Shannon Rosa
@shannonrosa.bsky.social
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism. She/Her. Neutral Good. Earnest AF. Likes cephalopods. Targ herder. “A Vulcan should have a more resilient bladder.” So mamy typos.
We really needed these rains, and we also really needed this break between these rains, because when we can’t hike, we lose it just a little bit—and I am not necessarily talking about the guy in the picture.
[image: Leo from behind on a forest path. Blue skies are visible between the trees.]
[image: Leo from behind on a forest path. Blue skies are visible between the trees.]
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We really needed these rains, and we also really needed this break between these rains, because when we can’t hike, we lose it just a little bit—and I am not necessarily talking about the guy in the picture.
[image: Leo from behind on a forest path. Blue skies are visible between the trees.]
[image: Leo from behind on a forest path. Blue skies are visible between the trees.]
New fren at Palo Alto Baylands, where we saw ALL THE SHOREBIRDS today. We also saw a backhoe and a blimp!
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New fren at Palo Alto Baylands, where we saw ALL THE SHOREBIRDS today. We also saw a backhoe and a blimp!
Please please please get your Covid shot if you can. You will be protecting yourself, and you will be protecting people who can’t get their shots because of absurd HHS policies.
#VaccinesWork, save lives, and protect autistic kids’ & adults’ health too.
#VaccinesWork, save lives, and protect autistic kids’ & adults’ health too.
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Please please please get your Covid shot if you can. You will be protecting yourself, and you will be protecting people who can’t get their shots because of absurd HHS policies.
#VaccinesWork, save lives, and protect autistic kids’ & adults’ health too.
#VaccinesWork, save lives, and protect autistic kids’ & adults’ health too.
Today’s bench is one of our favoritest faves. Plus we made friends with a raven. And it just “rained” so no one else is here. We are the most lucky people.
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today’s bench is one of our favoritest faves. Plus we made friends with a raven. And it just “rained” so no one else is here. We are the most lucky people.
You look like you could use a banana slug.
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
You look like you could use a banana slug.
"I read a tweet once from someone asking my trans friends what they would do if the world was cis free for 24 hours & trans folks were safe to do anything without being subjected to transphobia.
"Most of them said 'go swimming.'
"Think about that."
Tweet by Izzy Rizinti.
#TransRights
"Most of them said 'go swimming.'
"Think about that."
Tweet by Izzy Rizinti.
#TransRights
September 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"I read a tweet once from someone asking my trans friends what they would do if the world was cis free for 24 hours & trans folks were safe to do anything without being subjected to transphobia.
"Most of them said 'go swimming.'
"Think about that."
Tweet by Izzy Rizinti.
#TransRights
"Most of them said 'go swimming.'
"Think about that."
Tweet by Izzy Rizinti.
#TransRights
Let it be known that in this year of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season III, and after a dozen trips to this very @montereybayaquarium.org exhibit, I finally got up the nerve to touch the giant isopod!
But I was still jitteringly nervous and that is why this pic is blurry.
But I was still jitteringly nervous and that is why this pic is blurry.
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let it be known that in this year of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season III, and after a dozen trips to this very @montereybayaquarium.org exhibit, I finally got up the nerve to touch the giant isopod!
But I was still jitteringly nervous and that is why this pic is blurry.
But I was still jitteringly nervous and that is why this pic is blurry.
Fox! We have a fox in our yard! This is really uncommon! It is so gorgeous! Alas it only has one tail.
[image: gray fox that is slightly reddish nonchalantly walking past a brown wooden fence.]
[image: gray fox that is slightly reddish nonchalantly walking past a brown wooden fence.]
July 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Fox! We have a fox in our yard! This is really uncommon! It is so gorgeous! Alas it only has one tail.
[image: gray fox that is slightly reddish nonchalantly walking past a brown wooden fence.]
[image: gray fox that is slightly reddish nonchalantly walking past a brown wooden fence.]
My favorite part of being in San Miguel de Allende is spending evenings watching and listening to the Mariachis in the plaza. Hope you enjoy Mariachi Guanajuatense as much as I do.
