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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

There are two types of dog

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 1d

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To the Editor:

I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an IQ of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body.
I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25-40% of the autistic community, depending on the estimate.
For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low-functioning in this new schema.
Jason Jacoby Lee
New York

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

Milk does not go in eyes. Water is what you use to wash out chemical irritants. Just water. Ignore all other advice to the contrary unless you have a fucking medical degree of some sort in which case go off king/queen

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.

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Lyra, Esq., is NOT DAREDEVIL @pinkrangerlb.bsky.social · 1d

Thank y’all for giving me some hope, I’m honestly pretty scared

Lyra, Esq., is NOT DAREDEVIL @pinkrangerlb.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of an emergency but I lost my job and really need help. I made good money but I support my wife and two kids so we are very much in trouble.

I am fighting for our rights and community, and I really need help.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-...

Donate to Help Fund Lyra's Pro Bono Cases, organized by Lyra LB

Hi! I'm Lyra, @pinkrangerlb on twitter. I'm a trans woman lawyer in Atlanta! While I am not a … Lyra LB needs your support for Help Fund Lyra's Pro Bono Cases

www.gofundme.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Phenomenal

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Hell yeah

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 1d

(and i know that for some people, demonizing finding commonalities with ~other~ people is the POINT, but that's not every person who does this.)

nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 1d

as an avowed user of public transportation, one of the many things missed by those who fearmonger and handwring over it is that there's something kinda lovely about seeing glimpses of all these different people living their lives.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...

Attending a Protest

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest. Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during,...

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

ok, i know you wouldn't make this up, but it SOUNDS fake 🤣

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 2d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Benzie, the puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 4d

Portland Frog

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Liver Alone @reddirtsport.bsky.social · 3d

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 4d

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent line up of Native-written fiction here! I highly recommend Bad Cree by Jessica Johns and Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

In case you are looking for Indigenous thrillers/horror stories this October. Fricking love libraries that put together lists like this.

pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?

Indigenous-Authored Chills and Thrills — a staff-created list from Pima County Public Library

The Many Nations team collected spooky titles by Indigenous authors to celebrate 2024's yíiyáh season. "Yíiyáh" is a Navajo expression that ranges in meaning from "scary" to "dangerous." Dive into the...

pima.bibliocommons.com

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

"this is a double displacement reac-"

"a chemistry occurs."

"here, the molecules are dissociating int-"

"OH, MOOD, also: a chemistry occurs!"

nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

dear @wineandcrimepod.bsky.social, the number of times i mutter, "a chemistry occurs," under my breath IN CHEMISTRY CLASS as my professor is lecturing is frankly absurb

a man in a police uniform is sitting on a couch talking to a woman and says this is absurd

ALT: a man in a police uniform is sitting on a couch talking to a woman and says this is absurd

media.tenor.com

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

(also not me rationalizing that even if Cute Boy works tomorrow, he'd come in around midday, so *surely* my snafu will have been taken care of before he'd have to look at it........

also he's already seen me having a weird reaction to my meds changing slightly, so it's not like it's A Surprise??)

nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

if EITHER OF THEM calls me back, i'm letting it go to voicemail. no, no, y'all talk to each other. i've done my part

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

so i was like, "fuck it, doing it now, so i can stop fucking thinming about it!!"

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

bc i was afraid i was going to forget to do it tomorrow, mixed w/dread over talking to, gasp! a person!! the horrors!!!, so it was kinda ruining my buzz

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

also sent a message to my pharmacy re: me leaving voicemail for doctor.

i am crushing....... something?

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

ok, i was just VERY brave by calling my dr's office to leave a message re: refilling my meds while baked slightly out of my mind.

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nina! in my live, laugh, lacerate era ♃ 🏳️‍🌈 @volatilesublime.bsky.social · 2d

i'm just staring at this as the edible kicks in, murmuring, "y'all are so *brave.*"

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