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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/10/2026

Halloween costumes for birders. This is from last year and someone actually did the sexy owl pellet one.

A comic called halloween costume ideas for birders. In panel 1, labeled easy, there's a person labeled northern cardinal wearing a party hat, a beak, and red clothes, and a person labeled roseate spoonbill wearing pink clothes and a wooden spoon on their nose. In panel 2, labeled harder, there's a person labeled merlin sound ID wearing a big green circle with a microphone modeled after the button on the merlin sound ID app, and a person labeled hybrid green x blue jay wearing a complex costume with a mask and robe and hat modeled after a recently discovered hybrid bird. In panel 3, labeled challenging, there's a person labeled baltimore oriole nest wearing an enormous accurate woven oriole nest suspended from their arms and shoulders, and a person labeled african jacana carrying chicks with a hideous costume of long-toed bird feet hanging from their armpits. In panel 4, labeled hot, there's a person labeled high quality spotting scope who is shirtless and is wearing a spotting scope mask on their head, and a person labeled sexy owl pellet wearing an owl pellet top and bottom with a mouse skull on their head.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Recently pulled together an emergency preparedness pod with people who live near me because of the many (worsening) crises that we are in or are heading our way. Can't stress enough for others to do this asap. Even just having a couple of conversations about it is better than nothing and will help.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Talk now about what you will do if there is a bad power outage, esp one that might last a while. How will you meet up and communicate if the cell towers go down or there is no way to access the internet? How will you get water? Share resources together? Where will you shelter?

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I know it may seem daunting to approach your neighbors, especially if you don't know them at all, (hell, it may be daunting to approach your friends), but i have found that most people do not have a plan and are grateful for someone else initiating it.

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

full link to the pods resource: www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res...

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Pods — SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For those building a pod: 1) I'm giving a virtual, public Intro to Pods on Sat Oct 10th. It's free (tho donations are greatly appreciated) w ASL + Spanish interp. Register: bit.ly/intro-pods 2) this resource www.soiltjp.org/our-work/res... has all kinds of info + worksheets (it's also in spanish)

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 01/09/2026

"For me, the disaster was not using a wheelchair, but living in a world that is hostile towards the people who need them." Adryan Corcione writes about going from able-bodied to disabled overnight, watching a whole lot of disaster movies, and a fundamental shift in thinking about disability.

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Sometimes You Need an Apocalypse to Survive

A summer of unrelenting pain revealed the disaster that is being disabled under late-stage capitalism.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Looking for examples of primarily non-speaking lead characters in shows. (Anything approximating that is welcome but that is the target)

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Ferb from Phineas and Ferb

Alt: Ferb from Phineas and Ferb

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Re-reading OP and realizing you said “lead characters”. Onion (Steven Universe) and Gord (Dead End Park) are both side characters so I guess they don’t quite qualify.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13/08/2026

Are you neurodivergent, a parent of someone ND, or an educator with ND students? Would you like to help create ND-friendly educational settings? Do you have ideas for improving ND educational experiences? Yes? Then please take Stanford's #neurodiversity survey: redcap.stanford.edu/surveys/?s=D...

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This. It's something we focus on a lot in early years but it's very noticeable how thinking about school as a sensory experience decreases with age.

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Murderbot diaries by Martha Wells are very quick reads and fantastic!

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Scissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 09/08/2026

“…the phrase ‘life is short’ is deceptive. Life is the longest thing we’ll ever do.” I’m trying to navigate a major transition and desperately needed to hear this today. 💛 Thanks for the h/t @faceofvoid.bsky.social

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Today, Aug 8, is #SevereMEDay. Today we discuss severe-presenting #MECFS and remember people with severe ME. #MECFS is an infection-associated chronic illness, which means it is often, but not always, kicked off by an infection. ~Half of #LongCOVID cases at 6 mo meet the dx criteria for ME/CFS. 🧵

