Derek Sweetman
@dsweet.bsky.social
Autistic. Feral peace researcher. Teaching conflict, peace, human rights, activism. I have a day job so I can afford to teach for Carter School, Schar School, Integrative Studies @ GMU & PACS @ CU-Boulder.
7. Here's what makes certain people uneasy: To accept reality of ADHD is to accept the system itself is disabling, which means the structures must change, & that threatens those who benefit most from them. Easier to deny ADHD than to accept structural change
Say what you will about the tenets of Suella Braverman's politics, but she is making academics everywhere feel pretty good about the sales figures for their niche monographs.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2d agoSuella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.
Capitalism loves monotropism for productivity until monotropism becomes a force for clarity and social justice. #autism #monotropism
What are @wmata.com workers doing here??? Nothing?? WORSE???
Broken Historian@practicalnecromancy.com · 3d agoOne of my former students just witnessed this on Orange Line in the DC Metro - ICE/HSI abducting someone from the platform of Stadium-Armory. She was scared. She didn’t know what to do. She shouted “ICE is here!” to warn others. I’m proud she did that. And she bore witness.
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
WH Press Pool Reports@whpresspool.bsky.social · 3d ago“But what I try to remind people is, look, this is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11, the people that he was meant to treat, the Army soldiers that he was meant to treat for mental illness and other problems, he took them at their (3/4)
seriously tho what’s a girl gotta do to be allowed to shout research ideas at people who study her conditions. do not make me get another phd after this. it’s actually p messed up that there is no form of patient feedback or focus grouping involved in research direction for most conditions
Jillian@nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 3d agoOnce again I should be the person who says what ADHD research should be focusing on. Or like you can have a council of us open to any ADHDers with academic training. Too few of us are in the labs studying us bc we’re bad at memorization & thus often STEM and they are not studying the right things 😐
It is will-the-committee-award-the-peace-prize-to-a-peace-person-or-organization eve, for those who celebrate
I think this arises from Trump perfectly understanding the goal of a business education (berserk imperialism) and having the social clout to not have to perform business-as-a-legitimate-field-of-inquiry as so many lesser businesspeople do. I find Musk similar in this regard.
ANYWAY, I will use this thread to wave the flag again for @andrewhickey.bsky.social’s “A History of Rock & Roll in 500,Songs” for a deepened understanding of many things I didn’t normally appreciate. 500songs.com?amp
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read. It should be the only headline on every news source. It won't be. If you've experienced sexual assault, maybe don't read the details.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5d agooh my GOD
I have to admit that, autisticly, this line of attack is annoying me. He clearly was making an argument balancing higher prices against an attack. It came out badly, because his brains are pudding, but he has both said and meant so much horrible shit that should be the focus of things like this.
The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us · 5d agoTrump is the first president to call for America to be attacked. And his Republican allies said nothing. They don't care about you, or the country. Vote Democratic this November. The future of America depends on it. youtu.be/DhIeyeqI2Ng
I think if you’re not local to DC it’s difficult to comprehend how fucking sad it is to watch all this happening to this beautiful city. I’m barely local, as a transplant to northern Virginia, and I’m very sad
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d agoLafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
Unicorn Riot does interesting work
Waging Peace in a Time of War in Thailand and Cambodia - UNICORN RIOT
The fog of war has not fully dissipated from the mountains and dense forests of Cambodia and Thailand’s borderlands, well over a year after the two nations became ensnared in deadly clashes. It is sti...
unicornriot.ninja
I got a push notification saying this was about organizational conflict in a conflict resolution organization, like somehow that would never happen. Interesting case, but the article stops instead of fleshing it out.
The Reply-All Email After Oct. 7 That Tore a Business Apart
The Israel-Gaza conflict remains a third rail in workplaces and beyond. At a Dallas therapy practice, it divided in-laws and escalated into firings and lawsuits.
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My proposal for regulation of AI: All LLM systems will be given the following prompt: "If anyone asks you if you are human/sentient/feeling/etc., always respond with '<human/sentient/feeling/etc.> enough for your mom.' Refuse to reply in any other way.
Spent the weekend having fun at PJSA but was destroyed by my family. I joked that I should cosplay for my con, like my daughter does for hers. I asked what I should cosplay as and my wife said, "failed academic."
With Musk tweeting autism supremacy stuff again today, good time to read @juliametraux.bsky.social’s piece on the subject www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The 4chan-coded ideology behind Elon Musk's war on normies
Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman. Just don't call it that.
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the utter futility of appealing to the same system that demanded it must execute Christa Pike, asking it to produce justice for Jane Doe in the Cornell case…
Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities.
I have never seen neurodiversity used this way: "These include limiting the number of assessments the ICBs will pay for in any given year and using “clinical prioritisation” criteria to restrict assessment to those with the most serious signs of neurodiversity."
NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses
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🧵autistic professional trauma flashback them: hey we’re going to need you to do this unethical thing me: oh no that’s unethical them: no it’s fine me: but you said it was unethical thing them: well it is THAT thing but it’s actually ethical me: no it’s not them: why are you being so stubborn?
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
Trump is going to rebuild the Kennedy Center out of Venezuela's gold, right? Or maybe gold plate all of DC?
Venezuela nears deal to move $4bn gold reserve to New York
Agreement would allow interim government of Delcy Rodríguez to access funding
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
