SCIENCE PEOPLE: I need a researcher for my next book. If you have an astronomy and physics background, it could be you! And yes, I'm paying for the work, because I am not a monster (at least, not in that direction). Details and how to apply at the link:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/04/04/wanted-researcher-details-below/

(PS: Do not apply in a reply to this post, it won't do you any good)

Okay, #fishtodon #aquarium enthusiasts:

What the hell kind of algae or moss is this? I have looked all over the web and can’t find anything that resembles it. I thought it might be black beard algae, but it doesn’t seem to quite match — having “fronds” that appear fuzzy — and daily treatments of Excel haven’t seemed to have done anything.

(Sorry about the picture quality; I don’t have anything with a macro lens. 😅)

Art Moment.

Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfields Under Thunderclouds, 1890.

#art #arthistory #Painting #Netherlands

I've told so few people about my #autism since finding out I'm #actuallyAutistic. I've not been social at all in the last decade. I don't really have anyone to tell.

So it's always interesting to me to read about how it goes with other #autistics when they share this with people.

I did tell my brother. I brought it up 4 times. He said absolutely nothing at all, falling silent each time. I didn't know what to do, being autistic I tend to become quiet when I don't understand why a person reacts in ways that baffle me. I could have asked him why he didn't respond.

Another person I told probably got me fired from my job.

I told one doctor, an audiologist, that I was autistic and she looked at me with a horrified expression. I still, to this day, don't understand why she reacted that way.

There was one total stranger I told. She was amazing. But aside from that, it hasn't gone well.

I told my schoolmates in a masters program I was in that I was #ADHD. This was 23 years ago. It spread through the school to all of my classmates and teachers.

Most of them treated me, after that, as if I was intellectually impaired, even though I'd had a reputation of being one of the smartest in the room, with certain people who knew me.

So I don't tend to share this with others. I don't trust them.

What's your experience with sharing that you're autistic?

@actuallyautistic
@actuallyadhd
@adhd