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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

🙏 💚

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”

Jane Goodall

Republicans are throwing 15 million people off of their health insurance and raising premiums by as much as 75% for people who get care from the ACA.
 
Is that making America healthy again?

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

I wish more people understood that not all autism is visible, but all autism is disabling.

If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)

But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣

I don't know who needs to see this, but autistic bluntness is not rude, it's efficient. 💡

For those who asked about sustainable fashion:

It is perilously difficult but not impossible.

Buy used.

Research brands.

Avoid the super fast fashion (SHEIN, Walmart, Temu)

Remember that clothes always involve human labor. Always.

"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us."
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

My 2016 Subaru is sick - she may need a new transmission. That's outside of my budget with winter approaching!
To pay for it, I'm offering a 15% discount in my shop with the code Clunker15 .
If you can't make a purchase, please consider sharing, reposting, or liking to drive traffic. 🧶❤️
#knitsky

Yes

This is the way. Re-pledged to PBS, as well.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

One side posted that they don't like white supremacists or Christian nationalists.

The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists.

Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.

Somebody explain how this isn’t state-run media: the sitting VP of the United States sliding into the host chair of the Charlie Kirk show. When the government hands itself the mic, what do you call it?

The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing The Trump administration hasn’t fired them but won’t let them do their jobs.

"The U.S. government has spent tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars since the start of April on idled health workers."

The Trump admin’s waste, fraud, and abuse are staggering--not just in dollars, but in the lost talent and expertise of the very scientists who keep America safe.

Autism isn’t a “tragedy”.

The tragedy is how autistic humans are treated.

Debunk junk science without throwing us under the bus.

Fight misinformation and fight ableism together.

This doesn’t mean our lives are easy.

They aren’t.

The true tragedy is the lack of support for us.

The Pope is exactly right.

No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.

We can and must do better.

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.

‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

Yes, please stop.

Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.

Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.

Textbook corporate greed.

Screenshot of an announcement from SESAME WORKSHOP. The Sesame Street library is coming to YouTube! Beginning in January 2026, YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, with hundreds of full episodes coming to the Sesame Street channels. Join us as we help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, one episode at a time.

Oh HELL yes

Some of us may have gotten lax w/ cancer screenings. This is your reminder to schedule yours ASAP.

Here’s why.

RFK Jr. wants to fire every member of the USPSTF. This is the group whose recommendations decide which screenings must be covered by insurance.

He will not replace them with experts.

My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders. (Credit: Ann Morg)

Words are magic

For the love of God, stop buying Starbucks

If you think an autistic person is "dense" because they asked you clarifying questions, I hate to break it to you, but they needed to ask follow up questions because you didn't explain yourself well enough. Not because they have comprehension issues.

Hope that helps 🙃

it works for old trucks, too:

#books are awesome.

If you’re someone who still reads for pleasure, you are a marvel. If you’re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and solace of a book, that is a rare gift and I’m very glad to know you.