Helena
@helenascribbles.bsky.social
Former social worker, aspiring writer, and self-suspecting autistic exploring the cracks she fell through, and the woods she found herself in.
Nothing I write is intended as professional advice.
Nothing I write is intended as professional advice.
This administration is the purest example of weaponized incompetence.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This administration is the purest example of weaponized incompetence.
You guys actually made it worse. How could you take completely ignoring his "plenary authority" slip up and actually make it worse? You are useless to the American people.
In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.
Stephen Miller emerges as key architect of Trump’s offensive on Democratic cities | CNN Politics
In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department...
cnn.it
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
You guys actually made it worse. How could you take completely ignoring his "plenary authority" slip up and actually make it worse? You are useless to the American people.
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Back when we had some standards still
October 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Back when we had some standards still
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Now.. imagine we do what we did with Disney with more and more mega corporations… until we have healthcare, housing, living wages, bodily autonomy, gender and racial equity, money out of politics… and like… just keep going all the way until we get to the liberation of everyone worldwide.
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Now.. imagine we do what we did with Disney with more and more mega corporations… until we have healthcare, housing, living wages, bodily autonomy, gender and racial equity, money out of politics… and like… just keep going all the way until we get to the liberation of everyone worldwide.
Kimmel: The government is using Kirk's death to justify squashing dissent.
The government: That's not true, and we'll prove it by using Kirk's death to justify squashing your dissent.
The government: That's not true, and we'll prove it by using Kirk's death to justify squashing your dissent.
September 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Kimmel: The government is using Kirk's death to justify squashing dissent.
The government: That's not true, and we'll prove it by using Kirk's death to justify squashing your dissent.
The government: That's not true, and we'll prove it by using Kirk's death to justify squashing your dissent.
Do other people ever feel shame that they can’t stop thinking about their special interest and just do what they’re “supposed” to do?
So frustrating when people who don’t experience this refuse to believe that a person can be literally disabled by something they’ve dismissed as “just a hobby”.
So frustrating when people who don’t experience this refuse to believe that a person can be literally disabled by something they’ve dismissed as “just a hobby”.
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Do other people ever feel shame that they can’t stop thinking about their special interest and just do what they’re “supposed” to do?
So frustrating when people who don’t experience this refuse to believe that a person can be literally disabled by something they’ve dismissed as “just a hobby”.
So frustrating when people who don’t experience this refuse to believe that a person can be literally disabled by something they’ve dismissed as “just a hobby”.
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They are going to target social media platforms too. When they do, censorship will rapidly escalate.
Prepare to inform your followers to move to alternatives (Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Flashes, Skylight Social). Share why you’re leaving and where you’re going.
This will be vital for resistance.
Prepare to inform your followers to move to alternatives (Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Flashes, Skylight Social). Share why you’re leaving and where you’re going.
This will be vital for resistance.
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
They are going to target social media platforms too. When they do, censorship will rapidly escalate.
Prepare to inform your followers to move to alternatives (Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Flashes, Skylight Social). Share why you’re leaving and where you’re going.
This will be vital for resistance.
Prepare to inform your followers to move to alternatives (Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Flashes, Skylight Social). Share why you’re leaving and where you’re going.
This will be vital for resistance.
On today’s episode of Things I Didn't Know I Took Literally:
On tv shows when someone says “Who’s asking?” I always thought it meant “Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?” So I’d imagined replying, “Me. I’m the one asking.”
Just realized it actually means “Who are you?” 😅
On tv shows when someone says “Who’s asking?” I always thought it meant “Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?” So I’d imagined replying, “Me. I’m the one asking.”
Just realized it actually means “Who are you?” 😅
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
On today’s episode of Things I Didn't Know I Took Literally:
On tv shows when someone says “Who’s asking?” I always thought it meant “Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?” So I’d imagined replying, “Me. I’m the one asking.”
Just realized it actually means “Who are you?” 😅
On tv shows when someone says “Who’s asking?” I always thought it meant “Are you asking for yourself or for someone else?” So I’d imagined replying, “Me. I’m the one asking.”
Just realized it actually means “Who are you?” 😅
The Man in the Foil Crown
The image features an original poem. The text can be found at this link> yellowood.substack.com/p/the-man-in...
#poetry
The image features an original poem. The text can be found at this link> yellowood.substack.com/p/the-man-in...
#poetry
June 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Man in the Foil Crown
The image features an original poem. The text can be found at this link> yellowood.substack.com/p/the-man-in...
#poetry
The image features an original poem. The text can be found at this link> yellowood.substack.com/p/the-man-in...
#poetry
In an effort to help me focus, I'm trying to use a strict schedule for my working hours. I'm finding it is helpful for staying on task, but it's really cutting into my "sitting here staring moodily out the window" time.
June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In an effort to help me focus, I'm trying to use a strict schedule for my working hours. I'm finding it is helpful for staying on task, but it's really cutting into my "sitting here staring moodily out the window" time.
May 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes it feels like some of us aren't welcome anywhere, even among the communities we depend upon to help create the world we need. Check out my blog Yellowood, where I talk more about that. yellowood.substack.com/p/i-dont-cha...
May 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sometimes it feels like some of us aren't welcome anywhere, even among the communities we depend upon to help create the world we need. Check out my blog Yellowood, where I talk more about that. yellowood.substack.com/p/i-dont-cha...
I keep seeing well-meaning comments like “I’m autistic and I pay taxes” or “autistic people w/ high support needs still provide value to others through friendship”, and I cannot stress how frustrating it is to me to see this rhetoric being so widely tossed around and celebrated.
April 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I keep seeing well-meaning comments like “I’m autistic and I pay taxes” or “autistic people w/ high support needs still provide value to others through friendship”, and I cannot stress how frustrating it is to me to see this rhetoric being so widely tossed around and celebrated.
In light of recent political events, I've posted a follow-up to my most recent blog post. Find it here.
The Privilege of Being Undiagnosed
And how our focus should be on protecting those who are.
open.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In light of recent political events, I've posted a follow-up to my most recent blog post. Find it here.
Living life fitting in nowhere is an unfair but sadly common experience for too many of us.
Undiagnosed
...doesn't mean "allistic".
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Living life fitting in nowhere is an unfair but sadly common experience for too many of us.
Hello, big scary world.
I've finally posted my debut substack. It's just a small thing talking about my motivations for writing. I'd love it if you gave it a peek. Thanks so much!
yellowood.substack.com/p/hello
I've finally posted my debut substack. It's just a small thing talking about my motivations for writing. I'd love it if you gave it a peek. Thanks so much!
yellowood.substack.com/p/hello
Hello
Thanks so much for being here.
yellowood.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hello, big scary world.
I've finally posted my debut substack. It's just a small thing talking about my motivations for writing. I'd love it if you gave it a peek. Thanks so much!
yellowood.substack.com/p/hello
I've finally posted my debut substack. It's just a small thing talking about my motivations for writing. I'd love it if you gave it a peek. Thanks so much!
yellowood.substack.com/p/hello
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Here’s the clip.
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s the clip.
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Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.
April 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.
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firsttheycamefor.com is being updated to list all of the people being illegally detained or deported by the Trump administration in one place
#signalboost #resist #freeRumeysa #freeMahmoud #freepalestine #abolishICE
#signalboost #resist #freeRumeysa #freeMahmoud #freepalestine #abolishICE
First They Came For
A website dedicated to cataloging the people who are being kidnapped by the Trump administration.
firsttheycamefor.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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