mouthwords are not a superior form of communication!

oh no i appear to be in "have a presentation much much later in the day and so obviously can't get anything else done in the meantime" mode

it's that last few days of the month before my abilify shot... yay for little sleep + bonus productivity? i guess?

Lies, Damned Lies, and Transgender Statistics plus over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis

...now, 10 years later, there are over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis – I link to all of them in this recent essay (no paywall):
on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...

Gov. Pritzker's letter to Donald Trump demanding a refund on tariffs.

Cut the check, Donald Trump.

Do you live in Wyoming and/or know someone who does, who wants to distribute whistles? Put them somewhere in their store? Hand them out?

SEND THEM TO OUR LINKTREE:
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

truly 😭😭😭

dhs worker: "hi, this is a voicemail for endever, about your benefits recertification paperwork[***]. i'll try calling again or you can call your local office at..."

heavy emphasis on [***]=the unspoken "on which you clearly indicated in multiple places NOT TO CALL YOU"

...every. god. damn. time.

i mean, 32 years of wearing them - from alarm to tucking in - virtually every single day. that’s 11000 something days, the large print calculator informs me. this is Decidedly an Aberration.

wowowow i broke my glasses during a fall a couple days ago and NEVER HAVE I BEEN SO AWARE of them (not) existing.

i can’t get basically anything online done hunched over squinting at my phone all day. i keep thinking its bedtime. i can’t go for walks. constant “im forgetting… something…”

fuck

Have you considered making bad Art?

It's literally better than making nothing and crying about it.

No AI needed. There's all kinds of mediums. If you don't click with any of them make a new one up cuz that also is Art.

happy black history month! make sure you celebrate and appreciate not just this month but all year long

Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

34 years ago, I was a child taking part in a peaceful protest march very much like this one. This is when I first witnessed protesters being shot at, teenagers falling down among the crowd. Reading about this event brought a strong sense of Deja-vu. A tragedy unfolding before our eyes, once again.

Can we just have like 24 hours where nothing happens anywhere

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

Why We Need to Study Assisted Methods to Teach Typing to Nonspeaking Autistic People At least one third of autistic people have limited or no speech. Most nonspeaking autistic people are never provided alternatives that would enable the full range of expression that speech allows, si....

Also see new research: "We believe it is time to revisit assisted methods to teach typing in order to understand their potential, as well as their limits, including how successful learners became independent and for whom these methods would be a good match."

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

ASAN Letter to ASHA On The Right To Communicate - Autistic Self Advocacy Network This letter is available as a PDF here. Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, President, Past Chair, Committee on Committees Meher Banajee, Chair, ASHA Ad Hoc Committee on FC and RPM Marie Irelan...

"Attempting to wholesale deny the authenticity of a form of communication, regardless of the evidence available with respect to a specific individual, and then assert that unrelated interventions are “alternatives,” is unjust and logically inconsistent."

autisticadvocacy.org/2018/07/asan...

hell yeah my previous year's dsp allowance was only 11 hours/week, this time approved for 19! wow

A lot of people have been generous with me lately - maybe you can be generous to these fundraisers for victims of ICE, especially those at the very bottom. Start there please. Links are in the thread.

Standing Rock and Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Members Arrested as ICE Terrorizes Minnesota Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

Six. Six Indigenous people have been kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis in less than 3 weeks. And that's just the ones we know about. Three of them have not been released.

look at the resources they're willing to commit to terrorize people but not feed or house people

a typewritten note that reads "hey! let's play make a shirt monday" with a doodle of a t-shirt

we could all use some fun so... it's 2026 and ✨Make a Shirt Monday✨ is back

if you've ever thought "I wish I had that on a shirt," post it here.

we'll lay it out it and drop a link.

- something silly
- something of ours
- something of yours
- some shitpost
- whatever

let's play

I love it when people cite my work in a way I can see my words had its intended impact ☺️

Forms of communication – autchat View a past chat on this topic here. Q1: What forms of communications do you use (for example: face-to-face conversation, phone calls, video chat, text chat, email, speech, AAC [augmentative/alternati...

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Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

One little thing you can do if you’re feeling helpless tonight: throw a few bucks to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. They’re reportedly stretched thin for obvious reasons and could use some help if you can offer it.

www.ilcm.org?ref=badfaith...

In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops

Send a Love Note — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

there are 68, so if you want to submit the magical 69th:

www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-...