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gave into peer pressure (i'm the peer)
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
gave into peer pressure (i'm the peer)
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Important to understand that the idea that autism varies along multiple dimensions - that the 'spectrum' is not simply a line - goes all the way back to Lorna Wing, who formulated the idea of the autism spectrum in the first place.
She is known to have been frustrated by its misinterpretation.
She is known to have been frustrated by its misinterpretation.
January 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Important to understand that the idea that autism varies along multiple dimensions - that the 'spectrum' is not simply a line - goes all the way back to Lorna Wing, who formulated the idea of the autism spectrum in the first place.
She is known to have been frustrated by its misinterpretation.
She is known to have been frustrated by its misinterpretation.
It's the year of the dreamcast
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
It's the year of the dreamcast
can a guy just go on a date to mcdonalds for once
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
can a guy just go on a date to mcdonalds for once
Stomach may finally be cured now... My hernia resolved... Symptomatically... Due to my crazy weight loss rate
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Stomach may finally be cured now... My hernia resolved... Symptomatically... Due to my crazy weight loss rate
Weight: lost
Haircut: done
Fantastic
Haircut: done
Fantastic
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Weight: lost
Haircut: done
Fantastic
Haircut: done
Fantastic
My weight loss so far, 90kg -> 74kg
Now going a bit too fast under traditional advice but I have a medical condition that demands it.
Now going a bit too fast under traditional advice but I have a medical condition that demands it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My weight loss so far, 90kg -> 74kg
Now going a bit too fast under traditional advice but I have a medical condition that demands it.
Now going a bit too fast under traditional advice but I have a medical condition that demands it.
Rice crispy squares are a great snack when dieting because so much of the volume is air, it gives you the illusion of eating a large amount. I eat 4x chocolate ones a day and I still manage to lose 1kg a week.
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Rice crispy squares are a great snack when dieting because so much of the volume is air, it gives you the illusion of eating a large amount. I eat 4x chocolate ones a day and I still manage to lose 1kg a week.
I'm closing to resolving EVERY major health problem I've had in my 20s. These are things that basically made normal life impossible. And I'm rapidly solving all of them.
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I'm closing to resolving EVERY major health problem I've had in my 20s. These are things that basically made normal life impossible. And I'm rapidly solving all of them.
I keep crying, the NHS won't help me
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I keep crying, the NHS won't help me
Shocking interaction with the receptionist at the GP, almost laughing at me as I describe an emergency, seems to wonder why I'm calling, it's hard to believe - never had such a bad interaction before. The issue is these people triage what I say to the doctor but do a bad job of it.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Shocking interaction with the receptionist at the GP, almost laughing at me as I describe an emergency, seems to wonder why I'm calling, it's hard to believe - never had such a bad interaction before. The issue is these people triage what I say to the doctor but do a bad job of it.
This is the worst medical crisis of my life 😭 it might simply be too much for me to cope with... Like I can't deal with agonizing pain and growing injury... I could actually die... I don't think it's life threatening exactly.... It is injuring me.... But it's obliterating my quality of life
January 12, 2026 at 6:24 AM
This is the worst medical crisis of my life 😭 it might simply be too much for me to cope with... Like I can't deal with agonizing pain and growing injury... I could actually die... I don't think it's life threatening exactly.... It is injuring me.... But it's obliterating my quality of life
In a difficult health situation, I have to balance contradictory problems
I need to make metabolic progress, weight loss, to fix my medical condition
I can't consume too much fat because it exacerbates my medical condition
I can't sit down because of my medical condition.
I need to make metabolic progress, weight loss, to fix my medical condition
I can't consume too much fat because it exacerbates my medical condition
I can't sit down because of my medical condition.
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In a difficult health situation, I have to balance contradictory problems
I need to make metabolic progress, weight loss, to fix my medical condition
I can't consume too much fat because it exacerbates my medical condition
I can't sit down because of my medical condition.
I need to make metabolic progress, weight loss, to fix my medical condition
I can't consume too much fat because it exacerbates my medical condition
I can't sit down because of my medical condition.
I'm going to buy the ayn thor, a slightly impulsive and reckless consumer purchases, but it's also going to make me feel GOOD
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I'm going to buy the ayn thor, a slightly impulsive and reckless consumer purchases, but it's also going to make me feel GOOD
You notice as you get older that the idea of play - imaginative, non-productive forms of recreation that aren't tied to status, productivity, wealth - are increasingly frowned upon in Western cultures, certainly Anglo ones, and this is especially true for men.
