Dan
@danielforshort.bsky.social
He/Him, Autistic researcher, craft nerd, PhD student
Taking suggestions on simple to prepare it already prepared food that is calorie and nutrient dense. Living with low appetite and prone to nausea but I know I need to stay fed!
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Taking suggestions on simple to prepare it already prepared food that is calorie and nutrient dense. Living with low appetite and prone to nausea but I know I need to stay fed!
Realising I made a mistake in reading updates to the grant proposal (read 2025 as 2026), have an upset stomach from stress, fighting my low appetite to get enough calories, but feeling so loved and supported! Stressed but not alone!
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Realising I made a mistake in reading updates to the grant proposal (read 2025 as 2026), have an upset stomach from stress, fighting my low appetite to get enough calories, but feeling so loved and supported! Stressed but not alone!
Using my focus bean app so much to deep focus on my f31 app!!
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Using my focus bean app so much to deep focus on my f31 app!!
Magic focus hour(s) were blessed to me so I wrote a mostly complete first draft of my background and training doc in three hours!! I should wear my ANC headphones more bc they definitely helped!
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Magic focus hour(s) were blessed to me so I wrote a mostly complete first draft of my background and training doc in three hours!! I should wear my ANC headphones more bc they definitely helped!
There's something so sweet about writing my biosketch, reflecting on the 10 years I've been in higher education (started college at 16!), then looking over to see coffee mugs with my undergrad uni and my current grad lab <3 every day my love for science grows fiercer
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's something so sweet about writing my biosketch, reflecting on the 10 years I've been in higher education (started college at 16!), then looking over to see coffee mugs with my undergrad uni and my current grad lab <3 every day my love for science grows fiercer
I'm learning to adjust my mentality from "oh I'm so lazy bc I do X thing" to "I need to accommodate my disability so I do X thing". Slow mornings, slow wake ups, intentional routines are part of my autistic needs!
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm learning to adjust my mentality from "oh I'm so lazy bc I do X thing" to "I need to accommodate my disability so I do X thing". Slow mornings, slow wake ups, intentional routines are part of my autistic needs!
I just realised that I have unmasked so much since moving out of my parents. I am so comfortable with myself nowadays. I can ask lots of questions I can clarify myself or ask for specificity in my odd way and people are patient with me.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I just realised that I have unmasked so much since moving out of my parents. I am so comfortable with myself nowadays. I can ask lots of questions I can clarify myself or ask for specificity in my odd way and people are patient with me.
Me and my household are all on edge bc my ex (who I broke up with last month!) is overstepping boundaries and being pushy as well as claiming I ghosted them (we broke up) overwhelmed with this anxiety that they will show up to my house and confront us
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Me and my household are all on edge bc my ex (who I broke up with last month!) is overstepping boundaries and being pushy as well as claiming I ghosted them (we broke up) overwhelmed with this anxiety that they will show up to my house and confront us
Absolutely overcome with joy that zohran mamdani has been elected new york mayor!!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Absolutely overcome with joy that zohran mamdani has been elected new york mayor!!!
Crocheted a cat bear beanie :)
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Crocheted a cat bear beanie :)
Shout-out to the beverage buckaroos who get it. Also shout out to my friends who came over to be with me at last minute!!
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Shout-out to the beverage buckaroos who get it. Also shout out to my friends who came over to be with me at last minute!!
Office hours companion!
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Office hours companion!
