Posts by vlrny@disabled.social
(DIR) Post #AvldUiorKk1pLxsmm0 by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-07-03T19:05:50Z
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Quick poll: Whether you are one or not, do you know what a "spoonie" is? Boosts appreciated for broader sample size. Danka!
(DIR) Post #AvvolCjouEw3r2BeUq by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-07-08T18:03:32Z
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I had the great misfortune of being exposed to "baby shark" again recently, and now all it takes is, like, a shark emoji and the song is immediately locked and looped in my brain. I would stab my own ears out, but it's too late. The sound is coming from inside my head. 😱
(DIR) Post #AvvolDjrBaYixRDCC0 by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-07-08T18:10:14Z
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If you have that fekkin song in your head now, here, this should help: Great Big Sea - It's the End of the World as we Know it https://youtu.be/F-5oGnvfUEU
(DIR) Post #Avvt0EqPky8eY0hBtQ by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-07-08T18:29:11Z
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@oceanic oh! Oh... I am so sorry. 😟
(DIR) Post #AxEKA7idoPMygpiUWu by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-08-15T23:57:37Z
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Floating an exploratory ballon here. If #turtleBower needed to raise $30-$50k for a deposit on this current building, would you kick in? It's based in Ontario Canada, but if we pull this off it can be a template for other housing all over the world.https://turtlebower.org/Boosts appreciated! #intentionalCommunity #coliving #housing #spoonies #longCovid #actuallyAutistic #disabilityJustice #cohousing #hopePunk #burnout
(DIR) Post #AxJHSoD3FBHTc0xUky by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-08-18T23:28:19Z
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Sigh...Bad news: I am in crisis again.Good news: Who wants a job? Looking for somebody with executive function and a driver's license with the ability to bring some grounding kindness to a burned out autistic trying to get her blazing dumpster fire back down to a smolder. Need help with all sorts of adulting, my cog is just fried. Pretty flex just need extra brains and body.Pay $20/hr 5-10hr/wk. #Guelph area Boosts appreciated.
(DIR) Post #AxJHStkYe23OnNfpB2 by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-08-18T23:33:03Z
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☝️also if yer in the Guelph area and think, hey that Valerie would be pretty cool to hang out with, boop me. The social isolation has been a huge drain on my energy, I find I perk up quite a bit around kind, authentic, loving people (aka you lot). So could definitely use a meatspace kindness fix.
(DIR) Post #Axx2oMo64zGE0RVNYm by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-09-05T17:53:11Z
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How's your dumpster fire going?
(DIR) Post #AydutLyn5Zy8hH8DI0 by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-09-27T19:55:00Z
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Alright @LonelinessCorps I have a mission for you! I need a new game. A cozy, non-stressful, can drop in and out, gentle focus but not cognitively challenging, take a break from reality and get some dopamine hits game. Android phone, preferably free, easy to get started. This is what I have been playing, but I am a builder not a battler and next phases of the game involve lots of stuff I don't enjoy and plateaued on what I was enjoying.
(DIR) Post #AydutNJk7AK4qXwSaO by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-09-27T20:01:30Z
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☝️@LonelinessCorps@lemmy.world Part of what I'm thinking is if we can get a group together who are all playing the same game, that might be a nice gentle way for folks to connect. So a collaborative game, or just one with light chat where we can drop in and ask questions or share tips. I'm a raging n00b at gaming, so often have dumb questions. But I also am gaming because I can't human, so wouldn't be able to cope with a chat-dependent game, though could lurk and enjoy.#lonelinessCorps
(DIR) Post #Aye70zXpaGUqsoviFM by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-09-27T20:43:13Z
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I just realized how often I walk around with headphones on even after the music stops, because they are just so comforting. Like a hug for my head. @autistics
(DIR) Post #AzFg92FS6MhspTQCLQ by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-10-15T13:20:37Z
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The spoonie assistant I had lined up fell through. So looking again to hire someone with executive function and a driver's license to help me:• Move - pack, organize and decide set up new place.• Grocery shop, food prep, life management at home.• Accompanying on appts so I don't get lost and confused when mentally spent.• Life admin - filling out forms, phone calls (visual/auditory processing issues)$20/hr 5-10hr/wk #Guelph Boosts appreciated. Need help asap. #fediHire
(DIR) Post #AzFg96ePjV3CU38Bo8 by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-10-15T13:23:11Z
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☝️ if you're interested in helping with part of this list, but not all, still hit me up. If it takes a few ppl to fill all the gaps, that works too. Maybe even better as diversity in systems also means more resilience.We're stronger when we work together. 💪
(DIR) Post #B0YDoM6Wu2yrDCF5Ga by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-11-20T23:16:08Z
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I think I missed #internationalMensDay but I've been thinking a lot lately about male mentorship, not the business kind, but coaching peers and young men on emotional literacy and interpersonal skills.There's been a lot of talk lately about women not doing #emotionalLabour (valid!) but it leaves a gap, with no history or cultural infrastructure for men to learn and build capacity.Fellas, hit me with moments of man-on-man emotional mentoring. I know it's out there. 💪🧡 #tonicMasculinity
(DIR) Post #B0YDoQnZRxmnlqPVuS by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-11-21T01:03:45Z
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☝️ OMG this is well timed. Just discovered a show on #CBC called #theAssembly - neurodivergents asking blunt questions of celebrities in a setting where it's ok to be socially awkward. The first episode with Howie Mandel was so much of this male emotional mentorship and vulnerability that we've been talking about. Link to article: https://www.cbc.ca/television/watch-the-assembly-on-cbc-gem-9.6948634 #tonicmasculinity @autistics
(DIR) Post #B0YDoR4ES176bWCosa by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-11-23T20:12:37Z
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☝️Heh. I watched The Hitman's Bodyguard last night, and I just realized in between swearing and shooting ppl Samuel L Jackson did a pretty good job of mentoring mental flexibility and relationships skills to Ryan Reynolds. #samuelLJackson #ryanRenolds
(DIR) Post #B0YDoVZvg6qSaz4BqC by vlrny@disabled.social
2025-11-21T23:46:15Z
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☝️ ooo and in a beautiful mirror image of #tonicMasculinity tonight I watched the #lilithFairDocumentary and it is chocked full of #tonicFemininity (if that's a term). My heart feels so much lighter. Gorgeous music, amazing collaboration, uplifting each other, creating safe spaces to be yourself. A blueprint of a different way to be, regardless of gender. Good write up from Rolling Stone, and catch the doc if you can, it's a balm for bruised souls. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lilith-fair-building-a-mystery-documentary-takeaways-1235431199/
(DIR) Post #B1rzWftQgDWnXI8W6C by vlrny@disabled.social
2026-01-02T01:04:40Z
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How many naps did you have today?
(DIR) Post #B2lBQWCXnqbMzT7Gme by vlrny@disabled.social
2026-01-28T23:11:36Z
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I accidentally Swallowed A lemon seedWhen I die, bury me Someplace niceThere's a tree Waiting inside #weePoems
(DIR) Post #B30ygnR7IjX8CbiskK by vlrny@disabled.social
2026-02-05T15:09:07Z
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@peertube oh! The irony of not having any alt text on the image re how to do subtitles. 😘👌#accessibility