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@actuallyautistic

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 weren’t β€œsmart enough” or β€œfocused enough” for school, college, or work? You aren’t alone.

#AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics

Where are we going, and why am I in this hand~basket?

@e_urq They are coming for everything that isn’t 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.

Most days I have from zero to two unvaccinated patients. Today I have four scheduled. They are all telehealth but I'm still half tempted to put on a mask, wash my hands, and perhaps clean my nose with Nozin and gargle with a CPC containing mouthwash. :)

This older comic is going around. Animals with misleading names! A gentle attempt to poke fun at English common names.

After school shooting, Tennessee governor signs bill to shield gun firms further against lawsuits apnews.com/article/3534e0242e1 Tennessee: yet another GOP GQP Banana RepubliKKKan shithole state that’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of the #NRA.

this is what you get when you soak a german shepherd in mountain dew

The pride flag doesn't have straight lines, they're gay bars

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! 😍

@ScottSoCal @StillIRise1963 Everybody needs to stay out of Florida until that Devil sitting in the Gov's chair is in jail.

Made my mom the most beautiful Mother's Day card out of my psychiatrist's bills.

i hope my date doesn't think i'm weird

this monocle should do the trick

wish there was a phrase for when you’re saving up a bunch of squirrels in case you need them later

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