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Jen 🌱 Plant Based Recipes & Gardening @plantbasedrecipe.com · 27/09/2026

harvesting the runner beans and the green ones that aren't quite fully dry yet or this gorgeous colour! #Gardening #GardenSky

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[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Cheer up guys raw cookie dough is now at least as safe as most fresh produce

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arianek (she/her) @arianek.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wow. This article on involuntary MH care I saw via @brishti.bsky.social's newsletter is ...something. I don't even know what to highlight. Read the "Findings" section at minimum. (Also I wish someone would do a study like this on #Care4Complex illness in #BCHealth.) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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“Backed into a Corner”: Lived experiences of receiving and providing involuntary psychiatric treatment under British Columbia’s Mental Health Act

British Columbia’s Mental Health Act permits the involuntarily detention and treatment of individuals who meet specific criteria. Over the past 15 years, British Columbia has seen an increasing trend ...

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This. 💯 The fact that I am expected to do work to make us have BASIC inclusion in spaces that are literally talking about thing like inclusion and trauma-informed, and I am PAYING to be there is ridic on a grand scale. Oh and when allistics use the work to profit from & don't tip, credit or support

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Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Neurodivergent folks should all be paid a stipend to do things we like to do, and the world would end up benefiting from it.

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Rissa Montañez @rissavoices.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I cannot express loudly enough how important it is for leaders and bosses to champion and uplift the work done by the people who are tasked to do it - titles and labels mean very little if you don't uplift the people who helped build the foundation of your success.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 11/06/2026

Freya Emerson, 31, reportedly grew tired of people having to find out she was autistic before shitting on her for everything she did. After some careful painting on the back of an old hoodie, Emerson now bears a visual marker of her status as everyone’s hapless buttmonkey.

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Life hack! Autistic woman paints target on her back to save time

An autistic woman has decided to cut out the middleman by painting a bullseye on her back so everyone knows who to target, it has been reported. Freya Emerson, 31, reportedly grew tired of people…

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10/06/2026

If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...

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Taking action against AI harms - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm trying out this whimsical and delightful app called Roost Social where you send people messages at the literal speed of a bird. So if you are chatting with someone across the world, it'll take days to get the message. I adore this concept. It removes that stress and pressure of timely replies...

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photo grid with pictures of various birds and text My Pigeons
Chauncey
Mandlebrush
BIRDS OF PREY
4 64 km/h
HOME
Lv. 1
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Hackney
Middlefrump
CLEVER CORVIDS
4 32 km/h
Codex
Clem Studedraker
WATERFOWL
4 81 km/h
HOME
Lv. 2
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Maureen
Shad-Tooler
HUMMINGBIRDS
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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It is a nice time for the garden right now. This is lettuce ("tennis ball" variety, it's called), and carrot tops for the ones I'm using for seed this year. They are a nice purple one I am blanking on the name right now. #gardensky

above shot of butter leaf lettuce type, green leaves, and large carrot tops.

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Dr. Crepes & Short Stack (cats) @shortcats.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hey #caturday, How do you think I did here? This windowsill is for cats! xoxoxoxoxo Short Stack

tabby and white cat on windowsill standing straight up with arms in air looking at dog who is blurry and near camera with one eye closed and one a bit open looking away from cat

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13/04/2026

Another way to put it is... if you don't use AI platforms because you have a moral objection to them, but you publish your words on Substack, you haven't really thought about this stuff.

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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Most autistic people, despite everything, actually like being autistic. Not all, of course. But most of us. And I don’t just mean ‘making peace with it’. I mean: it's bound up with who we are. A thread 🧵 1/11 (refs at the end) #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Holy crap, they're out! Over 50 pages all properly laid out on getting and receiving notes in improv. You can get a discount if you grab them together, and an additional discount will be in the ImprovUpdate.com newsletter the next two weeks.

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Excellent important study/work.

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Working on some new projects and certifications around neurodivergence. And here's a frame from some b-roll taken above my house. Not too shabby! They say you need a hook, gonna rely on Vancouver Island being pretty instead 😂

clouds and sky super dramatic looking. most of the colours are oranges and blues

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If "you look," "you seem," or "you feel" are the only ways you can start a line, you'll stop asking questions and start adding information. New partner and solo exercises on this week's Your Improv Brain. NEW EP at improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

"Don't ask questions in improv" is one of those rules you hear early on. You can break it, but you have to learn how first. New episode on when questions work, when they don't, and a much easier approach for the top of your scene. NEW EPISODE at improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

New Your Improv Brain episode. This one is about why questions at the top of your scene can stall things and what to do instead. I also talk about why making assumptions about other people's characters felt genuinely weird to me when I started improv. Find episode at improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A good explanation of what's very tough for many of us. So sorry this is FB www.facebook.com/reel/1366997... Example: I couldn't believe it when I first learned that people *didn't* connect through shared stories to empathize. (Jen from the future: this is long, sigh)

