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Like if your vegan anarchist grandma and vegan anarchist dad were the same person.

I am an engineer (closer to toot toot then clicky clacky) cosplaying as a farmer in unceded aninstanabe territory in eastern ontario.

Pronouns: she/they

Maybe the real vegan theory club were the friends we made along the way ✨

  • My executive function is comically bad rn. Grabbed pants, socks and underwear from the basement. Went up to my bedroom to dress. Sat down to put on socks. Put in pants. Realized I had not put on the underwear. Deep sigh. Took off pants and put on underwear, then pants.

    Went out to dress for outside. Realize I didn't grab long sleeves from the bedroom, which is why I dressed there to being with. Went back to grab sleeves.

    Okay, ready to go! Grab jacket. Can't find gloves. I always put them in the same place...where are they? Whatever, I'll wear different gloves. Maybe they are in the car. Zip up jacket. Realize my phone is in my butt pocket, and I can't drive like that. Hike up my knee length jacket to grab my phone. Zipper breaks (splits). What the fuck why do all my zippers break? I just bought this jacket. Wait a sec... This is my old jacket I am keeping to get my zipper repaired. Did I...did I leave my jacket and gloves in the car two days ago???

    Yup.

    😅

    I am glad I can laugh at this. It was super low stakes - just going for a walk - and I'm sure if it was a workday I'd be sobbing due to frustration. Also my husband grabbed my jacket for me and was very patient about it all and that helps too.

  • There is some good advice here, op, especially about resources around helping people with these challenges find work. I've just started occupational therapy myself and feel hopeful about it.

    One thing I'd like to add is that when we are burnt out or constantly over stimulated it can really mess with our abilities. I was a cashier in a grocery store in my teens. Some days it really fucking sucked, especially because I was quickly promoted to head cashier (counting tills, making deposits, etc). Other days it was great. When it was busy I would just zone out and scan. Anyways, I when I walked out of my job in a lab because of sexual harassment and other crimes I asked if they would hire me again. They did! I lasted like 2 shifts. I brought my till to the office, sobbing, and left. The job I had done for years was suddenly impossible because of how much the stress of the lab situation fucked with me.

    I later found a job as a line cook which was great for me. I stayed in that type of work for a few years until I got my degree.

    I have learned that I absolutely cannot handle a thing where I need to be in contact with the public on an ongoing basis. I do presentations and outreach sometimes and I love doing that but that has defined roles and goals so it's cool.

    Fingers crossed that you are able to find something that you can enjoy and thrive in, comrade.

  • I agree it's often used because white people are afraid of using the term Black even when individuals indicate they prefer it, but I believe part of the reason it came to be was to refer specifically to people who descended from enslaved people. They were kidnapped and their descendants don't know exactly from where, so the term is very broad.

  • They don't just help people fill out the apps, they accept the applications

    Acceptance facilities include post offices, clerks of court, public libraries, and other local government offices which accept passport applications on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.

    You must submit your passport application, documents, and fees at an authorized passport acceptance facility. The passport agent will verify your ID, give you an oath, and have you sign the application.

  • That looks so yummy!

  • I'm binge watching the 2nd season of fallout with my sweetheart for valentine's day which is honestly an ideal way to spend it.

  • I don't disagree.

    As I approach middle age I don't know if I can trust my own perception of the truth anymore. I lived and worked in Toronto until my late 30s, with many years spent living in some of the most "dangerous" neighborhoods but when living there it was clear a lot of the perception was incorrect, rooted in racism and classism. I worked in an office tower that had an emergency winter shelter for the unhoused in the lobby. It was no big deal. But I don't live there anymore so when I think it's ridiculous to hear "how bad it's gotten" I recognize I don't actually know. My opinion doesn't matter, of course. It's just something I reflect on more and more. I think it's likely it's still racism and classism but I hold back on "back in my day..." type comments.

  • It's not new either, and also occurs in canada. I'm sure it varies geographically a bit but I remember my sister being in elementary school circa 2010 and the school being locked during the day. I had to be buzzed in to pick her up early or drop something off to her.

    School yards were fenced when I was a child in the 90s, but I was able to leave during lunch "with permission".

  • Damn homie, you aren't going to like my mason jar nipples then. Direct from my AI slop canning and fermentation pantry:

  • Just take the L comrade

  • Lmao sob

  • Lol

  • Silver! Can't afford the gold lmao. They are commercially available items!

  • Toronto city call and the TD Centre

  • Please enjoy this image of a charm bracelet I am building of modernist architecture in Toronto. Girly things have always been super autistic 💕

  • "you can't be autistic, you're so emotionally intelligent!"

  • For what it's worth when I clap back at the "ADHD is a you problem" I'm not saying the meds don't help. You can pry these drugs from my cold dead hands!

    If life was more accommodating maybe I could use them to be the person I want to be and not to enable me to suppress burnout symptoms so that I can participate in capitalism.

  • Apart from moral and legal responsibilities to accommodate folks I've heard it phrased as "Many people will experience disability in their lifetime, especially as they age." as a way for people who do not currently experience disability to understand it in the context of their own lives and experiences.

    I hate to admit but disability was always abstract to me until I experienced it, but that's why it's important to listen to lived experience and seek better for people in general not just ourselves.

  • The meds are required to function in a society that only makes room for a narrow band of people and behavior. We could improve society somewhat and our brains might not be such a barrier to having our needs met.

    Two examples: My home is very ADHD friendly. We do chores at weird times, don't panic if we stop in the middle of something, get things done in burst when we need to, give each other space when we are having deregulation issues and know that we have each others back. My workplace is also pretty neurodivergent friendly. We get up and walk around in meetings, I keep snacks and toys around for people who need a little boost or just a little something different to do for a few mins, we have layers of safety and redundancy so there is no single point of failure, human or otherwise. And we're engineers who operate major utility infrastructure.

    We can do better, or we can decide we love the taste or boot so much we just bend ourselves into something we're not.

  • Army recruiters should be shunned at best.

  • Ontario @lemmy.ca

    Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy

    ottawacitizen.com /public-service/defence-watch/victims-of-communism-memorial-names-nazis
  • Pottery @lemmy.world

    I'm watching this guy throw using a laser level for production mugs

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    My squid suit brings isolation - Brad Eberhard

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    Enjoy your complimentary bath jobe

  • Low Effort Memes @crazypeople.online

    нет

  • weedtime @crazypeople.online

    I am wearing a shirt tho

  • Pottery @lemmy.world

    A few things I liked from our first glaze fire at home

  • Pottery @lemmy.world

    Creeping...

  • Low Effort Memes @crazypeople.online

    lol howdy

  • Evil Autism @crazypeople.online

    King shit

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/hamilton/bus-theft-9.6975733
  • Ontario @lemmy.ca

    Ontario to consolidate conservation authorities, create new oversight agency

    www.ctvnews.ca /toronto/article/ontario-to-consolidate-conservation-authorities-create-new-oversight-agency/
  • Evil Autism @crazypeople.online

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    Every Day Is Halloween

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (Official Music Video)

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    Bela Lugosi's Dead (Official Version)

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    birthday party- release the bats (live hacienda 1982)

  • Low Effort Memes @crazypeople.online

    Pottery

  • weedtime @crazypeople.online

    Harvesting one of the mystery clones

  • weedtime @crazypeople.online

    Maybe too frosty...

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    Gochujang noodles