Melinda Gwin
@gwinsome.bsky.social
Queer, irreverent, classically educated. Thelemite. Witch and skeptic. Religion, philosophy, and psychology nerd.
Have been learning more about nonverbal autism. Evidently, my son was nonverbal until he was eight and minimally verbal until he was sixteen.
And I didn't notice. Because I was the same.
(He talks now. At great length. But like me, only about his interests or needs.)
And I didn't notice. Because I was the same.
(He talks now. At great length. But like me, only about his interests or needs.)
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Have been learning more about nonverbal autism. Evidently, my son was nonverbal until he was eight and minimally verbal until he was sixteen.
And I didn't notice. Because I was the same.
(He talks now. At great length. But like me, only about his interests or needs.)
And I didn't notice. Because I was the same.
(He talks now. At great length. But like me, only about his interests or needs.)
This gets at the heart of what we've done wrong and what we need to do more of:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfR...
Democrats (& The Left) Need To Copy The Black Panthers
YouTube video by Brenna Perez
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This gets at the heart of what we've done wrong and what we need to do more of:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfR...
The soul is like a vulva. Much more attractive after penetrating.
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The soul is like a vulva. Much more attractive after penetrating.
I'm intimately familiar with religious psychosis, but is there also political psychosis?
I'm getting some really weird comments and they're *more* incomprehensible than a lot of psychotic spiritual comments I get. But with political subjects.
Is that a thing that happens?
I'm getting some really weird comments and they're *more* incomprehensible than a lot of psychotic spiritual comments I get. But with political subjects.
Is that a thing that happens?
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm intimately familiar with religious psychosis, but is there also political psychosis?
I'm getting some really weird comments and they're *more* incomprehensible than a lot of psychotic spiritual comments I get. But with political subjects.
Is that a thing that happens?
I'm getting some really weird comments and they're *more* incomprehensible than a lot of psychotic spiritual comments I get. But with political subjects.
Is that a thing that happens?
I have cataracts at the age of 40.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is awesome.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is awesome.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have cataracts at the age of 40.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is awesome.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is awesome.
Our terrier was terrified of storms. She shook & ran & hid.
Then came Bones. He snuggled her for storms, radiating peace and safety. He calmed her.
She passed yesterday.
Today it's storming; Bones is shaking in fear. The truth came out: He was always afraid; he hid it for her.
Noblest lie ever.
Then came Bones. He snuggled her for storms, radiating peace and safety. He calmed her.
She passed yesterday.
Today it's storming; Bones is shaking in fear. The truth came out: He was always afraid; he hid it for her.
Noblest lie ever.
October 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Our terrier was terrified of storms. She shook & ran & hid.
Then came Bones. He snuggled her for storms, radiating peace and safety. He calmed her.
She passed yesterday.
Today it's storming; Bones is shaking in fear. The truth came out: He was always afraid; he hid it for her.
Noblest lie ever.
Then came Bones. He snuggled her for storms, radiating peace and safety. He calmed her.
She passed yesterday.
Today it's storming; Bones is shaking in fear. The truth came out: He was always afraid; he hid it for her.
Noblest lie ever.
Really feeling Jeremiah 5 today.
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Really feeling Jeremiah 5 today.
My Luigi-pilling finished spreading through my system and finally, fin-a-lly cured the ailment it came to heal.
I'm nonpartisan.
I'm nonpartisan.
Optiganally Yours - NONPARTISAN
YouTube video by optigandotcom
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My Luigi-pilling finished spreading through my system and finally, fin-a-lly cured the ailment it came to heal.
I'm nonpartisan.
I'm nonpartisan.
So, guns don't kill people, but words *do* kill people.
Fascinating.
Fascinating.
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So, guns don't kill people, but words *do* kill people.
Fascinating.
Fascinating.
Beginning to think I 'lack empathy' according to allistics because I care too much about others and their wellbeing.
September 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Beginning to think I 'lack empathy' according to allistics because I care too much about others and their wellbeing.
Finished a mod loadout.
Now, I get to see if the computer I just built can handle a (heavily-modded) game from 30 years ago.
