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There could be no other haiku but this one for today. #nokings #ranttime

Real picture of a crowd in NYC today. (Source: NYTimes) ... for people who need the facts. 💙✊🏻💙

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👏🏼🐝✊🏼🥳✊🏼🐝❤️🤍💙. (edited) 3w

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Wrightslaw Special Education Law: Third Edition | Peter Wright, Pamela Wright

This is beyond frustrating/devastating/inexcusable. It has been bad enough that they have pretty much dismantled the civil rights division for the OSE. This is just another FU to parents of disabled children. You can‘t administer the law that abides IEPs & 504 Plans if you‘ve fired everyone. I know that this is a developing story but wanted to put it out there to call your reps please. This is Eugenics. #ranttime

ncsufoxes https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/10/11/education-department-sp... 1mo

Karisa Just wrong— targeting the people who need the most help. Our leadership is doing everything to hurt people instead of help (all while pretending this is normal and moral) 😢😵‍💫 1mo

IriDas FDT and F all people in that party and all the religious people who back him. Hateful, greedy people. Just happy to make life worse for the most vulnerable, aren‘t they? (edited) 1mo

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Deblovestoread @IriDas What you said! 1mo

Sparklemn Atrocious 😖 1mo

CBee Well, shit. I hadn‘t heard about this. I wish I had words but I‘m just sad and stressed. 1mo

ncsufoxes Not to mention a few weeks ago they gutted most of the services for blind & deaf students because they were considered too DEI. Once they made DEI taboo, it was easy to start to gut anything for disabled people because disability needs inclusion. Unless you want to shut out an entire population & make them nonexistent…which is what they‘re trying to do step by step. Disability Rights are Civil Rights. 1mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🤬✊🏼💝. 1mo

Bookwomble Our right wing "Labour" party is seeking to do similar things - not as extensive or as in your face as the Republicans, but the impetus is the same: if you are not assessed as an effective unit of production, we will not "waste" resources on you. 1mo

Bookwomble Sorry, by "our" I mean British, and, in this case, by"British" I mean English, as the other nations of the UK tend to at least try to be more progressive. 1mo

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ncsufoxes

Handbook of Reading Research | Michael L. Kamil, P. David Pearson, Elizabeth Birr Moje, Peter Afflerbach

#ranttime As the WH is about to announce the “cause” of Autism like it‘s some f-in game show contestant. Reminder that Causation does not equal Correlation. Just because a pregnant woman might have taken Tylenol (the one safe pain reliever during pregnancy) does not mean that it caused Autism. Then recklessly recommending Leucorovin (a cancer drug) as the treatment is not science. My husband (a geneticist) read the study that they are basing their

ncsufoxes recommendations on. It was done on an extremely small sample size. Additionally the children in the study had a specific genetic marker, which is why the drug possibly helped some. There are over 100 genes associated with Autism. You‘d be hard pressed to find most drs to push for genetic testing, much less getting your insurance company to pay for it. Drs will be bombarded with calls to have this drug given to their child. It just makes the job of 2mo

ncsufoxes Drs more complicated. It continues to sow distrust in drs & the science community. Families of Autistic kids need: better supports, better training for drs & therapists (oh the stories I could tell), better access to Medicaid, community supports/programs, better access to education/IEP goals, waiting lists that aren‘t years long to get evaluated, better job supports after high school/college…the list goes on & on. Ugh, this mom is tired 2mo

TheBookHippie So so tired. 😵‍💫 2mo

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AmyG All I can say is this administration needs to make up these theories and paint them as truth. Then they can proceed to make America healthy by protecting people from made up situations. It‘s all insanity. (edited) 2mo

IriDas @ncsufoxes Yes, families need support and a radical shift in society so we don‘t have to spend our lives wondering what will happen to our children when we die. This culture is just so awful while simultaneously being so self-righteous (“America is the greatest” blah blah). It is exhausting just to function each day in this place. 2mo

lil1inblue I'm so tired. I can't even write a coherent response. But I'm right there with you. This is infuriating. 😡 2mo

