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In 2013, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) made a change allowing someone to be diagnosed with both Autism and ADHD. Despite the commonality of co-occurrence, a person could only be diagnosed with one or the other prior to 2013. Some current diagnostic prevalence changes are due to that.

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Speaking to a crowd of reportedly more than 20k people. In Utah. On an off year.

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Unfortunately many of the current opposition party are criminals themselves.

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In Bloom Art by: www.instagram.com/aoifedowdart...

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There’s an awful NYT article about ADHD going around. I’m not going to signal boost it, but I want to say one thing: Raising the specter of “addiction” with regard to people with ADHD using stimulants always makes me laugh. Most of us have trouble even remembering to take and refill our medications.

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As much destruction as the Trump administration has engaged in, they failed in accomplishing the degree of overwhelm they originally desired in the first three months. And they know it. That’s a limited win for us, but a win nonetheless.

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There’s an awful NYT article about ADHD going around. I’m not going to signal boost it, but I want to say one thing: Raising the specter of “addiction” with regard to people with ADHD using stimulants always makes me laugh. Most of us have trouble even remembering to take and refill our medications.

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In Bloom Art by: www.instagram.com/aoifedowdart...

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“Bluesky is too much of an echo chamber” have you spent five minutes in a political discussion here

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THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens. The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)

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As much destruction as the Trump administration has engaged in, they failed in accomplishing the degree of overwhelm they originally desired in the first three months. And they know it. That’s a limited win for us, but a win nonetheless.

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36,000 people came to the @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social rally against oligarchy in LA. People want leaders who will fight and name what’s happening clearly.

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THREAD: Israel bombed a church-run hospital on Palm Sunday. Israel has bombed al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, forcing its final evacuation and complete shutdown. This hospital was one of the last functioning in the north.

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The backlash to DOGE is HUGE... but the allure of "getting rid of government waste" remains strong. Beyond fighting DOGE, advancing progressive alternative makes sense. The focus should EFFECTIVENESS--making government work for people, in a visibly effective way. 1/19 www.salon.com/2025/04/12/c...

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Double-empathy problem: Because autistic and non-autistic people experience the world and express emotions differently, it can be difficult for autistic and non-autistic people to experience cognitive empathy for one another, which can cause misunderstandings. reframingautism.org.au/miltons-doub...

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The best way to combat antisemitism is to silence liberal Jewish critics of Bibi Netanyahu

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Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important: He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.

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For the first time since WWII an extreme right party is #1 in the German polls. Anti-fascist economic policy is urgently needed. Instead the new coalition agenda entails: - cut profit tax - end 8 hr workday - open tap for defense, austerity for the rest - weaken social security

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Completely unrelated I’m sure: Apple’s CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee.

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Important thread for people in Gaza about how to use this platform effectively and not continually have accounts and crowdfunding efforts labeled as spam:

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Completely unrelated I’m sure: Apple’s CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee.

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They want power without responsibility and are people of the lie. They externalize blame. They gaslight and deny reality. They project constantly, and their every accusation is a confession. We can’t change who they are, but we can keep each other sane by accurately observing what is real and true.

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Trump will end temporary protections for more than 10,000 Cameroonian and Afghan refugees, putting them on track for deportation. Keep in mind: many of the Afghans here in the US are among those who assisted US troops and supported US interests in Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts. About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone. See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:

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“The damage has been done,” said George Saravelos, the head of foreign exchange research at Deutsche Bank. “The market is reassessing the structural attractiveness of the dollar as the world’s global reserve currency and is undergoing a process of rapid de-dollarisation.”

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Particularly notable in the context of a Euro strengthening against the dollar (which makes traveling to the US less expensive for Europeans):

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“Exclusively to X”?! That’s tantamount to being a step toward acknowledging X is a state media platform for the Trump administration. It also serves to try to pull many less-media- literate and vulnerable elders onto a platform full of propaganda, conspiracies, and grifters.

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China understands Trump better than most Democrats.

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