i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

And here, in a nutshell, we have the entire problem with "debate" culture explained. I've had horrible people be very nice to me and all that means is that they can compartmentalize and CHOOSE who to be awful to. That's not good.

No, it abso-fucking-lutely was not. It was rooted in lies, eugenics, and an attempt to demonize neurodivergent people and pregnant people. This is a fucked up thing to try and sanewash, Politico.

::wheezing:: "Sentient oil slick" is too perfect...

Seriously. One of my grandmothers was so obsessed with Queen Victoria she read every bio about her and had portraits of her and was a huge anglophile. She also had DECADES of old af newspapers that had to be tossed when they moved.

Call your senators and your house rep. Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go. Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.

At the deeply moving Voices for Gaza event at Town Hall. Please do consider donating to inara.org.

My mom DIDN’T take Tylenol & I WASN’T vaccinated as a kid bc I was raised a Christian Scientist (they use prayer for healing) & guess what: I’M STILL #AUTISTIC🖖 And there’s nothing wrong w/ having autism. We (women & autistic people) shouldn’t be shamed for using medicine or being neurodivergent! 😒

Really not looking forward to the people who are going to react to my daughter being AuDHD with questions about how my tylenol I took while pregnant (none!) to go with all the other stuff they don't understand about it, like that you can't catch it and won't "grow out of it".

reading about the careers of 20th century illustrators and what they were able to afford will make you go insane. we used to get paid. we used to get paid!!!!

If you want to know why people are pissed af about the leucovorin "treatment for autism" thing it's because it's not. It's a treatment for folate deficiency and some other things. And if someone has that, ok! But it can't treat autism because autism is not due to a folate deficiency.

I love them all so much. Those snails are badass!

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It's the "child as property" mindset. Their children don't really exist for themselves & they have children to extend their agenda not love. I think it also pairs with the eugenics/religious aspect that not having "perfect" children = reflection on them as imperfect/sinners.

Anyone want to help out these folks? This is a great idea and I know kids like mine could use all the books by actually autistic people they can get.

I have so many things to tell you about industrial music

You can’t make antivaxxers happy. You come up with a perfectly reasonable line of bullshit about aspirin and autism and they’re all like “but i wanted autism to be caused by diet soda and werewolves”

Remember when Tr*mp told people that injecting bleach and/or horse deworming meds could cure Covid? And people died screaming in hospitals on tubes? Yeah. Really glad people completely memory holed that.

Which timezone is the Rapture going to start in?

Even though I am not a registered Dem I get a lot of emails from Dem groups and it honestly felt great to unsubscribe from one today and give the reason "You're using James Carville to ask for money, he sucks".

Something I want people to understand about this asinine "tylenol causes autism" lie is that not only is it b.s. but it does absolutely nothing to address the lack of support available to most autistic people or autistic family members. Because they do not care about that or anything else, really.

What about the mothers/parents like me who follow the evidence and actual experts instead of grifters and eugenicists? I love how we never count in these discussions and there are WAY more of us. I'm sorry these other people are so bitter their kids have a disability but grow up.

Oh ho ho, RFK Jr. said he's never seen a 70 yo old man with "full blown" autism? First of all, since he's so busy seeing mitochondrial diseases in children in airports I'm surprised he can see anything else through the miasma. Second, autism as it is currently understood is way less than 70yrs old.

"People who received a different diagnosis or no diagnosis in prior generations now have an autism diagnosis, said Ari Ne’eman, an assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard. "That’s not an epidemic—it’s better understanding of a disability that’s likely always existed."

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

Autistic people of all different abilities deserve respect, dignity and the right to hate raw tomatoes or microfiber cloth. We’re not some monsters under the bed, we are quite literally just silly little guys

Just. WHAT.

"Too much liquid in the baby" is a wild fucking thing to say about vaccines. First, whut? Second, no. Third, again, WHUT.

And you have to wonder; is he ignoring it or is it a calculated move by people who are fine with tossing an awful lot of marginalized people under the bus, especially their basic body autonomy. I'm cynical.

Kiddo and I celebrated the first official day of Autumn by going to Burbank for a spooky wander including: The Mystic Museum, Halloweentown, and then Horror Vibes cafe in N. Hollywood. I feel this was the best possible way to spend a day.

Did someone say they would just turn their novel into an ogn or something today? Because 1. haha, no you won't 2. there are people who actually do that, like myself, and trust me when I tell you that it's a skillset all its own. You have to be able to understand both mediums.

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

He is a GWB appointee, in case anyone still wants to act like that fucker is just some cute painting grandpa and not a direct line to where we are.

Yeeeeah, same.

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Personally very curious about the butthole sunning enthusiasts takes. Those should be fun.

Awesome things my AuDHD kiddo has done recently: turned the living room into a curiosity shop. Made so many soaps, we have to have a soap bin now. Drawn her own comics. Told me that dead pets & people go "over the hills & across the water like the Old Took in The Hobbit".

If you're not familiar with the Autism Mom TM and/or Grievance Autism Parent TM types, I'm happy for you. They make everything so much harder because they're so bitter and angry their kids are ND that they feed right into eugenicists & grifters disgusting agenda.

I'm not reading that WaPo piece on a med for autism because quite frankly I need to not have an anger stroke.

Autism does not need to be cured! It's the rest of society that needs to be more accommodating!! Neurodivergence and disabilities cause suffering only because we have so little understanding or support. Treating it as something "broken" or "wrong" only enforces that, please just help people instead.

Weird some scicomm accounts gave the new “Tylenol in pregnancy & autism” review some weight. They don’t know the lead author, Baccarelli, had the exact claims thrown out of federal court for having ZERO scientific merit, when he was a paid “expert witness” in lawsuits against Tylenol makers. 1/

shit ain’t over til it’s over

Just remember: when he ran for POTUS, RFK Jr's chose a billionaire Autism Mom TM who took medical advice from a guy who suns his butthole. Because she cannot handle the fact that her child is autistic even though she has all literally all the resources to offer her whatever support she needs.

John Oliver talked about this years ago, but the US's weird conflicting ideas about motherhood is definitely at the root here. One the one hand, motherhood is supposedly the one thing we're good for. On the other, fuck moms if they need ANYTHING.

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Thread which goes into more historical detail. It's obvious that autism, neurodivergence and neurodiversity have ALWAYS existed. Whatever they come with today will be both wrong and a grift of some kind.