I've got this for you. Gift link: wapo.st/4d1K3lC

WQwardqnormal.bsky.socialSep 5, 2024 3:30pm

A wonderful obit for Steve. I'm sorry that I don't have the ability to create a gift link, so it is behind a paywall.

Steve Silberman, journalist who explored autism’s history, dies at 66

He wrote about the developmental condition in “NeuroTribes,” a 2015 bestseller that promoted understanding and acceptance of people who think differently.

PSA: if you're not a purist and want to read the whole Rice Truck Saga all in one place, start here and scroll to the top.

📚 apnews.com/article/okla...

also and I feel like I buried the lede here: it calls for the people who CREATE queer media to be imprisoned. That'd be people like me. Or any other queer creator you love. Any queen who's been on drag race. Chappel Roan. Janelle Monae. Anyone who's made a piece of queer media. Imprisoned.

MTmaggietokudahall.bsky.socialJul 16, 2024 7:36pm

Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

The Toronto Star asked me weigh in on the Alice Munro revelations so that I could shed light on how common incest is and sadly, how common Alice's response was.

Can’t understand how Alice Munro took her husband’s side over the daughter he abused? It’s more common than you think

Incest is “the last taboo of the #MeToo era. It is the story we do not like to tell and hate to hear. Skinner’s story is common. But so is

Two years of work, nearly 1000 people, and 6394 emails later: Best Practices for Queer Metadata is live! zenodo.org/records/1258...

Are you a neurodivergent librarian or supervisor at a US public or academic library? Do you identify as autistic and/or ADHD? Please consider participating in our survey! This IMLS-funded study investigates the workplace experiences of neurodivergent librarians. For details, visit our website! 📚

There's something that everyone gets wrong about the Ashley Madison data dump from 2015. And I should know, because I was one of the reporters who broke the story. It's my latest for @newscientist@mstdn.social (sign up for a free account to read). www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal

Nine years after hackers targeted Ashley Madison, the dating site for wannabe adulterers, many people still don't grasp what was truly chilling about the scandal, says Annalee Newitz

The CAUT statement should be more widely read: www.caut.ca/latest/2024/...

"Since the Leahy law was passed, not a single Israeli security force unit has been deemed ineligible for U.S. aid, despite repeated...reports of gross violations of human rights and a pattern of failing to appropriately punish Israeli soldiers and police..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I created the Leahy law. It should be applied to Israel.

Requiring Israel to respect human rights does not imply “moral equivalence” with Hamas