oh hey we’ve reached the “clearly a credible threat” stage where I just yell and talk with my hands a lot on the internet and barely discuss autism research at all cool

today's reminder that real people need help all around the world. the genocide is not just a headline to some of the people around us. consider donating a few dollars or giving a share once in a while. do due diligence, of course. but please be kind when people ask for help, it's the least we can do

you are not actually required to embody this cartoon to post on the internet

LEAVE HER ALONE

these are my grandparents. they're dead now but they were over 90 when they died. My grandfather was an engineer & inventor, many patents. he moved into the woods w/ my grandmother, living VERY isolated from 1985-2017. The whole family used to visit for 1 week a year & they kicked us out at the end.

Napoleon Bonaparte made his servants break in his shoes before he wore them. His entire wardrobe was two different outfits repeated. When he arrived at St Helena he had a meltdown about the house smelling like paint. His stare was so unnerving other heads of state believed it was magical.

This is a really really weird way to be thinking about people I'm sorry

I really want the Democratic party Mike says we have.

There's a nearly universal experience of workplace trauma where Autistics experience exactly this: hired for your attention to detail praised for being thorough resented for your nitpicking admonished for not letting something go & leave because burnout rinse. repeat. variations on a theme.

But, an unarmed handcuffed laying prone pinned down Why is there still SO much violence after the threat to safety has been clearly extinguished? THAT is the core of my distress.

🧵 stream of consciousness journaling but I am ✨so fucking tired✨ of trying to reconcile how psych nurses are expected to handle violent people vs how cops are expected to handle violent people don’t get me wrong those two were never the same but there are specific things that I can’t get past

I still cannot wrap my brain around the argument that I do not speak for non-speaking Autistic people or their parents SPECIFICALLY when it comes to the question of "Do you wish to be prevented from being born?" "Would you prefer torture if it would effectively crush you into a homogenous society?"

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

JOB ALERT: The Deputy Director of Programs at the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network this role will build robust, reciprocal working relationships with partner organizations and state and local advocates, oversee ASAN events and programs, and coordinate work among ASAN’s Grassroots team

1. no 2. fuck you and the horse you rode in on

I still cannot wrap my brain around the argument that I do not speak for non-speaking Autistic people or their parents SPECIFICALLY when it comes to the question of "Do you wish to be prevented from being born?" "Would you prefer torture if it would effectively crush you into a homogenous society?"

Show me an autistic person or parent of an autistic person who is in favor of some cure or treatment and I will show you someone who requires compassionate education & additional resources OR who deserves societal dismissal as a dangerous proponent of eugenics Period. that’s it.

You are correct that I have a lot of privilege And I’m not just speaking from the place of my own lived experience in isolation My experience is diverse in both professional and personal capacities

There are so many fucked up things about this, not least of which is that they tracked down this completely anodyne post quoting a news article from January and just happened to come to her in June, when she was working a polling place.

“Gonyea said she does not consider it doxxing to quote a news story and call for an indictment … In addition to the attorney general’s office, she said she has contacted Rep. John Mannion, Mayor Sharon Owens and the New York Civil Liberties Union.”

I am on staycation and should apologize because I am making that your problem by posting through it

you STILL get a higher risk from A CAN OF TUNA vs the flu vaccine if you metabolize enough of either source you have a problem but the bigger problem is eating all that tuna voluntarily Eating the entire grocery store stock & injecting many multi dose vials Please don’t do that! That’s not smart!

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Happy Thursday 🎉 for those of you us who work M-Fri we’re almost there! For those of you like Jeanne Shaheen & Maggie Hassan who think they work FOR residents but are ACTUALLY just lining their pockets & continuing to cast votes that perpetuate this dumpster fire, I hope your car breaks down today.

