I want to meet the person at the Ontario provincial government who found quality audio of an anti-tariff speech by Ronald Reagan and thought to use it in an ad during the ALCS. They've got to be feeling the kind of high that only comes along once or twice in a career.

Evangelical conservatives be like "You can't make me participate in trans people's delusions! Now here are the rules you must follow from my invisible sky fairy."

Hey, if you think that the "MEDIA" isn't covering something - DM me and I'll send you links to the people covering it. Are there gaps in the "media's" attention? YES. But it's rare, usually it's just that your social media feed sucks.

UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss. US Dems could learn a lot from their failure. Great piece from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

A reminder to follow journalists, today and every day. If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Spot on from Judge Burroughs in ruling for Harvard: "And it is unlikely that any Jew, even one directly impacted by antisemitism would be in favor of stopping research on, for example, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, or autism to name a few, as a means of redressing their unrelated harm."

🚨 you cannot be neuro-affirming and be transphobic at the same time these are mutually exclusive terms diametrically opposed states of being not possible to embody concurrently thank you for your attention to this urgent matter

gender affirming surgeries generally have a MUCH LOWER rate of regret than major joint surgeries, like knees, elbows, and shoulder replacements IF WE REGRET KNEE REPLACEMENT more often than regretting top surgery, that’s a big sign that affirming care is medically necessary & life saving!

just because psychiatry cannot articulate the connection does not mean that it is not DIRECT and CLEAR relationship HRT & affirming procedures reduce SI not ONLY because of the resulting physical changes but also just…chemically for some, estradiol or testosterone is better than an SSRI!

Since 1999 Americans have seen 2,000+ shootings in houses of worship. I don't want to hear a word from MAGA extremists who claim mass shootings happen because "we've taken God out of schools." It's not God out of schools that's the problem, it's NRA and gun lobby money in your coffers that is.

There is no reason to “both sides” the question: “is theft from artists in violation of Copyright in service of destroying Art for the enrichment of corporations … bad?” Also It’s weird for a Paper & an Author to destroy copyright & art. @mollycrabapple.bsky.social summarized it very well:

"A neurodivergent household in which individuals have differing sensory needs is a situation that can only end in some sort of 4-way duel, experts have warned." And often why autistics w/communication disabilities have meltdowns "for no reason." @thedailytism.com: thedailytism.com/housemates-c...

First MLB strikeout for Bubba Chandler 👏

mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.

Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!

Disability is not a personal failure.

Slithered away with a series W.

Some thoughts for Shabbat

1. I reach a lot of readers from a big variety of political backgrounds... and one of the most common points of contention I see centers around transgender sports bans. In my latest story, I make the moderate case against such bans. Subscribe to support my journalism.

I saw someone say “my students use it for idea generation, not any plagiarism stuff”. IT IS ALL PLAGIARISM It is all trained on stolen work (some of which is mine; thanks for that), and it can’t think. It just regurgitates. Step back if you don’t want to do this thought.

We have selected the contract of RHP Tanner Rainey to the 26-man roster and placed INF Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the 10-day injured list (retro to May 1). RHP Justin Lawrence has been transferred from the 15- to 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster.

If you're protesting this May Day, know your rights.

It’s beyond hilarious that one of Pope Francis’s last official acts was sending a trusted associate to scold JD Vance for his absolute inhumanity. That’s getting lost in the whole meeting and then dying part but let’s honor a true hater for his service.

Ahhhh back with my own name

Autistic children and adults often lack access to spaces that make them feel safe, or allow them to decompress and be themselves without interference or unwelcome scrutiny. Sometimes a lack of safe spaces is no one’s fault, as when living quarters have limited size or privacy. 2/

we need to be able to simultaneously counter dehumanizing images of disabled people that treat us as monolithic and also firmly emphasize the right for disabled people with high support needs to exist and be treated with respect and integrated into our communities

Amazon having their "biggest book sale of the year!" The week leading up to Independent Bookstore Day is such bullshit. Pathetic bully behavior. Anyways, Talking Leaves is going to be giving out free "After the Exodus" bookmarks, so support your local indie store.

While the majority of the Jewish community will celebrate Pesach & Shabbat, autistic members of the community will remain at home, alone and scared. While you performatively sing about the virtues of liberation, rest, and connection to your fellow humans, we sit home, alone and scared.

Many autistic people are taught from an early age that our needs are inconvenient, we need to try harder, and we’re overreacting Is it any wonder that lots of us now struggle with trauma, understanding who we are, and doing self-care?

I think it's so telling that RFKJR and his kind keep trying to play up Autism as basically a useless vegetative state. They know it wouldn't be popular to blast us for the REAL reason they hate us. Subversion. 1/?

Today, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refer exclusively to 'biological sex', deciding that trans women are not legally women under the Equality Act. To all the trans women in the UK, we want you to know that we stand in solidarity with you. 🧵

This is your Friendly Neighbourhood IT Person reminding people that Word is a WORD PROCESSOR, not a layout tool. Just because a Microsoft program lets you do a thing does not mean you should do a thing. There's lots of free layout programs, use one. Be less stressed.

“Stimming is a vital self-protective strategy for autistic people. Yet children are often encouraged to stop stims… Many adults report having lost theirs… Some suppress out of fear. It's crucial for society - esp parents, teachers and employers - to be more accepting: *let people stim freely*

This one made me chuckle today.

That moment that you realize that all of the LoTR "plot holes" regarding Gandalf are easily explained by ADHD.

hey @coreygriswold.bsky.social / @heatherberm.bsky.social , is this a real update that I need to take care of? since i'm not actively teaching in the state i havent paid attention to that since i did my original workshops

Why would they hold the next Olympic Games in the United States, when the U.S. is currently a very unstable and unsafe place for marginalized peoples, especially those who aren’t citizens??? People (here legally) are being disappeared to concentration camps without due process. It’s NOT safe!

‘I’m #autistic & I’m an ABA therapist’ Do you hate yourself? Do you hate other autistics? An autistic person contributing to the abuse of other autistic people I’ll never understand #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autisticadult #autism #neurodivergent

That fidgety child in music class? They might not be acting out—they might be self-regulating. 🧠💡 Learn how young children manage stress in ways we don’t always see! Watch now: 🎥👇 self-reg.ca/self-reg-mis... ✨ #SelfReg | #ReframeTheBehaviour

Welcome to America. It has been zero days since our last entirely preventable mass shooting.