This is such a great comm

I sought an adhd diagnosis earlier this year, and definitely feel like I fall under the audhd umbrella. Similar with my spouse, though I think she’s filled out the “Au” spec tree more, while I’ve focused more towards the “DHD” spec tree. I think we both (definitely me at least) internalized a lot of the “neurodivergence = bad” rhetoric that was prevalent in society during our childhoods. But now we can recognize these aspects as being key parts of ourselves, and embrace them, and extend that same kindness to others. (Except, sometimes, allistic/neurotypical people who I frequently want to shake lol)

I was going to make a more developed point- but I’ve forgotten what it was. Mostly wanted to say that everyone who posts here genuinely makes it such a supportive, educational community- even for lurkers like me.

Not sure what the others are talking about. This looks like a normal bike to me as well? Maybe it’s different in their respective regions?

This should be an emote lol

Cw- talks of excessive drinking and suicidal ideation

https://.clevelandclinic.org/emotional-hangover-why-alcohol-can-give-you-anxiety

What interested you in this book club? Are you neurodiverse? Do you know someone who is? I finally pursued an adhd diagnosis after 30+ years of coping and depression after being raised by parents too anxious about the stigma of neurodivergence to pursue a diagnosis (just put me in advanced classes instead). My partner and I are both shades of partly diagnosed spicy, adhd and major depression are mine and she has a “highly sensitive introvert personality” with anxiety. We’ve been tugging at threads in our tangled brains to try and figure out what’s up. We’re both fairly successful in our fields through masking, coping, and misery, and want to be advocates such that no one else needs to feel anything besides pride and an embrace of their neurodiversity. Hoping the perspectives of this book will be transformative in the way that Trans Liberation was the first time I read it. A better future is coming for all of us.

What stood out to you about the introduction? Any choice quotes? Anything you relate to? Will download tonight and dive in and check back in to the thread.

Ps this com has already done wonders for my understanding of neurodiversity, embrace of my own and that of others, and you’re all wonderful people who deserve nothing but the best from life

Cat- I’m a kitty cat- and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance

What if instead of John Bolton it was John Bolt-ons and he had huge tits

Too bad he couldn’t have gotten Kissinger too for good measure- now nobody can 😔

I love that! I actually haven’t read that one- but SER press is always good. Thanks! I’ve been trying to experiment with small scale prairie restoration at my home- I have one garden going on 2 years old, and one going on one. Going to try interplanting with edibles and see how they compare with my raised bed stuff. I’ve been giving out seed and instructions with how to establish it in a box on the sidewalk. I wish there was a way to non-intrusively have people submit location/condition info, because I feel like it’d be cool to map/develop an urban/suburban ecological corridor

Sounds like the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic to me

Do it, cowards. Free me from that coil

@whatnots@hexbear.net

You might find these helpful! Prairie Moon and a handful of other nurseries have great guidance documents on plants, how to design with them, and their needs. My understanding from this guidance is that butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) requires 30 days of cold stratification prior to germination. You can mimic this by putting the seeds in a bag of sand in your fridge for 30 days prior to planting, or what works for me is to wait until the first snowfall and spread the seeds. This way they get stratification, they’re less prone to birds picking them off, and in the spring they have good contact with the soil and they get a good source of water.

Depending on your area though, it is often easier to start with plant “plugs” and supplement with seeds.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/catalogs/2023.Prairie-Moon-Nursery-Cultural.Guide.pdf

https://www.prairiemoon.com/PDF/Prairie-Moon-Nursery.Seed-Starting-Basics.pdf

Shoutout tc69 for the educational campaign that changed my life for the better. Leslie’s work is fantastic, and I share it consistently to educate those around me. Hbd 🥳

I like these buildings too because they provide an extremely easy opportunity to launch into an homage on the power of labor for anyone within earshot. Especially since they usually house capitalist institutions in a way that makes an excellent example of “this was built by labor, but look who put their name on top in neon”

Fixed.

For those wanting to check out his music, I highly recommend “That Summer”, a beautiful ballad about being tugged off by an elderly widow

I was helping design a portion of a bus rapid transit system, and when we were showing some local officials a model of the station, one mentioned that they didn’t want heaters in the bus stops so that they wouldn’t attract homeless people looking for a place to sleep. Mind this is in the Midwest so the heaters are a winter necessity. Just the absolute cruelty was astounding. Though tbf pretty par for that municipality. I quit that job before the project finished- pretty sure they put the heaters though- so fuck that person.

Mfw I’m dictating my “original” 9/11 joke to my Hexbear transcriptionist and they tell me how many other posters have beat me up the punch

Thank u- been lurking but I can’t leave the only sane place on the internet 🥰