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Sometimes I get imposter syndrome like "am I really #actuallyautistic " (despite getting diagnosed over a year ago) and then I find myself awake at 1 am on a work day having spent the past 3 hours customising an information bar in the top 30 pixels of my screen.

One of my best friends has set up a fundraiser for a wheelchair accessible van that would help them get their partner timely medical care that doesn't end up just injuring them more or draining their funds. They've been dealt a very shitty hand in life- any bit you could chip in helps. Thanks for reading their story and/or passing it along.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/accessible-van-for-shan-support-a-wheelchair-user

#mutualaid

@homeassistant Wow, packed full of amazing stuff! The new infrared stuff looks a lot more accessible than what I've been doing over the last few years: putting together esphome doodads for the specific device and where possible, squishing it into the device itself. :-) I've even designed my own PCBs to replace the ones with the IR receiver in our A/C units; replicating the original design while adding an ESP32 module to the back and an IR LED next to the receiver.

Happy April Fools day! The one day a year that bullshit and untruths are posted for the sake of "humour" instead of manipulation.

I'd appreciate if people automating posting random state info about their house to Mastodon [tangentially: why? who benefits?] either wouldn't do it with the #homeassistant hashtag, or at least would include another common, easily mutable hashtag so I don't have to keep muting accounts while following the HA hashtag because I'm interested in, well, people talking about Home Assistant. 🙃

Similar voice mail today. Replied via their messaging platform and asked for acknowledgment. Acknowledged, and THEN they mention it is something that needs confirmation over the phone. After 2 back and forths. The second voice mail didn't even mention this. I called up and went through the identity verification stuff and then finally reiterated "yes I am okay with ". Like if something absolutely requires to be over the phone 1) Stop that 2) State it immediately #actuallyautistic

I am begging for society as a whole to consider that phone calls are not just a quick lil interruption that's totally fine and good for everyone on the planet. I'm dealing with some administrative stuff that's way more involved than I was hoping for. Yesterday got a voicemail (I rejected the call). Listened to voice mail. Replied to it via their messaging platform. No acknowledgment. #actuallyautistic

@R@mast.qixto.com Mastodon has plenty of tools to curate what you see. You can mute accounts for one, if you don't like what they post; and they won't show up in hashtag feeds. Or anywhere. This was an option available to you other than assuming someone's life circumstances and being incredibly unkind to them.

@csolisr There are loads of prototype PCB fab places out there but certainly not all of them are quite so affordable - https://pcbshopper.com/

@Cassandra@autistics.life @niamhgarvey@mastodon.ie I've read it a while ago and it's so lovely and affirming! Probably could do with a re-read. :)