Raikage Playa
@d7play.bsky.social
Black Deaf | Louisiana Native ⚜️ ASL & Deaf Studies Lecturer. UNM ‘23 🐺 | RIT ‘19 🐅. We’re living thru “Finding Out” phase.
The Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC) is launching this fall at Stanford University, offering a unique approach to studying Black life, language, and culture. Read more about its interdisciplinary approach and the diverse topics it will explore: ed.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
Protesters shouted “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time” as Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in DC
Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. She says that Hyde-Smith's infamous remark about being "on the front row" at a public hanging helped inspire her to run.
Emmett Till’s Cousin Is Running for US Senate in Mississippi
Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi against incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
mississippifreepress.org
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Catelin Drey FLIPS Iowa SD-1 — a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024 — defeating Republican Christopher Prosch in a landslide special election and breaking the GOP supermajority.
I spent a lot of last summer making ASL versions of info about Project 2025. The amount of hatred I got was overwhelming. Those folks are quiet now, and there's no pleasure in having been right. It's just sad. It didn't have to be this way. And tbh P25 is a drop in the bucket of evil these days.
Sharing my article regarding my use of AI: "To be or NOT to be dependent on interpreters?" - available in ASL & written English. Inspired by my experience at TISLR15, surrounded by the scholars I respect so much - had to tag @linasigns.bsky.social @jaceyhill.bsky.social and @d7play.bsky.social
Hearing families should stop being told not to use sign language with their deaf children, deaf academic Dr Kate Rowley has said, with there being “no evidence” it impacts speech or literacy.
‘No evidence’ BSL harms speech or literacy, as researchers stress benefits of early access
Hearing families should stop being told not to use sign language with their deaf children, deaf academic Dr Kate Rowley has said, with there being “no evidence” it impacts speech or literacy.
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
In 2013, the Obama administration introduced a goal for federal contractors to work towards having 7 percent disabled employees. Now, as I reported for @motherjones.com, the Trump administration is working to undo this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Labor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractors
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.
motherjones.com
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
This Democrat Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either
nytimes.com
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR
Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.
variety.com
Pedro Pascal on Instagram: “#SuperFantastic” 🎨 JustRalphyyy | IG
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Trump was golfing, Ted Cruz was partying in Greece, and the Mexican President was sending in help to the Texas flood victims. Put it on every. fucking. billboard.
A Boston University professor estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID grants have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, including 224,575 children. 😰😰
USAID cuts have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, BU professor estimates - The Boston Globe
As USAID offices officially close on Tuesday, Brooke Nichols's research is not alone. An international, 15-member research team also shared its own staggering estimates.
bostonglobe.com
France unveils mural throwing shade at America for July 4th www.rawstory.com/statue-of-li...
France unveils mural throwing shade at America for July 4th
The U.S. Independence Day holiday motivated a new mural in France that shames America. While France was once a key ally in the Revolutionary War against Britain, it is now shaming the U.S. with a mass...
rawstory.com
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Republicans are gonna pay for this shit. I don't mean this in some sort of violence encouraged rhetoric, but you will pay for this. The American people are pissed. 2026 we will vote you out! This bill is gonna hurt way more people than it help. Remember this!
I can't believe I still have to cook dinner after they undoubtedly turn off the Constitution this afternoon.
This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · last yr.“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
Not for nothing, but y'all better get to learning ASL, because without Medicaid no one will be able to afford your fancy cochlear implants 🙃. PS--WHO predicts a huge spike in hearing loss due to Covid, noise pollution and earbud use.
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
Frost: James 2:26 says faith without works is dead. So, we can read the verses all you want but until you stand up for the healthcare of people, those words are dead Foxx: I know that scripture very well too
