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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hey! We're about halfway through our open submission period for Y2(are you o)K zine! We're looking for all things reminiscent of the 90s and early 2000s. The theme for this issue is CYBERSPACE! Give us your thoughts about browser MMOs, reading webcomics, and more! #zine #promo #writing #art

It's a banner of a blue sky with occasional clouds. There is a QR code in blue at the top that leads to our "about me" website for the zine. There are colorful bubbles throughout the blue sky. The text says, "Y2(are you o)K" in normal white text, but "ZINE" in bubbly balloon letters. Below that, it says "July 18 deadline."

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

As a kid, the mountains that made up the valley of my home looked like this in the deepest winters. It only snowed once every 4 years or so in the valley, but when it did, school was out briefly as every kid ran around on the blacktop-- catching snowflakes, playing with slush.

A hand holds an embroidery hoop made out of plastic. Within the hoop is a bright blue fabric. Embroidered on the fabric is a snowy mountain made up of 4 different colors. In front of it are rolling green hills of 1 dark green color. In the foreground a grass is being embroidered that is many multiples of colors. In the background a keyboard and a monitor are barely visible, as well as many knick knacks underneath the monitor.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Some ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE oak Gall Wasp galls spotted on my walk yesterday! Gall wasps inject eggs into plant tissues which then become these galls! Although they're a bit ugly, apparently they also support biodiversity by feeding birds and other insects that prey on the larvae.

It's a picture of a section of a tall immature oak tree. The tree looks swarmed by about a dozen galls. They are light brown in color and round, like a kiwi. They look almost like someone stuck them to the tree.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just received this AMAZING postcard on Postcrossing! Someone (with fantastic artistic skill) noticed that I mentioned a love of cowboys and mushrooms in my bio. I'm blown away! Judging by the skirt around the stem of the mushroom, and the scales on top, he's found some sort of Amanita!

It's someone holding up a postcard to the camera. The background of the postcard is a Pantone color, "Coral Haze," which is basically some sort of skin tone. Someone has drawn over top of the beige color a handsome cowboy. He's holding up a mushroom, which looks to be some sort of amanita judging by the skirt around the stem and the scales on top. So cool!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I went for my first walk in over a year yesterday. After struggling with my weight and fighting an eating disorder, it just seemed impossible to get out of the house. But I DID IT! So excited to get out and about once again. [Photo: a Fortnight Lilly from my front yard!]

It's a close-up portrait picture of a flower, a Fortnight Lilly. There are several of the same flowers that are blurry in the background, and you can see some pavement and dirt visible from the top-down angle of the photo. The flower itself is white with 6 petals, 3 of the petals having yellow and purple accents.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hey y'all! I know this isn't what I usually post, but I'm the editor-in-chief of a nostalgic zine all about the 90s and 2000s. We just launched open submissions for our 2nd issue, all about CYBERSPACE! We'd love to see your submissions! bit.ly/y2areyouok #zines #zinesky #art #writingcommunity

It's a gif flyer, with a zebra fish in the middle in rainbow colors. The background is very frutiger aero, with water splashing and a vibrant blue sky. The flyer describes that submissions open June 18th and end July 16th. The flyer also says that the theme is cyberspace, that there are 2 entries allowable per person (1 writing and 1 visual art), and many different genres are described (e.g. essays, photos, journal entries, comic illustrations, comics... and more!) AI descriptions are also mentioned as being automatically rejected.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I just realized I never posted an update! Here's my recently completed embroidery project! Most of my friends call me "Missy," but my birth name was actually something else. I'm not sure if Missy is what I'd like to be called forever, but I wanted to honor this little quirk of my growth journey :)

A white hand holds up an embroidery hoop in front of a background of various postcards and fake ivy on the wall. In the embroidery hoop there is white fabric with many leaves and flowers embroidered around negative space. The negative space spells out the letter "M."

A close-up of the embroidery. A tulip-like pink flower is visible, as well as several white daisies. Many leaves are visible emerging from the center of the piece.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Hey Autistic folk, how do you feel about your birthday? I used to get really depressed each birthday. I often felt like I have to do more, be more. But I turn 29 today and I feel... fine! I'm happy with what I've done so far. And there's so much more to look forward to. Cheers to another year!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I finally indulged myself and bought a bundle of 10,000 stamps from the 40's and 50's! It's interesting to look back to a time when we had SO much national pride. There's a stamp for pretty much everything. Labor Day, unions, defeating polio, most national parks, centenaries for various orgs...

