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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Aug 5

The only thing more pathetic than these losers now, is them after another 6 months of slurping that dogshit directly into their brains.

The only thing more pathetic than that, is them after the bubble pops and they have to rawdog reality without their temu Misa Amane robot.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 19h

WHERE’S MY AWARD

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Emily L @laskin.bsky.social · 17h

I have a few more of these, if anyone would like one lmk!

Katharine Khamhaengwong @katharinegk.bsky.social · 20h

finished slogging through that bio of shevardnadze so i can finally get started on this (very kindly mailed all the way here by @laskin.bsky.social)

my breakfast and a lovely turquoise and red book titled “tulips in bloom: an anthology of modern central asian literature”

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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 17h

"Billionaires are dangerous. We should tax them until they aren’t. "

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 19h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another example of why "fuck you make me" is the only correct answer to every fascist overreach, and "just this once" is always wrong.

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very pleased that the Guardian did not pass up the opportunity to choose the most hilarious headline possible for this story.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 1d

What people think autism is, vs what autism actually is. #actuallyautistic

Iceberg meme.
Above the line:
What people THINK autism is: flapping hands, poor eye contact, unusual fixations, social awkwardness
Below the line:
What autism ACTUALLY is: having a cute ass, always secretly the funniest person in the room, being a good kisser, luscious thighs, only bad at stuff that sucks anyway, being so sexy all the time, being right about everything all the time

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 1d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

people say to me all the time mr president mr president please, will you eat this lindbergh baby, and i say no you're not al- well i'm allowed i could eat the baby maybe later i'll eat the baby but- baby, what an interesting word, baby, you never hear about babies anymore, unless you're eating them

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 2d

how does that poem go? oh, right. first they came for trans people and I was like "I don't think the majority of the country is going to die on this hill"

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 2d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 3d

endlessly embarrassing that the powers that be here banned Link. just disqualifying.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. It's for sure USED as a screening tool. It's just not statistically much better than flipping a coin, unless the person already knows they're autistic, or has a very high degree of self awareness.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 4d

"Results indicate no association between RAADS-R scores and clinical diagnostic outcome, suggesting the RAADS-R is not an effective screening tool for identifying service users most likely to receive an ASD diagnosis."
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Effectiveness of RAADS-R as a Screening Tool for Adult ASD Populations

Adult referrals to specialist autism spectrum disorder diagnostic services have increased in recent years, placing strain on existing services. It was proposed that the Ritvo Autism Asperger's Diagnos...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 4d

It's not, though. The RAADS-R test is designed to be administered by an allistic therapist, who explains each question and guides the patient through self examination, and then subjectively interprets the score based on the therapist's mystical allistic vibes.

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

"Sometimes I talk too loudly or too softly, and I am not aware of it."

Well, if I'm not AWARE of it, then I can't reasonably KNOW about it, now CAN I??

I hate this test so goddamn much, but it's fun to be reminded of how awful it is and rant about it recreationally, thanks for the reminder.

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

The only question that matters:
How many notes do you have regarding the ambiguity of these questions?

Like, listen Dr. Raads-R, IF that's even your real name, some parties are IN libraries, you ever think of THAT?

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d

you have to imagine the power of flight would be at least as exhausting as jogging

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👻 BOO-IXLEE 👻 🤜🏼🎃🤛🏼 @bixlee.bsky.social · 5d

stollen valor

everyone knows that bush did 9/11

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

Like, I have a HUGE list of things I'd much rather futz around with besides ATProto fediverse PDS labelers or whatever the fuck. It's fine if you do, and if you saw my list, you'd be like "why do you care about that?" so maybe you'll understand why I don't get why anyone would care about this.

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

I honestly kind of don't get the fascination with these things. I switched from Twitter to Bluesky because Bluesky got less boring, and Twitter got more fascist. But it looks like the mod team and CEO are behaving very bad and stupidly. Maybe they don't want the job. I sure don't, that's my point.

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not going to switch off the default bluesky PDS to another one. Same reason I don't use Mastodon. If this turns shitty, which it's looking like it might, I'll just bounce, same as with everything else. I don't wanna care about social media federation protocols. I got a website already.

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

The Church of Gravitationism blog.izs.me/2025/10/chur...

The Church of Gravitationism

Writing and Stuff from Isaac Z. Schlueter

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · 5d

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isaacs @isaacs.bsky.social · Aug 27

If you're autistic, watch out dating another autistic person. Might start messing around, and before you know it, you've created an entire religion based on drugs, orbital geometry, color spectrums, prime numbers, weightlifting, and graphs, which honors consent and autonomy but is not NOT a sex cult