Mike Jung

My partner said something along the same lines and I had to explain how almoat everything made with disabled folks in mind MUST be marketable to ableds or it won't go to market because we are 'niche' customers despite being just over 40% of the population.

Mark Cuban posts: Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO. Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch marthapearce55.bsky.social replies: You have more money than God. But you want incentives to do good, moral things?

Mark Cuban getting ratiod by a complete rando

HA! It was great to meet you too, Daniel, hoping it won't be too long until the next time.

It's none of you, for the record, so don't worry about that

This past week I was reminded that people who try to break up couples or initiate affairs and absolutely will not give up no matter how many times they're told no are selfish, unethical pieces of shit who will never have a single goddamned molecule of my respect

They reveal themselves to have always been white supremacist institutions

Auditory and Semantic Processing of Speech-in-Noise in Autism: A Behavioral and EEG Study - PubMed Autistic individuals often struggle to recognize speech in noisy environments, but the neural mechanisms behind these challenges remain unclear. Effective speech-in-noise (SiN) processing relies on au...

Today in research backing up autistic common knowledge: Yes, it is a LOT harder for autistic people to process conversations and other audio streams, if there are competing noises in the area.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40755170/ #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

Can confirm #ActuallyAutistic

NEVER FORGET:As the price of food continues to climb, those of us on SNAP will have reduced monthly support due to the BBB, people will die of malnutrition and hunger. Food banks are already overrun with people who are starving.

I've always been up front about how much luck has played a role in my life. Yes, I work hard and am talented, as are so many other people who didn't have the lightning strike of luck. And luck begets opportunity (and more chances to be lucky). The very least I can do is acknowledge those facts.

STAR TREK BEYOND. Sorta-fun/sorta-complicated fact: my brother Doug co-wrote that movie with Simon Pegg

We are re-launching our youth aikido program this October, for ages 7 - 12. You can share the word with families in the Bay Area. Students learn confidence, coordination, leadership, and form joyful and trusting friendships. See you there.

aikiarts.com/kids/

"How can we have fun when terrible things are happening?" underestimates the continuous nature of terrible things happening.

Unless you being miserable will substantially help the situation, you're just giving bonus power to the terrible things.

When a disabled person asks for help, please understand we’ve likely exhausted all options before asking.

We’ve tried everything before coming to you.

Believe us and offer the help requested (if you can)

Don’t force us to spin our wheels answering a bunch of “why don’t you just do…” questions

Yup. And neurotypical people will turn themselves inside out denying it's a privilege

Solidarity, brother

Shit is tiring #ActuallyAutistic

There are so many things about socializing, romance, and sex that neurotypical people never, ever spend even a single nanosecond thinking about, probably because they just know all that shit via osmosis, I guess. It's a type of privilege that's almost universally unexamined and societally protected

A lot of older adults forced a war on universities because that’s where their kids realized their parents were evil.

Kathy, I’m not at all happy to hear this, but thank you for all you’ve done in the past and all you’ll do in the future. The kidlit world is a better place either way you in it.

At this point, I do not know how anyone denies what is happening in Gaza unless they have no sense of morals. People are starving to death. They are being shot at when they come to get food. What else can you possibly call this but genocide?

The video is shocking - but felony charges have been filed: against the protestors who are being beaten up.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Brave New Voices Youth Poetry Slam Finals 2025 YouTube video by Youth Speaks

My kid just competed in the Youth Speaks national teen poetry slam with her team and they WON, partly because they got a near-perfect score on their 3rd poem, which my kid wrote and performed. So proud. 2 hour 9 minute mark of this video, if anyone's interested www.youtube.com/live/HnLumUa...

"cancel culture is out of control," they said.

"the dangerous left is censoring you," they said.

😒

Don’t look at me like that’s my fault. I’m just telling you shit I know.

The cover spread for THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, with text on the back cover that reads "MEET THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS! Theo Chang loves Trainwhistle, his family’s newly adopted cat. There’s just one problem: Trainwhistle does not love Theo. Although he’s a lovey-dovey lap cat with humans, Trainwhistle is mean to other cats. And for some reason, he thinks Theo is another cat. Chased around the apartment and bitten on the ankle by the ferocious feline, Theo doesn’t know what to do! Too embarrassed about getting beaten up by his own cat, Theo is afraid to ask his best friend, Memo, for advice. But when his parents start talking about returning Trainwhistle to the shelter, he realizes time is running out. Can Theo convince Trainwhistle he’s a boy, not a cat, before it’s too late? Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Theo’s story invites readers into Mrs. Z’s class, where friendship and fun rule the school. MIKE JUNG is the author of Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, Unidentified Suburban Object, and The Boys in the Back Row. He is a library professional by day and a writer and ukulele player by night, and he was a founding member of the We Need Diverse Books team. Mike lives in Oakland, California, with his family, and he invites you to visit him online at captainstupendous.wordpress.com." and the title, author (me) and an illustration of Theo holding Trainwhistle, who's pushing Theo away with one paw, and Theo's friends Memo and Wyatt in the background

Wanna see something fun? Eh, I'm gonna show you whether you want to or not because it's fun for me, MWAHAHAHAHA! #evil It's the final cover for THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, arriving on November 4, with art by the amazing @katfcomix.bsky.social! Fun, right? Just say yes. IT'S FUN, DAMN IT #fun

Photo of a sign that says, “If cats could text you, they would not.“

Special for #Caturday 🤣🤣🤣

I do not understand how people can see these violent, cruel human rights violations happening on U.S. soil every single day and just accept that this is fine and nothing needs to change.

a blurred image of a person 's legs with the words " i wish " written below them Alt: a blurred image of a cat 's legs with the words " i wish " written below them

#Mswl: literary voice-driven middle grade w/a high-concept hook; speculative/fantasy or slice-of-life but I want to see gorgeous, engaging prose or verse; profound coming-of-age themes; and beautifully drawn characters. If it’s a heavier story, there should be love and hope reverberating throughout