Nathan Summers
@rockwlrs.bsky.social
Software developer that grew up in Indiana, lived all over the continent, and then settled down in rural Kentucky.
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"I don't have any problems, why am I so tired" syndrome
Tl;dr many ND people develop systems to cope with their challenges, and when the systems work they don't notice the challenges anymore, but maintaining the systems can be exhausting and when they break down the functions they were supporting break down too.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"I don't have any problems, why am I so tired" syndrome
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Literally 100% of people with chronic illness know the "I overdid it and now it's going to take me 3 weeks to recover my previous function level" and yet researchers still seem to think it's not an important study factor.
People with #MECFS, and many with #LongCOVID experience post-exertional malaise: a flare of symptoms after activity. The response is disproportionate to the activity and can lead to permanent drops in functional capacity.
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
Diagnosis and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic neurologic
disease often preceded by infection. There has been increased interest in ME/CFS recently
because of its significant...
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Literally 100% of people with chronic illness know the "I overdid it and now it's going to take me 3 weeks to recover my previous function level" and yet researchers still seem to think it's not an important study factor.
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Protect babies and children from ignorant parents. Wear a respirator.
After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Protect babies and children from ignorant parents. Wear a respirator.
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ahah IT WORKS look it's a C² dual quaternion B-spline!!
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
this is interpolating *poses* in dual quaternion form, coupling position and rotation, instead of treating them independently (this is a really neat thing!!)
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I don't have children or student loans, and I bought a house with money left to me when my mother died, and I never leave those three things out of the "how did you transition into freelancing full time" conversation because otherwise it is WILDLY disingenuous to talk about how writing pays my bills
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I don't have children or student loans, and I bought a house with money left to me when my mother died, and I never leave those three things out of the "how did you transition into freelancing full time" conversation because otherwise it is WILDLY disingenuous to talk about how writing pays my bills
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Just in time for your holiday shopping: Jordyn’s shirt is back! At this link only until 12/4: lnk.to/shpc. Give a gift that supports communication #advocacy. #SpeechDoesNotMakeSomeoneMoreHuman
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November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Just in time for your holiday shopping: Jordyn’s shirt is back! At this link only until 12/4: lnk.to/shpc. Give a gift that supports communication #advocacy. #SpeechDoesNotMakeSomeoneMoreHuman
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People need to understand how deeply eugenicist this is.
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
People need to understand how deeply eugenicist this is.
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
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I’m confused about why he didn’t get the job. He answered the question correctly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’m confused about why he didn’t get the job. He answered the question correctly.
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There will be promises of flexibility, support & undiscovered issues it can solve down the line. These will be lies.
Unless you design for the challenges of the cognitively or physically impaired, your solution will be rubbish. It would be as if I created a UI for the blind & sold it to the deaf.
Unless you design for the challenges of the cognitively or physically impaired, your solution will be rubbish. It would be as if I created a UI for the blind & sold it to the deaf.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There will be promises of flexibility, support & undiscovered issues it can solve down the line. These will be lies.
Unless you design for the challenges of the cognitively or physically impaired, your solution will be rubbish. It would be as if I created a UI for the blind & sold it to the deaf.
Unless you design for the challenges of the cognitively or physically impaired, your solution will be rubbish. It would be as if I created a UI for the blind & sold it to the deaf.
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Thanksgiving is this week,
and even though we don’t celebrate
it here in the UK, I wish we did. There’s
something beautiful about pausing,
sitting together, and naming the things
we’re grateful for. We could all use
more moments like that. 😊
and even though we don’t celebrate
it here in the UK, I wish we did. There’s
something beautiful about pausing,
sitting together, and naming the things
we’re grateful for. We could all use
more moments like that. 😊
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thanksgiving is this week,
and even though we don’t celebrate
it here in the UK, I wish we did. There’s
something beautiful about pausing,
sitting together, and naming the things
we’re grateful for. We could all use
more moments like that. 😊
and even though we don’t celebrate
it here in the UK, I wish we did. There’s
something beautiful about pausing,
sitting together, and naming the things
we’re grateful for. We could all use
more moments like that. 😊
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The number of articles that tell people with ADHD that they need to have a routine, without explaining how to do that or acknowledging the challenges of routines with ADHD honestly frustrates the hell out of me
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The number of articles that tell people with ADHD that they need to have a routine, without explaining how to do that or acknowledging the challenges of routines with ADHD honestly frustrates the hell out of me
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In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In which Zack Budryk perfectly captures the feeling many #ActuallyAutistic people feel in this particular moment of RFK Jr.'s resurgence: We felt like we were turning the corner on autism acceptance. And now we are seeing that door closed off.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
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This is great. “A kid who is now where I was at the time of my diagnosis, lost and confused and struggling for an identity to guide them through all of that, will live out their life in the shadow of Kennedy’s hateful rhetoric and policies regardless of what happens next. “
Thanks to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for platforming Zack. This is an essential essay that I am grateful exists. And, in true autistic fashion, it has humorous asides but no excessive flourishes.
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-will-not-g...
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is great. “A kid who is now where I was at the time of my diagnosis, lost and confused and struggling for an identity to guide them through all of that, will live out their life in the shadow of Kennedy’s hateful rhetoric and policies regardless of what happens next. “
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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"Inclusion" often means "inclusive placement," but simply being in a general ed setting isn't authentic inclusion. It's about more than presence and involves flexible planning for each and every student. Our guest Lisa Mihalich Quinn shares that the magic happens when educators ask, "what if?"
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Inclusion" often means "inclusive placement," but simply being in a general ed setting isn't authentic inclusion. It's about more than presence and involves flexible planning for each and every student. Our guest Lisa Mihalich Quinn shares that the magic happens when educators ask, "what if?"
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carlyn mueller and i wrote a piece on how disabled youth are writing about their lives in ways that center disability justice and what that means for how we imagine the curriculum. we offer the idea of a disability justice generation.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
carlyn mueller and i wrote a piece on how disabled youth are writing about their lives in ways that center disability justice and what that means for how we imagine the curriculum. we offer the idea of a disability justice generation.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
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github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
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If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
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Even that is limited (by budgets) - but at least it is SOMETHING.
Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
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Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
4/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Even that is limited (by budgets) - but at least it is SOMETHING.
Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
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Yes, there are many other factors that deter kids from wanting to go to school.
But can we at least start by making schools a healthy place to be?
4/
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They see the risks, see the fact that they bring the infection home to parents & grandparents.
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
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Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They see the risks, see the fact that they bring the infection home to parents & grandparents.
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/
Know other kids who have suffered from covid infection.
Frankly, its a miracle that the numbers terrified by going to school isn't far higher.
And yet, ONLY the mayor of London is raking action.
3/