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Blog entries by southwestforests
Came across these about Autism on Wordpress today: posts about shutdowns, meltdowns, misdiagnosis, gaslighting.
Note that I've seen a few places where my situation varies to some degree or another from the author's...
A bit about language, not that anyone beyond this article's author, some people within the industry, twelve English teachers, five of us autistic geeks, and a pair of random readers, cares.
https://drillers.com/fracking-vs-fracing-end-debate/
Once you have read the author's final word...
Just saw this, https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/12/26/Food-drug-additives-linked-to-allergies-in-small-study/4731577368303/
Hmm, interesting,
Internet friends in India I made while Google Plus was in existence report record cold in New Delhi.
Now, understandably record cold there is different numbers from record cold here in central Missouri or in South Dakota, or Canada, and such places.
But even though the numbers don't look any bit...
Well, if I'm up at 01:36 on Christmas morning, might as well glue some model parts.
Got this kit a while back & just ordered a 2nd one from a gift card my parents sent me for Christmas.
It can build one of 2 versions, the passenger version and the cargo version.
Important note is that it is...
Here's a recent bit about storytelling from a YouTuber I follow.
People are interesting: right next to the documentation of what they said, they will say they didn't say that.
I totally do not understand what system of logic is in play there.
Or maybe my error is in expecting logic to be in play?
Note that Scott FW is me :) same HO scale Western Maryland...
Will have to admit this is a thing I hadn't ever thought about.
Why the Next Lunar Astronauts May Have to Worry About Electric Shocks
JoAnna Wendel
Yesterday 5:13PM
https://gizmodo.com/why-the-next-lunar-astronauts-may-have-to-worry-about-e-1840489049
Learned of that article via...
For your information and entertainment we now present "The Actual Reason Why Ice is Slippery" by It's Okay To Be Smart
Oh, and while we're talking about trains, note the little bitty 1 inch wheel flange that keeps all those hundreds of thousands of tons of trains on the rails.
Hey Y'all, how about some live steam model trains outdoors in the snow, and then some real trains doing likewise.
Something I'd like to be able to do is have my own garden railway but health limitations say no.
Here's one recently posted by a member on the Large Scale Central garden railway...
After all that serious stuff posted, this time, something fun, a UK canal boat video.
I enjoy several different the YouTube channels done by live-aboard narrowboaters.
This particular video is a break from their normal canal cruising.
Government workers with autism may go unpaid, despite their valuable contributions to science
A volunteer program by USGS could provide setbacks for students seeking independence.
Kelly Brenner
December 2, 2019
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/unpaid-students-autism-science/
Yeah, THAT...
While I'm sitting around saving energy for doing laundry tomorrow, which has now become today,
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191203-what-we-get-wrong-about-time
Old space and rocket book that's new to me in the mailbox today.
Book is almost as old as I am.
:)
And ohh I would love 1/144 scale plastic model kits of those rockets on the cover ...
With nicely rendered miniatures of the astronaut figures shown ...
It has 2 groupings of images with maybe 2...
Something elsewhere on the web this afternoon brought this to mind.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/language-immigrants-multiethnolect/420285/
While that article involves mostly a number of languages other than English, it in turn brings to mind this book of his,
A post on Tumblr brought this up again.
Why Many Autistic People Prefer Identity-First Language
Sue Abramowski
May 9, 2018
https://themighty.com/2018/05/autism-identity-first-language/
God how I wish this absurdity would just go away forever.
I am weary of it.
And now I shall mock it...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2019/11/12/for-people-with-disabilities-asking-for-help-carries-hidden-costs/#2cb4bdcc4387
Hey, that sounds useful and interesting.
And a lot like what our 15 minute timed writing exercises at creative writers group meetings are all about.
Do I want to get that book?
But I've already bought 2 books this month out of my 11 dollars a month below the poverty level SSD.
And I kind of...
News about NASA's Parker Solar Probe brings to mind that, yes, there is such a thing as space weather & there is a website for it.
Space Weather Prediction Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
and the solar probe news which prompted me to post here...