Carol Greenburg
@autisticenough.bsky.social
Autistic parent of autistic artist, athlete etc. about whom I’ll never stop kvelling. Editor at @thinkingautism.bsky.social. Fan of democratic governance & real science. U should read Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes. Love gardens & teatime.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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It’s important to remember that often, when an autistic person is struggling, they are not being “bad” or trying to do something to you personally—even though it can feel like that, especially if they’re screaming at you or making you angry. Per Brent White:
thinkingautismguide.com/2016/11/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2016/11/auti...
Autistic Insights on Meltdowns, Aggression, and Self-Injury — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
It’s important to remember that when an autistic person is struggling or having aggression, they are not being “bad,” and it's not personal.
thinkingautismguide.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 AM
It’s important to remember that often, when an autistic person is struggling, they are not being “bad” or trying to do something to you personally—even though it can feel like that, especially if they’re screaming at you or making you angry. Per Brent White:
thinkingautismguide.com/2016/11/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2016/11/auti...
Friends, I know money is short all around now, so if u are not in a position to donate, could you please boost the signal to help my family members in Minneapolis?
htlcmpls.org
htlcmpls.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Friends, I know money is short all around now, so if u are not in a position to donate, could you please boost the signal to help my family members in Minneapolis?
htlcmpls.org
htlcmpls.org
I have family at risk in Minneapolis. I just donated to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s Immigration Justice Fund 2 help them & their neighbors. On the donation page, you can earmark the Immigration Justice Fund as the recipient. Holy Trinity is near George Floyd Square & Renee Good's neighborhood.
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I have family at risk in Minneapolis. I just donated to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s Immigration Justice Fund 2 help them & their neighbors. On the donation page, you can earmark the Immigration Justice Fund as the recipient. Holy Trinity is near George Floyd Square & Renee Good's neighborhood.
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What can be destroyed by the truth should be. That includes the idea that ICE's depravity "isn't American".
If you can't find inspiration in being *better* than the US' past, if you need an imagined noble past to harken to, that's a problem. That's conservative propaganda talking, throw it away.
If you can't find inspiration in being *better* than the US' past, if you need an imagined noble past to harken to, that's a problem. That's conservative propaganda talking, throw it away.
”but it’s demoralizing to hear that the US has always targeted populations in this way”
Oh I’m sorry that imagining having to live like a Black person feels hard for you
Obviously we are all here to serve — for free! — your fragile emotional state
Oh I’m sorry that imagining having to live like a Black person feels hard for you
Obviously we are all here to serve — for free! — your fragile emotional state
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
What can be destroyed by the truth should be. That includes the idea that ICE's depravity "isn't American".
If you can't find inspiration in being *better* than the US' past, if you need an imagined noble past to harken to, that's a problem. That's conservative propaganda talking, throw it away.
If you can't find inspiration in being *better* than the US' past, if you need an imagined noble past to harken to, that's a problem. That's conservative propaganda talking, throw it away.
Miss him every day.
@stevesilberman.bsky.social used his well of empathy—which suffused his entire being—to show autistic & neurodivergent people as fully formed humans with rights & delights & happiness & love, with families who loved them & people who loved them—& that they loved back.
tinyurl.com/SteveSilbermanTPGA
tinyurl.com/SteveSilbermanTPGA
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Miss him every day.
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Seven Public Health Organizations Sue Federal Government, Seek Removal of All Current CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Members
Seven public health organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to remove all CDC vaccine advisory (ACIP) members over governance and integrity concerns
Seven public health organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to remove all CDC vaccine advisory (ACIP) members over governance and integrity concerns
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Seven Public Health Organizations Sue Federal Government, Seek Removal of All Current CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Members
Seven public health organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to remove all CDC vaccine advisory (ACIP) members over governance and integrity concerns
Seven public health organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to remove all CDC vaccine advisory (ACIP) members over governance and integrity concerns
Wishing these 7 Public Health organizations endurance and luck with this lawsuit.
