In this case, lawyering taught me good writing habits: First lay out the facts of the case, then the law, then apply law to facts. In academic writing, this translates to: data, method, argument. The reader should have all the data before you start making claims, so they can follow your reasoning.

Oh shit, I posted this just a few minutes too early. He has just informed us that he HAS PERSONALLY ACHIEVED NIRVANA AND IS A BODDHISATVA. (He is also Mormon I think?)

"The person also told others in the Discord chat that they would see him in the news, adding that he needed to kill Jewish people 'in order to make sure the white youth is ... secured.'"

Oh shit, I posted this just a few minutes too early. He has just informed us that he HAS PERSONALLY ACHIEVED NIRVANA AND IS A BODDHISATVA. (He is also Mormon I think?)

There's a guy in this class who's spiritual beliefs are, for lack of a better term, totally fucking bonkers. Every week, he tells us about reincarnation, or what he saw one time on ketamine, or how Nikola Tesla received revalations from the universe.

This man “profoundly” hates #autistic people. This is MAHA’s attempt to shut up those of us who can self-advocate. If you can express an opinion, they’ll say you’re just autism lite.

Sleepy all the time No thinking just sleeping

Please also remember: Ahab wanted to buy Navot’s vineyard because it abutted the royal palace. That asshole wanted land to build a tacky ballroom or something, is what I’m saying. Tyrants & pharaohs will always be the same, in every age. #Hebrew #Bible

required viewing, particularly for folks who think pushing AI onto students is a good idea.

Every time I learn something new about what “monks have done for centuries” I’m like ohhh right. Religion comes from people. Weird people need places to go. Yeah

Good thread. I too am generally more sympathetic to Crabapple's side in the modern political disputes, but the book sounds like terrible history entirely in the service of justifying that political position.

BY THE POWER OF RESH LAKISH

seeing a lot of people sharing screenshots from the cognitohazard right now and, like, you can just not check how many people are blocking you

With proper alt text for accessibility

“No I got your joke, my response to your joke was also a joke.” - Ancient Autistic Proverb

Day 0 of people being normal about Jews posting about Judaism online

"Netanyahu believes that 'evangelicals are more loyal' and less likely to criticize Israel’s policies than liberal American Jews. He has told aides in private that with the support of the evangelical community, 'we don’t need AIPAC.'" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I was basically OP, except my undiagnosed, high-functioning persona collapsed in truly spectacular fashion, catapulting me into unemployability and a moderate support needs diagnosis. Support needs change, masking costs more than you realise, and yes, “high-functioning” autism is still autism.

Every. Single. Time. Does this happen to you? #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #PoorMemory #Neurodivergent

Support Your Local Autistic Friends With Free Snacks and Video Games And Manga Month. We celebrate by posting our wishlists and people buy stuff for us off those lists. April is now Give Us Free Stuff month! #AutChat A3

If you’re going to complain that the call “From the river to the sea…” is a call for Israeli Jewish genocide because it means one state only, which is Hillel’s position, you should maybe not depict the state of Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank as one single state, either.

-Around the same age, my parents gave me a book of stories from the Tanakh. I quickly understood that they were the same genre as my Greek myth book, & noticed that, e.g., both mythologies had a flood myth. Understanding Jewish stories as myths made me love them more, not less. 2/4

Mental health center that provides free therapy. Multiple treatment modalities, diverse experienced practitioners, plus some community meeting space, a community garden and green space with shade, secure bike parking, tutoring for kids, supervised kids' play area.

May the blessings of owls be upon you.

1. My aunt read and gave mild feedback on my stories as a 10 year old 2. My uncle gave me all of his Anne Rice books when I was 11 3. In college, my first English prof agreed to read one of my stories, gave feedback, and recommended I submit it to the school lit mag. I became an English minor.

