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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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MeteoSchweiz @meteoschweiz.ch · 28/11/2025

Grosses #Haareis im Sihlwald: Verantwortlich für die schönen Frisuren ist das Zusammenspiel von feuchtem Totholz und frostiger Luft. Mehr dazu: www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/wetter/we… Fotos: @danivumalvier.bsky.social

Foto von Haareis, welches aus einem moosbedeckten Ast wächst.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Found these beauties on a frosty early morning walk. Has been very damp and cold recently. Extremely delicate. Possibly hair ice / Exidiopsis effusa? Any other ideas? #fungifriends

White, hair-like fungi. Possibly Exidiopsis effusa, more commonly known as har ice. Forms rarely in very specific, damp and freezing conditions.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The fact that the regime is executing citizens in the street and then asking for lists of citizens who voted against them might raise a few alarm bells.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/09/2025

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

Three pelicans diving after sunset, with a sailboat and a tanker in the distance, 2 terns also fly, the pelicans are shown in their dive motion

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Fungi First @fungifirst.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The sheer size of this American Abrupt-Bulbed Lepidella (Amanita abrupta) 🤯!!! #mushrooms #fungifriends

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🍂🍄🍎Wintersweet 🍏🍄🍂 @wintersweetbou.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Underneath the destroying angel 🍄 delicate gills and collar shows she's the deadly lady of the forest. #fungifriends #destroyingangel #mushroom

Underside of a destroying angel- pale gills and collar

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Greg from Oz (he/him) @greg38589422.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Read as two columns. My own poem as published by Art of Autism.

By Greg Burns

My language is more than words
and so is yours
My language moves with the wind
and turns with the earth
It twinkles with the stars above
and ripples with the waves
My language is something you do not learn
but I must learn your language
I must force my mouth to form
the words with teeth and tongue
until they gasp newborn
with spit encrusting
their every utterance
My language is a dance
upon the pattern of the world
Where birds intuit right things to say
and beasts turn to and fro
in delirious swirls
that sway the surface of the land
My language tells the story-song
from migration’s origin
to feet’s destination
From pillars of ice
to deserts of sand
My language is
very small
It hides beneath the waves
in paths of secrecy
amidst deep ocean’s
spuming vents
My language is
very large
So it loses sight
of the infinitesimal
peacock proud puffery
that promotes itself
around each person
My language
can be understood
only by living
Your language languishes
alone and lonely
longing to be alive
I will take up your words
Breathe upon them
the meaning of my speech
and try to make them
say something
once again
Yet with every breath
I utter
I lose the pattern
of who I am
and find myself
further and further
from my home
Will you try
to learn
my language?

https://the-art-of-autism.com/my-language/

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Lillian Crawford @lillcrawf.co.uk · 08/03/2025

Details of the full Stimema season can be found here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

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Relaxed series:Stimema: The Neurodiverse World on Screen | BFI Southbank

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Hane @hane.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza

left: Nicolas Cage with long black hair and a moustache in a black top
right: Spinoza with long black hair and a moustache in a black top

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Autist: I’d rather have a glass, it feels much nicer #autistic

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

No, echo chambers are not a good thing. It’s better to have civilised debate and disagreement. It’s good to understand another point of view, even if we disagree. The problem is the trolls and their abuse, who have forced us to take refuge here. It’s a choice of last resort.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Call for input from autistic researchers - thread. (please repost) In a recent conversation with @audhd-psychnp.com they mentioned how researchers might find some of the exchanges here useful. The autistic community could help researchers find them more easily if we agreed on a standard #tag

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“The American Dream” is a lie designed to keep the poor believing they can succeed, while ensuring they remain subjugated.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 16/12/2024

Prepare your best gift-opening faces - the full Daily Tism News show is live here: thedailytism.com/the-daily-ti... Huge thanks to Turtle Canyon Comedy & our exceptionally talented team, @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social @gracejarvisohno.bsky.social @elsawilliams.bsky.social & @sararoseg.bsky.social

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Autistic Lauren 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @autisticlauren.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Autistic people making jokes about THEIR OWN autism/autistic experiences isn't making light of or making fun of autism It's often done to help spread awareness. It can also be a coping mechanism. It can also be so other autistics who relate can have a laugh and feel less alone

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Just because it’s all you’ve ever known doesn’t mean it’s good for you

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Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I don't go by someone's block lists. Or someone else's recommendation of who to block. I also never recommend on who to block. I go by my own experiences and who I see someone else interact with someone else, even if I ain't personally interacted with you, you could still be blocked. Move on.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I don’t agree with the popular claim ‘you can’t be a little autistic’, because I’m not even sure autism exists other than as a top-down, diagnostic tool. Given autism is a syndrome, its component parts are so varied and variable, the idea we can drop them in a box and slap a label on it, seems lazy.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I’m more often reading how the double empathy problem (DEP) is a better explanation for communication difficulties than theory of mind (ToM). I can see how this could be seductive - DEP is not deficit focused so easier to ‘accept’ within the community. But there’s a problem…

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We still doing the “your 300 character limited post did not clearly define all of your words so I’m going to assume the worst faith interpretation in a way that will make it seem like you’re personally attacking me and my views” thing here too I guess?

