loops & rings
@loopsnrings.bsky.social
autistic & dyspraxic
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pfp: first person view of a bike's handlebars while riding down a forest path
header: view of a coastal cycling route
🇪🇺 EU based
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🚴♀️ into recreational bike rides
pfp: first person view of a bike's handlebars while riding down a forest path
header: view of a coastal cycling route
🇪🇺 EU based
she/her
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Racism doesn’t disappear inside autistic spaces and Black autistic people have been saying this for a long time. Autism doesn’t cancel out the biases we absorb from the world, and it doesn’t excuse harm, many autistic spaces aren’t safe spaces for Black #autistic people 👌🏽
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Racism doesn’t disappear inside autistic spaces and Black autistic people have been saying this for a long time. Autism doesn’t cancel out the biases we absorb from the world, and it doesn’t excuse harm, many autistic spaces aren’t safe spaces for Black #autistic people 👌🏽
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just because a conversation isnt always the most comfortable to have or its something you may not want to hear, doesnt mean its purpose is division, I’m acknowledging that not all autistic experiences are treated equally, and that’s something we have to face to make things better for everyone,
Talking about race and autism isn’t dividing the autistic community it’s strengthening it.
When we name the racial disparities Black autistic people face, we’re not “pitting” anyone against anyone else, okay? because someone said thats what i was doing 🙄
When we name the racial disparities Black autistic people face, we’re not “pitting” anyone against anyone else, okay? because someone said thats what i was doing 🙄
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
just because a conversation isnt always the most comfortable to have or its something you may not want to hear, doesnt mean its purpose is division, I’m acknowledging that not all autistic experiences are treated equally, and that’s something we have to face to make things better for everyone,
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i am deeply non-religious and the concept of heaven was never really that appealing to me -- but the idea of seeing your loved ones who have passed again. I get that one. they should have led with that
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
i am deeply non-religious and the concept of heaven was never really that appealing to me -- but the idea of seeing your loved ones who have passed again. I get that one. they should have led with that
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“America loves the myth of a meritocracy more than anything else, because it lets us ignore the reality of the impact of bigotry." — Mikki Kendall
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“America loves the myth of a meritocracy more than anything else, because it lets us ignore the reality of the impact of bigotry." — Mikki Kendall
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I used to work at a supermarket which made me pursue an autism diagnosis to be excused from this requirement. I worked in the bakery! I told them "I can either be safe around the ovens *or* I can stop and smile at customers" and guess who didn't care if I got burned. 🤷
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I used to work at a supermarket which made me pursue an autism diagnosis to be excused from this requirement. I worked in the bakery! I told them "I can either be safe around the ovens *or* I can stop and smile at customers" and guess who didn't care if I got burned. 🤷
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RFK Jr. released a video to the Minamata Convention on Mercury where he lied about vaccines.
He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines.
Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury.
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He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines.
Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
RFK Jr. released a video to the Minamata Convention on Mercury where he lied about vaccines.
He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines.
Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury.
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He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines.
Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury.
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I haven't watched it for myself yet, but I was on The National last night talking about The Assembly and autistic representation.
CBC News: The National | Liberals welcome ex-Conservative MP
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I haven't watched it for myself yet, but I was on The National last night talking about The Assembly and autistic representation.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Inspector: “oh the crickets probably ate any mold that was here.”
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inspector: “oh the crickets probably ate any mold that was here.”
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
You know what, sir? I cannot deal walk this. I have workplaces to go ruin. This is too much.
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Zoë Blade, who’s been creating music for my videos for years, is on Spotify! Her version of “On the Hills of Manchuria” was featured in the CONSPIRACY video: open.spotify.com/track/0WLiK0...
Manchurian
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October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Zoë Blade, who’s been creating music for my videos for years, is on Spotify! Her version of “On the Hills of Manchuria” was featured in the CONSPIRACY video: open.spotify.com/track/0WLiK0...
