Brían O'Byrne
@brianobyrne.me
IT nerd. Late dx #autistic, #ADHD. Ace. Antifa. Lots of interests in STEM stuff and related law and public policy.
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Brían O'Byrne
@brianobyrne.me
· Oct 17
Sexism. Racism. Homophobia. Transphobia. Ableism. Anti immigrant. Anti jew. Anti muslim. Anti christian. Supremacism.
These are all the same problem. Any belief or ideology that puts one demographic of person against another is inherently evil.
Human rights means all humans.
These are all the same problem. Any belief or ideology that puts one demographic of person against another is inherently evil.
Human rights means all humans.
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Written by the father of a trans girl…
“When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls.
Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
“When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls.
Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
Why the War on Trans Girls Is a War on Girlhood
Excluding trans girls is controlling who can be girls, and who can't, further dividing children and causing harm
medium.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Written by the father of a trans girl…
“When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls.
Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
“When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls.
Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””
I don't know if it is possible to say this without sounding like a junkie, but for the record: ADHD drugs are the best!
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I don't know if it is possible to say this without sounding like a junkie, but for the record: ADHD drugs are the best!
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Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
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In my post yesterday asking for feedback on my 'need a seat' card, several people replied saying they'd find a queue card useful - so I thought I'd share our queue card - or 'wait in line' - as that's more internationally understood. A way to ask for what you need without needing to find -
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In my post yesterday asking for feedback on my 'need a seat' card, several people replied saying they'd find a queue card useful - so I thought I'd share our queue card - or 'wait in line' - as that's more internationally understood. A way to ask for what you need without needing to find -
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Banning trans women from sports is the gateway drug to dehumanizing and excluding all trans people from all of society.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Banning trans women from sports is the gateway drug to dehumanizing and excluding all trans people from all of society.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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Elon should understand that this our continent and we have our rules here. If Musk feels like he does not want to abide by these rules with his platform, he might as well pull Twitter from the EU market. Personally I do not think that the EU would suffer that much from it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon should understand that this our continent and we have our rules here. If Musk feels like he does not want to abide by these rules with his platform, he might as well pull Twitter from the EU market. Personally I do not think that the EU would suffer that much from it.
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Jfc, avoiding infectious disease is good, vaccines don't cause autism, and also autistic people are, like, people and not scary punchlines.
Eugenicist merchants of death.
Eugenicist merchants of death.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Jfc, avoiding infectious disease is good, vaccines don't cause autism, and also autistic people are, like, people and not scary punchlines.
Eugenicist merchants of death.
Eugenicist merchants of death.
X is welcome to leave the EU market entirely if they don't want to abide by EU laws.
Here's your coat; the door is over there...
Here's your coat; the door is over there...
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
X is welcome to leave the EU market entirely if they don't want to abide by EU laws.
Here's your coat; the door is over there...
Here's your coat; the door is over there...
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And because I’ve HAD IT, here is that piece again on #RFKjr and his #autism database…
brandy-schillace.medium.com/rfk-jr-s-aut...
brandy-schillace.medium.com/rfk-jr-s-aut...
RFK Jr.’s Autism Database: Is it Nazi?
A series of short, helpful essays explaining that yes, it probably is.
brandy-schillace.medium.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And because I’ve HAD IT, here is that piece again on #RFKjr and his #autism database…
brandy-schillace.medium.com/rfk-jr-s-aut...
brandy-schillace.medium.com/rfk-jr-s-aut...
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onlooker: [insufferable whining] but Aslynn! Self diagnosis is baaaad 😠
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
onlooker: [insufferable whining] but Aslynn! Self diagnosis is baaaad 😠
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
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As a bioethicist, I also feel the need to add that the central issue with eugenics is “it’s evil” not “it’s factually incorrect.” And if we finally learned that, maybe big name bioethicists wouldn’t publish “what if eugenics but hi-tech” every five years.
1. Historically, eugenics was not a pseudoscience. It was *science* Almost every scientist, social scientist, academic, etc. believed in the validity of eugenics. You would have to search far & wide to find a scientist that didn't believe in some form of it. They taught it in college!