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Wishing these 7 Public Health organizations endurance and luck with this lawsuit.
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Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
Don’t go down the pseudoscience rabbit hole. Please, just don’t.
Supplements, diets, herbals, & acupuncture, oh my—none of them are useful for autistic people. That’s according to an analysis of 53 already extended analyses of “complementary & alternative medicine” (CAIM) interventions for autistics. Per @ejwillingham.bsky.social:
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
Uprooting autistic myths planted by the father of ABA
"...autistic people don't lack humanity. Research just lacked the humanity to see it."
buttondown.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Don’t go down the pseudoscience rabbit hole. Please, just don’t.
Not far from where we live.
When the haters target their cruelty at innocent American children, they have lost their moral compass and humanity.
Oh, if you're responding, please stick to the subject at hand, okay?
#JewHate
Oh, if you're responding, please stick to the subject at hand, okay?
#JewHate
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Not far from where we live.
I live in Distict 11. 🤞
Major news from New York: A state judge just overturned part of the congressional map, potentially giving Democrats a chance to redraw it for 2026.
If this ruling is upheld, the Staten Island-based 11th District would flip from safely Republican to Democratic-leaning at the very least
If this ruling is upheld, the Staten Island-based 11th District would flip from safely Republican to Democratic-leaning at the very least
#BREAKING: Justice Pearlman has ruled that New York’s 11th Congressional District is unconstitutional under the New York constitution.
He orders the NY Redistricting Commission to reconvene and draw a new congressional map by Feb. 6, 2026.
He orders the NY Redistricting Commission to reconvene and draw a new congressional map by Feb. 6, 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I live in Distict 11. 🤞
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Correction: I deleted a post about Democrats possibly being able to redraw the rest of the New York congressional map for 2026 if this ruling stands.
This ruling is limited to the 11th District, so it's unclear how Democrats would have the ability to target other GOP districts.
Link to the ruling:
This ruling is limited to the 11th District, so it's unclear how Democrats would have the ability to target other GOP districts.
Link to the ruling:
iapps.courts.state.ny.us
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Correction: I deleted a post about Democrats possibly being able to redraw the rest of the New York congressional map for 2026 if this ruling stands.
This ruling is limited to the 11th District, so it's unclear how Democrats would have the ability to target other GOP districts.
Link to the ruling:
This ruling is limited to the 11th District, so it's unclear how Democrats would have the ability to target other GOP districts.
Link to the ruling:
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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This. We must build a massive national movement & that will require many on-ramps…
…but no easy outs for those part of the pundit class or institutional leadership actively pushing collaboration or worse. Embrace institutional shifts, hold leaders accountable.
& FUCK that guy specifically.
…but no easy outs for those part of the pundit class or institutional leadership actively pushing collaboration or worse. Embrace institutional shifts, hold leaders accountable.
& FUCK that guy specifically.
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This. We must build a massive national movement & that will require many on-ramps…
…but no easy outs for those part of the pundit class or institutional leadership actively pushing collaboration or worse. Embrace institutional shifts, hold leaders accountable.
& FUCK that guy specifically.
…but no easy outs for those part of the pundit class or institutional leadership actively pushing collaboration or worse. Embrace institutional shifts, hold leaders accountable.
& FUCK that guy specifically.
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And people still ask why women are afraid. “She was asking for it” is the oldest lie patriarchy tells to excuse violent men. These are the attitudes ICE recruits and power protects. State violence feeds on misogyny. May Renee Nicole Good rest in peace. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
And people still ask why women are afraid. “She was asking for it” is the oldest lie patriarchy tells to excuse violent men. These are the attitudes ICE recruits and power protects. State violence feeds on misogyny. May Renee Nicole Good rest in peace. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos
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I hope everyone understands there’s a niche for you even if you’re not physically or mentally able to be in the streets. You could watch peoples kids who are in the streets. Provide heating stations, be the pick up and drop off person for people. Create pools to bond people out of jail.
