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Autism is genetic. It's a spectrum and doesn't present the same in every person. It is not a deficiency in intelligence. It is not an epidemic. It is not only in kids, but is finally being diagnosed more in girls, and in adults who were not diagnosed as kids. This is infuriating misinformation.
buzz lightyear from toy story says " there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere .. "
ALT: buzz lightyear from toy story says " there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere .. "
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Autism is genetic. It's a spectrum and doesn't present the same in every person. It is not a deficiency in intelligence. It is not an epidemic. It is not only in kids, but is finally being diagnosed more in girls, and in adults who were not diagnosed as kids. This is infuriating misinformation.
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Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published July 2025!
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
August 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published July 2025!
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
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The RFK Jr. version of health, where health creates health and healthy people don't get sick and the thing that keeps you healthy is /living the right way/ is very seductive to a lot of people. It also places the burden of illness back on the ill, which decreases the value of human life.
May 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The RFK Jr. version of health, where health creates health and healthy people don't get sick and the thing that keeps you healthy is /living the right way/ is very seductive to a lot of people. It also places the burden of illness back on the ill, which decreases the value of human life.
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If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
April 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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Yikes.
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall held a town hall in Kansas, abruptly ended it 20 minutes early, and basically ran out of the room.
This was right after a man voiced his concerns about how veterans were being harmed by Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Let’s just say the crowd was NOT pleased.
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall held a town hall in Kansas, abruptly ended it 20 minutes early, and basically ran out of the room.
This was right after a man voiced his concerns about how veterans were being harmed by Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Let’s just say the crowd was NOT pleased.
March 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yikes.
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall held a town hall in Kansas, abruptly ended it 20 minutes early, and basically ran out of the room.
This was right after a man voiced his concerns about how veterans were being harmed by Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Let’s just say the crowd was NOT pleased.
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall held a town hall in Kansas, abruptly ended it 20 minutes early, and basically ran out of the room.
This was right after a man voiced his concerns about how veterans were being harmed by Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Let’s just say the crowd was NOT pleased.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter is receiving death threats.
She is under attack
Along with the rest of the entire trans community.
As a mother,
I am shattered.
Hug your trans friends and family.
Check in on them.
I know there's a lot going on.
Take 2 seconds.
Even a small 'hey!'
matters so much rn💔🫂
She is under attack
Along with the rest of the entire trans community.
As a mother,
I am shattered.
Hug your trans friends and family.
Check in on them.
I know there's a lot going on.
Take 2 seconds.
Even a small 'hey!'
matters so much rn💔🫂
The Great Jamie Lee Curtis
I just saw this
Her powerful message
Our Trans Sisters and Brothers and Youth
ARE UNDER ATTACK
Trump just signs executive order banning trans women from women's sports
Executive Orders
Soldiers, School, Healthcare
And so many more
WE MUST ALL BE ALLIES
I just saw this
Her powerful message
Our Trans Sisters and Brothers and Youth
ARE UNDER ATTACK
Trump just signs executive order banning trans women from women's sports
Executive Orders
Soldiers, School, Healthcare
And so many more
WE MUST ALL BE ALLIES
February 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter is receiving death threats.
She is under attack
Along with the rest of the entire trans community.
As a mother,
I am shattered.
Hug your trans friends and family.
Check in on them.
I know there's a lot going on.
Take 2 seconds.
Even a small 'hey!'
matters so much rn💔🫂
She is under attack
Along with the rest of the entire trans community.
As a mother,
I am shattered.
Hug your trans friends and family.
Check in on them.
I know there's a lot going on.
Take 2 seconds.
Even a small 'hey!'
matters so much rn💔🫂
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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Trying to collect info in one place for folks. Things are moving quickly. The multiply marginalized will be disparately impacted, especially BlPOC, immigrant, and/or queer disabled folks. Here's the round up from week 1.
January 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trying to collect info in one place for folks. Things are moving quickly. The multiply marginalized will be disparately impacted, especially BlPOC, immigrant, and/or queer disabled folks. Here's the round up from week 1.
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President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
January 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
Reposted by Rachel A.
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
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The Tuskeegee Airmen have been erased.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Heeding Trump, Air Force won't teach recruits about Tuskegee Airmen
A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training curriculum this week.
www.expressnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Tuskeegee Airmen have been erased.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Every person alive today has benefited in some way from work conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health. Blocking NIH research is malicious and dangerous www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Every person alive today has benefited in some way from work conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health. Blocking NIH research is malicious and dangerous www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
If you are someone the new administration has chosen to persecute or remove protections from, I am a safe place.
January 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you are someone the new administration has chosen to persecute or remove protections from, I am a safe place.
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An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
![With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5jnockxrg63tj4sh24j2y6br/bafkreifuobvu6qojz5fectj7ptbwrzp4t3mpvojwwcnapxprdhn7oc6c5a@jpeg)
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
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In case you missed it over the holidays, Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social has posted a list of demands for publishers asking for a recommitment to the freedom to read as we prepare for 2025. If you're an author please send it to your editor! lithub.com/authors-agai...
Authors Against Book Bans demand publishers prepare for 2025.
Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers and creative workers who “stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read,” released an open letter ye…
lithub.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
In case you missed it over the holidays, Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social has posted a list of demands for publishers asking for a recommitment to the freedom to read as we prepare for 2025. If you're an author please send it to your editor! lithub.com/authors-agai...
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Our latest: After Donald Trump’s election to a new presidential term, nine journalists from around the world share their advice in @NiemanReports.org on how to prepare for attacks on press freedom.
Dear America – Nieman Reports
Features
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Our latest: After Donald Trump’s election to a new presidential term, nine journalists from around the world share their advice in @NiemanReports.org on how to prepare for attacks on press freedom.