Introduce yourself using the one food you refuse to eat, the one movie you'll never watch again, and the one song you can't stand: Food: Liver. (Although that's rarely on offer. Of more ordinary foods, the one I will not eat is broccoli.) Movie: Tommy Song: Inna Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England] phys.org/news/2025-10...

I love this.

This seems both useful and achievable.

This is literally making my stomach hurt. www.bbc.com/news/article...

My book includes a story about St. Thorlak of Iceland, and one about St. Gerald of Aurillac. Both men showed traits of behavior and personality suggesting that they were quite likely #autistic. Tylenol and food dyes didn't create #autistic folks. We have always been here.

Frightening analysis of the use of Facebook and radicalisation of people to far right beliefs. This also reminds me of analysis of social media networks in enhanced exposure of anti vaccine rhetoric.

Hey, y'all! We won! www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m...

A 🧵- you should read it.

Here's a book you need to read. The main character is a 6-year-old autistic girl. Her church is sheltering a refugee family. The book is filled with things we all need right now: love, hope, faith, and courage. And autism acceptance. charlotteriggle.com/with-two-she...

Some day, perfectly normal, entirely precedented times will return, and I can't wait. (Belle of the Ranch, quoted from memory)

Things today's White House autism announcement did not do: -Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families -Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear -Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience

This is an excellent and accurate observation.

If you don't feel safe in the country you currently live in, this might be helpful. www.helpmeleave.us

Kilmeade is how we get an aktion t4

I came up with this recipe 9 year ago. I haven't fixed it in a long while; catfish nuggets aren't readily available in the PNW. But if you're Orthodox, and looking for a way to use up all that basil that you surely have today, this is a good one. charlotteriggle.com/catfish-in-b...

This. The endless anthropomorphizing of chatbots is a serious problem. We need to use appropriate language for what they are and what they do.

Bingo. The USPS is a public good. We need to think more about our public goods and the benefits they offer. They aren't meant to generate profit. They're often meant to run at a loss *precisely because* their social benefit outweighs the profit motive.

Would you do me a favor? I am recovering from covid, and there is no way I'll have the strength or stamina to go to a Workers Over Billionaires event tomorrow. Will you go on my behalf? You can find one near you at this link! maydaystrong.org

My covid test was (finally, finally!) negative! Given that I still have the strength and stamina of a damp dish cloth, I can't do a happy dance. But I am indeed happy!

I've called. I'm going to call again. Would you call, too?

Oh, that's an interesting idea. Your employer collects your taxes and submits them to the federal government. If your employer is your state ... I wonder what would happen if a state tried this.

Do I know anyone who can help look this up?

Wait, why is WA on this list? And how do we get off it?

The Birds. I must have seen it on TV, because there's no way I could have seen it in the theater - but I was terrified of flocks of birds for years.

I learned this from my dad, who was a product safety engineer.

My all-purpose AI reform is banning computers from pretending they are human. Having names, saying "I," pretending to have feelings, representing what they emit as "advice," etc. That's where much of the mischief starts.

Alright folks, let's talk about disabled writers and the issue with Substack. We all know that platform is wildly problematic, but it's also the only newsletter option that allows you to remain free. The alternatives all expect you to paywall. If you don't, they charge you for sending emails

It's not supposed to be 80 degrees at 9 o'clock at night. Not in this part of the country, anyway.

Charge them with crimes.

Do you remember when Nancy Reagan's decision to buy some new china for the White House created a firestorm of controversy? What do you think would have happened if she'd decided to tear down part of the White House for a brand new ballroom?

When I woke up this morning, I could tell. The days are getting shorter. In Memphis or Miami, you might not feel it. In Seattle, you do. From solstice to solstice, the change is more than 8 hours. It doesn't change at a steady rate. The daylight is waning faster now, and will get faster yet. 1/2

#booksky My daughter is looking for mystery/detective stories where the detective is not a cop and doesn't work as an extension of the police force, where they are driven by their own sense of what's just or right, and really don't care about what the authorities think. Suggestions?

Another non-celebrity author here - my first two books were picture books, published with no marketing budget, but lots of love. You can find them on my website. 📚 charlotteriggle.com

Books 📚 for #DisabilityPrideMonth! That God's Works Might Be Revealed (by me!) is a collection of short stories exploring sickness and disability through the lives of saints. The Light from a Thousand Wounds (by Corey Hatfield) is a memoir of one family's experience of disability. Read them both!

AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist

Best sign today in N.E. Seattle:

My annual (since 2019) independence day essay. If we're very lucky, I'll get to spend the rest of my life trying to fix the things being broken right now. This will have to be part of the process. www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/o...

I suppose this is one way to reduce the amount of land that's used for raising cows and pigs.

When peoples lives get worse, the next work is making sure they know who to blame. Mitigate harms. Assign blame clearly. Organize.

The one time my grandmother heard me brush off a compliment with, "it's nothing," she let me have it. She told me that I had insulted the person's taste and rejected their kindness. She had zero tolerance for bragging, but rejecting a compliment was worse. The only response allowed was "thank you."

A 🧵 about covid that you need to read.

Oh, I hope this works out. It would be amazing.

I know it's summer, but I'm reading "Winters in the World" by Eleanor Parker, and the imagery in Anglo-Saxon poetry, of enormous halls fallen to ruin and held fast by winter, and of the transience and inevitable end of all of the works of humankind, somehow seems to speak to moments like this.

Happy Disability Pride Month! Now, more than ever, it’s important to recognize and celebrate differing sensory processing needs. That’s why as an Autistic classically trained chef I wrote my food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. For all ages and cooking ability!

Why are we here, on the brink of fascism, you ask? This. This person & her other cowardly, supposedly “moderate” & “pro-democracy” GOP Senate colleagues, are why we are here.

Do it. If you can't bear to talk on the phone, you can call overnight, when there won't be anyone there to answer, and leave a message on their answering machine.