[video: Mariachis in front of Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, singing Mi Ciudad.]
[video: Mariachis in front of Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, singing Mi Ciudad.]
June 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My favorite part of being in San Miguel de Allende is spending evenings watching and listening to the Mariachis in the plaza. Hope you enjoy Mariachi Guanajuatense as much as I do.
[video: Mariachis in front of Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, singing Mi Ciudad.]
[video: Mariachis in front of Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, singing Mi Ciudad.]
My new beetle buddy! I have never seen such cool coloration before, plus it was huge (at least 1 inch long). Pretty sure it is a Giant Mesquite Bug, and if so is considered tasty:
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June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My new beetle buddy! I have never seen such cool coloration before, plus it was huge (at least 1 inch long). Pretty sure it is a Giant Mesquite Bug, and if so is considered tasty:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thasus_...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thasus_...
I fucking love mariachis so much. Not one whiff of irony. Mariachis rule.
[image: Backlit troupe Mariachi Guanajuatense performing in front of the central cathedral in San Miguel de Allende.]
[image: Backlit troupe Mariachi Guanajuatense performing in front of the central cathedral in San Miguel de Allende.]
June 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I fucking love mariachis so much. Not one whiff of irony. Mariachis rule.
[image: Backlit troupe Mariachi Guanajuatense performing in front of the central cathedral in San Miguel de Allende.]
[image: Backlit troupe Mariachi Guanajuatense performing in front of the central cathedral in San Miguel de Allende.]
A good time at the wedding was had by all. And that includes this proud little brother.
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A good time at the wedding was had by all. And that includes this proud little brother.
My grandpuppy is here! Alas, she will not be at the wedding.
[image: Dark brown chiweenie dog with her eyes closed and tongue partially sticking out.]
[image: Dark brown chiweenie dog with her eyes closed and tongue partially sticking out.]
May 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My grandpuppy is here! Alas, she will not be at the wedding.
[image: Dark brown chiweenie dog with her eyes closed and tongue partially sticking out.]
[image: Dark brown chiweenie dog with her eyes closed and tongue partially sticking out.]
It is gosling time in our area. SO FLUFFY.
[image: Canada goose parent and clutch of fluffy goslings, on the bank of a creek.]
[image: Canada goose parent and clutch of fluffy goslings, on the bank of a creek.]
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is gosling time in our area. SO FLUFFY.
[image: Canada goose parent and clutch of fluffy goslings, on the bank of a creek.]
[image: Canada goose parent and clutch of fluffy goslings, on the bank of a creek.]
Timeline cleanse! It's the annual goat hillside brush cleanup in our neighborhood. Note: Some of the goats are sheep.
[image: Grazing goats and sheep in a oaken field, seen through a temporary, electrified fence.]
[image: Grazing goats and sheep in a oaken field, seen through a temporary, electrified fence.]
May 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Timeline cleanse! It's the annual goat hillside brush cleanup in our neighborhood. Note: Some of the goats are sheep.
[image: Grazing goats and sheep in a oaken field, seen through a temporary, electrified fence.]
[image: Grazing goats and sheep in a oaken field, seen through a temporary, electrified fence.]
He refuses to accept that he doesn’t actually fits.
[image: Fluffy tabby cat mostly curled up inside a strawberry box, except his butt and tail which have busted out of one side.]
[image: Fluffy tabby cat mostly curled up inside a strawberry box, except his butt and tail which have busted out of one side.]
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
He refuses to accept that he doesn’t actually fits.
[image: Fluffy tabby cat mostly curled up inside a strawberry box, except his butt and tail which have busted out of one side.]
[image: Fluffy tabby cat mostly curled up inside a strawberry box, except his butt and tail which have busted out of one side.]
I need help reacting to something.
(Hat tip to @johnmarble.bsky.social)
[image: photo of a vendor at #INSAR2025 with a sign at their booth reading “Autism Diagnosis in Four Minutes.]
(Hat tip to @johnmarble.bsky.social)
[image: photo of a vendor at #INSAR2025 with a sign at their booth reading “Autism Diagnosis in Four Minutes.]
May 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I need help reacting to something.
