A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers. “If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here." Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture. www.wfae.org/race-equity/...

I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP. I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again. In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body. Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.

People rarely see the battles I fight in silence. But every step forward is a victory, even on the days that break me a little.

Me, as a writer: I've used "actually" three times in this chapter! That's horrible. I'll need to fix that. Me, as an actual person, speaking: "So, actually, that isn't an actual problem...actually." 🙄 #WritersLife #WritingCommunity

Attorney Siri makes the utterly disingenuous statement that the scientific community hasn’t studied whether vaccines “don’t cause” autism. You can’t prove a negative using the scientific method. He’s been told this many times.

I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.

kinda funny the discourse going on bluesky rn cause it's me. my life they're talking about. i got invisible disabilities, trying to get on benefits, and because ppl think there is such a thing as "genuinely disabled" insurance is denying me access to treatment. my diagnostic is 1% off. hope ur happy

Here is a stunning image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken on Dec. 2 by astrophotographers Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger, showing the comet's long wispy plasma tail in full glory and a dusty anti-tail. www.facebook.com/groups/22700... #Astronomy 1/n

Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble. One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

I don't need to 'fit in' anymore. I just need to be understood. And honestly, accepting that changed everything.

#TimeTravelAuthors Day 5. The entire book is Joaquín's one-sided imaginary conversations with Angela, his crush. He only says two words to the real-life Angela in the entire book, and she says two words back.

"We know that autistic people have sensory differences, but we know nothing about how these are influenced by ageing. Why not? Autistics often live with high stress & anxiety—which can intensify some mental & physical health conditions." @cosmichael.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

That autism diagnosis in 2019 really did save my life. Multiple times over.

It's December already?! 😯

A doctor with Hep B explains how she acquired it and why a birth dose of Hep B would have likely prevented transmission (likely from her parents). This is likely not the "lived experience" this committee wanted to hear. But we are here for it! Thank you for speaking out

Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability lyra.horse/blog/2025/12... "CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

“What have I done!” 🤡

You can call me a crank but this is beyond dispute: Vaccines have led to a literal epidemic of children living long enough for someone to notice they're autistic.

“B-because some overrated ableist YouTuber told me what to think, and anyone with 10+ videos trashing disabled people can’t be wrong”

...becoming involved with a fandom & realizing that the other fans whose accounts I enjoyed the most, and who I felt the most affinity with when talking, were all autistic. And that's where my journey to really knowing myself began. KOSA will block autistic kids from finding community & acceptance.

I described masking (without knowing what it was) burnout etc to several different mental health professionals. Did any one of them ever suggest autism? No. It took me researching my arse off and directly asking for an autism assessment. Took several years and finally get told I’m “textbook.” (!)

And what autistic adults are receiving a formal diagnosis without first self-diagnosing? It's not like we go to the doctor and they notice traits and refer us for a neuropsych eval. The only difference between me with my official dx and a self-dx autistic is that I found an assessor and had money.

But aslynn what if self-diagnosis is false, and people create better lives for themselves for nothing.

We are NOT robbing children or more conspicuous autistic people of their resources There’s nothing to be had! And THAT is the fault of the oligarchy NOT other Autistic adults - they are OUR CHILDREN, Our families, our clients, our community We just need to know who we are and

Most people generally feel a life changing relief It’s not pure and simple, there is tons of grief, anger, resentment, sadness, and so much trauma to unpack It’s not all sunshine & rainbows the point is whether it’s formal dx or self-ID adult ID MATTERS If you say you’re Autistic, I believe you

ALSO - as many point out to me in threads like these - formal diagnosis can bring real harm The politics in the US are terrifying and telling “the big 3” insurance companies you’re Autistic will have that ICD code follow you for the rest of your life W/ a risk that should be far fetched It isn’t

We CANNOT gatekeep this behind a formal eval! Especially when formal Dx does ✨almost nothing✨to improve their access to resources and support By far the biggest benefits for adults ARE the things they can have for free and don’t need to be on a waiting list or spend thousands of dollars to get!

being Autistic is a natural way of being most things associated with Autistic suffering are imposed upon us by society OR are better explained by alternative diagnoses being Autistic can mean having a disability but that’s an individual call the culture of Autism belongs to any who belong to it

onlooker: [insufferable whining] but Aslynn! Self diagnosis is baaaad 😠 👏🏻 tell 👏🏻 me 👏🏻 why when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵

I fear that I will die without accomplishing anything. What I need to remember is I don't have to, say, publish a book to accomplish something. I accomplish a little something every time I make you think or even laugh.

(8) We know that misdiagnosis is a problem; for example, autistic women being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (I was diagnosed with depression for years before my autism diagnosis at 38ish). Will this be factored in?

(5) The govt press release refers to “prevention and early intervention”. Please yes, for mental health problems, but is the goal of this review to seek to prevent autism and ADHD? (I think this is just poorly-worded but JFC run it past an autistic &/or ADHD person first)

(3) How are views of people with lived experience going to be incorporated? How do I get involved, for example? (4) given the heterogeneity of the phenotypes of ADHD and autism, how will “accurate diagnosis” be defined? (I’m a hat-trick 😂)

If so this is a problem, because a lot of clinical research in autism is deficit-based and cure-seeking, and is rejected by autistic people themselves. (2) How are they going to determine the strength of the evidence? I have low confidence in this aspect post-Cass review

Also to the media: please stop referring to him as a "vaccine skeptic." He is a science denier, a conspiracy theorist, an anti-vaccine activist and many other things. He is also unqualified and disqualified for the position he holds.

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Autistic values like honesty, fairness, and directness are powerful tools. Use them 👌🏽 Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces. Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨ Accountability is not a performance.

There are no right hands for this data.

The instant people realized magic could modify the body, concerns were raised in regards to using magic to “remove undesirable features”. Laws were put in place and the churches tried to stigmatize the practice. But this has unintended effects.

#SFFChat Intro: I'm a software engineer that 2½ years ago thought "All my childhood I dreamed of writing books on the side. Whatever happened to that?" My first two books have children as the protagonists, which I did not expect. Nowadays I mostly play games w/my kids or watch TV w/my wife for fun.

You are not “less than” because you’re disabled. You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare. You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others. Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.

I miss when I could use my Pentium 4 as a space heater during winter

Reminder, DOGE wasn’t about cutting costs, it was about stealing your information.

Loneliness is the adult autistic experience. Made much worse by the NHS and social services lack of support.

What I can never get over is how truly exhausting it is. The disability itself, yes, but what mostly wipes me out is the ongoing fight for basic rights. It makes me so much more unwell, so much more exhausted.

Slightly nauseating gameplay for 4D Sports Tennis, a proto-3D game in first person from 1990 on MS-DOS. From the 4D Sports series, though it only has two more games and one of them is racing. Made by developer Distinctive Software, which was founded by a 17-year old Don Mattrick! #chosting

Kurtzmann: What if we had a show where every character was wesley crusher?

When I was a kid, my older brother was playing a modded version of Tribes that let you build stuff. He made a cowboy that was several stories tall and had a big hog that would launch you across the map. Players lined up to try it. I think we should build that instead of data centers.

Why are people complaining about the media but watching it, sharing the propaganda, commenting on the propaganda. Turn it off. There are plenty of Independent sources now. There is zero reason to keep supporting this with our dollars. Your views and clicks give them the ability to continue.