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jrdepriest

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Twenty years in #InfoSec. Learned almost everything I know on the job.
My posts here are my own opinions. I am not speaking for any entity or employer with which I am now or have ever been affiliated.

I'm #BlueTeam AF at work and have been pretty much the whole time. I'm just as comfortable in #Linux as #Windows. I love #Scripting, #Automation, and #DataAnalysis.

I'm #LGBT, #LGBTQ, #LGBTQIA

I'm neurodivergent. #Anxiety #CPTSD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

My hobbies include #Writing short stories, #PCGaming, sleeping, eating cookies (got that #Crumbl app), and spending time with my wife and our #Cats (#CatsOfMastodon).
I like #StarTrek #Stargate #WarOfTheWorlds #Horror #HorrorFam #SciFi

#Pagan
We are part of the Earth, not apart from it. We rise or fall together. Nobody is going to save us from ourselves, but us.

#BlackLivesMatter #BLM
#SexWorkIsWork
#TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

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catswhocode , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic I'm curious, has anyone ever interpreted your infodumping as bragging? That happened to me on here a while ago - I was just talking about some trips I had taken or something, and the other person thought I was showing off 🙄 I think they were neurotypical.

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@catswhocode @actuallyautistic

When I was younger, yes, but it was okay because I was a kid. As I got older, I had friends who appreciated it. Adults did not appreciate it and wanted me to shut up.
In college, I got the depression really bad so I shut up on my own.
I've continued to shut up even 30 years later.
I assume nobody cares about my niche (/neesh/ for sure) interests.

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@catswhocode @actuallyautistic

The really saddest part is that I have actively prevented myself from falling down into the hyperfocus rabbit hole for years because I'm afraid it will alienate people. It's kind of miserable but I short circuit myself almost as a reflex when I feel the heat starting to grow. When the eyes get wide and the smile comes, I stop and take a step back and tell myself that I can't do that.
I really, really need to unlearn this.

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@catswhocode @actuallyautistic

My wife loves genealogy and like to tell me about interesting discoveries and how she sleuthed them out. I don't care, but I love hearing her talk about it.
She also has a couple thousand romance novels which she like to tell me about. I do not read romance novels, but I enjoy our conversations about the stories, especially the historical ones, because she's so enthralled.
Being swept up into someone else's hyperfocus is refreshing. It builds the bonds of friendship. It shows a great deal of trust.
It's like reading stream of consciousness literature: you feel like you are part of something happening in real time.

Edit: I said "I don't care" about genealogy which is kind of dismissive. I am not super excited about where I came from or from whom I am descended. It's interesting, but not something I would spend any amount of time figuring out. She can spend hours scouring through old newspapers and cemetery records online. She loves it. That's what I mean. I don't care to do all that. I do actually care that my wife really enjoys it. I love that she enjoys it and is able to do it. She had to stop for a couple of years due her chronic migraine and is only slowly getting back into it.

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