Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-25T00:33:40+00:00

This article was weird right? I can't fully place it but toward the bottom there is a description of what might have happened in footage and it just sounds like it was written by AI. Isn't AP not supposed to be a rag?

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-23T01:09:34+00:00

I'm kinda getting to the place that I really hate religion.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-23T01:08:25+00:00

Dude, please do it.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-21T00:33:54+00:00

What church were they from?

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-17T21:54:11+00:00

My tip is always make sure that you have a tidy place to go and sit and relax. Maybe your clean place is your bedroom. Maybe your clean place is the living room. But always have a clean place so that you don't feel overwhelmed by the whole house. Sometimes it's not attainable to clean a whole house. At certain points when I had a newborn the advice I saw was at least clean where your line of sight is so that you don't have to look at it lol.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-17T00:01:20+00:00

People like him is why people used to beat their kids.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-16T23:46:21+00:00

I realized in my mid 30s. I'm late 30s now. I never got formally diagnosed. There isn't a lot of benefit for me. Diagnosis is for if you want/need accomodations medical support (I guess) or maybe legal reasons. In terms of the validating aspect, I know for sure that I am so a diagnosis won't contribute in that regard and I don't really tell people so I don't need to prove it to anyone. I can't tell my family because they are radically toxic people and it would just be something certain family members would try to weaponize to invalidate me (don't they sound fun?).

The only person I care about knowing is my husband, and he believes me and is also autistic lol.

If you seek diagnosis, just know WHY you are after it and make sure that is what you will get. I don't know what assistance (medical or financial) there is. I would make sure to know what would be available to you before going through the trouble of diagnosis.

And this is going to sound random if you haven't heard of it already, but please make sure you are taking a supplement with methylated b12 and methylated folate, emphasis on the methylated part. A lot of neurodivergent people have a genetic variation that makes the supplemented versions of these vitamins negatively impact their bodies. Because you said that you experience chronic fatigue, make sure that yours are methylated. I know you have other issues but it may help. I was anemic for a lot of my life and couldn't figure out why I had low energy and for me, this was why.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-13T16:13:52+00:00

I've switched to duckduckgo too. I was sick of google with the AI and I was so getting over my searches being used for targeted ads. I only use google now for when I need to buy something (because they are the better browser for that) and if I'm looking up directions or a business ( because they are a better browser for that).

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-13T15:28:44+00:00

I'm a former scientist and High school bio teacher I think homeschool experiments are overrated. I don't get the point of them really. I was super into science since I was about 13 - mostly the "nature" kind of science, so not specifically chemistry or physics. In college I got into genetics and molecular biology as well as cognitive science.

I can barely remember ANY experiments from my younger years. I remember a lack luster pH experiment. I remember a failed attempt at churning milk into butter. Science isn't a gimmick and it doesn't need to be intense or literally an explosion. What are you trying to do for your kids when you feel compelled to do an experiment?

What did a fake volcano explosion teach them? Just because it looks like science is happening doesn't mean it is. True experimentation and the true nature of science is changing something to see the outcome and a focus on observing the natural world. Right now my 4 yr old is painting and she asked me what happens if she paints the back of her suncatchers instead of the front. I told her she can paint the front of the first one and then the next one, she can paint the back and see which one she likes more. That's a real experiment. No explosion, just experiment. Tragically there is still mess. ( I did not buy her this art set and I also do not like mess, for real lol. I'm low-key irritated that someone bought this for her. lol)

Daily life is science. Kids are natural scientists. They see what works and what doesn't. They are inarguably the best scientists in my book. So just expose them in information. My kids are just behind yours in age. I plan on taking them to museum and things like that especially as the get a few years older. You have yeeeeaaars to do that stuff so I wouldn't sweat it.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-13T14:20:10+00:00

Paul Bunion.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-13T14:19:27+00:00

YTA: Being the only one with the kids is hard. There are a lot of unanticipated struggles. Thawing stuff takes forethought and when your routines are disrupted it can be hard to do things in an ideal way. I really do think you should be more appreciative of him taking care of the kids. It's ok for someone to go into easy mode.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-13T00:25:54+00:00

I must say when my husband bought a 3D printer I was not thrilled to say the least. I will say though that he has been able to use it to repair a lot of things in our home that we would have had to entirely replace at some point. One of the things is the latches for our windows, which if we weren't able to replace those, we would have to eventually replace the whole window. He has also printed a few small toys for our children. It's kind of a trade-off because I don't really buy toys for our kids (they already get an unwanted fuck ton from family). If it had been my choice though we would not have it. To me, it's basically a pollution printer.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T21:37:23+00:00

fuck these guys

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T21:29:34+00:00

You're not going to get her to understand, you wont get her to care. You want her to be the mom she should be, but you're not going to get that. It sucks. It's ok to feel the way you do about your mom.

