Tag: Actually Autistic
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A message to anyone learning a new skill:
This doesn’t just apply to cooking. Xavier used to always tell me before he died that you have to learn the rules to anything before you can break them. And this man was a certifiable genius across the board – brilliant cook, chaos programmer, astonishing writer, ruthless editor. I swear he did everything by his…
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My Brainhole… Visualized
A bit of context: my friend mk (it/its) posted an incredible thought piece on its Substack on feral anarchy, what it means, etc., and I found it very inspiring. I, too, am quite feral, a synesthete, have zero sense of linear time, and have built my very neuroqueer life from a place of loosely organized…
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A brief compendium of thoughts I thought in the shower tonight after being alone for most of today (another poem)
i. I find it ironic that the same words that help me sleep are the same words that keep me awake. ii. I imagine in detail what it would be like to program a bot that wouldpost a random frame from the “wouldn’t you like to know, weather boy” meme every hour on the hour.upon…
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A bit of fun Fediverse Fact vs Fun Fediverse Fiction…
So I have enormous triple special interests in web design, open source tech of all kinds, and social media, and my recent headfirst deep dive into federated social media via this hell site has resulted into the biggest, most all consuming rabbit hole since I discovered that people built their own fictional worlds. As a…
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On a somewhat lighter note,
On a somewhat lighter note, This is PRECISELY how taking a shower feels. I swear most of the so called executives in my brain are like. Greenhorn neurotypical Harvard Business School grads who are so AGGRESSIVELY NORMIE that they’d punch a barista if they got their triple shot breve no foam Starbucks order wrong on…
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The Gift And Curse of Associative Memory, Part Ten Billion
Every time I’ve opened Tusky, my Mastodon client, today, I get this goddamned song stuck in my head. Figuring out all of the various and sundry Fedi plugins I can integrate with WordPress is AMAZING. I’m having a blast exploring the Fediverse. But I swear, if I get this drumbeat stuck in my brainhole ONE…
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Wait, You’re Telling Me I Can Be PAID to Take The Train If I Make Enough Of A Stink About Flying?!
Reblog via Climate News Now This Italian climate researcher was fired for refusing to fly – now he’s won compensation. The researcher hopes his case will inspire others to try flight-free travel. #ClimateChange https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/15/this-italian-climate-researcher-was-fired-for-refusing-to-fly-now-hes-won-compensation Oh, please, Italian climate researcher. Teach my grumpy crippled ass your legendary ways. If there is anything I love doing, it’s…