Bob Allison
@bob-allison.bsky.social
Could the CMB be our future running away from us, rather than a remnant of the past?
June 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Could the CMB be our future running away from us, rather than a remnant of the past?
If you crossed the event horizon of a black hole and saw your feet start to accelerate away from you, how would you know if you had gone in headfirst, or feet first?
June 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you crossed the event horizon of a black hole and saw your feet start to accelerate away from you, how would you know if you had gone in headfirst, or feet first?
“…findings are not consistent with a social deficit model of autism, as autistic adults often established rapport with partners in a group setting. Their level of rapport, however, depended strongly on the social context, particularly whether other autistic people were also in the group.”
Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults - Sarah J Foster, Robert A Ackerman, Charlotte EH Wilks, Michelle Dodd, Rachel Calderon, Danielle Ropar, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Catherine J Crompton, Noah J Sasson, 2025
Although autistic adults may establish better dyadic rapport with autistic relative to non-autistic partners, it is unclear whether this extends to group settin...
journals.sagepub.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“…findings are not consistent with a social deficit model of autism, as autistic adults often established rapport with partners in a group setting. Their level of rapport, however, depended strongly on the social context, particularly whether other autistic people were also in the group.”
If you hold on to Yesterday, it becomes Today’s dark energy.
May 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you hold on to Yesterday, it becomes Today’s dark energy.
Much of genius is revealing the obvious without upsetting the powerful.
May 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Much of genius is revealing the obvious without upsetting the powerful.
Feelings have always been invalidated. The veil has dropped. I mask a pocket of magma where the heat had nowhere to go.
May 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Feelings have always been invalidated. The veil has dropped. I mask a pocket of magma where the heat had nowhere to go.
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TFW you’re doing listening wrong
Watch the full episode of The Daily Tism News on YouTube now!
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April 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
TFW you’re doing listening wrong
Watch the full episode of The Daily Tism News on YouTube now!
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Watch the full episode of The Daily Tism News on YouTube now!
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Raccoons can also sleep in their dens for several weeks at a time and vocalise by screaming, whistling, hissing, growling and snarling. They can react badly when cornered by humans, and can even attack if they need to, although they’d rather retreat. The more I read, the more I related.
I unmasked my autism and found out I was five raccoons in an overcoat
Ever since my autism diagnosis six years ago, I’ve struggled with my identity. After years of masking my autistic traits, I wasn’t even sure who I really was underneath it all. It’s taken many years a...
thedailytism.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Raccoons can also sleep in their dens for several weeks at a time and vocalise by screaming, whistling, hissing, growling and snarling. They can react badly when cornered by humans, and can even attack if they need to, although they’d rather retreat. The more I read, the more I related.
Opt out of Release of Medical Records for Medical or Scientific Research
April 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Opt out of Release of Medical Records for Medical or Scientific Research
I wonder how many of our Disabled community feel this? www.healthline.com/health/chero...
Cherophobia: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
www.healthline.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I wonder how many of our Disabled community feel this? www.healthline.com/health/chero...
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Good job team America
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April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Good job team America
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As if the queue for the Ladies in this country isn’t long enough already, you’ve now got to prove you’re biologically female to get in them.
What criteria are going to be used to challenge someone?
And where do trans men fit into all this?
What criteria are going to be used to challenge someone?
And where do trans men fit into all this?
April 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As if the queue for the Ladies in this country isn’t long enough already, you’ve now got to prove you’re biologically female to get in them.
What criteria are going to be used to challenge someone?
And where do trans men fit into all this?
What criteria are going to be used to challenge someone?
And where do trans men fit into all this?
When an Autistic person does not reciprocate small talk, does the Allistic person experience a form of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria?
April 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When an Autistic person does not reciprocate small talk, does the Allistic person experience a form of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria?
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Jim Sinclair advised parents of autistic kids "Don't Mourn For Us," acknowledging that grief over the unexpected is natural—but that parents need to work past any grief over a fantasy "normal" child, & instead focus on understanding the autistic child they have.
philosophy.ucsc.edu/SinclairDont...
philosophy.ucsc.edu/SinclairDont...
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Jim Sinclair advised parents of autistic kids "Don't Mourn For Us," acknowledging that grief over the unexpected is natural—but that parents need to work past any grief over a fantasy "normal" child, & instead focus on understanding the autistic child they have.
philosophy.ucsc.edu/SinclairDont...
philosophy.ucsc.edu/SinclairDont...
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“I’m praying vaccines do cause autism, because Deborah could really do with a dose.”
Vaccines cause autism? Autistic woman longs to jab neurotypical colleague
Despite scientific research having conclusively debunked the claim, an autistic woman is still hoping vaccines do, in fact, cause autism, it has been rumoured. Emma Bernard, 27, from Ancoats, has re...
thedailytism.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“I’m praying vaccines do cause autism, because Deborah could really do with a dose.”
