totally love that twitter swapped the filled/outlined button styles for people you're following/not following on lists of likes. super stoked that the active style is no longer a state indicator but a prompt vying for cognitive bandwidth. my peripheral vision really respects it
[sees someone cool] HOW am i not following them alread—oh. i am. fuck you
not you. [gestures] them
@seh i literally almost just unfollowed you by trying to follow you
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Putting @PostTechRadio on temporary hiatus! After four episodes I'm really proud of, I wanna take a couple weeks to tighten some things up, then come back swingin'. In the meantime, check out the great conversations we've had so far:
Our first episode with @jordonaut and @tobamese blew my mind, and made me excited for where this project could go. We talked tips on creating worker-owned tech co-ops, and navigating the ever-present tension between human and business needs.
Next, in a last-minute ass-saving, @tobamese jumped in to co-host again and brought along @quarefutures, who's so rad I could barely even. We talked queer and embodied futurism, weird and visionary fiction, and the many links between sci-fi and UX design.
Anyone interrogating their gender eventually has to answer the question for themselves: is any dissonance—or yearning euphoria—I feel a response to identity, or role? But whatever the answer, know that you owe no camp your fealty; repression is a praxis borne only of scarcity. 1/
It is acceptable, even awesome, to want your gender to inhabit a place that is political: but there are infinite ways to do so, and all of them are more effective when they come from a place of authenticity, where your full creativity can be unleashed. 2/
Let the people for whom their camp feels most like home fight their battles; they too will be more effective for it. And also, it is yet another falsehood that transness requires the total severing of ties. You can decide the nuance of your affiliation. 3/
In an effort to contribute to the growing corpus of #ActuallyUsefulADHDTips, I want to share one of the concepts that has been most helpful for me in collaborating with my brain: strategic externalization of agency, or what I'm calling SEA. (THREAD)
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"Object permanence",
Social interventions,
Pomodoros,
Ritual
25-36
Cognitive load audits
37-45
Case study,
Cohabitation
46-49
Summary
1/ I think SEA's a useful concept for a few reasons: 1. It's the invisible root of a lot of ADHD advice. 2. Implementing it effectively requires a pragmatic acceptance of your unique brain, which is a thing most of us are working on. 3. Neurotypical folks can benefit from it too!
THREAD: Everything I know about getting medications as cheaply as possible without insurance, in the US. (Though perhaps that was obvious from the "without insurance.")
If this thread helps at all, or you think it would be helpful to others—and you truly have it to spare—any donations are appreciated. ko-fi.com/adapowers
SKIM LEGEND:
ℹ️ Background [3]
❤️ Getting a prescription from a doctor [6]
🧡 Prescription cost reduction [17]
💛 Patient assistance programs [29]
💙 ADHD-specific medication tips [34]
💚 Trans-specific medication [47]
💜 Medicaid [53]
A thread about protest medics. It will not make you a medic, but might start your journey, and might also make you a little more useful in the streets in the short-term.
🔴 This is a tricky topic to broach, and I waffled on making this thread. Folks calling themselves medics who don't have the skills to be out there can do far more harm than good, and I don't want to contribute to that. I'm asking you not to contribute to that. Know yourself. 3/
I get it: you're on lockdown. You're trying to do a lot with a little. It's hard to find joy in the midst of fear, depression, and austerity.
That's why it's time to learn about totwaffles. (thread)
Totwaffles are special in that they are among the elite order of foods which sound almost, but not quite, like a colloquial anatomical vulgarism. This alone may be nourishment in dark times. You are encouraged to lean into this fact as much as feels right for you.
I found that even in stores that were cleaned out of frozen everything, tots were still available. This may not be true for you. Brand isn't important; sometimes I think the knockoff tots work even better. You may be able to find them at your local corner store.