ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

If you live your life according to your beliefs, you are a person of integrity…

If you force your beliefs on others, you are an asshole.

There are tens of thousands of #ActuallyAutistic humans living in fear right now in both Gaza and Israel.

Different types of fear, to be sure, but fear nonetheless.

As an autistic advocate and activist I teach people, daily, that triggers that dysregulate us may look "small" to an outsider, but that to us it's a much bigger deal.

It saddens me how much of the discourse around Israel-Palestine has totally rejected that there are autistic people actually living out this nightmare.

It hurts me to see so many people absolutely reject the humanity of the other side based on nothing but one's own preference or virtue signaling.

Our autistic comrades are living in a state of extreme dysregulation at the moment in that part of the world. All of whom wish that they can find a moment of peace.

Let's not forget that and let's not silence the voices of our autistic comrades who are Palestinian and Israeli. The ACTUAL events are traumatic enough for anyone, let alone an autistic person. More pain and dysregulation need not be added by people who use their lives as an activity to talk about.

@actuallyautistic

Farewell, 🐦! After 14 years on Twitter/X, we feel it's time to part ways.

Recent developments there do not align with our core values. We stand for trustworthy information provision and are committed to open science.

Follow us here for open science-related updates and news on our services and support for the academic community.💜

#OpenScience #AcademicLibrary
#GoodbyeTwitter #ResearchSupport #EducationSupport

If you have a 23andMe profile, it is possible that you have been affected by their latest data breach. Just to be safe, you should take a minute now to change your DNA.

Columbus, Ohio is wiping out $335 million of medical debt accrued by more than 340K moderate-income residents by using money from the American Rescue Plan.

Thanks, Joe!

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/10/17/what-to-know-about-columbus-plan-to-wipe-out-millions-in-medical-debt/71217170007/

How Canadians dispose of our pumpkins

A nice blog post on double empathy problem

https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/autistic-communication-the-language-barrier/?fbclid=IwAR07hP2nxzOYaBhzoEo9FDV6oQP49Y1CO704Vv1-b5YMRmoKygstpIo4BgI

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

360-degree view of Mars captured by the #Mars Curiosity Rover, with sound

If you're thinking of accusing an Autistic of being pedantic, just don't.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
#neurodivergent

When people say “history will judge X unkindly” I try not to remember that there are 1500+ confederate monuments in the U.S. today and Christopher Columbus has a national holiday.

A Seattle twist on the Little Free Library. It’s a “Little Free Art Gallery” with mini art works by local artists (by artist Stacy Milrany)
#art #artist

Something new to share today. ❤️ 🌈 Hope you enjoy!
Prints, etc. here: https://mark-tisdale.pixels.com/featured/colorful-embrace-souls-connected-mark-tisdale.html

#Gay #Queer #LGBTQ #DigitalArt #Abstract #Colorful #Romance #MastoArt #MarkOnArt

I've been working my way through the podcast Ologies (which is AWESOME) and I finally got myself to listen to the space junk episode (which I had been avoiding because, well, I'm extremely aware of that and I figured it would be stressful).

Turns out that the host actually quoted from an article I wrote back in 2020 in the episode! How totally cool!! https://theconversation.com/spacexs-starlink-satellites-are-about-to-ruin-stargazing-for-everyone-149516

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/spacearchaeology

This GOP Rep wouldn't condemn #Trump's call for #GenMilley to be executed.
Then CNN's Abby Phillips let him prattle on, give a mealymouthed response & both sides the #AtochasticTerrorism. This is pathetic & part of the reason why the #DeathThreats & #WitnessIntimidation continue.

Bottom Line: Republicans are encouraging threats of violence. When the media doesn't press them on this support of political violence, they are complicit.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/09/spineless-gop-rep-refuses-condemn-trumps

Biden sounded an alarm yesterday. He declared an emergency. No American president has ever given a speech like this.

Everyone needs to hear it, but especially the editors running the major news organizations. https://sfba.social/@cynblogger/111145885460313731

As we face yet another Govt shutdown I reflect on these absurdities. In the United States:
•1 Senator can block all military confirmations—but it takes 60 Senators to overrule him
•1 Speaker can shut down the entire government—but it takes 218 House Reps to overrule him
•1 bought SCOTUS Justice can strip away rights for hundreds of millions of people—and it's virtually impossible to remove him

This is not a functioning democracy. It is GOP exploitation. Vote GOP Out. Reform our government.

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