Rory Michaelson (submitted and readable)

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I’m gonna scream. Not only does my appointment next week NOT help with housing, it ALSO doesn’t declare me disabled, which means ANOTHER step in the process. I’ll be homeless in less than a month, and I’ll die from my heart condition. Please consider donating. I need $2k. gofund.me/a192a7989

Totally normal behaviour and nothing to see here. Definitely don’t go join my Patreon for free updates including in the form of silly videos. Reverse psychology 😏

Important autism news: T-Rex was birb.

The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

My managers face drop last year when she said the word ‘resilience’ and I immediately bit back with ‘that’s a filthy word in this context so far as I’m concerned. Imagine having the audacity to tell people ‘you need to get better at suffering.’’

Posted this on insta and my fiancé’s assessment was: “You need to get in OnlyFans and make us some money, you’ve still got a couple of years left in you.”

So affirming that any time my fiance develops a crush on a celebrity they end up being autistic.

Them: “Ugh, you’re a single issue voter?” Us: “I mean…if that issue is that we’re allowed to exist?”

reminder

Running out of mileage to publicly attack and harm the incredibly vulnerable minority that is the trans community given the significant damage and regression of rights caused, the political gaze has turned to disabled people as their next victims. The easiest target: neurodivergent folk.

How you gonna make me pay you for something you had nothing to do with making and have no licensing or creative rights to? Idk, seems unlawful?

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My type is men with moustaches and kind smiles who look like they might low-key ruin your life.

And yes, this means I started writing something new today. Think ‘Widows Bay’ meets ‘Adults’…

The only advice I have for anyone querying or on submission is honestly try and find your dopamine somewhere else. Writing something new, ideally, but if you can’t do that because of waiting mode, the gym has been it for me.

Me: “Huh, I’m not going very well at being active on socials, I need to try harder.” Also me: My current level of activity is such that I’m eating 3,000 calories per day and still losing weight… 🫪

“I haven’t been to therapy for a while, but I do go to the gym six days a week, write stories filled with drama, and watch these videos of a handsome man washing kittens and giving them little head kisses throughout.”

Tell me about your Gym Nemesis. Mine’s a guy who always comes and works out on the machines next to mine, ego lifts huge weights with bad form, then clunks them so hard the floor shakes. Idk if he’s trying to assert his male dominance or tell me he wants to bang me (maybe both, but I hate him).

2026: “Right, we need to get everyone trained up in AI and get AI running everything. It’s more cost effective and faster.” 2029: “Right, we need to hire people whose brains aren’t rotted by AI because our entire workforce has become incompetent of doing basic tasks and has no critical thinking.”

Sometimes I’m convinced there’s almost nothing gayer than straight boys.

Actual image of me when someone’s long hair blows and touches my bare skin on public transport.

I don’t think people who’ve not been through it appreciate how much autistic masking not only burns you out but closes you away from the world around you and makes your life incredibly numb and lonely.

How long does it take chest hair to grow back? Asking for a me.

merman update. still going after an age. Trying out some water textures as placeholders, also need to figure out the dorsal fin. eh?

Life is hard so here I am, feeling pretty, cos why not?

Picked up God of War on a sale a while back, and played a little today. Let me tell you this game is hard on those of us with Daddy issues.

I remember thing told at Uni “Wikipedia is not a valid reference.” Bet they’d kill for an actual real reference now, Wikipedia or not.

Being forced into an inactive role in a life changing situation is ‘waiting mode’ hell. I’ve been through times where I’ve felt like it’s sucked the joy out of writing and for me, or even ended me as an author—BUT, I’m now drafting more books and have been falling in love with writing again 💚

When people told me being on sub was worse than querying, I didn’t believe them, but I regret to inform y’all… 😹

Being autistic and having ADHD, I frequently explain to people that I’m always balancing between being overstimulated and understimulated. This morning I realised that it aligns with an emotional issue, too. I always feel like I’m either ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’.

Prime Ministers resign in some level of disgrace or meander off to quieter expensive pastures—the transient nature of the post and proximity to powerful sources of corruption just make it a get rich while your hands are on the wheel trip. We need visible accountability.

Just saw a fancast of Connor Storrie as Gambit and I can totally see it

I feel like we should do writing community group project where we create a series of videos, shorts, and resources showing just how profoundly shit GenAI is. We can call it ‘Authorial Intelligence.’

Funny thing about being an elder millennial: sometimes you feel really old and your knees barely work, but other times you remember that all you’d need to blow Gen Z’s minds is a shot of tequila, a couple of glow sticks, some flashing lights, and the right song because 20 years would just evaporate.

I thought it was worth doing a video on how GenAI melts your brain as a writer, even if you're telling yourself you're only using it for some of the "boring bits". youtu.be/9_4x1ExxMO0

What first attracts rich and powerful figures deeply entrenched with corruption, sexual abuse, and discriminatory practices to putting crosshairs on vulnerable minorities to distract from their despicable conduct?