please say hello to a sore throat, headache, and body aches.
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happy may day!
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May 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
happy may day!
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@npr.org for every minute spent talking to a non-autistic person about autistic people's needs, you should be giving at least 2x that amount to actually autistic people— & not just in written stories, but on-air.
Apply said rubric to any other group under attack right now for their lived realities.
Apply said rubric to any other group under attack right now for their lived realities.
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@npr.org for every minute spent talking to a non-autistic person about autistic people's needs, you should be giving at least 2x that amount to actually autistic people— & not just in written stories, but on-air.
Apply said rubric to any other group under attack right now for their lived realities.
Apply said rubric to any other group under attack right now for their lived realities.
What a shameful endorsement.
The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU proudly endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York City.
#linkinbio for our full statement: digital.1199seiu.org/3YOW89f
#linkinbio for our full statement: digital.1199seiu.org/3YOW89f
April 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What a shameful endorsement.
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EVERYONE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
April 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
EVERYONE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
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When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
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An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
In my grad union, we organized an access needs article. It included eliminating required medical documentation.
The admin rejected our proposals at every turn.
Now, RFK, Jr. wants to create a registry of Autistic people.
That required documentation makes people less safe.
The admin rejected our proposals at every turn.
Now, RFK, Jr. wants to create a registry of Autistic people.
That required documentation makes people less safe.
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In my grad union, we organized an access needs article. It included eliminating required medical documentation.
The admin rejected our proposals at every turn.
Now, RFK, Jr. wants to create a registry of Autistic people.
That required documentation makes people less safe.
The admin rejected our proposals at every turn.
Now, RFK, Jr. wants to create a registry of Autistic people.
That required documentation makes people less safe.
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Hi friends! A good friend asked me to share this awesome new project— a literary magazine by trans kids, for trans kids, with a little help from trans adults. If you have a trans kid in your life, definitely check out Chrysalis Magazine! www.chrysalismagazine.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hi friends! A good friend asked me to share this awesome new project— a literary magazine by trans kids, for trans kids, with a little help from trans adults. If you have a trans kid in your life, definitely check out Chrysalis Magazine! www.chrysalismagazine.org
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Because it's #EarthDay, I'm resharing my open library Against AI and Its Environmental Harms at: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...
Educators, as we consider our work and commitments to our students and their futures, how are we teaching about AI's climate impacts? How are we resisting AI hype? #EduSky
Educators, as we consider our work and commitments to our students and their futures, how are we teaching about AI's climate impacts? How are we resisting AI hype? #EduSky
April 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Because it's #EarthDay, I'm resharing my open library Against AI and Its Environmental Harms at: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...
Educators, as we consider our work and commitments to our students and their futures, how are we teaching about AI's climate impacts? How are we resisting AI hype? #EduSky
Educators, as we consider our work and commitments to our students and their futures, how are we teaching about AI's climate impacts? How are we resisting AI hype? #EduSky
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Poor reporter interviewing me about financial aid next year got an earful when they asked if I think anything can be done to stop a disaster from happening. Just me ranting "this isn't the asteroid from Armageddon, this is a self-inflicted wound and we could reverse these illegal firings any day."
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Poor reporter interviewing me about financial aid next year got an earful when they asked if I think anything can be done to stop a disaster from happening. Just me ranting "this isn't the asteroid from Armageddon, this is a self-inflicted wound and we could reverse these illegal firings any day."
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It's been three months + 1 day since Elon Musk did a Nazi salute, twice, at the inauguration.
If you're still focused on pro-Palestine protestors as a threat to American Jews, then you don't really care about us.
If you're still saying that cancel culture by the left is a thing, you're full of it.
If you're still focused on pro-Palestine protestors as a threat to American Jews, then you don't really care about us.
If you're still saying that cancel culture by the left is a thing, you're full of it.
April 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It's been three months + 1 day since Elon Musk did a Nazi salute, twice, at the inauguration.
If you're still focused on pro-Palestine protestors as a threat to American Jews, then you don't really care about us.
If you're still saying that cancel culture by the left is a thing, you're full of it.
If you're still focused on pro-Palestine protestors as a threat to American Jews, then you don't really care about us.
If you're still saying that cancel culture by the left is a thing, you're full of it.
I am not a big fan of re-boots but hear me out...
April 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am not a big fan of re-boots but hear me out...
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it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
There are just too many legendary JD Vance memes today to get any serious work done.
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There are just too many legendary JD Vance memes today to get any serious work done.
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At the very least, a Secretary of Defense probably shouldn’t be an incorrigible yapper. Every middle school student only had to learn about “loose lips sink ships” ONCE to be like “it’s time to tighten up!”
April 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
At the very least, a Secretary of Defense probably shouldn’t be an incorrigible yapper. Every middle school student only had to learn about “loose lips sink ships” ONCE to be like “it’s time to tighten up!”
Me: Yay! I got a bunch of grading done this weekend. Let's see, what is on the to-do list for tomorrow. Surely, my hard work will make this week a bit less hectic. 😎
:: checks list ::
Me: Oh, more grading. A LOT more grading. 🫣
:: checks list ::
Me: Oh, more grading. A LOT more grading. 🫣
April 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Me: Yay! I got a bunch of grading done this weekend. Let's see, what is on the to-do list for tomorrow. Surely, my hard work will make this week a bit less hectic. 😎
:: checks list ::
Me: Oh, more grading. A LOT more grading. 🫣
:: checks list ::
Me: Oh, more grading. A LOT more grading. 🫣
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I'm quite comfortable with abolishing deportations and giving every immigrant and refugee a home and food and education and a job and safety, and if you object on the basis that we don't give citizens those things, my answer is simply that we should be giving those things already.
April 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm quite comfortable with abolishing deportations and giving every immigrant and refugee a home and food and education and a job and safety, and if you object on the basis that we don't give citizens those things, my answer is simply that we should be giving those things already.
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No kings protest in Binghamton NY 🇺🇲 this is what democracy looks like. Love my community in Broome county NY.
April 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No kings protest in Binghamton NY 🇺🇲 this is what democracy looks like. Love my community in Broome county NY.