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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Your assumption that I’m neurotypical is wrong, along with the rest of your assumptions

Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

That’s a really horrible response. You have no idea who I am. I’ll chose to be compassionate rather than being mean back

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

I’ve never worked in trans services but I am a clinician and I’ve had trans patients and been cool with them. Sorry if you or people you know have had bad ones

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Definitely - there’s a thing called diagnostic overshadowing which is when someone has one label, people often think *everything* is due to that label, when in fact people can have several things going on at the same time, all of which need to be identified

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

I don’t think you can coerce someone into an autism assessment - the waiting lists are unacceptably long though - there are biological brain differences for some trans people like sexually dimorphic nucleus etc… if anything that validates being trans I’d say

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Thanks for agreeing with the logic. I do accept some people could exploit this in bad faith and hope that this isn’t the case too often

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Cis Straight male and ADHD here - I accept you and hope it’s helps you understand yourself and feel happier ❤️

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

And that’s not to knock anyone who is genuinely trans, just that it’s not always the answer for everyone. Being gay is hard and being trans is even harder no doubt.

Anyway, just trying to be kind and open minded. Take care ❤️

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

But I do worry that some kids, especially girls, who don’t fit in with typical girls, might think being trans is the answer when being gay and/or autistic might be closer to what’s going on

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

I’ve got a friends daughter who is waiting for an autism assessment. Also thinks she might be non binary. Not sure who she finds attractive cos it’s not cool to ask 14 year olds that unless you know them very well. Kindness and acceptance is what’s important

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

I mean there could be some people who want to pretend it’s all autism and no one is trans, but these things aren’t mutually exclusive. We need to accept people whether they’re trans, autistic, gay or whatever

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

There are higher rates of being autistic and other sorts of neurodiversity in trans people though, and also higher rates of being trans in autistic people too, so it’s not completely daft to assess people for this. Pre-natal testosterone for example can affect neurodiversity and gender identify too

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Probably should have tweeted about it earlier really 😂 what are people called Tweets on Bluesky anyway? Miaows?

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

It’s Pye Corner Audio that has be come to hear because of his track Storm Cloud in the YouTube video above @headtech.bsky.social is his handle on here and here’s the gig

bsky.app/profile/seve...

seventhwavebham.bsky.social @seventhwavebham.bsky.social · Mar 10

The countdown begins - couple of months to go. A lot of interest in this - cracking line up!
@bancodegaia.bsky.social @headtech.bsky.social @warringtonruncorn.com
as part of the The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music: 15. Tickets skiddle.com/g/theseventh... (also available at See Tickets)

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Looking forward to hearing you and the others tonight man 😁

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seventhwavebham.bsky.social @seventhwavebham.bsky.social · Apr 26

Two weeks to go - a lot of interest in this - cracking line up! Banco de Gaia+ @headtech.bsky.social + @warringtonruncorn.com as part of the The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music: 15 at The Castle and Falcon in B'ham. Tickets skiddle.com/g/theseventh... (also available at See Tickets)

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Going to an electronic music night at the Castle and Falcon in Birmingham. Think it’s gonna be ambient acid type stuff like this youtu.be/eAML6sGrqV0?...

Acid Hibernation (Acid Ambient Techno Downtempo IDM Mix)

YouTube video by Voggl242

youtu.be

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Yeah it’s been fun so far. A welcome distraction from the real world

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

We have been watching all of the Star Treks, in chronological order of the in universe timeline, in an attempt to ignore the monsters (Trump and Musk). So far we are up to Deep Space Nine season one

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 10

Om nom nom…

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 9

Only if it’s a 30 min or less Power Nap. If you exceed 30+ mins you go into the deeper sleep phase and you’ll wake up feeling groggy #SleepNeuroscience

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 8

Sausage doesn’t translate well from one culture to another I don’t think. In Mississippi they have this brand of spiced sausage called Country Pleasin’ and it’s like if German and Italian sausages had babies. Nothing like it over here

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 8

I’m ok thanks - been diagnosed with ADHD recently, so am processing that but it makes sense of a lot of things. Work is ok and wife and dog are still lovely - how are you doing?

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Tom Zimbardo @tommostlyzen.bsky.social · May 8

Good luck 🤞

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