Shona
@roastedtoast4444.bsky.social
Person who is sick of twitter. Hoping Bluesky is an improvement.
Other myths to bust...
I am not a millionaire. At least not knowingly. The people controlling my life do identity fraud all the time though so perhaps I am without knowing it.
I am not knowingly on the dark web. I am not a child abuser, a bad parent, a sex worker, a successful financial trader.
I am not a millionaire. At least not knowingly. The people controlling my life do identity fraud all the time though so perhaps I am without knowing it.
I am not knowingly on the dark web. I am not a child abuser, a bad parent, a sex worker, a successful financial trader.
April 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Other myths to bust...
I am not a millionaire. At least not knowingly. The people controlling my life do identity fraud all the time though so perhaps I am without knowing it.
I am not knowingly on the dark web. I am not a child abuser, a bad parent, a sex worker, a successful financial trader.
I am not a millionaire. At least not knowingly. The people controlling my life do identity fraud all the time though so perhaps I am without knowing it.
I am not knowingly on the dark web. I am not a child abuser, a bad parent, a sex worker, a successful financial trader.
Whilst I am telling everyone about fake news and how people get manipulated on social media...
Someone putting their arm in the air is not necessarily a nazi.
Maybe they coincidentally are a nazi but it is possible to get a photo of any one doing that if you watch them long enough.
Someone putting their arm in the air is not necessarily a nazi.
Maybe they coincidentally are a nazi but it is possible to get a photo of any one doing that if you watch them long enough.
April 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Whilst I am telling everyone about fake news and how people get manipulated on social media...
Someone putting their arm in the air is not necessarily a nazi.
Maybe they coincidentally are a nazi but it is possible to get a photo of any one doing that if you watch them long enough.
Someone putting their arm in the air is not necessarily a nazi.
Maybe they coincidentally are a nazi but it is possible to get a photo of any one doing that if you watch them long enough.
If you are an activist and I think that includes someone who posts about activist related topics on social media you are almost certainly hacked.
I am hacked and I'm never surveillance. I have never spies on anyone myself but I think people are being tricked into thinking I am part of the spy cult
I am hacked and I'm never surveillance. I have never spies on anyone myself but I think people are being tricked into thinking I am part of the spy cult
April 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
If you are an activist and I think that includes someone who posts about activist related topics on social media you are almost certainly hacked.
I am hacked and I'm never surveillance. I have never spies on anyone myself but I think people are being tricked into thinking I am part of the spy cult
I am hacked and I'm never surveillance. I have never spies on anyone myself but I think people are being tricked into thinking I am part of the spy cult
Trump is not going to be Pope. I know he is a weirdo but I doubt he said he was open to it either. The internet is full of so much bollocks.
I can't believe anything in my phone nowadays.
I can't believe anything in my phone nowadays.
April 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Trump is not going to be Pope. I know he is a weirdo but I doubt he said he was open to it either. The internet is full of so much bollocks.
I can't believe anything in my phone nowadays.
I can't believe anything in my phone nowadays.
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Setting up for the ND panel later…
I don’t come on camera all that often, but when I do I try & make it nice...
Currently rejigging my playroom so I can setup a nice 3 point lighting rig and still read my notes :)
Panel starts at 2pm, everyone is welcome: clearleft.com/thinking/onl...
I don’t come on camera all that often, but when I do I try & make it nice...
Currently rejigging my playroom so I can setup a nice 3 point lighting rig and still read my notes :)
Panel starts at 2pm, everyone is welcome: clearleft.com/thinking/onl...
Online panel: Is neurodiversity the next frontier of accessibility in…
Join us for a panel discussion that will explore why designing for neurodivergence is designing for all.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Setting up for the ND panel later…
I don’t come on camera all that often, but when I do I try & make it nice...
Currently rejigging my playroom so I can setup a nice 3 point lighting rig and still read my notes :)
Panel starts at 2pm, everyone is welcome: clearleft.com/thinking/onl...
I don’t come on camera all that often, but when I do I try & make it nice...
Currently rejigging my playroom so I can setup a nice 3 point lighting rig and still read my notes :)
Panel starts at 2pm, everyone is welcome: clearleft.com/thinking/onl...
