Stray Autistic Cat
@strayautisticcat.bsky.social
I've often felt like a lost stray cat, finding my way all by myself.
Autistic, ADHD, multiply neurodivergent.
Neurodiversity model.
Left, libertarian socialist
Any pronouns
Pacific Northwest, Portland area
New here. Not sure what I'm doing.
Pinned
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― David W. Orr, Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World
― David W. Orr, Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World
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I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
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I'm autistic and I genuinely fear for my life if I ever have to interact with ICE.
Glad she found lawyers.
I'm autistic and I genuinely fear for my life if I ever have to interact with ICE.
Glad she found lawyers.
The MacArthur Justice Center to Serve as Aliya Rahman’s Counsel After Violent Attack by Federal Agents in Minneapolis - MacArthur Justice
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- The MacArthur Justice Center will represent Aliya Rahman as counsel in her fight for justice after being assaulted by federal agents in Minneapolis while on the way to a routine appoi...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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I'm autistic and I genuinely fear for my life if I ever have to interact with ICE.
Glad she found lawyers.
I'm autistic and I genuinely fear for my life if I ever have to interact with ICE.
Glad she found lawyers.
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If you’re late dx #actuallyautistic , what was helpful for you when you were learning about your dx? I’d like to support my son and husband and there is scant info about how to do so.
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
If you’re late dx #actuallyautistic , what was helpful for you when you were learning about your dx? I’d like to support my son and husband and there is scant info about how to do so.
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I promise you, you’re not angry enough.
The rage I feel right now as a father of an autistic child is one that could burn down Washington.
How unimaginably cruel, reckless, and inhumane. The women later lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital.
This must end. Jail these people.
The rage I feel right now as a father of an autistic child is one that could burn down Washington.
How unimaginably cruel, reckless, and inhumane. The women later lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital.
This must end. Jail these people.
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I promise you, you’re not angry enough.
The rage I feel right now as a father of an autistic child is one that could burn down Washington.
How unimaginably cruel, reckless, and inhumane. The women later lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital.
This must end. Jail these people.
The rage I feel right now as a father of an autistic child is one that could burn down Washington.
How unimaginably cruel, reckless, and inhumane. The women later lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital.
This must end. Jail these people.
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Some autistic women suggest their anti-social behaviors are misunderstood & underneath it all they really like people.
I want to be clear that my anti-social behaviors are because I don’t like (most) people.
To be fair, some of that is being stuck in MAGA-ville. I was more outgoing in Maine.
I want to be clear that my anti-social behaviors are because I don’t like (most) people.
To be fair, some of that is being stuck in MAGA-ville. I was more outgoing in Maine.
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Some autistic women suggest their anti-social behaviors are misunderstood & underneath it all they really like people.
I want to be clear that my anti-social behaviors are because I don’t like (most) people.
To be fair, some of that is being stuck in MAGA-ville. I was more outgoing in Maine.
I want to be clear that my anti-social behaviors are because I don’t like (most) people.
To be fair, some of that is being stuck in MAGA-ville. I was more outgoing in Maine.
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I have had to remove a few FB comments from people who demanded to know why Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman who was pulled from her car by ICE in Minneapolis, didn’t “just follow instructions.” These comments, unfortunately, reveal lack of understanding about being autistic. Here is why. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I have had to remove a few FB comments from people who demanded to know why Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman who was pulled from her car by ICE in Minneapolis, didn’t “just follow instructions.” These comments, unfortunately, reveal lack of understanding about being autistic. Here is why. 1/
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Pro tip: you cannot outsmart your trauma.
T r u s t me, I have tried.
Sincerely, a smarty pants autistic human with a Psychology degree 🧠
T r u s t me, I have tried.
Sincerely, a smarty pants autistic human with a Psychology degree 🧠
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Pro tip: you cannot outsmart your trauma.
T r u s t me, I have tried.
Sincerely, a smarty pants autistic human with a Psychology degree 🧠
T r u s t me, I have tried.
