The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

The earliest ones I can remember are astronomy and Sonic the Hedgehog. My friend Melanie and I designed a full Sonic game, complete with levels and new characters! My main character addition was Dusty, a Crocodile Dundee inspired tasmanian devil; I mostly did level design, though.

Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨

My house was converted into a house in the 1970s. It was built in 1918 as a Finnish Socialist dance hall. That was it. The town was heavily Finnish, and they wanted to socialize and dance, so the socialists built a place where they could socialize and dance. They actually built 2. Ours was the 2nd.

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My grandmother was murdered by my grandfather. I don't talk much about it, partly because I never knew them; but it had a ton of impact on my family, and my aunt just published a memoir about her own experiences with and in the wake of it. You can find it at www.amazon.com/Everyone-Lea...

#AutChat A4: If you've met one autistic person, you've met one. The commonalities we have cause such wide differences in actual experience, let alone the differences we can have in diagnostic criteria, that it's unreasonable to even attempt assumptions. Just talk to us instead of guessing.

#AutChat A3: With how varied the autism experience is, I don't know what we could do that wouldn't exclude some part of the community. But fuck it, if we're thinking big, do something for the high support needs folks that aren't served enough by sensory friendly hours and public panel discussions.

#AutChat A2: How I learned about Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month was by way of someone else's TikTok video, and I have seen a number of other videos and BlueSky posts about it since then. I guess I haven't really seen any specific events, but I also haven't really been looking.

#AutChat A1: Well as I said, I didn't know about it until this month, so there's no habit established. I did make a few videos talking about my experience of autism this month, but given a heightened run of migraines and leaving TikTok a week ago, I didn't make very many.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej, and I didn't know Autism Acceptance Month existed until this year. This April, actually. There's still so much I'm learning.

You don't get to demand the intimate details of my life to justify why I write the stuff I write

They're doing an Earth Day craft fair at the high school. Which is a pretty cool idea! I like that they're encouraging people to buy local and reuse and everything. The fact that everyone has to drive there because the location has no public transit does feel like a bit of an oversight, though.

A group of trans youth in Boston have organized a letter writing campaign urging the pediatric conference to remove the panel. They've reached almost 11,000 letters sent so far. Add your voice to the effort. Please share. actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

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Important things happening in our Discord, folks.

#AutChat A4: Honestly, I haven't. I mean, there are things I enjoy, but none of them have been specific to school. The only reason I bothered going back for this most recent round of attempts is that I'm trying to get into ministry and no one takes you seriously in ministry without a degree.

#AutChat A3: Evening classes have been mentioned, and those were certainly helpful, if only because I benefit from being nocturnal in general. But the program I'm in now is very self-paced and has one competency per course, with flexibility in presentation, and that's done wonders for me.

#AutChat A2: You know, I've never found it super hard to get into a school. Or out of that school. It's the bits in between that have been trouble for me. Except UMass. I'm banned from UMass because I aggressively challenged a policy of theirs. In fairness, though, it was a bad policy.

I've learned of the #CatsOfAutChat tag and wanted to share my precious anxious girl Cassandra with you all.

#AutChat A1: Oh buddy. I've done art school, I've done community college, I've done seminary. Online school, in-person, and hybrid. Traditional and competency-based self-paced. Miltiple internships. I'm 40-something years old and I'm still working on my Bachelor's RIGHT NOW.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej, and I have tried my hand at higher education so many times. Just, too many times.

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In our session of The Replacements tonight, our bard got a letter from an old bard friend asking for help only to find he had lost a bet and was stuck performing for a Cambion. So our bard offered to perform the Greatest Song in the World in exchange for his freedom. I had to roll with that, obvs.

I quite happily live in a neighborhood where most people do not share my religion, where multiple languages are represented, and where people have come from a lot of different countries. Bigoted assholes always assume everyone else actually shares their bigotries.

Just to clarify for ppl who seem confused: -The Pope is not the earthly head of Christianity, just one specific branch of it. No other branch is required or expected to assume he's always right or treat him as any kind of authority. -He is, as it happens, right about Trump and the war in Iran.

