Has anyone on Mastodon experienced a #autistic #burnout before? I wonder what your experiences have been, what you felt, I was told I might have it

#autism #burnout

I have never been to a Chuck E. Cheese so I got some Totino’s pizza and put a Gwar cassette in a Teddy Ruxbin

Okay I think I'm gonna watch Labyrinth (1986; Yes today is the 40th anniversary)

I don't plan to like, live toot it (though I HAVE seen it before multiple times) but I do plan on taking breaks so it's possible I'll update with stuff like

"Update: These practical effects kick ass. We should do more of these"

Back before electricity, the large hadron collider was just two pissed off goats trying to simultaneously headbutt a horsefly that had the temerity to cheer for Bromley.

There are cool rainbows. 🏳️‍🌈🌈
There are hearts you can assemble into Pride colors. ❤️♥️🩷💜🧡💛💚💙🤎🖤🤍
But my favorite #Pride emoji is still a brick. 🧱
#StonewallWasARiot

hedge funds are not geese! landlords are not geese! the eggs are laid by the proletariat!!

v mastodon coded

(spotted on reddit, credit to https://www.worrylines.net/)

#tegeltje

disabled trans individual seeks mutual aid :boostRequest:

I've been in a severe ME/CFS flare since April and struggling to maintain my health insurance. I can't lose my insurance or I'll have several conditions that will become unmaintainable without treatment.

I have all but $110 of my premium and $90 of medications to fill.

Seeking $200 by June 30th.

cashapp: https://cash.app/$mxjaygrant
Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/mxjaygrant
DM for PayPal

Can you smell that? That is the delightful heat of spreadsheet cells filling quickly with the power of human creativity and community awesomeness!

Gretchen, start trying to make #NHAMFest26 happen.

Still a few slots remain. As is tradtion, there will be some community watch parties and hopefully a few panels as well.

Keen for a few more non-music events. Where are the streaming folks with something fun to share in the "wee hours" of UTC?

🐹 📡 🥊

tootception:
https://musician.social/@radiofreefedi/116805375310074370

Never forget #PrideMonth comes from what happened on #ThisDayInHistory in 1969. The #StonewallUprising, where #queer & #trans people threw bricks at cops, gave birth to the #GayLiberationFront and a #CivilRight struggle #fascists still oppose. Legality is not morality. #FightBack

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon The PrideStoryBundle is still going for another couple of days! Get 16 great queer reads, including terrific work by Melissa Scott, R.B. Lemberg, Geoff Ryman and more and support Rainbow Railroad at no extra cost! https://storybundle.com/blog/2026pridebundle/

@lostgen @mtriclot Here is their response :
"Hello,

Mullvad is a political company. We fight for freedom of speech, freedom of information and the right to privacy. These are firmly held values of the founders of Mullvad.

Mullvad protects the right for people to express things we don't agree with. We protect the right of everyone to access views we don't agree with.

We also live these values by being tolerant in our daily work. Everyone is welcome to collaborate with Mullvad if they share these narrow core values. As employees, contractors, customers, suppliers, lobbyists, campaign partners or whatever it might be. No matter what their other opinions are and no matter whether the founders or anyone else in Mullvad dislike them. The founders themselves fundamentally disagree on several important issues.

This is what allows us to advance our common causes. Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment is also liberating and promotes truth seeking.

The more people do this, the better a place the world will be.

It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission, in the same way that someone's opinions on animal rights, taxes or public healthcare policy isn't."

My response : You say: “Mullvad defends the right of individuals to express opinions with which we disagree. We defend everyone’s right to access viewpoints with which we disagree.”
This is a purely rhetorical statement that no one (not even you) can agree with. You wouldn’t defend opinions that call for murder, to put it bluntly.
In my case, I do not agree with giving free rein to fascist opinions. The world does not become a better place because of them, contrary to what you write.
It’s clearly not possible to get a refund: you have a 14-day cancellation policy (which has expired in my case), and I don’t blame you for that. I shouldn’t have paid for such a long period, especially with a non-decreasing rate, and I’m the only one to blame. I just wanted you to know why I won’t be renewing, and why I’ll be urging everyone to steer clear of Mullvad."

That's absolutely sad to read. The CEO of @mullvadnet is not only financing the far-right Swedish Örebro party, but he even is their main financer. 70+% of their money is his donation. He is the reason why they go nationwide this year.

For obvious reasons i cease to trust this service. Also i do not finance parties that aim for forced deportations.

https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

#Mullvad

When you watch a lot of MST3k, it starts seeping into your music recs too

I have important news

Walrus Cam Is Back!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zVsCxyi47Kk

I’m making my way through my Cowboy Bebop rewatch and Toys in the Attic made me so hype for my Space Dandy rewatch that’ll come right after this. I’ll also have to put Interstella 5555 and more Ghost in the Shell SAC (plus the 2026 anime) on the docket.

"You can't manage what you don't measure."

It was given as finance advice, but applying it to corporate surveillance of individuals works too.

The less I let them measure the the less they can manage me.

Free RPG day at the local game store!

I won a little Intellect Devourer plush keychain. Later I'm going to play in two quick one-shot TTRPG games, one is Starfinder and the other is Daggerheart with a good friend DMing. ✨🥳