My father was on the spectrum, but never knew it because when he was growing up nobody thought smart number-savvy kids with poor social skills were something to diagnose. My family struggled to communicate well with him for decades. I wish we had known why. He died in 2022 at the age of 79.

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”. Does he really think that’s what Ithaca elected him to do? #JoshRiley #Ithaca #separationofchurchandstate

I think that maybe something the political reporters should focus on more is that Donald Trump is manifestly too stupid to be president.

"If we’ve learned nothing else from this administration’s second term so far, and I don’t think we have, is that giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, it just makes him come back hungrier each time. They are never going to stop.”

My father was on the spectrum, but never knew it because when he was growing up nobody thought smart number-savvy kids with poor social skills were something to diagnose. My family struggled to communicate well with him for decades. I wish we had known why. He died in 2022 at the age of 79.

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

We wander through the old cemeteries up here from time to time. The family plots with collections on smaller headstones for the children are heartbreaking. We learned how to prevent disease and suffering and these asshats are just throwing it all away.

We have been saying this all along but sure we had to wait for them to acknowledge it

Sure it can. So can I, so can any charlatan. Any idiot can give you a forecast. There's no reason to think the predictions made by this AI tool should be trusted in any way. The people quoted herein are computer and data scientists, not doctors. (At least in the non paywalled portion)

Britain could do this. Homelessness is a political choice

everything about this is iconic, from the hair to the shoulder pads to the reveal that she addresses herself as “bitch” to the absolute murder in her eyes in that first shot. that is a woman who homophobes would cross the street to avoid for fear of their life. absolute ally goals

Disney adults, I owe you an apology, I wasn’t really familiar with your game.

Every time someone reposts the ghost crab video, my phone charging port cringes. They shoved their phone in the sand. Their phone. Monsters.

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

I'm tired of all the time wasted on this loser.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

“I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime…. It was above all the crime of seeking to convince my people that NONCOOPERATION WITH EVIL IS JUST AS MUCH A MORAL DUTY AS COOPERATION WITH GOOD.” -Dr. King, on his conviction for violating Alabama boycott law *emphasis added

I can tell this site needs more sports knowers because everyone's been yelling about canceling Disney+ and Hulu all day and I literally haven't seen anyone yelling about canceling the new ESPN app, which was just rolled out and the success of which is existential for ESPN.

My respect for anyone who says they're afraid of voting against this resolution is zero. You are a member of Congress. The country is being dragged to hell. 'People will threaten us.' What did you think this job entailed? Quit blubbering, vote no, and move on.

you don’t understand bro, if we didn’t lie, no one would buy our product 😩

This is freakin' hilarious. I wish I were this witty. Of course, it would be wasted because I never spend any time around right-wingers. But this is great!

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

virtually attending a workshop tonight and instructor mentioned using chatGPT to search for something if google isn't helping and i do not care that i am insufferable anymore i have simply accepted i am the insufferable guy everyone knows when it comes to this shit

Who wore it best?🤣😂🤣

In short, force them to try to rule by naked force because they *do not* have enough force and the very nakedness of it will mean they have less and less. The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.

Someone needs to put a new light-bulb in Melania.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

what I'm learning from the fact that every one of these decisions has a "huge merger waiting to be approved" factor is that we should no longer allow mergers sorry, you can't buy any other companies anymore, too dangerous to civil society only antitrust breakups allowed

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

I'm in a virtual workshop w @wyattehall.bsky.social & #ClercCenter Dr Hall stated that research now shows that cochlear implants are NOT reliable tools for native language acquisition. The evidence shows children who used sign language & CIs have much better language outcomes. #Deaf #DeafEd

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Happy Pythagoras Day! 09 / 16 / 25 3^2 / 4^2 / 5^2 😀 📐

Groundhog day

Do not honor dead fascists, no matter the method of their departure from this earth. The living Fascists will see it as a sign that they're winning, and the people opposed to fascism will revile you.

dowd just found a really wordy way of saying “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”

i loved mon mothma’s dress in andor so much i made one for myself, mostly hand-pleating the fabric and handsewing it all together

i don’t know how to do it and i don’t know how to word it and i don’t know what would work, but, man, the utter fucking depravity of that epstein birthday book makes me think there’s an opportunity to claim a mantle of fire and brimstone and damnation, and *someone* is going to, our side oughta try

i just feel really strongly that if the president helped make a horrifying sex cult document that he should stop being the President

My dad was a cop in the UK in the 70s. He hated Jimmy Saville with an intensity that only came from Knowing what they weren’t allowed to prove. People always know.

writing crime haikus to my crime partner which i decorate with a crime drawing for his birthday card

"Crime is low, actually" isn't a response, either, because it implies there is an amount of crime that makes his actions acceptable. You then have to deal w/the fact ppl think it's high. The correct response is "the federal gov cannot be allowed to turn its military on its citizens for any reason"

these wool slippers are the best slippers i’ve ever had and they’re handmade in ukraine. (cottage industries shipping directly through etsy/ebay are actually a kinda significant wartime export, and the ukrainian post office is extremely resilient. they will ship.) www.etsy.com/listing/1355...

I want to talk about this real quick because I already know what people are gonna say and: this fucking matters. Sabrina Carpenter is HUGE with teens/tweens in particular and a bunch of little trans kids saw their idol get up on stage, ping at them, and say “I love *you*, specifically.”

I rarely write fic - in the 10+ years I've had an AO3 account I've posted just 10 fics, most of which are no more than drabbles. But I recently logged in to find that someone had made a podfic of one of my little fics! Absolutely blown away. Totally made my day :) Thank you cailynwrites !

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly