#4 was required reading in college along with "Lies My Teacher Told Me." Honestly, I'm surprised that's not on the list either. #1 and #9 were required reading in H.S. #2... Seriously? Moms for Liberty are fucking nutjobs.

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. ... Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." - Anne Frank

Since it's October...

I love that comic, and it was one of the first things that came to mind when I saw the news of Jane Goodall's passing today. I'm glad she had a good sense of humor about it.

"To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal." ~ Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

"Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential." ~ Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

There is no bailout that will solve this problem. It took decades to create the markets for beans and months to devastate the markets for beans. NY Times: China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. [52% of exports] Now, It’s $0.

How to find Nazis: STEP 1: Say something mean about Nazis. STEP 2: Someone says, “You’re spreading hate about us!” STEP 3: You found the Nazi. "Getroffene Hunde bellen"

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Live from "war ravaged" Portland

This captures much of the frustration of today.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

JFC...

They canned the notion of an Autism registry back when there was negative backlash. Now they are going to use a big fat carrot to get what they want. Don't do it...

Now... If they had just done that for Trump as well.

Autism doesn’t need to be “fixed.” Fascism needs to be neutered.

Perfect.

Yes, much better.

*Snort* 😂

In a statement released today, the autistic population explained: “Lol have you ever got a single fact wrong around one of us?” We will keep fighting - and so should you: www.patreon.com/posts/116939...

new justice system just dropped: fascists will be rounded up and made to listen to autistic info dumps on why fascism is bad and and human rights are good

So anyway, turns out plasma in menstrual blood can completely heal wounds in 24 hours. hudson.org.au/news/womb-to...

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

THIS👏PART!👏 THIS👏F'ING👏PART!👏 "My bosses told me my work was wonderful and I shouldn’t worry. I was fired the next day." My mom turned her hyperfocus and autism into a super power. She was successful w/jobs, goals, and friends. I constantly compared myself to her achievements and always failed.

No brainer. Covid is still a thing, and we still mask in public places. A hospital is full of sick people, so you absolutely should. For them and for yourself.

THIS.

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This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

There is still a LOT of ignorance about autism that is spread by a LOT of people who have no flipping idea what they're talking about. Yes even "autism moms." Sometimes especially "autism moms." I said what I said.

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.” What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am grateful that Trump reminded us this week how precious our right of free speech is. Everything he does reminds us of what we could lose. But when we fight back...

As I was saying…

Even the Rapture was like: "Nope, he's not getting off the ground today."

Inflating blow up sex dolls with helium and releasing them into the sky is bad for the environment but also, hilarious.

Giving autistic people this meme is going to be a gift. We’re extremely funny and we love making jokes about ourselves

Tylenol fights back. Tylenol.com