Sincerely, a smarty pants autistic human with a Psychology degree 🧠
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I have been thinking about this a lot in the context of Autistic people at protests & risks involved with being arrested
Autistic people &/or people w/ Autistic traits are SO often misunderstood, taken out of context & masking to people please that it leaves us at serious risk in an interrogation
Autistic people &/or people w/ Autistic traits are SO often misunderstood, taken out of context & masking to people please that it leaves us at serious risk in an interrogation
One way Autistic people can be misunderstood is when we’re trying to be very thoughtful w/ our words under stress
Some of us stumble
Some of us go blank
Some of us have scripts locked & ready to go
we don’t want to be misunderstood
They can misinterpret our thoughtfulness with intent to deceive
Some of us stumble
Some of us go blank
Some of us have scripts locked & ready to go
we don’t want to be misunderstood
They can misinterpret our thoughtfulness with intent to deceive
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I have been thinking about this a lot in the context of Autistic people at protests & risks involved with being arrested
Autistic people &/or people w/ Autistic traits are SO often misunderstood, taken out of context & masking to people please that it leaves us at serious risk in an interrogation
Autistic people &/or people w/ Autistic traits are SO often misunderstood, taken out of context & masking to people please that it leaves us at serious risk in an interrogation
It's so hard for me as an autistic person - I just blurt out the honest truth, so innocently, before I realize it's not an honest process they are using.
The autistic urge to be honest in self-evaluations needs to fucking die.
January 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It's so hard for me as an autistic person - I just blurt out the honest truth, so innocently, before I realize it's not an honest process they are using.
Hey peeps, this audio book by Nick Walker is worth hearing, and it's 50% off. I have it on Kindle.
I'm not trying to sell it, I don't know her, but I think it's important to read and an essential part of the ongoing autistic and neurodivergent discussion.
I'm not trying to sell it, I don't know her, but I think it's important to read and an essential part of the ongoing autistic and neurodivergent discussion.
Use this link to get a 50% discount on the audio version of my book Neuroqueer Heresies, now through February 20th!
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50% OFF Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity.
Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most ...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Hey peeps, this audio book by Nick Walker is worth hearing, and it's 50% off. I have it on Kindle.
I'm not trying to sell it, I don't know her, but I think it's important to read and an essential part of the ongoing autistic and neurodivergent discussion.
I'm not trying to sell it, I don't know her, but I think it's important to read and an essential part of the ongoing autistic and neurodivergent discussion.
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One of the key ingredients to being autistic is no key ingredient to being autistic. Time and time and time again I see someone saying you need to be like this or you need to be like that.
Guess what, it's a load of rubbish.
Stereotypes can limit others and this sort of behaviour needs to stop.
Guess what, it's a load of rubbish.
Stereotypes can limit others and this sort of behaviour needs to stop.
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
One of the key ingredients to being autistic is no key ingredient to being autistic. Time and time and time again I see someone saying you need to be like this or you need to be like that.
Guess what, it's a load of rubbish.
Stereotypes can limit others and this sort of behaviour needs to stop.
Guess what, it's a load of rubbish.
Stereotypes can limit others and this sort of behaviour needs to stop.
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Tonights movie, Please Stand By.
An autistic girl runs away to write Star Trek.
An autistic girl runs away to write Star Trek.
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Tonights movie, Please Stand By.
An autistic girl runs away to write Star Trek.
An autistic girl runs away to write Star Trek.
This is the 2nd autistiphobic (meaning bigoted/hateful towards autistics as a group) comment I've found in the last hour promoting false memes and negative stereotypes against autistics. So, this person thinks autistics can't be "clever" or "street smart" simply because they're autistic.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This is the 2nd autistiphobic (meaning bigoted/hateful towards autistics as a group) comment I've found in the last hour promoting false memes and negative stereotypes against autistics. So, this person thinks autistics can't be "clever" or "street smart" simply because they're autistic.
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Stop pushing these misinformed stigmas upon autistics.
Autism isn't isn't the reason Musk is a hate-spewing horror.
It's not because Musk is #autistic that he's using Twitter to serve his fascist, far-right purposes. It has nothing to do with autism.
Many (possibly most?) of us are on the left.
Autism isn't isn't the reason Musk is a hate-spewing horror.
It's not because Musk is #autistic that he's using Twitter to serve his fascist, far-right purposes. It has nothing to do with autism.
Many (possibly most?) of us are on the left.
It’s official
X is a breeding ground for alt right incels to spread racist hate rhetoric while the algo forces real info into the depths of hell.
Glad we let the most socially awkward autistic person in the world have a trillion dollars and run a major social platform.
X is a breeding ground for alt right incels to spread racist hate rhetoric while the algo forces real info into the depths of hell.
Glad we let the most socially awkward autistic person in the world have a trillion dollars and run a major social platform.
