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#ActuallyAutistic • #ADHD • #AuDHD • Parent of autists • HS Math/SpEd teacher • Fat-finger typos • Trying, but burned out • Minneapolis area • He/Him

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BattleTech @battletech.bsky.social · 20h
OUT NOW! The game of #BattleTech is changing with the new BattleTech: Core Rulebook! Play BattleTech with a fresh update on the classic game and conquer the 31st and 32nd millenniums! bit.ly/BT-Core-Rule... #mecha #wargame #rules #update #new #miniatures #tabletop #classic
Storm into the ilClan era with the new BattleTech: Core Rulebook and discover the changes in this classic game of armored combat!
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By the gods of all the planes, THIS. I would be an incredibly happy, productive, and rested person if I lived alone because I would have control of my sensory environment, physical surroundings, and when I socialized.
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Gillian (Jill) @youdontknowjill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All of this. Well said, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social.
newrepublic.com
Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”
Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 29/09/2026
literally never shutting up again about the #MeToo genre of outrage because last time society was successful in abating our outrage, we didn't see progress we saw a solidification of robust systems designed to protect abusers and minimize abuse last time we calmed down, they doubled down no more!
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah all tried to pass VPN restrictions this past year. We should expect even more this year: I'm already hearing about new bills being planned in other states, including one that would make it a felony to bypass age-verification using VPN. This isn't about protecting kids.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The now defunct 2024 Title IX ruling provided significant protections against sexual harassment and assault, as well as protecting LGBTQ+ students in schools. edsource.org/updates/u-s-...
edsource.org
UPDATE: U.S. Department of Education ends Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2026
Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource. (via @us.theconversation.com) to.pbs.org/4hzjfxh
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Civil rights enforcement cuts mean fewer staff, closed offices, longer waits for students with disabilities
Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now, a threshold has been crossed. Flo Rida's "Low" is now so old that when I excitedly point out a student is literally wearing "the boots with the fur," they blink and have no idea what I'm talking about... and my back hurts.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In HS, I remember "Pour Some Sugar on Me" being played at every dance, despite its release in 1987. Five years ago, while supervising Homecoming, I realized that Usher's "Yeah," released in 2004, was even older to those kids... and my knees hurt.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'Tis the season of Goblin2 going wild like a Mogwai eagerly seeking carnage and metamorphosis into Gremlin. 2am dance parties one night, up for the day at 3am another, and 2.5hrs of WWE moves at bedtime. There's a reason I have a spot to pass out on my classroom floor during prep.
Infographic with the full moons Harvest, Hunter's, and Beaver, at the end of fall months. All are deceptively beautiful shades of orange.
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AuDHDreadPirateRoberts 🇯🇲🇧🇧🪮♾️🕋 (Not quite a Bluesky elder) @audhdeepdive.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
"One of the most successful psyops is convincing people that marginalized people are annoying - because once someone’s suffering annoys you, abandoning them starts to feel righteous."
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AuDHDreadPirateRoberts 🇯🇲🇧🇧🪮♾️🕋 (Not quite a Bluesky elder) @audhdeepdive.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Realizing now, at age 34, that not only am I autistic but 90% of the things people have given me shit for my entire life are autism traits.
Ableism can hit you even if you don't know you're disabled yet. https://x.com/pemilo123/status/2102756519804584259
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dems replaced action on trans rights with hollow statements, then dropped those statements, then embraced anti-trans rhetoric. Now supporting anti-trans laws and blocking pro-trans ones. At every step the "they're betraying us" radicals were correct and "be patient" liberals were completely wrong.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what happens when the chuds who keep posting classified material on War Thunder forums take over the government.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UPLOADING GIFS HAPPENS NOW!!! MY COMM BOARD WORKS!!!
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🧵 of impact assessment from the ICE occupation. I can think of about two dozen students, just in my classes, that still have not returned. They're refusing school, still in hiding, or have fled the region (often, country). This is ethnic cleansing and state terror.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 17/08/2025
while smiling! Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world. Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate; Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
A photo of Gavin Newsom at the press conference dressed in a tight black v cut t-shirt, black aviators, and a black cap, smiling as he answers questionsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituentsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituentsA photo of Gavin Newsom destroying an encampment of unhoused constituents
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imaging the hardest looking "Tough Guy" ™️. In a math class that others grumble about, test tomorrow that everyone's stressing... Belting out Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna while bopping in his chair, oblivious to everyone is he happily works on his review. I love kids. #HalvarTeaches
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Middle age teaching is casually welcoming students who come in early from the floor, where I lay icing my lower back.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey as fall and winter and cold and darkness approach, have all of us considered on an individual level how to deal with trauma anniversaries? That winter was brutal but winter is returning and if you are not particularly introspective, now may be a good time to start.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
A mocked up FBI wanted poster with six variations of Bugs Bunny dressed as hilarious women

