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Maryam Webster
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#AuDHD Catmom, Author, Lovebug, #Psychologist & Sleep Whisperer. Mental Health Coach for #ADHD, #Autism & #Neurofabulous folk 🌈

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Cafés ☕️ Ferals 🧚‍♀️ Books 📚 & Kindness ☺️

Please Be Kind to All 🥰

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PSA: Arsenic, which occurs naturally in soil, is building up in rice fields around the world due to global warming.

This is heavily not good for anyone as millions survive on rice as a staple, and many underprivileged people may eat rice as their only food.

www.earth.com/news/king-of...
Study finds that the 'king of poisons' is building up in rice fields around the world
Rice feeds billions, thriving in warm, wet fields. Those flooded fields can also make arsenic available to rice plants, poisoning the grains.
www.earth.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
Ahem.

We’ll have our #NPR and #PBS back, or we’ll set loose the vengeful spirits of #BobRoss #WayneDyer #BarbaraSher and #MrRogers on your sorry meatsacks

What they leave undone, #BigBird #OscarTheGrouch & #MrTeeth will finish

Pray they leave the Skexis in the vault.

www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'
The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
www.npr.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
A Happy #Lughnasadh / #Lammas / Loaf-Mass / First Fruits of Harvest to you!

#pagan #witchcore #harvest #festival
August 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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#Herbalist folk, 11 min MUST HEAR tut on forgotten female who saved ancient herbals from obscurity.

Her “Scented Garden” which I’ve found again (yay!) was required reading in the Saffron Walden School of Medical Herbalism & Aromatherapy I attended in the 80’s.

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Frontispiece of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. The SCENTED GARDEN By ELEANOUR SINCLAIR ROHDE Author of ' A Garden of Herbs,' 'Garden-craft", 'in the Bible,' "The Old World Pleasaunce”, etc. LONDON THE MEDICI SOCIETY 7 GRAFTON STREET Contents listing of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION I Chapter One JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IN THE SCENTED GARDEN 17 Chapter Two VIOLETS, PRIMROSES AND WALLFLOWERS 3I Chapter Three SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AND SHRUBS 54 Chapter Four THE SCENTS OF EARLY SUMMER Chapter Five THE OLD ROSES 105 Chapter Six THE AROMATIC HERBS 138 Chapter Seven THE AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR ІбІ Chapter Eight SWEET BAG, POT-POURRI AND OTHER RECIPES I91 Plant Lists A. TREES, SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS 260 B, HERBACEQUS PLANTS, ANNUALS, ETC. 290 C. BULBS, RHIZOMES, ETC. 299 D. AQUATICS 304 Page 218 of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, listing recipes for lavender water by distillation and the quick method using essential oil and ambergris. A partial recipe from the 1834 work “A Book of Simples” heads the page. Page text: The Scented Garden V2 …of wild tansie, as much of fumitary, the weight of 2 pence in camphere: put all these together in an earthen pot, set the pot in warm aishes all night, then in the morning strain it through a piece of white cotton clean wash'd and put it into a narrow mouth glass: sit the glass in the sun 3 or 4 days in the heat of the sun. Wash your face with this water evening and morning. If you wash your hands with any of this water put thereto 3 or 4 bruised almonds, this is the most excellent water that ever was made to clear hands and face withall. Probatum est. The Book of Simples (circa 1650). Lavender Water. Take a pint of highly rectified spirit of wine, essential oil of lavender one ounce, essence of ambergris drachms; put all into a quart bottle, and shake it tremely well. From: Domestic Cookery (1834). Lavender Water without Distillation. If you would have speedily, without the trouble of distillation, a water impregnated with the flavour of Lavender, put two or three drops of Oil of Spike, and a lump of Sugar, into a pint of clear Water, or Spirit of Wine, and shake them well together in a glass phial, with a narrow neck. This Water, though not distilled, is very fragrant. Page bottom subtitle: The Toilet of Flora. Page 219 of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, listing pomander recipes including the familiar clove stuffed orange, plus exotic “A Pomander Against Pestilentiall Aire” from the book “The Charitable Physitian” written in 1639 by PHILBERT GUIBERT Esq and Physician Regent in Paris Page text: Sweet Bag, Pot-pourri and other Recipes POMANDERS, ETc. Orange stuck with cloves. Choose an orange that is (s) thin-skinned and (b) small. Stick it all over with cloves as thickly as possible. When done no particle of skin should be visible. If the skin is rather tough use a bodkin to make each hole. Then roll the orange in a powder consisting of equal parts of orris root and powdered cinnamon. Rub the powder well in all over the orange and leave it wrapped up in paper with this powder for about a week. The orange is then ready and will scent a drawer deliciously for well over a year. In time it will shrink considerably. (We have one many years old which is about the size of a walnut now.) Pomander Take Storar an ounce, Cloves two drammes, Benjamin halfe an ounce, Ambergreece halfe a dram, Muske fifteen graines, powder of Violets a little, incorporate them all together with Rose water. A Pomander against Pestilentiall Aire. Take Labdanum, Storax of each a dram, Cloves halfe a dram, Camphor, Spikenard, Nutmeg, of each seven graines, beat them into fine powder and make them into bullets with gum Fragrant dissolved in Rose water. The Charitable Physitian by PHILBERT GUIBERT Esq and Physician Regent in Paris (1639).
August 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
Here’s your 3rd in this short trifecta of 1-minute #CozyCool bedtime stories, from the “Little House” books.

