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morgenjahnke.bsky.social
Writer, autistic mama. Nerd for nature, poetry, politics.
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“We’re requiring all men to head to their doctors and have them undo these terrible, terrible procedures,” the president said in an address from the Oval Office theonion.com/trump-i...

Trying to figure out how to clone some of the fruit trees in my yard, and every bit of terminology sounds ripped from a grimdark fantasy novel. ⚡️ PREPARE THE SCION. 🎸 THE GRAFTING METHOD. 🤘🏽 READY THE ROOTS. I just want another apple tree, not trying to write a heavy metal album.

I once worked at an anti-death penalty nonprofit chaired by Mike Farrell. Having watched M*A*S*H as a kid, it was a thrill to interact with him and hear about the real bonds he still had with other cast members, including Loretta Swit. She attended one of our fundraisers, was so gracious and kind.

“In the real world, the world of cause and effect, when we tear down the best among us and provide bogus reasons for why we did it, reality will eventually come for us,” writes the author George Saunders about the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, who was the librarian of Congress.

Hassan grills RFK Jr about HHS still employs David Geier and he *IS NOT* happy about her line of questioning, which he calls "defamatory"

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

My column: Canada’s Conservative Party remains silent on the removal of a #Saskatoon woman who was wearing a transgender rights T-shirt from a Pierre Poilievre election rally in the city. #sask #cdnpoli #conservatives #transrights thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu...

"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter."

Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows

Mark Carney deployed unbelievable levels of blandness in defence of Canada. Blandness like you've never seen.

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

Good news! @glennf.com is now our Executive Editor. https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/a-new-version-of-glenn-has-shipped/ Sad news :-( Sharon Zardetto, who wrote several of our books, has died. https://tidbits.com/2025/05/05/a-farewell-to-sharon-zardetto-aker-doyenne-of-mac-writers/ (Edited 1:11 PM)

May the Firth be with you.

folks, autistic people feel empathy. they often don't display emotion in a neurotypical way, which means people often *refuse to empathize with them.*

CASHIER: did you find everything you were looking for today? BONO: *deep breath*

This image details the aesthetic requirements for achieving the “Ideal English Rabbit”, the benchmark of perfect (yet seemingly impossible) markings for a particular breed of rabbit first developed in the middle of the 19th century: publicdomainreview.org/collection/i...

"Today’s builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of hell." [Pope Francis, 18 April 2025]

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

I honestly can’t stop thinking about this RFK speech. A lot of the outrage around it is focused on pointing out that it’s not true. But so fucking what if it was? Do people whose bodies don’t work not deserve to exist in society? If all these things were true for a person are they less worthy?

McCormick was born in 1968. One reason he did not remember seeing people with autism at the time was autism did not have a diagnosis separate from schizophrenia in the DSM until 1980.

“How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel empathy or compassion?” said Nayib Bukele theonion.com/salvado...

Saskatoon knows. #CanadaStrong

🚨 YEATS: TURNING AND TURNING OF THE WIDENING GYRE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALCON NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE FALCONER, CENTRE NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD

🗓️ Today is Right to Read Day! Let's unite to protect our #freedom to read and access information in our libraries, where diverse viewpoints thrive. Stand against #censorship and show your support for library workers and #community freedom! ✊ Let's do this: uniteagainstbookbans.org/rig...

MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.

I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles. (Vaccines don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death?) A thread drawn from @fodderfigure.bsky.social's recent TPGA article: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a... #VaccinesSaveLives 1/

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This speaks volumes: Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada. leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03... munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

In ancient Ireland, attaining the highest level of poet entitled you to wear a cloak of crimson feathers and carry a wand. ...just in case anyone is looking for a mid-career pivot.

Elbows up, Canada.

These are #Canadian values. #2SLGBTQIA+ solidarity and support We stand together. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦❤️

Unbelievably, Canada’s largest newspaper chain is owned by US hedge fund with ties to Trump. This was permitted by the Harper gov, but Carney should use Canadian laws to ensure Postmedia is owned by Canadians – even by employees of those newspapers. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education. Greg: Because we're against it.

You need to read this.

In case you, like me, are a high-anxiety human who missed this piece of moderately reassuring news: Despite many broken things, the FDA *did* make a flu shot recommendation for this fall. www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/h...

Second floor: Carpets, travel goods and bedding, material, soft furnishings, restaurant and Macrodata Refinement. Going down! #Severance

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.

Today I became a Canadian citizen! It was a proud and joyful moment for me. https://joekissell.com/2025/03/11/i-am-now-canadian/ /CC @darcywarrington.bsky.social

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew 🇨🇦 - "A wonderful, beautiful order pulling American booze off the shelves in Manitoba Liquor Marts." #cdnpoli

Make America Great Depression Again!

For those who observe: Happy Twin Peaks Day, you beautiful peeps.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnmK... THIS. THIS.

My daughter and her friends made this “Remy cake.” And having seen it, I must now walk into the sea.

Big #news from the Smithsonian’s National #Zoo – two pygmy slow loris babies made their debut! These tiny primates, each about the weight of three nickels, are now exploring their exhibit. Watch the two-month-old siblings curiously eyeing waxworms, with their dad, Pabu, swooping in for a snack. 👀🪱

Today's mood: magnolia: a genus of tree that has survived more than 20 Million Years and continues to flourish.

As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...