If my writing about autism does anything, whether it be in my books, my columns or my reported stories, I hope it advances the idea that autistic people are whole human beings as they are with legitimate needs and inner lives that deserve to be told the same as other stories.

Bigfoot finds a stash of Jamaican Purple Haze in the snow.

What happens next is hilarious AF! 🤣💀

*sound up*

#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory

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Autistic humans are taught early that our needs are inconvenient.

So we learn to shrink.

To mask.

To make ourselves easier to be around.

But poor boundaries aren’t just about saying yes too often.

They’re about abandoning ourselves before anyone else can.

Unlearning that isn’t easy.

Something I find incredible about autistic people is that though many of us have felt desperate to fit in due to the intense and traumatic bullying we've had to endure for not (fitting in)... as desperate as we may be, many of us will not compromise our morals or integrity to do it.

#GVerse

Autism and POTS both get read as laziness, anxiety, or drama.

But what they really share is this - a nervous system that can’t keep up with what the world demands - sensory, cognitive, physical, emotional.

You’re not weak.

Many law firms representing federal employees have come under attack. The legal community is pushing back. More than 4,000 legal professionals have signed an open letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, expressing concern over the administration’s actions against law firms.

i’m so tired dude. i don’t want to live in a country governed by the meanest and stupidest people in the world. i want to be able to live comfortably and know that everyone else is also able to live comfortably, and i want to stop being afraid. is that too much to ask

Reporter: April 9th, these tariffs come in place. Do you plan on having negotiations before that date?

Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see.

Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that?

Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.

Just so we’re all clear: Congress could vote to end this tariff madness tomorrow. Every Republican who refuses to do so is actively supporting a $6 TRILLION tax hike on Americans.

Hello, Congress. Are you really going to go along with this tariff fiasco? Use your power.

Immigrant rights group seeks to nullify 'Secure Border Act' over missing funding Immigrant rights group LUCHA files Arizona Secure Border Act constitutional challenge, arguing the voter-approved measure violates funding requirements in state constitution

#Arizona #Border

"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."

Corey Booker, just now.

Reminder that Cory Booker is the first Black person elected to the Senate from New Jersey and the fourth Black person elected to the US Senate.

Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits

Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:

- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored

- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored

- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored

I'm not a programming guy but MSNBC and CNN should be airing this Cory Booker thing in the same way you take over programming if there's a no-hitter or a basketball player with 60 points in three quarters. It's a physical feat! Cut in for this kind of thing. Costs nothing, gooses ratings, good TV.

A heart with five stripes, blue-pink-white-pink-blue, and text reading International Transgender Day of Visibility March 31

Trans rights are human rights. No exceptions.

Ronald James: Two weeks ago, ICE kidnapped my friend Karim while he was picking up documents to renew his work visa. Karim came to the US from Egypt legally 20 years ago. He has no criminal record and is BELOVED by our community. ICE disappeared him anyways. We need your help to #FreeKarim

A large banner depicting the state of Minnesota in the colors of the transgender flag and the words "You Belong Here" is displayed above the supporters section at Allianz Field.

Today and every day,

You belong here 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransDayOfVisibility

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should resign.

He recklessly texted operational details of military strikes to a journalist, endangering the lives of American troops and our national security.

Honored to join veterans in calling for accountability and investigations into Secretary Hegseth’s FUBAR situation where he texted secret war plans on Signal to a journalist.

We all wore the uniform. If we had texted secret war plans to a journalist, we likely would have been court-martialed.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

Malcolm X

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Malcolm X