@vee@kind.social
I'm in a weird situation. I have three people I'd feel confident/comfortable calling for something really huge - like needing to be bailed out of jail - but no one I'd feel comfortable calling for lunch, or to go to a movie. The three people are busy / have families / have jobs. I just feel like I'm intruding if I call them.
I used to make videos about books and language learning, but I wasn't really in the right headspace for it these past couple of years. But recently I've been wanting to pick up my camera again; I just love documenting things in my daily life that make me happy and talking about books!
https://youtu.be/eJPdWA1P69A?si=SKZ-_5j0IQjNae2O
#Books #LanguageLearning #Neurodiversity #Youtube #SlowLiving @actuallyautistic
@vee@kind.social
What other people said. If she is avoiding you, trying to talk to her will only make her more convinced she did the right thing. If it's something completely unrelated to you, it won't hurt anything to let her strike up the conversation next time. Just smile, wave, be approachable, and let her take the initiative.
If lunch cake is breaking the rules, I guess I should warn everyone to avert their eyes when I have a slice of breakfast cake.
@CuriousMagpie@mastodon.social
I've started wondering if the negative reaction NTs have to NDs is related to the phenomenon they're calling "Uncanny Valley" in robotics. People have an automatic negative reaction to robots who are very close to human appearance, but slightly off.
@vee@kind.social @actuallyautistic
I think my dog is a Gumby/Lab mix. Maybe I should have named him Gumby. Then when someone asks his name , I could say βHeβs Gumby dammit!β
Donβt ask me who Gumby is, you young whippersnapper. Also donβt ask me what whippersnapper means.
#Gumby #Labrador #LabMix #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Whippersnappers #SNL #EddieMurphy
βFirmer - not too soft - not too hardβ¦β
I often stare rapturously at my pencil. #advertising #vintageadvertising #badadvertising
Good news today: A coalition of 25 state governors announced a major push to reach 20M deployed heat pumps by 2030 -would represent a quadrupling of the number of heat pumps installed in 2020. Heat pumps are energy efficient replacements for furnaces & ACs -use electricity to transfer heat, as opposed to generate heat & can either heat a building when it is cold outside or cool a building when it is hot outside.
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateCrisis
#ActOnClimate
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/21/states-push-to-get-to-20-million-installed-heat-pumps-by-2030.html
Any day is a good day for Rapture. It's a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g
Apparently a large number of people believe today is the #rapture???
I like dirty vodka martinis.
What does disgust for disabled people look like in its purest, most densely crystallized form, like a black diamond of hatred spat out by one of the most twisted, hollowed-out, f*cked-up criminals in US history? Imagine supporting this man and calling yourself a "patriot," a "Christian," or even a "human being"? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/
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.