"If we truly want to support dysregulated students, especially neurodivergent ones, we need to stop putting the burden of managing big emotions solely on them & instead take a hard look at the environments we create." From @endseclusion.bsky.social:
endseclusion.org/2025/07/10/n... #neurodiversity
Smith finally said it out loud...
She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.
Faith groups should take care of the vulnerable.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
"Any publicly funded immunization in B.C. can be provided at no cost to any Canadian travelling within the province," a statement from the ministry said.
Nice to know that BC has our backs, even when our own government does not.
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Cartoon-America great again?
"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient."
– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.
Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
Extreme heat stresses the human body. From headaches and thirst to reduced concentration, the physical and cognitive symptoms can cause frustration, irritability — and aggression. That leads to a rise in reports of violence, including domestic violence. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...
"Despite paramedics increasingly staying late or coming in on their days off, data shows that on average there were 40 unstaffed EMS shifts each day last year in the Edmonton Zone."
‘System in crisis’: Edmonton EMS overtime up 81 per cent since 2021
www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...
Most disabled people don’t claim disability benefits…
Many of those would be eligible, but they either choose not to, or are alienated from the process by how horrific it is.
People vastly overestimate how many claim, how we are deemed eligible, and how much we get.
Executive dysfunction ≠ laziness
Autistic people can swing between “Can’t stop till I’m done” and “Can’t start no matter how much I want (or need) to”
It can be SO hard for others to understand, especially when most take executive function for granted
But executive dysfunction is a disability
Being particular when you're autistic isn't about preferences. It's a coping strategy because minor differences cause us massive, sometimes debilitating anxiety. We're not being particular to annoy you. We're being particular to protect ourselves from being hijacked and assaulted by our own brains.
Always find it interesting that nearly every profession that involves care has lower priority and esteem in western white culture. Anything that involves the exploitation of resources and people is more rewarded and esteemed.
And most people never question that.
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
Autistic life is being judged for not looking at someone while absorbing 95% of the emotional data in the room.
Autism affects how people communicate, process information, and experience the world
It’s not always visible but it very much shapes who we are & what we do. There is never any moment in which we’re NOT autistic
We cannot be separated from our autism, despite what some ppl think
#AutismAwareness
Autistic masking isn’t just hiding who we are.
It’s managing how others feel about who we are.
It’s rewriting our tone.
Softening our truth.
Absorbing the discomfort of others.
And when we burn out - they call us difficult instead of drained.
They attack instead of offering grace.
Speaking at a pro-separatism event...
Smith not only claims the province is actively trying to convince municipalities to get rid of the RCMP, she also makes it very clear that she wants a provincial police force so she can decide what laws are enforced.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Since discovering I’m autistic, some things have actually felt harder.
Not because my autism has got worse, it hasn’t.
1/5 🧵
Just a reminder…
While the machine that was Take Back Alberta may no longer go by that name so much…
They’re still chugging along and being quite open about their school board targets.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Sometimes I wish I could send people a manual: "Here's how my brain works. Read this before assuming I’m being difficult.’" #adhd #audhd
"... and I'm watching the numbers in Pennsylvania... I said, 'I think they're cheating again...'
And Elon looked at us. He goes, 'No, you're going to win. They just don't know it yet.'
And about 15 minutes later, we won. You know, sort of crazy."
#VerifyTheVote
#AuditPA
#SecureTheMidterms