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
You notice as you get older that the idea of play - imaginative, non-productive forms of recreation that aren't tied to status, productivity, wealth - are increasingly frowned upon in Western cultures, certainly Anglo ones, and this is especially true for men.
As I've gotten older I've come to enjoy musicals a lot more, whether they're camp, or just earnest in a way that's not traditionally cool.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
As I've gotten older I've come to enjoy musicals a lot more, whether they're camp, or just earnest in a way that's not traditionally cool.
A conversation I'd love to have, would be to sit down with my biological mother, and then her parents, and then be able to discuss what went wrong and our experiences and so on. This is sadly impossible
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
A conversation I'd love to have, would be to sit down with my biological mother, and then her parents, and then be able to discuss what went wrong and our experiences and so on. This is sadly impossible
I sincerely believe that I have the ability to learn to read french instantaneously... and by that i mean, I will study for many many months and my comprehension will go from 0% to 80% or higher just like that. This is exactly how I learnt English.
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I sincerely believe that I have the ability to learn to read french instantaneously... and by that i mean, I will study for many many months and my comprehension will go from 0% to 80% or higher just like that. This is exactly how I learnt English.
I have literally solved so many technical problems with AI, as well as complex, meaningful semantic ones, not with the AI doing it for me, but by engaging in a discourse. The progress of these models has been ferocious so if you haven't used them in a year you may not be aware of what you're missing
I try to post here actively, but posting about AI and related matters can be incredibly unpleasant. It's the one topic on which I'm guaranteed to have randoms attribute not just ulterior motives but a whole worldview to me on the basis of anything that reads less than totally negative.
Lots of people tried to reconstruct the ML/AI/stats community over here. 90% of them left because the random abuse they got for just posting ordinary research results was too much.
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I have literally solved so many technical problems with AI, as well as complex, meaningful semantic ones, not with the AI doing it for me, but by engaging in a discourse. The progress of these models has been ferocious so if you haven't used them in a year you may not be aware of what you're missing
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I try to post here actively, but posting about AI and related matters can be incredibly unpleasant. It's the one topic on which I'm guaranteed to have randoms attribute not just ulterior motives but a whole worldview to me on the basis of anything that reads less than totally negative.
Lots of people tried to reconstruct the ML/AI/stats community over here. 90% of them left because the random abuse they got for just posting ordinary research results was too much.
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I try to post here actively, but posting about AI and related matters can be incredibly unpleasant. It's the one topic on which I'm guaranteed to have randoms attribute not just ulterior motives but a whole worldview to me on the basis of anything that reads less than totally negative.
feeling moderately happy, very relaxed (by my standards), a feeling of zen, that everything makes sense, a feeling of clarity
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
feeling moderately happy, very relaxed (by my standards), a feeling of zen, that everything makes sense, a feeling of clarity
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1/5 Monday
The Wombats
This week’s artist(s) inspired by @xtal.bsky.social
The paint watches me as I dry here
The pain watches me as I waltz through
This black hole
•••••
There's a cigarette in my mouth
A nicotine patch is on the floor
When did we get addicted to the cure?
The Wombats
This week’s artist(s) inspired by @xtal.bsky.social
The paint watches me as I dry here
The pain watches me as I waltz through
This black hole
•••••
There's a cigarette in my mouth
A nicotine patch is on the floor
When did we get addicted to the cure?
Addicted to the Cure
YouTube video by The Wombats - Topic
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January 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
1/5 Monday
The Wombats
This week’s artist(s) inspired by @xtal.bsky.social
The paint watches me as I dry here
The pain watches me as I waltz through
This black hole
•••••
There's a cigarette in my mouth
A nicotine patch is on the floor
When did we get addicted to the cure?
The Wombats
This week’s artist(s) inspired by @xtal.bsky.social
The paint watches me as I dry here
The pain watches me as I waltz through
This black hole
•••••
There's a cigarette in my mouth
A nicotine patch is on the floor
When did we get addicted to the cure?
inside my head I'm actually very whimsical FOR YOUR INFORMATION
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
inside my head I'm actually very whimsical FOR YOUR INFORMATION
I do also reason for myself it's not just the machines that do it
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I do also reason for myself it's not just the machines that do it