#infodump — Public Fediverse posts

thinking about foregoing my opsec entirely because I miss having shit to.post about and having infodump posts

@lovebot7000

Hauptsächlich vom #Zahlenautismus eines #Dopamin #Psychopathen Gehirns aus #vorausberechnet, für andere autistische Idioten, in ihrer kleinkarierten Statistik-Idioten-Welt.

Vampir Quiz #Invasion #Game Statistik Dominanz #Overcrafting #Selbstverliebtheit, nicht mal ansatzweise authentische Liebe, ist das.

Ich kann nur #auf #jeden einzelnen #Infodump und blodsinnigen #Autisten #Tagesbingo #Moodswing #öffentlich #scheißen, wie es sich für jeden aufrechten Menschen weltweit gehört.

@lovebot7000

Hauptsächlich vom #Zahlenautismus eines #Dopamin #Psychopathen Gehirns aus #vorausberechnet, für andere autistische Idioten, in ihrer kleinkarierten Statistik-Idioten-Welt.

Vampir Quiz #Invasion #Game Statistik Dominanz #Overcrafting #Selbstverliebtheit, nicht mal ansatzweise authentische Liebe, ist das.

Ich kann nur #auf #jeden einzelnen #Infodump und blodsinnigen #Autisten #Tagesbingo #Moodswing #öffentlich #scheißen, wie es sich für jeden aufrechten Menschen weltweit gehört.

Heh... Alrighty then... Back down the #RadiotrophicFungus / #Radiosynthesis wormhole. #InfoDump is imminent! You have been WARNED!

Heh... Alrighty then... Back down the #RadiotrophicFungus / #Radiosynthesis wormhole. #InfoDump is imminent! You have been WARNED!

The three most active volcanoes in the #Philippines are currently restless.

1. #Mayon volcano, located in the province of #Albay, in the #Bicol region.

It is the most active in the Philippines, and the world's most perfectly shaped volcano.

It is currently at Alert Level 3.

Evacuation of residents around the designated permanent danger zone started early in the morning of June 9th UTC+0800.

2. #Taal volcano, located in the province of #Batangas. The world's only volcano within a lake, within an island, within a lake, within an island. Second most active in the Philippines.

It is currently at Alert Level 2.

3. #Kanlaon volcano, located in the provinces of #Negros Occidental and Oriental; or Negros island.

It is the country's third most active volcano, and is showing signs of imminent phreatic eruption. It has been at Alert Level 1 since 2020.

Expect volcanic related #earthquakes. A mild-strong volcanic related #earthquake from Taal can be felt all the way to Metro Manila, the country's National Capital Region. The distance between Taal volcano and Manila is 80 km in a straight line.

#June12 #JuneIsFilipinoMonth #FilipinoMonth #volcano #volcanoes #RingOfFire #InfoDump

[[Philippines]] [[June]] [[Mayon Volcano]] [[Albay]] [[Bicol]] [[Taal Volcano]] [[Batangas]] [[Kanlaon Volcano]] [[Negros]] [[Volcanoes]] [[Ring of Fire]] [[Volcano]] [[Earthquakes]] [[Earthquake]]

The three most active volcanoes in the #Philippines are currently restless.

1. #Mayon volcano, located in the province of #Albay, in the #Bicol region.

It is the most active in the Philippines, and the world's most perfectly shaped volcano.

It is currently at Alert Level 3.

Evacuation of residents around the designated permanent danger zone started early in the morning of June 9th UTC+0800.

2. #Taal volcano, located in the province of #Batangas. The world's only volcano within a lake, within an island, within a lake, within an island. Second most active in the Philippines.

It is currently at Alert Level 2.

3. #Kanlaon volcano, located in the provinces of #Negros Occidental and Oriental; or Negros island.

It is the country's third most active volcano, and is showing signs of imminent phreatic eruption. It has been at Alert Level 1 since 2020.

Expect volcanic related #earthquakes. A mild-strong volcanic related #earthquake from Taal can be felt all the way to Metro Manila, the country's National Capital Region. The distance between Taal volcano and Manila is 80 km in a straight line.

#June12 #JuneIsFilipinoMonth #FilipinoMonth #volcano #volcanoes #RingOfFire #InfoDump

[[Philippines]] [[June]] [[Mayon Volcano]] [[Albay]] [[Bicol]] [[Taal Volcano]] [[Batangas]] [[Kanlaon Volcano]] [[Negros]] [[Volcanoes]] [[Ring of Fire]] [[Volcano]] [[Earthquakes]] [[Earthquake]]

7 Ways to Avoid an Info Dump
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #WritingBlog #BloggerCommunity #WritingTips #Writing #Tips #InfoDump #Draft #FirstDraft #WriterTips #Prologues #Epilogues #Action #Dialogue #MultiplePerspective

http://georgelthomas.com/2023/10/03/7-ways-to-avoid-an-info-dump/

Map of Monotropic Experiences

Monotropism seeks to explain autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. 

OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire

This map highlights 20 common aspects of monotropic experience.

How many do you experience?

Created by Helen Edgar of Autistic Realms in collaboration with Stimpunks.

Inspired by the fabulous Map of Procrastination by Gemma Correll, I have created a map of monotropic experiences that reflects the main issues that impact my own life.

Curious to know what you would add or take away from this if you are Autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and resonate with this theory.

–Helen Edgar

License: “Map of Monotropic Experiences” by Helen Edgar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Table of Contents

• Areas of the Map
• Learn More in Our Glossary
• What is Monotropism?

Areas of the Map

1. Attention Tunnels
2. Penguin Pebbling Cove of Friendship
3. Tendril Theory (@EisforErin)
4. Mountains of Ruminating Thoughts
5. Cyclones of Unmet Needs
6. Rabbit Holes of Research
7. Infodump Canyon
8. Rhizomatic Communities
9. River of Monotropic Flow States
10. Campsite of Cavendish Spaces
11. Meerkat Mounds (Gray-Hammond & Adkin)
12. Riverbanks of Monotropic Time
13. Shark Infested Waters of Neuronormativity, Behaviourism & Double Empathy Problems (Milton, 2012)
14. Beach of Body Doubling
15. Burnout Whirlpools
16. Panic Hills of Low-Object Permanence
17. Forest of Joy Awe and Wonder
18. Lake of Limerence
19. Tides of the Sensory Sea
20. Sudden Storms of Unexpected Events

