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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/05/2026

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

Two transgender MSPs elected to Holyrood in first for Scottish parliament
Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.
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Mike Hargis @miketakespics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Good morning Bluesky! Greetings from banks of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River. What will your adventure be today? ❤️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Indoctrination into things that are irrational happens to many people on a daily basis, such as MAGA cult, religion & aspects of the society we were born into, including the very words & language we use! It makes no sense to continue on as we have, polluting our world & causing Climate Change. But..

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Women In Neuroscience Repository @winrepo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Congrats to the whole team and especially to @clarken.bsky.social for leading the effort 👏🏽 Try it out yourself: www.winrepo.org/transparency... #womeninSTEM #womeninneuro #academia

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Women in Neuroscience Repo

Listing of women working in Neuroscience

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Similar to my own thoughts. Nice to read something I think many feel. 21 Years on Facebook... medium.com/@curtisjmedi...

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21 Years on Facebook…

Early Adopter Turns Early Exiter

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Change is the only constant. See below: Alt text included. #audhd #autistic #autisticwomen

I've been turning over how hard it is to balance authenticity, ethics, and nervous-system safety online. I respect the real need for boundaries and confidentiality in my work, and with the diversity of those I serve, in beliefs, backgrounds, politics, and identity, I have chosen to conserve most of my private thoughts these days offline. I also understand the critique that "professionalism" can sometimes feel rigid, white, or shaped by capitalist norms, and for some, sharing more openly is liberating and healing.
As an autistic therapist, I don't share much here anymore. As an intern, 3 years ago, I only shared a few anonymized examples that referenced client stories, but stopped when I imagined how I'd feel if I were the client stumbling on them (even tho we never add clients on social media, it's been weird to find out how small the world feels with people making connections online and I just wanted to remove all risk.) When I shared back then, it was to process my own learning and express my own thoughts; not to teach others, build a platform, or position myself as someone worth following. I notice that's not how a lot of therapists use social media, and I want to name that difference.

I'm grieving what sharing here used to give me before I left my faith community, before my autism diagnosis, before licensure. Online connection used to mean community, expression, and a sense of belonging. That used to feel possible here, and now it costs more energy and carries more risk. Because I post so rarely, very few people see what I share anymore. Engagement isn't what it used to be, and so the motivation to post and the sense of connection that came from it have become rare, too. That loss is its own kind of grief.

I've experienced people taking screenshots of my images or posts and circulating them outside of privacy settings. That turned a space where I was being genuinely myself into a place that could be weaponized. Posting personal pictures feels loaded now, and I'm bummed out about that. These are the reasons so much of my account is archived now.

I'm grieving the loss of that ease. I'm grieving the version of this that used to feel safe. I'm grieving what changed, even when the changes were necessary or good.

My identity still feels fragmented across all the versions of me that different people here have known, the faith community me, the intern me, the person figuring out deconstruction, the one obsessed with personality typology, the newly licensed therapist still finding her footing, and now the late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD me, who is still learning what that means. I haven't found a way to make it feel worth it online again yet. But I want to because it helps me to stay connected and saves energy. That wanting still matters to me.

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Latest Substack post The Unseen Cost as an AuDHDer: How masking hides the cost even from you open.substack.com/pub/dawnrile...

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The Unseen Cost as an AuDHDer

How masking hides the cost even from you

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

#audhd #autistic #friendship So pick your friends, forget the rest You can't live life being second best The critics talk of stubbornness But you're just passionate, you're just passionate music.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qdy...

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You're Not Stubborn

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🍬CandyGoth🍭 ~🔞~ @candygoth.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Took me a long time to realize that there is nothing wrong with my coping mechanisms for ADHD, anxiety, and OCD + tism 🫠 Society is on a weird trad life type schtick rn shaming folks for essentially anything people do to deal with neurodivergence and I'm not falling into it

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Running song with lyrics I hope every girlie and human feel in their bones. It's a journey and we're on it together one day at a time. music.youtube.com/watch?v=RSol... Original youtu.be/E7lr7pU9fYA?...

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Sigrid - Mirror (Paul Woolford Remix / Visualiser)

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

#Stimming on beat to this at the moment #runnergirl #audhd music.youtube.com/watch?v=x-FL...

