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PatternChaser

@PatternChaser@mas.to

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

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

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Joined November 06, 2022

PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

Boosted by @cstross@wandering.shop

"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

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 12mo ago

Pam Keith on #BlueSky :

"Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize"

👏👏👏

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

The 'therapies' offered to ND folk are to:

- make us less inconvenient or upsetting to NTs.
- make us functional work units and tax-payers.
- reduce or stop the benefits we 'scrounge'.

None of them are to help us with ... anything.

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

I've meant for some time to properly check out #Quakers, the Society of Friends. Now a post I read has nudged me into it.

Now I'd like to find Quakers I can learn more from. Just interest — I'm already happy with God, and my relationship with Her. Are there any Friends here?

#religion #SocietyOfFriends

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@cmconseils@mastodon.social Hi Laura, here's a nice one from #BlueSky, for your collection. 😅

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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? 🙏

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social @KatyElphinstone@mas.to Yes, autists, and maybe AuDHDers too, have a *DEEP* commitment to honesty, fairness and justice. It comes/goes with the territory, I find. 👍

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

RE: @KatyElphinstone@mas.to

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

RE: @dedicto@zeroes.ca

"...anti-#Zionism is NOT #antisemitism

👏👏👏 #Green #Socialism

Douglas Edwards :neurodiv:: "@PatternChaser@mas.to The #GreenParty should proa…" - zeroes.ca

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

"Beavers are not going to solve climate change, but our research shows these natural engineers can quietly help river landscapes store more carbon for decades to come."

#Beavers #Wildlife #CarbonStorage

https://theconversation.com/beavers-can-turn-streams-into-carbon-stores-we-measured-how-much-278489

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@KatyElphinstone@mas.to Honesty too! Justice, fairness, and honesty! 👍 😅

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@afewbugs@social.coop I'm so sorry, I didn't notice your response. As you say, nice to meet you! 😀

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

RE: @minego@pdx.social

If you're not happy with your build, DON'T release it!

#SoftwareDevelopment

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@holdenweb@freeradical.zone Me too. I've been a socialist since I became old enough to vote, and Zack and his crew are the only socialists currently in British politics. So they have my vote. Green + Socialist = Home + People.

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social @ewen@social.ewenbell.com @KatyElphinstone@mas.to The "ways" they "indoctrinate" are surely those ways that force us back to the grindstone, to the Capitalist world of WORK? Only profit matters, and profit requires work, and consumption. 🤷

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

"Memories are not stored as discrete files. They are distributed across networks of neurons, overlapping, reshaped, and reassembled each time they are recalled. New experiences do not simply add to what is already there – they interact with it, altering both the new and the old."

#perception #memory #remembering... 🤔

https://theconversation.com/headspace-can-our-brains-get-full-279173

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@tty It doesn't hurt, but it is very loud, and the 'tunnel' can feel a bit confining. But close your eyes and relax, and you'll be done v. soon. 👍 #AuDHD

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@loops When people say "over-diagnosis", they refer to what they see and understand as fraud — a cheating diagnosis to obtain "benefits". This, even though such benefits rarely exist! People don't like to see other people given a helping hand; it makes them feel angry that their own taxes are 'misused' in this way... 😢 Humans are horrible people. 🤷

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

"Israel — In peak irony, an illegal Israeli settler cried during a live TV broadcast because he didn’t feel safe in the house he stole from Arabs."

Unbelievable. Blatant too. #ethniccleansing

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/03/26/israel-settlers-dont-feel-safe/

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

RE: @PatternChaser@mas.to

"So March 25 may be a day that for most goes by with little notice now but it was once a major holiday that marked the beginning of the new year."

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

"Israel and the US are mafioso terror states."

A judge, punished by the #OrangeCaesar, just for doing his job. Read on...

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/23/icc-sanctions/

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@KaCi@autistics.life @tizlit@freeradical.zone @BjornW@mastodon.social @zompetto@mastodon.art @LeelaTorres@ieji.de @20000lbs_of_Cheese@freeradical.zone @dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be @mosgaard@uddannelse.social I *was* a software designer, for many years. But as I age, and MS nibbles away at my brain, I'm less competent than I used to be. But I *am* considering trying to install a dual-boot Windoze/Linux-for-hifi-audio. I shall watch your progress with interest...

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

"The Telegraph is inciting hatred of disabled kids, again. The right-wing shit rag published a piece suggesting parents are forcing ADHD diagnoses for benefits. Coincidentally, this comes just as the Department of Health and Social Care has published an interim report into their review on whether the condition is overdiagnosed."

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/04/02/adhd-hate-labour-government/

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 2w ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GreenRoc/117295660411537453 A well worthwhile read about one of the basic aspects of humanity and human behaviour. 👍

Quoting

Green Roc Thoughts

@GreenRoc@mastodon.social

I wish people would assume good by default, instead of quickly jumping into assumptions of bad from something so mundane and simple or lacking a tiny few details... then blowing things into outrageous porportions because of the fixation on the evil intents that were fabricated to begin with. So much of my life is a painful memory due to people assuming my intents were bad, when all I intend is good. Am I difficult? Isn't everyone? Humans are complex creatures. https://bigthink.com/work-wise/the-psychological-trap-that-distorts-how-you-see-difficult-people/

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Green Roc Thoughts: "I wish people would assume good by default, inste…" - Mastodon

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@cmconseils@mastodon.social Humour rarely comes so bittersweet... 👍

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

"By comparison, street cannabis typically costs £150-£200 per ounce, making it significantly cheaper – making the illicit market not just more accessible for some, but economically rational."

https://theconversation.com/cannabis-its-medicine-if-youre-rich-enough-a-crime-if-youre-not-282427

#Cannabis #PainRelief #RationalDrugsPolicies

theconversation.com

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@DziadekMick I call him the "Orange Caesar", for much the same reasons. 👍 "All hail the Orange Caesar!" 😂

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

In the end, in the world we have built, everything comes down to 🅜🅞🅝🅔🅨 😱😥🤔🤨

#Money #Money #Money

https://aeon.co/essays/to-fund-human-rights-we-need-a-global-fair-tax-convention

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@TheLancashireman@hostux.social 😂

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@aparrish@friend.camp When personal computers first emerged, in the late 70s and early 80s, assembly was all there was, as compilers were way too grown up for these tiny machines. Then we got clever assemblers, like PL/M, and so to Pascal and C...

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@middleclasstool@phire.place 😂 👍

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

And the governments can't counter-sue for historic damage? 🙄

https://theconversation.com/how-big-oil-companies-can-slow-the-green-transition-by-suing-governments-that-ban-fossil-fuels-281972

How big oil companies can slow the green transition by suing governments that ban fossil fuels

The Conversation

How big oil companies can slow the green transition by suing governments that ban fossil fuels

Some countries are calling for the elimination of a process known as “investor-state dispute settlement”.

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@deathkitten@firetribe.org @carrideen@c18.masto.host I think it comes down to deception, in the name of profit. AIs have proven *SO* expensive that they need some heavy misinformation to make them sound like a good idea. No present-day AI can create, or imagine, or even understand, anything, especially not MEANING. They can only search and precis what's already there in their database. But people think they 'understand', and are 'intelligent', not realising that they're designed to *APPEAR* intelligent...

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@cmconseils@mastodon.social Is that Peter Mandelson or Norman Tebbit? 🤔 😂

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PatternChaser @PatternChaser@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@Natasha_Jay Sadly, most will laugh at the joke, and not even notice there's serious wisdom here. Shame. 😢

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