In this episode, Nicnac has a conversation with Suzanna Chen. Suzanna is an autistic youth, advocate, and member of the Detester Magazine Team. The team has recently put out a survey designed to improve young autistic life by collecting first-hand accounts of the experience. Please consider completing the survey if you are an autist. Also, be sure to check out the other great work being done at Desterer Magazine and Learn from Autistics . Links Survey Detester Magazine Detester Autism Advocate I...
Aug 13, 2021•12 min•Season 15Ep. 26
In this episode, Nicnac describes their Philosophy of Disability and the way that the world they live in forces them into thinking about it in many ways at the same time. They reason that the best way to make progress on this is to keep sharing their experience and empathically listening to the experience of others. Autistic Education Survey Learn From Autistics Autistamatic YouTube Channel Autistic Collaboration Sarah Kurchak Donate To Support Nicnac Credits The opening music is Raindrop Rhapso...
Aug 13, 2021•13 min•Season 15Ep. 25
In this episode, Nicnac sits down with Antony Rotunno, a teacher, podcaster, musician, truth seeker and life coach to talk about artistic media creation, the search for truth, John Lennon, The Beatles and everything in-between. This is a hugely deep conversation that will likely cause both Nicnac and listeners to rethink some things. Donate Credits Check out all of Antony’s work at https://www.antonyrotunno.com/ The opening music is Raindrop Rhapsody by Josh Eikenberry. We also hear a selection ...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 15Ep. 22
In this episode, Nicnac reviews the relatively light virtual aviation activities they’ve undertaken in the past month. Capstone by poor weather and poor weather in Oshkosh in both cases. Nicnac further reflects on their fifth century in virtual aviation and expresses gratitude to the developers that enable the experience and the simulation community that is so passionate about it. Even if our passion is our occasional undoing. Links Donate Contact Simply Magpie Other Aviation And Simulation Reso...
Aug 08, 2021•13 min•Season 7Ep. 24
In this episode, Nicnac briefly returns to one Marx line to get at individual variation and adds a corollary about the social contract. Nicnac notes the importance of living in a dreamland to keep oneself going but underscores the importance of keeping the ratio of the time one spends in dreamland and the time one spends in the real world as balanced as possible in line with needs. Nicnac ends by imploring folks to learn to accept every individual fully. Both their failures and their success. Ev...
Aug 06, 2021•9 min•Season 15Ep. 24
In this episode, Nicnac reflects on what they took away from the wonderful conversation they had in the last episode with Antony Ruttuno and tries to grapple with their own human failings. They talk about what they learned from finally finding Judy Singer’s work and what they think this means for themselves and the political Neurodiversity Movement at large. They mention that they have started to look further into George Harrison and confess that their search for knowledge and their creative exp...
Aug 03, 2021•12 min•Season 15Ep. 23
In this episode, Nicnac gives explaining and defining Neurodivergance another try, having felt that they may have glossed over a few things in recent episodes. They return to their favorite historic Psychologist Abraham Maslow to point out an important oversight in his research that some current scholars are beginning to understand. Namely, the internal experience of autism and other forms of neurodiversity. They highlight the recent work done by Dr. Dora Raymaker and The Academic Autism Spectru...
Jul 29, 2021•18 min•Season 15Ep. 21
In this episode, Nicnac covers the history of Hellhole, Ca (Chico, CA) from the little they know about The Mechoopda Maidu to the days of The Bidwells, the agriculture migration, the segregation and sundown era, The Cold War and the town being discovered by Silicon Valley retirees as the nearby foothills burn and the creeks go dry. Nicnac sees what city planners and developers are doing. Namely trying to create a quaint clone of Scottsdale Arizona for the retirees. But, this planning approach ig...
Jul 27, 2021•21 min•Season 15Ep. 20
In this episode, Nicnac ends up going back to their formative years in the 1990s to examine a bit more of how they become who they are referring to it as “90’s X-Files Culture”. This cultural upbringing when combined with their pre-existing neurodivergent tendencies and childhood cancer trauma made Nicnac into the unique neurodivergent skeptical geek that they are today. They pose the notion that being in the twilight years of Earth’s ability to sustain current life isn’t so bad if truth-seekers...
Jul 20, 2021•18 min•Season 15Ep. 19
In this episode, Nicnac recovers from burnt out for long enough to try and catch listeners up on their recent life journey. They use their recent virtual cross-country flying experience as a metaphor for their life experience and attempts to fly as far east as possible before ultimately flying west. They are making this metaphorical eastbound trip with nothing more than a highly calibrated moral compass, maps, and ride reports from other life pilots. They will know it’s time to land when their w...