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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A little survival guide to power dynamics, for autistics. 👇 Intended as a resource for confused #autistic people on social dynamics & power hierarchies! Below are links to some threads & articles I've put together on the topic. 🧵 #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Heirarchy #Capitalism #AuDHD

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 07/12/2024

The science is starting to show what we’ve been saying all along The lights are too bright The sounds are too loud The clothes are too itchy Thoughts don’t stop Don’t know where to look Constantly misunderstood Never understanding why Until we DO understand why They can’t take that back from us

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

One part of an excellent thread. If you have a few minutes, you might find this useful. #autistic #neurodivergent

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DuendeonFuego @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate. The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Time for a break. Have been hyper-focused trying to make sense of my recent diagnosis. Feeling a little burnt out. Might spend a few days away from the friendly blue skies.

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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This is super important 👏 We desperately need to teach autistic and adhd esp how to manage burnout. For us it is a life long task managing the balance. We are failing give kids to tools to do this. Well done @elizafricker.bsky.social @drnaomifisher.bsky.social one for every school to get.

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 03/12/2024

“At the end of the day, I’d rather be excluded for who I include, than be included for who I exclude” ♥️

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The Double-Empathy-Problem is a verified theory beings with similar experience intuitively understand each other and beings with dissimilar experiences intuitively misunderstand each other. Excellent primer on this subject along the lines of Autism & Allism youtu.be/A1AUdaH-EPM

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Why everything you know about autism is wrong | Jac den Houting | TEDxMacquarieUniversity

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Autism - a short thread on perspective and the importance of community. Something’s not right… (please feel free to repost it). #autism #autistic #adhd #AuDHD #neurodivergent 🧵 1/

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#ThoughtForTheDay on staying grounded. "Cast aside compliments just as readily as you should an insult. Neither change the person you are." I belive this applies to what other people say, just as much as it does to the way we talk to ourselves.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thinking back to my father who I suspect was #autistic but never knew. He had a small shop, dealing with customers all day. He used the same 'set' of expressions and phrases that he would mix and match for different situations. No one else talked like that. Makes total sense now.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#SongsToUnmaskWith A song with wonderfully relatable lyrics by @passingfornt.bsky.social Please see the overall thread for more music and videos, that the community has shared, which convey their feelings about being #autistic and #masking Feel free to add yours! We can make this a 'thing'

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

One of the best threads I have read about #unmasking Loukas writes fluently, clearly and concisely about ideas and issues that, perhaps, many of us struggle with. If you have a few minutes, I strongly encourage you to read it. I found it helpful. You might too? #autistic

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

You can’t tell if someone is disabled by how they look or speak. Invisible disabilities are just as real—and just as deserving of respect and support.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

There’s something wrong with our understanding of neurodivergence. Call me a pedantic pattern picker, but it doesn’t add up. As if we are confusing what it is with what that can do to us in the presence of stressors. Just one example is the overlap between the ‘symptoms’ of adhd and trauma.

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#QuoteToLiveBy “I choose who I want to be, and won't allow someone else's bad behavior to make the decision for me.” - Gaurelin

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Sébastien Fauconnet @daryo.me · 01/12/2024

La fameuse fenêtre d’Overton

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Is it just me, or does the Gestalt idea of psychology (not gestalt therapy) ‘feel’ similar (in part) to how the autistic mind works? Anyone else see similarities with their own understanding of how they think? #autistic en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt...

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Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia

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persephone @jomaselli.ca · 01/12/2024

Are we ready to have this convo here, or should I write something longer-form about this another time? Neurodivergent people can cause harm to other neurodivergent ppl & to neurotypical ppl. My personal theory is that this is usually a trauma response due to abuse suffered for being ND. 1/4

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I’ve been thinking about my immediate and very large extended family on both sides. It’s like a neurodivergent family group on steroids. Apart from some of the distant younger cousins (medically dx’d as autistic), none of them realise!

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Mariani @donepretending.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

As an autistic, categorising things / ideas made sense to me, until it didn’t. Placing things in mental boxes, limited my ability to identify patterns or correlations. N.B. very different from causations. Leaving it messy but tagging attributes / themes makes much more sense. #autistic

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