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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 12h

Another reason why I loathe "debate meeeeee* folks. There is no debating your right to exist as who you are as a human. None.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 16h

You cannot have "discourse" with people bent on your destruction.

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

I really liked this article on Kapwa I found a while back. Good intro, I think, for people (like me!) who had not previously encountered it.

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

journal article. Kapwa, a word that is cited to have been first explored in academic liteature in 1978 by Virgilio G. Enriquez.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · Feb 5

Trying to keep informed )and sharing info) and keeping sane is definitely a tenuous balance for me. Even with this über messy halo-halo.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · Apr 3

I joke about penguins right now to keep relatively sane.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · Jan 23

Yep. I'm here again, too. Thanks for the reminder, Kabayan.

Cartoon by David Sipress from the New Yorker. A man and a woman walk in front of a storefront, about to turn a corner. One says to the other, "My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 12h

Another reason why I loathe "debate meeeeee* folks. There is no debating your right to exist as who you are as a human. None.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 16h

You cannot have "discourse" with people bent on your destruction.

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sithiaditu @sithiaditu.bsky.social · 15h

Not "BUTT" 15 times!!!!!! 😆 This insomniac librarian just giggled
Cartoon by Field Explores

Cartoon of a mouse librarian and two kids who want to read a book because it, gasp, has the word butt in it.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · Jul 12

I also had layers of trauma to deal with and have been near burnout multiple times.

Not just stress. A lot of layers to my onion to unpeel.

Being correctly diagnosed helped me fully tackle the rest.

Just my story. I experienced a lot of the below, too. Your mileage, naturally, may vary. #ADHD

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It's Not an Excuse

Even when we do open up about our ADHD, and try to explain the symptoms that have defined us for too long, many people are incredulous. They don't believe that ADHD exists in adults. Or they think we're making excuses. Or they say we're too successful to have ADHD.

None of these reactions is helpful.

"ADHD is not an excuse; it is an explanation - a totally physiological explanation," Dr. Littman says. "The smarter you are and the better you compensate, the more people will doubt you. The harder you struggle to cope, staying up late at night to pull things together, the more people will doubt your ADHD. They don't see that the cost of your success is terrible depression, anxiety, and burnout."

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 13h

I'm typically not up that late to watch the show. At the same time, for crying out loud...

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 27d

"Accent mirroring, also known as accent adaptation or phonetic convergence, is the tendency to unconsciously adopt the accent or speech patterns of those around us. This linguistic chameleon effect is not unique to individuals with #ADHD, but it appears to be more pronounced and frequent..."

There's a reason why some people can perfectly copy accents, and others can't

Turns out, there's a neurodivergent link.

www.upworthy.com

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Larisa Aitch @llarisah.bsky.social · 26d

Growing up moving around I sure did pick up accents but when I went to work at this one place a guy there was like are you from Texas?? because I guess I held my dad’s accent under it all

Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 27d

"Accent mirroring, also known as accent adaptation or phonetic convergence, is the tendency to unconsciously adopt the accent or speech patterns of those around us. This linguistic chameleon effect is not unique to individuals with #ADHD, but it appears to be more pronounced and frequent..."

There's a reason why some people can perfectly copy accents, and others can't

Turns out, there's a neurodivergent link.

www.upworthy.com

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 27d

"One of the most striking aspects of this phenomenon is the rapid adoption of new accents when exposed to different environments....This quick adaptation can be both a blessing and a curse, as it may facilitate easier communication but also lead to confusion about one’s own linguistic identity."

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 23h

And I'm not going to let anyone else tell me to stay in my own lane as if I'm not already in it.

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 20h

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 2d

Not too long ago, I was mistaken for the VP/President-elect of the governing body I serve on at a work event. (I'm Mixed Fil-Am, she's Latina).

"No. I'm T, (position stated). M has much longer hair than I do."

The fun of being ambiguously Brown. My trepidation isn't unfounded. It's never been.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 2d

This. 👇🏼

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

Also an important lesson for cis White folks (straight men especially): Your threat of withholding support or allyship means less than nothing to anyone historically marginalized. It's literally the baseline assumption we work from. You're not "showing us," you're just confirming our expectations.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 2d

I call it tresspaser syndrome, though, and still in recovery from being made to feel like a tresspaser.

But yeah...Her. Many members of the cabin etc and the executive branch. Comparatively?

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks anak, love it!
(Pin made by Ms. 8.)

The penguin pendant was a birthday present from someone else. Also love it because...penguins.

A person's hand holds a circular badge onto a dark blue garment. The badge has a purple background with handwritten text that says "#1 mom" in black. The person's fingernails are painted with sparkly purple nail polish. A silver chain necklace with an abstract penguin pendant is visible around the neck. The corner of a floral-patterned garment is also partially visible.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 1d

Accurate and the story of the earliest part of work today...

Social media post from Ash (@ajemtettoo):
The neurodivergent urge to overexplain myself during misunderstandings to try to avoid further misunderstandings but then confusing people in the process which, does in fact cause, you guessed it, more misunderstandings.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely read Myron's excellent thread. 🧵🔽

Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 1d

A few months ago I said I didn’t care who was mayor of nyc. I lost followers who demanded I care

I checked to see if they’d tweeted about California’s prop 50 and how my state is trying to counter Texas gerrymandering & disenfranchisement of Black voters.

None have

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 1d

Strattera generally knocks out a lot of my anxiety, but I'm afraid some of it is still peaking through right now.

Not any one person.

*Lumbergh voice* Now if my muscles would stop armoring...that would be greaaaaaat.

A digital person with gray hair and glasses holds a red rose, surrounded by colorful flowers on a green field, with mental health text in the center.

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Note to self: This is a normal response to a world that has gotten way more unreasonable. It doesn't mean you've failed in recovery. Step back. Pause. Breathe. #CPTSD #ADHD #Trauma

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 2d

Tama na!

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Last year they claimed “illegals” were voting, without any evidence.

They used fear mongering to push for voter suppression laws.

Now they claim “illegals” are getting free healthcare, again without any evidence.

So they can make healthcare unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Enough.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23h

If you’re a praying or healing energy sending person…

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks anak, love it!
(Pin made by Ms. 8.)

The penguin pendant was a birthday present from someone else. Also love it because...penguins.

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