Jul 19, 2021•13 min•Season 15Ep. 18
Donate Contact Simply Magpie Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac reviews the lessons from their virtual 15 hour and 9-minute trek from Monterey CA to Oshkosh, WI including the details of the final 3 legs that culminated in a botched landing onto rwy 9 at Oshkosh. They review their virtual flying skill limits and the limits that consumer flight sim technology and flight planning software place on their virtual flying style. They reassert their belief that X-Plane 11 and P3D currently stand as the ...
Jul 12, 2021•28 min•Season 7Ep. 23
Show Notes In this episode, Nicnac tracks their difficult journey towards Oshkosh in The TorqueSim SR22 and default DA40NG for Microsoft Flight Simulator. They talk about each leg, Monterey to San Carlos, San Carlos to Grand Junction, Grand Junction to Boulder, Boulder to Ainsworth, and Ainsworth to Mankato. They talk about why they are setting aside MSFS again and sticking with XPlane for GA and P3D for Airliners. Although they do note some progress on the part of Working Title and PMS. They pl...
Jul 10, 2021•20 min•Season 7Ep. 22
In this episode, Nicnac talks about the learning tools that are available in the simulation world and the learning they did on a recent cross-country trek from the birthplace of powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to Monterey, California in a mix of GA Aircraft in X-Plane 11. They also spend some time talking about real-world aviation. The uniqueness of the real experience. The powerful way podcasting can be used to share the hobby and passion and the times that real-world aviation gets...
Jul 06, 2021•18 min•Season 7Ep. 21
In this episode, Nicnac starts to puzzle over how to adjust to what they now know about themselves. They review their various coping systems and lament the “return to normal” humbug that is currently adding to the already oppressive normalization meat grinder. They conclude that their best path forward is to stick with what they know works and learn to say no when needed. This includes minimizing social interactions in any form, rolling with their energy flows, and trying to figure out how to co...
Jun 30, 2021•10 min•Season 15Ep. 17
In this episode Nicnac talks about their concerns with The FAA and the way its structure has it constantly compromising safety to meet the powerful economic demands of airframers, airlines and US politicians. Nicnac makes the point that this structure isn’t safe or sustainable and results in continuous loss of life the world over. Nicnac also calls attention to their local airport KCIC where the city that owns the airport has elected to use airport property to provide temporary “shelter” to unho...
Jun 29, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 20
In this episode Nicnac traces how they came into podcasting and attempts to convey what they are aspiring towards along with how their own experiences and limitations have shaped their work. Nicnac is excited about the process of taking their work to the next level and thankful for all who have contributed to the craft and taught it to them. Having a podcast that combines Nicnac’s unique interests, strife and limitations is interesting. It seems to work almost despite itself. Nicnac hopes you wi...
Jun 26, 2021•12 min•Season 15Ep. 16
In this episode Nicnac talks about the poor state of social services in their community of Chico, California and lists two organizations among many that are trying to help in the face of violent city policy and public opinion; Northern Valley Harm Reduction Coalition and Chico Housing Action Team. Nicnac calls for real pluralism in policy in their community, state, city and world. Links Northern Valley Harm Reduction Coalition at https://nvhrc.com/ They need volunteers! Chico Housing Action Team...
Jun 26, 2021•9 min•Season 15Ep. 15
In this episode Nicnac tries to succinctly synthesize and summarize their work and call out US conformity culture for what it is. They briefly summarize their historical findings before sharing their view that now is the time to connect with like minds, help where you can but lay low and stay safe in hopes that humanity will see better days in some far distant future. Sometimes The Obi-Wan Kenobi approach makes the most sense…. Donate Nicnacjak.net Credits The opening music is Raindrop Rhapsody ...
Jun 25, 2021•9 min•Season 15Ep. 14
In this episode Nicnac tries to connect their recent progress in self identity to the work that they’ve done and how they came to do that work. They try to explain that they are driven to strive for a better world because they’ve experienced pain and indeed have caused pain. Nicnac does this by talking a bit about the podcast, their desire to be accepted, their more problematic coping techniques and explaining why they wrote and released their early song “Say What You Want To Say” at the age of ...
Jun 22, 2021•22 min•Season 15Ep. 13
In this episode Nicnac finds themselves enjoying Ortho scenery so much that they are doing short low IFR flights across The US at a very leisurely pace. They turned to this diversion as they were needing a break from the extremely long SR22 North Atlantic Legs. It being the solstice, though, Nicnac is well aware of the impact of the delays relative to weather. They will continue to report on their sim experience to the best of their capacity. Nicnac ends the episode by reminding listeners of the...
