Rachel Friedman Narr (she/her)
@rafnarr.bsky.social
#DeafEd Professor. CSUN. Trained whale watcher. Cats. Dogs. Nature. Advocacy and human rights.
Appreciate what Van Hollen is doing but he needs to ratchet up the outrage about 200% and take 10 other US Senators with him.
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Appreciate what Van Hollen is doing but he needs to ratchet up the outrage about 200% and take 10 other US Senators with him.
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No.
No to harmful tariffs.
No to cutting Medicare and SNAP.
No to ignoring due process.
No. No. No.
No to harmful tariffs.
No to cutting Medicare and SNAP.
No to ignoring due process.
No. No. No.
April 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
No.
No to harmful tariffs.
No to cutting Medicare and SNAP.
No to ignoring due process.
No. No. No.
No to harmful tariffs.
No to cutting Medicare and SNAP.
No to ignoring due process.
No. No. No.
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it's actually pronounced Fuck Schumer. common mistake
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
it's actually pronounced Fuck Schumer. common mistake
Are we still paying federal income tax?
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Are we still paying federal income tax?
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Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Oh brother! Sonos Radio is part of the propaganda machine too?? 🤮 (barf emoji)
Ads for Homeland Security and deportation. Touting Tr*mp and his admin. GROSS.
Done with Sonos now too.
Ads for Homeland Security and deportation. Touting Tr*mp and his admin. GROSS.
Done with Sonos now too.
March 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Oh brother! Sonos Radio is part of the propaganda machine too?? 🤮 (barf emoji)
Ads for Homeland Security and deportation. Touting Tr*mp and his admin. GROSS.
Done with Sonos now too.
Ads for Homeland Security and deportation. Touting Tr*mp and his admin. GROSS.
Done with Sonos now too.
Turns out the White House comment line (202-456-1111) is open 11:00am-3:00pm EST Tues-Thurs if you have a comment.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Turns out the White House comment line (202-456-1111) is open 11:00am-3:00pm EST Tues-Thurs if you have a comment.
It’s been a good day. No socks have been lost in the laundry.
March 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s been a good day. No socks have been lost in the laundry.
Knock knock your voice mailbox is full @schiff.senate.gov
Left message for @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social and actually talked to someone with @reptedlieu.bsky.social
Call your reps today @5calls.org ENCOURAGE ACTION. RESIST and OPPOSE.
Left message for @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social and actually talked to someone with @reptedlieu.bsky.social
Call your reps today @5calls.org ENCOURAGE ACTION. RESIST and OPPOSE.
February 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Knock knock your voice mailbox is full @schiff.senate.gov
Left message for @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social and actually talked to someone with @reptedlieu.bsky.social
Call your reps today @5calls.org ENCOURAGE ACTION. RESIST and OPPOSE.
Left message for @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social and actually talked to someone with @reptedlieu.bsky.social
Call your reps today @5calls.org ENCOURAGE ACTION. RESIST and OPPOSE.
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Just a gentle reminder that you can call any Senator you want by dialing the Capitol switchboard right here:
(202) 224-3121 ☎️
(I just left messages for five of them in under ten minutes.)
(202) 224-3121 ☎️
(I just left messages for five of them in under ten minutes.)
February 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just a gentle reminder that you can call any Senator you want by dialing the Capitol switchboard right here:
(202) 224-3121 ☎️
(I just left messages for five of them in under ten minutes.)
(202) 224-3121 ☎️
(I just left messages for five of them in under ten minutes.)
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Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽
Good morning. @5calls.org and coffee. Called @reptedlieu.bsky.social : spoke to someone. 👏🏼 @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social : mailbox full 😣 (but that’s good) @adamschiff.com : mailbox full. Message?? Subpoena M^sk and don’t let DOGE run our govt.
February 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Good morning. @5calls.org and coffee. Called @reptedlieu.bsky.social : spoke to someone. 👏🏼 @alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social : mailbox full 😣 (but that’s good) @adamschiff.com : mailbox full. Message?? Subpoena M^sk and don’t let DOGE run our govt.
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Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
Los Angeles sunsets Jan. 8-11. The smoke is thick. The skies are dark. The mood is somber.
