@Cassandra@autistics.life
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Cassandra

@Cassandra@autistics.life

Trying to find community at the end of the world.

Favourite topics include #autism, trauma, brains, #accessibility, tech, injustice, healing, animals, nature, #StarTrek, words, nonsense, polls.

No boosts without explanatory #AltText.

Header: a Canadian forest in autumn. Tall dark brown trunks, a profusion of yellow and orange leaves, small patches of green.

Avatar: a close-up of the painting Cassandra by Evelyn de Morgan. Cassandra tears her flaming red hair as Troy burns behind her.

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JeremyMallin, to Etymology
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Funny. A character in this show who was declared by others to be disgruntled, argued that she used to be "perfectly gruntled".

Now I'm wondering if "gruntled" is a word that was ever commonly used.

Cassandra,
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@JeremyMallin I used "keep your eyes peeled" with my francophone partner yesterday and now he would like to know what "unpeeled" eyes are.

Cassandra, to random
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An email from a store I don't shop at.

I click here to unsubscribe.

The result is not that store's URL advising they will stop…

but rather a long fillable form from some who the fuck knows third party ad company.

I could uncheck a box to stop receiving that type of email…

but there was no option to “confirm" or "submit”; I had to “save profile.”

No. Fucking no.

Cassandra,
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@dangero @datajake1999 [feeling stabby]

ashleyspencer, to random
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Adventures in trying to get my Strattera.

Insurance won’t pay for the new dosage, so put in a request last night to have my psych send a prescription to the pharmacy down the street. Except I think he start his vacation already and he doesn’t come back until end of June.

So now I called the pharmacy to have them call my insurance company’s pharmacy to get it transferred. Now I wait. She said it can take 24 hours to get it from them sometimes.

Meanwhile I’m struggling hardcore trying to work😭

Cassandra,
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@ashleyspencer Did it go okay? This whole process sounds so frustrating.

Cassandra,
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@ashleyspencer Ugh. What a nightmare.

JeremyMallin, to random
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I saw someone talking about password rules…

The worst password idea I ever had was to actually write a script to generate 256 random characters, including special characters, to use for my WiFi password. I didn't realize that in the near future, I would have devices that needed WiFi but couldn't accept a cut and paste of the password because they had no USB ports or GUI that would allow it.

Manually entering WiFi passwords on "Smart TVs" and other devices sucks by the way.

Cassandra,
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@JeremyMallin I knooooooooow. Mine isn't 256 characters, but still, all the over-over-over-down-down-down is annoying.

JeremyMallin, to random
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Ow. I slept on my hand again last night, and it still hurts. 🤕

Cassandra,
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@JeremyMallin Another manufacturing defect. We shouldn't be able to injure ourselves while unconscious.

Cassandra, to random
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My plan for tomorrow is (1) laundry and (2) Star Trek AND THAT'S IT.

Cassandra,
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It is 14:30 and I’m just now getting to Star Trek. I’m starting not with the new ep of Discovery but with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, in preparation for the Streaming Syboktacular.

I might have seen this one before, but I doubt it. I really don’t like James TOS Kirk.

But: we gain strength from the sharing.

#FriendsOfDesoto

Cassandra,
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@Dianora Oh yeah, Spock is hot.

stephanie, to random
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Aww, the feeling when, after feeling anxious for a few days, you realize that you were worried for nothing.

Apparently, I can translate properly for the public accounts committee of the House 😆

Cassandra,
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@stephanie Were you worried about the vocabulary?

Cassandra,
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@stephanie Bien fait! :)

Cassandra, to random
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It seems to me that the focus shouldn’t be on whether converting landfill methane to usable energy is profitable.

It should be done to bolster the energy grid, and to slow the release of methane into the atmosphere. Funding could be taken out of oil and gas subsidies.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/landfills-converting-methane-gas-to-energy/

ashleyspencer, (edited ) to random
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Google said Strattera goes up to 100mg but it was wrong. Psych said it goes up to 200mg.

Apparently I can also take a low dose stimulant together with Strattera.

I've been diagnosed 2x with ADHD, but he has to do an assessment and legally can't take my word for it, so totally understandable.

Raising Strattera to 100mg a day from 80mg and in 1.5 months if it isn't helping, we will do an ADHD assessment and he will prescribe me low dose stimulants + strattera.

Solutions! Yay!

Cassandra,
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@ashleyspencer Proof of previous diagnosis is insufficient?

Cassandra,
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@ashleyspencer @JeremyMallin Makes sense in this context. But I’ve definitely heard of people having to regularly prove that they’re permanently disabled to get benefits.

Cassandra, to random
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I'm so confused by alumni emails.

Am I supposed to feel affinity for people because they sat in the same classrooms at a different time from me?

Cassandra,
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@Mepurfield The fundraising and bragging ones I understand. I just don’t see the appeal of the ones that are like “come to this event for people who all at some point went to a place.”

samantha, to random
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Filling out Gender Census survey and starting out strong by already being stuck on question 5:

"When a stranger addresses you in English and they don't know your name, what title(s) would you want someone to use, if any?"

¯_(ツ)_/¯

So, will take a break and finish survey later :-).

Cassandra,
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@samantha "You in the black shirt.”

PossiblyAutistic, to random

So much for access to diagnosis. The doctor who was recommended to me doesn't take new patients. But of course doesn't write that on her website so I made myself nervous one hour long for a call of two seconds.

Cassandra,
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@PossiblyAutistic Infuriating. What a massive waste of time and energy when they could just update their website.

Cassandra,
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@PossiblyAutistic I don't know that I'd go that far, but could you send them an email pointing out it would be helpful to update their website to say they're not taking new patients, to save people having to phone and disclose personal information?

Cassandra, to random
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Fortunately, the subscription service I subscribe to because it has Star Trek TV also has Star Trek movies. [Vulcan salute]
https://friendsofdesoto.social/@GreatestTrek/112402121349779033

JeremyMallin, to random
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It's too bad that I can't turn off my camera and microphone in real life like I can on Zoom.

Cassandra,
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@JeremyMallin That's a subscription I would pay for.

JeremyMallin, to random
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Art without controversy?? Someone doesn't really get art. Maybe they slept through art history in school?
https://mas.to/@newz/112439864907814940

Cassandra,
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@JeremyMallin Polite art only, please.

ashleyspencer, to random
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The manufacturer sent me photos of my Heart chew necklace pendant with the necklace string attached.

They added the adjustable necklace string, made the hole bigger so it would fit, and raised the little dip part up a little so it won’t fall off.

It’s perfect! I love it! 😍

I’m going to order the dark pink and red colors.

The heart chew pendant and adjustable necklace string.

Cassandra,
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@ashleyspencer Yay! I'm glad take two with the manufacturer went better!

GreatestTrek, to Podcasts
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On today's , Ben and Adam reminisce about their time in the D-Quad on a Star Trek: Voyager retrospective episode!

Listen to the full episode at http://gagh.biz/greatgen

video/mp4

Cassandra,
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@GreatestTrek Surely Picardo lobbied for episodes that gave him an excuse to sing. #FriendsOfDesoto

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