A woman called the health department because she saw a man in a wheelchair in the kitchen of a restaurant She wanted to make sure he hadn’t touched her food She found it gross and “unappetizing” to see a disabled person This is ableism People don’t want to “deal” with disability. So they don’t.

This book is incredibly cool - a game guide for a retro game that never existed

I believe that facets of a character's identity should be textually addressed only to the extent that those facets are directly relevant the narrative, which is why I exclusively write stories about featureless hovering orbs.

Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman whose (ovarian) cancer cells were used wo her/her family’s consent. Her cells are what would become the HeLa cell, the first immortalized human cell line & one of the most important in medical research. #BackHistoryMonth

you can resist any technology you want, on principle. good on you. I still have friends who refuse smartphones. but i don't think you can't force or shame other people to go your way. it never works.

More kids dying of the flu now that vaccine rates are dropping. Misinformation have consequences. Please protect yourself and others. #VaccinesSaveLives

This is a very sobering graph for the US. Hospitals that treat kids (level 1-2-3 in figure) are disappearing. This is problematic for all. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

New study asked 10 LLMs to manage pain for 1,000 ER patients. The result? Bias at scale. Black, unhoused, and low-income patients were flagged as high-risk for addiction but prescribed the most opioids. Low-income patients got less treatment despite similar needs. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Do kids really need to sit still to learn? 🤔 In 2 studies with middle schoolers, students generated more novel ideas when allowed to move (wiggle stools) vs. sitting still. No effect on memory. Maybe it’s time to rethink “still = engaged.” 🪑✨ psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann fundamentally changed our understanding of the Earth's interior by discovering its solid inner core in 1936. Often referred to as 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘵 due to her incredible ability to interpret complex seismic records by hand. She died #OTD in 1993 #WomenInSTEM

I said something similar to a friend after my sister died . It seems unfair that the world keeps turning after someone dies .

I lived through publishers telling me constantly that NFTs and Crypto games were the future and I needed to get on the train and design them or I'd be left behind. I said NO. I'll outlast "AI generated games" too. That's an oath. #gamedev #games

https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/mmxmas/?file=X-MAS.ZZT&board=11 “Christmas Land” by Mark McIntyre (1994) [X-MAS.ZZT] - “tree 2” {🔦} https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/mmxmas/

I just need the WIPSnips community to know that I got to meet a baby sloth today and she was adorable. I hope this makes you smile.

#TimeTravelAuthors 21. A time loop doesn't have to be bad.

Happy #haikuSaturday!

For your consideration this #BlackHistoryMonth—and beyond—let us introduce you to the work of award-winning author and educator Valerie Bolling!

Mental health monster #3! Or in this case, momster. This monster represents guilt. Feeling guilty for your mistakes, even the smallest most innocent ones. Not having that support system in the home telling you that it's okay to be human. It's more beautiful outside. #art #Illustration #Illustrator

Theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer died #OTD in 1972. She shared the 1963 #Nobel Prize in Physics (w/Wigner & Jensen) "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure." She was the second woman to win a Nobel in #physics. (Who was the first?) #WomenInSTEM

the video game industry is a mess

The job search is horrible for just about everyone but a huge chunk of the entire gaming industry lost their jobs and no one is investing in studios. There literally aren't jobs. They're not coming back for a long time. Gaming isn't a viable career at the moment, and we need to internalize that.

Liked The Gift Horse's Mouth is Full of Terrible Braille? I run my blog entirely on donations so give me money if you liked it! It helps pay for offline and online bills. https://sightlessscribbles.com/support/ #donate #help

i got this air purifier for christmas 3 years ago and now suddenly there are hard boiled egg ads in the app

"Autistic children who elope are not proving that they have 'profound autism'; they are proving that their environments are not yet safe or tolerable for their nervous systems" thisisnotautism.com/eloping-to-b... #autism

How many weirdly niche Amazon categories am I going to get the #1 new release spot in??

I see a lot of people frustrated with lack of accommodation for low-medium needs autism, ADHD, anxiety, and depression and I want to caution us all to keep in mind that high/severe needs people with mental illness/neurodivergence are neither your rivals, nor are they receiving higher quality care

Ettin is genuinely one of the funniest writers I know and has a TTRPG designer and DM's insight into the world of campaigns. I've been enjoying samples of this for a while. Can't wait to devour the entire thing. Check it out!

