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Thoughts on why small talk is so uniquely painful (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Image text: @agnieszkasshoes: “Part of what makes small talk so utterly debilitating for many of us who are neurodivergent is that having to smile and lie in answer to questions like, “how are you?” is exhausting to do even once, and society makes us do it countless times a day.”...
Scientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered bird (fortune.com)
Why I live alone 😅 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Help I thought cleaning out my closet was a fun and exciting idea 6 hours ago and now I can't walk in my room (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I’m Pathologically Demand Avoidant. It Rules. A need for freedom & healthy suspicion of authority has protected me, not hurt me. (devonprice.medium.com)
I read this article this morning and here are some highlights I think you’ll appreciate...
On Self-Diagnosis (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Do you have Justice Sensitivity? How does it manifest for you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
As much a I loathe the phone, and have such terrible success rate at getting what I want via phone conversation to major corporations, when something is not right I will waste hours (on hold mostly) as they pass me around department to department hoping I’ll give up. Jokes on them because I won’t give up. But ultimately...
What did we eat today kids? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I started out real good, but dinner is popcorn, diet coke and peanut butter mnms
What accommodations have you provided yourself today?
I have meetings all day today starting right off the bat at 9am. The anticipatory stress of that made it difficult to wake up this morning and have me a bit of a migraine so I took my time this morning and made sure to eat a hearty but comforting breakfast and took my supplements and drank a half liter of water. I took a shower...
Just had a really scary client meeting, and it went well! Time to shut down for the rest of the day 😅
Took off my corporate smile, put on a comfortable shirt, laying on my bean bag, deep breathing. Giving myself permission to shut down after a heavy duty bout of masking has been the best part of learning about autism.
Today's New Accommodation (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Today’s new accommodation is a set of (crappy) shelves by my key hook next to the door so I can put stuff that needs to go to the car....
Skill Regression upon Diagnosis (www.instagram.com)
Link to an Instagram reel Audio “I will grow under any conditions” Text “Me before I unmasked, working myself to what looks like irreversible ASD burnout”...
the autistic paradox of needing to cut all tags off your clothes and needing the tags so you can buy the same item of clothing again for the rest of your life
Reel from @candy.courn I liked about why we hate "How are you?" (www.instagram.com)
I don't understand the difference between Libertarian and Anarchist
Most of what I’ve seen sounds like Libertarians are actually anarchists who’ve been misinformed by the dominant culture about what anarchism really is....
Autistic Literal Speech vs. NT seeking hidden meaning (www.instagram.com)
Instagram reel transcript: “So you know how autistic people just talk and we literally mean like exactly what we say?”...
Background noise requirements
My lofi isn’t cutting it today, but my podcast is pulling too much of my attention so I can’t think on my work. I need that sweet spot of interesting enough to quiet my mind but boring enough that I can ignore it and think on my work. Gonna look for a history documentary on Carthage or smth
What companies to look out for for next Gen battery/energy storage developments?
Not sure how to word this… But who should I be following in terms of battery/energy storage research and development companies? I’m less interested in start ups and more interested in bigger companies who are investing heavily in R&D