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Religious Studies & Hebrew Bible PhD studentšŸ“š/Jewishāœ”ļø/ADHD & AutisticšŸŽ§/Myth & Religion NerdšŸŗ/Recovering Attorney āš–ļø/Perpetually SleepyšŸ’¤ (she/her)

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You have personal grievances with it, youā€™re allowed.

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Trayce the WezilianšŸŖšŸŒŒ's avatar Trayce the WezilianšŸŖšŸŒŒ @trayceinspace.bsky.social
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When an autistic person shares an experience similar to yours when you are talking about something, weā€™re not trying to make it about us, we are giving you or citations for our empathy. Not just, ā€œI feel you.ā€ Itā€™s, ā€œI feel you and hereā€™s exactly why!ā€ And I prefer this!

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When I left the animal welfare world a few years ago, advocates were already pushing for an even better system: stunning them with gas (ā€œcontrolled atmosphere stunning,ā€ or ā€œCASā€), which essentially doesnā€™t fail. But would require new infrastructure investments.

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Also, chickens sometimes twist & miss the stun bath, so they die painfully. Some even wiggle away from the kill blade, & eventually die by boiling alive in the defeathering vat./

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That said, stun baths arenā€™t perfect either. Chickens are dipped in the bath upside down, hanging by their feet. Their legs often get hurt or broken while being put in the shackles, especially when done quickly by overworked slaughterhouse workers./

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Itā€™s possible to kill a chicken so that they pass out instantly, as you said, but itā€™s not consistent. It depends a lot on the skill & care of the butcher, & even then, itā€™s uncertain. Stunning in the electro-bath is much more consistent./

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I spent a few years as an in-house attorney for a few different animal welfare nonprofits. Although these organizations had an ideological bent, they also had animal welfare scientists on staff, whose judgment & expertise I trust. Their opinion was generally that no-stun slaughter is unethical./

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Wellā€¦Iā€™m a data point, for whatever itā€™s worth!

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Havenā€™t noticed dropping articles. Iā€™ll have to pay attention from now on & see!

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Constantly. I also frequently drop initial first-person pronouns. ā€œ[I] Feel like going for a walk.ā€ ā€œ[I] Canā€™t understand that.ā€ Can you explain why? Curious :)

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Brancha did not walk across 1914 Russia at the age of 18 to extract her husband from the Russian army and send him on a boat to America just for me not to light candles on Shabbat is what Iā€™m saying

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Matthew Cortland (they)'s avatar Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land
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I have re-read chapter 14 of project 2025 for work and i'm genuinely going to go take a benzo now "Add targeted time limits [on Medicaid] or lifetime caps on [Medicaid] benefits to disincentivize permanent dependence"

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Mazel tov, & good luck! You have to follow your own path, itā€™s the only one that goes where you need to go.

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This is the nature of the ā€œautistic #meltdownā€

When our frustration level exists the realm of the tolerable, we will do anything to distract ourselves from the overwhelming feelings

We literally cannot do anything else, until our nervous system somehow gets down-regulated. Weā€™re not being dramatic

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Medusaā€™s WinkšŸ˜‰ 's avatar Medusaā€™s WinkšŸ˜‰ @medusaswink.bsky.social
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And while weā€™re usually quite good at giving each other the benefit of the doubt, it feels to us that neurotypicals only very rarely do this - for each other, or for us Understanding neurodivergent communication takes the same dedication as trying to come to understand any other outgroupā€™s language

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Elizabeth Roderick's avatar Elizabeth Roderick @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social
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ā€œYou need to speak up if youā€™re having troubleā€ My good fuckwad, I was raised undxed autistic, so no matter how excruciatingly bad things were, I was told I was being drama/lying for attention. I no longer have any idea how much discomfort I am in, up until and including when Iā€™m in full meltodown

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Was just thinking about this earlier today! I ID as a cis woman, but I canā€™t say I feel particularly attached.

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The line between a disability & a personality flaw or or weakness is likewise fairly arbitrary. Generally, if a weakness is unusual enough, far enough outside the norm, itā€™s pathologized. Itā€™s a relative judgment.

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ā€œDisabilityā€ just means being unable to do something that most others can do. Itā€™s an entirely relative term. You can be in tip-top physical shape, perfect health FOR YOU, but if you canā€™t meet certain societal standards, you are disabled in societyā€™s eyes./

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Itā€™s all ā€œAmerica was founded on Judeo-Christian tradition!ā€ until a Jew asks for Saturday off instead of Sunday.

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Kayla H.'s avatar Kayla H. @kaypiob.bsky.social
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It's tiresome being told that you, the autistic, are the one who lacks empathy and needs to change to accommodate those who are not willing to even entertain that your perspective is valid

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Iā€™m not a fan of the sanist language, but I do empathize with this personā€™s plight. ā€œI just thought it looked cool, guys! I swear I donā€™t believe in a Great Replacement of the white race!ā€

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I know šŸ˜­ My Mom, step-mom, & sister all feel this essential woman-yness. I just donā€™t relate. But I like bright colors & expressing my feelings, which seem to be feminine prerogatives, so Iā€™ll keep it?