Two diagrams from the Mayo Clinic Proceedings article I co-authored. On the left, a diagram of a woman's body, including symptoms of fatigue, muscle aches, PEM, cognitive dysfunction, unrefreshing sleep, orthostatic intolerance, temp. dysregulation, urinary frequency, myalgia, sensory sensitivity/reactivity, swollen lymph nodes & other flu-like symptoms, shortness of breath, palpitations/chest pain, appetite changes and diarrhea/constipation. On the right, a wheel diagram of symptoms that may flare in post-exertional malaise, the pathology that occurs w/overexertion in which many symptoms flare and new symptoms may appear. It notes that PEM is not deconditioning, not being more tired than usual after activity, not second-day muscle soreness and symptoms are not necessarily relieved by sleep. It includes all the symptoms mentioned in the first diagram but has some sections on what it's like in the patient's own words.

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Scissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 07/08/2026

not because you don’t want people to know what’s going on because you simply don’t have the energy to comfort them when they’re sad or worried about your life

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Scissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 07/08/2026

one of the most isolating parts of chronic illness is what you *don’t* share

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 04/08/2026

Sunday Aug 9, 10AM CT: our Campfire watches “Code for the People,” Bao Nguyen's documentary on open source and the open web. I helped start WordPress and Automattic. Our practices came out of that work. stimpunks.org/2026/08/04/c...

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Campfire Learn Together: Code for the People

For our Sunday, August 9, 2026 Campfire Learn Together, we are watching and discussing Code for the People, Bao Nguyen's documentary about open source, the open web, and the people who keep both from…

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ok, but why do cicadas have to be *that* loud. It seems a little excessive…and rude, if I’m being honest.

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The chronically ill one is…oof yeah.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 29/07/2026

There is a lot of space between being nonspeaking & being able to communicate in socially expected ways. @yesthattoo.bsky.social explains how intermittent, unreliable, insufficient & expensive speech help describe the space between nonspeaking & fully speaking: www.assistiveware.com/blog/intermi...

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Intermittent, unreliable, insufficient, and expensive speech - AssistiveWare

This article explores some of the varied experiences autistic people can have navigating the space between nonspeaking and fully speaking.

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is the best tip sheet on the satanic panic type scare around kids and tech I’ve ever seen.

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This thread is SO resonant to me right now. Over the past couple of years as I've explored my own neurodivergence & adjusted my approach to living & socialising, how it LOOKS from the outside is that I've made my life smaller - when I've actually just given myself permission to make it more livable.

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Distinguishing real limitations past which you'll harm yourself vs areas amenable to growth is really tough. Doing something hard & surprising yourself & gaining a sense of mastery & self respect & genuinely expanding your capacity is obviously good. But breaking yourself trying to seem normal isn't

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Capitalism doesn't really want us to rest or grieve or go slow or stop or think or wander off or be sick or care for others because none of these generate economic events & so the system doesn't consider them part of a win condition

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

AUDHD IS WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH AUTISM AND ADHD. WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH THE MIX CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO IDENTIFY THAT YOU HAVE EITHER DUE TO THE WAY THEY PLAY OFF EACH OTHER WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH BECAUSE ADHD MASKS AUTISTIC TRAITS AND AUTISM MASKS ADHD TRAITS SO YOU MIGHT BE MUCH LATER IN LIFE BEFORE BOTH ARE …

Two Douxonds, the one on tbe right’s whole body is rigid and is looking straight forward as in a trance the one of the left os body forward like the rigjt but looser with their head turned nindy degrees to look at tbe eogjt dog eitj tbeir mouth fills ipwn in eather a yawn or a bark.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Well, it was a very very close one yesterday, but we now have our two #WorldCupOfBirds finalists. On Sunday one of these guys will be crowned the best "ordinary" bird in the world. 🇨🇦 Black-capped Chickadee 🇳🇿 New Zealand Fantail Voting will open at 9am, EDT.

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naarna (she/they) @naarna.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026

Functioning labels are pathologising, as Kieran Rose explains here: theautisticadvocate.com/autism-its-l...

The linear concept was simpler, easier to operationalise in research, easier for professionals and the public to understand, and easier for systems that wanted to categorise Autistic people into neat groups, so it’s the one that stuck. So, once that linear spectrum took hold, functioning labels followed.

