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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Jul 08, 2026

Replying to @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io when I first moved to Thailand a cynical grizzled old expat said to me "you can learn Thai but you'll quickly find out that 99% of Thai conversation is about food"

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Jun 23, 2026

Replying to @johnquiggin@aus.social

@johnquiggin@aus.social oh, and prosecuting disabled protesters holding signs for terrorism. Forgot that one 🤦‍♂️

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Jun 23, 2026

Replying to @johnquiggin@aus.social

@johnquiggin@aus.social refused winter fuel payments to pensioners, had to be blackmailed into abolishing the two child benefit cap and is complicit in genocide?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 13, 2026

Replying to @christianp@mathstodon.xyz

@christianp@mathstodon.xyz can we chuck in "upskilling" for the ride?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 13, 2026

Replying to @BenartyComputer@mastodon.scot

@BenartyComputer@mastodon.scot @tompearce49@mastodon.scot well unless someone does something he's the next PM

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 13, 2026

Replying to @BenartyComputer@mastodon.scot

@BenartyComputer@mastodon.scot @tompearce49@mastodon.scot I agree, I doubt he'd persuade me not to vote Green, but he's got to be better than Streeting

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 13, 2026

Replying to @tompearce49@mastodon.scot

@tompearce49@mastodon.scot couldn't somebody openly stand as a place-holder for Burnham? It's seems like the only way he'd get to stand as an MP. An unknown becomes PM for a month or so, just enough time to parachute Burnham in via a by-election

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 10, 2026

Replying to @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange genius

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · May 02, 2026

Replying to @IndyRichard@mastodon.scot

@IndyRichard@mastodon.scot Gobshite crypto bros - worth attention The needs of the British public - not worth attention

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @stux@mstdn.social

@stux hopefully this is his purple boots moment #caesar

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @jwcph@helvede.net

@jwcph @TheBreadmonkey brilliant, and only a day on from this classic: https://sfba.social/@giantspecks/116483705840272382

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 17, 2026

Replying to @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

@ChrisMayLA6 it's as though taxing corporations and rich people doesn't even occur to them as an option

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @saltywizard@beige.party

@saltywizard yet strangely the word appears to have been wiped from many autocorrects and autocompletes

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @russss@chaos.social

@russss @whitequark first in the queue for the guillotines

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems

@whitequark from when are these changes effective?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @Psychonaut@mastodon.online

@autistics But I'm now in a position where the difference between the fully-rested most resilient version of myself and a totally burned-out nonfunctional version of myself is just a hair's breadth. I can't work in this state. I don't think I can ever get back to 100% but I need somebody who understands to tell me if it's possible for me to get back to 30 or 40% and, if so, how I start to do that. So if anyone can recommend who I should talk to I'd appreciate it. Thanks /end

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @Psychonaut@mastodon.online

@autistics Ironically I'm suddenly starting to understand myself for the first time in my life. I understand that the underlying cause of my mental health problems is that my whole life I've been trying to mash my cube-shaped brain through a circular hole designed for neurotypical people and unsurprisingly I've damaged it in the process. 4/?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @Psychonaut@mastodon.online

@autistics For 15 years I've been prescribed antidepressants - which assume that there's a chemical imbalance in your brain causing your mental health problems. But now I've been diagnosed with autism - which simplistically means I'm wired differently - but my GP refuses to even discuss any change in my medication and tells me "there's nothing further we can do for you" 3/?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @Psychonaut@mastodon.online

@autistics I "recovered" again but only to 80% and so the cycle and deterioration has repeated over the past 15 years. At about 70% I moved back to the UK to try to find a less stressful position that I could sustain but it didn't work, the deterioration continued. At about 40% I moved north and out of the corporate world completely but the deterioration continued and I'm now essentially unable to work long term as I don't have the spoons to tolerate it 2/?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @Psychonaut@mastodon.online

@autistics A bit more about my specific circumstances, apologies for breaking across multiple posts: I was a high functioning, high masking undiagnosed autistic, extremely well paid expatriate in a high pressure corporate job until one day, about 15 years ago, I broke. I now recognize this as my first autistic burnout although it was diagnosed at the time as major depressive disorder. I "recovered" but only got back to 90% at best so inevitably I burned out again 1/?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @AndyIncarnate@ravenation.club

@AndyIncarnate @autistics thanks, I'm not sure that's what I'm looking for though

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @PetraPhoenix@beige.party

@PetraPhoenix Just looked again at the "helpful" Appendix of resources attached to the diagnostic report. The only thing within 25 miles is an organization that supports parents of autistic children 🙄

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

Replying to @PetraPhoenix@beige.party

@PetraPhoenix Thanks, in my area this is all provided by an organization called "Talking Therapies" which appears to be a one stop shop for all your further support needs, as long as your further support needs are more CBT. The surprising helpful lady I had a 'triage' appointment with also referred me to the local team of psychiatrists. But following a 10 minute call with someone who wasn't medically qualified I've now been dropped from their waiting list.

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Apr 01, 2026

UK Autistics @autistics@fedigroups.social

Following my diagnosis about 3 months ago I've been following up to try to talk to someone about the mental health problems I've had for the last 15 years only to be told by my GP "there's nothing further we can do for you".

Now I'm looking for a psychiatrist specializing in people who are late diagnosed that I can see privately. Does anyone have any recommendations please? I assume this can be done via video call so doesn't need to be local.

fedigroups.social

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Mar 30, 2026

Replying to @SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com at this point if we just killed enough of them that the rest kept their horrific ideas to themselves for another 80 years I'd take the win tbh

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Feb 18, 2026

Replying to @ShredderLivesOn@mastodon.scot

@ShredderLivesOn really? who are bookies' favorites now?

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Duncan @Psychonaut@mastodon.online · Jan 23, 2026

Replying to @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot that gave me goosebumps. I've watched it about a dozen times and it still gives me goosebumps

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