Obligatory post. Y’all know the rule. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk

It's not often you hear a room cheer for the return of chicken pox, let alone measles. Welcome to Freedom Summit 2025.

Hey did everyone make as much sweet sweet cash as I did yesterday for being a paid protester?

I'm sharing these because it IS good to see people show up in numbers ...& now we need all those people showing up in numbers to think about their next moves ...& how ready they are to show up any other day in any other capacity ...& how they can magnify their clearly collective power.

There’s a good chance this salesperson had to deal with the least enthusiastic buyer of a new tv he’s ever seen. It’s me. I’m the least enthusiastic buyer of a new tv.

I needed a bit of hope today and nothing says hope more than >1,000 people protesting in Sioux City, Iowa!! We are so much more than what divides us. Trump, elected Republicans, and the billionaires propping them up want nothing more than us to be divided. We are Americans and we have no king.

That's a lot of paid protesters am i right?

There are countless reasons why this photo of so many protesters in Brainerd MN is a really big deal 💛💛💛

It’s great seeing the giant crowds, but I’m particularly happy to see all these smaller towns across the country with a few hundred or few thousand (depending on the town size). It’s impressive.

I just peacefully protested with a bunch of retired people and it was splendid. Incase you somehow didn’t know this yet, those folks are PISSED

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

Really excited for this program, which helps kids learn to read with confidence, to start up again soon! We can't do it without donors though, do you have a few bucks a month to spare? Vet bills aren't cheap and we can't care for our cats without your help. www.caringforcatsmn.org/donate/

If I had a second monitor I’d be the happiest I could be while still working.

Planning to fly for the first time since 2019, and my main worry is how to not take a bunch of books even though I won’t have much time at all to read

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

If you coped with the constant drone of helicopters during/after the George Floyd / Black Lives Matter protests in Minnesota (or elsewhere) can you provide coping mechanisms for folks in Chicago, Portland, and other cities being inundated with members of ICE and the National Guard now?

Steve's book is all the more relevant today than when it came out a decade ago. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy if you don't have it. Steve work matters and is a candle in the shroud of disinformation from Washington these days.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Speaking Spanish isn’t “un-American.” It’s as American as the Super Bowl itself. If you’re mad about hearing it, maybe ask yourself why.

If you can’t bring any clothes to donate, you can make a QR code donation

89F on Oct 4 in Minnesota, googling 'is climate change real'

What the fuck did I just watch? Also no regrets.

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.

Entered insurance payments into a DOS interface. I got scolded when I changed the color of my screen. Got addicted to Mountain Dew just to feel something. If I got all my work done, I was rewarded with the task of calling people to remind them their insurance was due soon. No one liked that.

Please, if you see a Yuba FastRack in the wild, perhaps in your pawn shop or used bike store or at a private seller, take a peek on the bike's bottom bracket for the serial number. If it ends in 0324 snap a photo of the seller and give me a heads-up, eh?

Aaaaand reminder to the ignorant Americans that that Puerto Ricans are US citizens

Learn about your food but make sure you know what is solid labeling and descriptions vs vibes. Unless you like to pay more $$$ for vibes

Timeline cleanser 🐈

I can’t believe I slept on going to Mischief for so long

Des Moines crowd begins to grow as locals protest ICE detaining Dr Ian Roberts.

Remember that these counties that agreed to work with ICE includes the entire Brainerd Lakes Area- that’s Grand View, Cragun’s, Madden’s, Nisswa, Crosslake, plus the Crosby/Ironton area with Cuyuna and all those mountain bike trails. You know if those places said hell no, things would be different.

Folks, some incredible news: A couple of weeks ago, a national theatre chain axed our release of Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile because it mentioned Donald Trump. Now, because of you, Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will now run on over 25 screens throughout the world. theonion.com/badpedophile

Reminder that the cotton stretchy decorative spider web stuff is terrible for local wildlife (yes, even in the city).

Ok y'all. I need #plant people to talk to me about growing Hen & Chicks succulents indoors. Before I get myself any new ones, I'll be ensuring they have a grow light, because it seems like light has been a frequent & immediate issue no matter what.

With the Tylenol bullshit I’m reminded that women have always been the scapegoat. Remember, they didn’t burn witches. They burned women. And I have no doubt that some would like to bring that practice back.

If my writing about autism does anything, whether it be in my books, my columns or my reported stories, I hope it advances the idea that autistic people are whole human beings as they are with legitimate needs and inner lives that deserve to be told the same as other stories.

does anyone in iowa need a grumpy lad to come sit near them bc i know this boy is ready for the inside life

happy rapture day to those who celebrate

I was fortunate to be diagnosed as #ActuallyAutistic before the disinformation about autism and vaccines proliferated. But in the era of RFK Jr. and Trump's lies about autism, some parents are foregoing a diagnosis for their children altogether. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

EXACTLY

IT IS TIME.

This is bullshit. I’m glad my mom isn’t alive right now to have yet another thing rubbed in her face as if she did something wrong regarding my sister. Btw autism existed before Tylenol, sooooooo… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"To be clear, we’re not anti-soap. But given the skyrocketing rate of chronic illness in this country, isn’t it worth investigating if soap plays a role?"

I'm here *trying* to enjoy autumn, the best season, but the rampant fascism is really FUCKING UP THE VIBE

Neil Young’s guitar sound on that last song 😍

I made a pretty cute friend today. May have given her face skritches and a few nose kisses.