Liam 🐦 🏳️‍⚧️

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.

"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."

I'm honestly speechless.

Happy birthday Ben!
You're one of the few people I see sharing their everyday experiences with autism and I really relate to your posts - thank you for the positive representation!

Join Me in the Fight Against Dementia Hello, my name is Liam, and I am excited to embark on this journey to support Alzheimer's Research UK. As the leading charity dedicated to finding a cure for dementia, they are at the forefront of inn...

I'm running the Cambridge half marathon in a few weeks to raise money for Alzheimers Research, in memory of my Nan, and in honour of my mum who cared for her with infinite gentleness and patience throughout other upheavals in her life ❤️
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The moment this gif was made for 😂

For a moment I confused 'Dial M for Murder' with 'Murder She Wrote', which would also be excellent in 3D

Source: “Time Trends in the Male to Female Ratio for Autism Incidence: Population Based, Prospectively Collected, Birth Cohort Study,” by Caroline Fyfe et al., in BMJ, Vol. 392. Published online February 4, 2026 (data)

Scientists followed 2.7 million children born in Sweden between 1985 and 2020, about 2.8 percent of whom had been diagnosed as autistic by 2022. In early childhood, boys were much more likely to receive an autism diagnosis. But as the cohort aged, the researchers identified a “catch-up” effect—by age 20, women were almost just as likely to have received an autism diagnosis as men.

Boys are about three times more likely to be diagnosed as autistic than girls are. But a new study shows women and men are almost equally as likely to be diagnosed with autism by adulthood—suggesting younger girls may be underdiagnosed. spklr.io/6046D3D9u

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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

A perfect comment to leave on any post, regardless of context. It has great conflict de-escalation potential 😂

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Bottled in Cork

Travelling to Sweden via Copenhagen while getting push notifications about international diplomacy and my phone cheerfully starts playing this song to start my day
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Every Barbie is autistic btw, the special interests?? The fashion as uniform? The colour co-ordination??

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hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.

Thanks to @alexhorne.bsky.social, we are playing Shoe's Clues from the @taskmaster.tv crackers. Because we're at my dad's house, it includes 6 pairs of brown slip-on skechers distinguishable only by level of wear. It turns out that Shoe's Clues has a Hard Mode.

Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding Girlguiding says the move is in response to the Supreme Court ruling that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.

Who is being helped by excluding trans kids from colouring in shrinking keyring thingies, going 'stargazing' in the village hall carpark, and accidentally eating a firelighter you thought was a marshmallow? A pointlessly cruel action the in culture war.
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In my experience, it might be reclaimed and used to describe yourself (eg in a bio) in a defiant+ironic+camp+ informal+self-deprecating way, esp around other lgbt people. Even if you'd use it for yourself, maybe not about others unless you were very familiar with them and knew they were ok with it.

Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]

Shielding Chart

xkcd.com/3158/

My grandma has had to endure 4 generations* of men talking about their special interest in different types of vehicles, and apparently she has paracetamol to thank #autism #tylenol
(*who all look strikingly alike, almost as if we share genes or something...)

Cartoon explaining difference between correlation and causation

#autism #tylenol
I guess I’ll have to dig this out many many times in the next few days

Israeli minister touts Gaza 'real estate bonanza', defying international backlash Bezalel Smotrich, an ultranationalist who has been sanctioned by the UK and others, said he was in discussion with the US over the idea.

A disdain for humanity comparable to King Leopold in Congo

BBC News - Israeli minister touts Gaza 'real estate bonanza', defying international backlash
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This meme is *chefs kiss*

100,000 trans people & allies march through London without threatening or making anyone feel like it is a no-go area.

Media: crickets.

100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.

Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.

Absolutely tax the rich, tax the corporations - I am also willing to pay higher taxes if that's what it takes. We clearly are not ascribing a high enough value to the entire point of living in a society 3/3

They'd lost their home after their landlord increased their rent. Can you imagine experiencing that while the city is openly displaying proud hostility to your existence? As a country, we *have* to do better. Housing and safety are fundamental rights 2/3