PatternChaser

Retired firmware architect; armchair philosopher; Gaian Daoist (tree-hugger). INTJ. Autist.

I don't follow-back, I follow *interesting*.

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2026-10-28 13:11:24 UTC

Not-at-all-radical suggestion:
Let's ban #fireworks.
They litter the world, they cause burns, fires and other damage, and they terrify my dogs.
Ban them, and everyone gains. 🙏👍👏👏👏
#BonfireNight #Artillery #fright

2026-10-08 14:04:50 UTC

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??? 🤔

2026-10-08 13:23:21 UTC

"Many autistic young people use online communities because local groups do not always accommodate different communication and sensory needs."
https://theconversation.com/social-media-provides-valued-community-spaces-for-autistic-young-people-286874
#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodivergence

2026-08-25 12:27:29 UTC

Posted without further comment.
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/08/24/ardays-death/
#JasonArday #Murder

2026-07-01 15:38:22 UTC

Does anyone know of, or can recommend, an online #philosophy #discussion #forum that is not centred on abuse and argument (meaning 'fight')?
Friendliness and courtesy is what I seek...
Can you help, please? 🙏

2026-06-25 12:21:42 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116810560832282479
It's high time we stood up for this. Criticism of the (genocidal) political state of #Israel is *NOT* #antisemitism!!!
Please boost this EVERYWHERE. 🙏
#note1jug…u2vg

2026-06-14 16:14:30 UTC

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@virtuous_sloth/116749337126318064
#philosophy #economics
#note1mew…58rt

2026-04-01 13:17:30 UTC

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence
#Difference is not always WRONG or BAD! 🙄😮
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-hypercuriosity-of-adhd-may-have-helped-humans-thrive

2026-03-22 14:45:22 UTC

"Late‑diagnosed adults describe finally learning they are autistic as both relief and grief: relief at having a name and community that fit, and grief for all the years spent fighting the unnecessary battles."
Yes!!! But not so much "grief" as RESENTMENT, for how unnecessary it all was and is. 😡
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202603/epistemic-injustice-the-great-gaslighting-of-autistic-lives

2026-02-27 15:11:16 UTC

So #GreenParty material was also offered in #Urdu. What's the big deal?
If #GortonAndDenton had been a community in rural #Wales, it would make sense to offer material in #English too, for those constituents who don't speak the native tongue.
So again, what's the big deal?

2026-02-08 11:17:24 UTC

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Servility, yes. But what else can we do? Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, and all the other gangsters have nuclear weapons, and they'll use them if they become angry enough. We dare not resist, or they will kill us all. EVERYONE.

2026-02-07 13:25:52 UTC

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If that "and" is a typo for "an", then no, I'm not Irish. My surname derives from Welsh😀, but my more immediate ancestors are English.

2026-02-07 10:59:11 UTC

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/116024281984751060
This is worth spreading around. Please read it, then boost it? 🙏 👍
#note1ytv…cxxe

2026-02-07 10:48:46 UTC

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Then again, if the #OrangeCaesar tells you to do something, are you really in a position to deny Him? Is anyone?
He has the most fearsome war machine that mankind has ever invented, at his beck and call. They (the US Army) are already executing American citizens, to find and expel people with non-white skin...
Horror story... 😱 😭

2026-01-24 10:32:24 UTC

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I've been awaiting #water wars for some time. It's not fortune-telling to anticipate something that's pretty much inevitable, right? 😢
I suppose the #food wars must follow soon? 😐 Then the #land wars, as many lands become uninhabitable...? 😱

2026-01-23 11:36:14 UTC

"UN researchers have announced that the world has now entered into a state of global water ‘bankruptcy’.
...
The shortage of water is so persistent in some regions that they will never return to their previous baselines."
#ClimateChange is here, today! 😨
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/01/22/world-enters-state-of-water-bankruptcy/

2025-12-09 13:05:07 UTC

"Fifteen of the UK’s leading mental health charities have warned the government that the vile single sex only rules could significantly impact the mental health of trans and nonbinary people."
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/12/08/trans-rcp/
#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence
#transAwareness

2025-12-03 14:45:32 UTC

#Mastodon, #Fediverse, #help, please?
I have #MS, and I need to find #shoes with VERY VERY SOFT soles, even more than for diabetic neuropathy! Does anyone know of such shoes (thermally insulated too)?
I'd be REALLY grateful for your help here. A boost wouldn't go amiss either. Thanks! 🙏😃
[I live in the UK.]

