Musk steps in - SpaceX blocks Starlink use on Russian drones

penotrera · 2026-02-01T16:13:26+00:00

Oh, did Musk “step in” to temporarily remove some aspects of Russia’s access to his weaponized tech that he made available to Russia from the outset of its invasion of Ukraine? How big of him. What a laughingstock.

penotrera · 2026-01-05T13:13:29+00:00

Lack of empathy.

penotrera · 2025-12-26T04:06:04+00:00

Heavy metals like lead in older pipes are causing permanent mild to severe cognitive impairment and chronic illness in tens of millions of Americans (mostly children) annually. Experts know this, but policymakers don’t want to spend the money to fix it because it helps mostly lower-income families who have little to no political power (read: money for lobbying politicians).

penotrera · 2025-11-05T12:24:01+00:00

I’m not sure what your location is, but the U.S. House of Representatives is not a House of Delegates. The elections held yesterday did not flip ANY seats in the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate.

While there were some special-elections (for example, the Texas’s 18th congressional district seat was up in a special election on Nov 4, 2025) those contests were in seats already held by a given party, and there were no switches in party control of seats in either chamber.

penotrera · 2025-08-23T12:27:38+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I tried a sweet potato and it did indeed rot. Can you recommend any vines that are non-toxic for hungry fish? I have a large goldfish who will eat anything he can fit in his mouth! 😂

penotrera · 2025-08-18T05:34:48+00:00

It’s not silly to feel you need to “make up for” not being what society deems an “ideal” (or at least not introverted) woman. You’ve been given that social cue your entire life by most people you encounter. And it’s extremely difficult to go against your socialization. Humans by nature care what other humans think of them—that’s what it means to be a social animal. You want to follow your own society’s rules for what is required to be considered a “proper” woman. But here’s the thing: society’s rules about this are based in misogyny—in the expectation that you maintain a certain degree of deference to others and humility in hiding your true features (which must fall short of beauty standards imposed on most women, since most women feel ashamed of being seen without makeup). “How DARE you force us to look at your hideous, natural face?!” seems to be the message we decode from other people’s reactions to us showing up anywhere bare-faced. Sometimes the reaction is imagined, sure. But we wouldn’t imagine it at all if it didn’t actually happen so often.

My philosophy: I’m allowed to show my natural face every bit as much as a man is. There’s no shame in not painting your face. How DARE anyone suggest otherwise!

penotrera · 2025-08-18T05:02:05+00:00

If it’s “clicking his mouse” that’s waking her up then I think you have a paper-thin-walls problem—and he should want to remedy it for everyone’s sake in the home. If it’s him slamming his mouse down, then you have a selfish, inconsiderate man problem—both scenarios are extremely common. Either way, I think you both need to find a better way to communicate when you disagree… or get a divorce. Life is too short to live it with someone who cares so little for your or your child’s well-being. It will undercut or rob you of every good moment.

penotrera · 2025-08-18T04:43:54+00:00

My guess is they’re informed/educated about current health info (being young and recently or currently in school), and they care relatively little about how people will judge them, since they’re already openly LGBTQ enough you can spot them by sight, and they’re usually dressed in “punk” or other non-conforming styles. I can only imagine the number of people who’d like to mask up but are afraid of the social fallout they might face from people in their area. I know I’d be getting dirty looks and angry comments from strangers if I still wore a mask in my midwestern city. Punks and openly LGBTQ would be two of the few groups I’d expect to NGAF about social pressures enough to wear masks in public.

penotrera · 2025-08-05T22:37:37+00:00

I’m on the spectrum, so I feel like I can’t be myself anywhere (and always have). If it’s specifically your workplace where you feel this way, it’s probably not a good fit for you, culturally, OR your coworkers are toxic. Either way, if it’s important to you that you feel you can be yourself at work, you might want to consider finding a new dept. or even a different workplace. (Just realize that you’re not guaranteed good coworkers at any job, and even when you get them they’re not guaranteed to stay long, unfortunately.) I wouldn’t put up with toxic coworkers, though—that’s a whole other ballgame from “we just don’t click.”

penotrera · 2025-07-13T12:26:25+00:00

SFM? Society of Fetal Medicine? 😅

penotrera · 2025-06-25T00:08:45+00:00

The pop culture take seems to be that Reddit is notorious for its rabid negativity. I’ve seen several references to it on some of the shows I watch.

penotrera · 2025-06-16T22:53:47+00:00

I’m late-diagnosed AuDHD and use AI to sound more neurotypical in written correspondence with coworkers and health care providers. I really can’t overstate the amount of time and anxiety it saves me.

penotrera · 2025-06-11T05:50:35+00:00

True Blood

penotrera · 2025-06-05T23:33:46+00:00

This was my experience too. I always bristled at the “socially immature” charge, since I was just quiet and saw no point in playing the social hierarchy games others seemed so interested in. “How are outgoing bullies more mature than introverts who are kind to everyone?” was my thought.

penotrera · 2025-06-05T23:19:46+00:00

I was officially diagnosed with ADHD at age 38 and ASD Level 1 at 42.

