Cassandra

Cassandra, 8 days ago to random

“Please rest assured that your comments have been forwarded to the appropriate management team” is not a sufficient response to close an inquiry.

Cassandra, 8 days ago to random

“Their system converts air to water using atmospheric water generators that contain a liquid desiccant, which absorbs moisture from the air.

Using sunlight or renewable electricity they heat the desiccant to 65C which releases the moisture, which can then be condensed into drinking water.

Mr Shrivastav says the whole process takes about 12 hours. Today each unit produces about 2,000 litres of drinking water.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11nnwp646o

JeremyMallin, 9 days ago to linguistics

If defenestration is a thing, is fenestration also a thing? How come no one ever uses that in a sentence?
#RandomThoughts #Linguistics

samantha, 9 days ago to random

I'm doing a survey about food at work. One question about breakfast is how happy I'm with the variety. I'm very happy with it - it's the same consistently :-).

#ActuallyAutistic

blue, 9 days ago to movies

Just watched Oppenheimer. It felt like a three hour zoom meeting at work, only getting a bit of life thanks to the labrador getting into the picture (Albert Einstein) and a big bomb in the middle of the meeting. Otherwise rambling and ramblings by old men who I don't care about. This could have been an e-mail. #films

Alexis, 9 days ago to random

star trek discovery finale precision-engineered to make me laugh and cry

exme, 10 days ago to random

I'm going for a little holiday trip and it makes me so uneasy it's almost funny. I hate even thinking about leaving home. I can't pack my bags. Can't make any plans for the trip. Just denying the whole thing until I really have to go.

I guess I'm going to have fun there but the transition is horrible.

ashleyspencer, 10 days ago to random

How is this?

Says “autistic & neurodivergent” now

blue, 10 days ago to random

So, a woman from the German rich people party said that our chancellor is unreachable and has "almost autistic traits" because (according to her) he doesn't communicate with the citizens and hasn't social contacts in the political sphere. Don't know about that. I'm not a fan of our chancellor, but wow, using "autistic traits" as an insult... And this woman candidates for the European parliament. Hope she and her party of heartless money lovers will fail hard. #actuallyautistic

samantha, 10 days ago to random

Morning 💜

I think I found main todo for today: Research cats, since we are slowly getting to the point where it’s realistic for some to adopt us.

Cassandra, 10 days ago to random

Does anyone have thoughts about standing up / moving around while eating?

astronomerritt, 10 days ago to random

Giving a seminar at Armagh Observatory tomorrow! It's genuinely a bit silly that I've never been there before, after twenty years in Northern Ireland and twelve years at QUB.

I did not really practice my seminar. I threw forty slides together from a couple of other presentations. I know what I am talking about and I know not to run over time and that will do.

This is not quite Professional Academic levels though. For that I'd have to be throwing the slides together on the bus down there.

stephanie, 10 days ago to random

@chris !!

ashleyspencer, 10 days ago to random

Totally wasn’t expecting the new manufactured chew necklace samples to show up today, but yay!

This one has a lot more resistance than the first samples they made. Good for hard chewers like I wanted. :)

ashleyspencer, 11 days ago to random

Much better logo update! Text is balanced out and both Autistic and Neurodivergent fit. There’s not enough space for the word “and” so it will have to do.

samantha, 11 days ago to random

I’m looking forward to following the news from Paris June 23rd :-).

I don’t have brains for what the right CW so I’m not going to link context, but it feels very French :-).

#JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin

dynode, 11 days ago to environment

I don't throw away #compactfluorescent lamps but "burn" them in my #turtle dwellings. They give off sufficient light and provide some heat as well. Currently one CFL has been consumed, have a box full of them. #ewaste #environment

Cassandra, 11 days ago to random

Sometimes I’m amazed by how slow I am now.

How much time it takes me to do so little.

I try to remember that I'm recovering from burnout, and my previous pace was unsustainable and should not be the baseline.

And it's hard to find motivation in a world so bleak.

But still.

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Cassandra, 13 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

I'm curious, with respect to adult children who live within a reasonable drive of their parents, approximately how frequent visits are.

Please feel free to comment about cultural considerations, boundaries, etc.

Cassandra, 19 days ago to random

My partner and I bought a car together this week.

He’d kept his working for 15 years but it didn't have air conditioning, and between my sensory issues and the planet's ever hotter summers, this meant I was rarely willing to go anywhere.

I don't want to sit around alone waiting for the end.

After so many years without my own car, I can't help feeling like I've bought into Mad Max. But I want to get to places where I can help people and build community, so I hope it is at least Furiosa.

maxleibman, 1 year ago to random

I got ninety-nine trolley problems but a switch ain't one…