Bill Auchter
@archaeothoughts.bsky.social
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
archaeologist
archaeogaming
Historian
RPG
All things Baltimore and Maryland 🦀⚾🏈🗃️🏺
Retro gaming 🕹️🎮
archaeologist
archaeogaming
Historian
RPG
All things Baltimore and Maryland 🦀⚾🏈🗃️🏺
Retro gaming 🕹️🎮
FND + mobility aids = empowerment. For many living with Functional Neurological Disorder, these tools aren’t defeats, they’re freedom. Use what helps you move through the world. 💙
#FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport
#FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport
April 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
FND + mobility aids = empowerment. For many living with Functional Neurological Disorder, these tools aren’t defeats, they’re freedom. Use what helps you move through the world. 💙
#FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport
#FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder #MobilityAids #FNDAware #ChronicIllnessSupport
Living with FND means doing things
most people do without thinking.
Moving. Speaking. Standing.
All are deliberate acts
costing energy and requiring focus.
So if you made it through today,
that counts.
Even if no one else saw the effort.
most people do without thinking.
Moving. Speaking. Standing.
All are deliberate acts
costing energy and requiring focus.
So if you made it through today,
that counts.
Even if no one else saw the effort.
April 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Living with FND means doing things
most people do without thinking.
Moving. Speaking. Standing.
All are deliberate acts
costing energy and requiring focus.
So if you made it through today,
that counts.
Even if no one else saw the effort.
most people do without thinking.
Moving. Speaking. Standing.
All are deliberate acts
costing energy and requiring focus.
So if you made it through today,
that counts.
Even if no one else saw the effort.
Before #FND,
it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,”
even “Demonic Possession” in the West.
Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women.
For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there.
The condition didn’t change.
The labels did.
tinyurl.com/3te95ed6
#FNDaware
it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,”
even “Demonic Possession” in the West.
Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women.
For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there.
The condition didn’t change.
The labels did.
tinyurl.com/3te95ed6
#FNDaware
April 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Before #FND,
it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,”
even “Demonic Possession” in the West.
Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women.
For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there.
The condition didn’t change.
The labels did.
tinyurl.com/3te95ed6
#FNDaware
it was called Conversion Disorder, “Hysteria,”
even “Demonic Possession” in the West.
Over 3,000 years ago, early diagnoses were recorded, mainly in women.
For centuries Western medicine stayed focused there.
The condition didn’t change.
The labels did.
tinyurl.com/3te95ed6
#FNDaware
Imagine your body becomes out of sync…
but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery.
You try to walk with a limp some days much worse.
"Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort
That’s my daily reality with #FND.
but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery.
You try to walk with a limp some days much worse.
"Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort
That’s my daily reality with #FND.
March 31, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Imagine your body becomes out of sync…
but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery.
You try to walk with a limp some days much worse.
"Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort
That’s my daily reality with #FND.
but everything looks normal on the blood test and imagery.
You try to walk with a limp some days much worse.
"Remember, there is nothing physically wrong with your leg." That's a very cold comfort
That’s my daily reality with #FND.
FND isn’t rare.
It’s just rarely recognized.
It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions.
The wiring is there.
The signals just don’t land correctly.
That’s not imaginary.
That’s neurological.
#FND
It’s just rarely recognized.
It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions.
The wiring is there.
The signals just don’t land correctly.
That’s not imaginary.
That’s neurological.
#FND
March 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
FND isn’t rare.
It’s just rarely recognized.
It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions.
The wiring is there.
The signals just don’t land correctly.
That’s not imaginary.
That’s neurological.
#FND
It’s just rarely recognized.
It affects how the brain sends signals to the body's movement, speech, even consciousness regions.
The wiring is there.
The signals just don’t land correctly.
That’s not imaginary.
That’s neurological.
#FND
I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us.
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
Email your representatives: No War with Iran!
I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Iran. Can you join me? https://admin.actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-no-wa...
actionnetwork.org
March 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I emailed my reps. They are the ones with power now. If they fail us, then it's up to us.
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...
We can multitask:
-ICE, CBP
-Minneapolis and elsewhere
-Tactics not changed
-Trade Wars and potentially hot wars
-Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay)
-the East Wing is rubble
-I know there are more
And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files!
Don't let up!
-ICE, CBP
-Minneapolis and elsewhere
-Tactics not changed
-Trade Wars and potentially hot wars
-Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay)
-the East Wing is rubble
-I know there are more
And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files!
Don't let up!
Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children.
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We can multitask:
-ICE, CBP
-Minneapolis and elsewhere
-Tactics not changed
-Trade Wars and potentially hot wars
-Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay)
-the East Wing is rubble
-I know there are more
And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files!
Don't let up!
-ICE, CBP
-Minneapolis and elsewhere
-Tactics not changed
-Trade Wars and potentially hot wars
-Economy tanking because of tariffs (which we pay)
-the East Wing is rubble
-I know there are more
And why does Trump keep appearing as a suspect in the Epstein Files!
Don't let up!
Reposted by Bill Auchter
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
The Federal government is led by living embodiments, caricatures of Toxic Masculinity.
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Federal government is led by living embodiments, caricatures of Toxic Masculinity.
Reposted by Bill Auchter
Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...
baltimorebeat.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
Reposted by Bill Auchter
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
At first, I thought the agents were using a urinal. That would've been more appropriate.
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
At first, I thought the agents were using a urinal. That would've been more appropriate.
Video of the inside of this detention center have come out showing inhumane conditions.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE
You are ready to take action against ICE. You are ready because 32 people died in ICE detention in 2025. You are ready because you’ve seen the inhumane conditions of those kept at 31 Hopkins Plaza. Be...
actionnetwork.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Video of the inside of this detention center have come out showing inhumane conditions.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Your Public Officials: Shut Down ICE Detention at 31 Hopkins Plaza and ABOLISH ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
"But the truth is that book banners are cowards... Of change. Social progress. Losing their unearned privilege and power. They cling to control by restricting our access to information: accurate historical accounts, diverse storytelling, critical awareness."
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Book banners say they protect children. This is the real truth.
Book banners are highly organized and loud, but we can defend our right to read.
www.thebanner.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"But the truth is that book banners are cowards... Of change. Social progress. Losing their unearned privilege and power. They cling to control by restricting our access to information: accurate historical accounts, diverse storytelling, critical awareness."
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Reposted by Bill Auchter
Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial
Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial
Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Bill Auchter
The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given
Florence Smith Nicholls (@florencesn.bsky.social) on How to be a videogame archaeologist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jE1...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
YouTube video by Center for Digital Play
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given
Reposted by Bill Auchter
New @aanmember.bsky.social guidelines for the management of functional seizures led by Ben Tolchin. A landmark for people with FND worldwide.
✅Rigorous evidence-based process
✅Consensus practical recommendations
✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
✅Rigorous evidence-based process
✅Consensus practical recommendations
✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New @aanmember.bsky.social guidelines for the management of functional seizures led by Ben Tolchin. A landmark for people with FND worldwide.
✅Rigorous evidence-based process
✅Consensus practical recommendations
✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
✅Rigorous evidence-based process
✅Consensus practical recommendations
✅Endorsed by @fndsociety.bsky.social
www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
The real reason for the season. #solidarity #crushice
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The real reason for the season. #solidarity #crushice
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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