About last night’s scrambling from gun fire at White House reporters dinner .. Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) makes a critical point on CNN: “This is happening in schools across the country.. the kids have no resources to process their trauma”

It’s funny how much my feelings about being alone have changed since my 20s. Being alone is in fact restorative

-When I was 7 or 8, my parents gave me a copy of D’Aulaire’s Greek myths. It had illustrated family trees for the gods & heroes. I spent hours memorizing them. Stories replaced space & dinosaurs as my dominant autistic special interest. 1/4

It was about Early Modern Shinto & the construction of Meiji Jingu in Tokyo. My argument critiqued the obsession with “authenticity” in folklore studies.

them: you’re weird me: i’m Autistic them: that can’t be it you’re too friendly me: i fucking hate you them: ha ha, see? you also have a sense of humor! and you make eye contact. me: [ eyes closed and seething ] them: you have better social skills than I do me: not mutually exclusive actually

Being autistic is winning the race, but not standing in the right line to get your medal and leaving empty handed.

crazy thing to start making rounds like 2 months after "you're not trans, just autistic"

also lack of access to amphetamines for adhd is why so many people smoke and vape

Also the reason why we've seen an explosion in ADHD diagnosed is because we successfully stopped teens from smoking.

Once you've framed a diagnostic category as ideologically produced rather than clinical, you've created conditions to defund research, dismiss advocacy ("of course they defend a diagnosis they were given") and justify reducing services without looking like they're targeting autistic people directly.

It’s been a long time since I last posted a frogception frog 🐸 #whimsical #cottagecore #frog #spooky #cozy

I'll say it again, one of the worst things this rampant push to cram "generative AI" into everything has done is make people suspect bright kids of cheating when they're just nerdy or bookish or neurodivergent, sanding down their unique edges to fit into people's lowered, homogenized expectations.

They're doing the detransition thing but with autism now.

I'll say it, as a person who becomes physically unwell when upset and stressed. If you INTENTIONALLY get people upset for your own amusement, you are a BAD PERSON. The world sucks enough without people dysregulating your nervous system for fun.

-In sophomore year of college, I was hanging out with friends in my dorm, & one of them couldn’t stop going on about her folklore classes. I realized the negative feeling I had was ENVY, so I took some folklore electives, then switched majors. If you’re out there, thanks, Jenny. 3/4

-When I was 7 or 8, my parents gave me a copy of D’Aulaire’s Greek myths. It had illustrated family trees for the gods & heroes. I spent hours memorizing them. Stories replaced space & dinosaurs as my dominant autistic special interest. 1/4

Recently, antizionist & leftist Jews have started a sort of fandom around the Jewish Bund. I find it kind of ahistorical & cringe, personally, but the narrative is probably Good For The Jews. At least it teaches people that Jews have never been a monolith (about zionism or anything else).

So some antizionist kids buy etsy merch that says “bund” in Yiddish. I don’t intend to join in, but I don’t think they’re hurting anyone.

Akkadian verb conjugations frequently have the same rhythm as Merlin’s higitus figitus incantation from “The Sword & the Stone” & now that’s all I can hear. iparras, niparras, taparrasā!

So I now see myself more of a whole where everything affects everything and the diagnosis side of it is tightly knit with most things both I and others appreciate about the whole I am. There's no way to cut out one bothersome facet and not lose a ton of positive things at the same time.

Madness is not a negative value to me. It is a neutral value. Madness is the condition of my life I will never escape. It is inherent to me, & not bad, it even imparts gifts.

This actually mentions the tooth stuff! I’ve been telling my dentists for YEARS: my teeth slide around & crowd because of EDS. NONE of them have heard of it. Also, my bruxism & resulting tooth damage/cracks are autism-related: Tooth grinding is a stim, it regulates & applies grounding pressure.

A Constellation of Chronic Medical Conditions Commonly Seen in Autistic & ADHD Adults

Autism questionnaire: are you interested in numbers, like dates or license plates? Me: NO, why would I care about a date with no context? Nah, I only care about dates in that I need to know the birth year & age at the time of filming of the actors in every movie & show I watch. And their heights.

Akkadian verb conjugations frequently have the same rhythm as Merlin’s higitus figitus incantation from “The Sword & the Stone” & now that’s all I can hear. iparras, niparras, taparrasā!