Micah

I am a high masking, late diagnosed autistic person with #ADHD who usually has low support needs.

My special interest is programming, which is also my career. I am married to a wonderful, beautiful woman who is also #AuDHD. We are parents to some amazing humans, and many many amazing animals.

- #ActuallyAutistic
- Trans rights are human rights
- Black lives matter
- No one has ever earned a billion dollars

Pronouns: He/Him
Home: https://minego.net/

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2025-01-27 02:29:00 UTC

Molla is pretty spry for a (almost) 17 year old cat?
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/897/959/619/016/489/original/82dfdfd3fc6e7c0a.jpg

2025-01-26 13:19:34 UTC

My wife went through all the cabinets and drawers in our bathroom the other day, to pack for our move. She threw out a lot of things she didn't need any more, packed a lot, and left a pile of things of mine that she wasn't sure if I wanted to keep or not.
So, I went through the pile and found something rather unexpected. She saw a packet of temporary tattoos and assumed they were mine because she didn't remember buying them, but no. They aren't mine...
She ordered temporary tattoos of my face, and forgot about them! 😂
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/894/855/457/347/304/original/fd73698b6af7ba89.jpg

2025-01-26 12:01:07 UTC

I woke up to find my wife staring at her phone. As soon as she saw I was awake she excitedly told me about the responses she's made to posts about that were attacking supporters of a small local LGBTQ+ this morning.
Then she told me her autistic need for justice is really fucking strong right now, and went back to it.
God damn that is fucking sexy! I fucking love her. I am so fucking lucky!

2025-01-26 04:03:51 UTC

Queso wants a good look at you!
#caturday
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/892/670/244/257/165/original/d9c52e6e6cf84a3c.jpg

2025-01-26 01:59:13 UTC

I think Queso was annoyed that I was trying to take a picture of Little Girl instead of her...
#caturday
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/892/180/164/765/529/original/76b5396cf5b95632.jpg

2025-01-21 18:08:53 UTC

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Seems like a bug to me, but maybe it is intentional... If so, I don't understand why.
I can understand having an independent option to hide self boosts, but this behavior doesn't make sense to me.

2025-01-21 18:04:27 UTC

I turned off showing boosts for someone I follow whose posts I really enjoy, and whose boosts I usually appreciate because they have a tendency to boost their own posts a LOT.
I do that at times, and I get it, but I've already seen them and my feed is overwhelming enough already.
Well, that back fired because turning off boosts seems to still show when they boost themselves!!? Why? So now I'm missing their boosts that I want to see but still getting overwhelmed by their self boosts.

2025-01-20 21:59:56 UTC

Remember to breathe.

2025-01-20 14:19:54 UTC

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You are such a good friend, and I always know I can count on you to listen and be supportive. Thank you!

2025-01-20 13:47:33 UTC

I suspect that many of you who are #ActuallyAutistic like me also have a very strong sense and need for justice.
Today there will be a lot of injustice. Today is going to make me angry. Today is not okay, and I can't simply ignore it or try to find pleasant things to distract myself with.
I am glad for those who care but need to stay away and are able to. Take care of yourselves and do what you need to, please!
I need to feel this anger. I need to be mad that a fascist racist racist bigot has purchased our democracy to sell it to the highest bidders. None of this is okay, and I need to say that.

2024-12-27 01:39:33 UTC

This shirt is gonna see a lot of use over the next 4 years, isn't it?
(I really need to find more shirts and tank tops with siMilar messages. I have a few other good ones, but not enough.)
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/722/233/550/776/795/original/40c0f77b20a7ded2.jpg

2024-12-16 01:18:11 UTC

I had a really hard time picking a shade of pink today, but I'm pretty happy with what I settled on.
Hey, fellow straight cis men, you can just get your nails painted. That is a thing you can do. You can even do pink!
As a treat.
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/659/864/104/253/650/original/1a7e093944c6950f.jpg

2024-12-06 23:19:33 UTC

Signed a lease and paid the first month's rent... starting March first we officially live in Portland!!!
(We are renting for a few months while looking for a home to buy.)

2024-11-18 17:48:23 UTC

Hey, fellow cisgender straight men, I have a question for you. Do you currently see a therapist regularly?

2024-11-17 17:40:57 UTC

Do you consider yourself to be weird?

2024-11-12 21:37:08 UTC

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Interesting... we get pretty intense winters (not as intense as Quebec though) and I've never seen that here.

2024-11-12 21:27:20 UTC

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What are these? Like... a temporary car port thing? I'm confused...

2024-11-11 17:18:17 UTC

What do you think of my ear rings? Good? Weird? Creepy?
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/465/445/235/298/693/original/4d89b0521b13b0f0.jpg

2024-11-09 17:49:56 UTC

Not voting for Harris if you had the chance was an act of violence against us all.
I don't care why you did it. I really don't... if you did it because of hate, or indifference, or because you want cheaper eggs.
Whatever your motives, you helped pull the trigger and you have blood on your hands.

2024-10-26 00:03:19 UTC

Why does every single public space have music playing constantly? Why!?
It makes no sense at all. Wanting to buy food, or get a haircut, or workout should not mean I have to be subjected to your shitty taste in music!

2024-10-14 02:15:27 UTC

Instead of calling us "high functioning autistics" or "high masking autistics" please just call us what we really are:
Fucking tired.

