Reposted by MayaBrianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I love when advice for artists comes from people who clearly do not pay their own bills. "Feeling frustrated? Walk away from your desk. For at least a year. Go to Mallorca and make invisible paintings from the sea water you swim in at least 8 hours a day. You *have* to follow your passion." 413516
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I think safety is an important word in the context of small talk and neurodivergence. Masking in order to perform small talk, the anxiety of being found out as someone who can’t, or the disabling rsd and shame when you overshare* - all make you feel unsafe as a neurodivergent person. 141
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Autism expert, annoyed by the existence of so many autistic people* and the thoroughness required in diagnosing them - happy to throw them under the bus. * including *gasp* autistic autism experts 0142
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026So much spin in my inbox on the ‘new and improved ABA’ - which is the same as the old ABA. Listen to your autistic kids and adults, folks. Not to proponents of a PTSD inducing, dehumanising practice that was developed by the guy who created conversion therapy. 031
Reposted by Mayathe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close. 86211456653
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Yep. The dichotomy is dismissive of nuance and diversity within neurodivergence. It perpetuates the idea of a deficit - a problem to be solved. Makes it easier to dismiss ND folks’ abilities and their self advocacy on one hand, and ignore actual struggles and support requirements on the other. 010
Reposted by MayaBlake C. Stacey @blakestacey.myatproto.social · 30/07/2026me: [sobbing] England, you can't just call everything a pudding J. J. Thomson: [points at atom] pudding 14620107
Reposted by Mayaelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Al Jazeera, owned by the extremely rich Qatar, just dumped 25 of the most at-risk journalists in the world during a genocide that has directly targeted more journalists than most states since WWII combined. 3174106
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026‘Is it a social construct?’ is how bad faith actors are are attacking the rights and bodily autonomy of neurodivergent and disabled folk, trans folk, women, poor people, immigrants etc. 140
Reposted by MayaThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/07/2026Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary theonion.com/teacher-required-to-pr… 424076776
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Glen Hansard. What a loss. So incredibly sad.youtu.beThe Swell Season - "In These Arms"YouTube video by ANTI- Records 020
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Inquilab zindabad! Did not think I’d see any kind of BJP loss in my lifetime, let alone such a thorough (and joyful) decimation. It’s just one resignation - nowhere near enough. But we know how fucking monumental this is. I hope this is the beginning of something and not the end. 142
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This. An election now, wouldn’t go any differently. The voting majority is more concerned with drowning themselves in Hindu-Muslim than asking for accountability. But a lot of ‘apolitical’ folks were radicalized today. If thats directed towards elections, eventually it could count for something. 020
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Young people putting their bodies on the line, while standing up for their rights, are being tear gassed and lathi charged. Children as young as 12 years old. The state will not tolerate dissent or protests (that matter). 12815
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Surveillance and biometric collection disguised as…phrenology? Um, ok. So they’re not even pretending to disguise the bypassing of individual autonomy. None of these conditions require invasive procedures for diagnosis. Eugenics all the way down. 020
Reposted by MayaJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Today I found out that babadook wine party lady later went on to create Widow’s Bay. And it all makes sense. 11915143
Reposted by Mayatamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Mamdani said, “The World Cup has been a magical moment for the entire city. These are New Yorkers. And they will be New Yorkers when they get out of Rikers.” www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/s...cnn.comMamdani watches World Cup semifinal with inmates | CNNNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Rikers Island jail where inmates watched England face Argentina in the FIFA World Cup semifinal. 0133
Reposted by MayaByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social 2845465814070
Reposted by MayaWool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Alt. Perfect for the thwop of existential dread/despair I woke up with. 073
Reposted by Mayaarticle-14.com @article-14.com · 17/07/2026Nearly 60 million have been deleted from the electoral rolls & millions more will follow. The deeper danger is that #India is moving from a constitutional presumption of citizenship to a presumption of alienage, writes Prof Niraja Jayal Subscribe: article-14.com/subscribe 001
Reposted by MayaAditya M @almostinfamous.bsky.social · 14/07/2026agniveer translates into english as cannon fodder. 022
Reposted by MayaIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The 'Goonda Act' kicks in today in BJP-occupied Bengal, like we're back to the British Raj. Rowlatt Act 2.0, contemporary fascist version. 1129
