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• Post #4283264

  New #ADHD term: mnemonic trash - the empty container you leave out in plain sight to remind you to buy another one. We all do this, right?

• Post #4223721

  Anyone know of a good explanation of the difference between an #AutisticMeltdown and a panic attack? I think I can explain it myself, but a short explainer I could share with people would be handy. I wish there were more awareness of what autistic meltdowns are, especially how they aren't the same as tantrums, panic attacks, and maybe a few other things they get mistaken for. I think a lot of unnecessary damage gets inflicted on us because people don't understand what meltdowns are or h...

• Post #3955246

  Jessie Gender did a nearly four hour magnum opus retrospective of #StarfleetAcademy's first season. It's an examination and analysis of the show (and the #StarTrek franchise in general) through the lens of queer politics and culture. I'm only halfway through the video but already I think it's one of Jessie's best videos. Each episode of the show gets its own little essay/chapter, which could easily be a video on its own (and makes it easy to consume in small doses). Worth che...

• Post #3695984

  I think I want to see Robert Picardo wrap up his run as the EMH - he reprograms himself to have a new appearance, because he's in a rut and wants a fresh start. So we'd have the doctor regenerate into a new form played by a new actor....

• Post #3608271

  Ten ways why being #autistic is like being #queer: 1. No one knows exactly why we are like this, but there have been people like us for as long as there have been people. 2. We did not choose to be this way. 3. The majority does not understand what our lives are really like, and probably never will. 4. Being this way isn't the problem. The problem is how people treat us for being this way. 5. We see people, life, relationships, and society differently. 6. Growing up, we knew we were differe...

• Post #2575552

  My favorite #autistic sci-fi buddies, Amos and Prax. #ActuallyAutistic #TheExpanse

• Post #2255926

  I have always thought of Ted Turner as Jane Fonda's ex, but I guess he did other stuff too.

• Post #2255925

  At this point, I'd vote for any candidate who promises to get rid of California's Jungle Primary

• Post #2255924

  An autistic meltdown is not a teachable moment. An autistic meltdown is not a teachable moment. An autistic meltdown is not a teachable moment.

• Post #2255923

  I can't seem to find apple butter in the stores anymore, so I learned how to make it myself. It took a few tries to tweak the recipe to my taste, but it was worth the effort. (I still see Eden Organic brand apple butter around sometimes, but I will never buy anything from them again after they did a Hobby Lobby copycat lawsuit and made abortion harder to access.) ## Apple Butter ## Ingredients: - 3 lbs apples, not peeled - 1/3 C apple juice - 1/2 C sugar - 1 Tbsp molasses - 1 Tbsp va...

• Post #1927679

  It's only January, but I'm already dreading April and Autism Bewareness Month (AKA #AutismAwarenessMonth AKA #AutismAcceptanceMonth). I think it's gonna be pretty bad this year, since the USA is now taking a hard turn toward ableism and enforced conformity. Usually I have no idea what to focus on for April, and it's just me trying to not get upset at all the inspiration porn and pro-ABA bullshit. But this year I have a specific goal, and it needs some help. Last...

• Post #1766996

  The "we don't take cash" rotisserie chicken truck at the farmers market is all kinds of incongruous.

• Post #1766995

  my new pet peeve: when people pronounce "biopic" like it rhymes with "myopic"

• Post #1766994

  I tried to watch the CA Gov debate, but I shut it off. It was just too awful. CBS is no longer a respectable news organization. The "we're owned by pro-fash Republicans" vibe is strong, and the moderators frame everything in as anti-Democratic a way as possible, and they lost control of things pretty quickly. The first question from a student began with him chiding the candidates, "Wow, that was a mess up there." How do we fix our culture so that we c...

• Post #1647186

  Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

• Post #1543859

  so we're calling AI imitations of people "sloppelgangers" now, right?

• Post #1453114

  I think I've figured out why there are so many more British youtubers with autism channels than Americans. They have public healthcare, so these folks can afford to live off of youtube earnings. Free, universal healthcare would make so many things possible. It's hard to imagine what we could accomplish as a society if we just took care of people.

• Post #1453112

  RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/116432103216858572 somehow a joke meme account is always the best advice i get every day

• Post #1453111

  today's shower thought: If I didn't overclarify things, how would people know it's really me?

• Post #1453110

  I am literally old enough to remember when Dubya (Bush-43) pushed for his faith-based initiatives as a way to normalize side-stepping the First Amendment and get government in bed with Christian organizations. Democrats fought against it, but not hard enough, so we ended up with our tax dollars going to religious organizations that are free to discriminate against minorities because they claim their religion requires it. And yet now when Trump cancels funding for a Catholic charity that helps im...

• Post #1453106

  What a lovely little documentary about The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the saintly, clownish, drag nuns sometimes seen on roller skates or raising money for queer charities. https://youtu.be/qYF0e_TCaSg

• Post #1424571

  This video is titled "You are being misled about renewable energy technology," but as one comment said it could be called "Technology Connections talks about solar then goes nuclear". TLDR: An hour infodump on the mathematical inevitability of solar power followed by a 30 minute crie de coeur of Hbomberguy-spitting-facts levels of incandescent rage against the fascism machine. I've watched TC's videos for a couple years and he's alway...

• Post #1171238

  If you don't understand how painful it can be for #ActuallyAutistic folk to listen to allistic people talk about us and over us while excluding us from the conversation... Think about what it's like for minorities when white people talk about racial issues, for women when men talk about women's issues, or for queer folk when straight people talk about queer issues. There are plenty of autistic people around to include in the conversation. Stop excluding us from discussion...

• Post #1171237

  I did appreciate Bullseye's impression of the Blue Raja.

• Post #1171235

  I wonder what superpowers these fantastic four heroes will have when they return to Earth.

• Post #1171234

  It's not a price *update*. It's a price *increase*. Companies are such cowards they can't even admit they are raising prices in the announcement that tney are raising prices.

• Post #1171233

  It's 2026 and we now understand that neurodiversity is a thing, so maybe stop making psychological generalizations as if all humans naturally think the same way.

• Post #1171232

  I don't think people talk enough about how fucking stupid Melania is. For someone who got her permanent residency on the Einstein EB-1 "genius" visa program, she seems pretty dim. Has she ever done anything that hasn't seemed completely idiotic? I suppose if you give her credit for cruelty maybe she has shown some small intelligence, but it's easy to believe she's just acting out a prepared script. The few leaked recordings I've heard mak...

• Post #1002516

  In case it's not clear, when a sociopath explains away bad behavior by saying it was "just a joke", they don't mean they were making a joke to be funny. These so-called jokes are a test to see who is in-group and who isn't. If you think it's a good joke, you're part of their group. If you don't think it's a good joke, you're their enemy. This is why their humor sucks. They're not making jokes to be funny,...

• Post #991055

  All it would take is a couple Republicans in the House to walk across the aisle and caucus with Democrats, vote in a Dem Speaker, and start impeachment hearings tomorrow. But there isn't a single Republican with enough backbone to stand up for what is right.