Rachel Ford
@saltchunk.bsky.social
Polite menace. Disability advocate. Inclusive education. Public Schools, NYC.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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It’s time, Skylights!
However you plan to participate today, THANK YOU. We need your voice.
America doesn’t do kings. 🇺🇸
❤️ Stay safe, stay connected.
(@vjaybomb.bsky.social outdid themselves last night)
However you plan to participate today, THANK YOU. We need your voice.
America doesn’t do kings. 🇺🇸
❤️ Stay safe, stay connected.
(@vjaybomb.bsky.social outdid themselves last night)
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s time, Skylights!
However you plan to participate today, THANK YOU. We need your voice.
America doesn’t do kings. 🇺🇸
❤️ Stay safe, stay connected.
(@vjaybomb.bsky.social outdid themselves last night)
However you plan to participate today, THANK YOU. We need your voice.
America doesn’t do kings. 🇺🇸
❤️ Stay safe, stay connected.
(@vjaybomb.bsky.social outdid themselves last night)
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2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
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From the FCC's own website(!), citing 47 U.S.C. § 326, explicitly declared:
"no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication."
www.fcc.gov/consumers/gu...
"no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication."
www.fcc.gov/consumers/gu...
www.fcc.gov
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
From the FCC's own website(!), citing 47 U.S.C. § 326, explicitly declared:
"no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication."
www.fcc.gov/consumers/gu...
"no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast communication."
www.fcc.gov/consumers/gu...
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It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Photojournalist Bill Biggart died when the second tower collapsed on him on 9/11, but the film he shot that day and his flash card were recovered from the debris and developed, along with his flash card.
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
September 11th — Bill Biggart Photographer
www.billbiggart.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Photojournalist Bill Biggart died when the second tower collapsed on him on 9/11, but the film he shot that day and his flash card were recovered from the debris and developed, along with his flash card.
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
You can see his amazing photos of 9/11, the last photos he took while alive, here:
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“New York will give pharmacists cover to dispense COVID-19 vaccines this fall in the wake of uncertainty over federal immunization policy, a state official said.”
From Jimmy Vielkind:
gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
From Jimmy Vielkind:
gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift
An executive order comes as access tightens and lawmakers eye state-level solutions.
gothamist.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“New York will give pharmacists cover to dispense COVID-19 vaccines this fall in the wake of uncertainty over federal immunization policy, a state official said.”
From Jimmy Vielkind:
gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
From Jimmy Vielkind:
gothamist.com/news/hochul-...
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"Motor skills vary a lot for every Autistic, it's also important to realize, that someone can have both really good, and really bad, motor skills, because there are so many different types and areas of motor skills"
autisticaacunderground.blogspot.com/2022/07/eyeg... #autism #neurodiversity #AAC
autisticaacunderground.blogspot.com/2022/07/eyeg... #autism #neurodiversity #AAC
EyeGaze AAC for Autistic 2022 AAC in the cloud presentation
AAC in the cloud presentation 2022 on EyeGaze AAC for Autistics, below is the video and under the video of the presentation is the script/...
autisticaacunderground.blogspot.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Motor skills vary a lot for every Autistic, it's also important to realize, that someone can have both really good, and really bad, motor skills, because there are so many different types and areas of motor skills"
autisticaacunderground.blogspot.com/2022/07/eyeg... #autism #neurodiversity #AAC
autisticaacunderground.blogspot.com/2022/07/eyeg... #autism #neurodiversity #AAC
NYC Families - Pls share! Limited seats still available at Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy for rising 2nd and 3rd graders; and at South Bronx Academy for rising 2nd graders.
August 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NYC Families - Pls share! Limited seats still available at Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy for rising 2nd and 3rd graders; and at South Bronx Academy for rising 2nd graders.
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
This week, we published that list.
This week, we published that list.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no…
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
This week, we published that list.
This week, we published that list.
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Now free, several men sent to CECOT talked to @nlanard.bsky.social and @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social: “What they did there was torture us” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“What they did there was torture us”
Now free, the Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador want the world to know what they lived through.
www.motherjones.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Now free, several men sent to CECOT talked to @nlanard.bsky.social and @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social: “What they did there was torture us” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Yes! Yes! And Yes! With a fully developed program for grades 9-12.
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yes! Yes! And Yes! With a fully developed program for grades 9-12.
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Enraging story from @alexzimmerman.bsky.social. NYC hasn’t paid its ~1,000 Teaching Fellows the entire 7 weeks they’ve been working this summer, forcing some to go into debt to cover rent and food. This at a time the city is trying to hire in historic numbers: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
July 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Enraging story from @alexzimmerman.bsky.social. NYC hasn’t paid its ~1,000 Teaching Fellows the entire 7 weeks they’ve been working this summer, forcing some to go into debt to cover rent and food. This at a time the city is trying to hire in historic numbers: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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The closure of the CDC’s entire FOIA office is unacceptable and in fact, illegal.
Americans shouldn't be left in the dark about how the CDC is operating.
Transparency matters. So we're suing.
Americans shouldn't be left in the dark about how the CDC is operating.
Transparency matters. So we're suing.
CREW sues to challenge destruction of CDC FOIA office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates both FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act and the CDC must be compelled to follow the law.
www.citizensforethics.org
April 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The closure of the CDC’s entire FOIA office is unacceptable and in fact, illegal.
Americans shouldn't be left in the dark about how the CDC is operating.
Transparency matters. So we're suing.
Americans shouldn't be left in the dark about how the CDC is operating.
Transparency matters. So we're suing.
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Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
February 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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If we want culture to thrive, not just survive, it’s on all of us now.
April 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If we want culture to thrive, not just survive, it’s on all of us now.
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yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
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After we sued, the National Endowment for the Arts temporarily dropped its requirement forcing grant applicants to certify that they won’t promote “gender ideology.”
We’re in court today with @riaclu.bsky.social to ensure the NEA keeps protecting artistic freedom.
We’re in court today with @riaclu.bsky.social to ensure the NEA keeps protecting artistic freedom.
March 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
After we sued, the National Endowment for the Arts temporarily dropped its requirement forcing grant applicants to certify that they won’t promote “gender ideology.”
We’re in court today with @riaclu.bsky.social to ensure the NEA keeps protecting artistic freedom.
We’re in court today with @riaclu.bsky.social to ensure the NEA keeps protecting artistic freedom.
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
👏👏👏 Yaaass.
COPAA along with two Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division.
- www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- www.propublica.org/article/depa...
- www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- www.propublica.org/article/depa...
Class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Linda McMahon
www.documentcloud.org
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
👏👏👏 Yaaass.