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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Our Sibling Sites
Stimpunks is not only stimpunks.org. Over the past year we have built seven smaller sites, each doing one thing the big site cannot. All seven are free and open-licensed, and all seven were made with Helen Edgar at Autistic Realms and More Realms.
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Campfire Learn Together: We’ve Killed Kid’s Hobbies
For our Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10AM CT, 4PM UK Campfire Learn Together, we are watching and discussing We’ve Killed Kid’s Hobbies, a video essay by Reptarus On Ice about what happens to a child’s interest the moment an adult can see a return in it.
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Weekly Reflection for Week 36 2026
It feels really good when something we published helped someone advocate for themselves.
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Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 36 2026: From the Condition to the Headline, From the Binder to the Public Page
This week ★ stuff added eight zines, a field guide, three Foundations pieces, a listening rack, two editions of a new weekly digest, and three new collections — and what it kept finding was a condition that had been printed right there in the source and fell off somewhere on the way to daylight.
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Stimpunks Monthly Newsletter — August 2026
From the pile to the garden. From the gate to the looking. From the summary to the source. July was the month we made the work walkable. August was the month we built the instruments — and then found out what instruments cannot do. We started by building the thing that remembers for us. The…
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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…