Disability and aging reporter @19thnews. Opinions are my own. Send tips to: sluterman@19thnews.org or slooterman.18 on Signal.
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In June, DoJ announced they were withdrawing from Olmstead enforcement. Earlier this month, they took one of their first actions in Florida, withdrawing from an ongoing case to protect medically fragile children. My latest. 19thnews.org/2026/08/medical…
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Not knowing when it's a bit and when someone is doubling down into the most unhinged thing is the art of this website
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I wish people would be more normal about masking.
I wear one during air travel, at doctor’s offices, on public transportation and at crowded indoor events. Or if I’m sick and need to be out and about in public for some reason. It really doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing.
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Scoop: The National Security Agency is spending billions this year on testing AI models - far more than previously known
Per a classified NSA estimate described by sources
Compute costs for AI have exploded - including for taxpayers
washingtonsun.com/technology…
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Almost every furry i've ever met is great at a very technical job. So yes, I am 100% comfortable with a furry flying my plane.
Just a few weeks ago at the “Furry Migration” convention in Minneapolis, there was an “Aviation Furs Meet-up.”
Ask yourself… would you be comfortable with a MENTALLY ILL FURRY being your pilot?
furrymigration.org/schedule/
Community note
Airline pilots must meet 1st-class medical requirements; being a part of the furry fandom or playing dress-up is not listed in 14 CFR 67.107(c) as a disqualifier. Hiring is entirely merit-based per OpSpec A134; airlines will hire whomever is qualified and certified.
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EXCLUSIVE: You know that BookTok smut-themed scare zone at SeaWorld that's going viral? I talked to the art director who came up with the idea. "I remember texting my manager being like, 'Don't judge me, but I have an idea,'" she told @WIRED.
Full interview (and yes, she talks about the spraytanned abs) below: wired.com/story/seaworld-wan…
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I’m not saying the discontinuation of Sunkist Fruit Gems is antisemitic, but I’m also not not saying it…
They had the perfect softness to pelt at 13 year olds. You don't know what you got till it's gone. My latest in @eJPhil
ejewishphilanthropy.com/sunk…
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The only thing I’m going to say about the lesbian mask bar story is that the kind of person depicted in it is really marginal in most real life disability advocacy and support spaces, even if they don’t act like it online.
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I love this.
Some NPR podcasts started getting mysterious comments on Spotify. They made no sense to the staff reading them – until someone from a younger generation cracked the code.
Hear the story: link.podtrac.com/phns92ui
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Trump’s first ballroom architect was worried the project didn’t comply with building safety codes.
Trump’s response: “I am the code.”
(The architect stepped aside.)
Terrific reporting by @Blaskey_S @jocwapo.
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New: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes. propub.li/4yLLwaF
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Me: Welp, time to turn off my phone and social media for 25ish hours to fast, pray and repent for Yom Kippur.
Me, checking X after: Oh, gosh.
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Another MASSIVE @propublica scoop: The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way propublica.org/article/fbi-s… @WilliamTurton @AASchapiro @mtredden @kirstenberg
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So in case you did not know: the outlets paid for the construction costs associated with these offices. I was there when we all got the bills.
I guess MS NOW may not have paid, but I am confident Comcast did for what was then NBC News/MSNBC.
In a gaggle, @VP said Trump isn't banning media outlets -- he's saying no special access to White House if those outlets engage in what is effectively far left propaganda. Vance said Politico is as anti-Trump as Breitbart was anti-Obama or anti-Biden but nobody in the media expected the Biden admin or Obama admin to give Breitbart special access. "It's about basic fairness. They can still report. They still have the access to free speech. They're just not going to get an office in the White House anymore," Vance said of ban of CNN, Politico and MSNow
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