People should be embarrassed to care about who is taking a piss next to them more than who is a genuinely violent offender.
Don't waste time bullying trans people and excluding them from public places just in case they are violent
Let's reduce actual violence
EVERYONE needs to feel safe
Don't waste time bullying trans people and excluding them from public places just in case they are violent
Let's reduce actual violence
EVERYONE needs to feel safe
April 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People should be embarrassed to care about who is taking a piss next to them more than who is a genuinely violent offender.
Don't waste time bullying trans people and excluding them from public places just in case they are violent
Let's reduce actual violence
EVERYONE needs to feel safe
Don't waste time bullying trans people and excluding them from public places just in case they are violent
Let's reduce actual violence
EVERYONE needs to feel safe
Important points. And such obvious points I struggle to believe anyone hasn't thought of them
You do not need to be a gender expert to know you can't police toilets based on bodies without causing a whole new set of problems
It is likely therefore fake news like everything else in my phone
You do not need to be a gender expert to know you can't police toilets based on bodies without causing a whole new set of problems
It is likely therefore fake news like everything else in my phone
This is a serious question I'm being asked by women friends who, like me, had surgery after breast cancer. With the extraordinary anti-Trans stuff happening...who will decide that we don't 'match' the requirements for proving we have female bodies?
It's all a mess, isn't it.
It's all a mess, isn't it.
April 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Important points. And such obvious points I struggle to believe anyone hasn't thought of them
You do not need to be a gender expert to know you can't police toilets based on bodies without causing a whole new set of problems
It is likely therefore fake news like everything else in my phone
You do not need to be a gender expert to know you can't police toilets based on bodies without causing a whole new set of problems
It is likely therefore fake news like everything else in my phone
I don't understand how the supreme court thing affects public toilets for trans people. In the media they make it sound like trans women have to go on men's bathrooms and trans men in women's bathrooms. But doesn't that still not comply with equality act cos trans people are ...
April 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I don't understand how the supreme court thing affects public toilets for trans people. In the media they make it sound like trans women have to go on men's bathrooms and trans men in women's bathrooms. But doesn't that still not comply with equality act cos trans people are ...
People need to get some ethics and stop wasting their money on harmful, show offy rubbish. And everyone needs to stop being impressed by wealthy people who don't use their wealth for good.
"If you can afford to send Katy Perry to space, you can afford to pay more taxes." #3E
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
People need to get some ethics and stop wasting their money on harmful, show offy rubbish. And everyone needs to stop being impressed by wealthy people who don't use their wealth for good.
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Passive acceptance is not enough. If you have autistic people in your life (and there are a lot of us out there) you need to try to understand autism. @fergus.oolong.co.uk's autistic wisdom on autism and neurodiversity, the double empathy problem, and monotropism:
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Autistics on Autism
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April 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Passive acceptance is not enough. If you have autistic people in your life (and there are a lot of us out there) you need to try to understand autism. @fergus.oolong.co.uk's autistic wisdom on autism and neurodiversity, the double empathy problem, and monotropism:
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Thread
Oh dear. The ABA industry's at it again.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
An Overview of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) is a comprehensive treatment package that has more than 40 years of research to support its effectiveness in individuals diagnosed with autism spect...
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February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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New article in @theconversation.com
summarising our recent research on Autistic people's experience of maternity care is now available: theconversation.com/autistic-wom...
summarising our recent research on Autistic people's experience of maternity care is now available: theconversation.com/autistic-wom...
Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care – new research
Autistic women report feeling unheard, misunderstood and even unsafe during pregnancy and childbirth, according to new research.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New article in @theconversation.com
summarising our recent research on Autistic people's experience of maternity care is now available: theconversation.com/autistic-wom...
summarising our recent research on Autistic people's experience of maternity care is now available: theconversation.com/autistic-wom...
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Weird Pride Day 2025 is just around the corner!
Which is to say, it's on the 4th of March, and today is the 14th of February.
We're not exactly sure how time works, there may or may not be a corner involved.
weirdpride.day/wpd2025
Which is to say, it's on the 4th of March, and today is the 14th of February.
