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I have been filling in various gaps in the online archive of my mother, Dinah Murray's work - notably including the first ever publication about #monotropism, her 1992 Durham paper 'Attention Tunnelling and #Autism'.
I think these papers hold up pretty well, all things considered!
https://monotropism.org/2024/dinah-murray-archive-update/

Hey, diagnosed-neurodivergent friends: it’s not offensive for those of us who don’t have an official condition or other diagnosis to talk about being low on spoons, similarly to how y’all do, right?
It’s just such a clear feeling/situation for people who understand it that it would be a shame to have to talk about it with other words, but I don’t want to implicitly tiptoe around being ableist or insulting if it is.

The Outrage Industry is talk radio, cable news shows, and political blogs.
The #outrage #industry dictates the behavior of elected officials (particularly conservatives) who are terrified of getting on its wrong side because they know if they do, they will be

Invented Narratives and the Outrage Industry - Teri Kanefield
The Outrage Industry Even if you are not caught up in the Outrage Industry, it affects you because it affects us all. The Outrage Industry influences how we talk about politics with our friends and family—and why some people avoid talking about politics. It explains why some people are glued to the screen, following a […]

Hey, diagnosed-neurodivergent friends: it’s not offensive for those of us who don’t have an official condition or other diagnosis to talk about being low on spoons, similarly to how y’all do, right?
It’s just such a clear feeling/situation for people who understand it that it would be a shame to have to talk about it with other words, but I don’t want to implicitly tiptoe around being ableist or insulting if it is.

Anti-Ukrainian narratives pushed by the Kremlin as deflection tactics. Ukraine in Flames #603: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/25/antiukrainian-narratives-pushed.html

🧵 Thread: Re-plugging an old article that my friend, mentee and former colleague Mythri Prabhakara wrote about learning digital security over approximately 8 months while navigating her #neurodivergence and other intersectional identities, and a pandemic to boot.
(I’ve shared an archived link because the footnotes and text currently displaying are a bit weird.)

Learning digital security as a “non-techie”
A wooden duster came flying at 11-year-old me. I had misspelled my Venn diagram as “when diagram”, and the math teacher was teaching me an important lesson. Although not officially a part of the syllabus, my place within the classroom was clear. I was, as she called me, a pedhi.Kannada (Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in the southwestern

* Do not foul your dog in this area
* No dog, only fouling
* No, dog! Fouling!
* Only non-dog fouling permitted

* Do not foul your dog in this area
* No dog, only fouling
* No, dog! Fouling!
* Only non-dog fouling permitted

Resisting Moscow’s Victim Narrative: Strategies for Global Response The victim narrative promoted by Moscow requires a comprehensive global response to counter its influence and misinformation. Kremli Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-in-flames-602

It's #WeirdPrideDay tomorrow! I'll be chatting with Nick Walker @… and David Gray-Hammond @… about weirdness, neuroquering, pride and probably a whole bunch of other stuff.
19:30 GMT, 11:30 PST, other timezones are also available! You should be able to watch it at either of the following links, at the time or later, with our without an account...
Facebook link:
https://facebook.com/events/s/davids-divergent-discussions-w/1889559658165651/
YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/7wqGbYEDc4A?si=zr-ggvwdlgCrdKlS