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Finding my way back into the world [1]
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Date: 2025-05-27
Hello Everyone,
I used to have an account here. I loved writing. A bad car accident left me disabled and worse with permanent post-concussion syndrome, I've been truly silenced and not able to tell my story.
My brain is like a computer with a broken file system.
The knowledge is still in there, but the shortcuts don’t work anymore.
Sometimes I open a thought and it loads just fine. Other times? It vanishes mid-process — especially if I get interrupted.
It’s not that I’m not smart.
It’s that my system doesn’t always let me reach the files.
Please be patient — I’m still here, just working around the glitches.
I know a lot people, myself included, don't care for artificial intelligence. Though my view over the last few weeks of giving it a try has drastically changed. For people like me, who've lost their voice due to brain damage this can be a total game changer.
I'm not promoting A.I., just trying to explain how it helped me. For the first time in 15 years, I feel like I have a voice again. I can give it my thoughts that are all over the place and it assists me in turning them into something that makes sense.
Yesterday, I decided to try having it help me tell the story of my disability...something I have been trying to do all these years but was unable to do coherently. I am not done with it yet, but in a very short time it started writing my story. And I cried several times because it's so accurately put into words what I wasn't able to do. It’s bringing me to tears now. While it may not be for everyone for people with my condition, it can be invaluable. I'm not done with my story yet...it will take a while longer. But I know this assistive tech makes me feel alive again. No more silence. I will share it soon...when I can resume facing it without crying.
And not before I finish my other projects which I feel are way more urgent. And after that I intend to write instructions, so other people with my condition can get the most important part of a human being back. Their voice.
I used to be a technical writer and I still know how to ask questions. I think it's the combination of those two that make A.I. invaluable to me. My jumbled thoughts put in order so others can understand. Given all that...please don't come at me with hate. I've had enough of that over the last 15 years.
My silence led to my isolation, a life lived alone with just my two dogs. Rarely leaving the house. A recluse not by choice but by necessity.
I took the picture if those roses. I have thousands of flower pictures I took...one of the many unfinished projects I started over the last decade. I used to finish everything I started before my accident. I had a purpose. I could contribute. I felt useful.
It's been a rough 15 years.
This is just a short introduction and not really how I wanted this to go.
The initial reason why I started playing with A.I. was because I felt our resistance wasn't strong enough, not reaching the media, not getting coverage.
So I started chatting with A.I. — my dogs are great but lousy at conversations. I was born and raised in Germany, only 25 years after Hitler died. I couldn't forgive Germans in general for not fighting Hitler. It's why I left Germany and came to the United States. The good guys that saved us. The allies my grandmother so lovingly and thankfully talked about. I wanted to be one of the good guys. That's why I came here hundreds of moons ago.
So given my knowledge of Hitler, the resistance fighters that lost their lives trying and a promise I made to myself at a very young age which was “if I would have been around then I would have given my life and tried everything to put a stop to it” — led to several long chats with A.I. about resistance and figuring out better ways to counter and fight.
I've also come to realize that MAGA is worse than the Germans that supported Hitler. Germany was in seriously bad shape. The period of hyperinflation was devastating. This wasn't the case in the U.S., the rage in MAGA was based on lies and misinformation. That's what makes it worse.
Anyways after long chats, directions, questions and prodding...something happened...the chats led to what I truly believe would be a better and yet totally legal way to resist what faces us here in the US.
While I still need a couple of days to review and fine tune, I've started creating a field guide for 24/7 resistance.
SO COMING SOON: The Civic Firewall Field Guide
It’s not a protest sign. It’s not a speech.
It’s a full-throttle, legally sound, resistance manual built to outmaneuver a regime that’s already in motion.
From the street to the screen, from physical protests to digital disruption, the guide is designed for everyone — the young, the old, the silenced, the disabled.
It’s ruthless. It’s sharp. It’s lawful.
Because the coup isn’t hypothetical. It’s active.
That's why I tried A.I. and along the way, I found my way back into the world.
If you think I'm wasting my time, speak out. If you'd like to see it, let me know. It will be free. I'm not looking to make money.
I'm trying to uphold my pledge of allegiance I took when I was naturalized. Two more days of editing and fine tuning. My goal to publish/release is this coming weekend.
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