Blurry image of a person walking on a treadmill. The person wears colorful leggings and sneakers. The treadmill's control panel is partially visible.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Question: What do you do when your grants are terminated, you lose your job and the biggest science agency in the land chooses ideology over evidence? Answer: You launch your own damn shadow committee to fight misinformation on autism and public health. #Pinks

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It's strange to have changed how I use social media. I used to follow the examples of posting about education milestones, trainings, stories about progress at work. Now I'm journaling things I am thinking or like. I understand my why for this change. It's a bit of unmasking. #audhd #unmasking

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

What I know now & will never unknow: *My body signaled danger they overrode. *Emotional trust was weaponized as access. *Over-explaining was my fawn response, not poor communication. *Blocking was protection, not drama.Impact > intent. *My nervous system was right. #audhd #healing #unmasking

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"People aren't tired of the internet. They're tired of the performance. The branding. The curated bullshit. X We don't crave more content We crave connection. Something real. Words that make us feel something- That remind us we're still human." (Ryan Hennessey)

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"The cure for burnout isn't and can't be self care. It has to be all of us caring for each other." (Emily & Amelia Nagoski) #audhd #autisticwomen #hsp #integration Too long for BlueSky so see fully here: hear-me.social/@ichoose2lov...

Between Belonging

I've been doing a lot of shedding lately. Identities, communities, masks I didn't even know I was wearing. And in the quieter moments I've started to notice what's left when all of that falls away.

The thing that's true across every version of me, every role, every phase, every room I've learned to navigate, is that I care deeply. I always have. And for a long time I hid that, because caring deeply isn't always safe.

I've moved through a lot of spaces over the years. Each one met a real need for a season. Each one also had edges I learned to stay inside. So I got good at managing what I showed and where. It works. And it's exhausting.

What I've been slowly understanding is that I don't miss the spaces so much as I miss what I felt in them. Being listened to. Being known. Having somewhere to bring my feelings, my questions, my grief, my half-formed hopes. And having someone meet me there with genuine curiosity and kindness.

My husband still gives me all of that. Even after all these years. But something in me wants more than one place to feel that way. Not an audience. Not a group organized around a cause or a wound. Just a handful of people I don't have to translate myself for.

I'm in a slow season of integration right now. Learning to be a better steward of myself. Learning that I don't have to explain everything; sometimes I can just feel it.

But I also miss talking. Really talking. And I'm starting to believe I deserve a place to do that again.

If any of this lands for you, if you've ever felt the specific ache of being known in pieces but not as a whole, I'd love to hear that I'm not alone in it.
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The cure for burnout isn't and can't be self care. It has to be all of us caring for each other.

Emily & Amelia Nagoski

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Dawn Riley @ichoose2love.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Past selves sought external approval or understanding. Current me trusts the only one who needs to understand my somatic signals and needs is myself. I am becoming a better, more loving steward of myself. ✨️💓✨️ #audhd #autistic #unmasking #healing #recovery #selfcompassion

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Embrace Autism ✨ @embraceautism.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I think it’s actually a good sign that you at least feel motivated. We wrote a book with the latest research and tips for dealing with autistic burnout. You may find it interesting. embrace-autism-store.myshopify.com/products/the...

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The Ultimate Guide to Autistic Burnout E-Book

by Dr. Engelbrecht ND RP, Dr. Bercovici PhD, Eva Silvertant BDes & Kendall Jones PLEASE NOTE: This is an e-book, not a physical book. After you have completed the checkout, you will be emailed a l...

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 19/02/2026

The culture-to-cognition transmission of inequality and the psychological necessity of consciousness-raising Review by Karim Bettache go.nature.com/4c95iVP #psychscisky #socialpsy

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S. K. Riley @skriley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#GoodThings Days of delicious comfort foods (storms --> eat perishable foods first). Abundant harvest from food forest before flooding rains hit. Yum! Cosy family time indoors, for the same reason. Also cats. Rob Hirst, ‘a glimmer of tiny light in the wilderness.’ (Midnight Oil) #SilverLinings

Vale Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer.
A colourful rainbow rises up from the ocean.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Good time for a repost 👇👇👇

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Somehow, all the programs that help the majority of Americans are decried as “wasteful spending,” but the ones that help billionaires aren’t… Funny how that works.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 15/02/2026

Your periodic reminder that many autistic people are sensitive to barometric pressure changes, and can be in real pain from sinus pressure when it starts to rain or snow. So if you are seeing or feeling dysregulation, look out the window! And treat accordingly. #neurodiversity #autism

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

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Ran Giku @kikuran.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy #Valentine’s Day Happy #Birthday Enjoy #coffee and #cake and #chocolates or chocolate cake 🎂

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