#ActuallyAutistic late dx. RTs: Art, Autism, Mental Health, Nature, Photography, Science, UC & PIP, ...

Orion nebula & UK
Joined April 2017
1/n Survey for autistic people. Am I the only #ActuallyAutistic who lives on pizza & junk food because executive function means cooking a healthy meal more than a few times per decade is beyond me? Please tell me how you feel about cooking, & RT. Thx.
17%I enjoy cooking
27%I'm OK with cooking
36%Cooking's quite stressful
20%Too stressful for me
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Today Elon took my Blue Tick away. As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected, can you please do me a favour?🙏 If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's my photo of a rare Black Redstart after a fly🐦
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1/3. Hi, @ToshibaStorage. Below is a snapshot from toshiba-storage.com/products…. I bought this drive from an @AmazonUK supplier who used the same images as the Toshiba website. Your image shows WHITE USB A & C cables that match the white & silver drive, & each other. [Continued ...]
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2/3. Below is a photo of the drive I bought & the cables that came with it. The USB-A cable is black, not the complementary white shown by @ToshibaStorage & @AmazonUK. When I contacted them, the supplier said all their stock of this drive have a black USB-A cable. [Continued ...]
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3/3. Until this most recent purchase, I've been very pleased with the high standard of @ToshibaStorage products I've bought, so I'm disappointed that Toshiba's standards have slipped in this instance. Please tell me what you intend to do to rectify the situation. Thank you.
@OpenreachHelp URGENT 1/2 Your engineer cut my phone cable last Friday & 6 days later you still haven't repaired the line. Thx to you, I now have no Broadband or landline. Mobile signal at home is 1 bar at best. @YourSSE claim they've told you of urgency due to my disability ...
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@OpenreachHelp URGENT 2/2 ... & my need to access support. Disability & rural location mean I need to order groceries online. Broadband & landline are also essential for my work & my mental health. Tell me when you will be fixing the problem you created.
Me: I don't want to touch your crates because of COVID. @Tesco delivery driver: I believe in herd immunity. There's only a very small chance of getting sick/dying from COVID. Me: 😱😮 @Tesco pls train/vet your delivery drivers to take COVID precautions seriously to protect us.
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A lounging humpback whale and her newborn garner the top prize in an international photography contest thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/h…
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If you want to help the National Farmers Union (@NFUtweets) be strengthened to push back against our Govt letting British farming be undercut by the US, it's vital that you sign and share this petition. Over 800,000 people have signed. Let's get to 1M. nfuonline.com/news/latest-ne…
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BBC2 are showing ANTIVIRAL WIPE again tonight at 11pm, in case you REFUSE to click here to watch it on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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What you need to know before buying or making your own face mask and how to make sure you're wearing yours properly.

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Looking forward to this one!
Tonight's Transport theme is our biggest line up yet!! @kingqueen3065 @Louise_DPG @HollieAnneB @KirstyTfA talking about current legal challenges and work being done to tackle issues with public transport as we emerge from lockdown! 6pm tonight!
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“Why is the UK government refusing to release details of its ‘unprecedented’ data transfer to US tech giants? If we don’t get answers, we may seek them in the courts.”|| ⁦@openDemocracy⁩ opendemocracy.net/en/we-need…
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1. We received over 5,500 responses to our survey on food supply during Covid-19. Thanks to everyone who took part. Here’s what you told us (thread):
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8. People who are clinically extremely vulnerable and shielding can receive food parcels, but most found the parcels did not meet their needs, e.g. not taking account of dietary/allergy needs or not containing enough fresh food.
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7. Lots of people suggested that the definitions of “vulnerable” customers were not inclusive enough
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📢 Friendly reminder to capitalise the words in your hashtags. 📢 Screen readers struggle when it looks like one long word! #AccessIsEasy
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If you want to understand why Trade Unions are so concerned about schools reopening, just listen to the answers from the Dept for Education's chief scientific adviser. I think @CMonaghanSNP's face at the end says it all.
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#Science Quiz Picture Round, anyone?
Scientists alive today outnumber all the scientists who ever lived up to 1980. Or, in other words, 90% of all the scientists who ever lived, are alive today. A simple statistic capturing the power of the exponential growth in science over the past century ow.ly/ciiV30mQHEx
Rest in Peace Belly Mujinga. Belly was a ticket operator for a train station in London. A person who knew themselves to be infected with Coronavirus spat in Belly's face. Belly contracted Coronavirus as died. Belly leaves behind her 11 year old daughter. tssa.org.uk/en/whats-new/new…
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