my girlfriend found this, and it's ... indescribable, what this means to me. my Hebrew name is Yonah, bc I felt so drawn to him as a biblical character, and yet I wasn't fully able to put my connection to him into words, until this article
"We know why Jonah runs because the prophet himself tells us at the end of the text. Jonah objects that God spares the Assyrians the consequences of their actions. They have done evil and they do not deserve to retain their status as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Jonah is not particularly impressed with the fasting and the public repentance; but he knows that God finds such behavior acceptable and averts their doom. If Jonah knows that there will be no real change and that Nineveh’s might and cruelty will ride roughshod over his people, why should he prophecize to them? Why do they not deserve justice?"
One difference I see between mastodon and twitter:
On twitter the autistic community is very large, and issues regarding such things as hashtags, acceptance of self-assessment, etc, have been substantially worked out a long time ago. There are some disagreements that arise from time to time, but on these core ideas it's just a few individuals who oppose acceptance of self-assessment.
The concepts associated with the neurodiversity paradigm are widely supported.
My own dislike of twitter was (and is) mostly centered around the silo effect of Twitter structure. There are influencer accounts that dominate discussions, towering over the crowd like big vertical silos, and most significant discussions that get any real notice occur within those silos. It's really hierarchical, and vertical rather than horizontal. I've written threads there which discuss this and while there were a lot of supportive people who agreed with me, some didn't, and a few of the huge influencer accounts took a disliking to me. Names some of you would be familiar with.
Yep, that really happened.
Seems most autistics there don't mind that top-down structure, which is why they stay there, I guess.
It is a much bigger world there, that is true.
I really like the relative degree of absence of that verticality here on Mastodon.
Sanism is normalized in relationships with institutions.
It’s not talked about.
It’s woven tightly into unquestioned assumptions (common sense knowledge)
It’s a tool for power and control.
I know I shouldn’t be nervous but I am. Son is attending birthday, and they’ll be playing laser tag. But parents are DROPPING OFF their kids, which is something very unusual for those of us with #neurodivergent kiddos! I suggested and then all parent left phone numbers juuust in case.
It seems like a simple milestone but I’m actually anxious about it. Probably more than him!
I've posted my opinion about the new hashtags, in the following article. I've prevented commenting directly on that article, because unfortunately the ActivityPub plugin makes a mess of it, when you have replies to replies.
(Actually... I'm not sure whether the plugin will prevent people from commenting in the fediverse... oh well.)
Want to know how I prepared to influence my sensory needs when trekking to Everest Base Camp?
Read how I worked out my needs, influenced what I can influence, and understood how this could help me - and how you might be able to do some of this stuff for yourself if/when you want to travel!
Update to my request for non minty remineralizing toothpaste! Thank you a for your help.
After doing some research it seems I can pretty safely use kids toothpaste that's for 6+ years old. Baby toothpaste has 500ppm fluoride, while kids has the same as adults, 1450ppm. My dentist okayed this.
For anyone looking for your own use, look for kids toothpaste with 1450ppm F, and preferably no SLS (sodium laureth sulfate) which gives the foaming effect.
You can buy unflavoured toothpaste but it's hard to come buy. After researching I've found I can use 2 or 3 different supermarket products, which is so much more convenient than ordering online.
I looked into fluoride tablets, and they are not used or recommended anymore (at least in Australia).
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. Here is the original post for anyone curious. Check the comments for the suggestions I got. https://aus.social/
When you find the right book, it can be a revelatory experience for the reader. This is why it was so difficult for me when I went through a long period of being unable to focus on reading.
Psychiatry in the west has been built upon a long history of colonial aggression. If you are part of a minority group, chances are you will end up in a psychiatrists office at some point in your life.
Psychiatry then positions the problem in your brain, rather than the political and material circumstances of your life.
Busting the Deinstitutionalization Myth: We Actually Have More Beds Than Ever Before
New data upends common beliefs about asylum closures, deinstitutionalization, and rates of psychiatric coercion.
Mad Crip doula: offering holistic and emotional spiritual bodymind care, mixed with practical and crisis support (and plant medicine). moving from a liberation-centered and anti-oppressive lens. a transition doula with skills in: abortion, death, grief, Madness, and Disability.
endorsing: non-carceral, peer-led mental health care systems that exist outside of the state, reimagining everything we’ve come to learn about madness, and intervening in systems that oppress, disappear, and kill Disabled and mad folks.
Please Note: I don’t know Them in any capacity and They sure look bad-ass
Disability doula. Peer support. Social support. Physical support. Cultural roots.
#MadLiterature
Newly disabled people aren’t given a ‘how-to’ guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.
The community care practice, pioneered by queer women of color, reorients newly disabled people to a different life
Is it just me or is drinking water a wildly unpredictable sensory experience? Like I want to drink more, but there’s so much VARIANCE. Curious what y’all’s thoughts are 🚰💦