Learn More in Our Glossary

• Attention Tunnels – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Penguin Pebbling – “Penguin pebbling” is a little exchange between two people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. (Edgar)
• Tendril Theory – When I’m focused on something, my mind sends out a million tendrils of thought, expands into all of the thoughts & feelings. When I need to switch tasks, I must retract all of the tendrils of my mind. This takes some time. (@EisforErin)
• Rumination – When your thoughts are all swirly and you just keep chewing on the same thought over and over and you can’t stop thinking about it and it’s distracting you and sometimes even putting you in a really bad mood or making you irritable. (Chipura)
• Unmet Needs – Mismatch between the areas we actually receive support, compared to the areas we would ideally like support. (Cassidy, et al)
• Rabbit Hole – “Down the rabbit hole” is an English-language idiom or trope which refers to getting deep into something, or ending up somewhere strange. (Wikipedia)
• Infodumping – Talking a lot about a topic in great detail.
• Autistic Rhizome – A growing and evolving network of Autistic communities with no hierarchy or dependence on anothers existence. (Edgar)
• Flow States – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Cavendish Space – Psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction. (Boren)
• Meerkat Mode – Heightened state of vigilance and arousal that involves constantly looking for danger and threat. It is more than hyper-arousal, it is an overwhelmed monotropic person desperately looking for a hook into a monotropic flow-state. (Adkin)
• Monotropic Time – When absorbed in our special interests or passions it can feel like entering a portal. Normal time can feel like it is dissolving, the outside world may feel like it is melting away. This can be really rejuvenating for the sensory system and help to recharge the bodymind. (Edgar)
• Neuronormativity – Neurormativity is a set of norms, standards, expectations and ideals that centre a particular way of functioning as the right way to function. It is the assumption that there is a correct way to exist in this world; a correct way to think, feel, communicate, play, behave and more. (Wise)
• Behaviourism – Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful to how we learn, but is also oppressive, ableist, and racist. (McNutt)
• Double Empathy Problem – The ‘double empathy problem’ refers to the mutual incomprehension that occurs between people of different dispositional outlooks and personal conceptual understandings when attempts are made to communicate meaning. (Milton)
• Body Doubling – A “body double” is a person or even pet who is present with us while we work. This provides a gentle form of accountability — their presence serves as a reminder of what we’re supposed to be doing so we’re less likely to get distracted. (McCabe)
• Burnout – Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs. (Raymaker)
• Object Permanence – Autistic children have difficulties with their understanding of: what’s here, what’s now, what is permanent, and so on. (Lawson)
• Autistic Joy – Autistic joy is one of our favorite things about being autistic. It can be intense as a meltdown, but filled with overwhelming happiness and excitement. When we experience joy, we feel the excited vibrations throughout our bodies. To release the energy, we do a “happy stim.” We will jump up and down, excitedly flap our hands, sometimes even dance. (Blackwater)
• Limerence – Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person. The experience of limerence is different from love or lust in that it is based on the uncertainty that the person you desire also desires you. (Psychology Today)
• Sensory Experiences – Neurodivergent people are hypersensitive to mindset and environment due to a greater number of neuronal connections. They have both a higher risk for trauma and a large capacity for sensing safety. (Elisabeth)
• Unexpected Events – If an autistic person is pulled out of monotropic flow too quickly, it causes our sensory systems to dysregulate. This in turn triggers us into emotional dysregulation, and we quickly find ourselves in a state ranging from uncomfortable, to grumpy, to angry, or even triggered into a meltdown or a shutdown. (Rose)

What is Monotropism?

Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson.

Read about explanations and applications of the theory, its history, and what’s happening now.

Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you do not need to accept it as a general theory of autism in order for it to be a useful description of common autistic experiences and how to work with them.

If we are right, then monotropism is one of the key ideas required for making sense of autism, along with the double empathy problem and neurodiversity. Monotropism makes sense of many autistic experiences at the individual level. The double empathy problem explains the misunderstandings that occur between people who process the world differently, often mistaken for a lack of empathy on the autistic side. Neurodiversity describes the place of autistic people and other ‘neurominorities’ in society.

Monotropism – the mind as an interest system

#attentionTunnels #behaviorism #bodyDoubling #burnout #cavendishSpace #flow #infodump #limerence #monotropicTime #monotropism #neuronormativity #penguinPebbling #rabbitholing #rumination #sensoryProcessing #tendrilTheory #unmetNeeds

Map of Monotropic Experiences

Monotropism seeks to explain autism in terms of attention distribution and interests. 

OSF Preprints | Development and Validation of a Novel Self-Report Measure of Monotropism in Autistic and Non-Autistic People: The Monotropism Questionnaire

This map highlights 20 common aspects of monotropic experience.

How many do you experience?

Created by Helen Edgar of Autistic Realms in collaboration with Stimpunks.

Inspired by the fabulous Map of Procrastination by Gemma Correll, I have created a map of monotropic experiences that reflects the main issues that impact my own life.

Curious to know what you would add or take away from this if you are Autistic/ADHD/AuDHD and resonate with this theory.

–Helen Edgar

License: “Map of Monotropic Experiences” by Helen Edgar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Sticker and Poster

The map is available as a sticker and a poster in our merch store.

The map is available as a digital download in our virtual store if you’d like to print it for yourself. A training presentation to accompany the map is also available. Payment is optional but appreciated.

Table of Contents

• Areas of the Map
• Vocabulary of the Map
• Difficulties of Neuronormative Domination
• Flow States
• Stuck States
• Socializing and the Importance of Environment
• Using the Map
• What is Monotropism?
• Training

Areas of the Map

1. Attention Tunnels
2. Penguin Pebbling Cove of Friendship
3. Tendril Theory (@EisforErin)
4. Mountains of Ruminating Thoughts
5. Cyclones of Unmet Needs
6. Rabbit Holes of Research
7. Infodump Canyon
8. Rhizomatic Communities
9. River of Monotropic Flow States
10. Campsite of Cavendish Spaces
11. Meerkat Mounds (Gray-Hammond & Adkin)
12. Riverbanks of Monotropic Time
13. Shark Infested Waters of Neuronormativity, Behaviourism & Double Empathy Problems (Milton, 2012)
14. Beach of Body Doubling
15. Burnout Whirlpools
16. Panic Hills of Low-Object Permanence
17. Forest of Joy Awe and Wonder
18. Lake of Limerence
19. Tides of the Sensory Sea
20. Sudden Storms of Unexpected Events

