Gary Wood
@martingarywood.bsky.social
I am a factory worker. I am autistic. I am a bibliophile. I am a writer of poetry (sometimes).
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Gary Wood
@martingarywood.bsky.social
· Aug 17
MY FAVORITE AUTISTIC CODED LITERARY CHARACTERS.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
MELANCHOLIC and MACABRE MOVIES THAT STIR MY AUTISTIC SOUL. Ideally, you want sparsely used music; negative space is essential; long, static shots of vegetation, landscapes, houses, structures, inanimate objects; stilted, sometimes cryptic dialogue; ASMR triggers are a must. #AutisticCoded #Movies
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
MELANCHOLIC and MACABRE MOVIES THAT STIR MY AUTISTIC SOUL. Ideally, you want sparsely used music; negative space is essential; long, static shots of vegetation, landscapes, houses, structures, inanimate objects; stilted, sometimes cryptic dialogue; ASMR triggers are a must. #AutisticCoded #Movies
Today I went and saw Before Sunrise and Before Sunset back to back on the big screen. I cried throughout both. The scene that melts me every time is in Sunset when Celine talks about how she can never truly get over someone she loves. She perfectly describes my own experience with love and loss.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Today I went and saw Before Sunrise and Before Sunset back to back on the big screen. I cried throughout both. The scene that melts me every time is in Sunset when Celine talks about how she can never truly get over someone she loves. She perfectly describes my own experience with love and loss.
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The autumnal equinox is happening today at 2:19 EDT! The beginning of the most melancholic and macabre season. The season that lives within my very soul. #AutumnalEquinox
September 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The autumnal equinox is happening today at 2:19 EDT! The beginning of the most melancholic and macabre season. The season that lives within my very soul. #AutumnalEquinox
5 greeting cards for 5 dollars? Okay, cut up some nice bookmarks for autumn. 🍂
August 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
5 greeting cards for 5 dollars? Okay, cut up some nice bookmarks for autumn. 🍂
MY FAVORITE AUTISTIC CODED LITERARY CHARACTERS.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
August 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
MY FAVORITE AUTISTIC CODED LITERARY CHARACTERS.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
I felt a profound connection with these novels years before my autism diagnosis, all but one, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, I just read in recent months, and might be my favorite.
This is the oldest bookmark I own. It’s over 30 years old, and in pristine condition. It’s so lovely. And from a bookstore I miss dearly, Manteo Booksellers in Manteo, NC. #bookmark #books #booksellers #sentimental #manteo
August 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is the oldest bookmark I own. It’s over 30 years old, and in pristine condition. It’s so lovely. And from a bookstore I miss dearly, Manteo Booksellers in Manteo, NC. #bookmark #books #booksellers #sentimental #manteo
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In the latest effort to convince people that Jeffery Epstein really did commit suicide, administration officials are now saying he was married to Ted Hughes.
July 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In the latest effort to convince people that Jeffery Epstein really did commit suicide, administration officials are now saying he was married to Ted Hughes.
Zohran Mamdani’s mother is Mira Nair?! One of the great filmmakers, and terribly under-appreciated. She made one of my top ten favorite films of all time, Salaam Bombay. #mamdani #miranair #salaambombay #greatfilms
July 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s mother is Mira Nair?! One of the great filmmakers, and terribly under-appreciated. She made one of my top ten favorite films of all time, Salaam Bombay. #mamdani #miranair #salaambombay #greatfilms
This gorgeous typewriter, a 1961 Brother Wizard TrueType. #typewriter #vintage
June 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This gorgeous typewriter, a 1961 Brother Wizard TrueType. #typewriter #vintage
When you’re coming up
a brain can grow porous
from neglect and noise and unrest,
and though marred by forgetfulness
I found healing in the books I read,
hope in the promise of another chapter,
and solace in the quiet rooms that held them.