It's a zoomed-in photo of a sheet of vintage stamps. They each depict 2 whooping cranes with 2 of their babies. The whooping cranes are white while their babies are orange, and the green beneath them is green. It says US postage 3 cents, and at the top they each say wildlife conservation.

It's a photo of a pink desk mat with several different kinds of stamps laid out on it. The one at the top celebrates an anniversary of a railroad, while the darker blue sheet of stamps in the middle celebrates "youth month."

It's a USPS box absolutely full of vintage 3 cent stamps. A white hand reaches into the box, to illustrate just how many there are. It's a huge, heaped pile of sheets of stamps.

It's a photograph of a desktop, and there are stamp sheets laid out on every surface. Some sheets are laid out with other sheets that are identical, some are alone. It's a rainbow of color on the desk. Visible at the top of the image are a tea mug and several little sculptures of cats, along with other knick knacks.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Now more than ever, check out a physical novel from your public library and read it in long, big gulps. It's like meditating. It's like putting your bare feet on the grass. It will help heal you.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

As an Autistic person the invention of the internet radically changed the course of my life. Sometimes I think about Autistic people who lived before we had a global, virtual communication network-- how did they survive? The loneliness would have been suffocating for me.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

With temperatures reaching the 80s this week, it seems like spring is truly over for us Californians. I'll be dreaming of rain for the next 6 months or so. I doubt most folks would agree with me, but I honestly think winter is the best season to hike! The forests and hills come alive with rain.

It's a picture of a strawberry plant in a blue pot. The light is very intense, so the strawberry looks like it's almost glowing red. The green of its leaves are pretty vibrant too. The blue color of the pot is a calm, dark background.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I made this for a friend of mine a few months ago. She's going through some MASSIVE life changes, and I feel like she needed a reminder that she's capable, strong, and most importantly, GETTING THROUGH IT. Sending this out to all of you in case you need a reminder too!

A white hand holds up a plastic embroidery hoop. In the background you can see a bed with a pink patterned blanket and purple pillows. On the walls you can see several posters and fake ivy pinned up. On the ceiling there is a tapestry hanging. In the hoop that the person is holding is embroidered the words "you're a badass" within a wreath of flowers that look like roses.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

One year ago today 🌿 Echinocereus coccineus coccineus, our Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus, blooming above Cuchara Canyon #nativeplants

Red cactus flower opening up to reveal anthers and stigma

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Here's some embroidery progress from last week! I get so excited when I get far into a project without having to undo or "frog" anything. Apparently, the term "frog" (meaning to pull out your stitches) is because you "rip it rip it" when you undo your work.

Some white fabric has multicolored stitches imitating flowers and leaves on it. The leaves are various shades of green, while there is one white daisy-looking flower and several pink and red petals that look similar to tulips. The guide on the fabric outlines an M, and the flowers surround that shape.

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Chelton's Mushroom Photography @mush-photos.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This little pink mushroom is so cool! Loved the way the blurry moss gave this guy a dreamy surrounding. Possibly Laccaria trichodermophora, or is it L. bicolor? #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #nature #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #mushroomsofbluesky #laccaria 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

A young pink mushroom grows in the center of the frame. Surrounded by entirely blurred green moss all around it, its two inch tall stipe is slightly curved to the right, fibrous, and pink. Its small, perfectly round pink cap is about a third of an inch in diameter.

📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/2, ISO 400
Stack of 25 images
11/17/24
Northern Oregon Coast

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

So cute! Love the rainbow gills on the bottom!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The hoops I have to jump through to get my Autistic self to do anything are similar. Sometimes I just do "pomodoro" sessions, sometimes I roll a random task, other times I try to mix challenging tasks and easy tasks. Fighting my own brain every step of the way!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The danger of following Autistic people on social media is that our hyperfocus can change at any time. You followed me for mushrooms? It's alllll fabric arts now!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This looks so great. Undiagnosed Autistic girlhood is such a lonely experience.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Just finished a huge writing project I've been working on (in some form or another) since July of last year. Whew! It's not quite done yet, still has to be illustrated, but man am I excited! I'll tell you guys all about it as soon as I can :) It's all about Autistic community!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

One of my recent embroidery projects! I've really been leaning into crafts recently. I thought for most of my life that the only art I could do was writing. It was just what I was good at. But it's SO nice to take steps out of your comfort zone and explore challenging things. It's worth it!

