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Instead of watching an hour of Netflix, watch this 2 hour hour Stanford lecture will teach you more about how LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude are built than most people working at top AI companies learn in their entire careers.

Hi @JoeBiden @ashishkjha @WhiteHouse, public health scholar here to remind you that your planned transition to a “commercialization” of vaccines has a long precedent of exacerbating racial disparities. Just look what the @CDCgov says about influenza cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/d…

SAT 8-13, in Dallas, our friends at @AutismTx hold the last of their Sensory-Friendly #Vaccine Clinics this summer. Open to children & adults w all disabilities, parents/caregivers, & family. Spanish translation provided. More info & registration: texasautismsociety.org/covid-19-vacci…

Can you believe the nerve of @GreyhoundBus. After their mistake cause me to spend over 18 hours in Austin & San Antonio Greyhound Station. They will only refund half my fare. The bus I was supposed to board from Austin Texas had a broken lift. #ADA

Currently, #PARALYZED is trending as fans of Big Time Rush are asking them to release this song. I'm not seeing the same white disabled influencers calling them out for ableist language as they did with Lizzo and Beyonce. As a Black woman wheelchair user, I ain't surprised.

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What we see around the great replacement theory should concern us, because it is leading people to conclude things that are not based on facts and figures and in reality.

"This is a semi-regular occurrence for me." #Echobox=1660461190" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">themighty.com/2021/05/comple…

"My birthday is not a vacation from my mental illnesses." #Echobox=1660461180" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">themighty.com/topic/mental-h…

Disabled children abused in Ukraine's orphanages, warns UN - BBC News ⁦@GeraldQfix⁩ bbc.com/news/disabilit…

Today marks the 87th anniversary of the #SocialSecurityAct, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Social Security provides #OlderAdults with basic financial support to help them remain living in their homes and engaged in their communities. ssa.gov

The crisis in home-based long term care services impacts people with I/DD as well as other types of disabilities, and of all ages.

Kathleen Nicole O'Neal: "We as a culture need to get over this notion that needing help with physical bodily functions is an affront to one’s dignity. This is the logic of ableism." notdeadyet.org/2022/08/assist…

In Emergency Management, Stereotyping #Disabled people = incomplete planning = segregated response = injury & death

.@SFdirewolf means so much to me and to the disability community. Please, please, please contribute if you can and help Alice stay at home and in community. 🙏And let's continue the work to fully fund home and community-based services. #CareCantWait 2/2 gofund.me/3aa22652

Some state SNAP programs are more accessible than others. Important because people with a disability are 3x more likely to be food insecure than those without a disability. #disabilityinclusion sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

You asked for it and we created it! We compiled a quick reference list of schools that have any reinstated any level of indoor mask requirements. Thank you all so much for your help in crowdsourcing this information, keep it up, we'd love to add more! covidsafecampus.org/masksrequired

I don’t think people understand the reality of what happens when police show up to your house for a wellness check or “safety”intervention. If you survive, it’s enough to traumatize you + stop you from *ever* sharing your truth again. Forced into a life of emotional isolation.