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7.6K views · 1.1K reactions | #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent | Pete Wharmby, Autistic Author

#autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Every big company is going to do this in the coming months, because there are age verification laws being considered in several Western countries Research age verification laws in your region (it's S-209 in Canada) and call your reps to tell them you're deeply against this shit

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

New series on Your Improv Brain starting now. I'm covering the top of the scene, initiations, and base reality over the next few episodes. This first one is about ditching exposition and starting your scenes with momentum. Partner and solo exercises included. Find at improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If you're standing at the top of your improv scene trying to explain who everyone is and why you're all there, you've already lost the audience. New episode on how to skip all that and start in the middle. NEW EPISODE! improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Taken tonight looking towards mt arrowsmith at sunset on #VancouverIsland. Super panoramic at 14,000px wide :) I don't know how this will look in a feed 😂

basically the text in the post - gentle gradient over mountains, predominant colour is vibrant blue. 14,000 pixels wide!

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I was today years old when I saw The Littlest Hobo win a bronze at the Olympics. #GoCanada #LondonFTW

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Kit Author @kitauthor.com · 18/02/2026

If they didn't include the pup's name in the official standings, then there was a horrible mistake. Hims sprinted cross country. Hims not get recognized?

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So I read Sam Altman acquired the OpenClaw guy? Funtimes :/

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Michelle Bruton @michellebruton.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Your Improv Brain is back. New episode out now on the top of the scene and why backstory is killing your scene starts. Two exercises in this one, including a solo version you can practise on your own. Podcast or YouTube video. improvupdate.com/improvbrain

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Improv Update - Improv Update: Learning and Performing Improv and Comedy

Welcome to IMPROV UPDATE Improv & Comedy RESOURCES FOR ALL TYPES OF BRAINS TO LEARN & COMMUNICATE BETTER Available Now! Exercises to Ruin You. This 13 page guide provides six exercises to help…

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I've thought about this guy and the model buses all week after reading this. Really cool story and RIP man from Leeds. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Leeds physicist secretly built hundreds of model buses

Dr Gordon Brooke's family say they only realised there were 600 models hidden away when he died.

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Ms. Opossum graphs COVID data (health break). @ratnegative.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The BCCDC is surveying the public on our experience of the wastewater dashboard. Even though they've left hardly any room for suggestions, it is still an opportunity to voice our discontent w/ the state of wastewater surveillance in "BC", so please use it. ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Question from the last page of the BCCDC's wastewater dashboard survey:
"Do you have any suggestion(s) for improving the BCCDC wastewater surveillance dashboard? Please share here."

What I'd written in the text box:
"Restore thrice-a-week wastewater sampling.
Expand the number of WWTPs under surveillance beyond the original 12.
Represent every week of wastewater data in the lineage abundance graph and graph influenza as well as SARS-CoV-2 lineages."

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Hello everyone! I'm going into year seven of isolation. It started on Feb 21, 2020. I haven't socially (in person) seen a "friend" since that day. In fact the last "friend" I spoke to in person turned out to be an anti-vax, anti-mask convoy supporter. Surprise! Fun.

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Happy to have gotten an invite - looking good, Gander! If any of yall did too, unlikely but maybe, find me at username jen!

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The most famous of us all, by far, and it makes 1000% sense why :)

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Black autistic women live at the intersection of racism and ableism. We don’t lack courage to unmask we lack safety. And that truth needs to be said out loud.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 30/01/2026

feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember www.jlundyforsd65.com

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Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Are you subscribing to a CANADIAN that has a paid newsletter on Substack? Are they opposed to fascism? Did you know you are helping fund a FASCIST American company? Understand your options here: jen.codeberg.page/leave-substa... And let them know you're unsubscribing until they migrate. #elbowsup

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Stop Using Substack | A Request to Canadians

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I left 2 tickets to the movie on my windshield for someone to take, and when I came back there were 4… 😬

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

There’s no such thing as mild Covid, even if the acute stage of infection felt mild or asymptomatic Every Covid infection leaves damage. A heart attack or stroke in waiting 🫀🧠 Vaccine doesn’t prevent infection, it might prevent Long Covid and keep you out of hospital. N95 is your best protection 😷

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“Epidemiological studies have begun to show a concerning trend: individuals with a history of COVID-19 infection are at an elevated risk for developing diabetes, often within months of recovery...” This has actually been known for years, but I’m glad to see more attention on it.

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Unseen Post-COVID Diabetes: Causes and Forecasts

As we navigate through the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most alarming outcomes is the increasing prevalence of diabetes among those who have been infected with the virus.

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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14. ICE calls it suicide. They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.

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Family questions federal investigation of Nicaraguan migrant’s death at Camp East Montana

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The lawyer representing the family of the third detainee to die at Camp East Montana said the family is skeptical that he may have committed suicide. As we previ…

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