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Argh. Enough of this mild ADHD and mild anxiety nonsense. More of the U.K. governments open season on disability in general and neurodivergence in particular. They are intentionally misrepresenting their own statistics to help with the scare mongering. And trying to position PIP as a work benefit. 121
Reposted by MayaAlexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 13/07/2026This is pretty well known, but the Australian flag Sam Neill wore on his uniform in Event Horizon was designed at his request to show the Union Jack replaced with the Aboriginal flag, because he hoped in the future this is how it would actually look. A proper fucken ally in every way, this bloke. 1339921150
Reposted by Mayaarticle-14.com @article-14.com · 13/07/2026"We have decided to join the larger fight—for our river, for our hills." From learning legal procedures to petitioning NGT & SC, an #Adivasi community in #Rajasthan has transformed from “easy targets” into defenders of the #Aravallis fighting a mining project article-14.com/post/-for-ou... 052
Reposted by MayaChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Having some Tylenol as a little joke 910416
Reposted by MayaSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 24/06/2026Months before one of Hubble’s primary cameras, the Wide Field Camera 3, was installed, Hubble took this image of Arp 147. Their arrangement resembles the number 10: The galaxy on the left appears as a “one,” while the one on the right looks like a “zero.”: bit.ly/4fbunAJ 18022
Reposted by MayaBlaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Discounts thru Tuesday on THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF ACSFPB20 gets you 20% off the paperback ACSFHC30: 30% off the hardcover ACSFEBOOK40: 40% off the ebook www.blaft.com/collections/... Add one of Malvika Raj's anti-caste hero bookmark sets for free www.blaft.com/collections/... 175
Reposted by MayaScroll @scroll.in · 28/06/2026"I have wanted to underline a larger point: if someone who spent his professional life in journalism and edited a relatively known newspaper can encounter such difficulties, one can only imagine what the truly marginalised must endure." scroll.in/article/1093... ✍️ R Rajagopal 0129
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026'I saw this and thought of you.' This makes me so happy. Infodumping and pebbling as something to be celebrated and shared - not apologized for or agonised over. #neurodivergence #infodumping #pebbling 030
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026'We _should_ be having to push against structures and barriers and ideas that just don't work. The fact that our young persons existence in our spaces causes disruption, is a sign that something needs to be disrupted.' #autism #neurodivergence #inclusion 001
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Love this devastating film. Sheryl Lee is matchless. Her performance in just that last minute in the Red Room - breathtaking. 010
Reposted by MayaRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The commission chair on this report about Israel targeting children in Gaza is S Muralidhar, an Indian lawyer and judge who retired as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. More about him succinctly captured in the video report here - youtu.be/lVxqEaOZGhI?...youtu.beThis Judge Was So Outstanding Modi Ensured He Never Made It to the Supreme CourtYouTube video by The Wire 13417
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This is exactly right. It's because the underlying premise that autistic kids are unacceptable as they are - doesn't change. So even if therapists are switching up from punishment to positive reinforcement - the kids are still being taught to fundamentally dismantle who #autism #neurodiversity 1185
Maya @mkrspm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I'm just amazed at the gall to suggest that AI surrogates can represent diverse populations. Bad science with terrible implications. Research in the Behavioural Sciences is difficult enough as it is. Inherently dehumanising and ableist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist ... 2308
Reposted by MayaHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Venus - Akatsuki - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/DUVaWr 011016
![Table of contents (incomplete) for THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF:
Introduction by R. T. Samuel, page xiii.
Stories:
Korali by Bama, translated by Meena Kandasamy, page 1.
A Demon That Sits On Your Chest by Gouri, page 10.
God's Garden by Goutam Mandal, translated by Ipsa S. and Pratiti Ketoki, page 17.
File No. 786 [The Night Journey] by Hameedha Khan, page 25.
The Phantom Ladder by Gogu Shyamala, translated by Divya Kalavala, page 43.
So It Was Foretold by Mimi Mondal, page 84.
Yangdang Phongma by Subash Thebe Limbu, page 87.
Pruning Neurons by Esther Larisa David, page 93.
In the Extreme Silence of the Agrahara by Aswathy K. Raj, page 123.
Hallucination Stream by Sahej Rahal, page 129.
Robot S/C 5 by Neerav Patel, translated by Gopika Jadeja, page 151.
Supernova (page 158), The Extinction (page 159), The Martian Moustache (page 161), and Vultures on Mars (page 163) by Gautam Vegda.
Looly Cooly by Yeswanth Mocharla, page 165.
The Kitchen Glob by Yukti Narang, page 184.
Happily Ever After by Archita Mittra, page 190.
The River Didn't Know, Either by P. A. Uthaman, translated by Mridula Makkuni, page 197.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rtmwmufr5ic52ymwpdpvm7ia/bafkreidl3xygczpwjl2mqjftkpmb4arzepaaodsdeh6ykdipbse7h4ma2y)