sunlit garden seat
recuperation it is
a jungle out there
recuperation it is
a jungle out there
March 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
sunlit garden seat
recuperation it is
a jungle out there
recuperation it is
a jungle out there
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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#oedantedatings
6-year antedating of keeper (n. sense 6a) ‘clasp, catch’ (in #OED from 1578)
Item paid for nayles for churche gate latches and kepers – vid. (1572) [Ashwell]
A. Palmer, Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts, #Hertfordshire Record Publications vol. 1 (Herts Record Society, 1985), p. 14
6-year antedating of keeper (n. sense 6a) ‘clasp, catch’ (in #OED from 1578)
Item paid for nayles for churche gate latches and kepers – vid. (1572) [Ashwell]
A. Palmer, Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts, #Hertfordshire Record Publications vol. 1 (Herts Record Society, 1985), p. 14
January 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#oedantedatings
6-year antedating of keeper (n. sense 6a) ‘clasp, catch’ (in #OED from 1578)
Item paid for nayles for churche gate latches and kepers – vid. (1572) [Ashwell]
A. Palmer, Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts, #Hertfordshire Record Publications vol. 1 (Herts Record Society, 1985), p. 14
6-year antedating of keeper (n. sense 6a) ‘clasp, catch’ (in #OED from 1578)
Item paid for nayles for churche gate latches and kepers – vid. (1572) [Ashwell]
A. Palmer, Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts, #Hertfordshire Record Publications vol. 1 (Herts Record Society, 1985), p. 14
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Autistic kids are being turned trans against their will, claims a woman who’s never tried to feed an autistic child a vegetable.
thedailytism.com/autistic-kid...
thedailytism.com/autistic-kid...
Autistic kids tricked into going trans, says woman who’s never tried to make an autistic child do anything they don’t want to
Autistic kids are being turned trans against their will, claims a woman who’s never tried to feed an autistic child a vegetable. Prominent anti-trans campaigner Karen Hoyland, 42, said: “I’m very conc...
thedailytism.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Autistic kids are being turned trans against their will, claims a woman who’s never tried to feed an autistic child a vegetable.
thedailytism.com/autistic-kid...
thedailytism.com/autistic-kid...
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“The latest statistics turn our concept of autism on its head. Gone are the days where an autistic person would be thought of as an unlovable weirdo – this data encourages us to think of them as more of a sort of Austin Powers figure.”
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Rising autism diagnoses confirm that we totally fuck
A recent public health report has revealed that autism is more common than previously thought, confirming that autistic people are really good at sex. The government-commissioned report found a stagge...
thedailytism.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“The latest statistics turn our concept of autism on its head. Gone are the days where an autistic person would be thought of as an unlovable weirdo – this data encourages us to think of them as more of a sort of Austin Powers figure.”
thedailytism.com/rising-autis...
thedailytism.com/rising-autis...
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“I was blown away by the glaring lighting and below average chatter,” said chief executive Gavin Monks, 39, who presented the certificate during a ceremony. “Along with the overly elaborate processes that don’t make sense, it’s a big win for the team.”
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Hats off! Workplace officially recognised as autism unfriendly
A company has won a prestigious award for being completely inaccessible to autistic people. "I was blown away by the glaring lighting and below average chatter," said chief executive Gavin Monks, 39, ...
thedailytism.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“I was blown away by the glaring lighting and below average chatter,” said chief executive Gavin Monks, 39, who presented the certificate during a ceremony. “Along with the overly elaborate processes that don’t make sense, it’s a big win for the team.”
thedailytism.com/hats-off-wor...
thedailytism.com/hats-off-wor...
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“Seriously, Dexter isn’t always like this. It’s just a one-off bad day. This is an extraordinary 208th one off in a row, so statistically, tomorrow HAS to be a good one.”
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Weird! Autistic woman’s pattern spotting fails to detect shit boyfriend
An autistic woman who can predict complex sociological behaviours based on historical patterns is mysteriously unable to turn this ability on her boyfriend. Paige Thomas, 28, can analyse large amounts...
thedailytism.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“Seriously, Dexter isn’t always like this. It’s just a one-off bad day. This is an extraordinary 208th one off in a row, so statistically, tomorrow HAS to be a good one.”
thedailytism.com/weird-autist...
thedailytism.com/weird-autist...
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Well, this is a mess.
I looked at the study, alleging that speaking another language is some sort of magic cure for autism (paraphrased). Sigh.
Let's look at some bits.
21 autistic children who spoke more than one language at least 'moderately' well.
One of them was a girl.
Yes, sample size, one./
I looked at the study, alleging that speaking another language is some sort of magic cure for autism (paraphrased). Sigh.
Let's look at some bits.
21 autistic children who spoke more than one language at least 'moderately' well.
One of them was a girl.
Yes, sample size, one./
This one being doing the rounds in education. I have questions regarding social communication deficit model and the idea that's something to even "cure". Calling @annmemmott.bsky.social if you can glance it over 😳 before every starts teaching French for kids autism....
Multilingualism Boosts Cognitive Skills in Children With Autism - Neuroscience News
Children in multilingual households, including those with autism, demonstrate stronger executive functions, such as inhibition, flexibility, and perspective-taking, compared to monolingual peers.
neurosciencenews.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Well, this is a mess.
I looked at the study, alleging that speaking another language is some sort of magic cure for autism (paraphrased). Sigh.
Let's look at some bits.
21 autistic children who spoke more than one language at least 'moderately' well.
One of them was a girl.
Yes, sample size, one./
I looked at the study, alleging that speaking another language is some sort of magic cure for autism (paraphrased). Sigh.
Let's look at some bits.
21 autistic children who spoke more than one language at least 'moderately' well.
One of them was a girl.
Yes, sample size, one./