Wish me luck!
Now, I get to see if the computer I just built can handle a (heavily-modded) game from 30 years ago.
Wish me luck!
September 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Finished a mod loadout.
Now, I get to see if the computer I just built can handle a (heavily-modded) game from 30 years ago.
Wish me luck!
Now, I get to see if the computer I just built can handle a (heavily-modded) game from 30 years ago.
Wish me luck!
Verdict's in. Charlie Kirk was killed in the Groyper War; the shooter is far-right, and law enforcement officers don't understand internet irony or post-irony.
And now I have to dive into Groypers and figure them out. Oof.
And now I have to dive into Groypers and figure them out. Oof.
September 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Verdict's in. Charlie Kirk was killed in the Groyper War; the shooter is far-right, and law enforcement officers don't understand internet irony or post-irony.
And now I have to dive into Groypers and figure them out. Oof.
And now I have to dive into Groypers and figure them out. Oof.
Also, according to the ER machines, my systolic blood pressure breaks 180 when my pain levels get high enough. That can't be good.
September 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Also, according to the ER machines, my systolic blood pressure breaks 180 when my pain levels get high enough. That can't be good.
Reposted by Melinda Gwin
History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.
Went to ER. Was prescribed muscle relaxers. They helped immensely, and I wondered why I stopped taking them.
Then I stood up, fell down, and remembered. Overtight leg muscles are all that keep me vertical. Muscle relaxers loosen them, causing falls.
That. That's why I stopped.
Then I stood up, fell down, and remembered. Overtight leg muscles are all that keep me vertical. Muscle relaxers loosen them, causing falls.
That. That's why I stopped.
September 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Went to ER. Was prescribed muscle relaxers. They helped immensely, and I wondered why I stopped taking them.
Then I stood up, fell down, and remembered. Overtight leg muscles are all that keep me vertical. Muscle relaxers loosen them, causing falls.
That. That's why I stopped.
Then I stood up, fell down, and remembered. Overtight leg muscles are all that keep me vertical. Muscle relaxers loosen them, causing falls.
That. That's why I stopped.
Managed to get lost going through a robotic phone menu today. It was like driving, but while sitting on the toilet.
August 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Managed to get lost going through a robotic phone menu today. It was like driving, but while sitting on the toilet.
My phone just autocorrected the word I typed, 'fatuously', to 'stupidly'.
No, I'm not going to presume the people I talk to are so poorly read and ill-informed that I need to say 'stupid' when I mean 'fatuous'.
When did my phone become such a misanthrope? People know that word!
No, I'm not going to presume the people I talk to are so poorly read and ill-informed that I need to say 'stupid' when I mean 'fatuous'.
When did my phone become such a misanthrope? People know that word!
August 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
My phone just autocorrected the word I typed, 'fatuously', to 'stupidly'.
No, I'm not going to presume the people I talk to are so poorly read and ill-informed that I need to say 'stupid' when I mean 'fatuous'.
When did my phone become such a misanthrope? People know that word!
No, I'm not going to presume the people I talk to are so poorly read and ill-informed that I need to say 'stupid' when I mean 'fatuous'.
When did my phone become such a misanthrope? People know that word!
Actually watching Trump's ramble on DC's police forces being commandeered by the Feds.
Only at the 15-minute mark of a 1.5 hour recording because I keep fact-checking.
This thing is a master class in using real numbers to lie egregiously.
Only at the 15-minute mark of a 1.5 hour recording because I keep fact-checking.
This thing is a master class in using real numbers to lie egregiously.
August 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Actually watching Trump's ramble on DC's police forces being commandeered by the Feds.
Only at the 15-minute mark of a 1.5 hour recording because I keep fact-checking.
This thing is a master class in using real numbers to lie egregiously.
Only at the 15-minute mark of a 1.5 hour recording because I keep fact-checking.
This thing is a master class in using real numbers to lie egregiously.
Just ordered parts to build a new PC from Newegg, because my last one dropped yesterday.
I take this final total, $666.69, to mean these components are blessed by my Laird.
