Hurrah... good sense breaks out in the #NorthWest as the 'Waitrose of the North', Booths begins to get rid of self-service check-outs.
Given the price premium at Booths, we (the customers) want the social interaction with staff at the checkouts, not be told to 'scan & bag'!
More importantly, not only do checkouts provide regular local employment, they are also for many semi-isolated shoppers a key bit of rare social interaction... so a welcome reverse!
@RolloTreadway@cvwillegen@dweebish@ChrisMayLA6@Greenseer@actuallyautistic
I have found a really great solution: I'm in a Co-op. That's a little community store that orders bulk for you and has basic items and produce right there. I pay a little monthly fee and get to shop in this friendly DIY environment. I can chat, I can hang out, or I can just collect my stuff and leave. I feel totally relaxed there. No annoying ads, lights, sounds or music. Just the things everyone needs in a tiny store, and my boxes on a shelf with my name on it, if I ordered bulk. And the atmo is so incredibly nice, that I often start a convo just for the fun of it.
Really excellent dual-author piece in the Nation on why separating 'types' of autism into different diagnoses is harmful to all autistic people. #actuallyautistic
Gifted autistic here. I have a very spikey profile. Spatial thinking and word association are off the charts (literally broke the test) and two others are medium. Worst is memory at „normal“ + debilitating trauma puts me at 90% disabled.
"Convergence of low points on a spiky profile" is a good theory; comorbidity is also a good theory. I don't think we have enough data to even guess which, yet. But ultimately I don't think it matters ... the solutions are the same regardless.
It is a hand held device used to get water from the bucket, a tub, or a bigger tank to poor it on oneself. It could look like a bug mug or a pan, maybe without a handle.
Another word is ladle, but that’s usually cooking, like to serve out soup. Most places in Europe have enough clean hot running water that people shower, or climb into the tub and wash there.
@dai_weltweit solche Chancen müßt ihr Bachelors, Master und ggf noch übrig gebliebenen Magistern anbieten - wer schon promoviert hat, braucht dieses Sahnehäubchen nicht mehr. Die anderen aber sehr bitter. // @histodons@historikerinnen
Mit unseren (nach Verfügbarkeit an den einzelnden DAI-Abteilungen und Kommissionen ausgeschriebenen) #Forschungsstipendien wollen wir gezielt auch Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler in solch früheren Karrierestufen fördern:
@neilhimself I love what you’re doing with Miracleman! I collected all of the old Eclipse stuff back in the day, and I was reading it annually right up until you began releasing more. I was wondering if the issues that are coming out now were completed recently or if they were done back in the day and are only being released now? #miraclemanthesilverage#Miracleman
@neilhimself my compliments to everyone involved, I am enjoying it immensely. Mark’s art and use of color is splendid and I loved the meta-narrative in silver age # 3, the writing is brilliant it really speaks to me. Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer my question and I am glad you know how happy these most recent stories have made me as a longtime fan. Looking forward to seeing the next chapter in the saga. 😁.
Hey @neilhimself , thank you for the repost on BSky, can I get the same here for Rainbow Passage? For those who don't know, they're a charity that are helping at-risk LGBTQ+ folks relocate from states that are actively attacking them. rainbowpassage.org