Cheryl
@cheryl-blue.bsky.social
Well, it seems I'm still on this plane of existence! Disability rights stuff, fashion history. Cumbria (UK). Autistic. She, for the moment.
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Day 1258 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and you might think this is just a candlesnuff fungus for today
BUT this is actually my appropriately timed and abstract piece simply titled 'Rudolph' 🎄🎅🤶🦌🔴👃🤣🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT this is actually my appropriately timed and abstract piece simply titled 'Rudolph' 🎄🎅🤶🦌🔴👃🤣🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Day 1258 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and you might think this is just a candlesnuff fungus for today
BUT this is actually my appropriately timed and abstract piece simply titled 'Rudolph' 🎄🎅🤶🦌🔴👃🤣🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT this is actually my appropriately timed and abstract piece simply titled 'Rudolph' 🎄🎅🤶🦌🔴👃🤣🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
I will never see all the weird books this world holds, which is melancholy, but at least I'll never run out.
Sad to say farewell to this weird lil guy.
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
70 pages of chemistry with stick figures in place of atomic symbols 😮
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I will never see all the weird books this world holds, which is melancholy, but at least I'll never run out.
People can get quite peculiar in their 80s and 90s...
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
People can get quite peculiar in their 80s and 90s...
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Autistic parents can be a curse.
I had a client's mom come into orientation with us on his first day of work....
(I help autistic folks find and maintain jobs)
Do not EVER go into your adult child's job on their first day and override the professional that's there to teach them how to be independent.
That's not mommy's job.
(I help autistic folks find and maintain jobs)
Do not EVER go into your adult child's job on their first day and override the professional that's there to teach them how to be independent.
That's not mommy's job.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Autistic parents can be a curse.
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Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
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Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
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Once I stayed up all night drawing actual illustrations for a spot that ran nationally on short notice and I would like to tell the people who “hardly slept” because they were “writing prompts” that they are soft pathetic babies who can go to baby hell.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Once I stayed up all night drawing actual illustrations for a spot that ran nationally on short notice and I would like to tell the people who “hardly slept” because they were “writing prompts” that they are soft pathetic babies who can go to baby hell.
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One of the first cases following the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found it didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
goodlaw.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
One of the first cases following the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found it didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
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Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
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ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.
The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
Alan MacLeod tracks how billionaire media barons like Musk, Ellison, Bezos and Zuckerberg are capturing global news outlets and reshaping politics.
www.mintpressnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.
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It's baked in. They know damn well the impact this has. Now their go to is to ask: do you want to file a grievance, which if you ever have, you know is a complete waste of time. It is a delaying tactic. If and when anyone gets back to you, it is with some BS form letter that does nothing.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's baked in. They know damn well the impact this has. Now their go to is to ask: do you want to file a grievance, which if you ever have, you know is a complete waste of time. It is a delaying tactic. If and when anyone gets back to you, it is with some BS form letter that does nothing.
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They’re tricking the working class into thinking ChatGPT is like having servants so that the working class will not notice that they are the servants
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
They’re tricking the working class into thinking ChatGPT is like having servants so that the working class will not notice that they are the servants
I want to talk briefly about the need for solidarity among minority groups, and how this relates to the Guardian's transphobic columnists... 🧵
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I want to talk briefly about the need for solidarity among minority groups, and how this relates to the Guardian's transphobic columnists... 🧵
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![doctors trying to figure out my diagnosis [pic of dart board with about 30 darts in the wall where they totally missed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreicjqlxcj5z6wuuo54vc4hvfsgv36n3uloasps6fo35l346ooktoya@jpeg)
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
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Thanks, I hate it.
"We have been talking to multiple sources, and it looks like things are about to get way worse than you can possibly imagine. Think of the crypto boom, COVID shortages, and scalpers era, all combined into one."
"We have been talking to multiple sources, and it looks like things are about to get way worse than you can possibly imagine. Think of the crypto boom, COVID shortages, and scalpers era, all combined into one."
DDR5 & DDR4 Memory Prices: Why Your PC Build Will Cost More Until 2027
Memory prices are getting out of control on both the DDR5 & DDR4 fronts, and it looks like the situation won't improve even in 2027.
wccftech.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thanks, I hate it.
"We have been talking to multiple sources, and it looks like things are about to get way worse than you can possibly imagine. Think of the crypto boom, COVID shortages, and scalpers era, all combined into one."
"We have been talking to multiple sources, and it looks like things are about to get way worse than you can possibly imagine. Think of the crypto boom, COVID shortages, and scalpers era, all combined into one."
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1️⃣ Visible Health has launched a local clinical trial feature. One of the first surfacing to users is an ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) trial led by Trudie Chalder, a researcher whose work has been highly controversial in ME. This raises important patient-safety concerns.
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
1️⃣ Visible Health has launched a local clinical trial feature. One of the first surfacing to users is an ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) trial led by Trudie Chalder, a researcher whose work has been highly controversial in ME. This raises important patient-safety concerns.
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Embroidered Japanese silk was fashioned into a tea gown in the late #1870s, the addition of blue silk panels shaping it into the bustle style silhouette. The exquisite-ness of the stitch means that I would take absolutely no refreshments whilst wearing. Sold via #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Embroidered Japanese silk was fashioned into a tea gown in the late #1870s, the addition of blue silk panels shaping it into the bustle style silhouette. The exquisite-ness of the stitch means that I would take absolutely no refreshments whilst wearing. Sold via #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
So if all mental health diagnoses are "overdiagnosis", can female-presenting autistics and ME patients get the personality disorder and "somatisation" diagnoses removed from our medical records? Oh no, of course not.
The fact that many GPs don't believe people with mental health conditions will not be news to those of us with mental health conditions who have had to deal with these cunts.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So if all mental health diagnoses are "overdiagnosis", can female-presenting autistics and ME patients get the personality disorder and "somatisation" diagnoses removed from our medical records? Oh no, of course not.
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there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best version in the world like you're some venetian patrician
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
there's a certain personality that's very debilitating in modern life. 100 years ago, if you wanted to buy something, you'd go to five local shops and decide. now with the internet, you need to spend 1,000 hours so you can own the best version in the world like you're some venetian patrician