Auti Thinking
autithinking.bsky.social
Auti Thinking
@autithinking.bsky.social
Autistic trickster in the Academy| Mask smasher, system tweaker| Deleuze in one hand, baby bottle in the other| Writing weird futures into being| I’m Sara, PhD(c) @ UofT
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Following the lines of flight of Autistic workers dodging the trap of productivity ghosts 👻 Mapping the micropolitics of masking with Deleuze, affect theory, and a healthy disrespect for molar control. #UnbecomingasMethod #PostQualLife
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Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies Symposium is run by three PhD students.

So... let's meet the team. First up, @kmunday.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Following the lines of flight of Autistic workers dodging the trap of productivity ghosts 👻 Mapping the micropolitics of masking with Deleuze, affect theory, and a healthy disrespect for molar control. #UnbecomingasMethod #PostQualLife
April 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Luv it
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
SURVEY 4 CANADIAN ACTIVISTS

The federal gov’t is expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). It’s considering advanced requests for MAiD for dementia. The gov’t has put out a survey through which Canadians can indicate whether or not this MAiD expansion should be permitted.
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“It was not the epidemic that made autism visible, but the visibility of autism that made the epidemic” Gil Eyal
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Autism Speaks Canada is closing down. Does anyone know what happened? Also wonder if they’re going to rebrand like the UK did. I would like to celebrate but I am
suspicious. www.autismspeaks.ca/autism-speak...
Autism Speaks Canada operational update
After nearly two decades, Autism Speaks Canada will cease operations on January 31, 2025.
www.autismspeaks.ca
December 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
What is the alternative to bookmarking posts on Blue Sky? What have people been doing? I need some suggestions.
December 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
December 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

This was probably my most viral tweet. I've seen it pop up in a lot of quote aggregators, sometimes attributed to a wonderful but definitely not-me filmmaker.
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 AM
I’m reviewing the literature written about the neurodiversity movement and it’s aggravating. Where did all these misconceptions come from? Why are there academics who think neurodiversity doesn’t include disability?
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
If you follow me, I will follow you back. Apologies if I have missed someone. If I don’t catch you now, I’ll catch you later.
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Some is feeling Christmas-y in my home town
November 18, 2024 at 3:56 AM
I am finally finding fellow Autistics on Blue Sky! I am so excited!
a cat wearing a party hat is sitting on a bed and blowing a party horn
ALT: a cat wearing a party hat is sitting on a bed and blowing a party horn
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I was so consumed by my newsfeed, I almost brought my phone into the shower with me 🙃
November 9, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Misinformation on Facebook about COVID vaccine cost 12,097 American lives. Job well done Zuck. 😡
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Preprint w/o paywall.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook
Low uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in the US has been widely attributed to social media misinformation. To evaluate this claim, we introduce a framework combining lab experiments (total N = 18,725), c...
www.science.org
July 25, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Americans are bonkers. Not all Americans, but most of them.
That’s all.
November 7, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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I'm seeking stories for CHOICES: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror

I want stories from women (yes, including trans women), trans men & nonbinary folks about the horrors that occur when your reproductive rights are threatened or taken away

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Submissions call for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror
Few things are more horrifying than having your bodily autonomy stripped away. Unfortunately, for people of marginalized genders, this is a common experience. Our autonomy and choices, especially t…
pressesrenaissancepress.ca
October 16, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Look what Temu has on clearance today! Some people think it’s so trendy but looks like it’s not a popular feature after all.
October 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
It’s nice to gain some followers and start to follow others on here. I would love to leave Twitter, but it seems a lot of us are stuck in that hell fire.
December 30, 2023 at 7:46 PM
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August 5, 2023 at 7:53 PM