☆ It's not the song; it is the singing ☆

Nina; ✬ (was uncannyxiuman) Broke, snarky, chem student-slash-witch. 30+, smol, white, queer, full of FEELINGS. ♡EXO-ELSA~♡

[tenkuwunotouma]

i hate money, and this feels like shilling, but i've opened ko-fi and a buymeacoffee accounts, if anyone is feeling generous.

my hope is that, in return for people's generosity, once i am feeling more regulated, i can start posting regularly the type of stuff i did last night with equations, etc. i will, of course, also do more thorough breakdowns of what each problem means and what we're solving for. i want to help open up science to people who feel like they're not "smart enough" to get it*.

also-also, i hope to ultimately feel well enough to start actually writing again and be able to share that, as well. but that's much more on the backburner atm

* bc truth be fucking told, half the time i also DO NOT feel smart enough to get it, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[teaboot]

My boss has a new boss who's been dropping in to check on how different sites are doing and I keep introducing her to the clients by going "This is Hank. Hank, this is my boss's boss, she's very important, please tell her nice things about me" and that's my big Autistic secret to professional networking. Letting them think you're funny

[teaboot]

Other fun Professional Hacks:

"Networking" doesn't have to feel like one big huge façade of manipulation and lies. You just find people you like. The things you talk about don't even have to be related, you just gotta find people who you like working with who you might reach out to for questions or projects later.

You don't need to look professional and respectable or like a "real" adult. I like to just show up and make it clear I'm receptive to jokes and quirks and weird ideas, and the people who vibe with that usually come to me.

Introduce people you like to other people you like. Talk them up. You can tell your boss "This is Mike he kicks ass, he knows everything about this place, if you want to know something talk to him, if he ever quits we're stealing him"

I found can't think of a polite or socially normal way to say something, sometimes you can just say it like "I don't know if this is dumb or not but I don't know anything about this. Can you explain what you mean?", or "I was taught something different. Should I change how I've been doing it?". I've never had a negative reaction to this.

When in doubt, ask a weird question. "What's your favorite dessert food" is a p good one. Sometimes folks think I'm childish but at least they know what they're getting into and they know I'm not judging them.

Sometimes when higher-ups approach me with a stiff upper lip I'll test the waters with a "is your job as insane as it sounds" or something similar to remind them that I, a worker performing a role, and speaking to them, a worker performing a role. If they give a stiff and measured answer I stay distant and professional. If their performance cracks and their tone changes or they smile or laugh or give a funny reply I know I can relax and joke a bit too.

I still don't enjoy business stuff outside of the most basic day to day duties of my job and conventions n shit are still pretty draining but learning that other people are also following a script and the performance has room for "yes-and" type improv has helped a lot

[disorientation]

Having a "stupider people have done this" attitude about the things you want to do can open so many doors

[certified-door-posts]

certified door post

[podcastwizard]

every day i walk into work and my manager says “here is the rule you must enforce” and i go “got it bossman” and i spend a couple days enforcing the rule and then my manager comes up to me and says “why are you enforcing the rule? we changed the rule yesterday and didn’t tell you” and i go “ok bossman new rule it is” and then a customer comes in asking to break the new rule and i say “sorry you can’t it’s the rule” and they say “but you don’t understand the rule doesn’t apply to me” and then my manager comes out and says “they’re right the rule doesn’t apply to them” and i ask why and my manager says “it just doesn’t.” and then the next day we get rid of the rule entirely and no one remembered it existed in the first place.

anyway this sounds like a metaphor for neurodivergence or something but it’s not this is just my fucking life

[tenkuwunotouma]

my brain has been in Waiting Mode™ for the past four hours bc the realtor says she has people coming to view the apartment at 6.

it is now 6:05, and i'm just

[wheelie-sick]

for the lovely lovely deafies out there who want to get involved in direct action you absolutely 100% cannot ever bring a hearing aid or cochlear implant with bluetooth to any direct action. bluetooth devices all carry a unique signal that can be used to identify you if it's picked up at a direct action. go with a [more] hearing buddy and communicate in sign language. if you don't mutually know a sign language then come up with gestures. do not risk your freedom because you want to have your hearing aid/cochlear implant at the action. it's not worth it.

