"Research suggests [reading] can support aspects of cognition and wellbeing, while also helping us understand and connect with other people."
https://theconversation.com/can-picking-up-a-book-really-improve-your-brain-292274
"Many autistic young people use online communities because local groups do not always accommodate different communication and sensory needs."
When did we ever get the idea that it was OK to travel the whole planet, just for entertainment? Is there no cost we will fail to ignore?
Do autists have a bottom-up thinking style? I don't think I do. I don't do top-down either, I do both, where appropriate, and 'middle-out' thinking too. I couldn't've been a successful software designer otherwise.
Promote #reading wherever and whenever you can!
"The Trump regime is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an attempt to destroy the world’s highest criminal court. This is their latest move to defend Israeli war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu." 😠
This isn't about #AI, even though it might seem so, it's about a fundamental improvement in how our computers are designed and implemented.
Interesting read; give it a try! 👍
RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/117279143260839852
"this isn't about #Jews or antisemitism, it's about #Israel's actions
and I don't know when this world will finally understand the radioactively obvious fucking difference"
"The future of #AI will not be determined solely by the intelligence of individual agents – it will be determined by the societies they create." 😯
"I don't want you to be hopeful.
I want you to panic.
I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.
And then I want you to act." — #GretaThunberg
"When scientists unveiled the first draft of the Human Genome Project 25 years ago, it seemed to deliver the final word on some antiquated myths about #race. It provided definitive evidence that racial groupings have no biological basis. In fact, there is more genetic variation within racial groups than between them. Race, it showed, is a social construct."
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/08/25/race-realists/
RE: https://mas.to/@PatternChaser/117117013115375469
One reason why autists' life expectancy is so low is suicide. One top of lifelong #rejection, and consequential #despair (that all autists experience), the media storm that enveloped JA could easily have pushed him in that direction. 🤬😭
"Jason Arday was hunted down by a pack of rabid predators, relentlessly bullying & racially attacking him."
He was autistic. If he took his own life, it is very possible that media abuse pushed him to it! 🤬😭
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026/08/17/media-billionaires-jason-arday/
We have #heatwaves, #wildfires, and #drought. What will it take to make us think, "maybe we ought to stop making this even worse than it is, by burning #fossilfuels"?
The world is filled with ill-intentioned monsters. Deceit and nastiness abound. What are we to do?
With thanks to #ComputerActive magazine:
www <dot> winhance <dot> net
Will take you to a free download that can remove Windows 11 features that you don't want. 😀 Even CoPilot and Micro$oft Edge! 😍
My PC is much better now... 😃
"As #AI content becomes more difficult to tell from human writing, detecting #disinformation is more than simply searching for telltale words. It requires understanding how conversations work ... and when someone is trying to steer them off course."
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