Entomomancer
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Witchy Shit
My Autism - You cannot small talk me out of a problem I did not small talk my way into.
He/him or they/them
Witchy Shit
My Autism - You cannot small talk me out of a problem I did not small talk my way into.
He/him or they/them
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Entomomancer
@entomomancer.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Oh, shit. Listen, entomologists. I did a starter pack. I'm down with setae, tarsal formulas, and all that glory, but following me back you're only going to get a mess and maybe some bitterness about how cheap PCR, while it is phenomenal for understanding, sent me into feels I never recovered from.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Have you read a book that helped you connect with your intuition? If so, what was the book?
October 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Have you read a book that helped you connect with your intuition? If so, what was the book?
As an autistic parent of an autistic child, 95% of the "support" I've been able to get for my daughter are resources and spaces where she has to do more work. This Tylenol shit has me molting into my Battle Autistic Instar.
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As an autistic parent of an autistic child, 95% of the "support" I've been able to get for my daughter are resources and spaces where she has to do more work. This Tylenol shit has me molting into my Battle Autistic Instar.
Show me your quick getaway vehicle.
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Show me your quick getaway vehicle.
Daughter: Aren't you worried that setting your ringtone to cicadas now in summer means you'll ignore calls?
Me: No way! We don't get the ringtone species here where we live. It's a very distinctive sound!
Me: No way! We don't get the ringtone species here where we live. It's a very distinctive sound!
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Daughter: Aren't you worried that setting your ringtone to cicadas now in summer means you'll ignore calls?
Me: No way! We don't get the ringtone species here where we live. It's a very distinctive sound!
Me: No way! We don't get the ringtone species here where we live. It's a very distinctive sound!
Daughter and I started watching "The Summer Hikaru Died" and we are really enjoying it.
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Daughter and I started watching "The Summer Hikaru Died" and we are really enjoying it.
If I wanted to be screamed at I'd make a phone call to a fax machine number.
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If I wanted to be screamed at I'd make a phone call to a fax machine number.
I really don't like the feeling of having a thing that i really like that is named with a word that I don't like the sound of. And vice versa. This happens to me alot with common names of insects in English. For example, moths. Love 'em. But that word "moth" sounds terrible and feels yucky to say.
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I really don't like the feeling of having a thing that i really like that is named with a word that I don't like the sound of. And vice versa. This happens to me alot with common names of insects in English. For example, moths. Love 'em. But that word "moth" sounds terrible and feels yucky to say.
Making coffee at home before going to meet people for coffee, as one does.
July 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Making coffee at home before going to meet people for coffee, as one does.
Went to a support group for dads with autistic kids. Only autistic dad in group. It wasn't bad, per se, and I could hear the hurt and struggle and everything, but I'm not sure it's the space for me.
July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Went to a support group for dads with autistic kids. Only autistic dad in group. It wasn't bad, per se, and I could hear the hurt and struggle and everything, but I'm not sure it's the space for me.
Caught up on a bunch of scythe guy discourse. He's great and all but his journey and yours are different. There's no one neat trick to being like him. You've got your hands full figuring out who you are and what being the best version of you looks like.
July 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Caught up on a bunch of scythe guy discourse. He's great and all but his journey and yours are different. There's no one neat trick to being like him. You've got your hands full figuring out who you are and what being the best version of you looks like.
Item #1235 of why I'm an apostate. In religion class in a conservative Christian high school the teacher declared that War Pigs glorifies the devil in agreement with the Hell's Bells movie he had us watch.
July 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Item #1235 of why I'm an apostate. In religion class in a conservative Christian high school the teacher declared that War Pigs glorifies the devil in agreement with the Hell's Bells movie he had us watch.
I woke up early this morning to the clatter of bones coming from my living room. When I got up to look there was nothing there.
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I woke up early this morning to the clatter of bones coming from my living room. When I got up to look there was nothing there.