[wheelie-sick]

flock cameras are also now tracking bluetooth device signatures when you pass them. if you drive past a flock camera with your bluetooth-enabled hearing aid or cochlear implant, the flock camera knows you passed through

[thewolfwaitsbelow]

Wait I just realized this is gonna apply to all cgms and most if not all insulin pumps. They’re all Bluetooth devices, it’s essential to how they work

[ailithnight]

I did not think it possible, but I have just developed even more hatred, derision, and contempt for the perpetual surveillance state.

[day-dreamersclub]

i pray that aug, sep, oct, nov and dec are all months full of growth, blessings, productivity, new doors open and opportunities

[antifainternational]

August 12 - On this day we remember Heather Heyer, murdered by a fascist in Charlottesville at age 32, while she was putting herself on the line demonstrating against the neo-Nazi Unite the Right rally.

Never Forget, Never Forgive!

[unwontedfemme]

if this shit showed up in a comic book you'd say it was proof capeshit trying to be political will never work

[anais-ninja-bitch]

Compliant Technologies markets the G.L.O.V.E as a “wearable de-escalation device” that can be shifted into electrical mode. According to a user manual for the CTG4 and 5 models on Compliant Technologies’ website, the gloves can deliver a maximum voltage of up to 380V that “inhibits/ distracts the subject from performing coordinated muscle movement.”

jfc

[juniper-abaddon]

the way people seem to genuinely conflate brain damage with fascism drives me up the wall. maybe it's the lead in paint/gas/vapes. maybe it's ai. maybe their brains just don't work right. maybe something they didn't have control over made them dumb to us and thus ontologically evil. what are you on

[juniper-abaddon]

every single day millions of people are poisoned by the actions of rich people trying to save a dollar by ignoring public safety. nobody has ever chosen to get brain damage. implying people with it are predisposed to conservatism is flatly awful. you yourself are not safe from getting brain damage because you are leftist. you are not special. you are just as likely to fall victim to it as anyone else is.

[juniper-abaddon]

your mental ability does not, has not, and will never determine your political leanings. it's just plain ableism.

[shopwitchvamp]

Two of our favorite floral socks are back in stock!

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[shopwitchvamp]

Baneful Botany is now also available as an ankle length sock 🌿

[disabledandtrans]

email to: [email protected] or fill out this form

[disabledandtrans]

progesterone tracker is here.

oestrogen tracker is here.

testosterone tracker is here.

if you experience any disability or neurodivergency please fill out this form. it is equally important to me to have data that says progesterone doesn't affect autism or testosterone doesn't make you hard of hearing or whatever, as it is to document changes. so if you have any health condition. please fill it out. even if it to say "no change". i am begging you all.

and if you can't. please. please do reblog. i need this to be as big as humanly possible. it is the best way forwards to inform decisions.

[henstomper]

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

[henstomper]

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore

[henstomper]

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

[henstomper]

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore

[palaeoplushies]

So I've got quite a few odds-and-ends plushies in stock and I'm going to be going on maternity leave soon.

My sister will be managing the business in the meantime, but for now I'd love to find homes for these!

Use code OHBABY25 for 25% off everything on my website until 21st August!

www.palaeoplushies.com

[palaeoplushies]

This sale is actually only going to be on until the 12th because of Booked in for Induction on 14th (we are fine! I just think shipping after the 14th is gonna be the last thing on my mind!!)

[writingdose]

protect em dashes.

protect “not x, not y, but z” format.

protect short sentence stacking as a stylistic choice.

protect fanfic writers—who are kind enough to share their works with people to read for free—from ai witch hunts, speculations and accusations.

“don’t like don’t read” also applies to any fic that is ai-generated and any fic you think is ai-generated by the way. if you don’t like what you’re reading for any reason, you can always stop reading and exit the fic at any point. but harassment is never ever justified. no matter if you think you’ve found a noble excuse to do it. and also…

witch hunts, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does. if not more. I don’t want to see another innocent writer get driven away from the community because someone decides to harass and accuse them for using ai just because their fic happens to have “ai telltales” — the same telltales ai got from having been trained on millions of human-made works to mimic how real humans actually write.

[tenkuwunotouma]

my organic chemistry textbook arrived in the mail today, i am SO hyped! 🥰

[tenkuwunotouma]

i've been trying to figure out why orgo is SO hard for most people, and the first article i found on the topic included this lovely bit:

PATTERN RECOGNITION, you say???

[tenkuwunotouma]

Yesssss, more goodies arriving in the mail!