don’t make a promise you can’t keep

me and my gang ~

I have type 2 Narcolepsy. Studies have shown that serious viral infections can cause people to develop Narcolepsy if they are already genetically susceptible to having it. This includes covid. That is what happened to me.

Yall, I can’t believe that I have to do this, but I am going to say this in as clearly as possible

The anon was very confused.

Anniversary of APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING

On July 20, 1969, 109 hours and 42 minutes after launch, Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin entered the lunar lander ‘Eagle’, made a final check, and the Eagle undocked from the lunar orbiter ‘Columbia’, where the third member of the crew Michael Collins, stayed in orbit around the moon. Partially manually piloted by Armstrong, the Eagle landed 0 degrees, 41 minutes, 15 seconds north moon latitude and 23 degrees, 26 minutes east moon longitude. Armstrong stepped out, and Aldrin followed 20 minutes later: human beings stepped on the moon for the first time. The two men spent 21 hours and 26 minutes on its surface. One of the astounding aspects of the mission was the seeming simplicity of the technology used to get man to the moon. According to Oliver Gassmann, professor of Technology Management, the mobile phone in your pocket has one million times more memory than the Apollo 11’s computer. Same about the procesor: the latest phones typically have more than 100,000 times the processing power of the computer that landed man on the moon 50 years ago.

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” –Neil Armstrong

[ID: post by @jackpedia.design:

If you don't know her, Dani Donovan is an artist who makes these great ADHD comics. You've probably seen her comics even if you don't know her name:

These are just a few of my favorites, but there are a TON more on her website and Instagram. She's also the one behind the Anti-Planner workbook, if you've heard of that.

Yesterday, she sent out an email to her mailing list explaining that her business is really struggling:

I've been going back and forth on whether to say this. But authentic honesty is my whole thing, so here goes. ​ I'm fucking exhausted, dude. I've been putting out fires for a Very Long Time and keep getting hit back down before I can fully stand back up. I've got a link at the bottom of this email to a blog post with way more details about wtf has been happening with my business. (I've held a lot back over the last 2 years.) [here is the blog post] The reason it's so scary is that admitting everything that's gone wrong behind the scenes is vulnerable and I feel like a pretty massive failure. TL;DR is I've had to downsize my team from 7 people to just me and my husband, which is making things wayyyy harder. My business is in a really scary spot right now. Given all that, my upcoming launches are about to be the make-or-break moments for my company. And I'm so nervous I won't be able to pull it off in time. But over the last year, I've had tons of awesome people like you tell me in supportive DMs, emails, and IRL: "When you need help, put out the bat signal—your people will show up." So, uh…  

Your support right now will genuinely make a difference. A ticket, a share, or just forwarding this to one friend who might really like this upcoming launch. If it's not the right time or it's just not for you—I completely get it. Shit is rough all around these days, and I 1000% get it. Your existing support already means more than I can say. 💖

I don't know Dani personally or anything, I'm just an ADHDer who's been a fan of her comics for years and enjoys her blog posts. From the blog post about her business, she's in a rough spot and I thought Tumblr would want to know. She has the Anti-Planner, posters of her comics, and a bunch of other different neurodiversity-related merch available at her store here. I just grabbed two of my favorite posters I've wanted forever and some stickers.

She's also holding an online event, a 2-hour “How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don't Feel Like It” Masterclass + Workshop, which you can learn more about/register for here. (this is also linked in the quoted email I copy/pasted above). I think it comes with some Anti-Planner merch as well? It sounds really helpful for all of us neurodiverse folks.