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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 20h
FRIDAY SHOP PLUG! matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com 'Tis the season for ghoulish linocut prints that delve deep beneath the blood dappled soil into the gnarled roots of folklore and folk horror. This linocut bunting features graven illustrations inspired by corn dollies, standing stones...
Linocut artwork carefully printed the directly onto wooden bunting. There are nine different prints across nine bits of plywood measuring approximately 15cm x 13cm each. The three in the picture depict two skeleton lovers, a witch hare and mask of sticks.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A student just described an ADHD brain as being an 'all-terrain train' (rather than running on tracks somewhere specific) and I love it so much I'm yoinking it.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm part of an amazing team looking at what autistic children want from their speech and language therapy. Nobody has asked them before! We're currently using some brilliant materials, developed with and by autistic people, to make interviews accessible to all children, not just those who speak
What we want: how can Speech & Language Therapy best meet the needs of autistic children?

We are looking for autistic children (9 – 15 years 11 months old) to take part in an adapted interview about their priorities and preferences in Speech & Language Therapy.

We hope our findings will support the development of services in this area.

We are looking for children who can express a choice on these matters, using a total communication approach.  They should have a formal autism diagnosis which follows national clinical guidance on best practice.

If want to ask any questions about eligibility or to find out more generally, please contact us: NDSpeech-LanguageTherapy@manchester.ac.uk

Our team includes experienced & DBS checked autistic researchers & Speech & Language Therapists. Our interviews will be adapted to meet your child’s needs.