Welp... It finally happened y'all... Someone STOLE the Boston Children's Hospital Bloodmobile (in-game only, not IRL)!! Now, I'm teaming up with @extralife4kids from around the country to get it back, while also raising money for our local @childrensmiraclenetwork hospitals. 1/3

This #AutChat is on self-harm. Please be aware the tag may have difficult or triggering things on it; remember you can mute the hashtag or step away for self-care.

The light fixture leaking water in the Alewife station men's room is a nice addition. I'm not sure what it says, but it certainly feels appropriate.

Ruin a superhero/villain by adding one letter. Bathman

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I plan to make a video about this tomorrow (a broader one than what I made today), but I want to get some basics out while my head is clear. The problem with a lot of the "protests do nothing / voting is worthless" takes I see is that they expect immediate solutions to complex problems. 🧵

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#AutChat A4: Usually easier. Animals have pretty direct communication; once you learn their ways, it's basically always the same. No subterfuge or mixed messages. And as I mentioned in a reply, I find their needs easier to parse and often more well aligned with my own.

#AutChat A3: I don't know that they've been a special interest, but I have always loved having animals around. A home just never felt complete without at least one. I grew up in a house with dogs, cats were new once I got married. But I guess I just can't imagine not having them around.

#AutChat A2a: I find it usually fits pretty well. Operating on a schedule, having a set routine with their care, is very comfortable for me. The dogs sometimes get loud, especially when there's a lot of them, which is the main problem for me. But our resident dog is surprisingly good about that.

#AutChat A1a: I listed pets that we currently have in my intro, and our foster work with a local dog shelter. But I also care a lot about non-pet animals. Admittedly, this is usually in the context of a working farm; we've had meat rabbits and turkeys, and egg hens, and we intend to do so again.

Hello again, #AutChat! Tej here, in my house of assorted animals. Currently we have one dog of our own, five foster dogs, three cats, and a rabbit. And a fish tank I'm preparing to refill and some hive boxes to set up for bees and a half-built fenced run for chickens...

Onion Rings. A local shop lets me put onion rings on pizza and let me tell you, they’re great as a solo topping, but adding them to the meat pizza was one of the best moves I've tried in recent years.

#AutChat A4: I would love to answer this question, but I honestly have nothing. I was entirely serious when I said that every romantic relationship I've had was initiated by my partner. Good luck out there. Be honest about what people are signing up for with you, I guess.

#AutChat A3a: Since I didn't know I was autistic, that was not a consideration at the time. Looking back, though, I see it. The big one was clear communication. I needed better communication than I was usually getting, and not having a good way to make people see that was a massive problem.

#AutChat A2: I basically didn't get advice. Relatives would tell me I should get a girlfriend, and I'd ask how to do that, and mostly I'd get some variant of "eh, you're smart and attractive, I'm sure it'll work out." I mean, it did, but that wasn't particularly helpful.

#AutChat A1: I literally used this as a sermon illustration THIS MORNING. But I finally got to the point on dating sites where I was like, "I'm just gonna be weird up front to filter out the people that won't like me anyway." I got no matches, but the woman who became my wife found me anyway.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej. I'm married, didn’t find out I was autistic until I’d been married over a decade, and distinctly remember my attempts to find a partner while undiagnosed. Let's dig this hole!

#AutChat for #ActuallyAutistic and similar is on BlueSky in 1 hour, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 8pm GMT. Topic: love relationships and finding partners. If you want to read the questions ahead of time: autchat.com/love-relatio...

I'm looking forward to my official diagnosis as "A Real Piece of Work." #TherapyHumor #MentalHealth

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I have taken to referring to people who use genAI for writing or other forms of art as people who are commissioning art from AI. I think it really settles the actual relationship: you made nothing, you *requested* for something to be made. And you didn't even have the sense to ask a person!

"Abolish ICE" is, very literally, the moderate position