Vocabulary of the Map

• Attention Tunnels – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Penguin Pebbling – “Penguin pebbling” is a little exchange between two people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. (Edgar)
• Tendril Theory – When I’m focused on something, my mind sends out a million tendrils of thought, expands into all of the thoughts & feelings. When I need to switch tasks, I must retract all of the tendrils of my mind. This takes some time. (@EisforErin)
• Rumination – When your thoughts are all swirly and you just keep chewing on the same thought over and over and you can’t stop thinking about it and it’s distracting you and sometimes even putting you in a really bad mood or making you irritable. (Chipura)
• Unmet Needs – Mismatch between the areas we actually receive support, compared to the areas we would ideally like support. (Cassidy, et al)
• Rabbit Hole – “Down the rabbit hole” is an English-language idiom or trope which refers to getting deep into something, or ending up somewhere strange. (Wikipedia)
• Infodumping – Talking a lot about a topic in great detail.
• Autistic Rhizome – A growing and evolving network of Autistic communities with no hierarchy or dependence on anothers existence. (Edgar)
• Flow States – Entering flow states – or attention tunnels – is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation. (Murray)
• Cavendish Space – Psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction. (Boren)
• Meerkat Mode – Heightened state of vigilance and arousal that involves constantly looking for danger and threat. It is more than hyper-arousal, it is an overwhelmed monotropic person desperately looking for a hook into a monotropic flow-state. (Adkin)
• Monotropic Time – When absorbed in our special interests or passions it can feel like entering a portal. Normal time can feel like it is dissolving, the outside world may feel like it is melting away. This can be really rejuvenating for the sensory system and help to recharge the bodymind. (Edgar)
• Neuronormativity – Neurormativity is a set of norms, standards, expectations and ideals that centre a particular way of functioning as the right way to function. It is the assumption that there is a correct way to exist in this world; a correct way to think, feel, communicate, play, behave and more. (Wise)
• Behaviourism – Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful to how we learn, but is also oppressive, ableist, and racist. (McNutt)
• Double Empathy Problem – The ‘double empathy problem’ refers to the mutual incomprehension that occurs between people of different dispositional outlooks and personal conceptual understandings when attempts are made to communicate meaning. (Milton)
• Body Doubling – A “body double” is a person or even pet who is present with us while we work. This provides a gentle form of accountability — their presence serves as a reminder of what we’re supposed to be doing so we’re less likely to get distracted. (McCabe)
• Burnout – Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs. (Raymaker)
• Object Permanence – Autistic children have difficulties with their understanding of: what’s here, what’s now, what is permanent, and so on. (Lawson)
• Autistic Joy – Autistic joy is one of our favorite things about being autistic. It can be intense as a meltdown, but filled with overwhelming happiness and excitement. When we experience joy, we feel the excited vibrations throughout our bodies. To release the energy, we do a “happy stim.” We will jump up and down, excitedly flap our hands, sometimes even dance. (Blackwater)
• Limerence – Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person. The experience of limerence is different from love or lust in that it is based on the uncertainty that the person you desire also desires you. (Psychology Today)
• Sensory Experiences – Neurodivergent people are hypersensitive to mindset and environment due to a greater number of neuronal connections. They have both a higher risk for trauma and a large capacity for sensing safety. (Elisabeth)
• Unexpected Events – If an autistic person is pulled out of monotropic flow too quickly, it causes our sensory systems to dysregulate. This in turn triggers us into emotional dysregulation, and we quickly find ourselves in a state ranging from uncomfortable, to grumpy, to angry, or even triggered into a meltdown or a shutdown. (Rose)

Difficulties of Neuronormative Domination

There are many things that impact your ability to succeed in life and that affect your well-being if you are Autistic. This is due to the fact that the world is predominantly set up for the neuromajority of people, not the minority of Autistic/ADHD or other neurodivergent, disabled or marginalised groups. Historically, this has led to Autism research mostly being carried out by non-Autistic people with the aim of trying to fix Autistic people, to make them fit into neurotypical ways of being and to appear more ‘normal’ in society. As Ryan Boren said during a recent Stimpunks discussion, “Neuronormative domination is a public health crisis’, (Boren, 2025). We need to reframe our thinking and practice to ensure we are neurodiversity-affirming so that everyone can succeed and so that no one is left behind or stuck at the edges of society without support.

Outdated and inaccurate research influenced by non-Autistic perspectives has had harmful consequences for Autistic people. Viewing Autism through a deficit lens has led to a denial of autonomy and human rights, as Autistic individuals are perceived as abnormal and in need of correction. This has been reflected by the Shark-Infested Waters of Neuronormativity on the map. This water permeates all of society and seeps through the cracks, so people may not even notice its harm; yet it seeps through and affects families, relationships, work, education, health and social care settings.

We need to move away from deficit-based views of Autism and instead embrace neuro-affirming theories led by Autistic people such as the theory of Monotropism. By embracing neurodiversity and validating the lived experiences of Autistic people and listening to stories shared in community spaces, we can create an ecology of care and equity that supports everyone so we all have a chance to thrive.

Flow States

Monotropism is a neuro-affirming theory of Autism. Everyone benefits from flow states, but for Autistic people, flow is even more important. Everyone has a certain amount of energy and capacity to get through their days. For monotropic people (Autistic/ ADHD), their energy and attention resources are more focused on fewer things at any one time and flow states are essential to help you get through the day and balance your mind and body. Being engaged in a flow state if you are monotropic can feel like your energy is being restored.

We need to embrace flow states and our authentic Autistic identity. This will enable the river of monotropism to run through society, so Autistic people can thrive and not feel like they are constantly trying to swim upstream against the tide.

Really getting to know young monotropic people’s passions and centring their learning around their interests can be hugely beneficial. It enables greater academic progress and supports their bodymind, communication skills and sensory system. 

A happy monotropic bodymind = a happy flow state!

Sharing joy about your interests as a monotropic person is more than just sharing your hobby with someone; it can create deeper connections, which also allows your sensory system to become more regulated. A happy mind in a flow state generally means a happier body, and vice versa! Interest-led groups have been shown to be really beneficial for many Autistic people (Wood, 2018)

Stuck States

Being a monotropic person in a world that is designed for the benefit of the majority of polytropic people is exhausting. If you can’t access safe spaces, engage in your interests and feel connected, then you are more likely to enter a stuck state. 

If you are in a stuck state, it will affect your well-being. A stuck state affects everything, from how you experience and are able to understand and interpret your sensory needs (including interoception) to how well you can function and live the life you want. Stuck states are states of inertia, unable to start or may be unable to stop. You may feel trapped in a constant loop of ruminating thoughts.

Socializing and the Importance of Environment

By making changes to the environment in schools, workplaces, and other settings and providing opportunities that honour authentic ways Autistic people communicate and adaptations that may need to be in place to meet sensory needs it will benefit everyone. 

Embracing neurodiversity means embracing and validating the lived experience of everyone, including Autistic/ ADHD and other marginalised people. Enabling flow states and providing an environment where everyone’s well-being is supported will help whole communities to thrive. We need to listen to Autistic/ ADHD people and create a sense of pride around monotropic experiences.

Using the Map

• Where are you on the map?
• Where do you want to be?
• How can you get there?
• What support will you need?
• What is your biggest hurdle ?

What is Monotropism?

Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson.

Read about explanations and applications of the theory, its history, and what’s happening now.

Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you do not need to accept it as a general theory of autism in order for it to be a useful description of common autistic experiences and how to work with them.

If we are right, then monotropism is one of the key ideas required for making sense of autism, along with the double empathy problem and neurodiversity. Monotropism makes sense of many autistic experiences at the individual level. The double empathy problem explains the misunderstandings that occur between people who process the world differently, often mistaken for a lack of empathy on the autistic side. Neurodiversity describes the place of autistic people and other ‘neurominorities’ in society.