Funded by: National Institute for Health Care and Research (NIHR)
Sponsored and conducted by: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Conducted with collaborators: The University of Manchester, The University of Sheffield
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This!! Share and get in touch!
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
👍👍😊
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I hereby declare:
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ditto 30,000 roles in universities in the past three years.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
100%.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is my favorite vaccine poster. Make your flu shot appointment before Halloween. It's sPoOkY to not get your flu shot!
A ghost shining a light on with a flashlight and it says boo to the flu. Get your flu vaccine by October 31.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
STOP PRESS: Great Yarmouth does an excellent beer festival
Two middle aged women drinking beer surprisingly symmetricallySmiling woman with beer; Great Yarmouth Beer and Circus Festival sign in the background
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@k2mey.eurosky.social family update: we have had whitebait+chips and there is white port
Whitebait+chipsMe with white portMe dad and me sister
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
💙💙😍😍
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 14/09/2026
A man has suddenly decided to embrace being autistic, coincidentally at the exact moment he faces allegations of sexual misconduct at work, sources have claimed.
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Caughtistic: Creep facing sexual harassment allegations is suddenly autistic
A man has suddenly decided to embrace being autistic, coincidentally at the exact moment he faces allegations of sexual misconduct at work, sources have claimed. Wallace Murray, 45, has spent the…
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hello again! If you've been considering joining my online Gothic course with the University of Liverpool... there are still places and we need three more sign ups to run the course. Come join us for a deep dive in the 18th and early 19th century Gothic! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
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The Rise of the Gothic: 1764-1820 | Continuing Education | University of Liverpool
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh hey no shit.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am tired, as every disabled person is tired, of being accused of flying off the handle when institutions refuse us access and then act like we’re asking for special treatment. We aren’t. We are asking to be included. And by acting like that’s a huge deal, you’re making it clear we aren’t.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, I am SO DAMN TIRED.
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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m under the weather & missing the Holy Holy (Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey & brilliant others) gig in Leeds tonight🤒☹️ Please cheer me up by purchasing this original handmade artwork by me 🙏🏻
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Come and (virtually) meet me and mah team!
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yup
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Argh. That thing where you come second in the pub quiz by half a point because your dad and his mates thought you were being woke and whiny by knowing that white chocolate isn't chocolate
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Email from DWP: 'we don't have a phone number for you. Please call us with your number within 10 days or we will close your claim for Access to Work'. 1. I'm on annual leave and only checking email for a specific other thing; what if I were on leave for more than 10 days?
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
😍😍😍
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Took a scenic route to my dad's today. Which means: dust, flint, and angels
Impressive church entrance with two towers and lots of flintSmall, old church organWooden church roof with large carved angels
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
don’t dream it, be it
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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimiste: The cup ys halfe full Pessimiste: The cup ys halfe emptye Higher ed consultant: Facultye do not neede cups! Make do wyth less!
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Oh goody, more airtime for peddlers of harmful wares. Autistic people shouldn't do autism research because we can't be neutral? I guess only white people can be 'neutral' about black lives too, yes? And only men can be 'neutral' about women's health? Get. To. Fuck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A split in the spectrum? The ongoing battle to define autism
There is a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism
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Daniel Lismore @daniellismore.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TransActual has launched its biggest survey yet on the experiences of trans people living in the UK.   The Trans Lives Survey 2026 aims to gather crucial data on trans peoples’ experiences of accessing gendered spaces,
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Trans Lives Survey 2026
A survey on the experiences and views of trans people in the UK.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 04/08/2026
The Great Sun Myth, from the producers of Not Quite Walls, Not Quite Gaps: What are Doors? and Trees: What’s Their Game?, will hear from the growing number of professional opinion-havers who are boldly questioning mainstream “science” and “facts”.
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The Great Sun Myth: new documentary seeks to answer question – where does it go when it’s dark?
A groundbreaking new documentary reportedly seeks to question the conventional narrative around the mysterious and unknowable orb at the centre of our galaxy. The Great Sun Myth, from the producers…
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the wake of The Great ADHD Myth? I am not going to be shy and I am going to plug my book - I wanted to write a book that was sensitive, empathetic and useful - I wore my heart on my sleeve - I am not ashamed uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
"A comforting hug
•Witty and wise
MATT HAIG
LAURA BATES
NORMALLY WEIRD
And
WEIRDLY NORMAL
MY ADVENTURES
NEURODIVERSITY
ROBIN INCE
"Heartbreakingly wonderful'
CAMILLA PANGTingles with the joy of being different.
This book made me so happy
CHRIS PACKHAM
naturalist and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
*Another curious and captivating book from the always-excellent Robin Ince'
ROBERT SMITH
The Cure
'A superb book, celebrating the needed weirdness in us all
CHRIS HADFIELD
astronaut and five-time bestselling author
Award-winning comedian Robin Ince spent thirty years entertaining millions while battling a whirlwind of anxiety and self-doubt. It wasn't until his ADHD diagnosis at the age of fifty-two that the pieces finally fell into place.
In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, Robin turns his trademark wit on himself to investigate what actually makes us tick. Through personal stories and candid interviews, he explores the one question we're all too afraid to ask: what even is 'normal'
Warm and quirky, this is a heartfelt reminder that feeling a little bit different might just be the
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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This one is available to purchase £250 +P&P (not EU countries at the mo unfortunately, sorry).
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Important information for those who grew up under the rule of King Herring, as I did*. *not even joking. Yarmo kid.
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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Please sign and share to add to 98,000+ signatures. We're experiencing the climate emergency right here, right now and need to pressure the government to act.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The absolute, silly, joy of this story.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
YES PLEASE NOW
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh, this, this. No, slightly chubby looking Cheeky Chappy holding up one of the things related to your business and doing a thumbs up with the other, in front of what your shop definitely doesn't look like, I do not want to use your business. Even if I need your service.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
😍😍💙💙
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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
For non-academic people, this how much UK universities pay publishers to publish their researchers’ articles. The publishers don't pay the researchers, and don't pay the peer reviewers. They also frequently cock up your paper at the typesetting stage. Academic publishing is the worst grift.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I seem to be reaching fewer and fewer people on social media thanks to AI slop and algorithms, so I did the one thing I dread more than a deadline: got on camera. My new book SLEUTH-HOUND is up for pre-order now. It would mean the world if you grabbed a copy👇 Preorder: linktr.ee/drlindseyfitzharris
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This...seems pretty damn good?
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 25/07/2026
Trans people are our siblings, their rights are our rights Their safety is our safety Their dignity is our dignity
Trans people are our siblings, their rights are our rights
Their safety is our safety
Their dignity is our dignity
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
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Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@threadsaplenty.bsky.social
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Andrew Crowther @andrewcrowther.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Microsoft is planning to build 3 massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. I've signed this petition against it, and you can too.... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Emily Wood @emilyfwood.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Uk govermment is consulting on fireworks regulations. Have your say on this chance to protect pets, wildlife, air quality, emergency personnel and and many others who prefer not to have uncontrolled explosions in their vacinity www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK
We are seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK.
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Very excited that @k2mey.eurosky.social is going to be smashing the patriarchy next week 👍
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Karla @karlabakes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
💙💙 this
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