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Autism is a social disability
It's also a sensory disability
What it isn't is an empathy disability
Or a rigidity disability
Or an intellectual disability
Breaking this one down because not all of this is self explanatory...
It's also a sensory disability
What it isn't is an empathy disability
Or a rigidity disability
Or an intellectual disability
Breaking this one down because not all of this is self explanatory...
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Autism is a social disability
It's also a sensory disability
What it isn't is an empathy disability
Or a rigidity disability
Or an intellectual disability
Breaking this one down because not all of this is self explanatory...
It's also a sensory disability
What it isn't is an empathy disability
Or a rigidity disability
Or an intellectual disability
Breaking this one down because not all of this is self explanatory...
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As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
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One way sighted people can determine what to put in alt text: Imagine you sent the post or article to a friend, and the image didn't load. What would someone need to know to get the equivalent experience and context? This will help you identify the important details.
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One way sighted people can determine what to put in alt text: Imagine you sent the post or article to a friend, and the image didn't load. What would someone need to know to get the equivalent experience and context? This will help you identify the important details.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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I've gained a lot of followers vis-a-vis my coverage of the OBBB, Medicaid, snap and assault on transgender health care. But I also wrote a whole book about #autism and arguing we should stop curing #ActuallyAutistic people. Buy it from @bookshop.org.
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We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
Changing the Autism Conversation
bookshop.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I've gained a lot of followers vis-a-vis my coverage of the OBBB, Medicaid, snap and assault on transgender health care. But I also wrote a whole book about #autism and arguing we should stop curing #ActuallyAutistic people. Buy it from @bookshop.org.
bookshop.org/p/books/we-r...
bookshop.org/p/books/we-r...
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hey yall! @bookshop.org has a new ebook program and they're selling my book for $3! support indies, get a banger book for less than a latte, spit spot! bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
bookshop.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
hey yall! @bookshop.org has a new ebook program and they're selling my book for $3! support indies, get a banger book for less than a latte, spit spot! bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
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remember to breathe
they want you to stop, but you shouldn't
they want you to stop, but you shouldn't
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
remember to breathe
they want you to stop, but you shouldn't
they want you to stop, but you shouldn't
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A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips Maine GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner | Common Dreams
"I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."
www.commondreams.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A high school freshman takes transphobic Maine politicians to task for bullying the trans girl who beat her in a race.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
Kudos to you, Anelise Feldman.
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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Dismissing negative emotions can do more harm than good. Psychologists emphasize that good and bad emotions are part of being human.
By not allowing negative emotions, toxic positivity may result in physical consequences, such as heart and respiratory disease from stress.
Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CyUk
By not allowing negative emotions, toxic positivity may result in physical consequences, such as heart and respiratory disease from stress.
Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CyUk
April 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Dismissing negative emotions can do more harm than good. Psychologists emphasize that good and bad emotions are part of being human.
By not allowing negative emotions, toxic positivity may result in physical consequences, such as heart and respiratory disease from stress.
Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CyUk
By not allowing negative emotions, toxic positivity may result in physical consequences, such as heart and respiratory disease from stress.
Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CyUk
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Autistic sensory anxiety & the PAIN / FEAR / SURVIVAL response
#AutismAwarenessMonth
#AutismAwarenessMonth
April 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Autistic sensory anxiety & the PAIN / FEAR / SURVIVAL response
#AutismAwarenessMonth
#AutismAwarenessMonth
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The thing that I continually find so strange about AI hype is that we are jettisoning and dismantling a bunch of proven very good systems *now* for something that we *hope* *might* be *as good* as those systems *some time* in the future. Which is absolutely contra to all best engineering practices.
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The thing that I continually find so strange about AI hype is that we are jettisoning and dismantling a bunch of proven very good systems *now* for something that we *hope* *might* be *as good* as those systems *some time* in the future. Which is absolutely contra to all best engineering practices.
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The Maine State Library laid off 13 staff members Wednesday — nearly one-third of its staff — and announced that it would close for two weeks to restructure its operations after the Trump administration indefinitely suspended certain federal funds.
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/s...
Maine State Library lays off 13 workers, will restructure after losing federal funds
The library last received funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services on March 24 and has not gotten any updates on when — or whether — payments may resume.
www.pressherald.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Maine State Library laid off 13 staff members Wednesday — nearly one-third of its staff — and announced that it would close for two weeks to restructure its operations after the Trump administration indefinitely suspended certain federal funds.
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/s...
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1. Trump has officially defunded school lunches in Maine for kids and disabled adults because of transgender people.
Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Defunds School Lunches In Maine Over Transgender People
To use the term coined by conservative talking heads, Trump is holding school lunch money “hostage.”
www.erininthemorning.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
1. Trump has officially defunded school lunches in Maine for kids and disabled adults because of transgender people.
Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump is holding the funds hostage and will allow kids to go hungry unless Maine discriminates.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The cheap, reliable labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 — money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks, the AP wrote in December. Parole numbers have also plummeted in recent years."
Slavery by another name indeed.
Slavery by another name indeed.
With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons
Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers.
apnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"The cheap, reliable labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 — money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks, the AP wrote in December. Parole numbers have also plummeted in recent years."
Slavery by another name indeed.
Slavery by another name indeed.
I wish this book had been required reading in school when I was a kid. It’s my second time reading it and it’s still so impactful with each and every chapter.
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The New Jim Crow
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has beenadopted in campus-wide and communi...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I wish this book had been required reading in school when I was a kid. It’s my second time reading it and it’s still so impactful with each and every chapter.
share.libbyapp.com/title/2398150
share.libbyapp.com/title/2398150
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
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January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
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I took some more photos of poor Pepper today. He is so sweet and loving and gentle but nobody has wanted to adopt him just because he looks a little bit scrungly. 😢 Please share with anyone you know in northern Vermont who might be interested! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
January 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I took some more photos of poor Pepper today. He is so sweet and loving and gentle but nobody has wanted to adopt him just because he looks a little bit scrungly. 😢 Please share with anyone you know in northern Vermont who might be interested! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
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"The best possible knowledge of a whole does _not_ include the best possible knowledge of its parts -- and this is what keeps coming back to haunt us."
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
January 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The best possible knowledge of a whole does _not_ include the best possible knowledge of its parts -- and this is what keeps coming back to haunt us."
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
I absolutely love following the stories of these fosters. So glad that this account is on Bluesky now. Highly recommended follow.
Hello everyone! Charm School for Wayward Cats is the name of our foster room. We foster with local rescues and take in emotional and medical special needs kitties for rehabilitation. Buster is our latest success story, having been placed for potential hospice but now healthy and adopted!
January 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I absolutely love following the stories of these fosters. So glad that this account is on Bluesky now. Highly recommended follow.
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Pepper Pot’s owner passed away. Now this quiet senior lady needs a home.
January 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Pepper Pot’s owner passed away. Now this quiet senior lady needs a home.