(Hat tip to @johnmarble.bsky.social)
[image: photo of a vendor at #INSAR2025 with a sign at their booth reading “Autism Diagnosis in Four Minutes.]
(Hat tip to @johnmarble.bsky.social)
[image: photo of a vendor at #INSAR2025 with a sign at their booth reading “Autism Diagnosis in Four Minutes.]
Calico cat impersonating a half crate of strawberries. #IfItFitsIsits
April 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Calico cat impersonating a half crate of strawberries. #IfItFitsIsits
If you like Thai basil and also go to restaurants that serve pho, please know that you can save a basil sprig and put it in water and within a couple of weeks it will sprout roots and you can plant it and have a whole new basil bush. I do this every spring because I am thrifty and it is fun.
April 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you like Thai basil and also go to restaurants that serve pho, please know that you can save a basil sprig and put it in water and within a couple of weeks it will sprout roots and you can plant it and have a whole new basil bush. I do this every spring because I am thrifty and it is fun.
This *is* my backyard. However, this is not my cat.
[image: Brown tabby cat lounging on an outdoor bench cushion.]
[image: Brown tabby cat lounging on an outdoor bench cushion.]
April 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This *is* my backyard. However, this is not my cat.
[image: Brown tabby cat lounging on an outdoor bench cushion.]
[image: Brown tabby cat lounging on an outdoor bench cushion.]
At this point I resent RFK Jr. more than I resent Syracuse snow. And that is saying a LOT:
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[image: 1994 selfie of me looking very grumpy. I have a hoodie tightly cinched around my face and am covered in falling snow.]
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
[image: 1994 selfie of me looking very grumpy. I have a hoodie tightly cinched around my face and am covered in falling snow.]
April 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
At this point I resent RFK Jr. more than I resent Syracuse snow. And that is saying a LOT:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
[image: 1994 selfie of me looking very grumpy. I have a hoodie tightly cinched around my face and am covered in falling snow.]
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...
[image: 1994 selfie of me looking very grumpy. I have a hoodie tightly cinched around my face and am covered in falling snow.]
I may have mentioned this before, but Mori Point in Pacifica is where, in the movie Harold and Maude, Harold drives his car off a cliff (spoiler: he does not get hurt or die).
[image: Leo seated on an ocean top bluff amidst a carpet of yellow and purple wildflowers.]
[image: Leo seated on an ocean top bluff amidst a carpet of yellow and purple wildflowers.]
April 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I may have mentioned this before, but Mori Point in Pacifica is where, in the movie Harold and Maude, Harold drives his car off a cliff (spoiler: he does not get hurt or die).
[image: Leo seated on an ocean top bluff amidst a carpet of yellow and purple wildflowers.]
[image: Leo seated on an ocean top bluff amidst a carpet of yellow and purple wildflowers.]
When anti-autism grievance parents are so focused on promoting the dangerous pseudoscience of an "autism epidemic" that—even though nominally pro-vax—they would rather eliminate high-support autistics like my son & their own kids than protect public health. Got it.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When anti-autism grievance parents are so focused on promoting the dangerous pseudoscience of an "autism epidemic" that—even though nominally pro-vax—they would rather eliminate high-support autistics like my son & their own kids than protect public health. Got it.
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Liberated this dangerous PoS book from a Little Free Library and put it where it might do some good.
#VaccinesWork, have nothing to do with autism, and protect autistic kids too.
[image: My hand dropping a piece of anti-vax propaganda titled The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears into a recycling bin.]
#VaccinesWork, have nothing to do with autism, and protect autistic kids too.
[image: My hand dropping a piece of anti-vax propaganda titled The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears into a recycling bin.]
April 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Liberated this dangerous PoS book from a Little Free Library and put it where it might do some good.
#VaccinesWork, have nothing to do with autism, and protect autistic kids too.
[image: My hand dropping a piece of anti-vax propaganda titled The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears into a recycling bin.]
#VaccinesWork, have nothing to do with autism, and protect autistic kids too.
[image: My hand dropping a piece of anti-vax propaganda titled The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears into a recycling bin.]