if it bleeds it leads. “horseglue” by ekko astral is out everywhere you can listen to music. have at it.

Since we are celebrating Toronto… m.youtube.com/watch?v=pt_J...

WORLD SERIES BABES!

Children, not parents, should be allowed to pick their own school picture background

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

DON MATTINGLY CELEBRATING WITH THE BLUE JAYS AT YANKEE STADIUM INTO MY VEINS

LET’S GO YOU JAYS

Check out our live shots of PUP, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social, and @ekkoastral.bsky.social

Everything old is new again, including a new twist on blaming moms for autism. I’m struck by how quickly the news cycle moves on. So much chaos unfurled <2 weeks ago in the autism world, yet most media and gen pop are on to the next dozen things. I’m still reeling.

In this interview, we get beyond the unfounded associations and dig into the impacts on autistic people and their families, and also what a better world might look like. It was therapeutic for me and I hope it is for you too.

Let’s talk about autism. And pregnant women. And Tylenol. Q+A w/ Dr. Melanie Penner by Sherrill Sutherland on The Decibel podcast. www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol... via @theglobeandmail.com

This only happens to you once

Imagine a press conference dedicated to the link between advanced paternal age and autism, where older men are advised to just tough it out?

Fighting autism slander AND promoting Icelandic pop. She’s doing it all this week, folks

This little resonates: ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

RFK Jr: The Amish don't have autism The Amish:

Me, when confronting my water bottle for the day

Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in. Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol. It's like his work never happened.

My man David Byrne released a new album this month

(Taps sign)

Hellloooooo, journalists! Covering the Mon announcement abt #autism? CHECK OUT the last 3 @thinkingautism.com newsletters for background on the loooong trail of grift in mitochondria-autism industry, starting w/a man who co-authored entire study abt his own daughter w/o disclosing the relationship.🧵

1973

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Dear Lord this is so much worse than I thought

Just read an opinion article in the Globe and Mail decrying over-diagnosis of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. Somehow, the advice provided is for parents to fight against their child receiving a professional assessment. Hard to express how dangerous I think this messaging is.

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Being an #autism scientist these days is like being stuck in a glitchy Time Machine that can only lurch between 1998 and 2010

Hi! It’s not Tylenol!

Forcing us to knit/crochet our stashes.

Knees are a little too important for how easy it is to destroy them imo

In case you need a jolt of something today, play this one on repeat m.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Ua...

45 years ago today, a masterpiece was released Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, the debut album by the Dead Kennedys including this track California Über Alles - Mahubay Gardens, San Francisco, 1979 #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory #otd

This is an old autism-vaxx trope: “the light went out of his eyes”. Beyond profound dangers re: infectious disease, this is so dangerous for autistic people. It implies that there is a “normal” child locked inside and ppl have used dangerous methods (chelation, stem cells) to try to reach that child

As someone who grows veggies in my front yard, I really loved this! 🎁 🔗: The Era of the American Lawn Is Over www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Feels like a good time to reshare this one

[stares in developmental pediatrician]

NOPE DO NOT DO THIS

Hideous. Sending thoughts to my US colleagues.

“Now you know the anti-vaccine playbook — and how not to fall for it.” Spectacular #autism #SciComm to share with anyone taken in by this ruse. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

hi if you want to listen to a d.c. band who makes music about the resilience of our city’s queer community against fascism, may i introduce you to “pink balloons” by ekko astral

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

Just saw @puptheband.bsky.social Not sure life will be the same again

“…Mr. Kennedy’s statements misrepresent the motivations of pediatricians, many of whom have willingly gone into one of the lowest-paid medical specialties.” The idea that pediatricians have a lucrative practice based off vaccines is WILD STUFF www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/w...

This is your regular reminder that if you are the smartest person in the room, go find another room. You are not going to run out of people or rooms.

what is the AP style guide for who gets called student, graduate student, professor, scientist, or, shall we ask, "academic?"