meredithmooring.bsky.social
SFF writer, employment lawyer, blind/albinism, guide dog user. REDSIGHT out now
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this is a great point. hopefully it leads to larger, more coordinated actions.
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this sounds fascinating
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AHHHH CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! This is so exciting!!!
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some people would say that happens when he ignores a supreme court decision on the merits, not just a temporary restraining order meant to address immediate harm, but I'm with you on this issue. I think we're already there.
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that happens every time I go in public. Either it's the people who own the business who scream, interrogate me, etc. or it's random fucking people out in public who can't comprehend that blind people are real, guide dogs exist, and we occasionally go places. It never stops.
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We are all in this together. We could make this stop tomorrow, but that will require cooperation, it requires working together, it requires hope for a better future even when things seem awful.
I have hope that something better can come from this. Do you?
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You may think this doesn't affect you, but you would be mistaken. This administration will not stop with eliminating USAID or the Department of Ed. Eventually, something you care about will get targeted, and people you know and care for will suffer because of the administration's actions.
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they want people like me (and anyone else with a disability) to return to. They don't want us in the workforce. They don't want us in schools.
They don't want us here. Period.
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at age 30 because I had an education. I became a published novelist at 32 because I had an education.
Where would my life have gone without an education? Who would I be? Another unemployed blind person, someone with no agency, with no way to earn an income, someone with few options. That's what
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high school. Because of this robust support, I was able to go to college. I earned my Juris Doctorate. I started my own law practice. I was able to buy my own home at age 28 because I had an education. I got a literary agent at age 29 because I had an education. I got a traditional book deal
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for children with disabilities. I had special education services starting when I was in pre-school. A teacher from the PUBLICLY FUNDED school for the blind came and worked with me starting at age 3. I continued to have special education under the IDEA through elementary school, middle school, and
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Huge congratulations also to...
LADY EVE'S LAST CON by @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social, REDSIGHT by @meredithmooring.bsky.social, THREE EIGHT ONE by Aliya Whiteley and SATURATION POINT by Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social)! 2/2
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What the hell. I’m sorry José. You brought up an important topic for us all to consider.
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I have similar thoughts to what you’ve shared here. People see a sliver of what goes on.
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thank you!!!!!! ❤️
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thanks Adria!!!!
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❤️ thank you!!!!
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thanks!!!!!!!
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thank you!!!! and I hope you're doing well 😃
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❤️ thanks chel!!!!!
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thanks John!!!
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thank you so much!!!!
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Deathless!!!!!!! 😍
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No, but I think it does for some people. There are readers out there who collect special editions of the same book.
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I was comparing searches with friends in Canada and Germany and some of these terms got hidden there too 😶💀
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they censored a bunch of topics
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Instagram has so many features that I rarely use. Somehow TikTok was easier because it was just videos and nothing else.
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I can't wait to read this book.