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AJP, he/they. Queer. Crip (Neurofibromatosis). *SARS CoV-2 never left* Views mine. https://andrewpegoda.com

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Yes!!!!

22.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still masking. None of our other problems have gone away.

01.01.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's 2026. The pandemic continues on. SARS-CoV-2 remains a mass disabling event. The sooner people start always masking and adapting the better life will be for everyone. The science is there.

01.01.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you

25.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here! I only have one working lung and tons of preexisting conditions.

25.12.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All I want for Christmas is for people to acknowledge the pandemic continues and to adapt their behavior accordingly. This starts with wearing high-quality masks. Millions will be reinfected with this novel virus today.

25.12.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

And it’s an excellent book!

24.11.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Weaving stories of the kids I’ve learned from with the latest scientific research, I explain everything from what gender identity is, to what gender-affirming medical treatments entail, to the research on bathroom bills, sports, conversion therapy, and more.

09.03.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t agree or disagree, just learn - The Cougar Social media forces us to think in polarities: we either β€œagree” (and maybe β€œlike” or β€œlove”) or β€œdisagree” with what the algorithm sends our way. Carrying this kind of thinking […]

My latest! "More sophisticated forms of engagement than 'agree' and 'disagree' exist in the classroom. Ideally, we want to consider lots of different, different perspectives and think about how and why those ideas exist."
thedailycougar.com/2025/11/21/d...

22.11.2025 00:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes, like today, I am even more extremely and deeply frustrated and irritated at how ridiculous people en masse are being about how the world has changed since March 2020 and how they refuse to follow science and consider how easily they could protect others.

20.11.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!

18.11.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be in the hospital at least three days. Dr. Ian McCutcheon will be doing the surgery, who I've known for over a decade. Excited and ready to get surgery #7, brain surgery #2 all done!

18.11.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brain surgery to remove a large tumor on the pituitary will be January 5 at MDAnderson. They are also going to remove three painful neurofibromas while I'm under. Total surgery time will be about four and a half hours.

18.11.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

my latest!

28.10.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a bit of a guesstimate. We know that nationally β‰ˆ60% of students take at least some classes online, β‰ˆ25-30% take all of classes online. There's a lot of online only colleges/programs. The comm colleges that I track have β‰ˆ70-80% online classes. At the uni. where I teach, around β‰ˆ40/45% online

26.10.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A frustration I have with most articles, webinars, discussions, and other conversations about college teaching is that they totally ignore and erase that a majority of said instruction now occurs in online, not face-to-face, classes.

26.10.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:

Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.

24.10.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 1034 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11

If ANYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET did to our White House what Donald Trump just did to our White House, Republicans would be losing their motherfucking minds.

21.10.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 4271 πŸ” 796 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 38
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COVID-19 is β€œAirborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

Don't miss @salamonsmd.bsky.social , et al.'s new article

Covid-19 is Airborne AIDS.

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

14.10.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My experience is that these self-appointed critics and would-be reformers of the higher ed system *never* take the opportunity to talk to people in the higher ed sector. They’re just not curious and don’t ask questions. They know the answers in advance. They’re the antithesis of real scholars.

10.10.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
A course catalog with various elements relating to diversity, equity and inclusion crossed out from several course listings.

A course catalog with various elements relating to diversity, equity and inclusion crossed out from several course listings.

Texas Systems Review Course Descriptions, Syllabi, as Critics Scrutinize Them

Syllabi and course information are becoming increasingly public and Texas institutions are scrambling to scrub them of controversial topics like gender identity. https://bit.ly/4q3VMaW

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

09.10.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is key to understanding the FedSoc Supreme Court: the facts do not matter. They will invent their own reality and substitute it for the reality we're actually living in.

02.10.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 480 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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a poster that says what a world what a world im melting !!! ALT: a poster that says what a world what a world im melting !!!
02.10.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.

Administrators caving to this is terrifying.

09.09.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 809 πŸ” 343 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 18

In Texas - right now - 1 out of 19 are sick with the on-going novel virus that people en masse deny even existing.

05.09.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Volume 19, Issue 1 – Summer 2025 – Wordgathering

We are very pleased to inform you that the Summer 2025 issue of Wordgathering is now β€œlive.”

Thank you to everyone who has made this issue possible.

Please share widely: wordgathering.com/vol19/issue1/

Thank you for your ongoing support and dedication.

#CripLit #CripArts

01.09.2025 02:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Andrew Joseph Pegoda – Wordgathering

Important publication of mine is out!
I've been anxious to share this for many months. My essay--β€œA Model of Cripnormativity (Or, Is the Crip Body Accepted?)"--is in the latest issue of Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature.
wordgathering.com/vol19/issue1...

01.09.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

thank you, Jennifer! Hope your Fall semester is a good one!

16.08.2025 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible move.

05.08.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0