"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

I guarantee you that no matter how deep seated the problems with the United States that led us here, exactly zero of them will be solved by "we should lock up more people and treat them worse."

If they come for one of us, they come for all. We will defend our tribe.

Incidentally a certain Nazi doctor tried to divide autistics into those who deserved to live and those who didn't, too. They used to name some of us after him.

It feels like there’s no point saying this on here but it’s really tiring to see people conflate and collapse *all* AI into generative AI. It’s not all an art-stealing machine.

This cover got almost no notice at the time but to me it is so resonant. youtu.be/8LxmX6uQBbE?...

This is such a frustrating take. I worked in fraud for a different, large retailer whose execs decided to slash + burn the dept with real people who had to show real proof to take action. It’s a very real industry trend. I think people want to believe this couldn’t happen to them. But it could.

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Trump does not care about the state (see link). He cares about himself and is moved by conversations among a few people. The result is always that the wealthy few and the dictatorial few win and America loses and most people in America and elsewhere lose. (10/14) snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

It’s Autism Acceptance Month! Want to participate? Excellent. The best choice is to listen, learn—and lean back to make space for autistic people & autistic-informed resources. We have advice about good (and bad) autism orgs: tinyurl.com/UsefulAutismOrgs #AutismAcceptanceMonth #neurodiversity

Starting today, new SNAP restrictions in Texas prevent purchase of candy bars, gum, sweetened drinks, and nuts, raisins, or fruits coated in chocolate/yogurt/caramel. Imagine using your political power to prevent a parent on low-income from buying a candy bar for their child.

It’s more than fine to say Platner’s not an acceptable candidate and to question why national Democratic leadership are interested in him. Meanwhile, actual people in Maine have a whole context none of you are talking about. Really think before piling on folks of color speaking from the area

Trump just described voting as "the greatest privilege of them all." We don't call it a privilege here. It's a right.

I am really, really glad to see the conditions in immigration detention getting so much attention, particularly their effect on children. However, people should know that even under less horrific circumstances, forcible institutionalization is overwhelmingly traumatizing for anyone of any age.

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

IDK who needs to hear this (Ok, I do, but I'm being diplomatic) but you cannot simply report what DHS says as fact in 2026 without looking into it

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows www.propublica.org/article/life...

I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota. If you have places for me to add, please DM me.

Journalists often go on hand-fed ride-alongs with agents. Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents. We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:

I have been seeing a new trend on social media of neurodivergent/depressed people motivating themselves to clean by putting on Celtic or medieval music and pretending they're an innkeeper cleaning up their tavern. I just...I love neuroweird people, man. I love us.

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Autistic people are one community through the lens of disability justice. I have different needs, but I am not a different kind of autistic. If you think any autistic person needs to be lectured on how autism isn’t just quirky and cute, we don’t. This comes off as bad faith and I won’t engage

I cannot math for the life of me. I still need $685 to finish my tuition, then I can fundraise for room and board. please help! share and like and donate. I truly appreciate you all. thank you!! gofund.me/ee4cac4a3

stop telling your neurodivergent child that in "the real world" people won't accommodate them, so they should suck it up. this is the real world and you shouldn't be your child's first bully

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

““Even when it seemed inevitable,” she recalls, “it still was absolutely impossible.””