Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Cops, again attempting to prove ACAB by example. www.denverpost.com/2026/10/09/j...denverpost.comLarimer, Weld DAs were not informed about Johnstown officer arriving to work drunkThe Larimer and Weld counties district attorneys were not informed by the Johnstown Police Department that an officer had been terminated for showing up drunk to the job. 000
Reposted by Joelle MaslakThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 10/10/2026AASPIRE created a measure to better understand if autistic adults get to make their own daily choices. "Findings show the importance of giving autistic adults the support they need to make choices and making sure they have real opportunities to make choices." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comSelf‐ and Caregiver‐Reported Choice‐Making in Autistic Adults: Development and Validation of the <fc>AASPIRE</fc>–Choices and Decisions ScaleSelf-determination has been assessed as an internal psychological construct. External factors may also affect self-determination, but opportunities to make choices and decisions remain understudied. .... 1257
Reposted by Joelle MaslakKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 206125543111
Reposted by Joelle MaslakAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/10/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation Ninth Circuit rules against the AZ legislature’s attempt to force trans people to get surgery before they can correct gender markers on birth certificates, upholding a federal court ruling from last year. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/cour...lgbtqnation.comCourt rules state can't force trans people to get surgery before updating birth certificates - LGBTQ NationThe judge called it "improper" to deny trans people the right to change their gender marker through a court order, rather than surgery. 27620
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you want to stop the rape of women in prison, you don't go after trans folks. You go after correctional officers. www.denverpost.com/2026/10/06/a...denverpost.comDeputy fired after alleged sexual misconduct involving inmate, Adams County officials sayAn Adams County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexual misconduct involving a female inmate at the county’s detention facility, the sheriff’s office said. 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Spoiler: it's trans people. (that's dark humor, and The Onion below is a satire site) 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A thing you can't do as a child: - Get appropriate transgender medical care (in most places) Things you can do as a child legally in the USA: - Get married - Go to war - Agree to pay off non-dischargable debt - Obtain non-medically-indicated cosmetic surgery 120
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am in favor of transgender for everyone. I want a world where people are comfortable being themselves, and if that is being trans, that's fine. 050
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine if the Cornell rapists and their enablers said something really bad like “Hospitals should not be bombed.” 010
Reposted by Joelle MaslakSandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026FIRSTLY as the piece alludes: Loren Rex Cameron’s also-trans and arguably more famous older sister, Cameron, was a I believe fully stealth working model and actress (a la plot of Pose) in the 80s and 90s mostly … I rewatched like I dunno, dozens of TNG episodes, where she appeared as Ensign Kellogg: 15716160
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There should be a federal law that if your job can be done while seated, you are required to be given the option of sitting. 46223
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Colorado Interfaith Alliance has put out their amendment/initiative voting guide -- one that centers social justice and freedom. If you, like me, belong to a faith that requires social justice, you might want to check it out. interfaithallianceco.org/2026/09/30/v...interfaithallianceco.orgVote Your Values - The Vote Is SacredVote Your Values, Voter Guide, 2026 November Election, 2026 Midterm Election, Colorado 000
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So guy calls the cops and says he's going to do something at the police HQ. They track him on Flock, they make sure to say. They send officers to the police HQ. Who noticed? The guys inside the HQ who heard him banging on the door. Outstanding police work there /sarc www.denver7.com/news/local-n...denver7.comAffidavit reveals new details after ex-Boulder County deputy allegedly opened fire on police carsA former Boulder County deputy allegedly fired more than a dozen shots at the Broomfield police cars and also damaged the sheriff's office building, according to an affidavit obtained by Denver7. 1184
Reposted by Joelle MaslakDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply. 121068394
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gender is performance. In this case, voting GOP is a way of affirming & performing masculinity for a lot of people, voting Democrat would be feminizing (i.e. seen as bad). 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Okay, so I wasted much of the weekend building this, a TN3270 server for my tasks and agenda, to keep track of this (the red "busy" lines are indicating I'm supposed to be in a meeting). Ignore that the countdown doesn't match with the agenda, this is fake data - real data does the right thing. 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The modern neurodiversity movement is *directly* linked to the pre-existing self-advocate movement that was created and led by people with intellectual disabilities. 0287
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They want to give more rights to AI than trans people, don't they? 120
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This will hit autistic and some other kinds of disabled people particularly hard. We have a hard time accessing care even with insurance, so often we don't get care until it is an emergency. Autistic people can go years between doctors' visits sometimes. Maybe focus on *THAT* problem. 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm noticing changes (not great ones IMHO) with some of my autistic sensitivities, and wondering what is out there regarding aging and autism? I've never looked at that before, but now that I'm approaching 50 (still young!) I'm starting to wonder how autism changes over the lifetime. 321