AllDebooks Well said. ✊️ 2mo

ncsufoxes In case anyone is interested, there was a paper written last year by JAMA & published on NIHs website. They analyzed the Swiss study that was done over 25 years studying 2.5 million children. Guess what JAMA & the study both concluded- Tylenol does not cause Autism or ADHD or other neurodevelopmental disorders. 2mo

ncsufoxes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388/ Read it before they pull it 2mo

dabbe Just when you think it can't get weirder, or more chaotic, or more dangerous, or more ANYTHING ... this. I stand with you on very wobbly, tired legs, but I'm still standing! 💙✊🏻💙 2mo

ncsufoxes We had a discussion about this last night at dinner. We went over Causation, Correlation, Confounding variables, longitudinal studies, sample size with our 10 & 16 year old. Teaching them young. 2mo

CBee I saw the news about this but couldn‘t bring myself to read it. Not today, anyway. Thanks for summing it up for me 💚😢 2mo

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes I read that too. Sigh. 2mo

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes 💯 2mo

ncsufoxes Stepping back up on my soapbox: what continues to be one of the most effective tools to assist families & Autistic children is access to early intervention. I have friends that still work in EI in NC & they have posted recently that due to cuts to Medicaid EI is set to lose up to $800,000. What that means is that the qualifications for eligibility will raise, which means more kids fall through the cracks. I have a kid that was missed. I worked in 2mo

ncsufoxes EI for many years. When we moved to CA my middle child was 2. The first thing I did was refer him to EI because he wasn‘t saying many words. In 2011 in CA a child needed to have a 50% delay in order to receive EI services (my kid had 33%, he would have qualified in NC). He was missed & then our pediatrician wouldn‘t listen to me. I knew that there was something & I screamed into the void. I always advocate for EI because it can make a difference 2mo

AnnCrystal
🥺😢😘💝. (edited) 2mo

Chrissyreadit yes 100% - the reduction in EI has been purely financial even though research has demonstrated the significance of it. I have so many drs here who will not consider autism as a dx- (instead prefer ODD- but that is another soapbox) We will continue to just share accurate information. My own anger over the ignorance of people in this country and purposeful damage by this administration is exhausting but every time i see posts like yours i reme we 2mo

Chrissyreadit are each others community and that is vital in these times! 2mo

ncsufoxes @Chrissyreadit yes ODD is a favorite of drs instead of Autism. We were told Intermittent Explosive Disorder, not Autism (because our son due to anxiety & flight/fight would run out of drs offices). Again better consistent training across psych & drs is needed. Delaying access to vital services & supports costs more money in the long run, as well as denies families the help they need. It‘s a story that many families share all over the US, sadly 2mo

ncsufoxes All ODD does is basically label the child as the problem (not saying that children are the problem but this is the perception that drs & schools will take away). Drs don‘t think about the further stigmatization that labels like ODD/IED add to the child & family. I had many discussions with my son‘s IEP team about changing his area of eligibility due to stigmas. I pushed for a different category because I didn‘t want the negative to define him. 2mo

Chrissyreadit i completely agree!!! 2mo

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I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust | Julian Borger

My library hold came in today. Sadly enough Ruth Hargrove wrote this in 2020 during the first Trump administration. She was trying to stop deportations of some Cameroonians because they would probably be killed” if returned to their country in the midst of a brutal evil conflict”(8). #ranttime

Susanita 😡😓 2mo

dabbe 🥺😢🤬 2mo

AnnCrystal
😢🥺🤨🤬. 2mo

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kspenmoll

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race | Jon Stewart

I could not resist posting this. Laugh out loud funny of course. Warning: #ranttime

https://youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg

JenReadsAlot I so needed that laugh when I watched it earlier! 2mo

dabbe Lordy be, did I need this! 😂💙😂 2mo

TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot same!!! 2mo

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Susanita 😂😂😂 2mo

Jadams89 I cackled when I saw it earlier - so good 🤣🤣 2mo

ShelleyBooksie It was so good! 2mo

CoffeeAndABook So so good! 😂 also sad, I cannot believe this is our reality now 🤦🏼‍♀️ 2mo

