From what the technician said to me it seems like everyone finds it traumatic - itβs just for some people the response to it is to shut down so they donβt βfeelβ it the same way. I guess I was just lucky to fall in to that camp.
I hope that the information they get from it makes it worth having gone through it.
@Sci_Fi_FanGirl a situation in which i consider more than 20 people at once as friends or comfortable with, would be a completely new experience. π«£@actuallyautistic
@WideAperture my (adult) daughter says they look like they are about to politely but firmly ask me for my lunch money. π
"Swedish Authorities Charge Greta Thunberg With the Crime of Disobeying Cops"
We ALL should be disobeying cops and risking arrest. That's the only option remaining to inspire real change.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
Talking with my Husband Randy this morning:
Randy: Today is national kiss day
Randy: I wish I had a beret.
Me: Because only people with berets kiss?
Randy: I will be your Antonio.
Me: He's Spanish and I don't think he is known for berets and the Spanish and the French aren't the only ones who kiss.
Randy: Still
Me: Brush your teeth.
Itβs happened. Our department has lost a young faculty member to a better offer in a safer state.
Texasβs extremist government will end up wrecking the universities here. Given a choice, people donβt want to subject themselves to fascism.
How come those rocks are so neatly sliced? Any rock expert here has a guess?
I saw them (and many more) in a dry river bed in the hills, northern #Italy.
It would be a shame if someone posted the article that apparently GQ pulled shortly after publication about David Zaslav.
Even worse if it were an easy to save single image and could be re-shared.
#WGAStrong #SAGAFTRAstrong #WritersStrike #UnionStrong #union #u1 $wbd
h/t Matt Zoller Seitz & @Prex4
Read an archive of it: https://archive.ph/2023.07.03-160323/https://www.gq.com/story/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-tcm-max
Have any of you ever had an MRI? I hadn't, until last night, and I was in it about 20 seconds before I squeezed the panic button and told them this had to stop. I've never been that close to a complete panic breakdown before.
The restraint for my head also restrained my chest, making me feel like I couldn't breathe. The tube is small - inches away from my eyes. And it's LOUD, even with the earplugs.
I have a new definition of hell.
@nellie_m afaik, technically the terms have distinct meanings - link: https://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-camouflaging/
Camouflaging is the overall "process of changing or concealing oneβs natural personality in order to... be percieved as neurotypical"
Masking is one of three subtypes, and is about hiding autistic traits by activley monitoring e.g. body language, whereas Compensation would be tactics to account for difficulties in social situations (such as scripting) and Assimilation is about "putting on an act"
@ScottSoCal I'm sorry, sir, but the Top Gov has banned all satirical images of his Majesty, especially anything depicting him during his Saturday Pride Cosplay Drag Brunch for Kids. You'll have to register for the privilege to cover Mr. Pudding Fingers, and your Masadon account will be suspended until your loyalty to Meatball Ron is no longer in question. 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.