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I wrote one of the earliest free AAC systems designed for a tablet computer, well before the iPad existed. It also ran fine on Windows in general. I recently used an LLM to port it to OS X so I could show this history. 130
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I used to be in a fundamentalist religion. If you want to talk about social contagion and the like, I'll note that tons of trans people read stories of detransitioners to see if they are making the right choice. And a lot of fundamentalist would be terrified to read an ex-fundamentalist text. 010
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So many times in Star Trek, I ask myself, "Do they not have effective birth control options in the 24th century?" (I'm watching Star Trek Picard S3) 7330
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As a trans woman who works in tech, one of the least surprising things I could read is that some powerful people in the tech world are sex pests. 000
Reposted by Joelle MaslakLee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What a surprise, the organizers of the covid cautious dyke bar hated the article, rejected its framing, and is defending their covid cautious patrons and performers. Anyone who joined in on the viral harassment campaign started by Jesse Singal wanna say oops or…? recorder.com/2026/09/24/g... 141233455
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How tech companies release evil products: - Release product that will do evil thing. - But show it’s good for some disabled people. - Public has backlash towards the product over evil thing. - Disabled people now face backlash using the product We’re shields for evil and get hurt by the backlash. 000
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ADHD is a significant disability and people with it benefit greatly from treatment (not always medication, but, yes, including medication). ADHD is not laziness, is not moral failure, and is not “minor”. 03213
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wish I could get my doctors to understand I'm a very unreliable reporter about my symptoms. "Do you have X?" Honestly, I'm not connected well enough with my body to know. Some of the ways I wish the medical world would work with autistic folk: (thread) 284
Reposted by Joelle MaslakNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's really clear that wide swaths of the social media left today would have been overtly hostile to the 1970s disability rights movement and painted demands for infrastructure spending for accessibility as absurd "wreckerism". 522652
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It reminds me of a blind friend who gets letters periodically from USA social security that make her prove that Jesus didn't return and rub some spit and mud on her eyes to give her sight. You know, just in case. Apparently ADHD and autism work the same way. 022
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck the federal government for making it easier to lock up people who did nothing wrong. 011
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ever find yourself needing a text to speech device, but you don't have your apps nearby, but you do have a Mac? 1. Open a terminal window 2. Type say 3. Type and hit enter. 4. When done, hit ctrl-d twice or just close the terminal window. It is super easy text-to-speech. #ActuallyAutistic 020
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't know my address is the billionaire version of "Why do I have to learn algebra? I'll never use it." These dudes confuse cognitive skills for intuition. Skills require aptitude plus development. Intuition doesn't require development. Is it any surprise they love automated bullshit generators? 130
Reposted by Joelle MaslakJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 23/09/2026...omg it appears this story may have (in retrospect) unsurprising origins bsky.app/profile/rhin... 417729
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026(identifier number modified) Thanks, Google, for this outage notice: Status: Ongoing Affected service: taxonomies/teamsproduct/nodes/11110222333 Summary: Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. Next update estimate: Thursday, Sep 24, 2026, 5:00:00 PM (UTC). 100
Reposted by Joelle Maslakpausa de hateration @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The key question to ask is "why is a story about a lesbian bar in Massachusetts being treated as national news?" and the answer is "despite the fact that the most extreme Covid denialists/skeptics currently shape US public health policy, the media wants you angry at the most Covid cautious folk." 1337
Reposted by Joelle MaslakDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145871293
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mask are effective. Even part-time mask use has some use -- your chance of catching COVID is in part related to length of exposure, it's not "if even one virus particle is inhaled, the person is sick." It's "your chance of getting sick goes up with more intense and longer exposures." 16624
Reposted by Joelle Maslakpebbles @pebbles.gay · 22/09/2026idk if we needed another hit piece in the current climate that casts a group of disabled trans women as shrill & unhinged & unreasonable why is this news & who benefits from this framing 222047
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026People are missing who benefits from this (beyond Kalshi). It's the insiders. They now have leverage to rip off even more betters. 031
Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I asked someone today, "What was the last big corporate merger where the merger made the products of either company better?" Answer: It's rare as fuck. 041
Reposted by Joelle MaslakPrincess Rebecca Frizzle (she/her) 🏳️⚧️💕🦕👸🐱 @rebeccabluestone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026all of this. a building is not more important than our lives, but ya'll act like it is. 1102