Juno sunning himself in our breakfast nook
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Juno sunning himself in our breakfast nook
Left: 3 books I picked up at 2nd&C as they've been on my TBR list and at the top of my mind recently. Right: two books I read in Oct. Didn't finish as my grant proposal ate up so much brain energy but happy to read them (1st time babel)
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Left: 3 books I picked up at 2nd&C as they've been on my TBR list and at the top of my mind recently. Right: two books I read in Oct. Didn't finish as my grant proposal ate up so much brain energy but happy to read them (1st time babel)
The grief and isolation of trauma queerness hits me sometimes
November 25, 2023 at 1:22 AM
The grief and isolation of trauma queerness hits me sometimes
I'm actually so tired of Drs and being the only advocate for myself in the room. I'm so tired of guessing "how much research do I need to do in order for a dr to take me seriously"
November 2, 2023 at 1:12 PM
I'm actually so tired of Drs and being the only advocate for myself in the room. I'm so tired of guessing "how much research do I need to do in order for a dr to take me seriously"
Simple little things
October 27, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Simple little things
I have therapy assigned fanfic writing homework
October 27, 2023 at 3:08 AM
I have therapy assigned fanfic writing homework
I have to wear a heart monitor for a while and I'm so glad that my symptoms are flaring while wearing the monitor but so frustrated that I have to deal with the symptoms at all. I have work I need to do and want to do but it's clouded behind chronic illnesses
October 12, 2023 at 3:17 PM
I have to wear a heart monitor for a while and I'm so glad that my symptoms are flaring while wearing the monitor but so frustrated that I have to deal with the symptoms at all. I have work I need to do and want to do but it's clouded behind chronic illnesses
I think "delulu" is the most godawful slang word rn, I think it first of all is incredibly ableist (I thought we moved past using delusional as an insult???) And shortening it to "delulu" in an effort to make it funnier somehow just feels like a cheese grater on my brain
October 4, 2023 at 1:30 PM
I think "delulu" is the most godawful slang word rn, I think it first of all is incredibly ableist (I thought we moved past using delusional as an insult???) And shortening it to "delulu" in an effort to make it funnier somehow just feels like a cheese grater on my brain
Bout every day I go through the shame guilt cycle in relation to my PhD. I feel like I'm never doing enough, and then when I am able to be productive, I get incredibly excited. When the work stops, the guilt returns.
October 2, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Bout every day I go through the shame guilt cycle in relation to my PhD. I feel like I'm never doing enough, and then when I am able to be productive, I get incredibly excited. When the work stops, the guilt returns.
It is so hard to celebrate mid autumn festival when I have been broken away from my family. I have no shrine to light incense at, no ancestors to pray to. I love mid autumn festival bittersweetly.
September 29, 2023 at 4:55 AM
It is so hard to celebrate mid autumn festival when I have been broken away from my family. I have no shrine to light incense at, no ancestors to pray to. I love mid autumn festival bittersweetly.
I'm begging ppl to pls stop using "those dumb anti abortion ppl don't even adopt kids" as an argument for why anti abortion ppl are dumb
Adoption doesn't make anyone better than other parents & it's an incredibly difficult and complex thing. Adopting/not adopting are not moral compass points.
Adoption doesn't make anyone better than other parents & it's an incredibly difficult and complex thing. Adopting/not adopting are not moral compass points.
September 26, 2023 at 8:58 PM
I'm begging ppl to pls stop using "those dumb anti abortion ppl don't even adopt kids" as an argument for why anti abortion ppl are dumb
Adoption doesn't make anyone better than other parents & it's an incredibly difficult and complex thing. Adopting/not adopting are not moral compass points.
Adoption doesn't make anyone better than other parents & it's an incredibly difficult and complex thing. Adopting/not adopting are not moral compass points.
Sometimes the spirit or ghosts of stories possess me and bounce around my mind for ages until I release them into a doc in which I write 1k words in 30 minutes and feel like a god for the rest of the day. Today is a spirit day but my laptop is DEAD
September 8, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes the spirit or ghosts of stories possess me and bounce around my mind for ages until I release them into a doc in which I write 1k words in 30 minutes and feel like a god for the rest of the day. Today is a spirit day but my laptop is DEAD
Trying to decide if I want to make social media dedicated to sharing my xp being autistic in a PhD. Trying to be less internet present, but also want to document this v valuable journey
July 13, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Trying to decide if I want to make social media dedicated to sharing my xp being autistic in a PhD. Trying to be less internet present, but also want to document this v valuable journey