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deafsmith.bsky.social
Married, empty nester, Oklahoman, Democrat, Boston Terrier lover. Deaf, but I lipread instead of sign.
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New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories open.substack.com/pub/populari...

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Suddenly, AI sounds like a good idea.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Between the posts about Pete's second Signal chat and the death of the Pope, this somehow emerged as my favorite post of the day.

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In a competitive global economy, we need the best educated workforce in the world - doctors, nurses, dentists, plumbers, welders, electricians, etc. Young people should not have to go deeply into debt to get the education they and our nation need. We must make public colleges tuition free.

submitted 62 days ago • 137 comments

Several weeks ago, four of five STEM programs that make up the NIH-funded Deaf Scientists Pipeline in Rochester, NY were cut (the fifth is expected to be cut too). A PhD student made the below infographic to visualize what these cuts mean as a catastrophic generational loss for #Deaf science

submitted 66 days ago • 5 comments

I should buy a first aid kit. We are also in the beginning of the longest period of biting your tongue. Especially if you're a blue dot.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Hard to believe some folks still feel loyal to a con artist who has wiped out family assets. These were the same people who were upset by the price of a dozen eggs, right?

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Eric Swalwell, speaking truth about the loathsome piece of shit. While the US economy is imploding, Trump is golfing. 😳👇

submitted 76 days ago • 5 comments

Deaf guy here. The noise you made today was thunderous.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

“I hope Trump won’t deceive us," says a Ukranian about the deal for minerals. I think I would count on the deception. I would never make a deal with Trump about anything whatsoever.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Remember, while you will spend the weekend worrying about your IRA, 401K, and other investments, the Orange Moron is on a four-day jaunt to play golf at Mar-A-Lardo.

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Penguins are fleeing rather than surrendering to the Trump tariffs.

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What say you? 👇 Mad yet?!

submitted 79 days ago • 894 comments

I'm old. Regardless, I learn something new every day. "I never knew that," I will think to myself. However, with 100% certainty, I know this guy shouldn't be our president.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

#GVerse Rep Casar (D-TX) @repcasar.bsky.social breaks down what an insane scam DOGE is by referencing 2 numbers. Elon Musk gets $8 million a day while social security recipients get $65 a day and look at where DOGE wants to make cuts. You can’t make this shit up! #FuckElon! Repost!!!

submitted 83 days ago • 7 comments

Mr. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (of group chat fame) are apparently more focused on performative fights over wokeness than preparing for real fights with America’s adversaries. Does anyone really think deleting tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen makes us more safe? Hillary Clinton --

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

I loved visiting Canada ... Toronto, Montreal ... Vancouver was on my bucket list. Now, I'm ashamed.

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Diana Davies, US photographer who documented the US Gay Liberation movement of the 1960s and '70s, including activist Marsha P. Johnson #WomensArt

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