Naomi
@naomiross.bsky.social
MWEP graduate, professional typo spotter, recreational sound maker, enthusiastic dog spotter, AuDHD 🌿🍀 (she/her)
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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i just did it all scared
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
i just did it all scared
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when you're the pope they let you do this
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
when you're the pope they let you do this
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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"The kind of 'nerdy white men' that love their trains and love their maths, and I think there is a place for that because obviously those people do exist, but there are also different types of [autistic] people." Molly Siobhan Parker, yet another adult-diagnosed woman.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The rise of women with autism diagnoses: 'We mask until it blows up'
Molly Siobhan Parker is on a quest to dispel myths around autism - especially autistic women.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"The kind of 'nerdy white men' that love their trains and love their maths, and I think there is a place for that because obviously those people do exist, but there are also different types of [autistic] people." Molly Siobhan Parker, yet another adult-diagnosed woman.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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World's Most Normal People Continue Their Investigation of Where Their Autistic Children Came From, Undeterred By Science or the Slightest Smidge of Self Awareness
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
World's Most Normal People Continue Their Investigation of Where Their Autistic Children Came From, Undeterred By Science or the Slightest Smidge of Self Awareness
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New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations – and it’s not about money
theconversation.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
If your main takeaway from today is that 'Trump probably has autism because he has no empathy' (yes, this is a real thing someone said to me), I'm gonna need you to stop talking forever please and thank you
September 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If your main takeaway from today is that 'Trump probably has autism because he has no empathy' (yes, this is a real thing someone said to me), I'm gonna need you to stop talking forever please and thank you
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once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
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Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
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You know the scheme will be good when the basis of it is Mark Butler thinking that autism isn’t a “permanent disability” and assumably just magically goes away at some point
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
You know the scheme will be good when the basis of it is Mark Butler thinking that autism isn’t a “permanent disability” and assumably just magically goes away at some point
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The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
August 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-anu...
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I would like everything everywhere to stop getting worse all the time
August 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I would like everything everywhere to stop getting worse all the time
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Perhaps most impressively of all, Noot admitted: “I’ve never even read a book on autism. But I’ve seen Rain Man at least twice, so I think I know what I’m talking about."
Woman experiences epiphany after man says she doesn’t look autistic
Despite waiting years to be formally diagnosed, an autistic woman found herself unexpectedly enlightened yesterday, sources have confirmed. Emma Bernard, 29, had her world changed forever at her Great...
thedailytism.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Perhaps most impressively of all, Noot admitted: “I’ve never even read a book on autism. But I’ve seen Rain Man at least twice, so I think I know what I’m talking about."
Untouched should have been number 1 and nobody can convince me otherwise #Hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Untouched should have been number 1 and nobody can convince me otherwise #Hottest100
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i know you’re joking but let me address this post w joyless gravity
July 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
i know you’re joking but let me address this post w joyless gravity
The Daily Tism has infiltrated my brain again
“I just don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings,” Hapworth continued, “which is why have to I avoid them entirely until they stop asking me if they should quit their job and give their music a proper go.”
Autistic woman prefers direct communication unless she has to do it
An autistic woman who would prefer for others to deliver difficult truths to her without any ambiguity would also rather die than say a single stressful thing directly into another person’s face, it h...
thedailytism.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Daily Tism has infiltrated my brain again
Look who went and got herself a whole entire master's degree!!!!!
July 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Look who went and got herself a whole entire master's degree!!!!!
I'm (finally) putting together my Hottest 100 shortlist and it has quickly become a longlist that I have no idea how to whittle down to just 10 songs??? This feels impossible
July 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I'm (finally) putting together my Hottest 100 shortlist and it has quickly become a longlist that I have no idea how to whittle down to just 10 songs??? This feels impossible
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The key mistake here, and this happens a lot across all parts of our culture, is the idea that unless your action is the sole deciding factor in the outcome, the action is useless.
Even people who get that we’re all just pebbles need to believe they could be *the one* that starts the avalanche.
Even people who get that we’re all just pebbles need to believe they could be *the one* that starts the avalanche.
July 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The key mistake here, and this happens a lot across all parts of our culture, is the idea that unless your action is the sole deciding factor in the outcome, the action is useless.
Even people who get that we’re all just pebbles need to believe they could be *the one* that starts the avalanche.
Even people who get that we’re all just pebbles need to believe they could be *the one* that starts the avalanche.
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Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful sacking has exposed how lobby groups pressure the media.
Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful sacking exposed the power of lobbying on the Australian media
Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful sacking has exposed how lobby groups pressure the media.
www.abc.net.au
June 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful sacking has exposed how lobby groups pressure the media.
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New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Would Have Driven Selves To Extinction Through Greed And Complacency Anyway
theonion.com/new-evi...
theonion.com/new-evi...
June 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Would Have Driven Selves To Extinction Through Greed And Complacency Anyway
theonion.com/new-evi...
theonion.com/new-evi...