Listen for an extra shot of chill during this extreme heat. Let the words sink into your bones to keep you cool all night ❄️

Look for more #1Minute #bedtime stories soon & please share! 😊🌻
July 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
A 1-minute “Cozy Cool” bedtime story to remind my #Neurodiverse, #Autistic & #ADHD folx that winter’s cool can be a comfort, even in the midst of extreme heat.

Enjoy these #CozyCool stories from the classics, if you need an extra shot of chill in your day. From “Farmer Boy” by #LauraIngallsWilder
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
Here’s a 1 minute “Cozy Cool” bedtime story to remind my #Neurodiverse folx, how cool your mind & body can be, even in the midst of extreme heat.

I’ll be posting more of these #CozyCool stories from the classics, so if you need an extra shot of chill in your day, feel free to listen and share!
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Door’s open & I’m lecturing on Zoom, freshly roasted pecans & pistachios cooling on the kitchen counter.

Cue a tell-tail noise & sudden yell at Luna: “Oh HELL no, you are NOT licking my nuts!”

Both audience & neighbors: “Whuut?!” 😳

We all lost it & died laughing. That kitkat! 🤣

#Caturday #Cats
a white cat is standing on a kitchen counter near a pot on the stove
ALT: a white cat is standing on a kitchen counter near a pot on the stove
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July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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This is the corker of all stoppers for us #AuDHD folk! Learning to take *all the time I need to answer a question* (even days, hours, weeks or months) has been a key #adulting lesson / skill I’ve acquired only through relentless #selfadvocacy

Turns “toxic trait” into
“I’m my best mate!” 🥰🌻
adhdjesse.com ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · Jul 25
My toxic trait is saying yes to things I have the ability to do, without considering if I have the time, energy, or motivation.
July 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
New #NeuroTribe Vibe #podcast drop! This time: “How to Set a Durable Gratitude Anchor for Emotional Self-Regulation” A new twist!!

Takes 3 minutes to create & you’ll have it for life.

Worth a listen, especially for my fellow #autism #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #LGBTQIA folx 💋🥰🌻

noomvibe.app/tl/riTj
Pic shows a New NeuroTribe Vibe podcast with me on the Noom Vibe app, “Setting a Durable Gratitude Anchor for Emotional Self-Regulation”. Link goes to the web-play version so all can listen.
July 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Such strong mixed feelings from so many of us in the Autistic community. What do y'all think of this study? #AutRes
July 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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A friend on Facebook posted the rooty yamforest on the right & got the #eldritchhorror response on the left.

I belly-laughed ‘til I cried. Plant that thing before it reaches the children!
🤣🤣🤣

In other news, it’s been a minute. Howya doing? Auntie M. loves yer gutz! 🥰

#bellylaugh
#laughter
#yams
June 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget
June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Oh wow. This is stunning work. Happy Juneteenth!

#HarrietTubman is a chosen #ancestor of mine, and I love how this honors her spirit, and that of thousands who made the journey on the #UndergroundRailroad

Bright blessings, all around!
profkfh.bsky.social ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 19
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.
June 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
Teach your children well. Here’s a 1 minute coaching segment on *what* to teach them

One one point of this, #Nature and #Forest #schools can be found all over the world. They teach #kids to love animals & nature, and to be #environmental warriors in a #warmingworld

None where you live?
Start one.
June 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Great recommend if you like rabbit-hole binges that lead you to #knowledge you didn’t have: the Arts & Culture app.

Brilliant presentation on #Juneteenth - go check it out!

Also, found the Webster fam - in the app. Mom did genealogy. This is Lady Elizabeth Webster, my 10 or 12x great-grandma!
The arts and culture apps intro card entitled “the historical legacy of Juneteenth“ depicting an 18th century lithograph of a black family gathering. Subtext reads: “Reckoning with our Racial Past“. A display card from the Arts and Culture app, noting the English Heritage exhibition entitled “The Ancestors: Uncovering their Journey“. In this particular card, sculptures of Caribbean prisoners of war are pictured being held at Portchester Castle, in the 18th century. The arts and culture app icon Lady Elizabeth Webster’s portrait with description reading “the Webster family” and explaining their involvement with Battle Abbey. A “fascinating chapter in history” indeed. Lady Elizabeth would have been my 12th great grandmother, or something similar.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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thinkingautism.com
*Maine*, damn it. Am currently in Mexico and so am failing in two languages!
June 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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thinkingautism.com
YES we get to be mad that autistic people and our families don't get enough supports—But NO ONE gets to blame autistics for being autistic.

