Don't be fooled by the "new and nicer" ABA therapy: "In 'play-based' [ABA] sessions, toys are often not used for genuine exploration or creativity. They’re used as reinforcers, a behavioral currency. Play isn’t child-led; it’s adult-orchestrated." endseclusion.org/2025/10/31/t... #BetterWaysThanABA

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AAARGH!!! It's that crazy-stressful time of year again when my kiddo only has TEN DAYS to finish all their Halloween candy before the Easter Bunny gets here! WHAT. WILL. HAPPEN?!?

Just unboxed a set of @drewmelbourne.com's oeuvre. Jealous? Get oeuvre it and buy your own.

I don't know why I'm like this.

Okay okay okay I'll work on finishing my wip, jeez.

Nancy 3/16/26

Capybaras are dead to me. From now on, only Potoos!

So. Um. My mom died. It happened a few weeks ago. And also slowly over the last couple decades. Her last words to me were 'help me.' 1/18

My new plan to lose weight is NOTHING. ELSE. TERRIBLE. HAPPEN.

A Dark Hole Darkly by @drewmelbourne.com, plus a great tagline A Bakers Coven by @author-aarondick.bsky.social bc I love me a dad joke title Taco Bell Quarterly by @tacobellquarterly.org for obvious reasons No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper from @badhandbooks.bsky.social bc how intriguing

I also hire a professional editor (@cknightwrites.bsky.social) for a reason. I use commas roughly in the same way I use cumin. Sprinkled shamelessly, often in places it should not be.

*sigh*

A little late to the party (in several respects) but I really enjoyed SENSORY: LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM (2022), an Autism anthology by @schnumn.bsky.social and a ton of other UK-based autistic creators. Had a couple genuine "Aha!" moments when reading it, including the fact that 1/2

He's not a *count* either though.

art by @toothybj.bsky.social

Mup-Pet Cemetary

Good cat.

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.

"Why do 40% of the students in my classroom have IEPs? Teachers didn't have to deal with this 20 years ago!" 1) Parents, pediatricians, and teachers are more aware of disabilities that impact learning, and are better at identifying them and advocating to have them diagnosed and addressed.

Crowdfunder's up for the first 2 horror novels by indie author Joey Pettine. Joey's local, so I had a chance to talk with him a few weeks back. The running theme in his work so far is Kids vs Monsters and friends... I am VERY worried for these kids. Check it out! 💙📚🩸

In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Dearest @chuckwendig.bsky.social Would you come to the vampire museum in Doylestown with me and @falconesse.bsky.social. For reasons.

Listen, I'm not saying I'm psychic, but if you read PERCIVAL GYNT AND THE INEVITABILITY OF FIRE last year, you would have seen this coming: "Percival and Doreen sat together on his couch and watched an episode of Stranger Things . It was from one of the later all-CGI seasons. 942, maybe?" 1/3

OH! OH OH! I KNOW THIS ONE!!! One herring always lies and one herring always tells the truth! So you have to ask: "Would the other herring tell me to accept this warrant?"

Finished watching WONDER MAN yesterday. Really enjoyed it, especially as (intentional or not) a neurodiversity/mental health metaphor. One of my favorite MCU shows and... 1/2

On one side, you have trans people asking to be left alone and maintain our access to health care. On the other, a bunch of people who believe we shouldn't exist. But Cass believes both sides are the same. This whole interview is atrocious. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I can't unsee the jaunty robot owl.

I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them." That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.

If you like Fantasy, SciFi, or any SpecFic genre therein, there's 3 more days left to grab this book bundle! (Yes, some 'found family' books in it are queer found family 😉.) 🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...

Grab this #itchiobundle of Sci-Fi/Fantasy books today! We're less than $100 away from our goal, and if we hit it then...uh... I dunno. I think they don't kill our families? I should've read the contract a little closer.

It's not the Bottled City of CAN'T-DOR!

I just spent $150 for someone to tell me it would cost me $500 to delay spending $900. So. Um. Probably I shouldn't do that.

I can't stress enough that this shit is still happening.

PROUD MOMENTS IN GEEK PARENTING #462 Our kiddo explains why they decided to root for the Seahawks:

THIS MONTH ONLY!!! To celebrate my books NO LONGER BEING AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE, I'm offering all 3 as an Itch mini-bundle for just $3. That's 80% off probably?!? Includes BOTH books in the space-fantasy adventure comedy PERCIVAL GYNT series + the neurodivergent AF mystery comedy A DARK HOLE DARKLY.

THIS MONTH ONLY!!! To celebrate my books NO LONGER BEING AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE, I'm offering all 3 as an Itch mini-bundle for just $3. That's 80% off probably?!? Includes BOTH books in the space-fantasy adventure comedy PERCIVAL GYNT series + the neurodivergent AF mystery comedy A DARK HOLE DARKLY.

Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

Here is a thing: There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To. (cont'd)

All the confusion growing up and being told I was saying things wrong, but never being told how, had its effect later in life; I was never sure what I would say or do that would set people off. 1/2 #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Anxiety

A couple days ago, I announced that I'm (in the process of) pulling my books off Amazon. Thrilled that readers will (soon) be able to find ebook editions of my books alongside the print editions at Bookshop.org:

The Audacity Omnibus audiobook is now up everywhere you can buy audiobooks (I think) so you don't have to use Audible! Here it is on Everand! www.everand.com/audiobook/97...

February usually means drowning in hearts and roses blah blah blah. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY. This 37-book SFF itch bundle centers friendship/friend groups (including Bonkpocalypse!) Available until Feb 15! (Titles/authors/blurbs in link) 🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...

DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE in an itch bundle about sci-fi/fantasy friendships? It's more likely than you think! For $35, you can get it and 36 other books that are actually good!

First newsletter of the new year (weird that January 2026 definitely didn't happen, right?) includes two big announcements: 1. I've started work on the next Percival Gynt novel. 2. And I'm leaving Amazon and Facebook. Details within:

I gave my cat a hard time for peeing on my kiddo's car seat, but on closer inspection I see that she got most of it in the cup holder.