Author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, a NYT bestseller. The Taste of Salt, a history of cystic fibrosis, coming 2025.
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Terry Gross of @nprfreshair is the best interviewer in the business. The transcript of my 2015 interview with Terry about my history of #autism and #neurodiversity, #NeuroTribes, is archived here. It was an honor to talk to her. npr.org/transcripts/43674237…
Thanks, Julie. I won't explain on X, which promotes antivax liars, but my book #NeuroTribes explains this history in depth.
As an autism mom from the 90s, I questioned vaccines when they contained mercury. That ingredient has been removed, autism numbers have not decreased, & science tends to disprove a link. @stevesilberman can explain better than I why conspiracy theories took off back then. 1/2
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[1/2] I rarely post in this cesspool of disinformation anymore, but my late friend @thedavidcrosby would've been thrilled about the rise of Kamala. David was one of the most patriotic people I've ever known -- he loved America deeply. Before David died, he made clear to me...
[1/2] I rarely post in this cesspool of disinformation anymore, but my late friend @thedavidcrosby would've been thrilled about the rise of Kamala. David was one of the most patriotic people I've ever known -- he loved America deeply. Before David died, he made clear to me...
[2/2] ...how heartbroken he was about the GOP and the sale of his beloved Twitter to "lunatic" Elon Musk, as he put it. “I’d be very happy with [Elizabeth] Warren or [Kamala] Harris…it is time for a woman to be president” - David Crosby, Twitter, 8/4/19 via IG: @morningfalling
LOL-in-horror moments of new @nytimes puff piece: Reporter dutifully reciting Elon Musk's BS about buying Twitter to "test how a citizen-led government that rules by consensus might work on Mars," and not realizing "selective breeding" is Nazi eugenics. nytimes.com/2024/07/11/techn…
American Democracy [1776-2024]. The killers are still at large. Eulogy by Justice Sotomayor.
ALT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN al JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting. Today's decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for "bold and unhesitating action" by the President, ante, at 3, 13, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering Alt criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent.
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“Deadheads used to say that seeing the Garcia Band at the Warfield was like going to church. With Melvin, Jackie, and Gloria to bring the good news, a song like “Tears of Rage” or “Like a Road” could be transformed into a hymn.” – @stevesilberman, in the liner notes of ‘How Sweet It Is’
Feel the spirit of the Jerry Garcia Band at the Warfield and save 20% on the 2-LP set all month at Garcia Family Provisions. garciafamilyprovisions.com/d…
This @ap tweet is an instant candidate for the Museum of American Fascism. Carve it in stone and put it over the entrance. It should be an enduring source of burning shame and embarrassment for the entire organization, as well as a warning to other media.
ALT AP The Associated Press @AP Donald Trump made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, his first with lawmakers since the Jan.6, 2021 attacks, embraced by energized House and Senate Republicans who find themselves reinvigorated by his bid to retake the White House.
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Why RFK Jr. and Nicole Shanahan are so dangerous for the people they claim to represent. If you missed this new SciAm column of mine because you hit a paywall, here's a de-paywalled version: archive.today/x0Bir
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Twenty-two years to the day after GCS I am applying for a change in my birth certificate.
It never seemed necessary before.
Now, given the looming possibility of a vengeful anti-LGBTQ regime, I am scurrying to get my papers in order.
This is what they've brought us to.
Why RFK Jr. and Nicole Shanahan are so dangerous for the people they claim to represent. If you missed this new SciAm column of mine because you hit a paywall, here's a de-paywalled version: archive.today/x0Bir
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Steve Silberman has written an important & eloquent piece about RFK Jr’s hideous record on & offensive statements about autism and the risks his choice of running mate poses to autistic & disabled people everywhere.
👏🙏 @stevesilberman #neurodiversity
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Please read and spread this link: Why Nicole Shahanan, RFK Jr.'s running mate, is so dangerous for disabled people like her own daughter, and how she's playing into one of the darkest chapters of the Kennedy legacy. My new column for @SciAm. scientificamerican.com/artic…
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live your life in such a way that the entire world isn't breathlessly waiting for your guilty verdict
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I'm a native of Skokie, Illinois. So you can imagine how it must feel to have a full circle moment like having my book We're Not Broken featured in @skokielibrary's list of books on #AutismAcceptance. h/t @SteveSilberman.
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I'm not on X much anymore for REASONS, but here's my annual #StarWarsDay retweet.