Alex, Doctor Dread

I need to try and remember that this app exists. There's a whole lot of a whole lot, and mainly I have been just lurking and watching people talk about the downfall of American civilization

The vibes of that area make that arch look fae as hell. Also quite relaxing!

Autism BlueSky is sometimes called an echolalia chamber.

That is great that you recognized the need. I mostly eliminated Twitter after King Twat bought it, I just keep a dummy account for things that get posted to Twitter only

I really hope the new migraine treatment I start on Monday is effective. I'm really, really, sincerely fucking tired of being in too much pain to do shit that I want to do.

Cool cool cool. My "having a hard day" turned into full-on tears when the rabbit hole led me to Google Street View through the town he grew up in (and where I would visit in the summer) until I found what was left of our grandparents' motel.

Having a hard day today. I miss my little brother. He would have been turning 34 in a few months.

It just sucks. I get that he trusts us at least some, he has told us so. But we just had to spend so long telling him that trust requires things like vulnerability, a leap of faith, hope that it doesn't fuck you over, and not having that "I will never trust" mindset.

Damn kid just came in and dropped a bomb on us that he doesn't trust his girlfriend. Not for any new reason.

He has trust issues. Came into our lives as a teen with a history of trauma. I get it. But he is intentionally holding up the "I will never fully trust anyone" wall.

Hello, friend-o!

To update some stuff: taking 15 credits this quarter, which has been A Thing. My statistics class (only math I'll need between here and doctorate) is my lowest grade at a B, which I'll take happily.

My "feast or famine" job has been very "feast." Couple of big projects on top of normal stuff.

I kind of keep forgetting that this app exists. Whoops!

In fairness, these last couple of months have been a hell of a long year.

@jennifercheek.bsky.social Saw this and thought you'd like it - some titles if Appalachia had an anime. www.instagram.com/reel/CzgJEY3...

New laptop go VROOOOM!

Working for a trauma-informed organization is still weird sometimes. We have "restorative meetings" on Fridays, taking turns leading - all meant to decompress, no work talk allowed. Which means that with the session I led today, we got paid to play Jackbox games for an hour. 😂

Good looking out! Thank you!

I appreciate you letting me know that! I'd been working, so I hadn't tried looking through them yet.

I kinda have a hard time with new people online. I *want* to make new friends, but I have issues doing so because social norms and social complexity. 🤷‍♂️

There's a flaw in the premise. While I agree that ketchup water may, in fact, be the source of all evil, I can not agree in good conscience with "ketchup (good)."

Oh, and in case it'll piss anyone off that I don't want to talk to anyway:

Black lives matter.

Sex work is work.

No human is illegal.

Protect trans kids.

The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.

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Did I miss anything important?

On a scale of 1 to "organized chaos," how neurodiverse is BlueSky? Just trying to get a feel for the place, and possibly find my people.

#audhd #autistic #adhd #neurodivergent

Yeah, I can see how that would have that effect. Personally, I'm more of a "Well, it was a nice idea, but it didn't work out. Let's burn it to the ground and start over, applying the lessons we've learned." type of person.

Huh. This app feels like they un-boinked some of the crap that the site formerly known as Twitter had done before Muskrat bought it. I like the clean UI on here, and I hope I'll like it here overall.

(2/2) It helps with that late diagnosis sense of mourning "what could have been" to see the perspective of someone who *was* diagnosed early, and still had issues because the understanding of ADHD just wasn't there yet.

So, thank you for sharing.

I appreciate this thread and your perspective. Spent a lot of time thinking about "what if I'd been diagnosed early?"

The adult in my life had it suggested by a teacher when I was 10 (1996), but I was "too smart" for that. Didn't learn that until my 20s, didn't get diagnosed until last year.

I was SO hyped! Was a pharmacy tech until recently, and I was definitely following along with patent news about that.

Been there. I just said, "Screw it," got a backup file of every tweet I over twotted, and hit the "delete my account" button. Or deactive, or whatever. I'll look back and see cringe, probably, but I do that anyway.