Monotropism – the mind as an interest system

https://youtu.be/qUFDAevkd3E?si=ngjxiXDFn2E-v92J

Training

Our training builds on the Map of Monotropic Experiences to help reframe how we understand ourselves and Autistic people, not through the deficit-focused lens of traditional autism research, but through lived experience and Autistic voices.

Our open source training offers a radical, affirming reframe of Autism, grounded in the theory of monotropism — a way of understanding the deep, focused attention patterns common among Autistic and ADHD individuals.

Rather than seeing Autistic traits as deficits, monotropism recognises our monotropic “interest-based nervous system” as a natural and meaningful way of engaging with the world.

At the heart of our work is the importance of embracing authentic Autistic identity, not as something broken or needing correction, but as a valuable and vibrant way of being. Building strong community connections and validating lived experiences are central to this journey.

You’ll Learn To:

✅ Understand the theory of monotropism and the importance of flow
✅ Recognise how environments can create “stuck states”
✅ Explore the detrimental impact of neuronormative domination on Autistic well-being
✅ Create flow-supportive environments where ALL minds can thrive
✅ Understand intersectionality and the Double Empathy Problem for deeper inclusion
✅ Celebrate authentic Autistic identity and the strength of community storytelling and shared experiences

Perfect for: schools, healthcare settings, workplaces, and community networks.
A creative tool for reflection, connection, and meaningful change.

Timing and Preparation: The training content is approximately 4,000 words, designed to cover around 45 minutes of presentation time. Delivered live as a workshop with space for discussion and Q&A, it typically runs for 1-2 hours and can be expanded into a full-day session if preferred.

#attentionTunnels #behaviorism #bodyDoubling #burnout #cavendishSpace #flow #infodump #limerence #monotropicTime #monotropism #neuronormativity #penguinPebbling #rabbitholing #rumination #sensoryProcessing #tendrilTheory #unmetNeeds

Former #2NE1 #Kpop idol, #Minzy (#공민지), landed safely in the #Philippines half an hour ago.

Welcome back!

In 2020, Minzy released a Tagalog version of her song “Lovely”.

I hope this time, she will release a #Ppop (Pilipino Popular music) song. It could even be an #OPM (Original Pilipino Music).

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Aside / #infodump:

**P-pop**, or Pilipino Popular Music, is all music composed or performed by a Filipino.

**OPM**, or Original Pilipino Music, is every original music composed by a Filipino.

(see: https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/kb/ppop/difference-ppop-opm-202258/ )

If Minzy releases a music composed by a Filipino, she officially becomes a member of P-pop. And if Minzy releases an original music composed by a Filipino, then that new song is considered an OPM.

Just like her former #2NE1 member, Sandara Park. Sandara Park (#박산다라) also happens to be the first solo female P-pop idol. (see: https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/kb/ppop/ppop-idol-year-202280/ )

#Dara #Sandara #SandaraPark

Former #2NE1 #Kpop idol, #Minzy (#공민지), landed safely in the #Philippines half an hour ago.

Welcome back!

In 2020, Minzy released a Tagalog version of her song “Lovely”.

I hope this time, she will release a #Ppop (Pilipino Popular music) song. It could even be an #OPM (Original Pilipino Music).

---

Aside / #infodump:

**P-pop**, or Pilipino Popular Music, is all music composed or performed by a Filipino.

**OPM**, or Original Pilipino Music, is every original music composed by a Filipino.

(see: https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/kb/ppop/difference-ppop-opm-202258/ )

If Minzy releases a music composed by a Filipino, she officially becomes a member of P-pop. And if Minzy releases an original music composed by a Filipino, then that new song is considered an OPM.

Just like her former #2NE1 member, Sandara Park. Sandara Park (#박산다라) also happens to be the first solo female P-pop idol. (see: https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/kb/ppop/ppop-idol-year-202280/ )

#Dara #Sandara #SandaraPark

Happy 125th Independence from Spain my beloved Nation, the Philippines!

(Which ironically, we're still using the name they gave us.)

For today's independence post, let's talk a bit about General Pío del Pilar.

The attached image is the KKK (Katipunan) flag used by General Pío del Pilar, the namesake of barangay Pio del Pilar, #Makati City.

His flag was called “Bandila ng Matagumpay” (en: “Flag of the Triumphants”) and was first used on July 11, 1895. (And his KKK faction was called “Matagumpay” (en: “Triumphants”)

Pío del Pilar was a force to reckoned with. He liberated , defended, and participated in many battles against the Spaniards. Some of these places we know today as Mandaluyong City, Las Piñas City, the Municipality of Pateros, Taguig, the province of Nueva Ecija, parts of Cavite province, and Calamba City (in the province of Laguna), to mention a few. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADo_del_Pilar )

Fun facts:
* General Pío del Pilar was born in Barrio Culi-culi, San Pedro de Macati.

* Barrio Culi-culi is today's barangays Pio del Pilar and Bangkal.

* While San Pedro de Macati is now Makati City.

* His father was a farmer from Pasay City (one of the oldest cities in the country, and itself was a “kingdom” in pre-colonial times, named after Dayang-dayang (princess) Pasay, daughter of Rajah Sulayman of the “kingdom” of Maynila).

* And his mother was an embroider from Mandaluyong City.

#ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines!

#YourOnlyOne's #infodump

#KKK #Katipunan #Philippines #Independence from #Spain #IndependenceDay #June12 #FilipinoMonth #Pilipinas #Ppop #Pdrama #PHdrama #IndependencePH #IndependenceDayPH #ArawNgKasarinlan #ArawNgKasarinlán #ArawNgKalayaan #History #Freedom from our oppressors!

[[Philippines]] [[Independence Day]] [[June 12]] [[Spain]] [[KKK]] [[Katipunan]] [[Freedom]] [[Sovereignty]]

@pinoy @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @pilipinas @[email protected] @[email protected]

Happy 125th Independence from Spain my beloved Nation, the Philippines!

(Which ironically, we're still using the name they gave us.)

For today's independence post, let's talk a bit about General Pío del Pilar.

The attached image is the KKK (Katipunan) flag used by General Pío del Pilar, the namesake of barangay Pio del Pilar, #Makati City.

His flag was called “Bandila ng Matagumpay” (en: “Flag of the Triumphants”) and was first used on July 11, 1895. (And his KKK faction was called “Matagumpay” (en: “Triumphants”)

Pío del Pilar was a force to reckoned with. He liberated , defended, and participated in many battles against the Spaniards. Some of these places we know today as Mandaluyong City, Las Piñas City, the Municipality of Pateros, Taguig, the province of Nueva Ecija, parts of Cavite province, and Calamba City (in the province of Laguna), to mention a few. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADo_del_Pilar )

Fun facts:
* General Pío del Pilar was born in Barrio Culi-culi, San Pedro de Macati.

