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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 53m

It is will-the-committee-award-the-peace-prize-to-a-peace-person-or-organization eve, for those who celebrate

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calvin @calvinallegedly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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.

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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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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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."

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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...

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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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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today, in things that are demonstrably not true...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/10/2026

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…

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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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."

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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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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 26/04/2025

🧵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?

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I remember the public service announcements! They spent time making sure we understood it with a commercial showing an Inuit family receiving a fan.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

More than 33% of households. It has been obvious for awhile that our economy is a mess around here and I know a lot of ex-feds who are still out of work.

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

It’s telling that the only thing most people are interested in knowing about autism is what causes it & how to avoid it. How are #autistic people supposed to live in a world that sees us this way? As a “risk” to avoid rather than as fellow humans & community members?

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I liked this more than I expected (my expectations were not low, they just weren't existent. It was an impulse Libby checkout). It is a good and entertaining book!

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Proofreads for the book are done, y'all. Manly while Stimming: Autism and the Myth of the Masculine Ideal comes out March 30, 2027. Pre-order here. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...

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Manly While Stimming

Unmasking Autism meets Notes on Being a Man in this one-of-a-kind reimagining of contemporary masculinity in the autism community.Society’s definition of m...

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Made my first trip to SPX today, even though I've lived nearby since last century. Daughter came, too, and found things she liked. My Philippe "Here Comes a Special Boy" shirt got nice comments from the older potion of the crowd.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Take a minute to really absorb the scale of what you're seeing. This is 'Cueva de los Cristales', the Cave of the Crystals, near the city of Naica in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The crystals are selenite, a type of gypsum. They formed over the last 1 million years. (📷: Javier Trueba, MSF)

A man stands in a cave filled with white crystals, many of them much taller and larger than he is. The scale is hard to even understand.

CREDIT: Javier Trueba

From the C&EN article I'm citing below:
"For millennia, conditions within the Cave of Crystals (290 m underground) were perfect for the growth of gypsum crystals, allowing them to grow to their massive size. Credit: Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Source"

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am equally as smart and hot as @andrewhickey.500songs.com . I can live with that.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 06/09/2026

Science fiction is when the main character is autistic and fantasy is when they have ADHD.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

They were operating under World Cup rules

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Although it does remind me of when CU got 5 tries at 10 yards the year they won the championship

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I took a 10-minute break from what I was doing to watch the end of a college football game and now my life is consumed by 1-second-trutherism

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I don't think we ever did this in Gitmo. I've already got enough material for human rights class. I don't want more.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you use a wheelchair, are you worried that you might not be able to use a cybercar? No problem. Your first fare includes some sort of miracle cure that allows you to not just walk again but to also store the wheelchair yourself.

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 05/09/2026

50 years ago today it was time to play the music, it was time to light the lights. Happy birthday to the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational MUPPET SHOW!

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Nobody: Universities: what if we kept trying to expand while having fewer and fewer staff

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

omg this was healing to read. i'm not disordered. i have real issues that need help being understood! #autistic

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 25/08/2026

It would be very, very irresponsible for people to visit this link with their Bittorrent client, download the Amnesty report that J.K. Rowling had censored, seed it, and share the link as widely as possible. So don't do that.

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

2025-26: the first year Canadian universities employed more tenured/TT professors over the age of 70 than under the age of 35.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Something like this? There was another one that was hanging on the wall of my history class a long time ago. It was horizontal and did the same kind of thing, charting the divisions of people and events. I can't seem to find an example online, though.

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This epic timeline from 1931 attempts to sum up the rise and fall of civilizations throughout 4,000 years of history in one graphic.

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Derek Sweetman @dsweet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Just got a phishing email announcing ICE arrested GMU faculty. I predict a lot of people are going to fall for this.

An email from "Amab Podder PhD" accouncing that "Federal Immigration ICE Detail GMU Faculty Members." It is a phishing email, trying to get people to click the link in "a temporary list of potentially impacted individuals."

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

THIS. With my students, I've had other adjuncts be like, "But what if a student without -insert issue- wants more time??" I give them more time. It's called being a reasonable, compassionate person. Giving them an extra day or two on an assignment doesn't take time off my life, so what's the problem

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