Robert Carlston

Autistic, Petrolhead, Change Catalyst, Sailor, Diver

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@spacesudoer I'm at Raptor Roost in Boca Chica

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@booster_10 Hot & sweaty at Raptor Roost, but the launch will be worth it

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@elonmusk Looking forward to watching it from Raptor Roost again

Great work you all do...I'm a fan of "impossible" engineering, as I had a team doing smaller but equally challenging things back in the 80's

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@FelixSchlang @SpaceX I'm at Raptor Roost again, like last June when we met.

Crazy life occurrences...it's at least as hot, windy, & dusty as last year.

Thank the stars that it's not a morning launch again.

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@elonmusk @SpaceX @elonmusk it was a great accomplishment...a great team doing iterative, creative, & "impossible" engineering

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@BocaRoad ...let slip the dogs of war

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@LabPadre Waiting patiently for tomorrow's launch at Raptor Roost...3.8 miles away

...she's beautiful from here, in the haze

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@The_Kris_Guin So...based on your definition of disability...everyone is disabled, as there are things they cannot do...pretty lame & inaccurate, I think...& abusive, & intolerant, & ableist...

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@justcharlieg 66

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@commaficionado Pete...keep speaking from your unique mind...we all never completely agree, but your heart & perspectives are appreciated.

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@AutisticCallum_ All of the above, almost every day of my life

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@butchanarchy As an unfortunate expert on abuse, as so many others are, from 60+ years suffering in my case, I have experienced many of the "excuses" people mention as to why someone "becomes" abusive.

I have "chosen" not to become an abuser from those experiences. Choice, not accident.

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@butchanarchy Abusing others is a choice. It requires thought, intent, & decision. It is not an accident or a disease. People do not "become" abusers. They actively "choose" to abuse others.

Lots of conversation tries to "understand" abusers. Rationale continues to be put forward as to...1/2

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@butchanarchy 2/2...as to why people abuse others. That irrational thinking suggests an abuser cannot help abusing. It makes their abuse not their fault. This thinking alone is abusive & unforgivable.

There is no excuse, & there should be no forgiveness for abuse of others.

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@jumpingoktopus One

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@ItsEmilyKaty I don't sit still, & the NTs around me have come to be OK with that...mostly...I walk around, pace, & roll my head around my shoulders to relieve stress ..somehow that has come to be OK where I've worked the last 4 years

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@mycouragerises @awesomebrandi No craving/need after quitting...just body re-regulating...LOTS of sleeping for several months, & less ability to stay focused.

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@Bobashmatash @EnbyChaotic @awesomebrandi Lol-fi is great too...especially Cowboy Bebop inspired lo-fi

[Robert Carlston @bobca88]

@awoodall19 @AutSciPerson Really beautiful story...like you, my career became marginalized & limited, but not from becoming openly Autistic...also like you, I reinvented myself, & received unexpected help from quite a few people. I am now back doing what I love...growing teams & organizations...happy