Encephalophagy 🎃
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Not Sapphic as in Poetry but Dyke as in General Strike.
Leftism, Autism & Luddism | Gender Apathetic | BLM, Right-Wing Policies Kill, Trans Rights Are Human Rights, End Genocide 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
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Leftism, Autism & Luddism | Gender Apathetic | BLM, Right-Wing Policies Kill, Trans Rights Are Human Rights, End Genocide 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
Before DMing me please read this: https://nohello.net/en
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One like, one tip to survive in neurotypical society as an autistic or otherwise neurodivergent person.
One like, one tip to survive in neurotypical society as an autistic or otherwise neurodivergent person.
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You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
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So my special interests have been "less intense" lately bc job and depression
but like a week ago or so I got triggered like a sleeper agent & sent AN HOUR AND A HALF worth of voice texts about Star Trek to this guy I don't know that my partner is getting acquainted with.
And I had to stop myself.
but like a week ago or so I got triggered like a sleeper agent & sent AN HOUR AND A HALF worth of voice texts about Star Trek to this guy I don't know that my partner is getting acquainted with.
And I had to stop myself.
Those "Could you talk for x amount of time without notes" challenges have always been hilarious to me. I could talk about my special interests for days at a time, the struggle is knowing when to stop!
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
So my special interests have been "less intense" lately bc job and depression
but like a week ago or so I got triggered like a sleeper agent & sent AN HOUR AND A HALF worth of voice texts about Star Trek to this guy I don't know that my partner is getting acquainted with.
And I had to stop myself.
but like a week ago or so I got triggered like a sleeper agent & sent AN HOUR AND A HALF worth of voice texts about Star Trek to this guy I don't know that my partner is getting acquainted with.
And I had to stop myself.
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This anti-Allistic propaganda is so cruel…
People with Allism don't know how to act better. They all need intensive A(llistic)pplied Behaviour Analysis to learn how to act Normal. No it's not abusive or traumatic or whatever, don't be dramatic. It's just conversion therapy, which is Good & Not Bad.
People with Allism don't know how to act better. They all need intensive A(llistic)pplied Behaviour Analysis to learn how to act Normal. No it's not abusive or traumatic or whatever, don't be dramatic. It's just conversion therapy, which is Good & Not Bad.
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This anti-Allistic propaganda is so cruel…
People with Allism don't know how to act better. They all need intensive A(llistic)pplied Behaviour Analysis to learn how to act Normal. No it's not abusive or traumatic or whatever, don't be dramatic. It's just conversion therapy, which is Good & Not Bad.
People with Allism don't know how to act better. They all need intensive A(llistic)pplied Behaviour Analysis to learn how to act Normal. No it's not abusive or traumatic or whatever, don't be dramatic. It's just conversion therapy, which is Good & Not Bad.
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I am doing this one more and more as time flies. Really.
"Oh you got nothing of what I said except my tone which was a reflection of my inner state and not part of the message. Yeah, probably that is because you're Not Autistic"
"Oh you got nothing of what I said except my tone which was a reflection of my inner state and not part of the message. Yeah, probably that is because you're Not Autistic"
You're Not Autistic? Oh, that explains everything! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I am doing this one more and more as time flies. Really.
"Oh you got nothing of what I said except my tone which was a reflection of my inner state and not part of the message. Yeah, probably that is because you're Not Autistic"
"Oh you got nothing of what I said except my tone which was a reflection of my inner state and not part of the message. Yeah, probably that is because you're Not Autistic"
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“Pick a subject that you could talk about for 30 minutes, no notes.” Me: what do you want know about? Never considered autism, always been weird.
Bleuler’s 1911 definition was describing schizophrenia.
Bleuler’s 1911 definition was describing schizophrenia.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Pick a subject that you could talk about for 30 minutes, no notes.” Me: what do you want know about? Never considered autism, always been weird.
Bleuler’s 1911 definition was describing schizophrenia.
Bleuler’s 1911 definition was describing schizophrenia.
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When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
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As a representative of the charity "Lack of Autism Talks" I think this is an excellent plan, give us money.
I don't have anything against Not Autistic people, I just think we should research their genotype so we can identify what genes cause it. That way we can abort all Not Autistic people so Not Autistic people will stop existing. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a representative of the charity "Lack of Autism Talks" I think this is an excellent plan, give us money.
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
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Tbh this is no small part of why I struggle to trust people’s self assessment of “the person I’m meanest to is myself.” In my personal experience, many of the people who (earnestly!) believe this about themselves are also capable of extraordinary cruelty to fat people, but they don’t see it.
HARD AGREE. There’s also such a big gap in how the impacts are conceptualized: there’s a belief that 4chan/incel forums direct their toxicity outward, while pro-ana forums are seen as directing theirs inward, which ignores the massive and ruthless trolling that pro-ana folks aim at fat people.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Tbh this is no small part of why I struggle to trust people’s self assessment of “the person I’m meanest to is myself.” In my personal experience, many of the people who (earnestly!) believe this about themselves are also capable of extraordinary cruelty to fat people, but they don’t see it.