January 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Los Angeles sunsets Jan. 8-11. The smoke is thick. The skies are dark. The mood is somber.
Accurate 👇🏼
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Accurate 👇🏼
Democrats need to get over themselves and STFU. This is real life. Principle is meaningless now.
The New York Times reports on President Biden’s difficult decision to pardon his son.
Stuck between standing on principle and protecting his only living son from potential Trump administration retribution, Biden decided to protect his son.
Stuck between standing on principle and protecting his only living son from potential Trump administration retribution, Biden decided to protect his son.
How Biden Changed His Mind on Pardoning Hunter: ‘Time to End All of This’
The threat of a retribution-focused Trump administration and his son’s looming sentencings prompted the president to abandon a promise not to get involved in Hunter Biden’s legal problems.
bit.ly
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Democrats need to get over themselves and STFU. This is real life. Principle is meaningless now.
Same. 👇🏼
Im at the -omg I didn’t get enough grading done during break 😱 fuck it dem grades ain’t going nowhere I’ll get it done 🤷🏾♂️- phase of teaching
December 2, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Same. 👇🏼
I’m going to re-read this every time I feel hopeless. Call your member of congress. Insist Congress pushes back.
If you wanted to panic, the time was the night he was re-elected. Now it's time to take a deep breath and do things like express your views to your member of Congress, and start planning for 2026.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
NOW can we panic?
December 1, 2024 at 4:34 AM
I’m going to re-read this every time I feel hopeless. Call your member of congress. Insist Congress pushes back.
I feel seen.
November 30, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I feel seen.
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Hillary beat Trump by a bigger margin than Trump beat Harris.
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
November 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Hillary beat Trump by a bigger margin than Trump beat Harris.
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
Tenure Track position available. Assistant Professor Mild Moderate Special Education/Educ Therapy. Calif State Univ Northridge.
Collaborative, innovative, energetic department.
Collaborative, innovative, energetic department.
November 25, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Tenure Track position available. Assistant Professor Mild Moderate Special Education/Educ Therapy. Calif State Univ Northridge.
Collaborative, innovative, energetic department.
Collaborative, innovative, energetic department.
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More news of the cochlear implant bungle in South Australia. I've not seen any information about whether or not any of these deaf children had access to Auslan which would have prevented such a negative impact on their language development. Anyone know? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Two more families impacted by cochlear implant bungle
The number of families who have been paid compensation over SA's cochlear implant programming error has risen to 141.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2024 at 2:48 PM
More news of the cochlear implant bungle in South Australia. I've not seen any information about whether or not any of these deaf children had access to Auslan which would have prevented such a negative impact on their language development. Anyone know? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sign linguist: notes that Auslan, BSL, and ASL all have lexical signs that can tell you if the signer views the cup as half ‘full’ or ‘empty’ but that signers can also use depicting signs to show how much liquid actually is in the cup.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sign linguist: notes that Auslan, BSL, and ASL all have lexical signs that can tell you if the signer views the cup as half ‘full’ or ‘empty’ but that signers can also use depicting signs to show how much liquid actually is in the cup.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Linguist: quantities are described with regard to a reference state; thus we can efficiently convey whether the cup was more recently full or empty
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Linguist: quantities are described with regard to a reference state; thus we can efficiently convey whether the cup was more recently full or empty
November 24, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sign linguist: notes that Auslan, BSL, and ASL all have lexical signs that can tell you if the signer views the cup as half ‘full’ or ‘empty’ but that signers can also use depicting signs to show how much liquid actually is in the cup.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sign linguist: notes that Auslan, BSL, and ASL all have lexical signs that can tell you if the signer views the cup as half ‘full’ or ‘empty’ but that signers can also use depicting signs to show how much liquid actually is in the cup.
A friend last night made the (probably obvious) comment that people of DC don’t deserve to be boycotted…and that has made me think I probably will go…it’s not a govt conference.
#ACEDHH2025 is in DC the week after the inauguration. To go or not to go. It’s a favorite conference but…not sure I can stomach it.
November 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
A friend last night made the (probably obvious) comment that people of DC don’t deserve to be boycotted…and that has made me think I probably will go…it’s not a govt conference.