@StillIRise1963 @ScottSoCal hereβs an article about Latino truckers boycotting Florida https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/15/florida-trucker-boycott-floridas-strict-new-immigration-law-draws-response/70217625007/
Assuming I'm autistic - still on the fence about that, but leaning - the thing I've always felt set me apart at work is my ability to make connections between very different things. I resolved an issue with cracks in a crystalline substrate by putting it into the context of my hobby, woodworking. To me it's a logical progression, but to everyone else it's the wildest kind of leap.
Does anyone else here do that? Find a solution by extrapolating in unusual directions?
Has anyone ever told my #ActuallyAutistic comrades that they werenβt βsmart enoughβ or βfocused enoughβ for school, college, or work? You arenβt alone.
@e_urq They are coming for everything that isnβt white male hetro Christian and when the rest of us are gone they will start sorting out the wrong type of Christians.
(Which is a good chunk of European history btw.)
This is why trans rights are human rights and human rights are important to all of us.
@TheAutisticTooter @actuallyautistic
I can say that, in my case, the answer is "sometimes".
Occasionally I'll get what I call a "flush rush" that moves from my head down to my gut, stops there, swirls around, then turns into a knot. Then it dissipates a few seconds later.
I know - I'm not normal.
After school shooting, Tennessee governor signs bill to shield gun firms further against lawsuits https://apnews.com/article/3534e0242e1a2b582b6accddb292d8a6 Tennessee: yet another GOP GQP Banana RepubliKKKan shithole state thatβs a wholly-owned subsidiary of the #NRA.
20 years ago at Clarion West, my submission story was one of the first we critiqued. Our instructor Nancy Kress advised that I not use the pen name I was currently going by (Finley Larkin - a combo of family names).
She said something like: Don't use a name you wouldn't want etched into a Nebula Award.
At the time thought: If I win a Nebula, I won't care what name they put on it because I'll be a Nebula winner!
Well. Here we are today and there's a Nebula with my name on it! π
@ScottSoCal @StillIRise1963 Everybody needs to stay out of Florida until that Devil sitting in the Gov's chair is in jail.
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.