The DSM: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may appear to have a reduced interest in social interactions

Autistic people (after years of being misunderstood, mischaracterized, and bullied): You think??

STRESS KILLS.

60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, struggling every day to keep their families going.  

The result: working class people die 7 years earlier than the rich.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.

Emotional Support Cats. I know you need them.

Oak trees

I could really use one normal day.

If you say we abandon red states, you kill a lot of dear friends of mine so fuck right off with that. We don't leave gerrymandered, vulnerable, decent people behind because of a zip code, you sanctimonious dicks.

So fascinated by the human impulse to be like 'wow, this food sanitation practice really improved the quality and safety of food, what an amazing development, we should definitely stop doing it.'

Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide (Gift Article) Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.

"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic”
-@jirairratevosian.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create

This is a post from a congresswoman from New Mexico about ice agents harassing and threatening native Americans.

This Congresswoman is from New Mexico.

Skeet 1: An excerpt from Diary of Ann Frank January 13,1943: "terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are being torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared." Skeet 2: "I.C.E. Just raised my wife's restaurant. She was thankfully not taken into custody but was warned she needed to have her green card on her at all times."

And just like that. It's here for all to see.

Oh, you can’t pay? Well, I do accept… OTHER forms of payment 😏

…like sharks teeth and small bird eggshells, though primarily I’m looking for a real nice geode to cut into if you’ve got one

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

Illustration of Marsha P. Johnson with the caption "Pay it No Mind"

A reminder from Marsha to tune out the trolling and hate and fearmongering and focus on the material conditions our people face, what we can do to resist, and how we can help each other survive.

reminder: this is the point of the barrage of batshit appointments

if you are a tiny bit freaked out by each of them it will add up to “too freaked out to do anything about anything”

pick ONE thing at a time to be upset about, decide what action to take on it, then follow through, repeat

y’all told me i was crazy when i downloaded all of tiktok and put it on blu-rays but who’s laughing now

it's time to kill the music
it's time to cut the lights
it's time to fight the Muppets in the parking lot tonight

Telehealth is the only way many disabled people and rural folks can get medical care. Take two seconds to save it