A white hand holds up an embroidery hoop, and within the hoop is a depiction of a landscape with rolling green and teal hills, trees, and mountains in the distance. Birds are seen flying over the center mountain, and a sun and a cloud are visible. Outside of the embroidery, the background is a plant with long glossy green leaves.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dropped off some more Postcrossing postcards today! My partner has joked that I'm turning into a bit of an Autistic stereotype-- I've fallen in love with stamps, cards, and all things stationery! It's so fun to decorate things and send them off across the world.

A white hand holds an array of decorated postcards. The top two are Pantone postcards, each displaying a different color. The top postcard is called "Sunshine" as Pantone 12-0727, and I have decorated it with various stickers matching its bright yellow color. There is a cat on a pool floatie, a yellow butterfly, kiwis, etc. I am holding the postcards over a USPS postal box. Grass is visible in the lower left corner.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It's so odd to have gone through "a phase" of something. A hobby, a job, anything. Well you see, I used to do Z thing but I don't anymore. That was before you knew me. It creates this feeling of grieving a past that's still kind've present. You still have the tools of the trade, but..it's gone

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Interview tomorrow. I wonder how much better life would be if interviews were over coffee or something... A relaxed setting, where everything isn't maximally stilted. You don't have to chat like hitting quicktime events in a video game, you can just sit there and talk like two real people.

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Loren Walker @lorenwalker.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Rounding the corner on this new #embroidery.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts an apple orchard in bloom in the centre, allotments to the left and sheep in their field at the bottom. Train tracks go past the top of the orchard and allotment.

Sewn train tracks past an apple orchard (to the left).

An angled view of a sewn vegetable allotment surrounded by rough land, trees and with train tracks to the left.

An angled view of embroidered bushes and paths going through them leading to an orchard, allotment and fields.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I read a thinkpiece once that argued that human beings NEED physical hobbies. That we are neglecting our self-care to ignore skills that produce a real-life object at the end. Sometimes I wonder if this line of thinking would help us Autistics with regulation. Embroidery certainly calms me down!

It's a close-up of a half-finished embroidery hoop. It shows a scene of grey mountains, a yellow sun, and a blue cloud in the background, and trees in the foreground. The trees are the French knot stitch, and everything else is the satin stitch-- except for the beginnings of a pond in the very foreground, which is the long-and-short stitch in teal.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hey! A project of mine re: supporting Autistics has been accepted for publication. But! I want to center diverse voices e.g: - POC Autistics - Autistics who are low-verbal/an AAC user - "High needs" Autistics If you identify as 1 or more, please DM or comment if you'd be open to offering insight!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

How has your 2026 been going so far? Genuinely, I want to hear it! I didn't expect to be laid off early in the year. My reflection on 2025 focused on how happy I was with my career, but now I'm trying to rebuild things from the ground up. However! Very thankful I can focus on myself for a bit.

A semi-stormy sky is visible outside of a window. A fir tree is visible peaking up over a rooftop. The entire scene is very grey and bleak, except for some sunlight playing on some of the clouds, making them a nice welcoming white. There's lots of texture among the clouds.

A white hand holds up a postcard from the Colorado School of Public Health. it says "Congratulations on being admitting!" in a nice cursive font in white ink, over a scene of a forest with mountains in the background and snow in the foreground. It looks inspiring.

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David Stevens 🇺🇦 @davidst999.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Tongues of Fire (Gymnosporangium clavariiforme) a species of rust fungus which alternately infects Juniperus and Hawthorns. Spotted today in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts' Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. More info in ALT. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology @scotwildlife.bsky.social

Tongues of Fire (Gymnosporangium clavariiforme) a species of rust fungus which alternately infects Junipers and Hawthorns. Spotted today in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts' Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. Juniper is the primary host where produces orange tentacle-like spore tubes. These tubes expand and have a jelly like consistency when wet. Slightly dry at the moment but will be spectacular following rain.

The lifecycle of this rust fungus involves moving between Juniper and Hawthorn but it's the Juniper stage that produces these displays.