* Barrio Culi-culi is today's barangays Pio del Pilar and Bangkal.

* While San Pedro de Macati is now Makati City.

* His father was a farmer from Pasay City (one of the oldest cities in the country, and itself was a “kingdom” in pre-colonial times, named after Dayang-dayang (princess) Pasay, daughter of Rajah Sulayman of the “kingdom” of Maynila).

* And his mother was an embroider from Mandaluyong City.

#ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines!

#YourOnlyOne's #infodump

#KKK #Katipunan #Philippines #Independence from #Spain #IndependenceDay #June12 #FilipinoMonth #Pilipinas #Ppop #Pdrama #PHdrama #IndependencePH #IndependenceDayPH #ArawNgKasarinlan #ArawNgKasarinlán #ArawNgKalayaan #History #Freedom from our oppressors!

[[Philippines]] [[Independence Day]] [[June 12]] [[Spain]] [[KKK]] [[Katipunan]] [[Freedom]] [[Sovereignty]]

@pinoy @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @pilipinas @[email protected] @[email protected]

jesuis wrote:

Quien te dice que sea solo una persona que tenga accesso a ..

Diga @jesuisatire, esta usted intentando jugar con sus derechos y permisos en esta comunidad?
Mire que la @picota esta ahí a la vuelta no mas ..

#infoDump:
Por cierto @santiago_v, resulta que esta cuenta aquí se encuentra en un servidor #friendica, o sea no es #mastodon y por lo tanto tiene un montón de particularidades diferentes a lo que ustedes pueden hacer ahí. Una de ellas es, si es que esta habilitado por la administración, de tener multiples perfiles. Adjunto un pantallazo de una pagina de administrar perfiles. Tupambae.org es un servidores que se dedica a facilitar "cuentas de comunidad", perfiles de foros comunitarios. La lista de foros públicos se encuentra aquí.
Los avatares que se ven en la imagen son algunos de los foros de temáticas especificas que la gente puede seguir.
Esta por ejemplo el foro @permacultura, que es para temas de huerta, campo y cultura de sostenibilidad.
👍

@sinmisterios @CeciPrieto
#fediTutorial

jesuis wrote:

Quien te dice que sea solo una persona que tenga accesso a ..

Diga @jesuisatire, esta usted intentando jugar con sus derechos y permisos en esta comunidad?
Mire que la @picota esta ahí a la vuelta no mas ..

#infoDump:
Por cierto @santiago_v, resulta que esta cuenta aquí se encuentra en un servidor #friendica, o sea no es #mastodon y por lo tanto tiene un montón de particularidades diferentes a lo que ustedes pueden hacer ahí. Una de ellas es, si es que esta habilitado por la administración, de tener multiples perfiles. Adjunto un pantallazo de una pagina de administrar perfiles. Tupambae.org es un servidores que se dedica a facilitar "cuentas de comunidad", perfiles de foros comunitarios. La lista de foros públicos se encuentra aquí.
Los avatares que se ven en la imagen son algunos de los foros de temáticas especificas que la gente puede seguir.
Esta por ejemplo el foro @permacultura, que es para temas de huerta, campo y cultura de sostenibilidad.
👍

@sinmisterios @CeciPrieto
#fediTutorial

jesuis wrote:

Quien te dice que sea solo una persona que tenga accesso a ..

Diga @jesuisatire, esta usted intentando jugar con sus derechos y permisos en esta comunidad?
Mire que la @picota esta ahí a la vuelta no mas ..

#infoDump:
Por cierto @santiago_v, resulta que esta cuenta aquí se encuentra en un servidor #friendica, o sea no es #mastodon y por lo tanto tiene un montón de particularidades diferentes a lo que ustedes pueden hacer ahí. Una de ellas es, si es que esta habilitado por la administración, de tener multiples perfiles. Adjunto un pantallazo de una pagina de administrar perfiles. Tupambae.org es un servidores que se dedica a facilitar "cuentas de comunidad", perfiles de foros comunitarios. La lista de foros públicos se encuentra aquí.
Los avatares que se ven en la imagen son algunos de los foros de temáticas especificas que la gente puede seguir.
Esta por ejemplo el foro @permacultura, que es para temas de huerta, campo y cultura de sostenibilidad.
👍

@sinmisterios @CeciPrieto
#fediTutorial

jesuis wrote:

Quien te dice que sea solo una persona que tenga accesso a ..

Diga @jesuisatire, esta usted intentando jugar con sus derechos y permisos en esta comunidad?
Mire que la @picota esta ahí a la vuelta no mas ..

#infoDump:
Por cierto @santiago_v, resulta que esta cuenta aquí se encuentra en un servidor #friendica, o sea no es #mastodon y por lo tanto tiene un montón de particularidades diferentes a lo que ustedes pueden hacer ahí. Una de ellas es, si es que esta habilitado por la administración, de tener multiples perfiles. Adjunto un pantallazo de una pagina de administrar perfiles. Tupambae.org es un servidores que se dedica a facilitar "cuentas de comunidad", perfiles de foros comunitarios. La lista de foros públicos se encuentra aquí.
Los avatares que se ven en la imagen son algunos de los foros de temáticas especificas que la gente puede seguir.
Esta por ejemplo el foro @permacultura, que es para temas de huerta, campo y cultura de sostenibilidad.
👍

@sinmisterios @CeciPrieto
#fediTutorial

Information overload from the 1500’s

#history #infodump #ConradGessner

Information overload from the 1500’s

#history #infodump #ConradGessner

Me: staring at my spouse adoringly, studying the lines and pores on his face, waiting patiently for him to get to a good stopping point in his work so I can infodump on him about Otamatones.

#ADHD #ADHDMemes #ADHDMusicians #MusicMemes #MusicalInstruments #InfoDump #AuDHD #NeuroDiverse #NeuroDivergent #Music #Otamatone

Boyf: I've been thinking of buying a Tarot Deck for myself

Me: Waaaait just one second..

:: immediately opens 17 tabs and bombards him with info ::

#Tarot #InfoDump #AuctuallyAutistic

Some ideas for scoutspy wrestling au, which will be the same as all my other aus (guy who used to be a huge slut is now very old and has an adoring fan)

- Slightly thick spoih
- Obviously pulling from Jake tha snake here, only one guy gets the snake gimmick :P
- If we go for Scylla for his gimmick name, maybe he could plop squids on people or throw 'em in a shark tank LMAO
- 80's territory guy, maybe had a small run in the Larger Sports Entertainment Company, but did not reach the financial security of other top guys, and didn't hit the merch royalties of the late 90's.
- Thus in his old age, Mr. Scylla is doing pop culture conventions with his peers to pay for his medically mandated bacta tank/iron lung.
- Ollie is a Huge Fan! He traded all the tapes! He follows Mr. Scylla into the bathroom to see if Scylla's penis really was bitten off by a snake... or if it's just kayfabe.
- Scylla probably kayfabes Ollie into becoming his "assistant" for free and bring him to his dialysis appointments as well as get him water LMAO.
- Ollie is convinced this is his own first step into learning how to wrassle from the greats, nevermind that Ollie is about 5'4" and 110 lbs wet.
- Yaoi Sexo ensues
- Something about how Mr. S was NOT into garbage wrestling, but Ollie being a trash ass millenial loves the trashy shit. Pressuring old man Scylla into doing those fetishy hardcore matches in his elder years?! Ollie slowly becoming Scylla's manager... (referencing Iron Shiek's nephews or whatever running his twitter account and rolling him into meet n' greets lol)

Much to think about. Just like Glam Basile, or every single other character I have, I am entranced by life on da road with groupies -> old guys coping in the era of smartphones and stans.

