Andy Clarke

'I was trapped': Modern slavery rises across London A modern slavery survivor has told BBC London how he was manipulated into criminal activity.

Another neurodivergent victim of cuckooing and mate crime (mate crime = befriending the victim and exploiting their isolation and loneliness).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They are still rolling the pitch. The test match hasn't started yet.

YouTube video by Netflix CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Full Feature | Netflix

Netflix have also put Crip Camp on YouTube.
youtu.be/OFS8SpwioZ4?...

+1 on the recommendation for 🎥 Crip Camp. An outstanding documentary. Essential viewing for anyone interested in disability rights, particularly if they think of themselves as an advocate/activist.

"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets"

(closely followed by every other HMHB lyric)

GROSS CLINIC Amy Taubin talks with David Cronenberg about Crimes of the Future

Him and others around at the time. "Twenty years ago when I wrote this script, there were lots of performance artists of various kinds. Once you have it in your head that something exists, that frees you to invent what you’re going to invent.
www.artforum.com/features/amy...

Stelarc - Wikipedia

Stelarc

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc

Could you flag speakers already on Bluesky (like @kosjenka.bsky.social )? Always looking for new interesting autistic accounts to follow.

When applying, fine tune your CV to the role to include the exact terms they are looking for. Making shortlist is critical and it often happens fast. They don't spend time reading between the lines. But also try to apply early (prepare some variations of CV in advance for different types of job).

Shane Carruth. Upstream Color is a phenomenal film, but some aspects of the story land different once you know what happened offscreen.

I'm looking to follow some neurodivergent peeps, and I need suggestions on who to follow.

#SignalBoost

The autistic illustrator and comic creator @nuclearjackal.bsky.social

The past couple of weeks have been spent fixing up the pages I've already worked on, including tweaking the artwork (making it less wonky) and adding missed panels. Deadlines are approaching, but the graphic memoir is looking really nice so far! :)

Game recognize game (autism edition)

James Bond Principles: Taipei 101 — Climbing Gold Why is Alex so psyched to climb a skyscraper on live TV? How hard is Taipei 101? Is this a gimmick? The answers go deeper than you might expect. Fitz sat down with Alex to break it down before he left...

Alex Honnold is normally the co-presenter of this podcast, but in this episode, he talks in depth about his live Netflix climb of Taipei 101 this weekend.

Climbing Gold: James Bond Principles: Taipei 101

Episode webpage: www.climbinggold.com/episodes/pre...

Yes, I made too much of a generalisation. Just caught me at a bad moment, I guess.

These aren't two different audiences. People laughing at rep screenings are also on phones at the multiplex. It doesn't help that rep cinemas have to do ironic selections and singalong/quotealong screenings just to survive these days.

Sometimes children like this feel responsible for things that they don't/can't control so also reassure them about this.

Similar here. Mine was 50% already follow, 50% not interested in.

I thought "discovering" and "already following" would be mutually exclusive...

This is the first photo that I have seen of the packaging. Regardless of whether we love/hate the autistic barbie, it's great for the community that they are giving @autisticadvocacy.org this visibility.

Does anyone know the name of the software for turning head tracking into mouse movements? I seem to remember one paired a forehead dot with it.

Not used it, but it seems like Apple has this built in as Head Pointer. Not sure what is best for Windows but some free apps seem available like Tracky Mouse or Animouse. Doubt any now would need a dot to track.

A laptop on a bed with a book and a cup of coffee. The laptop's screen shows green sparklies in the dark with the Autscape logo superimposed on it.

📝 The Call for Proposals for #OnlineAutscape2026 is open!
🧭 Theme: “Evolving Autistic Space Online”.
⏳ Submission deadline: 16 January.
Please spread far and wide: www.autscape.org/2026/online/...

#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #neurodivergent

Thanks for the recommendation. Will definitely give CLOY a look.

Thanks. I'll give "It's okay to not be okay" another go. I think I may have started it at some point. Also added Tomorrow to list.

Thanks. Will definitely give Crash Landing on You a watch. There have been a couple of strong recommendations for it.

Thanks. Second suggestion of Reply 1988. Others seem interesting too. All added to list.

Thanks. Added that to my list of things to watch.

Thanks for your suggestions. Alchemy of Souls looks spectacular, so I have also added that to my list. Need to try that genre at some point and it looks like a great place to start.

Sure. No problem. Would be interested to hear what they suggest.