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dorgaldir , to actuallyautistic Dutch
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I feel this so hard. Why can't people just be clear about what they want?
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alastair ,

@dorgaldir @actuallyautistic It wouldn't surprise me if this was accompanied by lots of questions/images relating to analogue clocks. But if a person's brain works a certain way, or even if not, context may well not be enough. There's also, confusingly, cases where lateral thinking is praised rather than punished.

ajsadauskas , (edited ) to technology
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My real worry with Google's voyage into enshittification (thanks to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic the term) is YouTube.

Through YT, for the past 15 years, the world has basically entrusted Google to be the custodian of pretty much our entire global video archive.

There's countless hours of archived footage — news reports, political speeches, historical events, documentaries, indie films, academic lectures, conference presentations, rare recordings, concert footage, obscure music — where the best or only copy is now held by Google through YouTube.

So what happens if maintaining that archival footage becomes unprofitable?

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alastair ,

@ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology There are ways to download from it with tools like yt-dlp (no Premium account needed), at least for now. I am not sure what the legal position is with re-distribution (possibly depends on the video) but I would suggest this as a good way to archive a backup of content you value offline.

alastair ,

@ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology It also fetches them without ads so it's a good way to watch on my TV where those aren't blocked.

joshsusser , to actuallyautistic
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How do we get someone like Rebecca Watson to debunk and expose the billion dollar industry based on junk science psychology that abuses kids until they conform to neurotypical social norms at the cost of their own mental health and well-being?

ABA tldr: ABA is and is gay conversion therapy for . That's not just a metaphor - they are the very same thing used for different socially unacceptable "conditions". Both ABA and conversion therapy were created by the same person, Ivar Lovass, and use the same methods. Those training methods are so terrible they are literally not legal to use on dogs, and conversion therapy itself is illegal in many countries and US states. If any reasonable standards were applied, ABA would also be illegal.

I have tried to get journalists of all stripes interested in doing an ABA exposé, but even the ones who get interested never seem to be able to make it a priority. It's easy to deprioritize ABA reporting when there's no market for it, and even stories about routine physical abuse and electric shock torture of autistic kids at don't break through, so I get why journalists don't bother. But we desperately need reporting on ABA that debunks the current mythology that it is helpful and justifies it being the only therapy for autistic kids that medical insurance will cover.

An ABA exposé segment by John Oliver could change everything, but he'll never do it because he's buddies with Jon Stewart who is a supporter of ABA and raises millions of dollars for ABA promoters like AutismSpeaks. (Surprise, Jon Stewart has an autistic son. It's often the autism parents who drink the ABA kool-aid because it lets them get their kids under control, and they don't know any better. Which is why we need reporting on it.)

We have four months until April, the dreaded Autism Awareness Month. Wouldn't it be nice if next year the month was about banning ABA instead of raising money for it? Anyone know anyone with a platform who is up for helping millions of autistic kids avoid a childhood of medically-approved abuse?

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alastair ,

@joshsusser @mensrea @rebeccawatson @actuallyautistic You could try Jessica McCabe of 'How to ADHD'. I don't know if it's a topic she's tackled before. Her partner is autistic. I'm not sure if she's the right person to tackle it directly but she might have an in in helpful places (I don't know her personally so can't predict how she'd actually respond).

https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoADHD/videos

I am confused about Lemmy and Matrix

Hey guys I am confused about how privacy friendly are lemmy and matrix I would love if someone can answer these questions :- 1.) some websites state that lemmy prefers you to have one user server (that is 1 server with only 1 user ) , but somewhere else i read that you need to whitelisted by servers to allow you to post on their...

alastair ,

@KDE I'm using Firefish rather than Lemmy as a single-user instance, which in many respects might as well be the same thing, and to my surprise I've not had any noticeable difficulties getting other servers to federate with mine.

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alastair ,

@skylar408 @AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic It might be worth looking up closed vs open systems to see if this gives any insight as to why that might be, at least I found it useful.

Closed systems are relatively predictable as outside things don't change them (at least in theory) or at least everything happening within is so mega (e.g. discussions with a doctor or an undertaker) the smaller things don't matter so much.

Open systems such as the processes and environments in grocery shopping are not - e.g. a loud child may scream, or a supply shortage in Kenya might ruin your salad plans. Every relatively small thing can disturb the whole process.

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