Sarah Akin
@sarahakin.bsky.social
Autistic, sensitive, strange, and solitary.
INFJ, sp/sx 5w4
The Arts, Cognitive and Social Science, Experiential Realism, Sci-Fi, Slipstream, Arthouse, Psychological Horror, Archetype, Metaphorical Mapping, Simulacra, Agnes Obel, Anna Kavan, Dickinson
INFJ, sp/sx 5w4
The Arts, Cognitive and Social Science, Experiential Realism, Sci-Fi, Slipstream, Arthouse, Psychological Horror, Archetype, Metaphorical Mapping, Simulacra, Agnes Obel, Anna Kavan, Dickinson
Pinned
Sarah Akin
@sarahakin.bsky.social
· Nov 7
At the end of time,
In endless gray and empty rhymes,
There is a winged rush
And in the pools of ink,
A hush.
In endless gray and empty rhymes,
There is a winged rush
And in the pools of ink,
A hush.
Thread of my poetry.
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A very David Lynch moment when you notice that room across the hallway is not empty
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A very David Lynch moment when you notice that room across the hallway is not empty
I'm always coming across things and thinking, "This is it! This is the answer! If only everyone could read this book!" And then I see all the people actively fighting that book. And, in fact, it's the fighters who come up first in searches.
Why y'all gotta be so difficult?
My kingdom for a bubble.
Why y'all gotta be so difficult?
My kingdom for a bubble.
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm always coming across things and thinking, "This is it! This is the answer! If only everyone could read this book!" And then I see all the people actively fighting that book. And, in fact, it's the fighters who come up first in searches.
Why y'all gotta be so difficult?
My kingdom for a bubble.
Why y'all gotta be so difficult?
My kingdom for a bubble.
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This year has felt like being awake during surgery but also it’s unsuccessful surgery and also also now you have an infection and none of that is covered by your insurance anymore
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This year has felt like being awake during surgery but also it’s unsuccessful surgery and also also now you have an infection and none of that is covered by your insurance anymore
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A huge thank you to everyone who helped bring A Dawning into the world and thanks to all of you who have embraced the album with so much love. It was not the easiest of projects for me, but we have together created a joyous association with the music - which was what we always wanted.
Ólafur Arnalds, Talos - A Dawning (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by OlafurArnaldsVEVO
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who helped bring A Dawning into the world and thanks to all of you who have embraced the album with so much love. It was not the easiest of projects for me, but we have together created a joyous association with the music - which was what we always wanted.
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Everyone talking about what they hate.
No one talking about what they love.
I hate that.
No one talking about what they love.
I hate that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Everyone talking about what they hate.
No one talking about what they love.
I hate that.
No one talking about what they love.
I hate that.
Accidentally convinced the algorithm that I'm a trash bag enthusiast.
Okay.
Okay.
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Accidentally convinced the algorithm that I'm a trash bag enthusiast.
Okay.
Okay.
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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"Yes, autistic lives are different. Yes, they are often hard. No, they will not look like the lives of non-disabled people. But we #neurodiversity supporters just don’t think that that makes disabled lives wrong." @epballou.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what... #autism
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what... #autism
What the Neurodiversity Movement Does—And Doesn't—Offer — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
From its inception, not only did the neurodiversity movement’s values include the most significantly disabled, but those individuals themselves were among our earliest pioneers.
thinkingautismguide.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"Yes, autistic lives are different. Yes, they are often hard. No, they will not look like the lives of non-disabled people. But we #neurodiversity supporters just don’t think that that makes disabled lives wrong." @epballou.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what... #autism
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what... #autism
Whenever healthcare providers ask me to rate my pain on a scale of 1 to 10, I panic and say 5.
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Whenever healthcare providers ask me to rate my pain on a scale of 1 to 10, I panic and say 5.
What Christmas thing should I watch?
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What Christmas thing should I watch?
It's like you can't trust anyone these days, not even the man who said, "I went up and down areas with a cosh .. hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's like you can't trust anyone these days, not even the man who said, "I went up and down areas with a cosh .. hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."
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Did you know that ABA therapy’s widespread adoption “was not driven by consensus among developmental pediatricians, but by insurance mandates, billing incentives, and a cultural push for normalization”?
kevinmd.com/2025/11/a-pe... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
kevinmd.com/2025/11/a-pe... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
A pediatrician's reckoning with behavior therapy
A developmental pediatrician explains their pivot to supporting a ban on applied behavior analysis, citing documented trauma and the need to listen to autistic voices. Learn why they now advocate for ...
kevinmd.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Did you know that ABA therapy’s widespread adoption “was not driven by consensus among developmental pediatricians, but by insurance mandates, billing incentives, and a cultural push for normalization”?
kevinmd.com/2025/11/a-pe... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
kevinmd.com/2025/11/a-pe... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
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Does anyone know of any support groups for Neurodivergent people with cancer undergoing treatment and/ or any support groups for carers? Please feel free to drop signposting below or direct message me, thank you.
