Darren

Metro delays this morning so stuck here for a bit, at least I get a gorgeous sunrise to snap

Its Monday, back to getting up crazy early and waiting around at Pelaw at the crack of dawn, all in the name of maintaining a steady income through employment

Its a routine that never stops

Hope you all have a good week yourselves 👍

Heading off to start another working week

Have a good one everybody, hope it goes well and rapid 👍

ere we go again for another 5 days of graft

Hope you all have a good week 👍

Its the tradional back to work welcome this morning at Tyne Dock, delays delays delays! But hey, least I hae a clear starry night sky to look at.

Hope you all have a good remainder of the week

Not been the best of weekends, plus did not have a good nights sleep, that and I just feel this week is gonna be pretty rough 😔😖

Anyhow, hope the rest of you have a good week 👍

Started on the lighting kit for that lego enterprise

Bottom section is done but when I started on the Saucer lights, disaster 😢😖

Its now starting to look more like how it was left on Veridian III 😖

Its Monday, its 5:15am and its…not crackerjack. Its misty and miserable. 😞 Its also time for the first working week of February

Hope you all have a good week 👍

Ive been intrigued by the work of this man after listening to his words regarding autism on a variety of podcasts, so I thought id give one of his books a try

So thats what im starting this morning before work

Ive Finished this on my break, highly recommend it.

Its a fascinting insight into how distrust from the autistic community towards methods of research is rife, especially in areas where researchers explicitly exclude input from the very community they’re studying

Monday and another working week, it always comes with its own trepidations, andthis werk is no different

Hope you all have a good week everybody 👍

This article on autistic burnout is a lot harder to write than expected, even with my notes

I've been on it all afternoon! 😖😖

Hope youre having a better Monday morning than I am, god this is miserable 🌧️ ☔️ 💦

Hope you all have a good week

Started this magazine this evening. Im looking to use whatever guidance this has with what im constantly learning about autism & myself to help improve me as a person, addressing my own social & emotional difficulties

The last couple of weeks has shown that I still have a lot to work to do on those

GOODBYE TO 2025, FOOTBALL, NEURODIVERGENCE AND WHATNOT 2025 is a year that we are about to depart and its certainly been eventful to say the least. Full of life changes, contrasting football fortunes and news events that leave me with plenty of worry a…

My final post of 2025, my traditional end of year piece.

Heres to a happy 2026 everybody

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What a murky start to christmas week 🌧️ 😔

Only the three days in before the festivities allow for a long weekend off

As always, have a good week everybody

This has been me today, hardly moved from the bed and getting fully caught up on Gone Fishing 😔

Think I need at least another day off, still feel like I have absolutely no energy 😔😔

What a miserable Monday morning 😔 🌧️

Still though, need to get to work

As always, hope you all have a good week

Its Monday, its quarter past 5, and its…not crackerjack, its a return to the daily grind.

Hope you all have a good week 👍

Some really important autistic history in this book, including @autisticadvocacy.org's involvement with the diagnostic changes from the DSM IV to DSM V (many people don't realise there was some input), and so much more!
Always a book I will recommend.

Clear skies at this time of the morning doesnt half give one a gorgeous view of the stars 😍⭐

First shift back at work since the clocks went back

Hope you all have a good week everyone 👍🩷🩵

Well thats a wonderful start to the working week, whoever’s responsible for this, id just like to say F**K YOU! 😡

Hope you’re all good and have a good week yourselves

Another week begins & common sense won out. 😔 1st time in 4 years that ive had to ring in sick, good run while it lasted but after the weekend ive had & how I am this morning, I just couldnt do it

Hope I can limit it to just 1 day to witness the misery that is daytime tv

Hope you have a good week

TRUMP’S PRESS CONFERENCE – MY REACTION Back in April, there was that infamous press conference where the newly apppointed secretary of state for health in the USA, Robert F Kennedy Jr (or RFK for short) made some outlandish claims about…

After showing a few people already and seeing the feedback, I feel confident now in publishing this

My response to "that" press conference last week where Donald Trump took RFK's stance from April, and ran with it

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Another working week begins. Doing the Saturday just gone always makes it feel like a turnaround thats lasted…well…like its non existent.

Hope you all have a good week 👍

Saturday shift, football stuff and blog progress out of the way, now time to finally chill properly

And for that, commandeering the parents bedroom to indulge in more Gone Fishing

“False hopes are more dangerous than fears”

J.R.R. Tolkien

It appears the foreseeable future will be even more difficult for autistic people & their loved ones because of the heinous disinformation coming from the US government &their supporters. We should not need to reiterate the humanity of Autistic people, but here we are, watching as progress is erased

Time to begin another working week, 6 days this time as its my turn for the Saturday shift so yep, its going to be a long one

Mornings are getting darker as well so these gorgeous sunrises are getting fewer

As always, hope you all have a good week 🌅