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A post, presumably from X as it is quite old. It is by Deep Space Fine @thisismewhatevs and says: I high key love that Star Trek chose to respond to the idea that "in the future disability will be erased" with "in the future disability will be accommodated for without stigma" Below are 4 pictures of Star Trek characters from different series, all with some kind of need. One has a visor to see, one has technology which supports brain and sight function, another needs low gravity and uses a wheelchair, etc.

I love this post ⬇️, though it is pretty old. It sums up how the world should be.
It's on my wall at work, and in my staff SEND booklet.

Wait, Trek literally already had this entire debate 23 years ago.

Melora, DS9, Episode 2x06.

"Yeah, a cure for some might be a curse for others, I am perfectly perfect as I am" was the conclusion.

I swear "Anti-woke" Trek "Fans" have no media literacy.

I'll get the first, Doylist reason out of the way quick - because star trek is a way to talk about our society and its future, and medicine is only as good as the plot says it is.

Geordi had a visor for the same reason. Picard, an artificial heart.

When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:

"So it turns out Trump was involved with a pedophile human trafficking ring masquerading as a modeling agency where the perpetrator died under mysterious circumstances in prison"

"Oh yeah, Jeffrey Epstein right?"

"No, I mean the OTHER time that happened" bsky.app/profile/meid...

The priest at my church got beat up at an anti-ICE protest on the peninsula this week, and when he showed up for Mass today with a black eye all the church ladies swooned like they had seen a Backstreet Boy.

Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

as a parent I cannot imagine how absolutely fucking heartbreaking and awful it must be to have to put out a statement like this because the federal government killed your son and is telling monstrous lies about him

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

Aerial shot of people on a beach, choosing their bodies to spell out the word murder with a upside down US flag in the lower left corner and the words ice out underneath Sf chronicle on Threads: Several hundred people form a human banner spelling out "IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT!!" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach during a protest Saturday in response to the recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent. Photo credit: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle

San Fran has entered the chat 🤝 #ICEOutForGood #FuckICE

I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.

A pin of a guillotine with blood on it.

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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.

Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.

Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.

can’t get enough 28YL films

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.

That is called murder when they do that.

Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Call your House Rep about the ICE murder in Minneapolis - here’s a script

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.

All from his movies.

Every time they say " Americans could use the money "

Living for the day when that vile gargoyle's name is crowbarred off the building.

Hey so, i would encourage my fellow performers to not do any shows at the Kennedy Center until it reverts to it’s original name
Thank you for your attention to this matter

(yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.

“The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early.”