This blog is a record of our work and an invitation to community.
We publish weekly changelogs — a running account of what we built, who we read, and why it matters. We announce Campfire Learn Together sessions, where we watch and discuss talks that deepen our shared vocabulary. We host Infodumplings, a space for neurodivergent people to share what they know and love.
The blog is openly licensed. The thinking is documented on purpose. We believe showing the work is part of the work.
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Weekly Reflection for Week 35 2026
Dolly Parton died. We took the time to reflect on her life and learn from her dedication to kindness and belonging. Week 35 runs Sunday 2026-08-23 through Saturday 2026-08-29. The day headings below carry their dates. The companion piece is Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 35 2026: From the Star to the Air, From the Summary…
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Campfire Learn Together: The Subtle Art of Normalising Dystopia
For our Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 10AM CT, 4PM UK Campfire Learn Together, we are watching and discussing The Subtle Art of Normalising Dystopia, Campbell Walker’s documentary about the death of ownership — how it happened, who took it, and why nobody shouted. The film’s thesis is one sentence long and it is about…
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Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 35 2026: From the Star to the Air, From the Summary to the Source
This week ★ stuff added eighteen zines, four field guides, three listening racks, a working paper and a specimen sheet — and what they kept finding was that the problem was not where the sentence had put it. A star that appears to flicker is not flickering. A moss’s deficit list is accurate and running…
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PDA, Punk Rock, and Non Violent Communication
Autonomy is a basic human need. Let me say that again – autonomy is a basic human need. Every human on our planet (or anywhere else in the Universe – I am looking at you, Space Station crew mates!) longs to be free and autonomous to whatever extent they are able. While autistics may feel…
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Weekly Reflection for Week 34 2026
I spent the week working on Star Stuff with Helen and hanging in Discord with community. It was a nice rhythm.
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Infodumplings: Take a Whiff
This week Norah and Ryan are co-hosting a scent night. Ryan has a Scentbird subscription and a queue of little vials to work through. Norah is bringing some of her favorites. Neither of us is a perfumer, and that is rather the point — this is two people who like smelling things, sitting in a…
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Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 34 2026: From the Gate to the Criterion, From the Arrival to the Origin
This week ★ stuff added nine zines and five field guides, and the most interesting thing that happened to it was a change of authorship. Three weeks ago its pieces were written after Helen Edgar. Last Tuesday one was built with her. Yesterday one arrived from her, as a draft, and shipping it took six…
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Campfire Learn Together: Unlearning Toward Hope with Jason Arday
“What we are bereft of is care.” For our Sunday, August 30, 2026 Campfire Learn Together, we are mourning and celebrating Professor Jason Arday with two of his own talks — one on neurodiversity, race, and belonging, and one on what happens to a good word after an institution gets hold of it. We are…
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Campfire Learn Together: Seated Tai Chi, Transformative Somatic Practices, and Bodily Survival Knowledge
For our Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 10AM CT, 4PM UK Campfire Learn Together, we are not just watching. We are moving. This session is a practice, a reading, and an argument, in that order. We start with a twenty-three-minute seated tai chi and qigong class. We talk about Nick Walker’s work on transformative somatic…
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Infodumplings: Do You Still Have a Favorite Dinosaur?
“Do you still have a favorite dinosaur?” And the question sitting right behind it: why are we expected to “grow out” of our childhood enthusiasms like dinosaurs? Dinosaurs are a popular infodumping interest among Autistic kids, and we are often ridiculed for our enthusiasm — especially as we get older and are expected to get…
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Weekly Reflection for Week 33 2026
Helen and I had a great time working on Star Stuff this week. It rewards exploration. I could spend a pleasant afternoon strolling it pages. That’s what I did on Sunday, enjoying what we made. Star Stuff — science and wonder and the beautiful diversity of being. We are all star stuff. This is Ryan’s…
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Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 33 2026: From the Gate to the Looking, From the Claim to the Credit
This week ★ stuff stopped being a pile of zines and became a library. Twenty-three numbered zines, five field guides, seven printable sheets, thirteen collections, and six automated checking gates — built, in most cases, on the same day somebody thought of them. The broadside form came home from that site to this one as…