Steven (but a Goblin) 💚

steven@zeroes.ca

More homes and less infectious disease.Plausibly a professional economist.Magenta denialist. The only person with good Tuvix takes. Autistically agender. 💚I approve most follow requests.

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Post #4423301
You do not know if a stranger on the internet is low support needs. Not every diagnosis includes a support needs level. Psychologists are not very accurate with diagnosis, but are very sexist with diagnosis. The DSM criteria for "support needs" only represent very stereotypical, externally visible traits and comorbidities. #autism
Post #4124289
Is there a consensus about if #DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) is more/less likely to be effective/harmful among #actuallyautistic populations than generally? I've heard nothing but good things in the context of BPD, but given the massive misdiagnosis rate among autistic women I'm curious how much of that might be accidentally helping with autism-related stuff.
Post #4119281
It is completely humiliating that Canada hasn't imposed a fee on oil exports to the United States. We are refusing to play the one card we have to deal with Trump's tariffs, in order to pander to an Albertan government that's siding with the Americans anyways. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-american-alcohol-trump-tariffs-9.7284410
Post #3967308
Remember how HPV vaccines never really made it into public health systems, because so many Christians wanted their daughters to die of cervical cancer?
Post #3421735
The "controversy" is that the exhibit on the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestinians doesn't focus enough enough about the displacement of non-Israeli Jews by non-Palestinian Arabs that happened in response. 🙄 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/palestinian-nakba-exhibit-preview-cmhr-9.7250587
Post #2054360
Autistic people and queer people are the only groups who risk facing the torture of conversion therapy. ABA and Conversion Therapy are literally the same thing, and were invented by the same person. It occurs to me that the main connection between autism advocacy and queer advocacy is probably going to be missed by most people. https://zeroes.ca/@steven/111716364513081734
Post #1410883
The thing about bombing schools and hospitals a second time in order to also murder the first responders is that it makes it really hard to pretend it&#39;s an accident. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/17/southern-lebanons-only-functioning-hospital-damaged-by-israeli-strikes
Post #1076850
A fun thing about the historical Jesus is that we actually have much better historical evidence of 2nd century Christians who didn&#39;t believe in a historical Jesus than we do about an actual historical Jesus.
Post #1076849
Genuinely think that basic consumer protection laws should essentially ban subcontractors. If I am buying a service from a company and that service is not provided by somebody on that company&#39;s payroll, then they&#39;re pretty blatantly just ripping me off.
Post #1076848
Imagine trying to explain to a mom in the &#39;90s the consequences that Oprah Winfrey&#39;s talkshow would have by 2026.
Post #1076847
When did Sarah Z get so good at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Nhvr1X8Kc
Post #887375
A thing that sucks about trans day of visibility is that it&#39;s very often not safe for trans people to be visible. This year more than most in the recent past. I think if you&#39;re a cis ally, this is a year where it&#39;s probably especially important to be visible as a strong ally. Be visible in your support for trans rights, and your opposition to bigotry.