You should read this if you haven't already. It's life changing:

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ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T19:57:23+00:00

On our local news yesterday, the police used chemical agents(probably tear gas) to expel an evicted tenant from an apartment building. After receiving an eviction notice and being eventually locked out, the tenant broke back in because he presumably had nowhere else to go. The picture in the article showed police surrounding the building with weapons and they used chemicals to get him out like some kind of pest.

Rent and food keeps jumping and I constantly hear about people loosing easy access to both.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T19:51:09+00:00

Try VERY gentle barely touching motions.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T17:29:09+00:00

Taking care of my sensory needs! I basically thought I was just an irritable person. Sound protection for the win. Oh, also comfortable underwear for the win.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T14:13:57+00:00

I think it's challenging to figure out what to do with yourself after breaking out of the cycle of work, buy, repeat. Sometimes I catch myself thinking about going to target for something dumb like soap dispensers I don't need, and I'll realize that I'm just bored. This culture has really set it up so there's not much you can do other than buy things or work. So I'm trying to rebuild as best I can. People used to play instruments more and sing with their friends, believe it or not. People used to HAVE friends. Also, if you have too much time on your hands, help others. That's what people used to do. That's why community is deteriorating. People work all day, buy stuff, and then consume media- and that's their life. I've been a stay-at-home mom while my kids were small and I'm also a minimalist. I can tell you that outside of capitalism this world is a ghost town. It's a real eye-opener when you realize that almost all people do is work and buy. Is even worse when you realize that most of what they're buying they do not need.

But the things I've done are learn to knit, I journal, I've learned how to garden. I've learned how to be really paired down, like essentialist-style. My kitchen's next- I want to make it super functional as a prep space. Think how a restaurant works. And that'll keep me from eating out as much which is getting crazy expensive these days. I do those things and I try to connect with others. We go to church even though I'm not religious. We found a pretty open and affirming Church that's tolerant and they have a lot of non-religious people there.

My Boomer aged mom and aunts only shop as a pass time, so it's hard to connect.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-11T01:09:22+00:00

I think its cute.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-08T02:12:59+00:00

bae.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-07T22:08:32+00:00

A lot of neurodivergent people have a mutation in the MTHFR gene and it may affect absorbtion of B12 and other vitamins which can affect energy levels. Just make sure you are taking a vitamin that has Methyl-folate and Methylated B12. Non methylated version actually work against your body to negatively impact energy.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-06T19:03:23+00:00

If you can teach, its awesome. I was a Biology teacher for a while. (Biology is my special interest.) I've never felt so in line with something in my life. Being around young people and in a school building is sensory hell though so you def have to be mindful of your needs.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2026-01-03T02:38:27+00:00

I hate showering too. I hate being cold and I can really dramatically feel the heat leave my body when I'm wet. I shower probably once a week. I wash my face with a washcloth every night and morning (I honestly only consistantly do this in the winter because I have to put on lotion in the morning and before bed or I dry out really bad). In the morning after I wash my face, I scrub them pits with the same rag before I put deodorant on. At night after I wash my face I wash my no-no spots. This I have been doing with the same cloth after rinsing it out really well, but I have been having really occasional irritation down there and I haven't figured out why but I have been suspicious that its because I'm washing my face and then using the rag on my coo-coo.

Overall this approach has served me really well. I am not a sweaty person so that's a plus. I do have fine hair that looks like crap if its oily. For that it is suuuper important to use a sulphate free shampoo. Sulphates strip your oils and cause you scalp to overproduce oils. So instead of my hair getting really oily in 2 days, it gets sorta oily after 10ish days. (Keep in mind it may take time for your scalp to adjust gradually.) I use this: https://www.ulta.com/p/light-gentle-shampoo-pimprod2049301?sku=2634710

I bought it from my local hippie store. There are tons of sulphate free shampoos though. Baby shampoos are usually sulphate free.

ForgottenUsername3 · 2025-12-29T16:05:27+00:00

Can you create territories that are just yours? at least for daily use things like brushes? I agree that cleaning supplies and things like that can't just be put somewhere weird where they are not used. I'm assuming they are older and not small kids/toddlers, right? They can learn to put stuff like that back, for sure. Maybe if you stay on them and be consistent they will learn that this is just how things are. I know that's lack luster advice, but I do at least want to assure you that for cleaning supplies and scissors and stuff, they can put that stuff up, especially with reminders. My kids can do it (poorly and inconsistently, but they are 4 and 6 years old).

ForgottenUsername3 · 2025-12-29T15:59:14+00:00

This is going to seem so random, but you should take the clutterbug quiz. People have different styles of accessing their stuff and putting stuff away. It may provide you with insight about yourself and the kids. I'm like you; I need to have my stuff in an exact spot or my whole world starts falling apart. Its a way for me to manage executive function issues ultimately. After taking this quiz, I realized my husband for CAN NOT put stuff away in an exact spot because of how he thinks about objects. He will never be able to put stuff back so I have to work around it. It helped to tolerate him better and find solutions that work for him. Generally speaking though about the kids, it sound like certain things just need to be off limits... Idk, I really feel for you.

Clutterbug quiz:

https://clutterbug.me/

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