“High Functioning” and “Low functioning” became everyday shorthand.

‘High Functioning’ meant independent, speaking, able to perform in ways that reassured non-Autistic people.

‘Low Functioning’ meant dependent, non-speaking, requiring visible support.

Both labels erased reality: The so-called ‘high functioning’ dismissed when they struggled, their support needs ignored. The so-called ‘low functioning; denied agency, meaningful communication, their abilities and potential written off.

Functioning labels flatten complexity, stripping Autistic people of the right to be understood as whole, dynamic human beings.

The logic behind these labels is rooted in capitalism and eugenics. High functioning is code for productive, employable, useful to the economy. Low functioning is code for burden and cost. Human worth is measured in relation to how well someone fits into systems of labour and independence, whether they can be deemed as ‘contributors’ to society, or a drain on it. So the labels aren’t really scientific descriptors at all but instead are moral judgements.

The impact of these labels is not evenly distributed.

Racialised children are more likely to be labelled “severe” or “profound,” their strengths overlooked, and their behaviours read through the lens of prejudice. Autistic women and girls are more likely to be told they are “mild,” their struggles minimised, their masking mistaken for coping. Poor families are often pathologised as chaotic or neglectful, with their children described in deficit terms that justify surveillance. These labels aren’t ever applied in a vacuum instead, they are shaped by, and in turn contribute to, the shaping of existing inequalities of race, gender, and class.

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

And you cling to the hope of more those brief, clear moments in the future.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/07/2026

Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.

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El Steinbach @esteinbach.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You ever just: Go to the kitchen to clean and divide a package of meat to freeze, and end up: Deep cleaning the living room? 😄

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Almost a decade ago, I was very Special Interested in mushrooms and developed an organizing training framework based on mycelium. The core teaching was, people think the above-ground part (the mushroom) is the body of the organism, but that isn't the case. So too with movement. (cont)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

THREAD. A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...

The Girl With The Cat Earring, featuring my mum and dad's cat Bridget.

Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 22/04/2026

Green: The only way to learn about how to respond to an autistic person who’s in distress is to listen to autistic people who have been in distress. Autistic people can remember being a kid. They can remember why they acted out, why they would run away. They can tell you why they self-injure. 128/

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/03/2026

I was talking to someone today who had literally no idea JK Rowling was a bigot. They're never online, they saw the movies and liked them, and planned on watching the show. I told them about Rowling's behavior and they're disgusted; but they sincerely had never heard it before. I'm saying this bc

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

And now, my friend, you can finally say that you have survived six years of this pandemic. And yet, my friend, you cannot say you still cannot say that you have survived this pandemic. * A compendium of the 314th week of plague poems… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/p...

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Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Fourteenth Week

Today, when you hear people groan that they thought, that they really thought they had more time than this, it may be tempting to interpret this comment as a woebegone lament for the state of the w…

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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

From the OMF-supported MERC with @BatemanHorne: During a crash, #pwME may struggle to think or communicate clearly. Communication cards help patients point to needs like water, pain, light sensitivity, or emergencies. Find these cards in our Crash Survival Guide: bit.ly/44MgSS9

Printable “Critical Needs” communication cards. The sheet includes illustrated cards labeled Food, Hydration, Medicine, Toilet, Bathe, Brush Teeth, Fresh Clothes, Hygiene Wipes, and Change Sheets, plus two blank cards.

Printable “Symptoms & Sensitivities” communication cards. Illustrated cards labeled I Can’t Speak, I Can’t Think, I Am Hot, I Am Cold/Chills, In Pain, Nausea, Cramps, Touch Sensitivity, Sound Sensitivity, Light Sensitivity, and Smell Sensitivity.

Printable “Comfort” cards with icons for Do Not Disturb, TV Remote, Phone/Computer/Tablet, Decide For Me, hot pack, cold pack, pillows, blanket, wash cloth, and eye mask

nine labeled icons: Severe Reaction (911), Call Doctor, Emergency Room, Can't Eat/Drink, Can't Sit Up, Can't Move Body, Can't Swallow, Difficulty Breathing, and Chest Pain. Two blank cards are included for custom use.

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