Autistic Science Person
@autsciperson.bsky.social
Autistic consultant and writer with a Masters in Neuroscience.
white, nonbinary. they/them Opinions are my own. #SayNoToABA
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white, nonbinary. they/them Opinions are my own. #SayNoToABA
www.AutisticSciencePerson.com
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so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
![Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.
[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.
[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.
[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreih4xihrkllo4bucwiubjidhjlbjt3k7x6wtzdk776qx67tpcaizli@jpeg)
Here are the steps for how to contact your reps about the bill that will take away insurance coverage for trans healthcare for ADULTS:
1. Go to reps.fyi
2. Put in your address
3. Find your house & senate reps
4. To call type in phone # under name
5. Call the number and use the script in the QT
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1. Go to reps.fyi
2. Put in your address
3. Find your house & senate reps
4. To call type in phone # under name
5. Call the number and use the script in the QT
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Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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I am stunned.
There was a little boy at the library who used to come in and chant “dinosaur! Train!” at me repeatedly.
I thought he was just listing his special interests. I have just been informed there is a show called Dinosaur Train. He was making a request.
I apologize for my poor service.
There was a little boy at the library who used to come in and chant “dinosaur! Train!” at me repeatedly.
I thought he was just listing his special interests. I have just been informed there is a show called Dinosaur Train. He was making a request.
I apologize for my poor service.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I am stunned.
There was a little boy at the library who used to come in and chant “dinosaur! Train!” at me repeatedly.
I thought he was just listing his special interests. I have just been informed there is a show called Dinosaur Train. He was making a request.
I apologize for my poor service.
There was a little boy at the library who used to come in and chant “dinosaur! Train!” at me repeatedly.
I thought he was just listing his special interests. I have just been informed there is a show called Dinosaur Train. He was making a request.
I apologize for my poor service.
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We don't really know how bicycles work.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We don't really know how bicycles work.
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Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
Government Overreach in Healthcare with Puberty Blockers Decision — Rainbow Support Collective
www.rainbowsupportcollective.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
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Walgreens was sold to a private equity firm in August, complete with financing from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
My guess is they're repositioning for resale.
My guess is they're repositioning for resale.
Hourly Walgreens employees will reportedly no longer receive paid time off for six major holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, after the pharmacy giant was acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Walgreens was sold to a private equity firm in August, complete with financing from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
My guess is they're repositioning for resale.
My guess is they're repositioning for resale.
I'm lucky that I binge watched an entire season of A Man on the Inside so that in the last episode, they could remind me to start the dishwasher.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm lucky that I binge watched an entire season of A Man on the Inside so that in the last episode, they could remind me to start the dishwasher.
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Dispatch's success is well-deserved. Speaking personally, I'm happy that there's still a market and an appetite for Telltale-style games.
Hopefully this means that Season 2 will get greenlit! www.ign.com/articles/dis...
Hopefully this means that Season 2 will get greenlit! www.ign.com/articles/dis...
Dispatch, The Superhero Comedy From Former Telltale Devs, Tops 2 Million Players - IGN
Dispatch, the superhero workplace comedy from former Telltale devs, has topped two million players.
www.ign.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dispatch's success is well-deserved. Speaking personally, I'm happy that there's still a market and an appetite for Telltale-style games.
Hopefully this means that Season 2 will get greenlit! www.ign.com/articles/dis...
Hopefully this means that Season 2 will get greenlit! www.ign.com/articles/dis...
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A Cormorant taking off! It amazes me how they are able to do this just after diving underwater.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A Cormorant taking off! It amazes me how they are able to do this just after diving underwater.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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So I just learned now that Netflix's Ed Gein show literally regurgitated the "he's not a real transexual" narrative from Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill (who was inspired by Gein) while still reifying the idea that gender nonconforming figures are dangerous killers. What a shit show. Literally.
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So I just learned now that Netflix's Ed Gein show literally regurgitated the "he's not a real transexual" narrative from Silence of the Lambs' Buffalo Bill (who was inspired by Gein) while still reifying the idea that gender nonconforming figures are dangerous killers. What a shit show. Literally.
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Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
Trump: "I don't think Saudi Arabia would like me too much if we decided to kill oil and natural gas. There's nothing like it. It works. Windmills don't work. Other things -- I don't want to get it into too much -- but they don't work. What does work is natural gas, oil, nuclear, and other things."
