Disability policy consultant, Board Chair of Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Treasurer of Not Dead Yet, opinions my own.https://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3m5mkq23jns2nExtremely excited to announce that I am now Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy at CommunicationFIRST! Communication access has been a big part of my work for a decade or more. I'm also thrilled to be working with some of my favorite people and to meet the rest of the CommunicationFIRST team. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5mkq23jns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3m2ff5ewghs2cIs it a little cringe to write about how the latest viral thing actually teaches valuable lessons about politics? Yes. Did I do it anyway? Absolutely yes, because this time it's totally true. And because I genuinely love KPop Demon Hunters, having had to watch it 10 times already. https://sammka.substack.com/p/what-kpop-demon-hunters-gets-right04 Oct 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ff5ewghs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3lsjkek2rtk2h [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjkek2rtk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3ljxrttcffc27"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxrttcffc27https://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3lgxx7jfpms2lAnother comment on this kind of blame game because it's on the left too. We have no idea what actually happened. Was the air traffic controller ACTUALLY disabled? Was this airport's staffing level ACTUALLY affected at that time by a hiring freeze? Was this preventable by air traffic control at all? [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxx7jfpms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/samanticka.bsky.social/post/3lgxwsndwcs2lLet's fact check this claim about disability. The language he's citing seems to be taken from federal Schedule A hiring authority, which lets people with disabilities apply to federal jobs outside competitive process. But it doesn't override medical requirements for air traffic controllers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:f47miecgodpshfwcfbxv2wm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxwsndwcs2l