IT'S HAPPENING! Preorders for EVENT HORIZON, the first book in the First Light series, are officially OPEN! Is this specific brand of sci-fi goodness right for you? Find out with this dandy guide. Preorder: books2read.com/u/bPPwNA Please share! #FirstLight #EventHorizon

This reminds me of when I had a mild crush on a Bangladeshi and had to peek at a map to make sure I remembered where Bangladesh was (I did).

Listen, when disabled/chronically ill people tell you about how they're going through stuff related to their illness/disability, please don't tell them to quit their jobs/lives and give up on life. You're telling them they're too weak or unable to be a part of this world, that really doesn't help

Resist RFK Jr Shirt - Anti-Robert Kennedy Jr Protest Tee - Bold Political Statement - Retro Activist Style - Unisex Graphic Tee: Soft fabric for ultimate comfort! 👕 Discover more by tapping the link for this statement piece. #NeuroDIsMe #UniquelyWired #NeurodivergentStyle

i have joined the war on Autism on the side of Autism this statement used to be a joke FAFO 🔥

It's such a weird and offensive thing to me, as an autistic person, to hear that someone would rather NOT give their child a vaccine than risk that child...come down with? Autism. And I have relatives who believe this shit! Who know that I AM AUTISTIC! I'm talking sisters! A niece! It's insulting.

It's weird as a biologist to say "ignore the science part" but here we are Science: Vaccines don't cause autism. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.

#TimeTravelAuthors 19. At first I was going to write that Joaquín is almost perfectly honest, but then I realized while Joaquín would never tell you a lie or cheat when playing a game, he's an expert at not telling people things, and that can sometimes mean lying by omission.

You owe it to yourself to read the 2001 obituary (republished today) for Rose Freedman, the last survivor of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. An incredible woman. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

The simple choice to try, no matter where it takes you The stubbornness to care, no matter how it breaks you #Poetry

Apparently red and purple and blue are the rarest of northern lights as they take place 214km in the sky! Barrie, Ontario #nature #eastcoastkin #landscape #photography #night #northernlights #auroraborealis

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That’s 4x Higher Than Humans The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer. The new data raises concerns about how safe Tesla’s systems really are compared to the average driver.

Hungarian mathematician Rózsa Péter was born #OTD in 1905. She was one of the founders of Recursion Theory –– also known as Computability Theory –– along with Gödel, Church, Turing, and Post. 🧪 🧮

Another day, another shenanigan! @jimthevampire.bsky.social & I are compiling a dictionary of pretentious words to quarantine. Send in your proposals, Judge Jimothy will swing his gavel. Below, the dictionary as it stands (reasons for inclusion only, no silly definitions), and the original thread.

So you may not realize this if you dislike this card, but in its history Magic has been a bit of a morality play as well as a card game. That is to say it wants to show life lessons sometimes. Sometimes unplayable cards get made to showcase positive things in life not just be good or cohesive

In this interview, @kikutowne.bsky.social tells feels 'weird kid' @kbdphd.bsky.social that she made City of Ghosts for 'children that were just kind of curious, and sensitive, and maybe a little bit weird - and also just really interested when they find stuff out!' podcastaddict.com/disrupted/ep...

You can stop sprinkling `if (document.startViewTransition)` guards across your codebase now, because `view-transitions-mock` is here! github.com/GoogleChrome... 🎉🎉🎉

The “high-functioning” label means “profitable to exploit.” The “low-functioning” label means “not worth exploiting.” Neither label is about our wellbeing, both are about our utility to capital. We don’t need better labels. We need to end the system that sorts us by economic value.

I feel like the way certain doctors and especially diagnostic standards talk about autism is a violation of their own ethical standards because only focusing on weaknesses can dehumanize people and many doctors say they prioritize patient well being.

Expanded a poem I wrote yesterday and gave it a title: "My Thoughts Regarding Abstruse Poetry". Critics of my on-the-nose poetry, those who've called me a poetaster, can stick this one up their snobby noses! @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social @corutaniconnolly.bsky.social @evelovestar.bsky.social

And you know what is a turn off ? people dismissing gaming... more specifically the sims. "oh didn't know it was still a thing, I don't have time for that" I just think it's a weird thing to add... Like gaming is a waste of time? some people read, other watch TV and some play games!

Cryptographer Juanita Moody helped avert a nuclear war. She played a pivotal role during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, where her leadership in signals intelligence (SIGINT) helped provide critical, real-time information to US decision-makers. Moody died #OTD in 2015. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)