https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/autism - Alfie Kohn, 2020, on ABA, Applied behavior analysis, basically Skinner's operant conditioning, that STILL is in use for/with #autistic people, especially children:
"Suppose you participated in implementing a widely used strategy for dealing with homelessness, only to learn that the most outspoken critics of that intervention were homeless people. Would that not stop you in your tracks?"
@samid@actuallyautistic I believe the thing is, the mere act of smiling when you dont feel like it means the same in masking [M] and emotional labor [EL], youre right. But ALL scientific research that is referring to the concept of or containing the term EL has the proposition of an NT person that due to its NT wiring WOULD smile in this interaction with a friend, and just dont feel like to do it job-related [if not in the mood/sympathy]; and that just isnt the case for #autistic folk.
@samid@actuallyautistic By drawing that line I just would like everyone to have in mind that the knowledge concerning EL + the precautions that one might be able to do to NOT feel the burden of EL - doesnt apply to autistics, because masking is a different psychological concept. While writing I just had the thought that masking for ND people maybe could be compared to an NT that always forces themselves to make a "disgusted" face when greeting a friend, instead of a smile.
As a Google user it feels like terrible timing to be cutting costs by getting rid of the people who give feedback on whether search results are good or not.
One of the primary causes is "Rigging the game".
On a playing field with unequal rules, you can't win. No matter how hard you work. Change the rules to be more fair. At least then you do have a chance.
Rigged - Dean Baker
How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer https://deanbaker.net/books/rigged.htm
Interesting reflection by two older musicians (Beato and Tim Pierce) about how the music industry used to have a "middle class" that's been pushed out now by an industry that focuses more and more on profits.
They don't really go into the details of how the changes happened, with big-corp #capitalism being the elephant in the room ... but their observations, which include tech, paint a pretty clear picture.
I remember a piece Harlan Ellison wrote back in the 1970s. He was working on television shows, and said that if he could save $1,000.00 he could live for six months and just write the stuff he really wanted to do.
@josephcox This also affects science - when you visit the website of the journal "Nature", sources like Bidswitch and Pubmatic are installed. So researchers are in the view of this shady company and its customers.
Theres an LaTimes think piece about how bosses are unhappy that the people they forced back into offices no longer have the office etiquette that they had pre-covid and are forcing employees to take “charm school” classes.
Cry harder, you fucking babies. You asked for this. Fuck your conversion therapy.
@TiciaVerveer This is a fascinating paper, thanks for posting!
"dolia were no ordinary class of pottery, but highly specialised vessels whose size, shape, materiality & buried setting all contributed decisively to the nature and quality of ancient wines" #Roman#winemaking#ceramics@histodons
Hi, I'm Laura and I study #pollen, reconstructing prehistoric #landscapes, using #FTIR#microspectroscopy to identify grass pollen and also enjoy using different coding languages such as #R and #Python ^.^
My hobbies include #DJ ing, watching #anime and collecting #Pokemon cards (thrilling I know). Very happy to be here :3
"I guess everybody felt like if they did the work and enough people did the work for personal development that somehow that would create a massive shift and everybody all at once would experience collective leap in consciousness. This lie, this neoliberal lie of moving towards collectivism through startling individualism and navel gazing has just blown me away. And I feel like that took over the entire decolonial movement. I feel like it's in every every activist movement." Tyson Yunkaporta
The isolation of #MECFS has gotten bad enough that I signed up for an online group thingy that includes Zoom calls. And now my #autism and social anxiety are making me dread each minute as I watch the clock tick closer to the call time. Gahhhhhhhhhhh.
@ImmedicableME
Podcast, because it distracts me into getting interested in something. Art, because it's a whole different mode of being. Sensory pleasure, because it's nice and life can be nice. @actuallyautistic@mecfs
@independentpen@actuallyautistic@mecfs I love that trio. I’ve gotten into art journaling recently and I’m enjoying just drawing lines (sorta like zen tangle), it’s so soothing. My weighted blanket helps, but I think something with a great texture would be a good addition. Thank you for sharing what works for you and also for helping me brainstorm!