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1019 - University students develop inclusive gaming controller for boy with cerebral palsy - ABC News
4079 - Martin Paul Eve: "I think it's really disappoint…" - disabled.social
I think it's really disappointing that conferences about the future of scholarly communications are going "in-person only" in 2024. I cannot travel as I need haemodialysis every 48 hours. Without any remote participation, I am effectively excluded by disability.
4240 - Debbie Kilroy #FreeHer en X
Coroner says no evidence of murder but police release a $250,000 reward for Constance Watcho’s murder #nojusticenopeace RIP Constance Watcho 💔💔 #MMIW https://t.co/7My2kF08zb / X
4321 - Qasim Rashid, Esq.: "Fascinating how the Florida GO…" - disabled.social
Fascinating how the Florida GOP Chair was pulled over drunk off his rocker, with a loaded firearm in his car, & with silver bars(?!)—& he was calmly arrested without weapons even once being drawn. Wish Philando Castile & Sandra Bland would’ve got that same treatment while sober.
4338 - PersonalEscrito: "Acc. to a study by the #indige…" - disabled.social
Acc. to a study by the #indigenous network COICA, world's biggest banks are helping to destroy the Amazon: Citibank, JPMorgan, Itaú, Santander, Bank of America, HSBC concentrate half of the direct financing for #oil & #gas exploration operations in countries like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. “Not a single drop of oil from the Amazon has been extracted with the consent of the indigenous peoples” More info in Portuguese: https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/os-maiores-bancos-do-mundo-estao-...
4899 - teelareid
“Racism and anti-blackness have always operated and continue to operate under color of law.” We need to confront the fact SYSTEMIC RACISM exists in the courts in order to address it. Blackfullas aren’t locked up at higher rates because we are more *criminal*.
6259 - renireni
I'm not taking any press requests at this time. What I have to say has not changed for the best part of a decade. Journalists/producers should be directing their energy to organisations such as @4FrontProject, @UFFCampaign, @JCWI_UK and @INQUEST_ORG.
6712 - AI expert Meredith Broussard: 'Racism, sexism and ableism are systemic problems'
The journalist and academic says the bias encoded in artificial intelligence systems can't be fixed with better data alone - the change has to be societal
7273 - Nearly half of COVID survivors haven't fully recovered 6 months later: Study
A new study from Scotland found six months after COVID infection, 48% of patients say they have only partially recovered or haven't recovered at all.