One way to be an autism ally is to calmly ask unkind or thoughtless autistic-shamers, "how would you feel if someone blamed you for the way your brain works?"
June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Making #LionsMane soup & LOVE this one perfectly gorgeous geometrically divided Shitake.

Beautiful! 😍

Also: Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, #Maitake, Bunashimeiji, #ginger & #turmeric root with herbs, spring onion, carrots & garlic in chicken bone broth.

Delicious!

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The pretty, natural geometry of brown subdivisions on the top of a white Shitake mushroom, seen on a clump of Lions Mane mushroom the size of a baby’s head. Lions Mane, Shitake, Golden Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, Maitake, Bunashimeiji, sliced ginger & turmeric root in 1 of 3 bowls of veggies going into the homemade chicken bone broth Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, Maitake, Bunashimeiji, sliced ginger & turmeric root with herbs, onion, spring onion, carrots & garlic in homemade chicken bone broth. Bouquet garni sachet of parsley, Thai basil stems (sooo much flavor!), celery stalks & leaves and other vegetable scraps saved for broth enriching.
June 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Shareholders of 22 of the largest corporations in the U.S. have voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025. Shareholders of companies including Costco, Apple, Walmart, Google, others, have voted against anti-DEI proposals this year.

Scorecord at Impactivize: www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
Impactivize Shareholder Scorecard™ -
2025 Anti-DEI Proposals and Shareholder Voting Results
www.impactivize.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
PayPAAAAL FTW! ALL of our pal, and now my preferred choice bc of this. #DEI forever! 🌈
nancylevinestearns.bsky.social Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Jun 6
💥 PayPal shareholders voted to reject an anti-DEI proposal at its annual meeting yesterday (tally TBA). Proposal asked PayPal to report on charitable giving, citing PayPal's relationship with the Human Rights Campaign where PayPal has a perfect score on LGBTQ+ initiatives.
PayPal Pride logo
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The Role of Shame in Recovering from Traumaa
The Role of Shame in Recovering from Trauma - EFT Tapping Training Institute™
With Connie Dawson, PhD What role can feelings of shame play when working to find resolution for healing from trauma? In this free Tapping out of Trauma interview, Connie Dawson, PhD, the author of Life Beyond Shame explores with us the many ways that the feelings and state of shame can effect and interfere with…
www.efttappingtraining.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Reposting for the record, to spread positive, helpful research, and for friends researching this. Thank you @tomkindlon.bsky.social!

cc: @peterspotts.bsky.social
tomkindlon.bsky.social Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · Jun 9
US (New York) research:

Characterising dysfunctional breathing seen in post-acute sequelae of #SARSCoV2 using approximate entropy

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"The purpose of this paper is to identify an objective metric to distinguish DB patterns from normal breathing patterns on CPET”
Characterising dysfunctional breathing seen in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 using approximate entropy
RationaleDysfunctional breathing (DB) is a commonly identified abnormality in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) patients undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), and is potentially a contributor to ongoing symptoms. Currently, this oscillating, irregular breathing pattern is identified by visual observation of CPET data by an experienced interpreter, which is subjective. We hypothesise that approximate entropy (ApEn), a regularity statistic that quantifies the unpredictability of time-series data can reliably distinguish DB from normal breathing states.MethodsBreath-by-breath CPET data were obtained for 82 PASC subjects and 25 controls. CPETs were visually analysed for DB prior to analysis. Minute ventilation (V′E), tidal volume (VT) and breathing frequency (BF) over time data were normalised with 100% considered as the ventilation at anaerobic threshold (AT) and detrended before ApEn was calculated. Analysis was initiated at 25 W and ceased at AT.ResultsThe ApEn V′E of PASC subjects with visualised DB was 0.286±0.128 (mean±sd), which was significantly different from control subjects (0.143±0.081) and PASC subjects without visualised DB (0.183±0.104); p<0.05. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis produced an optimal cut-off value of 0.17 for distinguishing DB, which resulted in a sensitivity of 81% and specificity of 72%. ApEn VT and ApEn BF were similar among all PASC patients despite visually recognised DB, but significantly greater than controls.ConclusionsIdentifying DB on CPET requires visual recognition, which has limitations. ApEn V′E is an objective metric that can reliably differentiate DB from normal breathing patterns on CPET. This can be a valuable addition to keen visual scrutiny of CPET data.
publications.ersnet.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
maryamwebster.bsky.social
#Neuro #Queer talmud! I’m not even Jewish, and I wanna take this class! Go get it, Neurojuicy wisdom seekers of the House of David…and Davida…and #neurofabulous *You*, #SparkleKippah 🏳️‍🌈👒 🥳

Way to go Rabbi Matthew!
theautisticcoach.bsky.social The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · Jun 9
In addition to being an autistic peer-support coach, I'm a teacher of Talmud.

I'm teaching a 4-week course on gender beyond the binary in the Jewish tradition.

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...
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June 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
June 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM