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@slooterman.bsky.social

Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements. Signal: slooterman.18 Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org

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The movie poster for A Bucket of Blood.

The movie poster for A Bucket of Blood.

Tonight’s #31DaysOfHorror: A Bucket of Blood.

08.10.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

08.10.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 513    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Ah yeah, hard to get a Reuben at a kosher restaurant for sure!

07.10.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The other 50% have sushi and pizza on the menu for inexplicable reasons.

07.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t that just like 50% of kosher restaurants?

07.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My pediatrician stopped doing COVID shots about two months before the government really announced anything. I ended up taking my daughter to a travel clinic and paying $150 out of pocket for her first shot.

I still don’t know if/when the second one in the initial series will even happen.

07.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

livestreamed fact checking. good use of real-time fire data and camera feeds.

07.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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The human costs of Trump's war on government For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessibleβ€”and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

07.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

I love listening to other autistic people infodump about their interests, honestly.

07.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

In our annual 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll, we can look at results by generation and gender. One dynamic jumps out over and over: Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country.

07.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
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Night sweats are a common symptom of perimenopause and menopause, something that happens to many of us as our estrogen levels drop. And for many of us, it’s also kind of miserable.

Do you have a great hack for dealing with it? Reply with your tips β€” all ideas big and small (and humorous) welcome.

03.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sean β€˜Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years in federal prison Prosecutors sought an 11-year sentence for Combs to β€œreflect the substantial psychological, emotional, and physical damage he has inflicted.”

A federal judge sentenced music mogul Sean β€œDiddy” Combs on Friday to 50 months in prison β€” just over four years β€” marking an end to a trial against one of the most influential names in entertainment. Combs must also pay a $500,000 fine.

03.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

07.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health β€” and the health of their pregnancies.

β€œI told them that I probably wouldn’t be able to make my appointments anymore, well, because I’m really afraid given what happened to my husband.”

Harrowing reporting from @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay at @19thnews.org.

07.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health β€” and the health of their pregnancies.

β€œMy biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

07.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6

Well, today @deldeib.bsky.social has a very helpful explainer. Here's what an external review is, how it works, and how you can use it to help to get coverage of your own medical care: "Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal... That’s all you have." www.propublica.org/article/heal...

07.10.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6

I don’t have a good feeling about the discourse improvement project or certain TOS changes. They don’t impact anything I personally would say or do β€” My account is SFW and I use it to share news articles and make funny posts about my (boring) life. But I remember what happened to Tumblr.

07.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m concerned about Bluesky becoming overly censorious on speech that isn’t illegal and taking communities’ (I still don’t know what word to use for things like Blacksky) abilities to self-define what is and is not acceptable for themselves.

07.10.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I get how that kind of widespread permaban is important for something like, say, posting CSAM. That absolutely should not be allowed anywhere ever for obvious reasons. But this isn’t that.

07.10.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I also think it’s a problem for ATproto and the goal of decentralization that the mods will permaban someone across iterations (not sure if that’s the right word) for a bad joke. Blacksky, for example, should have the ability to determine what’s over the line for themselves.

07.10.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlie Kirk Eyes Closed Before Death Reaction Image | Know Your Meme The Charlie Kirk Eyes Closed Before Death Reaction Image refers to an image of deceased right-wing organizer Charlie Kirk moments before he was fatally sho

It’s an overly edgy meme people have been using to express failure or disappointment. I wouldn’t use it β€” I think it’s in poor taste, at best. But poor taste doesn’t seem like something people should get permabanned for.

07.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can see how it could be interpreted that way, and he should have been more careful. I wouldn’t have posted it.

But it really was just an overly edgy meme people have been using to express disappointment at things like getting the wrong Wendy’s order or something.

07.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On here, he was an early adopter/big account who ran Fundraising Fridays where he boosted people’s fundraisers and promoted accessibility β€” Particularly that people should add alt text to images.

IRL he works for a disability rights nonprofit and lives in my neighborhood, which is how I know him.

07.10.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d describe it as surreal and nightmarish.

07.10.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d give it a mixed review. It’s gorgeous but very slow.

07.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That orange nacho cheese goop. Every time I eat it, it probably shaves a couple years off my life. I don’t care. Death comes for us all.

07.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

In my living room, lol.

It’s available to stream on the Criterion Collection.

07.10.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The movie poster for Hour of the Wolf, in Swedish.

The movie poster for Hour of the Wolf, in Swedish.

Tonight’s #31DaysOfHorror: Hour of the Wolf.

07.10.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had Baby Shark on loop before this baby was even born. Let’s goooooooo

06.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One way autism has equipped me well for parenthood: I can listen to the same children’s song 30 times in a row, no problem.

06.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1036    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 9

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