Jun 20, 2021•26 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Show Notes In this episode Nicnac tries to articulate how finding safe communities that embrace and support who they are in recent times has made them feel. They don’t feel they can adequately express how much these discoveries have helped them and will help them in the times ahead. They also express how damaging attempts to modify or suppress who they are have been over the years. Given that advocating for and creating a global community that embraces diversity and supports people’s needs is th...
Jun 16, 2021•8 min•Season 15Ep. 12
In this episode Nicnac describes a moment of incredible clarity that they reached at the end of last weekend. An experience that they articulate as something akin to A “Dr. House” style epiphany coupled with the euphoric clearly the character would experience at the end of the majority of the episodes in the 2004-2012 series. They make the best effort they can muster in an attempt to explain their lifelong social, work and daily cognitive experience. They have made a herculean effort to complete...
Jun 15, 2021•13 min•Season 15Ep. 11
In this episode Nicnac works to shift their energy and considers what it will take cautiously to spend more time outside of their darkened studio where they’ve spent most of their time since Covid started in March of 2020. They are in the process of accepting the neurodivergent capacity limits they have that cause them to need to work hard to be mindful of their limits when outside of their safe space and interacting with others Donate Nicnacjak.net There is a lot going on behind the scenes as c...
Jun 13, 2021•7 min•Season 15Ep. 10
In this episode Nicnac is having a rebirth of self after picking a new name to better fit who they are. While they want to embrace the moment for all that it is, they also have a need to process their strife around energy management and the difficulty of living in a culture of compliance. So grab your favorite beverage, grab a breath and join this important moment in Nicnac’s life. Donate Nicnacjak.net...
Jun 10, 2021•12 min•Season 15Ep. 9
In this episode Nicnac talks about gender and the challenges that arise from trying to navigate the world being as true to themselves and others as possible. They ponder how hard it is to be real in modern society and seek your feedback on how that reflects on our species in the long run. Links Donate Nicnacjak.net Flight Sim Services...
Jun 09, 2021•10 min•Season 15Ep. 8
In this episode Nicnac reviews their more than 30 years of mental health treatment. Over the course of their life they have been diagnosed with a wide variety of illnesses ranging from ADD to Bipolar and Autism. Despite Nicnac’s extensive treatment history, they continue to feel like they are living an endurance test. Having briefly worked in the mental health field, Nicnac reports on some research they've been doing into the social model of disability and the use of the term neurodivergent. Nic...
Jun 07, 2021•11 min•Season 15Ep. 7
In this episode Nicolas (Nicnac) explores their struggle to find the right balance in social interactions and overcome some insecurities that are currently hampering their ambitions. Nicolas also discusses the fate of their “wellness document” and the struggle to make better audio content. They close out the episode by talking about gender and queerness. Reemphasizing their relatively new belief that social justice progress cannot be solely dependent on non violent direct action. Progress has be...
Jun 05, 2021•14 min•Season 15Ep. 6
In this episode Nicolas covered leg 9 which saw them begin the over-water portion of the journey from Chico to Newcastle. Although Nicolas originally planned on making for the east coast of Greenland icing conditions and a limited supply of on board deice fluid forced them to divert to Kangerlussuaq Airport (BGSF) where last minute diversion planning nearly resulted in a CFIT. The fact that this was Leg 9 take 2 indicates that Nicolas needs to stick to the sim and study harder... Links Donate FS...
Jun 03, 2021•15 min•Season 7Ep. 18
Show Notes: In this episode Nicolas begins to question their ongoing efforts to change who they are to conform better with neurotypical people. Nicolas refers to The Sims, Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and a preliminary understanding of Buddhism and the social theory of disability to ground their thinking and consider new approaches to their stuckness . How will it play out? Keep listening to find out! Links Donate Flight Sim Services Twitter nicnacjak.net...
Jun 01, 2021•14 min•Season 15Ep. 5
In this episode Nicolas makes some corrections on the editorial episode of “The FS Community Law'' realizing that their own errors were violating the principal. Nicolas then moves on with a review of The CaptainSim 767 after logging 96 hours in it in P3Dv4. Although Nicolas has some harsh views to air they hope that a more rigorous production will allow them to conclude these two episodes and move on to other things..Like Leg 9 maybe??? Links Donate FSRideAlong.com Flight Sim Services Simply Mag...
May 29, 2021•9 min•Season 7Ep. 17