#ocs #ollieNBasile #art #doodles #INFODUMP #scoutspy

The Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions

We love this fun tweet on the five neurodivergent love locutions from the always insightful Myth.

The five neurodivergent love languages: infodumping, parallel play, support swapping, Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body [deep pressure], and “I found this cool rock/button/leaf/etc and thought you would like it” [penguin pebbling]

Myth @neurowonderful

Emotional bids are the pixels of relationship communications and are important to relationship accommodations. This list is much about recognizing and meeting some common neurodivergent emotional bids in relationships, thus the phrase “love locutions”.

Note: This piece originally used the phrase “love languages”. Despite the popularity of the term, we have opted for “love locutions” to distance from the emotionally abusive and heteronormative history of the book “The Five Love Languages”.

Locution = a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level

We’ll expand on each “love locution” with selected quotes, images, and videos.

An emotional bid is when we do something to signal that we want attention and connection.

Emotional bids are central to every kind of relationship – romantic, social and professional.

The Most Important Relationship Skill – Emotional Bids

Gottman refers to bids as “the fundamental unit of emotional communication.” Bids can be small or big, verbal or nonverbal. They’re requests to connect.

Bids are often purposely subtle because people are afraid to be vulnerable and put themselves out there. It’s scary to say, “Hey! I want to connect! Pay attention to me!” so instead, we ask a question or tell a story or offer our hand for connection. We hope we’ll receive connection in return, but if not, it’s less scary than pleading, “Connect with me, please!”

Want to Improve Your Relationship? Start Paying More Attention to Bids

Table of Contents

• In Brief
• Prelude: Strange Astrology
• Infodumping
• Parallel Play, Body Doubling
• Support Swapping, Sharing Spoons
• Deep Pressure: Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body
• Penguin Pebbling: “I found this cool rock, button, leaf, etc. and thought you would like it”
• Neurodivergent Love Locutions and Teamwork
• Spiky Profiles
• Support Myth

In Brief

The Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions

• Infodumping – Talking about an interest or passion of yours and thus sharing information, usually in detail and at length
• Parallel Play, Body Doubling – Parallel play is when people do separate activities with each other, not trying to influence each others behavior.
• Support Swapping, Sharing Spoons – Accommodating and supporting each other within a community. Asking, offering, and receiving help among people who “get it”.
• Deep Pressure: Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body – Regulating with deep pressure input such as through swaddles, weighted blankets, and hugs.
• Penguin Pebbling: “I found this cool rock, button, leaf, etc. and thought you would like it” – Penguins pass pebbles to other penguins to show they care. Penguin Pebbling is a little exchange between people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. Pebbles are a way of sharing SpIns, both inviting people into yours and encouraging other’s. SpIns are a trove for unconventional gift giving.

Aside: Stimpunks in 30 seconds

Stimpunks is a disabled- and neurodivergent-led mutual aid and public education project. We build free tools, language, and access guides that help people survive bad systems, find dignity, and live more authentically. If this page resonates, you’re in the right place.

Prelude: Strange Astrology

I like them spooky and you're just my style
Said the Leo to the Taurus
And if you’d like to stay with me awhile
I'll cover us with forest
We can stroll across a magic land
It's green and it is glowing
Lay our bodies in the moss and sand
We know and we are knowing

https://youtu.be/E7VVOl7tv9g

“Strange Astrology” is one of the only proper love songs I’ve ever written. It’s an honest exploration of what it means to love someone who is intrinsically different than you. It’s about hoping that those juxtaposing qualities and instincts encourage meaningful growth instead of chaos, but knowing that inevitably it will always be a bit of both. 

FLOOD – Slothrust Break Down Their Spiritual New LP “Parallel Timeline” Track by Track

And I don’t mind
Our strange astrology
I hope we find
You bring the best out in me

Strange Astrology by Slothrust

Infodumping

Cause some have been asking: Infodumping: talking about an interest or passion of yours and thus sharing information, usually in detail and at length

@neurowonderful

SpIns and Infodumps

I don’t know who invented the phrase “special interest.” Probably some researcher. Autistic people don’t really love the term because the term “special” has become tied so closely with terms like “special needs,” which we resent.

Nevertheless, somewhere down the line “special interest,” commonly shortened to SpIn (“spin”), became the term for the characteristically-autistic tendency to develop an obsession with something specific and often obscure.

Some special interests are short lived, and some last the lifetime of the person; but, however long they last, they are intense, delightful, and a vital part of autistic culture.

So integral are special interests to autistic culture that autistic people will post about feeling depressed and unmotivated because they don’t have an active SpIn at the moment.

Having a special interest is like having a crush or being newly in love. It is consuming and delightful. We love to share our special interests and a common example of autistic empathy is encouraging others to talk in great detail- “infodump“- about their SpIns.

It is considered a sign of caring and friendship to encourage someone to talk to you about their SpIn– whether or not you actually share their interest- because nothing makes an autistic person happier than discussing, learning about, or sharing about, their SpIn.

It is also quite acceptable in autistic culture to “infodump” on a topic whenever it happens to come up. To autists (an insider short-hand for autistic people), the sharing of knowledge and information is always welcome.

7 Cool Aspects of Autistic Culture » NeuroClastic

🐇 …when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by…

Parallel Play, Body Doubling

Parallel play: some people call this being alone together, as in when you’re both reading your own books in the same room, or one person is doing a puzzle while another plays a video game, etc. Just existing together counts too.

@neurowonderful

We enjoy parallel play and shared activities that don’t require continual conversation. When we talk, it gets deep quickly. We discuss what’s real, our struggles, fears, desires, obsessions. We appreciate a good infodump, and there’s no such thing as oversharing. We swap SAME stories — sharing a time when we felt similarly in our own life, not as a competition, but to reflect how well we are listening to each other.

Lost in Translation: The Social Language Theory of Neurodivergence | by Trauma Geek | Medium

I want to spend time in parallel existence with you; let’s be alone together.

neurowonderful — neurowonderful: They’re here! Because you…

There’s something so nice about just existing in the same space with someone. Just getting to spend time with them and maybe you do something together or maybe you do homework while they play a game and you both have headphones on. There’s no expectations for anyone to do anything. It’s just nice to be there, no matter what happens.

