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Amy Gann @amygann.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A nuthatch demonstrating their upside-down stance which is thought to help them find crevices that other birds miss. #birds #nuthatch #wildlife #nature #photography #protectnature #flyday #EastCoastKin

A nuthatch stands facing the ground with its head uplifted.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Exposing myself a bit: I decided to make an etsy to support myself financially. In case you were interested in 35 mm photography, here it is. Regardless of whether you'd like to buy something - it's always free to check it out. All feedback welcomed! nottingfilmbynina.etsy.com

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Look at this neat bug y'all

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Blake from Criminal Minds shows so many autistic traits, she and Reid are such a match

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Interesting study, to add to the quote below: those diagnosed as children often were “problem children”, defiant or with conduct disorder. Those diagnosed as adults had higher levels of substance use, depression and eating disorder.

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I'll be hosting a free discussion & support group on autistic burnout for autistics in their 20's and 30's on June 24. Come join us - get affirmed - learn something - grow www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...

a man in a blue sweatshirt with his hands over his eyes sitting on a couch

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Megan Thee Mummy 🎃 (she/her) @americanmegalo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of: TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!

A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Today I made myself a library card and found out there are two dog breeds named after Laika: Russian-European Laika and East-Siberian Laika

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I love that 'Bee' in Greek is 'Melissa'—in legend, a nymph who nursed the infant Zeus on Crete.

A close up of a white, black and yellow bee perched on a red flower.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

No species of pinguins have receptors for tasting bitter

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Is there anything more iconic than a NINJA bioluminescent shark named after the author of “Jaws”? Just learnt about lanyernshark Etmopterus Benchleyi named after Peter Benchley

Shark seen from different sides. It’s all dark, it’s skin seems harsh and somewhat reflective to light, with contrasting bright eyes in the front of their body. It has sharp, short teeth, that appear connected as one structure. The body is long, not as wide as a more common depiction of sharks. I apologise, I don’t know enough about their biology to depict it more accurately. Image taken from Wikipedia

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Today is a day I only live off mandarines 😶‍🌫️😵‍💫

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Art therapy online session with ig: @brushtimenow, a moment of relax in-between university assignments ♥️ and I’ve learned a lot!

Photo of a drawing in the foreground, with a zoom view on the laptop in the background. The drawing depicts hills and mountains, some trees and a house. Simple, made mostly with pencils. The zoom in the background shows multiple people attending with their cameras off.

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Actually Owltistic @actuallyowltistic.com · 31/01/2025

Yes! That's why Cupcake's headphones are uneven. 🥰

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MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Day 68 of posting cool mushrooms every day: The Caterpillar Fungus (Cordyceps militaris) grows from dead underground insect pupae. This shape of fungi is called a "club." It is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine due to cordycepin and cordymin. (Source: bit.ly/4hzcPwr)

Out of very short, very green grass grows three orange club-shaped mushrooms. They look essentially like elongated Cheetos. The furthest left one is tallest. They all have "pores" on their surface that look like tiny, more orange, holes.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🎶“I’m beautiful, I’m safe, I’m loved, and I’m actually free. I don’t need to be no-one else, I just need to be me. “ 🎶

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Some Words

Waiting for Smith · Raised Up · Song · 2024

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A tactile sensor that accurately reads braille in real time can help blind or partially sighted people interact seamlessly with braille-based devices. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/flexible-t...

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Flexible tactile sensor reads braille in real time – Physics World

A tactile sensor based on an optical fibre ring resonator helps blind or partially sighted people interact seamlessly with braille-based devices

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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies... 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I love that explanation, I relate to that feeling of cut tendrils.

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NEW: After enormous public backlash, Air Force officials are now insisting that recruits will indeed learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Air Force Service Pilots. The Air Force had previously taken steps to comply with Trump’s executive order targeting Diversity,…

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Manders but spookier 👻🎃 🇨🇦 @catober.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Do me a quick favour and relax your jaw and shoulders, and maybe take a cheeky sip of water? Maybe a little snack?

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

2024 saw a new species of pterodactyl discovered on the Isle of Skye - one of two from there. The bones visualised on the CT scan of the boulder let the scientists distinguish it as unique from other pterodactyls (shoulder bone) but still related to a group of them (toe)

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New pterosaur from Skye reveals the hidden diversity of the Middle Jurassic

Discovered in Scotland, Ceoptera evansae has been named as a new species of pterosaur.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Glasgow experience: I thought a guy walking towards me was drunk, not walking straight. They were just avoiding the puddles.

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Amy Vants to Suck Your Blood 🩸 @msfoxifurnasty.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

my dog licks my face and looks at me with undying devotion and i scratch his belly and feed him treats idk why people say romance is dead

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James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

To bury & black out a river, & all connected life, must be one of the worst acts of ecological ignorance. It happened a long time ago now, nevertheless; my heart aches with sadness, my veins burn with anger. #rivers

Source: ‘Brilliant Maps in the Wild’, by Mike Higgins (published by Granta Books).
This map adapted from the map 'Tributaries of the Thames from Kingston to Erith' within ‘The Lost Rivers of London’ by Nicholas Barton (1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).