Left to right:
Classic housewife bugs bunny in a peach dress with French curls and a blue bonnet 

Sexy snow bunny bugs bunny in a form fitting yellow ski suit & red lipstick 

Classy rocket bra bugs bunny in a pink blouse and a choker and red heels and a blue skirt 

Green nightgown bugs bunny looking alluring 

Cavewoman bugs bunny in an orange tattered one piece slip making a come hither expression 

Flapper bugs bunny in a red dance outfit and a big bowler hat
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 20/09/2026
Often, when autistic children are sent to “cool-down corners,” schools fail to see and report it as seclusion. The distinction that’s lost: a space students can retreat to of their own volition when overwhelmed—and leave when calmer—is different from seclusion. www.denverpost.com/2026/09/15/a...
denverpost.com
How parents in Boulder rewrote the rules on autism therapy in school
The Boulder Valley School District implemented what is likely the nation’s first — and only — neurodiversity policy.
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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A time was had 🤎
Phenomenally autistic wearing brown & tan ribbons in her hair a tan Black autism acceptance day shirt in front of a gradient background with the Black autism acceptance day sticker
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thinking about the principal back in SD who proudly told our staff that they rejected open enrollment for any students with an IEP or 504. The laws that are meant to guarantee Free and Appropriate Public Education are already ignored in ways that "school choice" exacerbates.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Got to test a scenario for KSAGG (local Battletech convention in December) and the new Core Rules. We have a day-long reenactment of the Reunification Wars coming and I'm Periphery because colonizers suck. Had a blast running a lance with three AC20s snorting Canopian "battle powder." #HalvarMechs
A close-up picture of a Battletech game in which a Hunchback, Victor, and Cyclops have surrounded a fallen Thunderbolt. While two light mechs likewise mug my fallen Hermes, both the Thunderbolt and enemy Warhammer were killed the following turn.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Got to test a scenario for KSAGG (local Battletech convention in December) and the new Core Rules. We have a day-long reenactment of the Reunification Wars coming and I'm Periphery because colonizers suck. Had a blast running a lance with three AC20s snorting Canopian "battle powder." #HalvarMechs
A close-up picture of a Battletech game in which a Hunchback, Victor, and Cyclops have surrounded a fallen Thunderbolt. While two light mechs likewise mug my fallen Hermes, both the Thunderbolt and enemy Warhammer were killed the following turn.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
First Daddy Parole since end of July 🥳 I get to do something for meeee!! I'm gonna go play big stompy war robots
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Battletech Mechwarrior: Oh Boy!
Alt: A cartoon Battlemech excitedly bounces up and down on jump jets next to the words, "Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!"
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New York has barred local sheriff departments from 287(g) agreements with ICE to aid the mass deportation campaign. Some sheriffs are refusing to comply. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social has the story. prospect.org/2026/09/14/r...
prospect.org
Rogue Sheriffs Revolt Against New York Law Ending ICE Partnerships - The American Prospect
State lawmakers have forbidden local police from participating in mass deportation. Some sheriffs think they are above the law.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 14/09/2026
It’s National Disability Voting Rights Week! Check out our newly updated plain language resource all about voting for self-advocates! autisticadvocacy.org/policy/toolk...
Orange textured background. Text reads: This week is. Large blue text reads: “Disability Voting Rights Week” where the “V” in voting is a checkbox with a black square and a red v-shaped check. The ASAN logo is at the bottom.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Couldn't imagine something more unassumingly perfect. Simple, soft, and when coupled with the name, conveys acceptance for those pushed to the fringes of ableist society. For anyone in the Minneapolis area, I can vouch for one of the safest people to help you finally take care of yourself.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Couldn't imagine something more unassumingly perfect. Simple, soft, and when coupled with the name, conveys acceptance for those pushed to the fringes of ableist society. For anyone in the Minneapolis area, I can vouch for one of the safest people to help you finally take care of yourself.
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evolcigam | Bailee 🗡️ @evolcigam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've said it multiple times on here and on my stream, but this article sums up why I don't use/like the term "neurospicy." As a Latina woman who has been hypersexualized since childhood (not hyperbolic) and a disabled person who is constantly infantilized, I do not want this term used towards me. 👍
