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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 16h

Deimos, the smaller of Mars's moons, is slightly bigger than Cardiff, and has an average escape velocity of around 5.7m/s: a little over 20km/h.

This is low enough that an athlete could jump off into space if they got a running start - but they couldn't, because the gravity's too low for good grip.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 1d

Bananas came to visit this afternoon!

I haven't seen him for a while, but he wandered through the garden today and came to say, "Hi" to me.

I love Bananas! Mi amigo.

At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#tapirs #mammals #wildlife #bairdstapir

A close-up photo of a Baird’s tapir standing on a wet, leafy path in a lush green forest, looking directly at the camera with its long snout and large rounded ears visible.

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Alas I Am But Bones (aka Viergacht) @viergacht.bsky.social · 2d

How to torture a autistic person: "You need to go somewhere later but I don't know exactly what time."

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 2d

So many of us slipped through the cracks because we were “too smart,” “too quiet,” or “too well-behaved.”
Turns out we were just masking.
Autism in Black women is real.
My diagnosis didn’t change who I am it explained it 🖤♾️✨🫶🏽

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 22d

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 22d

Paige Emerson, 26, from Castlefield, might have “a lot going on psychologically” according to a room of therapists – yet her tastes remain surprisingly bland.

Woman labelled “complex” by mental health services really just basic bitch

An autistic woman who was described as "complex" by her team of mental health professionals has been revealed to be actually pretty basic, reports can confirm. Paige Emerson, 26, from Castlefield,…

thedailytism.com

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 22d

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owl couple-- the female is crouching in the round pipe of their man-made burrow and the male is standing next to her, outside the burrow.

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 23d

I'm so excited to finally be able to share these animations!

Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).

Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

Educational Animation Videos about Autistic Experiences

Our two new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrate Autistic experiences and perspectives.

www.thrivingautistic.org

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Gnomie 🌼🌿 @gnomieshobbycorner.bsky.social · 24d

Some mushies on a log.
🍄🍂🥰
#autumn #nature #woodland #mushrooms #photography

A cluster of orange mushrooms on a log.
Roane County, WV.

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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 24d

Also several Shakespeare plays, Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Rings, Jane Eyre, War and Peace, Tintin, Wind in the Willows and The Famous Five. And, er, is there a novelisation of Mrs Doutbfire? Better to be safe than sorry!

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 24d

Boy have the red-shouldered hawks been treating me today! 🪶🌿

A red shouldered hawk perched on a thick branch looking over its shoulder

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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 24d

This little pal was sunning themself in the garden this morning.

#invertebrate #nature #Scotland

Butterfly with bright orange stripe and white spots on nearly black wings sitting on a green leaf.

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 24d

Individuals with intellectual disabilities are people with sexual
feelings, needs and identities!

People with intellectual disabilities have fundamental rights to have healthy relationships with others, including romantic relationships!

and even sex!

(GASP!) It's true!!

www.jscimedcentral.com

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Guillermo Esteves @allencompassingtrip.com · 24d

Bighorn sheep at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. December, 2021.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 189 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1250
🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife

A close-up of two bighorn rams standing side to side, rubbing their horns against each other.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24d

Next game: mythical beasts.

At the last workshop we played a version of this that involved a paper fold.

So to make a drawing-only version of this that we can forget the shitshow world with for a moment, I drew 1 of Blinky's relatives as my warm-down today.

Let me to introduce Dr. Blinksworth...

An ink and colour pencil doodle of a very strange creature labelled Dr. Blinksworth the Hopping-beast. They have a sausage-shaped head with 4 closed eyes with eyelashes, orange medium length hair in a bow, pointy teeth, and 5 tongues. They have a long thin neck with a beaded necklace, and a pear shaped body with one leg and a lot of toes. They have 4 small orange wings and 4 green pointy tails. They are, objectively, fucking delightful.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 25d

OK, dice doodle games from our workshops!

The idea is these games can be played anywhere you can doodle, even if you only have 1 pen/pencil & plain/lined/etc paper. You can use a D6 or an app to generate random numbers.

You can use any media tho, & easily make them more colourful or complex...

Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26d

Gotta write up the notes on last week's workshops & games.

It's hard to express how it helps to get a minute to be ridiculous, & to draw absolute friggin nonsense in these exhaustingly fascist times.

I'll share the dice doodle-rules that gave us Blinky when I've done, in case anyone else needs em.

A sketchbook drawing of a ridiculous imaginary mythical creature called Blinky the Waveybeast. Blinky has 5 eyes, all of which are closed right now, 4 curved horns, and pointy teeth in a smiling mouth. They have a long neck, a bead necklace, and a body that is shaped like a cloud and covered in small polka dots. Blinky also has 1 large waving tentacle, 3 skinny wavey tails, and 2 sturdy legs with a lot of toes.

A sketchbook page with a map of an island doodled on it. It's labelled Blinky's Eye-land, spelled like Eyeball eye and land. There's a compass and some scrawled numbers in one corner, and a giant octopus waving out of the sea labelled 'thar be octopods.' The island itself is marked as having cliffs around its edges called the cliffs of doo-oo-oo-oo-oom, trees and plants growing on it, and tall pointy mountains in the middle, the tallest of which is labelled pointy McPointy's peak. There's also a collection of trees labelled Forest of Blarg, and a small house for a mythical beast. We aren't sure if it's Blinky's house, it doesn't say.

A very rough doodle of a flowering plant labelled as the greater grater flower. The first greater is spelled like greater meaning bigger, and second grater spelled like cheese grater. Because the petals are like mini cheese graters. It has two flowers with five gratery petals each, the leaves with three lines each, and a long thin stem. There's a note telling us it only grows on Blinky's Island.

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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 24d

Yeah, almost like becoming a nature documentary of your own thoughts. I have issues getting stuck, rumination and catastrophising so it helps to be able to see what’s happening mentally in a somewhat objective way.

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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve found it helpful and have had sessions led by autistic practitioners that incorporate stimming etc. Fully understand it’s not for everyone but I think it’s often misunderstood too.

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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 24d

Mindfulness is not about emptying your mind. If you are told to do that then the person is misguided. It’s more like watching your thoughts drift past you like objects bobbing along on a river. Like stepping back from the inside of your thoughts and seeing them as a collection of little events.

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Jim Blackler @blackler.bsky.social · 25d

The lovely colour of Amethyst Deceivers. First I’ve seen this year.

🍄 #FungiFriends

Two (one small) mushrooms with a striking lilac coating colour growing from leaf litter.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 25d

Northern flickers are always ready for their close-up!

#birds #nature #wildlife

A close-up photo of a northern flicker, showing only the head and upper body. The bird looks striking with bright red line on its cheek.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 27d

The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27d

Starting a long day of some fucked up shit with some forward facing raptor. Which is not fucked up. #bird

A red tailed hawk, likely, looking at the camera, kindof a flat looking photo, it was shot into the sun and i tried to edit it abit, but still not great.

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 27d

One of the things about neurodivergence is that you may be very quiet on the outside, yet have the LOUDEST thoughts on the inside

#autism #AuDHD #anxiety #autisticshutdown

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 27d

"The far right scapegoats people who have been through unimaginable trauma, blaming them for failures in housing, public services, and the economy that are in fact the fault of governments this country has elected." - @patrickharvie.bsky.social

👉 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2541082...

Glasgow Times. Glasgow must resist the far right and celebrate refugee solidarity. column by Patrick Harvie MSP.

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