William Canna-bass

Reading @pluralistic@mamot.fr 's post about the Hugo Awards censorship

"States – even very powerful states – that wish to censor lack the resources to accomplish totalizing censorship of the sort depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four. They can't go from house to house, searching every nook and cranny for copies of forbidden literature. "

Actually, when you require every user of an "Operating System" to furnish a State ID in order to use any computer, and applications are required to do the same, under H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act, this is a significant step towards this goal.

(Source: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos)

@KatyElphinstone@mas.to
From the article:
"Now, I think the people in the second group [Later Dx] really do have problems. I would definitely not say they are “making it up”. But I would say that these are problems that can perhaps be treated much better than under the label of “autism”. I would fight for that label to be limited to the first group."

Well what the fuck should they be treated as?

I was mis-Dx for almost 1/2 my life. I kept failing out of school and the MDD/GAD medications never-ever worked and/or caused psychosis.

It was only in my late 30's early 40's that I was properly Dx with Sensory processing disorder/Autism/ADHD. Suddenly, I am succeeding at life with understanding and proper meds.
Things that were literally impossible before:
I have a stable relationship, going on 5+ years.
I have worked at the same company for 3 years and got a raise.

I actually enjoy my life (mostly) and I no longer fantasize about killing my self on a weekly basis.

@KatyElphinstone@mas.to

From the article:

"The masking idea has no scientific basis, yet everybody, including the researchers and the clinicians, has been enamoured with this idea."

Gee, a simple search of PubMed pulls up numerous peer reviewed scientific articles.

I don't understand this idea. Does Uta Frith want a Blood test for Masking? Has she done absolutely no research concerning autism? Or does she just hate autistic people, much like JK Rowling hates the Trans community?

For example, here is a systematic review.

Julia Cook, Laura Hull, Laura Crane, William Mandy,
Camouflaging in autism: A systematic review,
Clinical Psychology Review,
Volume 89,
2021,
102080,
ISSN 0272-7358,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102080.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735821001239)

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/116426752792845110

I realized last night. The #TrumpAdministration is gaming the Stock Market as well as #PolyMarket and #Kalshi to reap quick cash at the expense of everyone else with their announcements that have no basis in reality. Shutting down the #Hormuz straight only enriches Trump's biggest donors, the Oil & Gas companies. The more expensive Gas/Jet/Diesel is for the average consumer, the more money they make.

@Wispy2891@lemmy.world @Delta_V@lemmy.world Wish that manufacturers would make a #VAWT with this same energy storage modality. The fun thing about Vertical Axis wind turbines is that they don't interfere with each other, so they can be packed closely together.

My girlfriend said she liked my Norwegian 80's Hair metal Music CD one week and then the next she said she was over it. What gives?