If hard work actually equaled wealth, every single single-mother/father working three jobs would be a billionaire by now. The idea that wealth is a direct result of "grinding" is a total lie. If sweat and hours equaled money, single moms/dads would be the richest people on the planet.

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I have a bad feeling that as soon as the markets close this evening, Trump is going to do something extra unhinged. I really hate that the GOP has decided that the entire world needs to ride this horrible roller coaster of uncertainty and doom every single weekend.

Autocorrect used to work well on my phone, but over the past year it’s become more of a hindrance than a help so I’m contemplating just turning it off. I love how AI has been put into literally everything. For me, AI has added no value to anything and instead it has made a lot of things worse. 🙄

This is horrifying. I wish it were surprising. But it seems to be in keeping with so many of the things happening right now.

JFK, Trump & 6 Decades of My Autistic Nightmares Existential crises fry my autistic brain. I've always needed to know what's going on... Like, will we live through the weekend? I trace the line from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis to modern political tensions, reflecting on a life defined by sensory…

I’ve been struggling to find joy or solace lately…the events of the past week alone have felt like so so much, and I worry that the tender part of me is breaking under the weight of it all. Been trying to take photos of moments of beauty when they happen so I can hold on to them a little longer.

They own this. Whatever disasters continue to unfold belong not to the president and his Cabinet alone, but to the entire Republican Party.

It’s hard not to see Vance’s criticism of the Pope’s theological bona fides as just silly hubris. But I also see it as a stress test of sorts — can they manipulate sentiment against a pontiff. Not for Trump’s interests. More likely for Thiel’s.

Trump is posting fresh blasphemies this morning

Everything is truly terrible, but the Doctor memes are giving me life this morning.

Odd update here: The Trump-Jesus image the president posted (see QT below) appears to have been *altered* from the original, which looks to have been posted in February. The original did not feature the demogorgan-ish thing in the sky. Source: x.com/NickAdamsinU...

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🧵 Autism Acceptance vs Autism Awareness? Angels dancing on heads of pins? I'm more into Autism Equity. I dón't want someone's condescending acceptance of me. I want what everyone wants. As free a life as anyone else. And freedom without equity doesn't seem remotely possible for me. 1/2

Love David Byrne….hope the kids at Coachella were paying attention and appreciated the genius they were witnessing last night "Love and Kindness are a form of resistance"

Transphobia does not just hurt trans people. It also robs the world of talent and potential.

The Swalwell stuff did not surprise me. I remember really appreciating him in many of the hearings during Trump 1, but there was a moment along the way where his mask slipped and I saw something underneath I really didn’t like. I unfollowed him then, and was dreading having to vote for him for Gov.

🧵 Research money spent on vaccines & their non-connection to autism spectrum disorder would be better spent on EDS, POTS, etc & their ACTUAL connections to being Autistic

Are autistic people ‘just making it up’? In a recent podcast conversation, I was asked a question that carried a striking implication: What if increasing numbers of people identifying as autistic are just not coping? 🧵 1/11 #Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

The headline makes the practice seem a little silly, but what they are actually describing in the article seems so thoughtful and oriented towards real democracy. Reading this reminds me that alternative ways of being and organizing are possible. And what a stark, sad contrast to the United States…

This is SO cool. This is an online exhibition, a "Virtual Autistic Memes Museum" and the link preview doesn't give it enough justice. You click to walk around and look at the different pieces selected (there are even plants decorating the museum!!) check it out! #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

It's an indictment of the entire Dem party that Schumer remains Senate minority leader.

choosing earth adriennemareebrown.net/2026/04/08/c...

Summary (via a friend): They closed the strait again b/c war that isn’t a war that we already won has a ceasefire that isn’t a ceasefire that was just violated, now strait that’s completely open that will also open up naturally is closed but that’s fine we don’t need it also open the f---in strait

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🧵 ok so it’s like we were somehow born with broken ribs & never knew we meet someone who has lifelong broken ribs & they're like, "yeah! hurts a lot to breathe, sharp pains laughing & sneezing, bending over is The Worst! maybe you have broken ribs!" & you're like, no no, surely I would know by now

My nervous system is completely shot. It was already in really bad shape, but the events of this day have been a lot.

Very happy and relieved it’s TACO Tuesday. Even if it lasts for one night the last month has been horrible. Thank you for all the support in the replies below.

Just because he backed off shouldn’t stop efforts to remove him. He is dangerous and cannot be left in power.

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

Are any members of Congress currently on their way back to DC?

In true Debbie Downer style, I got to break the news of Trump’s genocide threat via “truth” and possible impending nuclear apocalypse to my therapist this morning.

Also my mood.

Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached.  When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?

Feels relevant… youtu.be/tiHy0iYyZFk?...

🚨🚨🚨 Congress must return from recess and use every tool it can to stop Trump from committing war crimes and unilaterally launching a nuclear war. That includes impeachment. Call your reps. NOW. 🔥📞🔥 Info, numbers, and script @ 5calls.org

Time feels so unbelievably short right now, and life feels very fragile. But I’m also too burned out and sad and anxious to do anything meaningful in these fleeting moments.

Bret Baier: "I just got off the phone with the president. He called. He said '8pm is happening. If we get to that point, there is going to be an attack like they have not seen.' He's sticking to that at this point."

i feel like a lot of people are dissociating and not reacting to the threat of nuclear war with an appropriate level of alarm?

I simply can’t believe Congress and the cabinet are sitting around, totally fine with what is absolutely demented behavior from the president.

I just broke down in tears on the phone with an aide for my House Representative about Trump’s threat. And then again on messages with my Senators. Please reach out to your members of Congress. Even though they seem unable or unwilling to act, they need to know that we desperately need them to.

Good morning. If you're just waking up, Trump is openly threatening nuclear war against Iran tonight, and none of the other people in power in the U.S. government appear to be willing to do anything to stop him.

do we honestly have no way of ending a presidency for posting “a whole civilization will die tonight”

I'm worried. I sat with things for a bit today to try and see through the immediate fears, but I still land largely here: there's no obvious offramp, and the men behind it are not of a caliber which allows for humiliation. Does that automatically mean nuclear use? No, but… we should be serious. 1/x

Given this press conference, I am very worried that our government is about to engage in horrific war crimes that will cause a lot of death and great suffering around the globe. Please let tomorrow be Taco Tuesday.

It kind of feels like the President of the United States is spilling sensitive national security information live on TV like a very small child who cannot keep a secret.

They are begging: “Please keep bombing”???? This man is sick, deluded, demented, and evil.

I hate all of you fuckers who downplayed the horrors of a second Trump term.