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s really easy to just say, “I don’t think politicians should be weighing in on how schools oversee their kids’ sports. It’s not a public policy issue and politicians who talk about this stuff in order to divide people should be ashamed of themselves. They don’t actually care about this stuff.”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is my preferred kind of racism: blatant and unmistakable.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 11/09/2026
This World Suicide Prevention Day you can do something (for free!) to make a difference in preventing suicide by taking this training www.zerosuicidealliance.com/suicide-auti... it was co-produced with Autistic people and includes real experiences, so recommended for ages 16+ knowledge is power
zerosuicidealliance.com
Autism and Suicide Awareness Training
FREE online autism and suicide awareness training to equip and empower conversations about suicide with an autistic person at risk.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As a special education teacher, I went full behaviorist *on myself*. Applied ABA and CBT to myself to "fix" my "quirky behaviors" because I was a professional and trained that was how to "handle" autism. I just masked harder and harder, convincing myself it was progress, until burnout and collapse.
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Angela Davis MPR @angeladavismpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I want to make sure Minnesotans know about a question they will see on the ballot this fall. You will be asked to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment involving the MN Permanent School Fund. It would increase funding for public schools. Listen on MPR News. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
mprnews.org
Why public schools are struggling financially and what Minnesota voters will decide
A question on your November ballot could increase funding for public schools in Minnesota. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what voters should know — and how much difference the mo...
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
People don’t fake disability … they fake being well. They play through the pain. They say they’re “fine” when they’re suffering tremendously. They do this because our capitalist, ableist society demands it. Disabled people are discriminated against & told to “try harder” 🧵
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Uncredited Narrator 🇹🇹 🇬🇩 @alstonf87.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Adult friendships are basically “We haven’t talked in weeks, but I love you dearly. Life is lifing. See you when we both resurface.” 😂❤️
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wrapping up my 13 weeks of no students, the infamous "summer off." •≈160 hours unpaid curriculum work •Fridays "out" volunteering w/ MA hub •12 day/nights Solo DaddyDuty so MamaBear can get out •3 days "off" to visit ailing grandfather •2 rec outings, totaling 10hrs •2 weeks inservice meetings
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Getting real tired of voting being a decision between eating a flaming pile of acid-coated razor blades or choking down a turd sandwich because it *probably* isn't *actively* trying to kill me.
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Have you thought about going to therapy again?"
An irritated white man looks dismissivelt at a Lowes employee who asks if they can help, replying, "I know more than you."
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Halvar's Bridge @halvarsbridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yesterday was my last day with the MA hub and it left me *thinking and feeling*. Spend half a day delivering food to folks, saying goodbyes. Pick up home essentials for another. Randomly help a lady whose grocery-laden cart broke on the sidewalk. We, people, are so grateful when we receive help. 1/
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I just purchased FOUR (4) items at the supermarket and it cost me $30. THIRTY DOLLARS and no item was meat. I'm sorry but I have no idea how people with children are managing right now.
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Martin Rosner @hotpaper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
comic about podcasts
man flipping over table, two other guys falling by the side, two microphones and a glass of water flying off

man: NO PART OF THE HUMAN SOUL CRAVES MORE PODCASTS!
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
You cannot say this and remain in office. He has to go. And Democrats have to make an enormous deal out of threats to exterminate an entire group of people.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Scientists helped to save 100s of millions of lives. What they've gotten since peak COVID is to be villainized, defunded and attempts at criminalizing them.
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