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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Episode 19 is part 1 of a conversation with @brettheasman.bsky.social We talked about his views on human flourishing, neurodiversity and flow, and public perceptions of autism. It was my first interview, and he was very kind and super fun to talk to. autisticsmalltalk.com/episode-19-i...

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Episode 19 – Interview with Dr. Brett Heasman of the Heasman Flow Lab (part 1) – Autistic Small Talk

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Autihub.org @autihub.org · 01/09/2026

Launching the Autistic Scholars Project on AutiHub: a free public database of academic publications authored/co-authored by autistic people. 354 autistic authors, 1,799 publications — with daily monitoring for new publications by included authors. autihub.org/en/autistic-...

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Autistic Scholars Project

The Autistic Scholars Project is a public, freely accessible database that indexes academic publications authored or co-authored by at least one autistic …

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ooh! It would be very fun to reread the Murderbot series in Ukrainian and pick up some cool new vocabulary. Щоденники вбивцебота.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 21/08/2026

My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Nearby towns have evacuated. Currently hosting 2 cats in a spare bathroom until their human can collect them and take them to another friend’s house with her. Air filters are running hard. Cat carriers and emergency bags on standby just in case.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Everything is tightly closed up because of the smoke but the crickets are so loud I can easily hear them through my shut windows. I love to hear it, though I do worry about them in the smoke.

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AMASE @amase.org.uk · 06/08/2026

A quick reminder that this year's Autistic Pride Picnic is THIS SATURDAY on the Meadows. All are welcome. Autistic social interaction styles are expected but not required. Details at the link. No need to sign up, but if you do you'll get a reminder, and an update if we get rained off or something.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/05/2026

“On Bullshit Engines' Politics” link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Clearly, whether we’re talking about GPTs and LLMs or just “machine learning” and algorithms, “AI” systems definitely have politics. The problem is not and never has been that what “AI” is and does is “out of step” or “unaligned” with human values, but rather that the values with which “AI” is aligned are a) very, very human, b) woefully under-examined, and often c) terrible. Those values embedded here tend to be racism, sexism, ableism, efficiency, power-over, speed, control, white supremacy, eugenics, hegemony, kyriarchy; what they don’t tend be are prosocial consensus reality, intersubjective truth, or facts. Because obfuscation, misinformation, and disinformation are valuative positions— and they are also mechanisms of control.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are not angry enough about this You, individually, might be But WE, as a society, are plagued by apathy and Carney & other conservative politicians are taking advantage of that apathy to speed us toward our demise so they can line their pockets

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 05/08/2026

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 04/08/2026

We'll be The National Autistic Society's Anger Translator: "F*** you, Uta Frith—stop trying to use your expired authority on autism to hurt autistic people, you absolute plonker." *Frith published a new paper wrongly claiming autism is overdiagnosed. NAS response: www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/n...

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Episode 18 - Self-Identifying as Autistic and the Profound Problems with Functioning Labels autisticsmalltalk.com/episode-18-s...

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Episode 18 – Self-Identifying as Autistic and the Profound Problems with Functioning Labels – Autistic Small Talk

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Join @autisticparentsuk.org LIVE for a Q&A with Lisa Lloyd! Lisa will be joining Tanya Adkin , to chat about her new book, Unmasking Mum, and to share her experiences of parenting as an Autistic person. 📅 Tuesday 25 August 🕖 7:00pm UK Reserve Your Place Here: 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/.../register...

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 04/08/2026

Sunday Aug 9, 10AM CT: our Campfire watches “Code for the People,” Bao Nguyen's documentary on open source and the open web. I helped start WordPress and Automattic. Our practices came out of that work. stimpunks.org/2026/08/04/c...

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Campfire Learn Together: Code for the People

For our Sunday, August 9, 2026 Campfire Learn Together, we are watching and discussing Code for the People, Bao Nguyen's documentary about open source, the open web, and the people who keep both from…

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dreamt I had to redo and resend to each station all my CRTC info because I’d been playing music other than the theme song and forgot. In the waking world, the only bonus music is Vince’s sung echolalia and me singing back. (And for CRTC purposes that’s just spoken word.) Whew!

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Episode 18 - Self-Identifying as Autistic and the Profound Problems with Functioning Labels autisticsmalltalk.com/episode-18-s...

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Episode 18 – Self-Identifying as Autistic and the Profound Problems with Functioning Labels – Autistic Small Talk

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Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We are pleased to share an Open Call for Submissions, for Spoon Knife 12. Our theme for this volume is Bounce, and our editors are Azzia Walker and Dean Gloster. They also practice aikido together, an art about bouncing into solutions. You can learn more here. autpress.com/2026/07/call...

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Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) - Autonomous Press

Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 Open August 1, 2026 – July 31, 2027 Theme What is bouncing into your life? Or are you bouncing into the life of another? The theme of Bounce is super open, and spe...

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I just told my MP I oppose Alberta’s proposed bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast. It puts ecosystems at risk and locks Canada into a fossil fuel future. Let’s invest in renewables, protect nature and uphold Indigenous rights. share.nwmd.social/s/qGE1d1of

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Join me in rejecting Alberta’s pipeline ploy.

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Andrew M. Reichart @andrewmreichart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Neuronormativity itself is, in fact, entirely a social construct, and is thereby not a legitimate ground from which to decree whether or not a given variation is a medical pathology.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My co-host, Vince, has a tendency for sung echolalia. I often sing/echo back. He does it the most with names, especially familiar ones. The two of us are often literally singing the names of the researchers whose work we are discussing, and the more we talk about you the more we sing your name.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Managed to fit a hike in yesterday during a respite from the smoke. Met a tiny bee in a big thistle. Failed to fully capture the intense saturated colour of the wolf lichen. Saw many butterflies but they’re flutter-induced blurs in what photos I attempted. I am forever in love with mountain forests.