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Helen Warlow @hippychick.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

English born American artist Jacqueline Osborn From her ‘Moment in Time Series

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14/01/2025

‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’ It was originally ‘ekename.’ ‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.” Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it. Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Of course, when assembly-line models of education require removing disruptive outliers who might slow or impede the movement of the assembly line, it's really difficult from a young age for folks to imagine changing the world to be inclusive, supportive and accessible to a wider diversity of people.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Maybe EM buying tiktok is what gonna make me not spend time on the app

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

5 years after my diagnosis I finally texted my family on the group chat that I’m autistic. Family incl. my dad who doesn’t believe depression is real, rest that think autistic diagnosis in our family comes sorely from being an overprotective parent. Interesting how this’ll unfold 😶‍🌫️

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MarcoMaps Bernardini @marcomaps.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I finally decided to start cultivating more and more this platform since Twitter has become a major contributor to the worsening of my mental health sooo... can I ask you to help me building back here some visibility? I make colorful maps with lots of detail, thanks if you want to share them! 🙏

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My first animation! #autistic #animation

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Overheard about a uni classmate: „he’s so quiet…” „he’s like an AI trying to pretend to be a person”, “when he said he was actually invested in X…/surprised” Why do I feel like this guy is autistic? Would they say the same about him if they knew he was?

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m already so scared of work tomorrow, that I feel like my chest is oh so heavy. Is that just normal these days or means I should look for a new job? 😭

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Writing 2 pages letter to my gather on why I’m angry at him is the most stereotypic therapy I’ve ever done

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🔞Elfy 💚⭐ Fey-Demon V-ARTIST @elfyelfears.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Please remember to use ALT text for full posts of your artwork you want people to repost so that people with low vision can enjoy them too I try to put in the effort for finished pieces, but I also want to be sure I'm reposting images w alt text for low vision followers Here's a guide to use!

A guide image on how to write alt text. Key descriptors would be "define who", "(facial) expression", "description", "color", and "interesting features". These helpful descriptors are defined in different colors.

The image features a capybara looking relaxed in a hot spring with a yellow yuzu fruit on its head. There is simple yet descriptive text next to it that highlights the core details, highlighted in the colors like the key descriptors describe.

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Non-fiction Autism books, written by Autistic authors. Published November 2024.

Graphic with text Non-Fiction Autism Books by Autistic Authors. Published November 2024. Displays the book covers for:

- An Autistic Anthology: Neuro-Narratives of Mental Health Professionals edited by Nikita Shepherdson, Vicky Jervis, and Marianne Trent
- A Neurodivergent Blogger: Posts Highlighting Lived Experience of Self-Determination, Pride, and Empowerment by Yenn Purkis
- For You, Love Me: Living with Autism and ADHD by Kellie-Anne Gallagher
- A Community Guide to a Happy Neurodivergent Christmas: Ditch the Expectations and Meet Your Needs by Jade Farrington
- Talking the Talk about Autism: How to Share and Tell Your Story by Haley Moss
- Inclusion and Autism: Neurodiverse Autistic First-Person Accounts edited by Santoshi Halder, Tim Goldstein, and Dave Caudel
- Sumak Kausay (Good Living) for a Flourishing Autism: Contexts and Meanings of the Experience from the Andean Global South by Coni Danegger
- Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People: Promoting Self-agency, Curiosity and Collaboration edited by Georgia Pavlopoulou with Laura Crane, Russell Hurn, and Damian Milton
- What Actually Is Autism? by Laura Erskine

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

One of the things that Autistic people realize when we exchange notes is that it’s common for us to move so quietly that we regularly scare the poop out of friends, family, & co-workers.

Cheshire Cat... •10/22/23 ...
Do you move around so silently that you often surprise people with your presence?
Yes! 60%
... kinda ...27%
No. 11%
Meow. 2%
1,239 votes • Final results

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

WA blog: Tove Jansson, Moomins Creator Artist & Author 💙 womensartblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/t...

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edenstein ˚꩜｡ @beepzelbub.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

it’s such a journey to accept one’s disability and i’m not quite there yet. i still miss all the things i used to be able to do without thinking. i miss walks, sign language interpreting, and a million other things. it’s okay to grieve what you’ve lost. it’s okay to miss who you were.

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Also: remembered how a few years ago, before my diagnosis, I would spend shifts organising glasses and putting them in the right places and in perfect rows instead of serving customers. “Quirky” is my middle name

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selfcaregamer @selfcaregamer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

if you've ever met one autistic person, please know that means you've met ONE autistic person. we are all completely different and there's nothing wrong with that. yes, that includes your autistic nephew

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Ninaofficial @ninaofficial.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Current worry: not getting into any phd because even though I love the subject of sleep to the moon and back, I can’t for the love of me convey that in writing 🥺 whatever I wrote just sounds factual and bluuuunt

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