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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals…
www.propublica.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
(Published May 2025)
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):
Rather than remove the protections for students with gender dysphoria, they want to eliminate 504 plans. So do they really have concerns about trans children or do they want to discard children with disabilities in general?
17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
The suit challenges a Biden administration decision that considered "gender dysphoria" a disability and goes even farther in questioning assistance for students.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rather than remove the protections for students with gender dysphoria, they want to eliminate 504 plans. So do they really have concerns about trans children or do they want to discard children with disabilities in general?
I can hear a coworker saying "We need to tear down the government because it has too much power." Easy for him to say. The only reason I'm able to be in the office is because a Medicaid funded staff person is with my disabled adult dependent.
State Medicaid payments inaccessible amid broader federal funding freeze
Karoline Leavitt confirmed Tuesday afternoon the downed portals after multiple reports from lawmakers that their states could not get access to Medicaid dollars.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I can hear a coworker saying "We need to tear down the government because it has too much power." Easy for him to say. The only reason I'm able to be in the office is because a Medicaid funded staff person is with my disabled adult dependent.
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The Beatles and The Stones and Zeppelin and The Beach Boys and The Who are all wonderful but when you reach the age of 56 you realize it was The Byrds and The Kinks all along. Happy birthday to me.
January 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Beatles and The Stones and Zeppelin and The Beach Boys and The Who are all wonderful but when you reach the age of 56 you realize it was The Byrds and The Kinks all along. Happy birthday to me.
Tiff Massey 7 Mile + Livernois at the DIA. (I had these barretts too.)
January 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Tiff Massey 7 Mile + Livernois at the DIA. (I had these barretts too.)
"If you are not disabled and you regularly go to a yoga class, choir practice, a book group or just the pub, when was the last time you did so with even a single disabled adult present?"
It's easy not to think about the needs of disabled adults if you don't know anyone with support needs.
It's easy not to think about the needs of disabled adults if you don't know anyone with support needs.
Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle | John Harris
When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"If you are not disabled and you regularly go to a yoga class, choir practice, a book group or just the pub, when was the last time you did so with even a single disabled adult present?"
It's easy not to think about the needs of disabled adults if you don't know anyone with support needs.
It's easy not to think about the needs of disabled adults if you don't know anyone with support needs.