Autistic daughter and I are watching Parasyte: The Maxim. There's an episode where the protagonist gets scolded for emotional outburst, scolded for flat facial expressions, and experiences sound sensitivity. I joked to my daughter: "Congrats, Shinichi! Welcome to autism!" She had a good laugh.
July 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Autistic daughter and I are watching Parasyte: The Maxim. There's an episode where the protagonist gets scolded for emotional outburst, scolded for flat facial expressions, and experiences sound sensitivity. I joked to my daughter: "Congrats, Shinichi! Welcome to autism!" She had a good laugh.
My head is on a swivel when I'm out walking my dog because she is dog reactive and I don't want a bad encounter. My dog walking nemesis, without her dogs this time thankfully, said "hey!" from behind me. I turned and saw her and she waved at me so I waved back. Then I walked away.
July 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My head is on a swivel when I'm out walking my dog because she is dog reactive and I don't want a bad encounter. My dog walking nemesis, without her dogs this time thankfully, said "hey!" from behind me. I turned and saw her and she waved at me so I waved back. Then I walked away.
I'm GenX. I owned a house for 19 years when I was married, purchased on my single income. House prices have skyrocketed since then, much more than my wage increases, and I'll likely never be able to afford a home again.
July 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I'm GenX. I owned a house for 19 years when I was married, purchased on my single income. House prices have skyrocketed since then, much more than my wage increases, and I'll likely never be able to afford a home again.
One of my faves. I once got lost in the wilderness pre cell phones and followed one of these on a whim and it led me back close to camp.
July 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of my faves. I once got lost in the wilderness pre cell phones and followed one of these on a whim and it led me back close to camp.
As part of my experience as an autistic person, my factual memory is really good but my episodic memory is often trash. Being late ID'd....the number of times in my life I've been accused of not caring about someone because I don't remember a shared experience is depressing.
July 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As part of my experience as an autistic person, my factual memory is really good but my episodic memory is often trash. Being late ID'd....the number of times in my life I've been accused of not caring about someone because I don't remember a shared experience is depressing.
Older kid on school trip to Greece and Italy has sent me precisely one photo and she's been there for a week. She knows what I like.
July 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Older kid on school trip to Greece and Italy has sent me precisely one photo and she's been there for a week. She knows what I like.
I think it's a Mordellid. I remembered the family name started with an M. But I started my search to jog my memory on a whim with "what beetle has a pointy butt?" Google AI said earwig. Google Lens said this image was a cockroach. Sigh.
July 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I think it's a Mordellid. I remembered the family name started with an M. But I started my search to jog my memory on a whim with "what beetle has a pointy butt?" Google AI said earwig. Google Lens said this image was a cockroach. Sigh.
I'm not sure if this sentiment will stick, but at the moment I feel pretty ok as an outer planet; part of a greater whole but mostly doing its own thing, occasionally getting attention in significant alignments.
July 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm not sure if this sentiment will stick, but at the moment I feel pretty ok as an outer planet; part of a greater whole but mostly doing its own thing, occasionally getting attention in significant alignments.
I don't know how it will happen, but we USians are going to have to find ways that help and support each other that doesn't have to pass through billionaires.
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I don't know how it will happen, but we USians are going to have to find ways that help and support each other that doesn't have to pass through billionaires.
My dog just now. "What are you even on about? We're doing this thing! We're doing this this living thing! I love you, let's go for a walk."
July 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
My dog just now. "What are you even on about? We're doing this thing! We're doing this this living thing! I love you, let's go for a walk."
I need some mulberry leaves and some method to dry them, a mulberry branch. They are RIGHT THERE every time I walk my dog. But the method of acquisition hasn't arrived. "Just take them!" you might say. No. There's a puzzle here I'm absolutely missing. Those who know, know.
July 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I need some mulberry leaves and some method to dry them, a mulberry branch. They are RIGHT THERE every time I walk my dog. But the method of acquisition hasn't arrived. "Just take them!" you might say. No. There's a puzzle here I'm absolutely missing. Those who know, know.
I picked the wrong day to scroll looking for hopeful things.
July 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I picked the wrong day to scroll looking for hopeful things.