Stray Autistic Cat

Just a lost stray cat trying to find my way.

Dx'd Autistic & ADHD.
Any pronoun. Libertarian socialist

#climate 🏴☮️ 💚🌱🌳🌲🌿

@strayautisticcat.bsky.social

[Lady Stannis 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ (DM me the word 'Deer') @ohcomrade1]

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I legit thought I was the only one

Doomerism, ultra-leftism, right deviationism, and toxicity have made some communist spaces unbearable for me right now.

Infighting, even in the same group (Maoists against Maoists, MLs against MLs, people within the very same org, etc.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@Aaaaaanonnnn33 By nuanced I meant that the reasons autistics seem to lack empathy (such as lack of responsiveness or stoic behavior) doesn't mean they aren't experiencing empathy. NTs (including researchers) misinterpret autistic responses. I don't have the space here to explain it all to you.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

Something I said that fits here: Some autistics are capable of hyper-empathy, extending empathy beyond the sphere of humans to other living things. & we tend to personify objects. I can empathize with a valued object and not want to hurt it! I can empathize with trees!

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

And people say #autistics "lack empathy": here's a group of autistics who had a whole system in place where they lived to rescue bugs and spiders from their home and release them safely outside.

[Myk is going to Vibecamp @mykola]

This is because ABA - “autism therapy” which is actually conversion therapy - is treated as a growth industry. Any dipshit can get a few weeks of training and then start abusing autistic kids for insurance money. It’s a really bad problem.

ABA was literally invented by the guy who invented gay conversion therapy. It does horrible harm to autistic kids.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@mykola Yeah, for those who need to see it, here's a quote from a Wikipedia article on the history of conversion therapy, citing Ole Ivar Lovaas' role in using ABA techniques to create gay conversion therapy. https://t.co/udnoQ7PgR5

[Kate/Pookie Immaculate Sister of the Butter Knife @I_loveleft]

I love my uniqueness 🥰

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@nopasarantweet Exactly, that's how I feel. More complicated.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

As an #autistic/ADHD person, at times I can be very good at small talk w/ strangers, but it takes my full attention, it requires effort, and it gets stressful after a few minutes because I'm never sure I'm doing it right. & it's even more stressful with ppl I've talked to before.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@Aaaaaanonnnn33 Yeah, I'm quite familiar with Simon Baron Cohen's ideas about theory of mind deficits. But what autistics actually experience and self-report is far more nuanced. There are different theories/interpretations of autistic experience.
See this poll:
https://t.co/56Iw4RdEK6

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

Asking #Autistics:
Do you ever experience moments of hyper-empathy? (i.e., experience empathy to an intense degree)

Please retweet for a larger sampling of autistics.

#askingautistics #autism

[The Intersectional Anansesem @ElderTrinadad]

🌈 Pride R3nt emergency!🚨

16 kind souls matching the 55 we received two weeks ago keeps me housed for pride month!
V: Trinnamoney
P: tarantrinn

[luna13 🌕 @l_u_n_a13]

You know what really bothers me about this as an autistic person is that we’re supposed to lack empathy yet what shows less empathy than abandoning someone in their worst times? Like life is about joy and sorrow, and I’d think to me a friend is someone you share both with

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@es93423541 Soy lo mismo. Igual.

[Soy Libertad @es93423541]

@obrerx Yo empatizo hasta con la basura. Cuando era niña me daba tristeza tirar el vaso desechable en el que había tomado jugo, ya no gracias a Dios .

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

It goes beyond anti-diversity. The Trump administration wants to make multiracial democratic America into a White Christian ethnostate, with leadership on that model.

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

I have something to share with you about the Epstein files, and there’s a chance my life becomes harder because of it.

I hope I’m wrong. But I doubt it. 🧵

[Forgettable Beth @ForgettableBeth]

This 10000% they don’t care who can see or has teeth.
They try all they can to get away with giving as little as possible.
Insurance and medical is a scam.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! Legendary activist Erin Brockovich declares war on the AI data centers destroying our communities — and unveils a brilliant plan for fighting back.

This is not a woman you want to tussle with...

"Many people have been reaching out to me regarding an existing or upcoming AI data center that is located in the heart of their community," stated Brockovich. "This MAP captures the real-world footprint of that race—revealing patterns of growth, conflict and uncertainty."

Brockovich, whose fame exploded after Julia Roberts played her in an Academy Award-winning film, has launched a new website at https://t.co/HPYmDY1pAV. It maps data centers across not only her home state of Texas, but the entire country. It allows local residents to share their concerns and organize against AI developments.

"Staying informed is the first step to protecting your community," said Brockovich.

The website lists states, cities, and specific environmental concerns, while amplifying the voices of countless locals who are being adversely affected. These AI data centers hoover up water, pollute the environment, consume massive amounts of electricity (driving up the cost for working class people in the process), gobble up land, and create awful noise that dramatically lowers quality of life.

The site launched on April 30th and already 2,716 reports have flooded in. The response has been overwhelming, proving that this is a dire problem that is being sorely neglected by our government.

Meanwhile, Trump and his Republican cronies refuse to do anything about the AI data center takeover of our country, even as their own voters are impacted. The only thing that matters to these crooks is inflating the profits of their corporate puppetmasters.

The AI question can't be decoupled from our political discourse because oligarchs like Elon Musk are dumping massive amounts of money into AI data centers. Any money they make from these investments can then be rerouted to further corrupt Washington D.C. and empower the fascist MAGA movement. It's a dangerous feedback loop.

"The #1 concern continually reported is lack of TRANSPARENCY!" said Brockovich. "Recurring phrases and words included in comments are: silenced, ignored, secretive, back door deals, NDA, not seen and not heard; along with concerns of rising utility bills, sick animals, health concerns and declining property value.

One would be hard-pressed to find a more formidable adversary than Brockovich. She famously helped construct a history case against Pacific Gas & Electric for water contamination that resulted in a jaw-dropping $333 million settlement. This is a woman who wins and wins big. We're lucky to have her on our side!

Please ❤️ and share to thank Erin Brokovich!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Elon Musk gets refuted by his own AI

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@l_u_n_a13 A big part of my political views is based on empathy for oppressed people, for species being wiped out, for other cultures, for people different from me. What a malicious, un-empathetic thing to do to autistics in saying they lack this trait.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

Poll for exclusively #autistic persons:

All autistics are invited to answer, including self-assessed.

Do you view autism as an illness or disorder, and would you prefer to be 100% "cured" of your autistic traits, if there were a way?

Please retweet to generate responses.

[Stray Autistic Cat @obrerx]

@l_u_n_a13 Yeah, that's so true! Where is all this supposed empathy of neurotypicals??? Look at the world! Where is the empathy?????????????