Today’s Mars square Saturn is like trying to run while someone pulls at your clothes to stop you from moving forward… they’re saying it’s for your own good but you want to just kick them off and GO

This is worse than you think if you think by “food-induced illness” he’s talking about cyclosporiasis. He is in fact trying to tell us “processed foods” and sugar are more likely to kill us than measles.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

RFK Jr defends measles: "In 10 years, there have been 3 measles deaths in America. There are now about 1.2 million deaths every year from food-induced illness. The media and certain demagogic politicians are constantly trying to scare us about infectious disease."

On Monday, Jupiter in Leo trines Saturn in Aries. A little explainer for those curious about what this means: www.patreon.com/milkywayastr...

The Jupiter-Saturn Cycle | Milky Way Astrology

On Monday August 31, Jupiter in Leo trines Saturn (Retrograde) in Aries. This is the first in a series of three fire sign trines between the

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Chair of #IACC is now claiming that all the comments were processed using an LLM - basically just commenting on whether the comments support or oppose the plan. Here's why this is a problem!

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · last wk.

But then the comments submitted after August 20 weren't even provided to members until yesterday. That's MOST of the comments - including ALL comments by major autism organizations, hundreds of pages. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN READ

A quick overview of Annual Profections and how they are useful for tracking transits: www.patreon.com/milkywayastr...

There is a free, reputable website called FreeWill.com anyone can use to create a legal will, advanced directive, etc. (A resource I found while doing work for AWN!)

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Dr. Amuly (she/he)@amuly.bsky.social · 2w ago

Guys this is so important and also YOU YOURSELF should have a plan for powers of attorney. For YOURSELF. Figure this fucking shit out NOW because shit can happen at any time. If you’re bad at executive function, make this a task you execute by end of year.

You’re going to hear me something you will never hear again: RFK Jr. Is right about one thing. California has one of the highest autism diagnosis rates. But he is wrong about why! California has system of health care providers. That means it has better screening than, say, Alabama.

Kim@kimmcauliffe.bsky.social · 4w ago

It would be an interesting experiment. Red states riddled with disease. Blue states healthy. Autism the same rate.

What happened and "changed our children?" The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990s that and included autism as a covered disabilities. Schools had to report how many autistic students they served. Who was a cosponsor of that bill? RFK Jr.'s uncle Ted Kennedy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

RFK Jr on autism: "'Oh, we're just noticing it more.' But this is an absurdity ... if we were just noticing it more, we would notice it in older groups. But we're not ... so something happened in the mid '90s that changed our children"

Major TW for my neurodivergent peeps. How did I know it was for autistic kids? How did I know even before I scrolled down

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago

THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services

Periodic reminder that the vast majority of people with mental health issues are never violent and are more likely to be victims of violence. The history of violence is the salient piece

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo ago

ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.

It’s almost like the right to vote is more important than the right to eat unlimited amounts of spaghetti

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "I saw a tweet yesterday from Olive Garden that in order to take advantage of their never-ending pasta pass, you have to show photo ID. I thought, that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security."

Prepping for trial during a Mercury retrograde in my 9th house is really fun. Every hour or so my computer forgets how to talk to my printer and I have to reboot everything, it’s really cool

Trump's big news is China acquired the publicly available voter file? Bro, DOGE employees took off with our Social Security info on thumb drives.

Once again I have run out of ADHD meds because state regulations only let me fill my prescription every 28 days. And I need to ask my provider for a new script every single month. Inevitability this lands on a weekend. I am so tired of this routine. If I could function without this stuff I would!

Getting older is crazy because you’ll be listening to your parasocial peers chat on a podcast or whatever and oh so casually mention they have never seen any Muppets content, don’t know who Liberace is, and their mom listens to Beyoncé and 😦

This

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2mo ago

everybody who looked the other way on dealbreaker after dealbreaker because they were so stoked on their great white populist hope deserves the humiliation she’s going to be forced to bear instead. yall made her into a sin eater because you wanted a slur-saying left so badly

You’re telling me Schism Watch is happening under an exact Mars + Uranus square to natal Uranus? 8H-11H?? This chart is spicy, I’m so into it

“It is not simply that autistic people fail to understand others; non-autistic people may also fail to understand autistic communication, expression, and experience. When two people process the world differently, both may struggle to read the other accurately.”

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When Autistic Interests Are Mistaken for Narcissism: Understanding Neurodiversity and Relationships | Counselling in Cornwall #monotropism www.cornwallcounsellingdirectory.co.uk/blog/when-au...

I like this article. I think about Jupiter’s dark side and just its value-neutral Embiggening influence a lot! Jupiter transits do tend to teach me big life lessons by any means necessary 😂

@alicesparklykat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

JUPITER HAS A DARK SIDE — Jupiter's dark side is this: Jupiter is really paranoid. If you look for meaning in every single single accident or coincidence, in every single song lyric or tarot card pull—then you'll trip yourself out. www.alicesparklykat.com/articles/733...

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

The House Democrats should hire me to make their social media graphics 👀

I had a great time with my DisCo friends at @lydiaxzbrown.com campaign fundraiser last week! If you live in MD District 7A or don’t but you care about disability justice, interdependence, economic stability for everyone, and more, check out Ly Xīnzhèn's campaign website: brownformaryland.com

I get the impulse for autistic people to want to respond by saying that they DID go to college or play baseball or date and work. But that still plays into ableist narratives. Even if an #ActuallyAutistic person does none of these, they still have worth.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

RFK Jr: Kids with autism will never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date.

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If I were a math teacher I’d have two bonus questions on the Friday quiz today: 1. $600 is ___% higher than $100. 2. $100 is ___% lower than $600. Please show your work.

Lý Xīnzhèn Brown (@lydiaxzbrown.com) is a Democratic Socialist running for the Maryland House. They are a longtime advocate, policy analyst, and scholar working in disability and technology. If you want people in politics who actually understand issues AND the stakes, Lý Xīnzhèn fully fits the bill

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

a yelling RFK Jr denies making comments about Black children that Rep. Sewell printed out and put on a placard

And guess what the demographics are in east Omaha. If you are an Omaha parent in the superfund zone worried about lead you can get free testing from the Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance (founded by Kara Eastman, district 2 Dem who challenged Bacon in 2018 & 2020!) omaha.net/omaha-health...

Flatwater Free Press@flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha's east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska. 🔗 buff.ly/KBLSiXG