I take this final total, $666.69, to mean these components are blessed by my Laird.
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just ordered parts to build a new PC from Newegg, because my last one dropped yesterday.
I take this final total, $666.69, to mean these components are blessed by my Laird.
I take this final total, $666.69, to mean these components are blessed by my Laird.
Yesterday, my dog knocked an ashy incense burner onto a pillow in the living room.
Today, I knocked an ashy incense burner off of my nightstand with my pillow.
Yes, I have incense burners in every room. What of it?
Today, I knocked an ashy incense burner off of my nightstand with my pillow.
Yes, I have incense burners in every room. What of it?
August 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Yesterday, my dog knocked an ashy incense burner onto a pillow in the living room.
Today, I knocked an ashy incense burner off of my nightstand with my pillow.
Yes, I have incense burners in every room. What of it?
Today, I knocked an ashy incense burner off of my nightstand with my pillow.
Yes, I have incense burners in every room. What of it?
Finishing up editing my recording of Liber Legis from this year. The tiny mistakes and audiovisual glitches bug me; I'll do better next year.
But it's making me manic. As usual. How exactly do books pull people's brains into ritual goo-space? I don't get it. They're words. But brain go poof anyway.
But it's making me manic. As usual. How exactly do books pull people's brains into ritual goo-space? I don't get it. They're words. But brain go poof anyway.
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Finishing up editing my recording of Liber Legis from this year. The tiny mistakes and audiovisual glitches bug me; I'll do better next year.
But it's making me manic. As usual. How exactly do books pull people's brains into ritual goo-space? I don't get it. They're words. But brain go poof anyway.
But it's making me manic. As usual. How exactly do books pull people's brains into ritual goo-space? I don't get it. They're words. But brain go poof anyway.
Bad dream last night. I was robbed, beaten, had my stolen phone replaced with a half-functional facsimile (scariest part so far).
Then a woman in a pink blazer started clawing and hissing at me. The undulations of her lapels were so horrifying I yodeled loud enough to wake my partner.
That coat...
Then a woman in a pink blazer started clawing and hissing at me. The undulations of her lapels were so horrifying I yodeled loud enough to wake my partner.
That coat...
August 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Bad dream last night. I was robbed, beaten, had my stolen phone replaced with a half-functional facsimile (scariest part so far).
Then a woman in a pink blazer started clawing and hissing at me. The undulations of her lapels were so horrifying I yodeled loud enough to wake my partner.
That coat...
Then a woman in a pink blazer started clawing and hissing at me. The undulations of her lapels were so horrifying I yodeled loud enough to wake my partner.
That coat...
Just uploaded that. It's long. And I forgot to get dressed, so it's got pajamas. (Autism, man.)
I also may need to make a part two for the bits emotional exhaustion prevented me from addressing that day.
But I want to work on the incel thing and redecorate my recording area first.
I also may need to make a part two for the bits emotional exhaustion prevented me from addressing that day.
But I want to work on the incel thing and redecorate my recording area first.
July 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just uploaded that. It's long. And I forgot to get dressed, so it's got pajamas. (Autism, man.)
I also may need to make a part two for the bits emotional exhaustion prevented me from addressing that day.
But I want to work on the incel thing and redecorate my recording area first.
I also may need to make a part two for the bits emotional exhaustion prevented me from addressing that day.
But I want to work on the incel thing and redecorate my recording area first.
Goddammit. Now I have to read, fact-check/debunk this instead of continuing my current deep dive into inceldom.
Thanks, Trump. I wanted to focus on mental illness in the homeless instead of mental illness in adolescents today. (No, not really.)
Thanks, Trump. I wanted to focus on mental illness in the homeless instead of mental illness in adolescents today. (No, not really.)
July 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Goddammit. Now I have to read, fact-check/debunk this instead of continuing my current deep dive into inceldom.
Thanks, Trump. I wanted to focus on mental illness in the homeless instead of mental illness in adolescents today. (No, not really.)
Thanks, Trump. I wanted to focus on mental illness in the homeless instead of mental illness in adolescents today. (No, not really.)