Athena del Sol

100% Canadian Feline. Now with 50% more snark!

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@cathyacrowe Just a heads up, Habitant has been owned by Campbells since the late 1980s, with closure of the original plant in 2018.

It’s deeply maple-washed, but it’s not ours anymore.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

Except, dear readers, the transaction? It went through. They took my money, but are refusing to provide the service I paid for. I’ll be disputing this with the bank shortly.

Congratulations, AC. I was one of your biggest fans, and now I’ll never fly with you again.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

After a staggering 6 hours on hold with @AirCanada customer service l, I was told:

“We’ll take your money whether it’s approved or not. We don’t have to notify you if that transaction never went through - we’ll just cancel your booking. Without further contact.”

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@Canada -4.9 would be my guess

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@carol_annette8 @Boshnackttack1 @senatorshoshana But… but… Canadian Jews invented Wolverines?

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@NiceJewishQueer When a chain breaks, it’s an opportunity, not an omen. You’re being given the chance to add newer, stronger links to it. A place to apply new learning. I was taught that when something like this happens, when a weak link removes itself, it’s a wish at the point of being granted.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@1Schoolhouse I am, as I have always been, Maple Pumpkin Spice Autism. It came in the O Canada expansion pack.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@dnpwwsp @1Schoolhouse Allistic behaviour from an autistic is also known as “masking” - it’s what makes DX tricky to begin with.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@dnpwwsp @1Schoolhouse The very fact that you’re questioning whether your stimming is allistic or autistic points towards it being autistic. Allistics, in my experience, don’t bother to reflect on that question. They take for granted that they’re “normal” and don’t seek reasons.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@dnpwwsp @1Schoolhouse I don’t know; that’s something that the allistic community has always done, based on their own standards of allistic behaviour. It’s what makes getting a DX for autism, especially if you don’t fit the original model (young boys) that the standards are based on.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@dnpwwsp @1Schoolhouse That’s how stimming is used to diagnose in the first place. As in, “this person flaps or wiggles etc more than our baseline for allistics” combined with the fact that autistics are less clandestine about what they’re doing when they stim.

The difference is only one of degree.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@dnpwwsp @1Schoolhouse The person stimming. The reason for doing it is the same; both autistics and allistics use many of the same stims to self-soothe. However certain stims (tapping, rocking, etc) are more pronounced in autistic people, and have become part of the diagnostic criteria. That’s it.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

Hey @TTChelps , waiting 30+ minutes for a northbound train is *not* a “minor delay” as you so blithely continue to announce… 🤬

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@NiceJewishQueer YES!!!!

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@IAmAutisticNow The history of drama and performing arts, yarn, natural dyestuffs, sneakers, etymology and then chasing the roots of the roots of words, visual languages, music theory.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@SusieMadrak All art, including reproductions and prints (especially prints - they are their own art form) is actual art. All artists, regardless of where they are in the journey of creation, are actual artists. Art of for everyone, and by everyone.

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@AutSciPerson Head scratches, hugs so hard they make me creak audibly, strong hot tea, dancing along to the music, quietly coexisting in the same space as others with having to interact with them, the smell of rain, the feeling of being warm indoors when the weather outside is ugly…

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@nathaliejacoby1 💜

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@teachergriff *sneezes loudly* I mean… I just got back from China and *coughing fit* I figured better safe than sorry, but if you *sniffle* insist…

[Athena del Sol @AthenaTheTwit]

@nathaliejacoby1 Rafael Correa. Unless you’re asking about US presidents? At that point I’d have to say Reagan.