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shadowisland.bsky.social
Fascinated by humans. Pretty sure I am one. Autistic & ADHD. Sometimes I get carried away.
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Over the past few days I've had cause to think a lot about The (English) Beat song "Save It For Later," and what its primary writer Dave Wakeling said to me about it In a 2012 AV Club interview. 1/2

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

To hear stories from those w ASD so similar to my own - is the only way I can relax knowing I am undeniably ASD. Tragic stories are common. Humorous stories are rare treasures. @thedailytism.com is goddam important to me. It is joyful to hear about your success. Congrats & PLEASE keep over sharing!

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@elsawilliams.bsky.social …even though official diagnosis brought so much relief & understanding of who I was, I began to have nightmares - where I would find out I was NOT autistic. 5 yrs later I still have these dreams. The most reliable way of coping is to hear from other autistic peeps… /3

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@elsawilliams.bsky.social I was encouraged to look into ASD, after I spent the better part of 2019 struggling to get out of bed, for “no reason at all”. Which made it HARD to work & provide for my wife and kid. Getting diagnosed likely saved my life & marriage (but not my job). And yet…/2

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I was ecstatic to get 3k followers for my biz. ECSTATIC. When you are essentially your own boss, it can feel like you have to slay the dragon EVERYDAY. When I post milestones & get congrats, it gives me fuel to keep going. And even with that I still burnout. And when I burnout I can’t work.

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Screen time can, in fact, in fact, help autistic and ND people regulate burned out nervous systems. Why one mom realized it was helpful for her autistic son to spend 10-12 hours per day online: www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/sc...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -

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RT if you love boobs or if you think ICE should be abolished

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@janecoaston.bsky.social I sincerely hope they run zone left for their first offensive play this year. Then run that bootleg play that made Jerame Tuman my favorite offensive player on the ‘97 squad.

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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

submitted 73 days ago • 807 comments

Late-ID’d Autistic Starter Pack: It just makes sense! I have an uncle/aunt/parent/grandparent who keeps to themselves/is sort of odd/really likes trains. Back then, no one was paying attention. I felt like the black sheep. Maybe I’m just faking/weird/dramatic. What if I’m really NOT Autistic?

submitted 108 days ago • 18 comments

Idea for a career change - would you consider becoming the richest person in the world and making very different choices than the current richest person in the world? Just a thought. No idea how well it pays.

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

It’s wild to me that so many people feared and subscribed to a right-wing conspiracy theory that a cabal of elites was working behind the scenes to orchestrate global events. And then they… voted for it.

submitted 141 days ago • 21 comments

Cthulhu, described as “a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind,” disclosed their diagnosis after Kanye West made a similar claim.

submitted 141 days ago • 6 comments

How about we just give them an asterisk?

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You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

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