This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
Happy Birthday to Kim Althea Gordon, born on this day in 1953, Rochester, New York.
Sonic Youth - I Wanna Be Your Dog Live on Michelob Presents Night Music (Restored)
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimgordon #sonicyouth #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Book cover: Autism Awareness or Autism Acceptance? E-Book David Gray-Hammond Tanya Adkin Helen Edgar
“We don’t need your pity. We need your partnership. We need a world where Autistic people can thrive—unmasked, unashamed, and undeniably ourselves.”
New ebook from @emergentdivergence.com @tanyaadkin.bsky.social & me.
Download now and be part of the change.
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As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.
A signposting resource to support Autistic people experiencing menopause/ perimenopause.
autisticrealms.com/autistic-men...
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
BUSY NIGHT FOR THE COURTS: Late last night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring DOGE’s access to sensitive Social Securitt data, saying the government flouted the law to provide unfettered access to DOGE without a reasonable basis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
So this is just because Mercury is in Pisces right?
the shift from “I never thought leopards would eat MY face” to “eat my face harder leopard daddy” must be studied
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
A great blog by @emergentdivergence.com following on from the new DFE campaign about school readiness and attendance and the awful impact this has for Autistic, neurodivergent and disabled children
emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/n...
THIS IS LIVE!!!!! Senate Dems are on the Capitol steps right now!
If you’re wondering why the guests they are bringing to the SOTU makes a difference, they’re gonna be speaking about their experiences on the steps of the capital
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA4m...
Now is *not* the time to promote changing the core Constitution! No good could come of it, no matter the intention. Repealing constitutional amendment Citizen's United would address many problems, but this will not be happening any time soon, perhaps not in our lifetime.
Text: Autism, Counselling and psychotherapy, Neurodiversity Autism in therapy: Monotropism, meditation and autistic flow River Marino with their chapter from 'On Being an Autistic Therapist, edited by Max Marnau and published by PCCS Books. 26 February 2025. Image of book:ON BEING AN AUTISTIC THERAPIST EDITED BY MAX MARNAU
Hurrah - this is great!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
ICYMI, today the WH Press Secretary announced she and her cronies will pick the WH Press Pool from now on. She assured major media it would still be allowed to participate—the "for now" was implicit—but said New Media will also be chosen.
I will be astonished if a single left-winger is ever tapped.
Front page of the July 31, 1965 front page of the New York Times
The front page of the New York Times, July 31, 1965, showing LBJ signing the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 into law in the presence of Harry Truman.
And there's 80 more cases pending
An EO has to pass two tests to be legit
It has to fall within the confines of the law
It has to fit within the framework of the constitution
Trump and his band of baboons couldn't write a legit EO if there lives depended on it.
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Image of sea. Text: "Once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through.... But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in." Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
A thread about Autistic burnout.
"Once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through.... But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in."
Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
Senator Murphy:
"I'm not going to calm down. This is corruption. Democracies don't last forever, & what those who are trying to destroy democracies want is for everyone to stay quiet, for everyone to believe that the moment isn't urgent. This is a crisis of epic proportions."
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
NEW: A federal judge has barred DOGE from accessing personal info of government employees and student loan recipients, a significant new restriction on the Elon Musk group's access to sensitive government databases.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Breaking News: Scientists from the University of the Basque Country have discovered a groundbreaking molecule, WIN55.212-2, that reverses early cognitive damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.
JFC indeed.
Find a protest near you
The single most important act of defiance today is visible protest.
Show your neighbors and the world we're not going to sit around and just watch our democracy be dismantled.
Do something.
Join the resistance
Stand up and march
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):
summer field with fire weed framed in steep rocky mountains of Round Prairie in Yellowstone.
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