KadaGul My mom was a big fan of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. She was pretty upset when he left, but excited to see him back on Mondays. 2mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂😢🥲✊🏼. 2mo

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Susanita

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success | Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig

We do not care who you are. Why do you sue everyone in sight for saying (true) things about you that you don‘t like? For a book that was published a YEAR AGO and obviously (unfortunately) did not harm your last “quest,” or we wouldn‘t be in the mess we are today. And for $15 billion? #getoveryourself #ranttime #wdncw

dabbe

ncsufoxes I had to go back & check the publication dates to understand why he‘s suing a year after the book was released. My guess is now he‘s prez & thinks he can sue everyone & they‘ll bow down. Or the SC will find things in his favor. He of course filed in FL, which he hopes to get a judge that is sympathetic to him. Someone said the brief filed was laughable. I avoid reading things about him but I just might have to buy the paperback copy. 2mo

lil1inblue He doesn't give a fig about the book. He's trying to scare news outlets into silence. It's a fear and control tactic. 2mo

dabbe Everything about this man is beyond despicable. And I despise him for tainting our lives with his mere presence. 🤬 2mo

Susanita @dabbe @ncsufoxes @lil1inblue It‘s exhausting. 2mo

AnnCrystal I agree with @lil1inblue, even the New York Times is getting sued... 2mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread

Same story, different day. Beyond tired of the useless rhetoric re: this topic. No Joe Citizen should have an assault weapon or access to one. Period. And I have two words for the NRA: FUCK YOU! #ranttime

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Amiable So very emotionally exhausted 😩 2mo

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AnnCrystal 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👏🏼😢✊🏼🤨💝💝💝. 2mo

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Susanita

Charity Administration Handbook | Don Bawtree, Kate Kirkland

In the spirit of #ranttime and #longtimefed journalistic integrity, here‘s an update on the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) situation I mentioned last week.

The campaign will take place this year after all, though there‘s still uncertainty about the future.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/09/charitable-donation-campaign-f...

marleed I absolutely don‘t understand taking away this super easy way for government employees to make (or not) charitable donations of their choice. 2mo

AmyG 😩 2mo

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ncsufoxes

She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor | Meg Medina, Chelsea Clinton

#Shero I can‘t imagine what it was like for her to know that 6 of her fellow justices basically crapped all over the 14th Amendment today. For her as a Latina woman to know the racism that is permeating in the halls of the Supreme Court. It‘s just sickening. #ranttime

TheBookHippie Makes my blood boil … so maddening. 2mo

Librarybelle Agreed. 2mo

BkClubCare No words, many feelings, stronger resolve. 2mo

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dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 2mo

Amiable It‘s downright disgusting. 2mo

AnnCrystal 🔔🔨✊🏼🫂⚖️. 2mo

AnnCrystal This administration is seemingly ignoring all Our Amendments... (edited) 2mo

JuniperWilde Agreed. It is also heartening to see people stand up to what‘s happening. Many are women which is significant because women are underrepresented in positions with profile and power. 2mo

AmyG The Supreme Court is compromised. I don‘t know what else to say. We are at war with ourselves now. 2mo

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ncsufoxes

Ideology in the Supreme Court | Lawrence Baum

#ranttime ugh, I mean seriously. How to say you‘re racist without explicitly stating you‘re a racist. Someone on Threads was saying we all need to go around shouting our old high school Spanish phrases to confuse them. My favorite always has been, “Por favor, donde esta La biblioteca?” #FRacism Someone also said that years from now John Roberts SC decisions will be seen along the same lines of Roger Taney & Dred Scott.

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🤬✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💙. 2mo

Susanita ¿Está Susana en casa? Sí, está con una amiga… 2mo

Ruthiella Oh yeah. History will not look favorably on any of this. 🤬 2mo

Amiable I saw a post on social media where a white woman in California put a Mexican flag sticker on the back of her truck and was almost immediately pulled over by ICE. They got annoyed because she was white and told her to remove the sticker. She posted that she‘s keeping it on to mess with them. 2mo

AmyG I have no words. As a people, we need to fight harder. 2mo

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