This is pretty specific, and niche. At work, one of the things I do is create End Item Data Packages. Something that fully documents the provenance and processing done on a contractual deliverable assembly. From the source of the components, the qualification testing, the processing, the validation testing, all of it coming together to make a "Pass" and my signoff. I like watching all that come together, building a complete history of this one, unique build.
@TheAutisticTooter@autistics.life @actuallyautistic
Speech issues. When I'm just talking with people I know, and I'm comfortable, talking is easy, so I figured that was my baseline, and the rest was anomaly. But I realized those people are very few and far between, and most of the time I'm tongue-tied.
An exception is the training I did at work, but it's a subject I know well, feel completely confident in, and can field just about any question. So that's definitely a one-off.
@Pathfinder @doggle @actuallyautistic
I started wearing polarized sunglasses, because the sun reflecting off car windows is perfect for starting a migraine, for me.
@doggle @actuallyautistic
Mine started when I was about 23. Like you I just get the light show, which is over normally quite quickly. Never have worked out what triggers them, beyond sometimes a bright flash of light.
Remember Christian Cooper? Bird watching while black in Central Park had 911 called on him because his blackness threatening someone. Must have been those dangerous binoculars!
Christian will be the host for National Geographic's new show "Extraordinary Birder", a six-episode series to premiere June 17, on Nat Geo.
@rabia_elizabeth@mefi.social @actuallyautistic
I've never read an article that has identified so many things I relate to.
The "banning guns won't work" people sure seem to think banning books is effective.
I was asked by a woman "why would you give up your womanhood, such a great thing to be?" about me being non-binary. I never gave up womanhood. I have never been a woman. I used to wish I could be, tried forcing myself to be, because I agree, womanhood is a wonderful thing to experience and it's so amazing and powerful. But I never related to it, never satisfied *any* gender expectations, never looked in the mirror and felt like I'm a woman. So I'm non-binary, and it's just as wonderful.
π Florida Is Openly Hostile to African Americans
As a registered Black voter who has had his Black-held Congressional district gerrymandered out of existence, rest assured when I tell you things arenβt as bad as youβve heard. Theyβre WORSE. β¨
β@clayrivers @ourhumanfam
#Allyship #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Florida #Inclusion #Justice #RacialEquity #Racism
#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She had turned 20 two weeks earlier.
She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.
@natebowling@scholar.social
It may have been a scam attempt, it may have been an honest mistake when a "real estate agent" started texting me, randomly, asking if I was still interested in that cabin at Big Bear. I'll never know, because after the 4th or 5th text - I never responded to any - I blocked the number.
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.