lollardfish | My tweets

Thu, 12:43: ICYMI Yesterday's CNN piece joking about Down syndrome, focusing on an episode from @ThisAmerLife (1 of 2) - http://t.co/3INzKSOMNJ
Thu, 12:43: 2) After the piece was up, I had a long & really thoughtful conversation with Wyatt Cenac, the comedian in question. http://t.co/5lQpsnRN7Y
Thu, 13:06: The Russian password theft story is "getting squirrely." MT @Bruce_Schneier: Over a Billion Passwords Stolen? http://t.co/wG0wGGDoA4
Thu, 13:20: RT @qui_oui: Gamifying recruitment? Let employer access your social media contacts? No thank you! http://t.co/7WIROCVS3P @snerfsnerf
Thu, 13:24: RT @roopikarisam: Twitter has opened up the contours of the academy; made me committed to working in public; made me think about genre, rhe…
Thu, 14:19: New blog post: A @ThisAmerLife episode from 1996 with terribly cruel joke using the r-word, rebroadcast in 2013. http://t.co/AxlyX4vTJF
Thu, 14:20: 1) 1996 really was a different era in terms of disability representation, though the lines, by David Sedaris, were plenty cruel then too.
Thu, 14:21: 2) Sedaris has this whole bit about seeing a group of disabled people and not being able to tell NYers from the r-words. It's terrible.
Thu, 14:21: 3) But in 1996, I can see why @ThisAmerLife would broadcast it and not think twice, or at least not more than twice.
Thu, 14:22: 4) Today, though, it strikes hard and hurts. I have a letter from a father who pulled over to the side of the road and wept when hearing it

Thu, 14:23: 5) I really like @ThisAmerLife, but the joke is cruel and rebroadcasting it implies endorsement. http://t.co/AxlyX4vTJF
Thu, 15:08: Update from @eshire on story of Gammy and what it reveals about the chaotic world of Thai surrogacy. @thedailybeast http://t.co/w7821YzBWH
Thu, 15:25: On Gammy: MT @eshire: There is clearly a lot of miscommunication, and the surrogate and parents may have been told different "truths."
Thu, 16:40: On medicine and metaphors. The disability community knows about misplaced war language too. MT @TheAtlanticHLTH: http://t.co/6InXTjBTdX
Thu, 17:19: RT @pannapacker: "A Love Letter to Twitter" http://t.co/eWj4ZLQs79 Why it matters for academe, by @roopikarisam
Thu, 17:32: RT @rgfeal: "Humor can reinforce stereotypes or destroy them." Wonderful piece on Down syndrome and comedians by @Lollardfish: http://t.co/…
Thu, 17:35: RT @schneierblog: The US Intelligence Community has a Third Leaker: Ever since The Intercept published this story about the US g... http://…
Thu, 18:29: RT @KJDellAntonia: Vacation hosts shook their heads over @lynnmessina's wild boys. Do their daughters hear that girls should be sedate? htt…
Thu, 19:09: RT @joanpdx: Salon says Steven Salaita had signed contract at UIUC. That really confirms how bad this all is. http://t.co/TVHOWwAHkW
Thu, 19:11: "Collegiality," like "fit," are tools in that can code for bias. They don't have to, but that's a function they serve. #salaita

Thu, 19:18: RT @iSmashFizzle: LISTEN. RT @TheMegaChloe: @AP Writing Renisha McBride takes up less characters than woman who showed up drunk but, ok wha…
Thu, 20:14: RT @gerrycanavan: Crazy RT @jacremes: Dear students: this is what happens when you plagiarize MT @billingsgazette John Walsh dropping out o…
Thu, 23:29: RT @LoveThatMax: Tx! @UCPnational: Another great post @LoveThatMax about letting your child with a #disability speak for themselves! http:/…
Thu, 23:54: I am adding semi-colons to my latest piece of writing to make up for @scalzi's woeful deficit in his new novel. http://t.co/mFbHrjNaE3
Thu, 23:58: My daughter built a see-saw. She's wicked pleased. http://t.co/Uyg9MTklfd
Fri, 02:03: More Colleges Expanding Programs For Students On Autism Spectrum from @PaigeCarlotti - http://t.co/11SgX7DWoR via @forbes