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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

If Piranesi were ever a movie, I’d love it to be stop motion or claymation for the first part. Then when stuff happens, live action boom!

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

And what’s left? A simple, cave of mind. Fruitful and determined like a newborn exploring the marble halls. Almost unafraid to speak to new statues and hear new bird calls. Only vaguely aware of the complicated horrors that led us to these circumstances and which wait for us once more.

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

Autism regression. Days, even weeks of my mind and body left in a catatonic state, simply because I was pushing through too hard.

I was being too normal.

And with that, I’m led astray to the comforting depths of my labyrinth to be fed pitiful scraps here and there and reminisce on what I’ve lost.

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

I became Piranesi this year for what I didn’t realize was the fourth or fifth time in my life. Autism regression. Extreme autistic burnout in adults (who were most often not previously diagnosed with autism) usually due to an onset event.

Looking back, I can pin point each event that sent me into

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

And often without the resources to do so. Left with no one but someone whose interests aren’t in line with yours, you must trust them. There aren’t any other options. You loop back on yourself, one step forward, two steps back. Constantly rewriting histories and feelings you’ve been forced to erase

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

But now, as I am in the processing of my autism diagnosis, I feel Piranesi very closely aligns with the autism regression experience. An isolating, dehumanizing experience forced upon someone who has held the entire world in their hands. Stripped down to the most basic of skills necessary to survive

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

Of BPD’s comforting voidlike depression came to mind. Wanting to explore and find meaning the dark depths of your mind when you know you need healing and escape. The pit feeling you get with BPD is initially indiscernible and indescribable. Am I hungry? Do I have gas? Am I sick? Nope! Its depression

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23h

Can book every stay with you like Piranesi? I was so scared to read it a few years after Jon but last year I took the plunge and nothing has hit like it since.

I’m sure you can gleam five thousand metaphors from it and at different times since reading it, I have. When I first read it, the clutches

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23d

that food world map is the exact sort of dumb argument social media was invented for

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

CARIBBEAN FOOD

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

Wow, a lot of yall are forgetting that the Caribbean is in G… not just Mexico and US!

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

Girl, do you know where the CARIBBEAN is??? There’s your flavor and fruit babygirl!!

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

As a Caribbean, I’m so sorry, I have to choose G

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

Wow. This feels like Minecraft?

Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 23d

Creation with astral rays
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19432

"Creation with Astral Rays," part of Remedios Varo’s collection, depicts a surreal, enigmatic landscape where a mystical figure appears to conduct an alchemical process under otherworldly skies. This work exemplifies Varo’s unique blend of mysticism and science, illustrating her fascination with transformation and the esoteric.

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craig robertson @craiglee47.bsky.social · 23d

"goatboy" charcoal on canvas. 24" x 36"

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 23d

There’s something pubescent about this, like his yodel is suddenly getting deeper and he keeps awkwardly climbing off cliffs cause his knees are too knobby

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 24d

Wait— Malcom Todd and Omar Apollo aren’t the same person?????? Fuck. No. I knew that.

—did I?????? I’m so sorry

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 24d

Well yah, we have average reading level of a third grader, so…

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 24d

I don’t think a lot of us understand what’s happening.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 24d

btw Costco seems to have the cheapest updated COVID vax. You can get it without a card at the pharmacy and they do take walk-ins. If you’re also uninsured due to the massive amounts of layoffs this year, they also take this goodrx coupon to lower the cost of www.goodrx.com/comirnaty?sr...

www.goodrx.com

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · 27d

Did a 90 year old man design the T.J.Maxx app? Someone needs to fire whoever is testing their ai or not testing.

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 29d

My man George Drakoulias 💙🙌

He’s the Reason ‘Severance’ Sounds So Good www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/a...

He’s the Reason ‘Severance’ Sounds So Good

www.nytimes.com

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Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · Sep 7

The World Beyond https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/the-world-beyond

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · Sep 6

Autistic people have more chronic pain from hypermobility, EDS, migraines, and sensory overwhelm etc. and so take more Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol than non-autistic people do.

And autistic people also have more autistic kids than non-autistic people do.

This is not rocket science.

#autism

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Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is this how I find out I should be looking for your fetlife account??

Darling @darlingkarah.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is anything better than a #kitty and #dragonball for some Saturday morning #anime?

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