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She/Her - Peace seeking vessel with an off-putting physical presence: Creativity and Sustainability | Social Justice | Neurodivergent | Bookish
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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the way adult autism diagnosis works is that someone you know says heyyyy have youuuuu ever been checked for autism by the way?

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

More of this please. 🦋💙🦋

submitted 16 days ago • 59 comments

I don’t believe that we have public tabs on the world’s brightest minds. They are not screaming at us over media 24/7. They are fostering their creativity, they are supporting their communities, they are busy being bright not loud. Creativity is brilliance. Art is the resistance.

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Here's a Google Doc to bookmark that tracks all Trump executive actions, grouped by agenda and implications, for easy reference. tinyurl.com/tracking-tru...

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 19 days ago • 508 comments

This is a donation-backed effort not associated with the US Government, which is encouraging since the US is imploding.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

What is autism? Worth a quick run-through of the modern understanding of autism, since so many teams are still using the outdated DSM-5 descriptions from 2013. So many changes in the last 12 years. This is all from research studies. Thread. It's part of wider neurodivergence, a brain difference/

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This is Fudge. She may not be the sharpest pup in the world, but more importantly, she is not a quitter. 13/10

submitted 26 days ago • 598 comments

Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.

submitted 26 days ago • 221 comments

Approached my not Autistic partner for social situation advice: Him: You should lead with a sentence about how you’re looking forward to the transition. Me: I am not looking forward to it, that’s clear in the rest of the email. 1/2

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Grateful and devastated to be carrying these cards made by my employer. Loaded in my admin pack and personal bag. I work in a high-risk community, on behalf of a national leader in youth development. My office is a school campus. #wearenotgoingback #migrantrightsarehumanrights

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I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

submitted 33 days ago • 1103 comments

I was feeling ok- then I wasn’t- now I’m really not. Distress tolerance level extreme- Day 1. How is everyone holding up? I’ve got lofi music, a weighted blanket and breathing exercises. What tools are you using? You matter. Your causes matter. #neurodivergent #distresstolerance #communitybuilding

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Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions

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“We will come to the aid of our communities. We will protect the vulnerable. We will resist [edited] efforts to prosecute [edited] political enemies. We will not compromise with fascism. We will continue to fight for the rule of law, for social justice, for equal opportunity, for democracy.”

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My ASD brain in a nutshell: “Radical Acceptance is the way forward, people have good intentions, we can reconnect” followed immediately by- “this is unjust & unacceptable, I warned you, don’t touch me.” rinse, repeat #patternrecognition #neurodivergent #autism #radicalacceptance

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