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Does anyone know of any support groups for Neurodivergent people with cancer undergoing treatment and/ or any support groups for carers? Please feel free to drop signposting below or direct message me, thank you.
I'm still watching Pluribus and I still don't see how this is scary!
Apparently, the thing that makes me a unique individual is...having no aversion whatsoever to losing my individuality.
I get to know everything and never feel alone again? Where's the downside?
Like what's your problem, lady?
Apparently, the thing that makes me a unique individual is...having no aversion whatsoever to losing my individuality.
I get to know everything and never feel alone again? Where's the downside?
Like what's your problem, lady?
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm still watching Pluribus and I still don't see how this is scary!
Apparently, the thing that makes me a unique individual is...having no aversion whatsoever to losing my individuality.
I get to know everything and never feel alone again? Where's the downside?
Like what's your problem, lady?
Apparently, the thing that makes me a unique individual is...having no aversion whatsoever to losing my individuality.
I get to know everything and never feel alone again? Where's the downside?
Like what's your problem, lady?
Perspectives shift when people feel
-safe
-curious
-included
-safe
-curious
-included
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Perspectives shift when people feel
-safe
-curious
-included
-safe
-curious
-included
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Illustration for Mopsa the Fairy
Dorothy Lathrop
Dorothy Lathrop
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Illustration for Mopsa the Fairy
Dorothy Lathrop
Dorothy Lathrop
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That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
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For a lot of people, politics and religion aren’t “topics.”
They’re identity and emotion-regulation systems.
That’s why they blow up holidays.
I tried to spell this out in a new essay:
ericlane11.substack.com/p/why-were-t...
They’re identity and emotion-regulation systems.
That’s why they blow up holidays.
I tried to spell this out in a new essay:
ericlane11.substack.com/p/why-were-t...
Why We’re Told Not To Talk About Politics or Religion
It’s not about manners. It’s about nervous systems.
ericlane11.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For a lot of people, politics and religion aren’t “topics.”
They’re identity and emotion-regulation systems.
That’s why they blow up holidays.
I tried to spell this out in a new essay:
ericlane11.substack.com/p/why-were-t...
They’re identity and emotion-regulation systems.
That’s why they blow up holidays.
I tried to spell this out in a new essay:
ericlane11.substack.com/p/why-were-t...
If, like me, you get chapped lips in winter, try brushing them with a wet toothbrush and applying vaseline before bed.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If, like me, you get chapped lips in winter, try brushing them with a wet toothbrush and applying vaseline before bed.
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Delighted that @maricarjagger.bsky.social’s beautiful 2026 calendar has arrived! The 2025 version brought me many moments of joy! Thank you, Maricar, for sharing your art! 🎨🌸
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Delighted that @maricarjagger.bsky.social’s beautiful 2026 calendar has arrived! The 2025 version brought me many moments of joy! Thank you, Maricar, for sharing your art! 🎨🌸
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The autistic tendency to stay up late because:
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The autistic tendency to stay up late because:
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
💖https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDXiSzFWAaM
Olesya Novikova - Sugar Plum Fairy
YouTube video by Ballet-ester235
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
💖https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDXiSzFWAaM
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Even though I do wear an autism lanyard in medical settings (when I remember), putting the onus on disabled and/or ND people to wear a "Look! Difference!" symbol like a bullseye is...😳 It's like Mark in The Peep Show going "they [disabled ppl] should all wear a sign! like a star" and I...☠️
December 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Even though I do wear an autism lanyard in medical settings (when I remember), putting the onus on disabled and/or ND people to wear a "Look! Difference!" symbol like a bullseye is...😳 It's like Mark in The Peep Show going "they [disabled ppl] should all wear a sign! like a star" and I...☠️
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“Looking happy isn’t meaningful if you’re rewarded for affecting happiness & punished for looking visibly distressed. Making the best of a bad situation isn’t consent.” This is a post about ABA therapy specifically & special ed in general, by Real Social Skills:
realsocialskills.org/2015/07/17/a...
realsocialskills.org/2015/07/17/a...
Appearing to enjoy behavior modificiation is not meaningful – Real Social Skills
realsocialskills.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“Looking happy isn’t meaningful if you’re rewarded for affecting happiness & punished for looking visibly distressed. Making the best of a bad situation isn’t consent.” This is a post about ABA therapy specifically & special ed in general, by Real Social Skills:
realsocialskills.org/2015/07/17/a...
realsocialskills.org/2015/07/17/a...