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JJ is tired's avatar JJ is tired @jjofbc.bsky.social
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I think very often directness is taken as coldness or meanness (see: life as an autistic person) While I often see that directness as as a kind of kindness itself (both when I deliver it myself and receive it from others)

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Iā€™ve thought about it a lot, because my sister is trans, & being a woman is so important for her, so core to her self-identity. I donā€™t feel that way. Iā€™m very certain Iā€™m not a man, & I donā€™t have a problem being a woman, soā€¦Path of least resistance.

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My gender is ā€œwhatever lets me dress in jeans, graphic tees, a necklace, & rainbow sneakers.ā€ They told me ā€œgirl,ā€ & so far, thatā€™s worked fine šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

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A lot of autistic people have an ā€œatypicalā€ relationship with gender. Many of us are trans. Others, like me, feel kind of detached from gender.

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Good reminder. I think Iā€™m so used to being told by non-academics that my subject is boring that I internalized it.

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Reactor (formerly Tor.com)'s avatar Reactor (formerly Tor.com) @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast:

reactormag.com/the-avengers...

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CarƦsten šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø's avatar CarƦsten šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø @cara.city
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even more classic gameboy camera art: the Venus de Milo!

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Brendel's avatar Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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Is there any lesson to be taken from the French moderate liberal and left earnestly trying to cooperate and help one another defeat a reactionary threat to democracy? Yes there is, until anyone one degree off from my personal political leanings pisses me off over anything, and I mean anything.

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šŸŒæ Laura šŸŒæ's avatar šŸŒæ Laura šŸŒæ @lauraamalasunta.bsky.social
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Me: I'm like a medieval princess You: You mean all the most worthy knights vie for your fair hand? Me: I mean I'm a woman who was given a weird-ass education in Latin, theology and ecclesiastical history designed for boys entering a monastery and now society has no clue what the fuck to do with me

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Sarah E. Bond's avatar Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social
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For those teaching, researching, or interested in visualizing Greek myth, there is an invaluable new interactive map & database of Greek mythic persons, objects, & places called MANTO. The raw linked open data alone is stunning but the maps are also fantastic [1/4] manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/...

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My visit to Florida was fraught with family nonsense, but on the plus side, I SAW A MANATEE IN THE WILD!!!! Iā€™ve been on SO MANY boat trips in Florida nature preserves, & they always say ā€œYou MIGHT even see a manatee!ā€ but I NEVER saw one until this week. So my Dad hates me, but glass half full.

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Msā€Š. Penny ā€ŠOaken's avatar Msā€Š. Penny ā€ŠOaken @skywitches.net
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Brooklyn = Jewish Bolshevik = Jewish SoS = Jewish The Gloried Ones = Jewish (from Exodus 34 use of qāran' to describe Moses, mistranslated as ā€œHornedā€ in Latin vulgate) Landlords = Jewish Journalists (Jew-rnalists) = Jewish The Amish = Jewish (Tucker Carlson audience shibboleth) Hats = Jewish

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A lot of autistic people exist in a world where people make it clear that we did something wrong, but hardly ever explain what went wrong. After enough of this, confusion, anxiety, and self-doubt become near-constant companions in social situations

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Ugh, sorry. Your body must ache šŸ˜£ At least your dog is better!

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I donā€™t like having meltdowns, but there are things I DO like about myself, & those things are also downstream of my autistic neurology. Creativity, sincerity, dedication, & passion are also autistic traits.

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Being autistic is more than a list of traits in the DSM. It involves differences in how we communicate, our thought processes, memories, values, & interests, even our sensory perception. We literally donā€™t see the world the same as others. It fundamentally shapes every part of us, good & bad.

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Dad lives in a truly beautiful place with mangroves & sea turtles & manatees. I said my morning prayers each day while looking out over the ocean. Stunning. I just wish my family was as peaceful as the scenery.

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Tempest is doing a Kickstarter! BUY MY BOOK šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø's avatar Tempest is doing a Kickstarter! BUY MY BOOK šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø @probablyacryptid.elikwake.com
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I'm really sad and all I can do about it is let myself feel it Sometimes you have to sit in the pain to let it scab over Or even just to know how deep the wound goes It's like a hot needle going directly to the heart Gotta clean out the wound or it'll get infected

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Dad lives in a truly beautiful place with mangroves & sea turtles & manatees. I said my morning prayers each day while looking out over the ocean. Stunning. I just wish my family was as peaceful as the scenery.

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My visit to Florida was fraught with family nonsense, but on the plus side, I SAW A MANATEE IN THE WILD!!!! Iā€™ve been on SO MANY boat trips in Florida nature preserves, & they always say ā€œYou MIGHT even see a manatee!ā€ but I NEVER saw one until this week. So my Dad hates me, but glass half full.

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