2025-09-28 14:55:27 UTC

"The truth is, almost everyone left, so that Netanyahu addressed mostly empty chairs. I don’t know why the editors who write these silly headlines think they can pull the wool over peoples’ eyes. We have video."
https://www.juancole.com/2025/09/netanyahu-addresses-genocidal.html

2025-09-18 13:59:11 UTC

"New #GreenParty leader #ZackPolanski stressed that we need to:
<fundamentally change the relationship between #wealth and #power and the 99% in our society. And the first step to doing that is with a #WealthTax.> "
👏👏👏
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/09/17/zack-polanski-wealth-tax/

2025-09-07 10:09:24 UTC

Look out for the 🌔lunar🌘 eclipse tonight. In Greater Manchester, we only have a few minutes to see it. The moon rises at 19:41, and the eclipse ends at 19:52. 🤞
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8739rrez23o

2025-09-06 09:43:55 UTC

Katie Mack on BlueSky:
"Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past."
Is #America the most uncaring nation on 🌍? 😥
#healthcare #medicine #CareForProfit 😮😓☠
😢 😢 😢

2025-09-05 14:21:06 UTC

"Rediscovering boredom is not about idle time, it is about reclaiming the conditions for thought, depth, and authenticity."
https://theconversation.com/put-down-your-phone-and-engage-in-boredom-how-philosophy-can-help-with-digital-overload-262396
#thinking #boredom #attention #calm #musing #philosophy

2025-09-01 12:43:04 UTC

If you're in the mood for some #philosophy, this is a damned fine read:
https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-be-yourself-when-you-have-no-self-lessons-from-zhuangzi
"Zhuangzi says: ‘the Consummate Person has no fixed identity’ or ‘the ultimate person has no self’. The ethical ideal is ... to get rid of identity altogether."

2025-08-22 12:53:15 UTC

An interesting, if dystopian, look at reality. #Philosophy #Metaphysics
https://aeon.co/essays/philosophers-must-reckon-with-the-meaning-of-thermodynamics

2025-07-31 12:40:38 UTC

"Born at the height of the Holocaust, I know the wickedness & cruelty meted out to Jews. I cannot bear to think that my people are doing the same thing to another nation. … My heart is broken. ...Hitler won. He changed us, & made us like him."
#MiriamMargolyes 👏👏
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/07/31/miriam-margolyes-hitler-comments/
#FreePalestine

2025-06-03 12:06:26 UTC

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Yes, in recent years I have moved toward the conclusion that AmeriCapitalism (the flavour of Capitalism favoured and practised by Americans and their satellites) is the historic and continuing cause of #climatechange Quite possibly the *only* cause?
I have a lot of respect for young #GretaThunberg 👍

2025-06-03 12:01:17 UTC

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Sorry, I think I had problems untangling your words.
But the equation of discrimination against Jews (always wrong) with criticising the political nation-state of Israel ... just makes me Very Angry. One is (rightly) a crime, the other is legitimate political comment.
But the awful "a-s" word combines the two as though they are the same thing. This means that, if I criticise Israel, they say "a-s!", and tar me with the brush of Holocaust support, or something equally vile. 😭

2025-06-03 11:48:16 UTC

As others have mentioned, it's funny how we all talked and retweeted posts about #Greta, but when she started supporting #peace in the Middle East? Things went very quiet.
Let's change that? Spread this around.
https://www.juancole.com/2025/06/thunberg-volunteers-mission.html
#GretaThunberg #FreePalestine #OpposeGenocide

2025-06-03 10:50:57 UTC

Found on #BlueSky:
#Autism
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/619/045/820/555/210/original/743ce4ca5781a431.png

2025-06-02 07:50:44 UTC

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I would never do such a thing. Please read carefully what was written.
I complained of the 'equation' between the Holocaust and criticism of the political nation-state of Israel. There is no such equation. 😢
I have total respect for Jews, Moslems, Christians, and *ALL* faiths. ☯
And I oppose all extremists. 👍

2025-06-01 12:12:44 UTC

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Israel critics are sometimes also pursued here, on Mastodon, by extremists of the opposite opinion. They will report your post, and seek to tarnish you with the awful lie that is "anti-Semitic". On one side, there is the nation-state of Israel, and on the other, the Holocaust. By accusing you of criticising Israel, they also seek to call you a Holocaust supporter or denier, or one of those terrible perverts who think there's *anything* OK about the Holocaust. 😭 😱

2025-05-21 11:44:36 UTC

Time is running out. 😮
https://theconversation.com/overshooting-1-5-c-even-temporary-warming-above-globally-agreed-temperature-limit-could-have-permanent-consequences-255523
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels

2025-05-08 10:30:28 UTC

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In civilised countries, people also get made redundant. But they get a guaranteed redundancy payment, in recognition of their service.
But your points still stand, just not as serious. The purpose of companies is to make profit. The welfare and wellbeing of its profit-creators (workers) doesn't seem to matter.
Our AmeriCapitalist world is a cruel and terrible place. It is the cause of #ClimateChange (etc). It might be humanity's biggest mistake?

2024-10-01 13:03:06 UTC

Awareness and knowledge are good, but there's always more. For example, EDS (and similar conditions) are common among people with #autism, as well as ME and other conditions.
https://www.thecanary.co/long-read/2024/10/01/pots-eds-mecfs/
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD

2024-09-06 12:36:13 UTC

"CBT is an effective treatment for many mental health issues – but here’s why it may not suit everyone"
Not only that, it's not suitable for every [mental health] *condition*!
https://theconversation.com/cbt-is-an-effective-treatment-for-many-mental-health-issues-but-heres-why-it-may-not-suit-everyone-229141