#books #libraries #library #reading
a brain can grow porous
from neglect and noise and unrest,
and though marred by forgetfulness
I found healing in the books I read,
hope in the promise of another chapter,
and solace in the quiet rooms that held them.
#books #libraries #library #reading
May 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When you’re coming up
a brain can grow porous
from neglect and noise and unrest,
and though marred by forgetfulness
I found healing in the books I read,
hope in the promise of another chapter,
and solace in the quiet rooms that held them.
#books #libraries #library #reading
a brain can grow porous
from neglect and noise and unrest,
and though marred by forgetfulness
I found healing in the books I read,
hope in the promise of another chapter,
and solace in the quiet rooms that held them.
#books #libraries #library #reading
Wanna fight climate change?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Wanna stand up against the oligarchy?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Two Birds. One Stone.
#boycottAmazon #boycottTarget #boycottWalmart #boycottApple #boycottCorporations #BuyLocal #boycott #StopBuyingShit #StopConsumerism #amazon #target #apple #walmart
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Wanna stand up against the oligarchy?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Two Birds. One Stone.
#boycottAmazon #boycottTarget #boycottWalmart #boycottApple #boycottCorporations #BuyLocal #boycott #StopBuyingShit #StopConsumerism #amazon #target #apple #walmart
May 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wanna fight climate change?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Wanna stand up against the oligarchy?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Two Birds. One Stone.
#boycottAmazon #boycottTarget #boycottWalmart #boycottApple #boycottCorporations #BuyLocal #boycott #StopBuyingShit #StopConsumerism #amazon #target #apple #walmart
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Wanna stand up against the oligarchy?
STOP BUYING SHIT!
Two Birds. One Stone.
#boycottAmazon #boycottTarget #boycottWalmart #boycottApple #boycottCorporations #BuyLocal #boycott #StopBuyingShit #StopConsumerism #amazon #target #apple #walmart
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the autistic experience of waking up one day and realizing "ohhhhh. that thing from what feels like 3 lifetimes ago was manipulation. okay."
April 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the autistic experience of waking up one day and realizing "ohhhhh. that thing from what feels like 3 lifetimes ago was manipulation. okay."
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"You're so quiet and shy"
I don't feel comfortable to unmask my autism around you.
I don't feel comfortable to unmask my autism around you.
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"You're so quiet and shy"
I don't feel comfortable to unmask my autism around you.
I don't feel comfortable to unmask my autism around you.
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Happy birthday, Elmo! 🥳
Congratulations on your library card!
Congratulations on your library card!
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy birthday, Elmo! 🥳
Congratulations on your library card!
Congratulations on your library card!
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I feel pretty safe in saying that anything you want to know about late 20th Century American youth can be divined from this dyad of song and video. youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
YouTube video by REMVEVO
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January 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I feel pretty safe in saying that anything you want to know about late 20th Century American youth can be divined from this dyad of song and video. youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
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1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
I also keep thinking that we have to support our libraries.
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
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Autism is failing to realise that somebody likes you until they explicitly say that they do.
January 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Autism is failing to realise that somebody likes you until they explicitly say that they do.
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Fog installation staged by japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya #womensart
January 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Fog installation staged by japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya #womensart
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the realest lyric ever sung is in "Easy" when Lionel Richie says "I'm not happy when I try to fake it" and if it hits you on the right day it does about ten years of therapy's work in 1.5 bars of mid tempo 70s rock
January 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the realest lyric ever sung is in "Easy" when Lionel Richie says "I'm not happy when I try to fake it" and if it hits you on the right day it does about ten years of therapy's work in 1.5 bars of mid tempo 70s rock
All my life I’d hear people say, “I just don’t understand poetry”, because of its vagueness and symbolism, but vagueness, symbolism, was exactly what I drew from the world everyday. As early as I can remember everything I saw and heard was a puzzle or an oddity I had to figure out. #autism #poetry
December 21, 2024 at 1:08 AM