the online identity and gimmick-ifying of autism is so odd. I'm diagnosed with autism and yet I barely identify with any stuff I see about it anymore. It feels like autism is being rebranded as the Silly Guy Disorder that gives you smart and beautiful hyperspecific interests. it's not that I mind silly jokes or being lighthearted about being autistic- but when the entire social movement is based around marketing us this way, I just can't help but feel isolated from it. it feels like I'm not the right kind of autistic. I'm not marketable and digestible to common audiences, and therefore I am discarded by the movement in the name of progress and acceptance. it feels foul.
What artists are Tumblr users listening to, you ask… 👂
all of July, we’ll be revealing the top 100 music artists that tumblr users are talking about, based on user data from the past year. keep reblogging those fan edits, music posts, and photo-sets as we count down tumblr's favorite artists. any guesses for #1?
coming in at spots 100-81, we have…
100. Liam Payne | 99. Jihyo | 98. Zayn Malik | 97. Kurt Cobain | 96. Led Zeppelin | 95. Haechan | 94. Lisa | 93. Elvis Presley | 92. Bob Dylan | 91. Charli XCX | 90. Panic! At the Disco | 89. Green Day | 88. Ningning | 87. Nirvana | 86. J-Hope | 85. Conan Gray | 84. Niall Horan | 83. Florence + The Machine | 82. Jennie | 81. Damon Albarn
undiagnosed autistic people will be like "I don't get upset when my routine changes though!!" and it's because they've built a set of if-then loops in their head to pick from one of 6 different strict routines and they do get incredibly upset when they're unable to keep to any of the 6 scripts. I'm john normal
This is called a fault tree. You will always know how to act if your fault tree captures all possible scenarios. In NASA Mission Control during mission critical events like landings there are huge binders with fault tree protocols, kind of like choose your own adventure books except you’re not the one making the choices, the universe is making them for you and you’re just trying to keep up.
The engineers who develop fault trees, I am told, often imagine new ways for their precious spacecraft to die (new branches on the fault trees) either while in the shower or lying awake at 3am, because human
Was just thinking about this the other day. Yeah I have a favorite seat on the bus (middle of the bus, near the back doors, slightly elevated, facing forward), but I don’t get upset if someone is already sitting there, I just pick one of my other favorite spots. Then I realized that most people probably don’t have a favorite bus seat, let alone a series of backup favorites.
[Image Description: first image: tweet by Nerdeen Kiswani, @ NerdeenKiswani, that says "He resigned from the U.N. and ended his diplomatic career to leak the fact they're preparing for a nuclear weapon to bomb Iran. We are not doing enough to stop this." This is in reply to a tweet by Mohamad Safa, verfied, @ MHDKsafa. The entirety of the tweet makes up the rest of the images, and says
"I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the U.N is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.
This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.
Tehran is a city with nearly ten million people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.
I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspend my duties so as to not be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it's too late.
Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested 'No Kings' in the United States. The possibility of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us." Beneath the tweet is a skyline photo of part of the metropolitan city of Tehran, filled with houses and skyscrapers an stretching out towards mountains. End I.D]
Also relevant:
World Health Organization staff remain ‘vigiliant’ in the event of a nuclear incident
