It feels unwelcoming to me. Like I shouldn't engage here if I'm not autistic enough. I'm second guessing my own experiences less by the day, but from what I've heard almost everyone with late diagnosis have felt gaslit and left out throughout their lives. With all the self doubt that entails, seeing people proclaiming they're actually autistic feels like yet another "you don't belong here".
@neversosimple I’m also late autistic. My take is we speak for ourselves rather than health care professionals or even well intentioned family members. Autism is so broad and diverse in how it shows up that it’s hard not to feel fraudulent (especially with well meaning people saying no you’re not or isn’t everyone a little autistic?). If you’re autistic the hashtag is for you.
@Elizabeth3 Thank you for replying, I was hoping that's the angle rather than exclusivity. :)
We both point to the same thing: the self doubt that comes from our surroundings trying to convince us otherwise.
Seems my doubts took it one step further expecting the same from other people with autism. I won't assume exclusion from anyone who uses it, but I think I'll be wary of using it myself due to my initial reaction.
Constitution Quiz of the Week!
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Can you imagine Aug. 1787 in Philadelphia?
The Federal Convention started Fri., May 25, 1787.
On Mon., Aug. 6, 1787, the “Committee of detail” report had a lot of similarities to the #Constitution eventually signed on September 17th.
Thanks to #JamesMadison’s notes, we can peer into much of the #debates that #summer, including the Committee of Detail report that recommended that #Representatives “shall have been a citizen in the United States for at least three years before his election”.
CN because the idea seems to frighten some people ;)
after having the "kind of to do" item in my head for quite a while, I finally put some blocker events in my calendar. they're for the course I'm going to be co-teaching next semester:
the course timeslots themselves, amd 2 more slots for looking at assignments for that course.
next: think about a timeslot for (remote and in-person) office hours so students can approach me with their questions. #pascodaGoDrrr
I have several great ideas for thesis topics and I hope the titles/synopses are okay for my professor because I would LOVE to supervise bachelor's/master's students on these topics - and then have them publish something on a serious topic with a salty, fun title 😁 #pascodaGoDrrr
Time for another Touhou hijack. This time it's this cooking action/sim! It's liked by a lot of people even if they're not particularly into Touhou. I highly recommend it. Very unique game.
@BBC_News_Labs Why don't you have a main @ BBC or BBCNews account like you do on Tw*tter? That seems like the first thing everyone would be looking for.
@BBC_News_Labs@NIH_LLAMAS What are your metrics for it going well? If it's views/followers/engagement then you won't get much until you offer things that people want, like BBC News.
Oh goodness, one of my favorite genres! I love "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. The story looks at a world where Europe is destroyed by the Black Death. What makes it so fascinating is that Robinson shows how world history would have unfolded in roughly the same fashion with some new locations or focuses. For example, a Renaissance takes place in Samarkand and many cities in our North America are in the same place.
... @opensuse Project turns 18 years today in 3,5 hours
also @debian turning 30 next week, was thinking of doing something in Stockholm but signed up to an @android developer meetup at Klarna instead and got busy
Getting old sucks, not just because some things are physically more difficult, but because sometimes our favorite hobbies follow a diverging track that makes partaking in them increasingly difficult, mentally.
@scopique I've thought about this as a post-50 gamer. Not much appeals to me anymore. The genres I'm interested in have changed but more than anything AAA games have little appeal to me any longer. Indy games have replaced the hardcore shooter, strategy, and even RPG for me.
At the same time, games with a "hardcore" or ironman-type mode are more appealing. Maybe something to do with growing up on 80s games with no saves.
Drei Wochen hinter meinem Zeitplan habe ich nun auch endlich Baustelle 2 des Großprojekts Habil-Fertig-Schreiben geschafft. Jetzt kann das Wochenende kommen!
@neilhimself Hello from Vancouver BC, Canada. You autographed a 1st edition of Good Omens for my husband at a signing decades ago.
I am about to commit my husband to a columbarium cell (yes he is dead, we call him Urny now); authentication of your autograph ( DM me) would be worth a few installment payments. Would you kindly supply authentication?
Thanks
@CandaceRobbAuthor@clive Agree! For delivery of books & music in the UK there's also www.hive.co.uk
My current favourite #IndieBookshop loves Hive.The #bookshop is tiny, with very high danger-to-size ratio, & has made as much money through nominations on Hive as on direct sales. Hive is run by Gardners the big UK book distributor. If you can pick up in the shop, it earns 25%.