Larre Bildeston
@larreau.bsky.social
Writer, artist, parent, carer. Autistic and acespec. Australia via Aotearoa, (soft) atheist. Agender. Pronouns: I want to say “any” since I’m collecting A words. (they/them actually).
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Larre Bildeston
@larreau.bsky.social
· Sep 28
In the 2010s I wrote a short novel for children (never published). Eventually I realised it wasn't a children's story after all, and rewrote it for adults.
But when it was still #kidlit I did some illustrations for it, inspired by John Burningham. I'll share some below.
First, the adult cover:
But when it was still #kidlit I did some illustrations for it, inspired by John Burningham. I'll share some below.
First, the adult cover:
I like to give my dog big crumbs off biscuits and call him an old lady for enjoying sweet biscuits.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I like to give my dog big crumbs off biscuits and call him an old lady for enjoying sweet biscuits.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
I nominated My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart.
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I nominated My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart.
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
Australia’s SBS Insight has a (problematic) episode on SBS.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
"How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims"
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Lots of good tips to deal with insurance companies.
Government schemes can vary by country but people in most countries can probably pick up useful tips from this also.
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Lots of good tips to deal with insurance companies.
Government schemes can vary by country but people in most countries can probably pick up useful tips from this also.
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Australia’s SBS Insight has a (problematic) episode on SBS.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
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When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
Got a new fridge and learned a new word.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Got a new fridge and learned a new word.
Riiiight above the main doorway, of all places.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Riiiight above the main doorway, of all places.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
A local allistic psychologist who has specialised in “ASD” for decades has an overlit room. I told him.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service’s aggressive overhead lighting was mistaken for the luminous tourist attraction, sources have revealed.
NHS autism service so brightly lit that Blackpool have asked for their Illuminations back
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service's aggressive overhead lighting was…
thedailytism.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A local allistic psychologist who has specialised in “ASD” for decades has an overlit room. I told him.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
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Found my doctors appointments got less frustrating once I started going in like “I really want to play badminton again 😢 but I can’t even push a cart around the grocery store 😢 and I’ve hit a wall where no matter what I do I can’t seem to increase my exercise capacity 😢 and it makes it hard to work”
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Found my doctors appointments got less frustrating once I started going in like “I really want to play badminton again 😢 but I can’t even push a cart around the grocery store 😢 and I’ve hit a wall where no matter what I do I can’t seem to increase my exercise capacity 😢 and it makes it hard to work”
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yeah, i'm dtf
Down
To
Frolic
Down
To
Frolic
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
yeah, i'm dtf
Down
To
Frolic
Down
To
Frolic
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Accommodate for neurotype for both drug addictions and eating disorders.
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Accommodate for neurotype for both drug addictions and eating disorders.
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Fill your life with art. Listen to music, read a novel, admire a photograph, write a song, write an essay, paint a picture, sew a quilt, crochet a scarf, build a shelf, turn some clay, do something that brings joy to you and possibly others. That's the good shit, everything else is a distraction
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Fill your life with art. Listen to music, read a novel, admire a photograph, write a song, write an essay, paint a picture, sew a quilt, crochet a scarf, build a shelf, turn some clay, do something that brings joy to you and possibly others. That's the good shit, everything else is a distraction
Just want to say how much I appreciate the name of 19th century writer
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe.
Just listen to it. Those languid vowels followed by staccato. Phonetic bathos.
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe.
Just listen to it. Those languid vowels followed by staccato. Phonetic bathos.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Just want to say how much I appreciate the name of 19th century writer
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe.
Just listen to it. Those languid vowels followed by staccato. Phonetic bathos.
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe.
Just listen to it. Those languid vowels followed by staccato. Phonetic bathos.
When Breaking Bad was at peak popularity, I sat in a small town doctors waiting room & made small talk with a white man in his 50s.
We soon discovered a mutual love of BB. I asked the man what else he had loved. He offered more masculine shows (eg Sons of Anarchy) which interest me little, so I…
We soon discovered a mutual love of BB. I asked the man what else he had loved. He offered more masculine shows (eg Sons of Anarchy) which interest me little, so I…
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When Breaking Bad was at peak popularity, I sat in a small town doctors waiting room & made small talk with a white man in his 50s.
We soon discovered a mutual love of BB. I asked the man what else he had loved. He offered more masculine shows (eg Sons of Anarchy) which interest me little, so I…
We soon discovered a mutual love of BB. I asked the man what else he had loved. He offered more masculine shows (eg Sons of Anarchy) which interest me little, so I…
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
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@thelouvreof.bsky.social
This is a peak quality interaction skeet and the quotes are bangers 10/10 would repost!
This is a peak quality interaction skeet and the quotes are bangers 10/10 would repost!
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
@thelouvreof.bsky.social
This is a peak quality interaction skeet and the quotes are bangers 10/10 would repost!
This is a peak quality interaction skeet and the quotes are bangers 10/10 would repost!
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Took me a second to work out the logistics here, Fred does like to fold himself into boxes in odd ways. Obviously I went in for danger tickles.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Took me a second to work out the logistics here, Fred does like to fold himself into boxes in odd ways. Obviously I went in for danger tickles.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
I can hear this.
And she is right.
And she is right.
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A smartly dressed woman (50s?) storms across a supermarket carpark, speaking in a thick Kiwi accent* to her husband. She flames: "Darren, it's NOT a party without chips and dips. HOW can it be a PROPER PARTY without CHIPS AND DIPS?!" (1)
A smartly dressed woman (50s?) storms across a supermarket carpark, speaking in a thick Kiwi accent* to her husband. She flames: "Darren, it's NOT a party without chips and dips. HOW can it be a PROPER PARTY without CHIPS AND DIPS?!" (1)
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I can hear this.
And she is right.
And she is right.
“Knowledge is a public good, and it must be treated as such.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Knowledge is a public good, and it must be treated as such.”
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Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
They should invent an automatic dog groomer, like a car wash.
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They should invent an automatic dog groomer, like a car wash.
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Hello, front desk? Thanks, but you have grossly overestimated the width of my head.
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hello, front desk? Thanks, but you have grossly overestimated the width of my head.
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If you have reach in Australia, I’d really appreciate a repost! 🙏 I’m nowhere near the numbers I need and will need to extend the prize draw if I don’t get more participants.
Also, if you’re willing (and allowed) to pop up a physical flyer near you, DM me and I can post it to you/send the PDF :)
Also, if you’re willing (and allowed) to pop up a physical flyer near you, DM me and I can post it to you/send the PDF :)
Are you autistic and living in Australia? If so, please consider completing my research survey. It takes 45-60min and will help us understand the experience and impacts of autism identification, to try improve access to autism identification. tinyurl.com/autism-uc14359 #autismresearch #psychresearch
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If you have reach in Australia, I’d really appreciate a repost! 🙏 I’m nowhere near the numbers I need and will need to extend the prize draw if I don’t get more participants.
Also, if you’re willing (and allowed) to pop up a physical flyer near you, DM me and I can post it to you/send the PDF :)
Also, if you’re willing (and allowed) to pop up a physical flyer near you, DM me and I can post it to you/send the PDF :)
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Cancer epidemiologist here, this is really important news for breast cancer patients. 😌
“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
Duke Health researchers announces breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine trial
A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today.
abc11.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Cancer epidemiologist here, this is really important news for breast cancer patients. 😌
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