Notices by Your Autistic Life (yourautisticlife@mast.yourautisticlife.com)

@feditips

Suppose someone blocks me. The feeling is mutual, so I want to block them too.

Am I able to block them after they've blocked me?

This is what I call mutual blocking.

Is mutual blocking in the fediverse possible at all?

Is mutual blocking possible on Mastodon?

I don't see these two questions as equal. It could be possible to mutually block at the level of ActivityPub, but also for Mastodon to not have an interface that allows us doing it.

I know on some platform this is not possible. Once you block someone, you vanish out of existence, and they cannot also block you.

However, I'm thinking that it is possible to mutually block one another in the fediverse and Mastodon.

I've searched the web and I haven't found a discussion of this.

#fediverse #blocking #Mastodon #MutualBlocking #ActivityPub

@youronlyone@c.im

Do **YOU** need to put the lid back on your emotions. I have decided, by and large, not to put the lid back on mine.

I've told the story in another message of how last weekend The Pink Phantom by Gorillaz came on in my earbuds while I was waiting for the subway. This song encapsulates so perfectly a breakup of mine that I started crying right there. I did not stop the music. I just cried. That partner was my greatest success and my worst failure.

I've had cancer. (Doing fine, thank you.) My cancer lessened my ability to mask. I think one of my autistic traits is uncontrollable sadness. I cry at all kinds of things, from just finding something beautiful that I have to cry, to sad stories.

On and on the topic of Spock acting human... I have a shortcast about that, linked at the end of this message.

@actuallyautistic @autistics @youronlyone@firefish.social

https://spectra.video/w/iypSHsdBYLHk3JzsQNPinS

@GeofCox

"Hi! I'm a book banner."

"Nice to meet you! I'm the Streisand Effect."