Sundar @digital_carver@qoto.org

Have seen fellow #ActuallyAutistic people talk about the times they go non-verbal, where talking feels very difficult/impossible.

Does that usually go in the other direction too, i.e. listening to people talk? For me it often does - when I go non -verbal, I also can't take in information in verbal form, whatever the source. I can't listen to podcasts or watch YouTube videos, or even listen to music that has lyrics.

I'm experiencing it right now, and even the lightest of podcasts, a comedy podcast that I enjoy and have even already listened to, feels overwhelming. My brain's gone "we're full right now, shop's closed, please come back later".

@ScribblingOn@octodon.social

BBC's In Our Time podcasts - expert professors explain their topic in a layperson-friendly way, with the topics being specific niche things that don't usually get discussed in popsci venues.

Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts - heavy topics, light conversation. Two climate activists and futurists discuss climate change and other "the Future of" topics with comedian Jon Richardson.

Nobody Panic - "Your guidebook to being a fully functioning adult without screaming all the time."

You're Dead to Me - History made light and accessible.

#podcasts #podcastrecs #ukpodcasts

@agamemnon

Top-level directed measures are the powerful engine needed make a tangible difference.

Grassroots campaigns are the guardrails required to keep that engine directed towards real positive change, despite other pressures and incentives.

#climatechange

@timbray
If you don't mind, alternative Nitter link: https://nitter.net/timbray/status/1598378471662968832

(If you do mind, let me know and I'll delete this post.)

@tuscanmoon

For programming work, I prefer earplugs that just block all sound. Music or even white/pink noise ends up distracting me.

For creative work, I sometimes to listen to the Zelda & Chill tracks on YouTube, or Yanni's instrumental concerts.

@napsy

It seemed like I was stuck in the low twenties, but in the end, I managed to cajole 63 commands from memory.

(My brain kept coming up with things like rg (ripgrep), bat (cat-alternative with highlighting), neovim, etc. since those are pretty much standard Linux commands to me by now. But I excluded those from the count.)

@skanman

@ItzzMe
I suppose it's the same for me, but in the other direction too - it lets me find people who share interests with me that my irl friends don't have, and come across cool stuff I otherwise wouldn't have.

@tomruen
He's being cautious and clever about it, not revealing the secret word to anyone looking over your shoulders, and so saying it in a coded way.

@athulsudheesh
Being FOSS is a pretty high priority for me, so I didn't look deeply into Obsidian. I did see that they were largely compatible with each other (some people even use both on the same folder). Maybe once I've explored LogSeq and its plugins, and hit their limits... I'll check out what Obsidian offers that's different.

Logseq looks pretty good for personal wiki/knowledge management/notes-taking stuff. I like a lot of things about it.

But I'm resisting the usual urge to go all-in once I find something good, to transfer everything from my previous systems to this asap.

Going slow will let me find out what the weak spots of this particular ecosystem are, before I invest too much into it. Then, I can figure what use-cases are best fit for it, and what should remain in other systems.

#logseq #personalwiki #vimwiki #zotero #recfiles