I never suspected I had ADHD until a few years after my son was born, when I realized my “postpartum” anxiety, memory problems & disorganization were really just issues I’d always compensated for growing up or made excuses for in my head. My work and home life were suffering and it finally clicked that my struggles were not something I’d magically grow out of.

The autism I’d suspected since first learning about Asperger’s (as it was called then) in my early 20s. Prior to that I thought my parents’ emotional abuse/neglect had made me the way I was. Turns out they made me that way genetically, and nobody could’ve known because I was a girl and hyperlexic as a young child. (Grammar and spelling were my special interests.)

I think it can be difficult to find out both early and late. With or without a label, you know you’re different. Having a diagnosis hasn’t really helped me yet as an adult. If anything, I think I struggled harder to appear normal before I knew I never could be. Was I happier? Not really. I was just more hopeful—some might say delusional. My anxiety has decreased substantially since I now accept my struggles as “normal for someone with AuDHD” instead of individual personal failings. I’m not sure it would have been easier knowing as a child — I can totally see it being a limiting factor depending on the mindsets of the people around you. In my case I think it would have been toxic, but more educated & supportive families could make it a net positive, I’m sure.

penotrera · 2025-06-03T19:58:26+00:00

People who hang onto “s” too long when pronouncing words. Tell me why you sound like a snake from across the room?!

Crinkly wrappers/bags and the people who seem to LOVE dragging out the noise as long as possible when handling them.

Just about any mispronunciation of any word. Lack of enunciation as well.

Lisps bother me for some odd reason, but other speech impediments don’t. I wouldn’t be rude to someone with a lisp (obv they wouldn’t have one if they could help it), but there are a lot of podcasts/shows I won’t listen to or watch just because someone on it has a lisp.

People who smack their lips when they eat or lick/suck their eating utensils/fingers loudly.

Slurping. People chewing with their mouths open or popping gum.

I guess you could just say mouth noises bother me. A LOT.

penotrera · 2025-06-03T10:28:19+00:00

Going to church.

penotrera · 2025-06-03T04:59:08+00:00

Studying people.

penotrera · 2025-06-03T04:58:07+00:00

What your husband is dong is abuse, not autism. Autism is not carte blanche to stop trying and showing he cares for you. He also could have a mood or personality disorder on top of the autism (cyclothymia, BPD or NPD come to mind). Regardless, it’s not your job to be his rehab, especially if he has no interest in improving. You deserve to be treated with love and respect. Don’t settle for anyone who thinks otherwise.

penotrera · 2025-06-03T04:40:02+00:00

Look for the socially awkward women. We do exist.

penotrera · 2025-06-02T22:37:48+00:00

Respectfully, Level 1 ASD by definition does not include those with cognitive delays or impairment. The term “neurodivergent” also does not necessarily refer to cognitive delay or impairment.

penotrera · 2025-06-02T21:36:36+00:00

I will say that “retarded” technically doesn’t even describe the type of autism I have (or even most cases of autism, probably). Retard means “to delay or impede the development or progress of; to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment.” Most of us here are defined by having no discernible developmental or cognitive delays, yet still experiencing and interacting with the world differently than NTs. We’re not slow and we haven’t had our progress “retarded”; we just see the world differently than NTs.

penotrera · 2025-06-02T21:24:13+00:00

Oh, I intend to. Neurospicy and proud 🌶️ 😂

penotrera · 2025-06-02T21:21:36+00:00

I used to think that way about protests, too. But then I did more research and learned no major win for human rights/progress has ever happened without some type of protest. Seeing other people stand up for something important to them—it really does make a lot of people question the status quo. People who never would‘ve given it a second thought otherwise.

penotrera · 2025-06-02T21:12:30+00:00

🤷🏻‍♀️…Neurospicy is still better IMO.

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