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Cake day: July 24th, 2023

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  • I’ve also been looking for shows with autistic characters, where autism isn’t their main feature or the focus of the show.

    If you like D&D and have a Dropout subscription, I really liked the portrayal of one of the characters in Fantasy High season two. I can’t remember her name right now, but it’s the phoenix lady. I really resonated with her a lot and I cried several times because of the ways she was treated or the ways she understood or misunderstood certain situations. I don’t know if the person who played her is autistic but I felt like he had a really kind and generous understanding of what it can be like for us.

    Next recommendation which is what got me thinking is The Accountant. It’s not really my thing, it’s like an action / shooting flick where the main character is autistic. He is a maths savant which is kinda bleh, but I felt it was more like “it’s an unrealistic action film where the main character is just OP” rather than “he’s autistic and that’s why he’s supernaturally gifted”. Anyway, the way he interacts with one of the other accountants is kinda awkward and autistic, but also very sweet and shows he cares and listens to her wants. But it was honestly nice that he was just a guy with autism, rather than an Autistic PersonTM, if you see what I mean










  • Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

    It might have been the noise nuisance at 1am that started this, but it was the dangerous driving that led to the arrest.

    I’ve no love for the police as an institution, but surely someone being obnoxiously loud when people are trying to sleep and then endangering others with their driving is not a hero either