Apparently causes minimal damage to the host plants.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The last few months have been a whirlwind. Laid off from my position at work, started my master's, and working on a super-secret written thing in progress! It's just funny how fast life can change. One second you're happily employed, the next you're home 24/7.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It's the best time in 25 years to go mushroom hunting in California, and yet I haven't been out hiking once. So incredibly sad. Anyone taking advantage of this last storm to hunt? #fungifriends

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I've been wondering lately how Autism and addictive behaviors interact. For me, with food, I'm really connected to texture and taste- and that mixes in with emotional eating, seeking immediate stress relief. It's difficult to disentangle whether I'm: - Hungry - Stressed - Or limited by sensitivity

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FungiJoJofromCanada @fungijojo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Apricot Jelly (Guepinia helvelloides) is a salmon-pink, ear-shaped, gelatinous fungus and always reminds me of rose petals. Rubbery in texture, is edible, and may be eaten raw with salads, pickled, or candied. Fruit in the late Summer and usually after a heavy rain. #fungifriends #photography

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This is my first year not visiting my family for Thanksgiving. Wow, it's so relieving. No expectations. No having to grin and bear it. Just me, alone in my apartment, taking some time away from work for myself. Highly recommend it.

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Leotia viscosa aka Chicken Lips. Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends #hiking

Photo of a fungus with a green cap and bright yellow stem.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Do any other Autistics get the equivalent of a "runner's high" after a full week of work? I come out of it feeling like I pushed myself to the limit and barely came out unscathed. Like the aches and pains are there, I'm just SO HAPPY that it's DONE that I can't feel them yet.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

About a month ago I interviewed for my boss' position. The interview went badly; I immediately assumed my Autistic ass had failed the social interaction. Well... guess who just got hired?! I'm so over the moon about it. This is the next step in my upward trajectory and I couldn't be happier!

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I know when I was a younger Autistic I struggled with learning to drive. It was an overwhelming activity-- and my instructor was loud and pushy. I ended up getting my license at 25 years old. I wrote this article for folks still learning to drive! What other advice would you give? bit.ly/3LwvKNG

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How to Learn to Drive as an Autistic

Driving is one of the most stressful adulting skills to learn– to the point that many Autistics (and even neurotypicals) never learn! Here’s a guide on how to make the process as stress-free as possib...

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M.C.Q @emsee.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I found some mushrooms! 🍄📷

Photograph of a large mass of light brown mushrooms growing on top of eachother and glistening in the rain. Their caps are open, but drooping around the edges.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Y2(are you o)k? My friends and I made a FREE art zine about the 1990s and 2000s! We accepted art and writing in July, now it's here!! It’s available on our website: bit.ly/4orwt1g We tried to capture a lot of the essence of the old internet-- let us know if we got it right! #zine #zinesky #art

It's the cover and first page of our digital zine. On the left, it has the title, a brief description, several blingees, and lots of imagery of this era. The imagery includes two old computers and a CD player. There is a banner that says "SUMMER 2001" along with sparkles. The title says "y2(are you o)k" and below that it says "a 1900s and 2000s zine: the y2k zeitgeist." On the right page it is EXTREMELY hard to read with teal text on a blue background. It has a graphic that says "wow" at the top. It says "y2(are you o)k issue #1" and below that information about the editors, such as Missy being the editor-in-chief, Sleepy being the Creative Director and an Editor, and Jem being the Circulation Director and an Editor. There are also credits to other websites where their resources were used.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Hey Autistics– what’s a random sensitivity you have that others don’t seem to have? My ex couldn’t stand the sound of styrofoam. Like, if you bought a new coffeemaker and it came in styrofoam packaging he would have to leave the room. I don’t like loud bass in music. It rattles me, in a bad way.

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This book is a champion of civilian science. I LOVED it. It says so much about how the average, everyday person can engage with nature (and science as a whole) in their backyard. Accessible art about science is so cool! True science communication. I didn’t know birds were so interesting either!

A white hand holds up a copy of "The Backyard Bird Chronicles" by Amy Tan over a few lily plants. The background is green leaves. The cover of the book has 4 drawings of birds on it.

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Beck ✨ @beckarooobanzai.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Such a fun(gi) day! 🍄‍🟫 We’ve had so much rain that there were mushrooms everywhere I looked. 🍁 #fungifriends

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Happy #Writevember all writing folks! This November I'm going to dig deep into my resources website for Autistics. And possibly mushroom facts posts again. We shall see... Anyone else have any writing plans for this month?

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

One of the best things I’ve learned as an autistic person is that I don’t *have* to live by neurotypical rules all the time The pressure can be immense. But it’s possible to slowly change that narrative I’m gradually allowing myself to rest more, socialise my way & find joy in my autistic traits ❤️

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