@CuriousMagpie@beige.party
I am unabashedly curious about everything. Wandering the hills of western Massachusetts (🌎 USA) with my canine companion Sadie.
κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfit to endure summer heat.
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Replying to @punishmenthurts@autistics.life
@punishmenthurts
Yep. He didn't apologize and he didn't take responsibility and he probably never will.
However, the journalist has done good work in countering all the negativity spawned *by him* and showing a much more humane view of autism. I think it's the first article like this that I've seen in mainstream media.
Is "I regret that" an apology?
Actually a good article on how views of #autism are shifting.
"In fact, he said, his own research showed that autistic people tend to differ in cognitive empathy (interpreting facial expressions and language) but not affective empathy (the internal response to others’ feelings). “Once they know that someone is upset, it upsets them and they want to do something about it,” he said. “There’s a kind of myth that autistic people lack empathy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/05/autism-extreme-male-brain-simon-baron-cohen
the GuardianPioneer of ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism now says phrase unhelpfulExclusive: Prof Simon Baron-Cohen says his language was misunderstood and it is a myth that autistic people lack empathyThis is me 👇 and it's a labyrinth with no exit to get clear answers.
#StudentLoans
Bich Nguyen@bich@apobangpo.space"Student loans are increasingly following Americans into their 60s and rewriting what they believed would be their retirement years. More than three million people 62 and older owe federal student loans, up from 1.8 million in 2018, according to Education Department data. Delinquency rates among older borrowers have skyrocketed too, in some cases because they are on fixed incomes or have medical expenses. "