AmandaQuirky
@amandaquirky.bsky.social
Autistic, disabled, mum, wife. Cynical idealist. Love: pets, other autistic people, fiction.
Pic: red-haired white woman (me) 40ish, smiling slightly.
Banner: small blonde terrier mix (Sam) bundled in blankets, staring up into the camera.
Pic: red-haired white woman (me) 40ish, smiling slightly.
Banner: small blonde terrier mix (Sam) bundled in blankets, staring up into the camera.
Falcor vs Smaug I see it
February 12, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Falcor vs Smaug I see it
I don't have confirmed POTS but I switched to decaff about 5 years back because I was having tachycardia all the time.
I still get tachycardia from like... standing up, but not from my morning coffee (fauxffee) anymore!
I still get tachycardia from like... standing up, but not from my morning coffee (fauxffee) anymore!
February 12, 2024 at 7:55 AM
I don't have confirmed POTS but I switched to decaff about 5 years back because I was having tachycardia all the time.
I still get tachycardia from like... standing up, but not from my morning coffee (fauxffee) anymore!
I still get tachycardia from like... standing up, but not from my morning coffee (fauxffee) anymore!
As always, The Doctor is correct. Time makes 0 sense to me.
November 18, 2023 at 5:10 PM
As always, The Doctor is correct. Time makes 0 sense to me.
That was too good, I had nothing when I came back from my flu shot and I've got nothing now.
November 15, 2023 at 6:15 PM
That was too good, I had nothing when I came back from my flu shot and I've got nothing now.
Aka behind a paywall
November 15, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Aka behind a paywall
Oh, definitely. Schools *could* have been reopened safely, even for kids like my then-12-year-old who couldn't/can't mask. Air filters etc.
Since my government (UK) didn't care... guess we'll all die at 50 of "unexplained" (COVID-related) cardiac events, strokes, aggressive infections, etc.
Since my government (UK) didn't care... guess we'll all die at 50 of "unexplained" (COVID-related) cardiac events, strokes, aggressive infections, etc.
October 31, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Oh, definitely. Schools *could* have been reopened safely, even for kids like my then-12-year-old who couldn't/can't mask. Air filters etc.
Since my government (UK) didn't care... guess we'll all die at 50 of "unexplained" (COVID-related) cardiac events, strokes, aggressive infections, etc.
Since my government (UK) didn't care... guess we'll all die at 50 of "unexplained" (COVID-related) cardiac events, strokes, aggressive infections, etc.
Ah man. People like that almost hurt more. Like why be "progressive" when you're still propping up the capitalists who've created this hellscape world, giving in to toxic positivity, etc. 😞 I live 4,000 miles away from my folks, in a different country (UK) and I hate that I prefer it this way.
October 27, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Ah man. People like that almost hurt more. Like why be "progressive" when you're still propping up the capitalists who've created this hellscape world, giving in to toxic positivity, etc. 😞 I live 4,000 miles away from my folks, in a different country (UK) and I hate that I prefer it this way.
This.
My kids (15 and 17) are autistic with co-occurring conditions (mostly cognitive) and during so-called "Lockdown" my son's ADHD was still untreated. His hands were always under, around, touching, moving his mask. 0 impulse control.
Infection was inevitable when school reopened.
My kids (15 and 17) are autistic with co-occurring conditions (mostly cognitive) and during so-called "Lockdown" my son's ADHD was still untreated. His hands were always under, around, touching, moving his mask. 0 impulse control.
Infection was inevitable when school reopened.
October 27, 2023 at 6:52 AM
This.
My kids (15 and 17) are autistic with co-occurring conditions (mostly cognitive) and during so-called "Lockdown" my son's ADHD was still untreated. His hands were always under, around, touching, moving his mask. 0 impulse control.
Infection was inevitable when school reopened.
My kids (15 and 17) are autistic with co-occurring conditions (mostly cognitive) and during so-called "Lockdown" my son's ADHD was still untreated. His hands were always under, around, touching, moving his mask. 0 impulse control.
Infection was inevitable when school reopened.
Yes!
Similar:
My US family (older generation, 60+) are right-wing but in a way that raised most of my generation (40ish and under) to be left-wing. They took us to church and preached compassion, etc., in a way that made us less like their stated beliefs.
Now? It's all "fck those [insert slurs]"
Similar:
My US family (older generation, 60+) are right-wing but in a way that raised most of my generation (40ish and under) to be left-wing. They took us to church and preached compassion, etc., in a way that made us less like their stated beliefs.
Now? It's all "fck those [insert slurs]"
October 27, 2023 at 6:24 AM
Yes!
Similar:
My US family (older generation, 60+) are right-wing but in a way that raised most of my generation (40ish and under) to be left-wing. They took us to church and preached compassion, etc., in a way that made us less like their stated beliefs.
Now? It's all "fck those [insert slurs]"
Similar:
My US family (older generation, 60+) are right-wing but in a way that raised most of my generation (40ish and under) to be left-wing. They took us to church and preached compassion, etc., in a way that made us less like their stated beliefs.
Now? It's all "fck those [insert slurs]"
Either Hubs or my kids brought COVID home in... early 2022? I think?... and my ability to express myself without needless repetition (always a struggle, long before then) plummets even more every time I get even a slight cold or stomach bug now.
Which is like... 1-2+ weeks in every 4.
Which is like... 1-2+ weeks in every 4.
October 27, 2023 at 6:13 AM
Either Hubs or my kids brought COVID home in... early 2022? I think?... and my ability to express myself without needless repetition (always a struggle, long before then) plummets even more every time I get even a slight cold or stomach bug now.
Which is like... 1-2+ weeks in every 4.
Which is like... 1-2+ weeks in every 4.
I have a whole thing about this (the short form: COVID ate too much brain matter and *almost everyone* cares less and is less capable of rational thought now) but without the ability to write the whole thread before posting, I... no longer have the ability to write it all out.
October 27, 2023 at 6:08 AM
I have a whole thing about this (the short form: COVID ate too much brain matter and *almost everyone* cares less and is less capable of rational thought now) but without the ability to write the whole thread before posting, I... no longer have the ability to write it all out.
...I'm autistic, I know some of us can't always do alt text for a variety of reasons tied to our own communication needs (I think the existence of emoji speaks to how difficult it can be to use words rather than pictures, for many people) but when we can, we should.
October 27, 2023 at 5:51 AM
...I'm autistic, I know some of us can't always do alt text for a variety of reasons tied to our own communication needs (I think the existence of emoji speaks to how difficult it can be to use words rather than pictures, for many people) but when we can, we should.
But Eb
Doing the above would require a) understanding what words mean + using them correctly and b) actually caring about marginalised groups
What about the "use many buzzwords after developing a superficial and mostly wrong concept of a term I heard 3 months ago but never looked into" option?
Doing the above would require a) understanding what words mean + using them correctly and b) actually caring about marginalised groups
What about the "use many buzzwords after developing a superficial and mostly wrong concept of a term I heard 3 months ago but never looked into" option?
October 25, 2023 at 2:40 PM
But Eb
Doing the above would require a) understanding what words mean + using them correctly and b) actually caring about marginalised groups
What about the "use many buzzwords after developing a superficial and mostly wrong concept of a term I heard 3 months ago but never looked into" option?
Doing the above would require a) understanding what words mean + using them correctly and b) actually caring about marginalised groups
What about the "use many buzzwords after developing a superficial and mostly wrong concept of a term I heard 3 months ago but never looked into" option?