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Stop pushing these misinformed stigmas upon autistics.
Autism isn't isn't the reason Musk is a hate-spewing horror.
It's not because Musk is #autistic that he's using Twitter to serve his fascist, far-right purposes. It has nothing to do with autism.
Many (possibly most?) of us are on the left.
Autism isn't isn't the reason Musk is a hate-spewing horror.
It's not because Musk is #autistic that he's using Twitter to serve his fascist, far-right purposes. It has nothing to do with autism.
Many (possibly most?) of us are on the left.
So relatable. This something I'd definitely do. I mean, my entire life is on various spreadsheets to keep track of things. My weight, how I respond to food, all kinds of things.
in my attempt to get myself to read more books I've decided to make use of the most autistic method of going about keeping myself consistent that I could think of: a Spreadsheet
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
So relatable. This something I'd definitely do. I mean, my entire life is on various spreadsheets to keep track of things. My weight, how I respond to food, all kinds of things.
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No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
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What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
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More on Heated Rivalry and representation: The autistic character is "informed by a genuine love and understanding of real-life autistic people [and] diverges from that usual autistic archetype in a number of meaningful and refreshing ways." By @fodderfigure.bsky.social:
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'Heated Rivalry' Handles Autism With Love, Care, And A Touch Of Awkwardness
The runaway hit hockey romance gives us a different kind of autistic character, one created by an author and an actor with their own personal investment.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
More on Heated Rivalry and representation: The autistic character is "informed by a genuine love and understanding of real-life autistic people [and] diverges from that usual autistic archetype in a number of meaningful and refreshing ways." By @fodderfigure.bsky.social:
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New magazine cover from Slovenia depicting Trump as Hitler. Melania's home country no less. Oil is dripping from Trump's nose.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
New magazine cover from Slovenia depicting Trump as Hitler. Melania's home country no less. Oil is dripping from Trump's nose.
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I am a trans autistic Latina who was laid off last month and there is no more gig work to be had before the 1st
I need $59 more to make rent, please help 🙏🏽
Zelle: mykagynary@gmail.com
Paypal & Venmo: mykagynary
#helpsky #mutualaid #crowdfund #trans #autism #transhelp #transfund #transmutualaid
I need $59 more to make rent, please help 🙏🏽
Zelle: mykagynary@gmail.com
Paypal & Venmo: mykagynary
#helpsky #mutualaid #crowdfund #trans #autism #transhelp #transfund #transmutualaid
December 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I am a trans autistic Latina who was laid off last month and there is no more gig work to be had before the 1st
I need $59 more to make rent, please help 🙏🏽
Zelle: mykagynary@gmail.com
Paypal & Venmo: mykagynary
#helpsky #mutualaid #crowdfund #trans #autism #transhelp #transfund #transmutualaid
I need $59 more to make rent, please help 🙏🏽
Zelle: mykagynary@gmail.com
Paypal & Venmo: mykagynary
#helpsky #mutualaid #crowdfund #trans #autism #transhelp #transfund #transmutualaid
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🚨 urgent
Does anyone know the most secure crisis hotline for texting?
741741 uses Meta so it's not safe
Does anyone know the most secure crisis hotline for texting?
741741 uses Meta so it's not safe
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨 urgent
Does anyone know the most secure crisis hotline for texting?
741741 uses Meta so it's not safe
Does anyone know the most secure crisis hotline for texting?
741741 uses Meta so it's not safe
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Many autistic adults, especially the late diagnosed live with alexithymia. It shapes daily life in ways most people never see. Emotions arrive fast, hit hard, and vanish before we can understand them. 1/5
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many autistic adults, especially the late diagnosed live with alexithymia. It shapes daily life in ways most people never see. Emotions arrive fast, hit hard, and vanish before we can understand them. 1/5
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Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Not only are generations fake, they’re also something we basically invented a few decades ago. Compare when generations occurred (shaded areas) with when we settled on their names.
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
From this week’s newsletter: www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
I hope I don't offend anyone, and won't go into a long explanation as to why, but I really can't support the whole autism=robotic persona comparison. It feeds all the negative stereotypes. In fact I find it offensive, but I'm just one person. I realize everyone is gonna have their own experience.
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I hope I don't offend anyone, and won't go into a long explanation as to why, but I really can't support the whole autism=robotic persona comparison. It feeds all the negative stereotypes. In fact I find it offensive, but I'm just one person. I realize everyone is gonna have their own experience.