A poster on the clock app made a great point about what activism looks like for diverse talents.
If you are creative your art is your activism.
If you are someone who loves to cook, offering hot meals to those in need is your activism.
Not everyone should be on the front lines.
If you are creative your art is your activism.
If you are someone who loves to cook, offering hot meals to those in need is your activism.
Not everyone should be on the front lines.
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I hope everyone understands there’s a niche for you even if you’re not physically or mentally able to be in the streets. You could watch peoples kids who are in the streets. Provide heating stations, be the pick up and drop off person for people. Create pools to bond people out of jail.
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My paternal great great grandfather was a slave.
My great great maternal grandmother was a slave
I never met them but I was told how much they loved the IDEA of Americam despite living as teenage slaves
How neither of them ceded their citizenship to ppl who saw them as less than human
My great great maternal grandmother was a slave
I never met them but I was told how much they loved the IDEA of Americam despite living as teenage slaves
How neither of them ceded their citizenship to ppl who saw them as less than human
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
My paternal great great grandfather was a slave.
My great great maternal grandmother was a slave
I never met them but I was told how much they loved the IDEA of Americam despite living as teenage slaves
How neither of them ceded their citizenship to ppl who saw them as less than human
My great great maternal grandmother was a slave
I never met them but I was told how much they loved the IDEA of Americam despite living as teenage slaves
How neither of them ceded their citizenship to ppl who saw them as less than human
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They passed those sentiments down to their descendants
They never wanted us to forget that legality doesn't denote morality because slavery was legal
Seeing what the US government is doing has drained me, depressed me
But
It has not broken me
They never wanted us to forget that legality doesn't denote morality because slavery was legal
Seeing what the US government is doing has drained me, depressed me
But
It has not broken me
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
They passed those sentiments down to their descendants
They never wanted us to forget that legality doesn't denote morality because slavery was legal
Seeing what the US government is doing has drained me, depressed me
But
It has not broken me
They never wanted us to forget that legality doesn't denote morality because slavery was legal
Seeing what the US government is doing has drained me, depressed me
But
It has not broken me
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But WE WILL WIN
We have no choice
We have no choice
a man with his mouth open and the word i am written on his face
ALT: a man with his mouth open and the word i am written on his face
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
But WE WILL WIN
We have no choice
We have no choice
I started having a meltdown this morning over All The Things, but this video helped me re-regulate. If you too are understandably forcasting nothing but catastrophe, I hope it helps you too. youtube.com/shorts/rH6w5...
Trump has regurts
YouTube video by Amanda's Mild Takes
youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I started having a meltdown this morning over All The Things, but this video helped me re-regulate. If you too are understandably forcasting nothing but catastrophe, I hope it helps you too. youtube.com/shorts/rH6w5...
Go NY AG James! #TishJamesHasOurBack
Important news from our New York State Attorney General- @newyorkstateag.bsky.social #LetitiaJames!!!! Thank you for your tireless work to make sure our freedoms are intact and respected! Freedom of the Press is essential to our democracy!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
I'm taking action to support the New York Times’ lawsuit to restore press access to the Pentagon.
Freedom of the press is paramount to our democracy, and the courts must act swiftly to protect the First Amendment of our Constitution.
Freedom of the press is paramount to our democracy, and the courts must act swiftly to protect the First Amendment of our Constitution.
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Go NY AG James! #TishJamesHasOurBack
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Free Link
“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
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
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Free Link
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It is important for us to acknowledge every death caused by #ICELawlessness.
This includes the murder of Keith Porter, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, and at least 33 others who died in #ICE detention.
This includes the murder of Keith Porter, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, and at least 33 others who died in #ICE detention.
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It is important for us to acknowledge every death caused by #ICELawlessness.
This includes the murder of Keith Porter, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, and at least 33 others who died in #ICE detention.
This includes the murder of Keith Porter, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, and at least 33 others who died in #ICE detention.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.