ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
I was excited when a doctor asked if I'd like him to mask, when he came into the exam room and saw me masked up.
A doctor, in a clinic, where sick people go.
@exme@neurodifferent.me
I'm finding a lot of parallels with my experience of coming out, back in my teenage years. There's finding community, finding that I'm not a lone weirdo there's a whole community out there to help and support, and finding there are answers to questions I'd had for a long time.
So far I haven't had much of the stress/grief/anger that I've seen other people describe, just relief.
That's why he's called Hair Furor.
Heβs definitely not βstable,β and he sure as hell isnβt a βgenius.β Heβs an volatile idiot.
#CriminalTrump #StableGenius #FuckingMoron #DonaldTrump
The attacks center around both - the free, and the charging.
I paid for a series of meetings with Matthew and a few others like me. We "met" each Saturday for what was supposed to be a 1.5 hour (but usually ran longer) series of talking, getting and sharing information, and some random socializing and story--telling. I found it useful. I wouldn't hesitate to pay for another, when scheduling permits.
I think mine is context dependent. I wear earbuds for teleconferencing or walking. When I'm trying to go to sleep, sounds like the pillow settling, my heartbeat, hearing my own breathing, or having something pop or click in my nose/throat can force me to get up, blow my nose, find a new position, whatever it takes to make it go away.
@littlescraps @hosford42 @Tooden @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
And they seem to travel in packs, and dogpile at the first opportunity. One makes a comment, and it becomes a chorus. I *despise* that kind of piling-on.
I have to stay still when I'm wearing wired earbuds. I can handle the body feedback, but the sound of the mic rubbing against my clothes sends me over the edge.
@littlescraps @hosford42 @Tooden @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
@Zumbador @TheGreatLlama @actuallyautistic
The concern trolls run more regular than some time Swiss time pieces.
I tried to alleviate peopleβs issues w my pinned post. The old critique was always that Iβm ββit part of the community and no one knows youβ.
Now itβs my qualifications, which is it course ridiculous because the only qualification one needs to speak with other autistic people is BE AUTISTIC.
Unlike what various trolls claim, Iβm actually qualified by the standards of NTs (which is what they really want to know) and thatβs posted clearly on my site. For the trolls reading this, I live and work in the European Union, where people cannot just do whatever they want without proper bureaucratic oversight in 99% of fields, including autism education. I am a fully registered and regulated autism educator in the French Republic. That being said, the trolls always claim to have reviewed my site, but always conveniently leave out that part which is clearly stated, along with that I am NOT a medical or psychological clinician, as required by Law.
First it was control that I wasnβt autistic, then it was that I didnβt share my stories, now itβs my qualifications. Posting them here wouldnβt change anything as nothing has ever changed this group of people.
The reality is that all of these people fall into one or all of the following:
1. They donβt support autistic self advocacy, the Neurodiversity Paradigm, or the Neurodiversity Movement.
2. They donβt think autistic people should work with the autistic community either for free or for pay. The latter is a direct connection to the idea that autistic peopleβs labor is worthless.
3. They are antisemitic and it bothers them to see a loud Jewish autistic person with a platform. This has happened a number of times with the terms βevilβ, βShylockβ, βshiftyβ, βverminβ, βextracting soulsβ being used a number of times. All antisemitic tropes.
4. Theyβre bullies.
@Zumbador @TheGreatLlama @actuallyautistic
Iβm the only person on this platform in the autistic community who is attacked and insulted with such regularity. Itβs caused me much dysregulation and harm. This isnβt really about qualifications, all autistic people are qualified. No one else is asked.
Itβs about autistics who internalize NT norms that everyone is lying. They donβt know much about autism or the autistic brain, which is no fault of their own. They donβt like what I have to say. Itβs uncomfortable. I know. So they try to use every other excuse in the book to malign me and literally harm me.
Transphobia and misogyny stew.
The ban on #trans women in #chess is hitting me particularly hard.
I'm a chess enthusiast (in keeping with my careful curated rep as an expert strategist).
It's just this wtf moment that pulls the wind right out of my sails.
I know really well that lots of folks don't like us. But ... how are we ever gonna overcome a level of pure unhinged bigotry that says we can't be trusted play chess?
Obviously ALL women should be insulted by this move.
1. It gladdens my heart that a couple of shitheads who sought to avoid the wrong kind of press actually put their names into national headlines by trying to silence this paper
2. Iβm quite ignorant of the process required to obtain warrants, but it seems the prosecutor not being informed of this one demonstrates how very, very shady the whole thing was.
Made our shipping guy laugh yesterday.
I went out and asked if he'd received a package addressed to me. He said "We don't sleep together, so it's polite to say "Hi, how are you doing?" before you ask.
I said "Well, as tempting as the idea of sleeping with you is, so I don't have to do small talk, I don't think it's a good idea."
His jaw dropped, then he laughed.
Made the CEO laugh today!
He asked where the box cutter was so I showed himβ¦ and he politely asked if I was going to need it. I said, βIf I need it that bad, call the cops!"
They're also banning abortion and birth control. They're not going to be happy until barefoot and pregnant has gone from delusion to reality.
@philip_cardella@historians.social @mrcompletely
@philip_cardella @mrcompletely This is why they're book banning and trying to take over school boards.
And then there's this guy, making the implicit threat of violence against women explicit (Locke is a pastor in Mt. Juliet pop 39k)
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
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