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
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This Trump judge recognizes that Trump has destroyed the Department of Justice.
The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This Trump judge recognizes that Trump has destroyed the Department of Justice.
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Would like to make the suggestion (as a autistic) that the causes of autism are somewhere in the unreadacted Epstein Files.
I know this as we haven't ruled it out and the goverment hasn't pursued this. So we obviously need to release them all.
I know this as we haven't ruled it out and the goverment hasn't pursued this. So we obviously need to release them all.
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Would like to make the suggestion (as a autistic) that the causes of autism are somewhere in the unreadacted Epstein Files.
I know this as we haven't ruled it out and the goverment hasn't pursued this. So we obviously need to release them all.
I know this as we haven't ruled it out and the goverment hasn't pursued this. So we obviously need to release them all.
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The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers.
It's a joke.
It's a joke.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers.
It's a joke.
It's a joke.
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The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
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I too do an obscene amount of fitness and it hasnt prevented anything. Putting my autoimmune stuff aside, I haven't been sick since early 2020 because of, guess what, masking at all times when I leave my house. Even when doing Stage 3 and 4 cardio for 1.5 hrs
I dunno, I've been running >120 km/week on a fairly regular basis since about 2013-2014 (on top of whatever functional walking I do) and this hasn't stopped me from getting both infectious and chronic illnesses. Masking post-2020 has meant I've only been infectious illness sick twice tho lol.
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I too do an obscene amount of fitness and it hasnt prevented anything. Putting my autoimmune stuff aside, I haven't been sick since early 2020 because of, guess what, masking at all times when I leave my house. Even when doing Stage 3 and 4 cardio for 1.5 hrs
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Feeling inspired after leading my first @reportforamerica.bsky.social training today on LGBTQ+ news — I got to meet queer and trans journalists who are doing excellent work covering local news across the country. They asked smart questions and want to do right by their communities. 🌟
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Feeling inspired after leading my first @reportforamerica.bsky.social training today on LGBTQ+ news — I got to meet queer and trans journalists who are doing excellent work covering local news across the country. They asked smart questions and want to do right by their communities. 🌟
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US measles cases pass 1,750 as Utah-Arizona outbreak grows www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
US measles cases pass 1,750 as Utah-Arizona outbreak grows
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
US measles cases pass 1,750 as Utah-Arizona outbreak grows www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Please mask up and stop spreading COVID, in memory of Alice.
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Please mask up and stop spreading COVID, in memory of Alice.
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About 75% of these names were on my called shots list because sooo much of the report was just recycling the same mediocre arguments and logical fallacies that all of their “work” is defined by.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
About 75% of these names were on my called shots list because sooo much of the report was just recycling the same mediocre arguments and logical fallacies that all of their “work” is defined by.
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I understand why the HHS didn’t want to reveal the authorship of its anti-trans report. I’d’ve been embarrassed too.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I understand why the HHS didn’t want to reveal the authorship of its anti-trans report. I’d’ve been embarrassed too.
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
I think this needs to be changed to "Anyone who has a miscarriage could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill"
and "Punishing miscarriages will result in many people dying"
and "We want to put 7-10% of the US population in prison for having a uterus."
and "Punishing miscarriages will result in many people dying"
and "We want to put 7-10% of the US population in prison for having a uterus."
Women who get an abortion and anyone who helps them could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill.
It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.
It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.
Women Who Have Abortions Would Face Decades in Prison Under South Carolina Plan
Women who get abortions could spend decades in prison and IUDs would be outlawed under proposed legislation in South Carolina.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I think this needs to be changed to "Anyone who has a miscarriage could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill"
and "Punishing miscarriages will result in many people dying"
and "We want to put 7-10% of the US population in prison for having a uterus."
and "Punishing miscarriages will result in many people dying"
and "We want to put 7-10% of the US population in prison for having a uterus."
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IUDs do not work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. This is wrong and a lie concocted to withhold highly effective long-term contraception
Women who get an abortion and anyone who helps them could face up to 30 years in prison under the bill.
It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.
It appears to ban any contraception that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. That would ban IUDs and could strictly limit in-vitro fertilization.
Women Who Have Abortions Would Face Decades in Prison Under South Carolina Plan
Women who get abortions could spend decades in prison and IUDs would be outlawed under proposed legislation in South Carolina.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
IUDs do not work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. This is wrong and a lie concocted to withhold highly effective long-term contraception