Doug Higgins
@dwhiggins.bsky.social
Chronically ill neurodivergent "some kind of leftist" (the various labels confound me) gen x person of the he/him variety. Mostly keep my opinions to myself. Mostly.
Once again observing how conservatives often have this fantasy that what they do or say is upsetting people, and I'm sure it does a little, but most of us recognize them as sad and pathetic and move on without comment.
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Once again observing how conservatives often have this fantasy that what they do or say is upsetting people, and I'm sure it does a little, but most of us recognize them as sad and pathetic and move on without comment.
Everyone blaming everyone else, good times.
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Everyone blaming everyone else, good times.
Fireworks. I temporarily forgot it was New Year's, and thought other things.
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Fireworks. I temporarily forgot it was New Year's, and thought other things.
If people continue posting things where I have to guess the context, I'm going to start just making shit up.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
If people continue posting things where I have to guess the context, I'm going to start just making shit up.
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A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
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WTF the FDA is sending cease and desist letters to my favorite gender neutral underwear company because now binders are regulated as "medical devices"? www.fda.gov/inspections-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
WTF the FDA is sending cease and desist letters to my favorite gender neutral underwear company because now binders are regulated as "medical devices"? www.fda.gov/inspections-...
You know, looing back, as one of those good at math autistic types. If I'm so good at math, why could I never catch a pop fly?
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You know, looing back, as one of those good at math autistic types. If I'm so good at math, why could I never catch a pop fly?
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Tossed something into the trash from across the room, then stood there not knowing what to do... cos I'm so used to having to go over and pick it up after doing that.
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tossed something into the trash from across the room, then stood there not knowing what to do... cos I'm so used to having to go over and pick it up after doing that.
I'm afraid I don't tolerate transphobes. Surprised by how many of you do.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm afraid I don't tolerate transphobes. Surprised by how many of you do.
blud pressure so low...
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
blud pressure so low...
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"The 'male spotlight problem' with autism diagnosis is baked in all the way along the pipeline. Because teachers don’t think of girls being autistic, GPs tend not to refer girls for assessments, which themselves have thresholds that boys are more likely to pass."
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-autis...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-autis...
How autism bias failed generations of women
Girls are referred for autism diagnosis about 10 times less often than boys.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"The 'male spotlight problem' with autism diagnosis is baked in all the way along the pipeline. Because teachers don’t think of girls being autistic, GPs tend not to refer girls for assessments, which themselves have thresholds that boys are more likely to pass."
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-autis...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-autis...
It's weird when republicans seem proud of things that happened over 150 years ago, when they're explicitly against those same things now.
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's weird when republicans seem proud of things that happened over 150 years ago, when they're explicitly against those same things now.
Found my left handed epee... my left handed point control has gone to absolute shit.
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Found my left handed epee... my left handed point control has gone to absolute shit.
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Can always count on elected democrats to respond to lawlessness and tyranny with a diplomatically worded tweet.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Can always count on elected democrats to respond to lawlessness and tyranny with a diplomatically worded tweet.
Been online since '89, and every single time I see someone asking to be a moderator, it's some asshole I don't like.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Been online since '89, and every single time I see someone asking to be a moderator, it's some asshole I don't like.
Okay, the Arabic numerals thing nearly made me spit out my pop tart. That's... actually pretty funny.
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Okay, the Arabic numerals thing nearly made me spit out my pop tart. That's... actually pretty funny.
Kind of funny that I recognize autistic bullshit rationalizations immediately when I see them, and f'n hate the kind of nerds that use it. We share a demographic. That's about it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Kind of funny that I recognize autistic bullshit rationalizations immediately when I see them, and f'n hate the kind of nerds that use it. We share a demographic. That's about it.
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
I have to wonder if the epstein stuff is itself a distraction, cos you know damn well his base isn't going to care if he's in there.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I have to wonder if the epstein stuff is itself a distraction, cos you know damn well his base isn't going to care if he's in there.
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How do we explain to kids that the White House didn't used to be a venue primarily used to celebrate dudes who got away with rape?
“Ronaldo’s visit comes nearly a decade after reports emerged that he’d been accused of a 2009 sexual assault of a Las Vegas model and teacher. He has denied the allegations and has never been criminally charged.” dlvr.it/TPKybg
Cristiano Ronaldo to visit White House on Tuesday
His visit comes on the same day that Trump is set to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House.
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How do we explain to kids that the White House didn't used to be a venue primarily used to celebrate dudes who got away with rape?
Just saw Sammy Davis Jr. doing Mr Bojangles. Now I think I get what Shatner was trying to do with Rocket Man. Still ridiculous, but it makes a little more sense with context.
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just saw Sammy Davis Jr. doing Mr Bojangles. Now I think I get what Shatner was trying to do with Rocket Man. Still ridiculous, but it makes a little more sense with context.
lol how's he going to get out of this one? we say for the thousandth time
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
lol how's he going to get out of this one? we say for the thousandth time