ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

@ScottSoCal @TonyStark @Karoli How dare you question the integrity of the Weekly World News, the world's only reliable newspaper! The bat boy is weeping. Are you happy?

jerry springer’s only been in heaven a few days and he already told jesus i’m not the father

Russia is a terrorist state and Putin is a murderer. For far too long Western governments coddled him as if he were a legitimate world leader, he never was. #StandWithUkraine Stop Putin's murder.

Which one of you is my nemesis?

I wrote up a process article about how I painted my unicorn series in watercolor using masking fluid shapes to layer the imagery:

https://www.joannabarnum.com/blog/painting-unicorn-art

#art #painting

@ScottSoCal @AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic

I think "respect hierarchy" is a conservative value. Likely the idea that people would get to higher positions because they know more, are smarter etc.

I have respect for knowledgable people, and for people will skills. Not for people with titles.

(Which made it confusing in the past for me when I said/wrote down something obviously wrong and nobody "lower" on the hierarchy corrected me...)

A picture is worth a thousand words - so try to spare a dozen or so for alt text?

As someone who does *not* use a screen reader but *does* struggle to intuit social context, alt text really helps me understand what you are going for!

#altext #actuallyautistic #sparkle

I was harassed and aggressed today while going about my day and trying to enjoy my lunch in the fresh air after being sick all week. For 15 minutes another patron of the restaurant berated and insulted me (pretending to speak to themselves, but so that I could hear).

My partner and I ignored it as much as we could, not wanting to cause the scene. A typical autistic trauma response, of course, the victim always not wanting to “make a big deal” of things. Even I’m guilty of that at times. After 15 minutes we could bare it no longer.

We finally both said something and spoke to this bully the way anyone SHOULD confront a bully. Forceful, direct, and without fear. Those of you who know me and met me IRL know that I can be loud and boisterous when I’m passionate or angry about something.

Obviously, once confronted, as bullies often do, he backed down, complaining about OUR tone. His insults stopped. But it didn’t need to get that far. Even I, who advocate on a daily basis and try to impart advocacy to others, can fall into being the victim.

It’s normal. We can’t always fight and can’t always speak up. Sometimes we are tired. Sometimes we just want it to stop. Maybe we don’t want to deal with it anymore. Losing spoons to a bully is less spoon intensive than advocacy. It’s true sometimes.

That’s why allies are so important. That’s why we need to stick together. We need to stand up for each other. Yes, stand up for ourselves, but also our fellow autistic (and all) humans. We don’t always have the energy to fight. Be kind to one another and stand up for what’s right

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistics

I'm wondering how flabby this guy would look without his shapewear

Hello, Mastodon! I'm gay and obsessed with cats. Meet my maine coon, Jason Meowmoa. I will probably post lots of pictures of him. #introduction

#ArtOfUkraine
#AndriyIzhak Ukraine 🇺🇦
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261697434336505/permalink/1622674928238742/

During lockdown in 2020 I became a fan of the Falcon Cam on top of the Marriott Customs House Tower in Boston. The nest this year has four eggs... correction, three now because one hatched while I wasn't looking! https://marriott.ozolio.com/mvc-pulse-boston/

When LED light bulbs started becoming more commercially available a few years back I remember being really excited, not just by their efficiency and savings, but by the longevity their manufacturers claimed. 10 years! Wow! That helped justify the initial expense.

Fast forward to today and I don’t think I’ve owned one that’s lasted longer than their incandescent counterparts. I’ve only had Cree and Philips, but they’ve all died in about 3 years’ time. Feels a bit like hook, like & sinker.

Okay. I know I know a lot of folks who are in IT or IT adjacent; we're trans women after all, and that stereotype exists for a reason. So listen up, spread this far and wide, and carve it into stone:

If you require any particular type of character to be in a user's password, I hope you never again close a door without at least one of your fingers being in the way. If I can't type a full, grammatically correct sentence that is unique to your website, then you have officially Fucked Up.

After a lifetime of being misunderstood and gaslit, being in intentional #ActuallyAutistic spaces is a life changing thing. If you’re a late identified autistic adult and want to connect, learn, and affirm with others in a space that you can unmask and BE YOU, consider joining my new group starting next week.

https://www.theautisticcoach.com/autistic-group-coaching-finding-your-autistic-self

@actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autisticadvocacy

"Welcome to our gander reveal party!"

"Don't you mean..."

"No."

Geese emerge from everywhere. There are no fireworks. Only geese. There are no balloons. Only chaos. There are no genders. Only honk.

I go to the gym religiously…

Twice a year, usually around the major holidays.

Good morning, friends! 🌸🌸🌸

It's Cinco De Mayo, it's been eight years since a significant lifechanging and lifesaving event, for me anyway. But that's oversharing. We all have or will have things go wrong with our bodies, particularly when we get older. I prefer to keep those things private, in fact I feel I've said too much already. The reason I keep them private especially from family and friends, is because there is no reason to have something like that weighing on their minds. Why Start worrying them over something that they have no control over? For me the only problem is my wife, it's she who I lean on. At times like that she needs someone to lean on, besides me.

"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie Ten Boom

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #flowers #worry

This is the way.