Colonel Meme – There’s something so nice about just existing in…

https://alciefromwonderland.tumblr.com/post/662119092974731264/theres-something-so-nice-about-just-existing-in

Parallel play is when people do separate activities with each other, not trying to influence each others behavior. I like socializing and I get lonely; I like company even though I don’t like group activities, group conversations, group games, small talking, or large groups in general… I prefer being in someone’s company while doing my own activity. It is much less mentally taxing. With parallel play, I can be myself and communicate when I want to.

Parallel Play and Autism | GENDERVOID MEGAVERSE

https://kyahcomic.tumblr.com/post/666779926767288320/transcription-parallel-play-and-autism-my

Related to parallel play is the ADHDer practice of body doubling.

But in the world of ADHD, a body double is someone who sits with a person with ADHD as he tackles tasks that might be difficult to complete alone.

Many people with ADHD find it easier to stay focused on housework, homework, bill paying, and other tasks when someone else is around to keep them company. The body double may just sit quietly. He may read, listen to music on headphones, or work on the task that the person with ADHD is working on. Hard work is simply more fun when someone else is nearby.

Getting Stuff Done Is Easier with a Friend

But why does a body double work? There are a few possible explanations. The simplest is that the body double serves as a physical anchor for the distracted individual who feels more focused by the presence of another person in their space. The distracted person feels responsible to and for the body double. This perception translates as­-I can’t waste this gift of time.

The Body Double: A Unique Tool for Getting Things Done | ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association

But she wasn’t there to procrastinate. For an hour, Ms. Bee, a teacher in her 30s, live-streamed herself sorting the clothes on her account dedicated to ADHD: brainsandspoons. As the live stream went on, viewers jumped in to do their own laundry “with” her.

“Everybody was so encouraging,” said Ms. Bee, who learned she has ADHD as an adult. “It made it really feel like a group project, not just me by myself on camera. It definitely made the time go by faster.”

The ADHD community calls the practice “body doubling.”

‘Body doubling,’ an ADHD productivity tool, is flourishing online | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

https://youtu.be/ni9biXNDZe0

If you imagine that an autistic kid at school is likely to be wrenched out of their attention tunnel multiple times every day, each time leading to disorientation and deep discomfort, you are on your way to understanding why school environments can be so stressful for many autistic students. If you can avoid contributing to that, you may find that you have an easier time with your autistic students: try entering into their attention tunnel when you can, rather than tugging them out of it. Parallel play is one powerful tool for this; start where the child is, show interest in what they’re focused on. If you do need to pull them out of whatever they’re focusing on, it’s best to give them a bit of time.

Craft, Flow and Cognitive Styles

Support Swapping, Sharing Spoons

Support swapping: I don’t know if this is a widely used term. I used it to mean when ND people accomodate or support each other, like if I remind a friend hydrate and they ask me if I’ve taken my meds, or a friend helps me write an email and later I help them with homework, etc

@neurowonderful

Neurodivergent people, working together, can fill the gaps in each other’s spiky profiles. Go team. Members of the Neurodiversity ERG at Automattic help each other out during synchronous, meatspace meetups, which can be very stressful.

Support swapping can happen during parallel play, making for a nice moment of converging love languages.

The people tell us what they need, and we find the person in the community who can meet that need.

A concept we have taken to calling “sharing spoons.”

What are we working on now? 🥄 #onefreeapp #sharingspoons #communitysolutions #mutualaid (feat. @lindsaymakesvideos)

https://www.tiktok.com/@onefreeapp/video/7085002262749138219

https://youtu.be/4gLNzlKVVrY

What is mutual aid?

“Solidarity, not charity.”

Why is a spoon share helpful?

• Interdependence, understanding and support
• Gives opportunity to help & care for other in on our own terms and within our own capacities
• Direct support in a community within a community
• It’s much easier to practice asking, offering, receiving, and declining among people who “get it”!

Collective Community Care: Dreaming of Futures in Autistic Mutual Aid

Increasingly, autistic communities have been exposed to ideas of disability justice, interdependence, access intimacy, collective/community care, and mutual aid. Care collectives, spoon shares, and other community care groups by and for disabled people, racialized people, LGBTQ2IA+ people (and people at this intersection) are growing in number. Is there a future for autistic spaces to also act as spaces of intentional mutual aid?

Moving from a rights-based perspective to a justice-based one necessitates a look at our care systems and re-envisioning how our communities function to ensure no one is left behind.

Collective Community Care: Dreaming of Futures in Autistic Mutual Aid, Autscape: 2020 Presentations

Deep Pressure: Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body

Please Crush My Soul Back Into My Body: deep pressure input good!! Provides proprioceptive input and can soothe body stress responses (always get consent)

@neurowonderful

A famous example of the common autistic preference for deep pressure input is Temple Grandin’s Squeeze Machine.

At age 18, I constructed the squeeze machine to help calm down the anxiety and panic attacks. Using the machine for 15 minutes would reduce my anxiety for up to 45-60 minutes (Grandin and Scariano 1986). The relaxing effect was maximized if the machine was used twice a day.

Gradually, my tolerance of being held by the squeeze machine grew. Knowing that I could initiate the pressure, and stop it if the stimulation became too intense, helped me to reduce the oversensitivity of my “nervous system.” A once overwhelming stimulus was now a pleasurable experience.

Using the machine enabled me to learn to tolerate being touched by another person. By age 25, I was able to relax in the machine without pulling away from it. It also made me feel less aggressive and less tense. Soon I noted a change in our cat’s reaction to me. The cat, who used to run away from me now would stay with me, because I had learned to caress him with a gentler touch. I had to be comforted myself before I could give comfort to the cat.

As my “nervous system” calmed down, I required less squeeze pressure to produce a comforting feeling. Gradually, I could reduce the pressure regulator setting from 80 to 60 psi.

Calming Effects of Deep Touch Pressure in Patients with Autistic Disorder, College Students, and Animals

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAWwl7nr2m

But I’m tortured because whilst I don’t want to make a scene or have strangers adding to the overload and overwhelm, I’m simultaneously desperate for someone to give me a massive, firm, bear-hug. To hide me, cocoon me, and shield me from the shock waves that travel from their universe into mine.

On meltdowns | The Misadventures of Mama Pineapple

I can think of no logical reasons why swaddles should just be for babies because they are super helpful.

They’re like a hug without physical contact. That’s amazing!

soundoftheforest

https://www.tiktok.com/@soundoftheforest/video/7120254634840722734?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Penguin Pebbling: “I found this cool rock, button, leaf, etc. and thought you would like it”

Penguin Pebbling

It’s our way of saying, “I thought about you today. I remembered this thing about you. Here’s something I want to share with you specifically.

Send a little “thinking of you” pebble. It helps.