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As a bioethicist, I also feel the need to add that the central issue with eugenics is “it’s evil” not “it’s factually incorrect.” And if we finally learned that, maybe big name bioethicists wouldn’t publish “what if eugenics but hi-tech” every five years.
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This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
I think it's fine Chat GPT is telling people how to kill themselves. They'll figure it out one way or another if they're serious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
Israel will be participating in the Eurovision song contest next year, so Ireland will not.
Israel is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza and deserves no comfort from any place or person that values basic human rights.
Israel is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza and deserves no comfort from any place or person that values basic human rights.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Israel will be participating in the Eurovision song contest next year, so Ireland will not.
Israel is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza and deserves no comfort from any place or person that values basic human rights.
Israel is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza and deserves no comfort from any place or person that values basic human rights.
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“A Fox News host talks about executing homeless people—and he’s still on air. Ordinary people lose their jobs for far less. White privilege in action.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“A Fox News host talks about executing homeless people—and he’s still on air. Ordinary people lose their jobs for far less. White privilege in action.”
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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Happy birthday @haveibeenpwned.com! 12 years ago today, I pushed out a blog post launching a little data breach search tool, and life changed forever. Reading the post again now, did I get it right? 😎 www.troyhunt.com/introducing-...
Introducing “Have I been pwned?” – aggregating accounts across website breaches
I often write up analyses of the passwords disclosed in website breaches. For
example, there was A brief Sony password analysis
[https://www.troyhunt.com/2011/06/brief-sony-password-analysis.html] bac...
www.troyhunt.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Happy birthday @haveibeenpwned.com! 12 years ago today, I pushed out a blog post launching a little data breach search tool, and life changed forever. Reading the post again now, did I get it right? 😎 www.troyhunt.com/introducing-...
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I've been wondering lately how Autism and addictive behaviors interact.
For me, with food, I'm really connected to texture and taste- and that mixes in with emotional eating, seeking immediate stress relief. It's difficult to disentangle whether I'm:
- Hungry
- Stressed
- Or limited by sensitivity
For me, with food, I'm really connected to texture and taste- and that mixes in with emotional eating, seeking immediate stress relief. It's difficult to disentangle whether I'm:
- Hungry
- Stressed
- Or limited by sensitivity
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I've been wondering lately how Autism and addictive behaviors interact.
For me, with food, I'm really connected to texture and taste- and that mixes in with emotional eating, seeking immediate stress relief. It's difficult to disentangle whether I'm:
- Hungry
- Stressed
- Or limited by sensitivity
For me, with food, I'm really connected to texture and taste- and that mixes in with emotional eating, seeking immediate stress relief. It's difficult to disentangle whether I'm:
- Hungry
- Stressed
- Or limited by sensitivity
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kL9... Well, this is worth watching, about 'modern' alleged gold-standard, ABA.
I'm Autistic and I Became an ABA Therapist
YouTube video by Autistic AF
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kL9... Well, this is worth watching, about 'modern' alleged gold-standard, ABA.
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Our system is broken. Medicare for All, now.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our system is broken. Medicare for All, now.
I meant the GOD!
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I meant the GOD!
It is not even just idiocy; it's more than that.
There is an isolationist or malignantly insular aspect to the American psyche.
What would be the harm to children or to the country if people were aware of different ways of writing numbers?
There is an isolationist or malignantly insular aspect to the American psyche.
What would be the harm to children or to the country if people were aware of different ways of writing numbers?
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It is not even just idiocy; it's more than that.
There is an isolationist or malignantly insular aspect to the American psyche.
What would be the harm to children or to the country if people were aware of different ways of writing numbers?
There is an isolationist or malignantly insular aspect to the American psyche.
What would be the harm to children or to the country if people were aware of different ways of writing numbers?
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Asexuality is a spectrum, and all of us who fall somewhere on that spectrum have different relationships with sex and sexual attraction
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
Asexuality is a spectrum that answered a lifetime of questions
Asexuality is a spectrum, and all of us who fall somewhere on that spectrum have different relationships with sex and sexual attraction
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Asexuality is a spectrum, and all of us who fall somewhere on that spectrum have different relationships with sex and sexual attraction
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/asexuality-is-a-spectrum-that-answered-a-lifetime-of-questions/