2024-10-11 15:29:37 UTC

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Does for me.

2024-10-11 15:28:23 UTC

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Can't it do both?

2024-10-09 15:30:41 UTC

1) Pour a cup of coffee, and set it down on my desk.
2) Realize that I forgot to take my ADHD meds, and head to the bedroom to get them.
3) See a coffee cup on the nightstand, and grab that to put in the dishwasher.
4) Remember I meant to fix the way one of the cameras is mounted.
5) Grab a ladder to get to the camera, and then stab myself with a screw driver trying to get a screw in because I thought I could get away with not pre drilling.
6) Get a bandaid
7) Toot about dogs
8) Realize I'm almost late for a meeting, and go to the bedroom to get my laptop
9) Reply to a coworker's question on Slack
10) Suddenly wonder if I could get the cameras to stream to the bedroom TV easily.
11) Get the cameras streaming to the TV, and then do some cleanup to remove things I no longer use there...
12) Realize I'm late for the meeting, pull out the laptop and join
13) Send this toot.
14) Take my meds I hope.
I think there is a good chance that my coffee is cold now 😠
#ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

2024-10-08 15:22:56 UTC

Okay, so NT people don't always appreciate it when you reply to "good morning" with a request for their sources to back up their claim.

2024-10-03 18:41:30 UTC

It is always cybersecurity awareness month, if you're appropriately paranoid.

2024-10-01 18:53:50 UTC

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Every day is coffee day, but I'll take any chance I have to celebrate with other survivors of mormonism.

2024-09-23 21:21:51 UTC

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I worked for a company based in Montreal for many years, and so many of my coworkers would do this without even realizing they had. I constantly had to ask them to repeat things in English.
At the same job there were two programmers who both lived in Montreal but had been born in China. But, they were from different regions, and had a hard time understanding each other in Chinese, so they spoke to each other in English, and constantly complained about each other's pronunciation. 😂

2024-09-20 17:03:56 UTC

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This may have happened once or twice (or 9 times) to me... lol

2024-09-20 17:01:19 UTC

Life hack:
Get in the habit of saying "Testing. Testing. 123. Is my mic working?" before taking a piss... just in case you're still on that last work call and didn't realize it.

2024-09-17 22:13:11 UTC

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I am reasonably handy, and I did try to learn to weld once. It didn't go well. I'd love to learn, but I feel like I learned enough to confidently state that nothing about welding is easy.

2024-09-13 21:57:16 UTC

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I'm really happy with how they turned out!

2024-09-13 21:53:42 UTC

Oh, hey... I got my nails done this morning.
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/132/443/658/510/759/original/b84de4054a1178d1.jpg
https://autistics.life/system/media_attachments/files/113/132/443/828/661/325/original/d788a69de70292ae.jpg

2024-09-13 01:16:45 UTC

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I'd have to try to climb it...

2024-09-11 21:29:11 UTC

I was doing so well... didn't pick at my nail polish at all since getting them done last, even though some of them had cracked...
But, today I broke a nail. Now all bets are off and I'm picking at all of them! Gah!

2024-09-11 17:49:46 UTC

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That's a very good mug

2024-09-11 16:41:15 UTC

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I swear people are getting worse and worse. I feel like driving now is SIGNIFICANTLY more frustrating than it was even 6 months ago.

2024-09-11 16:39:30 UTC

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This frustrates me so badly!
It feels like it is getting worse and worse. So many people seem to slow to a crawl just because they are turning some time in the next few blocks!?! WHY!??!
(I suspect the reason is often that they are on their phones... grr)

2024-09-10 17:27:37 UTC

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That's my default email address too. If that is "taken" then I try "not@telling.com" and "seriously@whatthefuck.com"

2024-09-10 16:39:04 UTC

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How is that idea fucked up? I absolutely loved that cartoon as a kid.

2024-09-05 16:46:50 UTC

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Couldn't you just state that it is relative to the timestamp of when it was published publicly? So, when it was pushed to git (or any other source control)?

2024-09-05 01:11:56 UTC

"Without religion, how can you have morals? You have no moral compass!"
Fucker, I have a mother-fucking moral GPS. Empathy, and fucking reasoning! I observe the world I live in, and I pay attention to the effects of my actions. The actions that harm others are immoral. The ones that don't, aren't.
Your moral compass is just leading you in fucking circles.

2024-09-04 03:35:26 UTC

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How many pairs of headphones do you have charging next to your bed at night? I have 3 right now... is that a lot?

2024-09-04 03:17:18 UTC

That feel when you're laying in bed, getting sleepy, and you realize that you forgot to charge your sleeping headphones, so you have to use your gym headphones instead, because your daytime headphones aren't comfortable enough to sleep in and your really loud places headphones are just too big...
I wish I was exaggerating 😂
#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD

2024-09-02 01:03:47 UTC

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Yes. I have lost count of the number of posts that have made me cry.

2024-09-02 00:51:04 UTC

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I second this!!!
The one downside to being here is all the feels y'all make me feel! It is really wonderful, but can be a lot!

2024-08-31 16:26:02 UTC

Hi.
I'm Micah. Not sure how much I'll use this account, but I'll try!
I'm also @npub1s63…qlxw
I'm a programmer, and a nerd, and an animal lover. I am also #Autistic and have #ADHD