I wonder why these accounts almost universally post right-wing content? It's a mystery! /s
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I wonder why these accounts almost universally post right-wing content? It's a mystery! /s
Calling it "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" was such a blunder. All someone has to do is say, "I'm a techno-realist myself," and boom. Owned. No further argument needed.
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Calling it "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" was such a blunder. All someone has to do is say, "I'm a techno-realist myself," and boom. Owned. No further argument needed.
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Users then: oh hell yeah. Gonna watch some porn in the bathroom, thanks buddy
Users now: jesus fucking christ you guys keep trying to make me join the human centipede, I enjoy both having a mouth and being able to scream you dipshits
Users now: jesus fucking christ you guys keep trying to make me join the human centipede, I enjoy both having a mouth and being able to scream you dipshits
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Users then: oh hell yeah. Gonna watch some porn in the bathroom, thanks buddy
Users now: jesus fucking christ you guys keep trying to make me join the human centipede, I enjoy both having a mouth and being able to scream you dipshits
Users now: jesus fucking christ you guys keep trying to make me join the human centipede, I enjoy both having a mouth and being able to scream you dipshits
My Spanish coworker asks our bilingual Irish coworker how to say "soplete" in English.
She doesn't know. He turns to me--
"Blowtorch," I say, still typing the email.
Both are baffled. How the hell do I know that, they ask.
I don't know, man. I really don't know.
She doesn't know. He turns to me--
"Blowtorch," I say, still typing the email.
Both are baffled. How the hell do I know that, they ask.
I don't know, man. I really don't know.
Ways being a high-masking autistic person is similar to being a fluent speaker of English as a second language, a thread:
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My Spanish coworker asks our bilingual Irish coworker how to say "soplete" in English.
She doesn't know. He turns to me--
"Blowtorch," I say, still typing the email.
Both are baffled. How the hell do I know that, they ask.
I don't know, man. I really don't know.
She doesn't know. He turns to me--
"Blowtorch," I say, still typing the email.
Both are baffled. How the hell do I know that, they ask.
I don't know, man. I really don't know.
There's this viral TikTok claiming men "rigged natural evolution" by forcing women to have violent men's babies, and is it just me, or is that just girlboss eugenics?
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There's this viral TikTok claiming men "rigged natural evolution" by forcing women to have violent men's babies, and is it just me, or is that just girlboss eugenics?
One time at the dentist they complimented me on my oral hygiene, and I've been chasing that high ever since.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
One time at the dentist they complimented me on my oral hygiene, and I've been chasing that high ever since.
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Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Nothing like fucking up time management so thoroughly that you end up having for breakfast cold beans straight from the can Rorschach-style to remind you that you ain't shit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nothing like fucking up time management so thoroughly that you end up having for breakfast cold beans straight from the can Rorschach-style to remind you that you ain't shit.
My Taylor Swift hot take is that her parents did irremediable damage to her by homeschooling her.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My Taylor Swift hot take is that her parents did irremediable damage to her by homeschooling her.
My Roman Empire is that being interested in Roman history is a fascist dog whistle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My Roman Empire is that being interested in Roman history is a fascist dog whistle.
My toxic character is that I cannot sympathise with female characters who fall for obvious red flags, which means I find 80% of psychological thrillers and 99% of romcoms unwatchable.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My toxic character is that I cannot sympathise with female characters who fall for obvious red flags, which means I find 80% of psychological thrillers and 99% of romcoms unwatchable.
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Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
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November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Interviewed someone for the team and he casually mentioned his boyfriend. The way I scrambled to bring up I'm also queer. I really need to get the courage to start wearing my rainbow flag bracelet to work.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Interviewed someone for the team and he casually mentioned his boyfriend. The way I scrambled to bring up I'm also queer. I really need to get the courage to start wearing my rainbow flag bracelet to work.
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so, as someone who has unfortunate tendencies towards being passive aggressive (I’m working on it), there is a third thing:
- I am afraid that communicating directly will be punished or otherwise result in something bad
- I am afraid that communicating directly will be punished or otherwise result in something bad
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
so, as someone who has unfortunate tendencies towards being passive aggressive (I’m working on it), there is a third thing:
- I am afraid that communicating directly will be punished or otherwise result in something bad
- I am afraid that communicating directly will be punished or otherwise result in something bad
When you're like me, you get a lot of people who think they know better.
People who tell you that you should act a certain way, look a certain way, think a certain way.
Mostly, you get people who think they know you better than you do.
People who tell you that you should act a certain way, look a certain way, think a certain way.
Mostly, you get people who think they know you better than you do.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When you're like me, you get a lot of people who think they know better.
People who tell you that you should act a certain way, look a certain way, think a certain way.
Mostly, you get people who think they know you better than you do.
People who tell you that you should act a certain way, look a certain way, think a certain way.
Mostly, you get people who think they know you better than you do.