@brainsandspoons

https://www.tiktok.com/@brainsandspoons/video/7022297986004733189?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7056043377922491909

Penguins pass pebbles to other penguins to show they care. Penguin Pebbling is a little exchange between two people to show that they care and want to build a meaningful connection. For autistic people, giving little gifts spontaneously can be a meaningful way of communicating that you are thinking about someone and that you care. We are not talking about spending money, rather it is about building connections through the friendship you have developed between you both.

This could look like finding a pretty pebble, twig, or flower, perhaps taking a photo on a walk you enjoyed together and sharing it with someone to say, ‘This reminded me of you today, I hope you like it.’ Navigating the complex world of communication and socialisation may feel too much at times and Penguin Pebbling is a small act to show you care, just because it is a nice thing to do!

Penguin Pebbling – An Autistic Love Language

Penguins give pebbles to other penguins to show that they care.

@brainsandspoons

I found this cool rock/button/leaf etc and thought you would like it: unconventional gift giving, sharing things that are valuable or interesting to you as a sign of affection, OR giving someone a thing you know they are interested in (sure, memes count)

@neurowonderful

Penguin Pebbling gets back to SpIns, both inviting people into yours and encouraging other’s. SpIns are a trove for unconventional gift giving.

Neurodivergent Love Locutions and Teamwork

The “love locutions” — infodumping, parallel play (including body doubling), support swapping, penguin pebbling, and deep pressure — aren’t just ways neurodivergent people show care in personal relationships. They also show up in how we work together, collaborate, and build community.

These are not quirks. They are forms of connection, regulation, and mutual support — and they can make teams healthier, more humane, and more effective.

Infodumping as Shared Context

In a team setting, infodumping can look like sharing what you know deeply and generously — helping others understand a problem, a history, or a passion. When we infodump to each other, we’re offering context and inviting people into our thinking.

Parallel Play and Body Doubling as Presence Without Pressure

Parallel play and body doubling show up when people work alongside each other without forcing constant conversation. This can be powerful in asynchronous or distributed work: it means you’re present and engaged without social pressure, creating psychological safety and trust.

Support Swapping as Mutual Aid in Miniature

Support swapping is teamwork in action. It’s asking for what you need, offering help in turn, and adapting to each other’s capacities. In teams that “get it,” people watch out for one another — checking in, sharing load, and matching tasks to strengths.

Penguin Pebbling as Small Acts of Care

Penguin pebbling shows up when team members share small things that matter — a useful resource, a link, a tool, a meme that perfectly captures the moment. These symbolic acts of care build connection over time.

Deep Pressure as a Metaphor for Regulation and Safety

Deep pressure isn’t something you literally translate into professional life, but it points to something real: what helps regulate and ground a nervous system — predictability, consent, comfort, respect — also helps teams work better together.

Collaboration Without Neuronormativity

Recognizing these locutions helps us build neurodiverse competency networks — teams where people don’t just tolerate difference, they leverage it. Collaboration becomes less about forcing everyone to communicate the same way, and more about finding mutual ways to connect, care, and get things done together.

Teamwork is not sameness. Teamwork is mutuality.

Teamwork isn’t about who does the most; it’s about who can show up for each other in ways that fit their nervous systems.

Spiky Profiles

Appreciate the strange astrology of our spiky profiles coming together.

So, one of the things to also bear in mind with this is that the impairments that exist in terms of relationships or even in broader sense with folks both on the spectrum and with ADHD is that our impairments can often be invisible.

We’ve been socialized to try and speak neurotypical, but we’re not good at it.

A lot of relationship-difficulties for folks who are neurodiverse come from misunderstandings of intent. Misunderstandings of action. Or feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. Often because we come from an entire lifetime of literally not being accepted for who we are.

ADHD and Autism Relationship Accommodations — How to Get Your Needs Met

Spiky Profiles and Love Locutions

Spiky profiles also help explain why neurodivergent “love locutions” matter so much.

When someone’s abilities are uneven — strong in some areas, vulnerable in others — connection and care can’t be reduced to one narrow, neuronormative script. We need more ways to communicate safety, belonging, and support.

Love locutions are often the relational accommodations that make spiky lives livable.

• Infodumping lets someone share competence and passion, even if small talk is impossible.
• Parallel play / body doubling supports presence and teamwork when conversation is draining or hard to time.
• Support swapping acknowledges that capacity fluctuates — today I can carry this, tomorrow you carry me.
• Penguin pebbling creates low-pressure connection through small, meaningful gestures when direct emotional language is difficult.
• Deep pressure reminds us that regulation is relational — nervous systems often need grounding, not performance.

In other words: spiky profiles mean people may not always be able to show care in conventional ways. Love locutions expand the vocabulary of connection.

Neurodivergent love is often an accessibility practice.

Join the Randimals in learning about spiky profiles.

“What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.”

https://youtu.be/E7VVOl7tv9g

And I don’t mind
Our strange astrology
I hope we find
You bring the best out in me

Strange Astrology by Slothrust

https://stimpunks.org/different

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Most Read / Start Here

New here? These are the pages people use most—language, survival tools, and the Stimpunks worldview.

Most Read

• The Five Neurodivergent Love Locutions
• 🌈 Authenticity Is Our Purest Freedom
• AuDHD
• Dolphining
• Monotropism Questionnaire
• Samefood
• Penguin Pebbling
• Neurodivergent

Start Here

Pick the doorway that matches what you need today.

• Get Help
• Start Here
• Glossary Map
• Monotropism & Attention Worlds
• Burnout & Sensory Safety
• Communication & Interaction Access
• Learning Spaces (Cavendish)
• Justice & Systems

Follow what resonates. Keep what helps.

🗺 Tour the Site

Don’t try to read everything. Take the quick orientation.

🆘 Crisis Mode: Small Steps, Right Now

If your brain is loud, your body is shaking, or everything is too much: you’re not failing. Systems are heavy. Sensory life is real. Start with the smallest next step.

I need help today

• Get Help — fastest paths and next steps
• Coping — survival resources and grounding
• Mutual Aid Grants — real help against the onslaught

My sensory system is on fire

• Burnout & Sensory Safety — reduce load, reduce harm
• Neuroception & Sensory Load — what’s happening in your bodymind
• Sensory Checklist Gallery — quick environment fixes

Words are hard / people are hard

• Communication & Interaction Access — connection without pressure
• Situational Mutism
• Glossary Map — find language that fits

Permission slip: you are allowed to stop. you are allowed to need help. you are allowed to be a real human with real needs.

#RadiotrophicFungus posts will have to wait... Went down the #RomanWomen #RomanHistory wormhole tonight. I hope folks found my #InfoDump to be interesting (and relevant to current events). 🧑🏼‍🎓

#RadiotrophicFungus posts will have to wait... Went down the #RomanWomen #RomanHistory wormhole tonight. I hope folks found my #InfoDump to be interesting (and relevant to current events). 🧑🏼‍🎓