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This is excellent. People don't understand that when we're overwhelmed we often can't go into noisy spaces. Academic networking events I'm looking at you
A useful animated video, illustrating how everyday noises—ones non-autistic people may not notice—can overwhelm an autistic person, in some cases leading to bolting and meltdowns that uninformed people dismiss as "autistic behaviors." Please watch and share.
youtu.be/K2P4Ed6G3gw?... #neurodiversity
youtu.be/K2P4Ed6G3gw?... #neurodiversity
Sensory Overload
YouTube video by Alkurhah
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is excellent. People don't understand that when we're overwhelmed we often can't go into noisy spaces. Academic networking events I'm looking at you
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Oooh. This is v interesting. In my dialect "hadn't have" feels normal but maybe that's an overgeneralisation from the conditional "couldn't have" etc?
Latest blog post:
If I hadn't have had the phenomenon pointed out to me, I might not have noticed the extra 'have' in this sentence. But is it a British or American 'have'?
Have a read and see:
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2025/10/hadn...
If I hadn't have had the phenomenon pointed out to me, I might not have noticed the extra 'have' in this sentence. But is it a British or American 'have'?
Have a read and see:
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2025/10/hadn...
hadn't have VERBed
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oooh. This is v interesting. In my dialect "hadn't have" feels normal but maybe that's an overgeneralisation from the conditional "couldn't have" etc?
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It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
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Autistic people get a bad rap for universally lacking empathy (some of us do identify as experiencing low empathy - many do not) but the truth is most people do not, on a day to day basis, truly empathize with people who are fundamentally different from them.
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Autistic people get a bad rap for universally lacking empathy (some of us do identify as experiencing low empathy - many do not) but the truth is most people do not, on a day to day basis, truly empathize with people who are fundamentally different from them.
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Y’all. I just hit send and submitted my final chapter to my editor.
I wrote a fucking BOOK, y’all.
I wrote a fucking BOOK, y’all.
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Y’all. I just hit send and submitted my final chapter to my editor.
I wrote a fucking BOOK, y’all.
I wrote a fucking BOOK, y’all.
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The president of the United States is getting flu and COVID booster shots but telling YOU that you shouldn’t and that removing access across every state via the pharmacies.
October 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The president of the United States is getting flu and COVID booster shots but telling YOU that you shouldn’t and that removing access across every state via the pharmacies.
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So much of autism can be things that are unseeable…
There’s outward behaviours, but also:
- how do you make sense of the world?
- how do you process sensory input?
- what was your childhood like?
- how do you experience friendship?
- what methods/ routines do you have for navigating the world?
There’s outward behaviours, but also:
- how do you make sense of the world?
- how do you process sensory input?
- what was your childhood like?
- how do you experience friendship?
- what methods/ routines do you have for navigating the world?
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So much of autism can be things that are unseeable…
There’s outward behaviours, but also:
- how do you make sense of the world?
- how do you process sensory input?
- what was your childhood like?
- how do you experience friendship?
- what methods/ routines do you have for navigating the world?
There’s outward behaviours, but also:
- how do you make sense of the world?
- how do you process sensory input?
- what was your childhood like?
- how do you experience friendship?
- what methods/ routines do you have for navigating the world?
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I just…I can’t believe we haven’t made stronger norms around this stuff
Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I just…I can’t believe we haven’t made stronger norms around this stuff
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Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
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AWESOME NEWS! 🎭🥳
I’ve been cast as the lead in a London show. “Blink” by Phil Porter, coming to the King’s Head Theatre in February
kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...
I’ve been cast as the lead in a London show. “Blink” by Phil Porter, coming to the King’s Head Theatre in February
kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...
October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
AWESOME NEWS! 🎭🥳
I’ve been cast as the lead in a London show. “Blink” by Phil Porter, coming to the King’s Head Theatre in February
kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...
I’ve been cast as the lead in a London show. “Blink” by Phil Porter, coming to the King’s Head Theatre in February
kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...
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Launched a thousand masters theses, should academia survive.
New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.
Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.
Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Launched a thousand masters theses, should academia survive.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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Black, autistic & PROUD 👌🏽♾️
September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Black, autistic & PROUD 👌🏽♾️