Disability advocates around the country are fighting a surge of federal and state actions that have eroded protections meant to keep people with disabilities living and working in their communities, rather than in institutions. | via @Stateline.org mainemorningstar.com/2026/08/06/r...

As federal protections fade, disabled Americans fear a return to institutions • Maine Morning Star

When Rob Stone finished high school in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2018, he was asked to identify three goals for his life. Stone loves art and baseball. He’s cheerful, sports a cheeky mustache, and he’s…

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Massive coverage loss in SNAP, and even more massive losses in Medicaid, will be among the *eligible*. Congress designed a dystopian set of administrative requirements that, by design, will make it practically impossible for eligible individuals to access coverage.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · last wk.

“Experts worry that the litany of unanswered questions surrounding medical frailty will lead to more vulnerable people getting kicked out of the program. Preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest over 7 million people will lose coverage in coming years.”

Looking to speak with any Black folks in New Mexico, Arizona, Missouri, Maryland, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Washington, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, or Colorado (whew) who have had their Medicaid or SNAP benefits abruptly canceled! (I’m writing about how AI systems are denying benefits)

"Humberto" works at Scheid Vineyards in San Lucas, CA. Temps this day were 99° with an expected high of 103°. It feels even hotter under the grapevines. "I am glad I works at a union company where all heat protection laws are followed. They take my health seriously." #WeFeedYou

gonna start talking like this to my boss

The only research center in the United States focused on disabled parents may close soon due to loss of federal funding. New from me at @motherjones.com. “It is a profound setback for disability rights and family equity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding

Staff call it a "profound setback for disability rights and family equity."

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A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits. (Published April)

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

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#Disability data nerds! American Association of People with Disabilities (@aapd.com) has an opening for a disability #data fellow! Check it out: remotive.com/remote/jobs/... Please share! 🤓

[Hiring] Disability Data Fellow @American Association of People with Disabilities

American Association of People with Disabilities is hiring a remote [Hiring] Disability Data Fellow @American Association of People with Disabilities. Check it out and browse more remote jobs on remot...

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I’m reading another post about “I just wrote 10 papers and a grant and three books in a week with AI, academic work is over" and I’ll just say I’m still waiting to find the post from an academic that describes the time they spent happily **reading** AI-generated content vs spewing it out.

Grants from National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research are delayed by months www.statnews.com/2026/06/19/f...

Federal grant delays could jeopardize essential disability services, research

Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.

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the average global temperature since the last time the world cup was in the usa (1994) has risen ~1.3°f . tripling the risk for extreme heat days rn

rabid🦊wolf🌈@tallwolf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

and all the fans! the heat here really hits different bc of the humidity. be careful

new tattoo

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3mo ago

logging on

I will never stop talking about this: The lovely and profound "If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known" is from an NYT article about the author accidentally being CC'd on an email where his friends were making fun of him for renting goats.

emceekayvee@emceekayvee.bsky.social · last yr.

It me

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

Everlee Has Disappeared

Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.

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JUST SAW A DEAD RAT, (DEMURELY) WRAPPED IN THE CORN HUSK OF A TAMALE, ITS HEAD THROWN BACK AS IF IN THE THROES OF UNMITIGATED ESCTASY!

There's a radio station here in Chicago that is obsessed with "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette. I tune in nearly every day and they always play it. Today, I've heard it twice already

These Christian nationalists got the “nationalism” part, but not the “Christian”

The US could soon make it easier to execute people with intellectual disabilities

A supreme court decision will determine whether the cruel, unconstitutional execution of people with intellectual disability becomes even more prevalent

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🎉 Big day today for representation of people with intellectual disabilities! 🎉 Joachim Busch and @soufianeelamrani.bsky.social become the first persons with intellectual disabilities to be elected to the Board of @myedf.bsky.social

Oh hey, witch! Always nice to meet a fan of the deep magic. But you know that was actually a very painful period of my life, when that was written, and I've moved on to other things.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights is reporting an uptick in ICE activity across the Chicago area over the last week, incl. reported abductions at Cook County courthouses and immigration check ins. Chicago neighborhoods of reported activity include Rogers Park, Austin and Pilsen.

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

Hearing Britney Spears' "Gimme More" in, of all places, a Home Goods commercial, has made me feel ancient

One of the best things I did for my undergrad class was institute a mandatory discussion board post every week. Simple question: "What is one thing you didn't understand or want to learn more about from the lecture" The lecture is Tuesday. I then discuss on Thursday.

You should also just read the article on disability dongles. The framework it lays out could be valuable for pushing back against a wide array of proposed "AI" use cases.

Disability Dongle | Platypus

Disability Dongles are contemporary fairy tales that appeal to the abled imagination by presenting a heroic designer-protagonist whose prototype provides a techno-utopian (re)solution to the design pr...

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

So, uh. In disability studies we call this a "disability dongle" or a techno-utopian solution to a problem that appeals to the able-bodied imagination rather than the actuality of disabled life itself. Deploying a LLM to translate a legal notice for an asylum seeker functions similarly.

This only hurts folks with disabilities and medical conditions requiring extra support. It hurts your grandma if she falls and needs a walker, a kid with cancer, someone w/ progressing chronic illness. This is eugenics policy in action, driven by fear mongering about immigrants.

According to a study from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, it would cost the government an additional $9.6 billion per year to end homelessness in the US by providing Rapid Re-Housing / Permanent Supportive Housing to individuals in shelters. But sure, this is better.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6mo ago

Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.