We've always been skeptical about autism-gut microbiome claims. A new survey of 30 studies explored the "connection," and, after "accounting for statistical, technical and conceptual flaws, the team reached a clear conclusion: 'There’s nothing there.'" www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/goi...

i mean i'll probably get used to it but jfc this makes me want to switch back to scott

my personal voice (apple’s voice banking software) is suddenly different - “more natural” - and it’s legitimately giving me autgender voice dysphoria 😅 let autistics be monotone 2k25

When the Tenth Doctor regenerates into the Eleventh and Amelia Pond asks him "who are you?" and he replies "I don't know yet. Still cooking"? That's a plural mood

if you are new to the community:

Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.

Me, Reading Dylan Thomas: Yes, haha! Don't go gently into that good night! Rage! Fight! Me, Experiencing The Slightest Physical Discomfort: Alright, gotta go gentle mode. Time to gentle up, for sure. Good night not lookin' so bad, think imma lean into it.

EVERYTHING’S TOTALLY FINE /gen but holy shit why would someone answering at the poison control number not know how to take relay calls 😭

hmm nvm google does claim to know after all! i didn't think i'd be able to word it properly haha sorry skyline

does anyone know if reading a book that's already on kindle unlimited gives the author any money?

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

🔮 can someone who does DIY injections in Canada DM buppy to help him order some after this pills issue with insurance buppy really REALLY wants to get on DIY injections but doesn’t understand how to do it here

aaand apparently right about on schedule i’m now unwillingly flirting w hypomania

i think only my 1:1 nurse is more pissed than i am abt the rigmarole needed to get an antipsychotic LAI to this hospital’s icu. like, hi, are patients w spmi just suppose to never end up in general medical hospitals if we want to stay on our regular meds?

let’s just pretend i’m not prosetylizing abt aac to random medical providers while im… in the icu

Is the GOP wrong to think that it can starve people without any political consequences?

There's nothing wrong with you. There's something wrong with the world. Keep being weird. Keep howling against the storm. Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts. Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.

2/4 86% of SNAP recipients are children, elderly, or disabled In addition, about 92 % of all SNAP benefits go to households with income at or below the federal poverty line.

me, between hypomania and mania

Why do we call it "passing" when "cisplaying" is right there??

Hey, of you or someone you know relies on SNAP, here is a list of local to MN restaurants offering free food during the benefit lapse.

It is VERY hard to work when this little chaos gremlin keeps dancing over my keyboard.

A kitty and its emotional support skull for spooky season! I draw cute critters and have a shop here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/jmor...

Hey Chicago: Pissed about ongoing ICE / CBP presence & violence? May I offer you the following Saturday (Nov 1) activities: • ICE Out of Home Depot @ Cicero & Armitage, 9a • Broadview People’s Mass, 10a • Broadview Halloween Costume Protest, noon •ICE Out of Chicago @ Kelly Park (Brighton Park), 1p

when you are not allowed on the coffee table

I think from now on I will exclusively communicate with “mood” and a Calvin and Hobbes comic

mood

Witches’ twilight, Pacific time.

“I’m down for whatever,” I say, falling asleep.

The ISAAC conference keynote by @yesthattoo.bsky.social was 🔥👏🏻 yesterday. (Highly recommend watching when we get the video replay. Any chance of a transcript @isaacinternational.bsky.social ?) I missed the AM sessions today but looking forward to catching a few this PM. #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies

For the first time ever, the USDA is refusing to tap emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits going. Millions of families already paying too much for food, healthcare & housing now face a crisis. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

you are so much closer to needing disability benefits than you are to becoming a billionaire.

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

Fund Me Fridays is back! In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I will be reposting mutual aid links under this thread. Drop your links and let’s meet some needs!

Thiis

There are ten times as many home health aides in the US as there are miners

THIS IS IN TWO DAYS. FREE GLASS ART FOR TRANS PEOPLE. JEWELRY ETC

If you have recipes that are easy to mass prep (aka can be done in small steps so people can rest or sitting down) wraps/meals that freeze well, please share them here I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.

If the impending freeze of SNAP benefits is what has you particularly animated, these questions might help. You can really substitute any issue and ask the same questions of yourself.

If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them. If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able. Link's not around so we do what we can, right?

States can target grieving families to repay thousands for Medicaid-covered long-term care. In some cases, these so-called "Medicaid estate recovery" programs even seize the family home—often the only asset left. A devastating read about a little-known practice:

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

How they intend to "save money" by "running SNAP more efficiently" is just "let people starve".

gdi. food stamps.

During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Writers: Ok so the heist team will include someone to get close to the curator's son and seduce him into revealing the whereabouts of the key that we will then briefly steal and make a copy of and return without anyone noticing via second to second precision and thats how we get in Real thieves:

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

Do the British Museum next

The wizard is snuggled into his bed, reading a poem about love. The little cat is curled up above the covers, by his feet.