I know this is a big ask but hear me out. what if they tried: having a set of beliefs informed by a thoughtful moral framework. and then they just stuck to them.

tonight’s midnight toast is a whole sourdough loaf it’s been a day

guy on a bike called out to me ‘you look so beautiful!’ and i was steeling myself for it to get weird but then he called to a guy on a different bike ‘that’s a great bike man!’ and then ‘smoothie looks fire!’ to a third guy who was drinking one. so i guess i found him. Johnny Compliments

hello it’s wednesday and I don’t wanna

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This deafening whining from establishment politicians is exactly how they stamped out any meaningful generational change for the last 30 years at least, don't fall for it again

Today I signed both the Green New Deal Pledge and the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. I believe that the clean energy transition has to center the creation of good paying union jobs rather than forcing expensive mandates onto struggling families. #NH01 #nhpolitics

BREAKING: BOSTON (AP) - Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote.

I know a lot of suburban and rural older white ladies who are intensely active and involved in their communities, many of whom volunteer serve on local dem committees. They, almost universally, hate the democratic establishment, status quo dems, and are clamoring for proactive progressive policies.

the cure could cost 2 million each & studies demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Black people do NOT get effective pain management from medical providers the primary presenting symptom of sickle cell is PAIN sickle cell happens to Black people do you see why I am yelling about this already?

I think the thing I like the most about Claire Valdez is that she not only takes bold stands in support of trans people, but that when people on the right try to use those positions to attack her, she's just like, "yes, that is correct."

The antisemitism I’m seeing about Brad Lander today is wild. Unfollowing people I’ve followed for years who’ve lost their minds, saying he’s the wrong type of Jew and somehow all the Jews who voted for him were tricked into it. Some real bad shit from a lot of “we’re the normal ones” Democrats.

Republicans: she supports Medicare for all! Us: yay! Republicans: she wants to abolish ICE! Us: double yay! Republicans: she wants to stop sending money to Israel! Us: yay yay yay! Republicans: what if she wants to tax the rich…?!? Us: 3 CHEERS FOR KARISHMA! Hip-hip…? Republicans: 😤 HOORAY!

I HAVE tax money to cure sickle cell I DON'T have tax money to bomb babies I'm just saying money is there when the white men are motivated so I better see us all hustling to make this treatment accessible to ANYONE with sickle cell who can safely undergo the treatment, regardless of ability to pay

curing sickle cell disease is a fucking miracle have you seen someone in sickle cell crisis? it's fucking terrifying unimaginable pain we have to make sure the white medical & political establishment funds this treatment WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE because it's for a disease that impacts Black people

secretary pete hegsgeth, everybody

hello it’s wednesday and I don’t wanna

“lets see the algae try to get past this!”

curing sickle cell disease is a fucking miracle have you seen someone in sickle cell crisis? it's fucking terrifying unimaginable pain we have to make sure the white medical & political establishment funds this treatment WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE because it's for a disease that impacts Black people

I sang at Carnegie Hall

I don’t want to hear another word from establishment Dems about cooperating with Republicans. Don’t want to see another stupid bipartisan photo about “seersucker suit day” on the Hill. Nine people who protested ICE at a detention camp were just sentenced to 50-100 years in prison. WAKE TF UP.

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I don’t work for any specific campaign here in NH but …haaave you met Karishma? She’s running against Chris Pappas here in NH A man getting millions from AIPAC, who has been in elected office for many years - we need someone new, not the same tired strategies that got us here Consider Karishma ✨

Okay, UKsters, the media is useless re: extreme heat, so let’s do this. I’m from Southern California, spent the last ten years living outside Seattle, which has a similar climate to Scotland, where I am now. Here’s what I know. 1. Heat exhaustion and sickness are no fucking joke. Do not tempt them.

Yesterday, we showed up to Portsmouth Pride in style 🏳️‍🌈

We are fighting for queer liberation, not rainbow capitalism! Help us send our favorite cishet Heath Howard to Congress if you want a representative that will defend bodily autonomy and LGBTQ+ rights 🌹