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Beth
@eshirley.bsky.social
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I have a lot of anxiety.
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himal.bsky.social
First working day back for many. It can be easy to get swamped, especially if you’re compensating for gaps.

Wrote this to cover something I’ve seen in many places: effort masquerading as capacity, leading to burnout, how it affects some more than others, and how to not let it become normalised.
Effort Is Not Capacity
Why interest-driven nervous systems burn out in systems that confuse effort for capacity
himalmandalia.medium.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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thinkingautism.com
ABA proponents often claim play-based methods are “evidence-based” bc they produce measurable outcomes. The problem is what they measure. Most studies in ABA research focus on short-term behavior change—not long-term psychological health, identity or self-regulation.
endseclusion.org/2025/10/31/t...
The Illusion of “Play-Based ABA”: The Gentle Mask of Control
One of the newest rebrands of Applied Behavior Analysis is “play-based ABA.” At first glance, it looks comforting to parents and teachers who may have heard critiques of traditional ABA. Instead of a ...
endseclusion.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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kcur.org
BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword
The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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100yearsago.bsky.social
[September 20th, 1925] Advertisement from The Kansas City Star
September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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rholt.bsky.social
25 percent of Americans are 'car poor' and 30 percent of Americans don't/can't drive. So why is preferential treatment given to drivers of cars/trucks driving through where other people live/play/work? Time to change the #Paradigm and overcome #Motonormativity. #Places4People #SafeStreets4All
transitcolumbus.org Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · Jul 31
Not only are cars a massive expense for most households, but they’re creating/perpetuating a debt crisis for a growing number of people.

Forced car dependency causes unnecessary financial strain, especially for low and middle income folks.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Column | More Americans are car poor as they misjudge trade-in math and pile on debt
More than 1 in 4 consumers owe more on their car loans than the vehicle is worth, while car payments of $1,000 have reached a record high.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Me: so Stardew Valley shows us that while it is TECHNICALLY possible to automate more things, allowing for an expanded range of activities and therefore netting more money, but the simple joy and humanity is gone

Them: are you…okay?

Me: RAGE AGAINST THE AUTOPETTER
July 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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ebthen.bsky.social
I literally hate "if they/I can do it, so can you" because that is not how any of this works.
a man wearing a leopard print sweater is looking at the camera .
Alt: Dan Levy as David Rose in Schitt's Creek says, "I don't think it works like that."
media.tenor.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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lukesteuber.com
The whole world right now is being dragged around by like five dudes pissing in the corners to mark territory and I’m sick of it
June 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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lukesteuber.com
This is your periodic reminder that I have the world’s longest ongoing list of accessibility tools for developers and I want more

Thank you carry on. Let me know if links die.

assisted.site/accessibility
April 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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prairievixen.bsky.social
People who do a lot of stuff all the time: why??? How do you??
June 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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cerberusxt.bsky.social
Good morning !
May 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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ruthstewart1.bsky.social
Everyone can read this; it's a free read for everybody! medium.com/@RuthStewart...
What if Everything You Knew About Self-Motivation was Wrong?
Self-compassion vs self-criticism
medium.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
Autism and adhd and the rest are not modern phenomena. The overstimulation and constant barrage of information which causes them to become a disability is, to an extent, a modern phenom.
It’s a complex and multifaceted situation but what it is not, is new.
April 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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audhd-psychnp.com
Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation

Repeat after me: fuck you, make me

If you care about Autistic people

“Fuck you, make me.”
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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rebeccafachner.bsky.social
Oh goodie we’ve got a self proclaimed ‘history buff’ in charge of things.
All us actual historians can breathe easier now. Lol
stephenwest.bsky.social Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · Apr 21
Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.

The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.

But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
She told Trump the Smithsonian needs changing. He’s ordered her to do it.
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the attorney assigned to help remove “improper ideology” from Washington’s most important cultural institution?
wapo.st
April 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
the muppets in famous works of art: thread
Beaker in The Scream by Edvard Munch.
April 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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kleinman.bsky.social
For tycoons, their losses are worth it so they can regain power over people with pronouns in their bio. For them this is spending trillions to never hear a land acknowledgment again. It's worth it to them. They're burning it down so they can be kings of the ashes.
April 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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abeardedpanda.bsky.social
YOU DID WHAT?
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency: We saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 year old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
eshirley.bsky.social
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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chloe166.bsky.social
Now, this is scary: "The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo." wapo.st/4cbTYWM
Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian
The order directs the vice president to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
wapo.st
March 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: The ACLU has filed a sworn declaration from a Venezuelan woman who ICE sought to turn over to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, who declares that "I heard two US government officials talking and they said 'there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.'"
Declaration of S.Z.F.R. 1. I am a woman from Venezuela and I am in detention at Webb County Detention Center in Laredo Texas. My initials are S.Z.F.R. 2. On March 9 at 7 a.m. I was in my dorm in El Paso and was told to get my things together and I was being transferred to another facility. There was one other woman and 14 men who were also transferred with me. 3. I was supposed to have a merits hearing for my asylum claims on March 10th. 4. They took me to the airport in El Paso and I was put on a plane. Already on the plane were many Venezuelan men and three other Venezuelan women. We flew to Laredo. 5. When we got to Laredo we met up with another group of Venezuelan men. 6. There were at least 10 Venezuelan women on the plane. We arrived March 9 in Laredo and were taken to Webb County Detention Center. 7. Thursday of last week, March13th, we were told to gather our belongings and we were driven toward the airport for about an hour. We were told we were being deported to Venezuela. We never made it to the airport. We were sent back to Webb and told it was because of a plane malfunction. 8. On Friday again we were told to gather our belongings and put on the bus at Webb and sat on the bus for about 15 minutes and then were taken back to Webb. 9. Saturday morning we were again told to gather our belongings and get on the bus. We went to the airport and 8 women were put on the plane with me. When we got on the plane there were already over 50 men on the plane. I could see other migrants walking to the plane but we took off before any additional people boarded. 11. Within a couple of minutes of take off I heard two US government officials talking and they said “there is an order saying we can’t take off but we already have.” 12. I asked where we were going and we were told that we were going to Venezuela. 13. Several other people on the plane told me they were in immigration proceedings and awaiting court hearings in immigration court. 14. We were not allowed to open our window shades. 15. We landed somewhere for refueling. We were there for many hours. We were arm and leg shackled the whole time. 16. We took off again and landed fairly quickly. I was then told we were in El Salvador. 17. While on the plane the government officials were asking the men to sign a document and they didn’t want to. The government officials were pushing them to sign the documents and threatening them. I heard them discussing the documents and they were about the men admitting they were members of TdA. 18. After we landed but were still on the plane a woman opened the shade. An officer rushed to shut the shade and pushed her down by her shoulders to try and stop her from looking out. The person that pushed her down had HOU-02 on his sleeve. 19. I saw out the window for a minute and I saw men in military uniforms and another plane. I saw men being led off the plane. Since I’ve been back in the U.S. I have seen news coverage and the plane I saw looks like the one I’ve seen on TV with migrants from the U.S. being delivered to El Salvador. 20. All the men got off the plane. The remaining women asked what happens to us? I was told that the President of El Salvador would not accept women. I was also told that we were going back to detention in the U.S. 21. We left in the middle of the night and landed in the early morning in Laredo. The 8 women who were on the plane were all returned back to the U.S. /s/ S.Z.F.R. S.Z.F.R.
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
eshirley.bsky.social
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
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March 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This is an earned benefit. Every person who gets Social Security has paid for it. When they close a Social Security office, it’s to make it harder for people to get their Social Security. - @rweingarten.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM