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Yo. . . you are on to something lol

For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here. www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

I have a really basic Elder (emphasis on the ELDER) Millenial question: I'd understood that everything in a url after a question mark is junk. But sometimes I delete that stuff and the link stops working. Can anyone explain this to Grandma Anne over here?

This is good journalism.

"Families are struggling to put food on the table for their kids ... The entire education system is stronger when kids are well-fed, and teachers are up against a lot — food shouldn't be something they have to think about."

Today is a great day to celebrate autistic joy and that's all that I have to say about that.

Will share more later, but for now, an announcement: "Meeting the Moment: Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse" is open for registration now. An *asynchronous* class sharing questions, tactics, examples, etc. that have been useful to me. More info: guante.info/meetingthemoment

I know that "legacy media should bring back copyediting and ethics, which are intertwined" is not a winnable fight, but in case anyone out there is interested in doing journalism, this could easily be recast so it doesn't reinforce disinformation, and you don't even have to add "without evidence"!

can we get colbert back instead

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.

The apparent success of the boycott in defence of an incredibly wealthy white man, who has an extensive resources, cannot be where y’all put down your pitchforks. Take the win, turn the momentum to the defence of Mahmoud Khalil. Free speech, right?

Now do the fired teachers and professors

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

One side has UNLIMITED no strings attached money and the other asks for 50 pages of paperwork for $10,000.

Last reskeet: Set aside that pets (service animals aren't the same) don't belong EVERYWHERE people want to take them, how fascinating that "Bringing dogs into restaurants" would be a priority for any elected official right now, regardless of size of jurisdiction.

Hey quick question who owns that unsafely-operated gun range?

Everyone, I wanted to let you know about the sad news that despite everyone's best efforts Bluestockings will close at the end of the year: www.bluestockings.com - I want to thank every single person who sent books to them through my book drive [will share more later]. A tremendous loss to NYC.

in Eastern Europe, the most vicious pogroms were often on easter, as christian leaders preached sermons about Jews killing Jesus and then mobs would go out and murder Jews.

Jews are in fact allowed to push back on the claim that Jews killed Jesus? like, that's an antisemitic conspiracy theory. saying "it's biblical" doesn't change the fact that it's an antisemitic conspiracy theory. it's kind of doubling down on the antisemitic conspiracy theory, in fact. 1

On this historic National Tylenol Causes Autism Day, the "RFK Jr makes some good points" people have been officially upgraded from assholes to extra-strength assholes.

last Rosh Hashanah, I published this essay at @newrepublic.com outlining my worst fears for U.S. politics and reflecting on what it means to be Jewish (to me). The essay was too prescient in every way I hate, and yet I still hold out some small hope our democracy will be written in the book of life.

Wishing all our Jewish neighbors and friends a sweet and meaningful new year filled with health, happiness, and peace. May this Rosh Hashanah bring new beginnings and blessings to you and your loved ones. 🍯🍎✨

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

I was fired from my gig as a primary and middle school drama director on Monday. We live in frightening times. Take care of each other, and reach out to me if you want to talk 🧡

This is about a lot more than just AI, by the way. Far too many libraries are run by people who lack imagination and/or the will to act on it.

It is a long running bipartisan position that ‘terror’ suspects can be killed without evidence or process and that ‘drugs’ are a major problem that require a military solution. Both wrong, but this is how we got here.

well less than a week after the president of the university called the cops on union workers who came and sat quietly in a listening session, we're welcoming white supremacists to campus with open arms, if you wanna know how free speech on campus is going

Did Trump win in November because he showed grace and empathy to people who voted for Joe Biden in 2020? Politics is not an Afterschool Special. You put out a strong message about what's wrong, propose a compelling policy agenda, hope the economy cooperates and that's it. None of this mush.

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde

Even if you believe electoralism is the only path to change, this is just wrong mathematically and politically. Donald Trump did not win half the electorate—he won just over half of the *64%* of the electorate who turned out in spite of systemic voter suppression.

this woman is the chair of CD7 DFL & was running the votes at that meeting. she’s also the co-chair of the DFL code of conduct committee who’s overseeing a bunch of CoC on that meeting. cool cool, nothing to see here.

A competent party would be looking for Mamandi's all over the country. Charasmatic, passionate young people who love the place they live and can really connect with the people there. But then they might be forced to take any sort of stand on anything.

"[H]arm reduction journalism is scarce." "For years, Baltimore's top media organizations have taken a cold, myopic approach to their coverage of drugs." "For more than two years, I've tried to change that." Subscribe to Mobtown Redux: mobtownredux.news/subscribe/ #Maryland #USA #Policing #Drugs

One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.

Exciting news: In The Heart of the Beast puppet theater will be moving to the new Hennepin Ave (at 24th Street). This pretend dog has been fooling children and other dogs all day at open streets.

You guys have to read the termination letter that @washingtonpost.com sent @karenattiah.bsky.social because they essentially accused her of anti-white racism because she mentioned that Charlie Kirk was a white man 😵‍💫 Then they called her a “risk.” 🤡 karenattiah.substack.com/p/why-washin...

Minneapolis, I hope we can throw down as bravely as Chicago when our turn inevitably comes. ❤️❤️

People have been outside all day and night so far. Sending care & protection. Chicago forever.

I hate that Plague Poems is still hard at work, but appreciate that work very much.

DFL leadership should be begging for Luna’s help in reaching all the people and groups they’ve disenfranchised and forgotten about. Not the other way around.

Endorsements! In ranked order: Mayor—Fateh, Davis, Jazz BET—Bernstein, Brandt Parks At-Large: Wilson, Olsen, Schneider W2: Wonsley W4: Haynes W5: Burnett W7: Cashman W8: Stevenson W9: Chavez W10: Chughtai W12: Chowdhury Parks D1: Englehart D3: Deshpande D4: Garcia D5: Carvajal Moran D6: Jourdain

I love the way people not being able to afford families or homes in a way that’s fundamentally shaped the way we view both as a society can be summed up as “weak labor market.” This isn’t even a MattY thing this is just how abstract our political language is in general.

What share of faculty during McCarthyism were adjuncts, I wonder. I feel what this is two bad effects multiplying each other: an authoritarian MAGA that is uniquely anti-speech, and an academy that has created a vast array of always-vulnerable faculty.

So um. This is what's been up with me for the last year. I hate hate hate asking but very much appreciate your support. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...

This is an absolute travesty and a massive escalation against journalists.

It's especially gross that Walz is out here using Stand Up, Fight Back as a campaign slogan, given that he's the guy who deployed the national guard to put down the uprising when people were quite literally standing up and fighting back.

I'm currently blocking a stunning, if I do say so, shawlette I made for a sweet friend's birthday. I made a DK version of @xandypeters.bsky.social's Feather Flame pattern, using @isasaxonists.bsky.social's Republic of Yarnia Wintery Muse yarn from last year's Antiracist Craft Club. 🧶