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Late-diagnosed (48yr) neurodivergent. Fascinated by ‘unmasking’, the intersection of neurodivergence with generational trauma, and the double empathy problem (also fungi, geopolitics, etymology, puns, photography & PC strategy games) #autistic #adhd

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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 — 👍 47550    🔁 14327    💬 523    📌 601

I feel the same way. Finding out more is compulsive but also calming / satisfying.

25.01.2026 13:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice! (unlike the other ICE).
First time I’ve seen it. Beautiful, but extremely delicate.

25.01.2026 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for confirming. Was exciting to find, first time I’ve seen it.

25.01.2026 13:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

Grosses #Haareis​​ im Sihlwald: Verantwortlich für die schönen Frisuren ist das Zusammenspiel von feuchtem Totholz und frostiger Luft. Mehr dazu: https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/wetter/wetter-und-klima-von-a-bis-z/haareis-geheimnisvolle-locken-im-winterwald.html Fotos: @danivumalvier.bsky.social​

28.11.2025 11:44 — 👍 39    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

I found something similar, although not sure they are also exidiopsis effusa. Take a look, same thing or something else?

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25.01.2026 12:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The forest was mainly birch and pine.

25.01.2026 11:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

Found these beauties on a frosty early morning walk. Has been very damp and cold recently. Extremely delicate. Possibly hair ice / Exidiopsis effusa? Any other ideas? #fungifriends

25.01.2026 11:49 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 1

The fact that the regime is executing citizens in the street and then asking for lists of citizens who voted against them might raise a few alarm bells.

25.01.2026 04:06 — 👍 353    🔁 77    💬 0    📌 1
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Makes a lot of sense. For years I used to beat myself up over all the little things. I developed an almost constant internal monologue of self-criticism. What’s worse, I found myself being just as critical towards others. Learning to stop that, helped me see what I was doing to myself.

25.01.2026 06:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When what was broken learns its rest,
I will look up again
And find the stars unchanged,
And myself made lighter for the waiting.

12.10.2025 21:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still, the stars do not withdraw
They burn for all,
Even those who cannot lift
Their eyes just yet.

12.10.2025 21:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

28.09.2025 04:49 — 👍 2533    🔁 574    💬 51    📌 18

Perhaps I didn’t write that clearly. I wasn’t stating that all narcissists are abusive. However, some are, and in those cases, autistics like me make great targets.

15.09.2025 05:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Graphene has the required properties at a microscopic scale, however, we can’t produce it at the lengths required for it to work in this application.

21.08.2025 13:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I know! Those pesky excuses just keep getting in the way. Maybe if we ignore them they’ll just disappear. After all, it’s what politicians do.

21.08.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Building a colony on mars is more feasible

21.08.2025 13:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And that’s before we have to over engineer it to account for fatigue and environmental degradation: oxidation, UV, thermal cycling, wind loads and impacts etc.

21.08.2025 13:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Even our best macroscopic fibers have a tensile strength short of what’s needed by about an order of magnitude.

And it’s even harder in practice - the above assumes they can be made over the entire length with zero flaws.

21.08.2025 13:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If only it was that easy. The tether has to be so thick that it would tear itself apart unless made of an ultra-strong, ultra-light material. The required strength-to-weight ratio is many times higher than any bulk material humanity can currently produce.

21.08.2025 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I wonder if ogre meant back then what it means now.

20.08.2025 17:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, interesting. So nothing to do with Hungary. Likely a play on ‘Logres’, (ancient name for England and Wales) and Latin ‘orcus’. Seems first written record of ogre in French predates by about 250 years the Italian orco.

20.08.2025 16:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you

20.08.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nations will have no choice but to tax the big companies and redistribute. The alternative is an uprising.

20.08.2025 08:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Historically, industrialists like Henry Ford raised worker wages so that workers could afford the cars they built. That era is long gone. Now that the jobs are going too…

20.08.2025 08:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

From the photo, it looks like it doesn’t have gills on the underside (although it’s hard to see clearly). I thought all Amanitas have gills?

20.08.2025 06:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There’s an old saying: all mushrooms are edible; but you’ll eat the deadly poisonous ones only once.

20.08.2025 06:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please be VERY careful about foraging. Only eating those mushrooms that you 100% ID as being safe to eat. Ask an expert if unsure.

20.08.2025 06:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Cut off the stem and then place the cap face down on a sheet of paper (ideally half black / half white). Cover it with a glass bowl and leave overnight. You should be able to see any spores on the paper the next day.

20.08.2025 06:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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