People will laugh.
Let them.
I knew my child knew what time it was, was under an overhang watching the weather, and was freaking out that I forgot him.
And I made sure he knew that I didn't.

I said, "You drew pictures of all of it and you built the entire scene with LEGO. You played until it wasn't scary anymore, but you USED it to play, and that's what happened here."
My kid- "I wish I remembered that."
Me- "I'm so glad you don't."

#Bluey

I said remember in first grade when I couldn't leave the house to come pick you up from school because of hail and tornado warnings and when I finally got to the school you were clinging to your teacher under the overhang and I got out of the car to come get you and a bolt of lightning hit right behind me and I kept coming to get you?
He said, "No, I don't."
And I said, That's because you expressed it through play.
#Bluey

Heads up to people who have autistic friends or family -
Some days it's too much for us and we melt down. What it? All of it. All of you, to be honest.
We don't want to.
We want to have the coping skills.
We'll melt down in different ways.
Some of us cry.
Some of us rage.
Some of us withdraw and do the bare minimum.
But eventually someone who you love who is autistic WILL have a meltdown.
Your only job is to keep loving them.
Because you truly cannot fix it.
#Autistic

At least.
This only happens after the crying, or the raging, or the robot doesn't give me safety.
My younger son is, this summer, pushing me to my limits.
I expect a robot before September.
I don't want kill switch.
It's not his fault. They don't assign autistic children to autistic parents and make sure that they're compatible.
#Autistic

But when you see me disappear for a few days or longer on here it's because I am in fact melting down, I don't feel like I'm fit for people, and I am putting all of what I have left into my family.

So be kind to people.
Don't pressure your autistic friends and family to not feel their feelings. No Cheer ups! Or Think about your blessings! bullshit.
We're really, awfully, human. It's hard.

#Autistic

Anyway please stay the fuck in your car if you hear thunder and ask that your schools keep the children INSIDE THE FUCKING BUILDING FOR PICKUP DURING ELECTRICAL STORMS.
Thanks.

‘The defendant deserves to answer for his crime’: Jury finds Pittsburgh synagogue gunman eligible for the death penalty

#CoSoNews #News

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/07/13/pittsburgh-synagogue-tree-of-life-gunman-robert-bowers-death-penalty/stories/202307130096

@GreenPaladin

Jesus Christ yes.

Me- "RAIN, GODDAMMIT!!!!!"

#NCWX

#Sharks 🦈

There seems to be a lot of commotion in the media right now about shark attacks.

Just a gentle reminder that we’re almost 20 times more likely to be killed by lightning strike than unprovoked shark attack.

Footnote…
# of fatalities in the US in 2022:
guns = >20,000
lightning strikes = 19
shark attack = 1

Js.

@GrazingintheGrass @cassandra17lina

My son has EV hybrid. He recently drove from Philadelphia to Detroit on a single tank of gas.

@cassandra17lina yes, I fear the EV gouging will be bad unless there is intervention. But thanks for considering EVs (I bought my two years ago, batteries are still amazingly near new capacity, and NO expensive repairs, oil changes, radiator leaks, etc!)

I have mini meltdowns of crying or raging. I'll withdraw and become robotic.
The most terrifying for my family is what I call my kill switch.
I will walk to a place where I can lie down, do so, and fall asleep in a split second and a bomb could go off and I Will. Not. Wake. Up.
My family, this household, has experienced it three times and after the first time I had to explain to just check for breathing and I am sorry.
In these cases I will sleep at least 13 hours.
#Autistic

Inflation is cooling. That’s bad news for the GOP https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/inflation-cooling-good-americans-bad-republicans-rcna93880