In the spirit of our autism holiday, check out the authors and artists published in Autistic Bookshop to show your support.
When you purchase a book from Autistic Bookshop, 70% of the profit goes to the author.
The other 30% goes to store base costs and employing the book-loving assistant who supports the authors and markets the authors books.
Check out https://autisticbookshop.com to see fiction books, children’s books, coloring books, and more by autistic authors and artists. :pri: :AuLife:
I did not tag the group or hashtag in this post about Autistic Bookshop, but if you see this, there’s a link to Autistic Bookshop above. It’s the first self-publishing bookshop for autistic authors. There are some great autistic authors and autistic artists in the store. So please see above and boost to help them get more exposure. Thank you in advance.
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“From words to prosperity.” 📖
“We see reading as part of living.” 📚
“From now on I would keep the lights on in my heart.” ❤️
“Books always make life more vibrant! Thank you.”
One of the most tired genres of academic posting is complaining about your students. A lot of it is mean-spirited (how dare these kids not treat my exact passion with the seriousness I did!), but a lot of it is also just fucking lazy. Congrats, as a trained expert in your field you managed to nitpick a freshman to death, or discovered that they (gasp) skipped a reading.
@seanbala@Zeb_Larson@academicchatter Yeah it’s a little bananapants to me that you don’t have a research track and a pedagogy track. There are a lot of researchers who hate teaching and a lot of good teachers who just go through tie motions of “publish or perish.”
This is why I keep harping on reinvigorating career specific technical training. Most students will be better prepared for a job in their field after 18 months of focused training by professional trainers than by 4 years of random courses taught by people who would rather do research anyway. Our post WWII history ended up sending far too high a proportion of people to 4-year universities.
OK, we're going to roll into April with #RomanceReviews 15. As (hopefully) a delightful little palate cleanser, I'm reading When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein.
This is possibly my favorite trope of all time, so that title is a lot to live up to. I'm expecting this to be a straight romance between a curvy woman writer and a grumpy former soccer player. The preview is giving me "Talia Hibbert but white" vibes, and it looks like Talia herself gave it a positive quote, so we'll see how that goes.
@RomanceReviews@romancelandia when he is reported to have defended her at a bar after a paparazzi photo of him holding her hand getting in to his car and he concludes, “the only solution is we fake date” that’s gold, I laughed so hard
Any virtual keyboard / on-screen keyboard recommendations for Gnome (Wayland) users? The default one doesn't support X11/XWayland apps, which unfortunately is most of them...
@Excigma I can swipe up to force the keyboard to appear, but pressing the keys does nothing in X11 apps (which use XWayland under Wayland), like Chromium browsers or KeepassXC
@WelshAdventurer asks about cycles that may help somebody with a mobility disability get exercise and get around:
Q6. My partner is disabled and can’t walk far due to problems with her foot and back. She is getting frustrated with not being able to exercise and get out of the house. She is looking at getting an electric bike. Does anyone have experience of them? Particularly of using them with a mobility disability? We are in the UK.
@ascentale@WelshAdventurer A6. I'm a disabled cyclist who has ridden 3 different cycles with e-assist. The first two were bikes I already owned that I added e-assist to and the cargo quadricycle came with it.
I would very much recommend them to someone with a mobility disability as they not only extend the range you can go, but as long as you make sure your battery is charged when you embark on a ride, you feel more secure that you can get home safely even if you're completely knackered.
@ascentale@WelshAdventurer Disabled cyclists in the UK should definitely hook up with Wheels for Wellbeing, a kind of group I wish we had in the US. https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/
Basically, I cannot recommend e-cycles enough. But not all mobility disabilities are the same so if you have specific questions, I can try to answer. #BikeNite#Accessibility@bikenite@disability
I think today is Friday! I haven’t looked, been going everyday since Monday , my brain feels like Its on Tumble dry mode for a couple days. I get only get brief glimpses in between
Anyhow…
🙂↔️apparently mastodon doesn’t put images up of both links.So here’s my second link for the day below enjoy! @actuallyautistic
the YouTube video is a psychiatrist former Stanford professor Bernadette Gosjean(Auti) Excellent history and picture of autism a clinical update last year, still 🥰
If you are autistic or have a family member who has you may want to watch this:
Raise awareness and share away. I shared with my doctor and they truly appreciated it.