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AffinityForTrees @treeaffinity.bsky.social · 20h

🍁🍂🍃🍁
#forestfriday #redmaple #nature #trees #autumn

A group of maple trees display red leaves in Autumn.

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 19h

So bleak

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · Aug 24

"For autistic people who are nonspeaking or have intermittent, unreliable, or insufficient speech, being denied access to augmentative & alternative communication (AAC) tools and supports that work for them results in a kind of complex trauma in & of itself."

autismspectrumnews.org/can-being-de...

Can Being Denied Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Cause Lifelong Trauma?

Being denied AAC impacts nonspeaking autistic individuals, leading to trauma, isolation, and barriers to communication and inclusion.

autismspectrumnews.org

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · Sep 2

"Some professionals in the field of special education believe that given their restricted verbal abilities [autistic people] should only be exposed to 1 language. However, my own experience has been very different." Speller & violinist Sid Ramaswamy, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/08/mast...

Sid Ramaswamy, a young Indian man with short black hair, sits on a mat and plays violin.

Overlaid text reads, "I would like to say—believe in us! Please don’t assess our potential based entirely on our outward behavior or what we may not be able to say verbally.”

"Sid mastered classical Indian violin and is also nonspeaking and autistic"

"Read our interview with Sid Ramaswamy at TPGA"

"tinyurl.com/SidRamaswamy"

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 8d

We know that nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay. October is AAC Awareness Month, and AAC app maker @assistiveware.bsky.social is celebrating with a short AAC understanding video. Please watch, take to heart, and share.

youtu.be/jGpglhW7I54?... #AACawarenessMonth #nonspeaking #neurodiversity

Nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay

YouTube video by AssistiveWare

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 20h

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 8d

We know that nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay. October is AAC Awareness Month, and AAC app maker @assistiveware.bsky.social is celebrating with a short AAC understanding video. Please watch, take to heart, and share.

youtu.be/jGpglhW7I54?... #AACawarenessMonth #nonspeaking #neurodiversity

Nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay

YouTube video by AssistiveWare

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 20h

This one hit mainstream 10+ years ago, but there are more works now published by non-speaking autistics

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 1d

Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes (Business)

Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes - Business News

The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again.

www.castanet.net

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened species

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 23h

Whoa! That's great, I'm so happy for you!!

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

I am bound by the ancient contract of the internet to repost this.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 1d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 2d

I love this story 😭

TIMELINE CLEANSE ✨

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Steve Fifield @stevefifield.bsky.social · 1d

#pwME

iPhone just upgraded to iOS 26, and now when I drag down to see notifications, the “Liquid Glass” feature distorts / flashes the display icons and in a sensory overload way that totally screws with my head 😬
It is impossible to disable this feature 🤷‍♂️

#Accessibility
#ios26
#liquidglass

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 1d

Benefit:
This distinguishes #MECFS folks with severe presentation (housebound only) VERY well from healthy controls

Drawback:
It doesn't diagnose ME/CFS vs other diseases / disorders.

Corollary:
They COULD compare it to superficially similar diseases, next, and find something far more specific.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 1d

OK so I read through this study, and here are my conclusions:
- What a cool tech to examine epigenetic factors so closely!
- This is a small study
- This only differentiates severe-presenting patients from healthy controls; hasn't been used to diagnose ME/CFS *versus* other inflammatory illness. 🧪

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 2d

Open Access Government: 'UEA develops blood test for ME/CFS with 96% accuracy'

'A groundbreaking blood test from UEA can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy, offering hope for patients and new insights into chronic fatigue syndrome'

www.openaccessgovernment.org/uea-develops...

UEA develops blood test for ME/CFS with 96% accuracy

A blood test from UEA can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy, offering hope for patients and new insights into chronic fatigue syndrome

www.openaccessgovernment.org

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

LMAO Dolly Parton’s sister fucked up so massively the poor woman had to come on camera to confirm that she’s still alive 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s exhausting

Simon McGrath @simonmcg.bsky.social · 2d

There must be well over 100 ME/CFS biomarker studies, all claiming success – but none have been replicated.

And that's probably no better bet for forgetting media coverage either – it makes such a nice story (every time).

Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social · 3d

The research used to claim reliability of a ME/CFS blood test has important limitations, shown here.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 2d

TY for the link!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

You’ll now be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription, according to the American Pharmacists Association.

CVS and Walgreens have stated you won’t need to attest to any underlying conditions and the questions will be removed from their online booking system.

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 2d

#NEISvoid FYI

Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 3d

Are you a non-Black person pissed at Bluesky leadership and feeling a little jealous of all the good vibes coming from Blacksky?

There are Blacksky adjacent options for you! Here’s info from the Blacksky migration guide!

docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

Screengrab from Blacksky migration guide:

blacksky algorithms

A Warning: Anyone else using a blacksky.app handle will receive a warning at first and then a suspension.

Alternative PDSs for Everyone
Blacksky Algorithms also operates two other
PDSs that are open to anyone:
• myatproto.social - Open to all
• cryptoanarchy.network - Open to all

These servers run on the same infrastructure as blacksky.app and are maintained by the same team, but are available for anyone to use regardless of background.

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 2d

And the last thing likely to help any disabled people stay in work? Creating a toxic debate around diagnoses which enables employers to refuse accommodations even more than they already do. The govt should be helping employers to accommodate disabled workers, not trying to claim we're imaginary.

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 2d

This #overdiagnosis discourse is dangerous and will be deadly to many - not just those with ME who have been at the mercy of quacks like Wesseley and O'Sullivan for years -
but everyone who the govt wishes to remove support from and has to find a way to claim are not actually disabled to do so.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to share this interview with Navajo and Taos Pueblo artist Daryl Begaye who I met in a galaxy far, far away in a Yahoo Messenger chat for Natives 🤣 I knew we were gonna be lifelong friends when he survived my family....the rugged side.

redpopnews.com/creating-his...

#redpopnews

Creating His Own Space in Contemporary Native Art | An Interview with Daryl Begaye

For Daryl Begaye (Diné/Taos Pueblo), art was always present, but not what he pursued until later in his life. He first studied computer science before realizing that his creative spirit was being call...

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 2d

The numbers are terrible and cruel, but also, as someone decades into this without dx, some of those numbers sound nice from the other side.... 🫠

We all deserve so much better

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 3d

Even beyond the grave the man is still out here doing good in the world. Blessings to Bob Ross and whatever happy little cloud he's sitting on right now.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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