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Consuming content about history, politics, autism/neurodiversity, etc. Creating content re: random shower thoughts. For details, see my earlier published works
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Adverts have really honed giving me the autistic sensory 'ick' so I despise their product (UK specific reference) Congrats to the Muller yoghurt ad where they narrate how the woman wants to lick the yoghurt lid for making me briefly want to die as I reach for the mute button #actuallyautistic

The perfect card when you want to send your employee a passive aggressive warning in the guise of a get well message ...

Getting off the plane in the US

Rednote is apparently the potential successor to Tiktok, despite sounding like a blog site for erotic short stories...

TIL that quinquinquagennial can mean a 55 year anniversary, and that wikipedia is an ever present distraction from work

How are the creme egg sweets in miniature heroes so unutterably rank?

People using AI like they're super sneaky copying from the smart kid in class. Not realising it's fairly blatant when 50% of your peers did the same thing, plus the kid you're copying from is mediocre at best...

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

TIL yoyos date back to Ancient Greece! (thanks Max Miller)

He's putting on weight He's hanging with Beau He hated his wife But he loves ho ho hos George the Fourth is coming to town

He's wearing a wig He's speaking in Deutsch Ruling a country He doesn't much like George the 1st is coming to town

As an adult female, think I would genuinely enjoy receiving myself every Christmas gift I've purchased for others, whether intended for an 8 year old kid or an 80 year man. Not sure what that says about me ...

How is AI smart enough to know the CSI guy I am asking about but stupid enough not to be able to scrape imdb, wiki and numerous other sources to see he does in fact star in festive masterpiece Christmas Mail ...

Whoopee is a strange word isn't it? Either refers to excitement, love making or a cushion that makes fart noises. Need to get Susie Dent on the case.

What's the betting Scrooge goes back to being an arsehole by mid Jan, tops

Underrated London Underground skills: making your fist as spiky as possible as a defence mechanism when people lean against the pole you're holding onto. I call it 'the hedgehog'

Just had to rewind this NCIS ep 3 times to confirm McGee did pronounce this mans name as "Tyson Eck-lees" ...

always interesting to listen to a full playlist then wake up at 3am to see which song is playing on the open browser tab in my brain. Like a battle of the bands in my subconscious

Choosing who to vote for is framed like choosing a vacuum cleaner. You pick the right one by carefully comparing the different technical specs, cost and reviews. In reality, its more like 'do you want a slightly ineffectual broom, or shall we release a live bull in your house and see what happens?"

If I ever 'discover' exercise, I promise to STFU about it

Mowing fenced off lawn: mindfulness, mild workout, in the zone Mowing lawn in full view of neighbours: dear god lets get this over with, if anyone perceives me or worse, acknowledges me, I may die #actuallyautistic

I looked up this story in disbelief after someone posted about it here - the mother's reaction did not disappoint

Yet to decide if totally switching off on your time off is worth the heart stopping anxiety when you open Outlook and watch it fill up

This person has won youtube shorts comments for the day

At least I'm somewhat more interested in US politics than the other things Bluesky has decided I have a deep abiding interest in, video games and cats

The serious, focused part of my brain having to carry the part playing Dragostea Din Tei on repeat

Mentally bracing yourself for ultimate cringe when the main character in the long running US procedural show says "we're going to have to go to England to investigate this"...

Egyptian afterlife meets Blue Man group #Olympics #Paris2024

That thing is going to haunt me in my nightmares #Olympics #Paris2024