A tall purple thistle flower with a tiny bee walking a lot the thin needle-like petals

A tall purple thistle flower caught by a sunlight that has filtered in from above. There is a tiny bee near the tops of the petals climbing its way deeper into the flower. There are blurry trees in the background.

A narrow path lined with tall trees that are a mix of evergreen and deciduous typical of mountains in Western Canada. You can see bits of blue sky and small white clouds between the trees.

Yellow-green wolf lichen growing on the bark of an evergreen tree. A forest is in the background but the lichen occupies most of the photo. The lichen has many thin branches and looks a bit like fur or maybe like very tiny delicate shrubs.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 25/07/2026

Abeer Zaki, 40, thought all her friends were on the same page as her, but after a lunch where she was forced to eat from a large, flat plate, she is beginning to wonder whether she can trust anyone anymore.

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Autistic woman forced to endure meal not served in shallow pasta bowl

An autistic woman has experienced the abject horror of having to eat lunch out of a container other than a pleasingly shallow pasta bowl, it has been reported. Abeer Zaki, 40, thought all her friends…

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My son, wearing headphones, is twerking and doing a bump-n-grind in the living room like I haven’t seen since my college house party days Me: What are you listening to? Him: An audiobook about ants

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Peter Beresford @peterberesford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Toni Cade Bambara was right revolution starts with the self... .... but it must not stop there

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Years ago, I told google I don’t have an institution email and can’t claim my scholar profile, and that there are others like me. Ever since I periodically get an automated email from google scholar listing my publications and asking me to add my institutional address with no option to reply.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Happening soon! I feel lucky to have snagged a free ticket and can’t wait!

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

New episode! Autistic Burnout & Unmasking: autisticsmalltalk.com/episode-17-a... Main paper authors: Dora Raymaker Alan Teo Nicole Steckler Brandy Lentz Mirah Scharer Austin Delos Santos @drstevenkapp.bsky.social Morrigan Hunter Andee Joyce @cnicolaidis.bsky.social Main book by: Devon Price

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Episode 17 – Autistic Burnout and Unmasking – Autistic Small Talk

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David Gray-Hammond (NeuroHub Community) @neurohubcommunity.org · 09/07/2026

For those who were asking to see the seminar i delivered in Switzerland, I will be delivering it on August 31st, 2026 at 6pm uk time, and you can register for the webinar here events.humanitix.com/autism-psych... #ActuallyAutistic #autism #MentalHealth #Psychosis #EcologyOfExperience

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I love making radio, and it all happened because I'm openly Autistic. Vince had a general idea for a show. His friend had previously interviewed me about theatre research, and I'd shared that I'm Autistic. Vince and I met, got along instantly, and decided to make a show together right there.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today’s wander. If only I were just a little more steady when I hold my phone.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Short hike at Canyon View and Ellis Ridge today with dramatic skies.

A scene on a mountain looking back down a path winding between tall evergreen trees, with short grasses in the foreground. There is another mountain peak in the distance.

Dark clouds over mountains. The photo is taken from high up in one mountain and looking over a valley towards more mountains. There are tall evergreen trees and short plants (mostly grasses) and rocks in the foreground.

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Beth @bkind01.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Glad this addresses power imbalance directly.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Here is me, pleading with museum shops. We do not want yet another bookmark and eraser with your logo for 11 euros. We. Want. Replicas. Of. Your. Nerdy. Stuff.

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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships."

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I used to not like summer, but now I live in the Okanagan. I just ate a raspberry from the farmer's market that was so good my eyes rolled back into my head. Then I casually reached into the bowl of them on my desk, and ate another just like it.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And sometimes the flops are contagious. (Also I can’t post photos of just 3 out of 4 cats. That’s unreasonable.)

A small black cat with green eyes flopped on her side. Her name is Biscotti and her older sister, Pekoe, is sitting in the background.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Sometimes Pekoe wants to join in but not too close.

A bi colour tabby with a pink nose casually flopped on her side in the doorway.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Lupin and Cappuccino hanging out in the catio. 🖤🤍🖤

A large black very fluffy cat named Lupin (after the flowers) and his sister Cappuccino who is a quite small tuxedo cat. Lupin is on a raise platform in a catio and Cappuccino is beside him in a clear bowl embedded in the platform.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Episode 16 is done and posted! autisticsmalltalk.com?p=96 Inspired by a short pre-meeting conversation in February that led to me looking into Mad Studies to learn more. (And in turn making this episode has led to me excitedly adding so many papers to my giant reading stack.)

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Episode 16 – Mad Studies and Neurodiversity – Autistic Small Talk

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Autistic Small Talk will be broadcast, on CiTR Vancouver, the 1st Saturday of each month at noon PST. Also: The second Sunday of the month on CFUZ Penticton at 3pm PST. Every odd Wednesday on MetRadio CJTM Toronto at 3pm EST. Every Thursday on CHSR Fredericton at 3pm AST.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Evening walk along the beach.

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Wooo! We just got offered a spot for Autistic Small Talk on CiTR 101.9FM Vancouver! Details to come once I know them!

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Vanessa @vanessawhy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I love many things about where I live. Here are two: Sometimes I'm out for a walk not far from home and I'll see a blue heron. It's exciting in the moment and makes me happy every time I remember it afterwards. More often I step out the door and a small group of deer are wandering down the street.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026

5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

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