We're not exactly sure how time works, there may or may not be a corner involved.
weirdpride.day/wpd2025
2025 - Weird Pride Day
Welcome to Weird Pride Day Five, happening on 2025-03-04. Since 2021, the 4th of March has been a day to celebrate all the ways there are to be weird without hurting anyone else. Humans are a strange ...
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February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Weird Pride Day 2025 is just around the corner!
Which is to say, it's on the 4th of March, and today is the 14th of February.
We're not exactly sure how time works, there may or may not be a corner involved.
weirdpride.day/wpd2025
Which is to say, it's on the 4th of March, and today is the 14th of February.
We're not exactly sure how time works, there may or may not be a corner involved.
weirdpride.day/wpd2025
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February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Really looking forward to this! 8 Days to go!
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January 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Really looking forward to this! 8 Days to go!
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#Autscape (the European “autistic conference” in the UK) has a brand new account on BlueSky. Please spread the word!
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
January 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#Autscape (the European “autistic conference” in the UK) has a brand new account on BlueSky. Please spread the word!
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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I have been repeatedly shocked over the years at what a good company Costco seems to be. I’d never ever have guessed
Costco To Shareholders: DEI And Inclusive Leadership Is Non-Negotiable
Costco defies shareholder pressure and reaffirms its strong commitment to DEI, prioritizing an inclusive workplace despite concerns raised about potential risks.
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December 28, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I have been repeatedly shocked over the years at what a good company Costco seems to be. I’d never ever have guessed
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"Our autistic children are doing their best to survive in schools. We need to move beyond the old mantras & myths around reasons-for-behaviour, and into a present & future where we understand deeply and work collaboratively." @annmemmott.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/beha...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:11 AM
"Our autistic children are doing their best to survive in schools. We need to move beyond the old mantras & myths around reasons-for-behaviour, and into a present & future where we understand deeply and work collaboratively." @annmemmott.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/beha...
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/beha...
Retweeting this to find it later so I can read some of the papers.
How bad is autism research?
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
Well, this thread looks at alleged 'inappropriate sexual behaviour' from autistic people.
Or, rather, the lack of research evidence of this, as it turns out.
I took another starting point. Leung & team's research paper of 2024.
They rely on three other research papers:/
December 9, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Retweeting this to find it later so I can read some of the papers.
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It's so bizarre how much disinformation there is about trans people. I know that we're lied to about lots of things, but the campaign against trans healthcare, inclusion and human rights is just *so pervasive* and involves so many claims which are demonstrably completely untrue.
If you're cis, one thing I'd like to impart with regards to trans people is that you are being lied to on an almost unfathomable scale, from billionaires like Musk, to religious fundamentalist groups, to print and broadcast media, to entire governments, they're committed to spreading malinformation.
Literally this.
If you are a cis person, even if you are an expert in some field that affects trans people, and you *think* you know some facts about trans people, I can almost guarantee you believe some things that are insanely wrong.
If you are a cis person, even if you are an expert in some field that affects trans people, and you *think* you know some facts about trans people, I can almost guarantee you believe some things that are insanely wrong.
December 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
It's so bizarre how much disinformation there is about trans people. I know that we're lied to about lots of things, but the campaign against trans healthcare, inclusion and human rights is just *so pervasive* and involves so many claims which are demonstrably completely untrue.
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December 1, 2024 at 4:10 PM
@plutopress.bsky.social has a half price holiday sale including on Empire of Normality - convert your family to neurodivergent Marxism this Christmas!
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“It ruined my ability to say no, taught me that I didn’t have bodily autonomy and primed me for abuse later in life. I can only imagine how much worse other people might have it. 😦 ”
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"Simply put, ABA was structured to destroy my self-confidence and agency for not following arbitrary cultural rules." From personal stories from those formerly enrolled in ABA:
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personal stories from those formerly enrolled in ABA
These stories were all obtained anonymously via google forms survey. Some of these are quoted from parents or loved ones and others are quoted from autistics. From parents: “We had a newer pr…
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November 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
“It ruined my ability to say no, taught me that I didn’t have bodily autonomy and primed me for abuse later in life. I can only imagine how much worse other people might have it. 😦 ”
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