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lmgenealogy

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Ottawa-based genohistorian, educated in Scotland, lived for years in Chicago. I like music, books and dogs. I like most people, most of the time.

MA #history (Uni of Aberdeen, Scotland), Certificate of Genealogical Research (Boston Uni, USA); member #APG, #UELAC, FSA Scot., Palam. Former #librarian. #AuDHD. #TaiChi beginner #AtleticoOttawa

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olena , to ActuallyAutistic group
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I don’t operate the world putting everything into defined folders and boxes of clear tree-like structure (like I do on my laptop).
I operate the world by slapping infinite amount of tags on everything (which do not exist independently like in some tag cloud, but are rather interconnected in their own ways), and then tag-filtering or pulling the chain of tags when I need.
Sure, from outside that looks like a totally random chaotic pile, but it has its own structure, just the structure is different to what is usually pictured as a structure.

I know, autists are usually pictured as the ones requiring the boxes, but is it necessarily the boxes autists crave, or other forms of structure also work?





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lmgenealogy ,
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@olena @actuallyautistic Every autistic individual is an autistic individual. Maybe it's the order we like, and it can be any sort of system that works for us individually?

lmgenealogy ,
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@devxvda @olena @actuallyautistic Agreed.

thomas , to Geneadons group
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Today's plan was to finally get round to looking up some people in the 1921 Census. I got slightly sidetracked on the first one and ended up researching a cousin who was a professional cellist in Bristol in the 1920s. He was the first Brit to study at the Mons Conservatoire!
@genealogy @geneadons

lmgenealogy ,
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@thomas @genealogy @geneadons Being sidetracked is a serious occupational hazard in this field.

Uair , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic

How are you with animals?

I tend to throw off the wrong vibe for people, but get along with even the iffy animals. Dogs that don't like most people warm to me.

Just wondering how much of that is autism and how much me. My dad hates animals.

lmgenealogy ,
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@Uair @actuallyautistic I'm very comfortable with animals. I never know how people will respond to me, but I'm pretty sure animals will accept me. I've always lived with dogs, but I seem to be a cat magnet. It's like they recognize that I see them as legitimate living creatures rather than things. Even wild animals seem to tolerate me when I encounter them. I'm also incredibly sensitive to animals suffering.

lmgenealogy ,
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@pathfinder @Uair @actuallyautistic "Because they are what they are". Great explanation, Kevin. Isn't that the problem with people? So many times it's impossible to tell what they are!

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