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Cary
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Reader, writer, dog lover by nature, cat lover by training, nerdy, bespectrumed. https://linktr.ee/moon_spiders
No more eating M&Ms willy-nilly. Get organized!
An Autistic Method for Consuming M&Ms as Observed in an American Expat Residing in Southern Brazil
Neurodivergent self-fieldwork at its briefest and finest
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July 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Careful with that stare, you never know what trouble it might land you in.
The Nose Knows, part 1
The magnetism of perfect noses (and the weirdness of one girl with one)
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July 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It's a brand new universe, and it's all yours! (No pressure.)
The final installment, plus an author's notes section containing the story behind the story. Enjoy!
­— ­Cary
#scifi
Why This Ancient Forgotten World, part 4
So, you have your own universe. What now? Plus, author's notes!
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May 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sex, Love, and Dating: my autistic college years
Love on the Unknown Spectrum, part II
The US Midwest Edition
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May 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#horror
Part 4, the last installment, coming next week!
Why This Ancient Forgotten World, part 3
Coming home to cosmic horror
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May 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's a sad commentary that, at least in the case of the barbarian in question in this movie, he's a better guy than most of today's ultrarich.
Even Conan Has a Better Philosophy Than Most Billionaires
Don't Let Your Tongue Wander Too Far from Your Cheek
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April 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Translating, teaching, and what your mind burps up. #translation
A Transmogrified Mea Culpa
It's been a week
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April 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Part 2 of your journey on an eerie, dying world is up.
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#horror #scifi #fiction
Why This Ancient Forgotten World? (part 2)
Your exploration of the strange, eerie world you’ve been visiting for aeons continues.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Little Paradises amid the Worst Flood in Brazil's History
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#disaster
Little Paradises amid the Worst Flood in Brazil's History
More than just survival and not melting down
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March 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's the end of time, the stars are dying, and still you keep returning to this moribund world. Text and audio. #scifi #fiction
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Why This Ancient, Forgotten World? (Part 1)
Why have you returned to a place so old even the universe itself no long remembers it?
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March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The trials and tribulation of high school dating on hard mode. #autism
Love on the Unknown Spectrum
Midwestern US edition
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February 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
— Dodie Smith, _I Capture the Castle_
February 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Autism is not so simple as 'never a disorder' or 'always a disorder.' The severely autistic are left out of the conversation, despite the fact that they are the ones who are most likely to want and benefit from a cure or prevention. #autism #neuroscience #genetics
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The Autistics We've Left Behind
The prospects for cures and prevention
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February 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My Autistic Ways
Autistic things I did all my life, despite not being diagnosed.
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My Autistic Ways
Discovering My Autism, part 5
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January 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Life on the spectrum when you don't know there's a spectrum. #autism #asd #neurodivergent
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Unidentified on the Spectrum (Discovering My Autism, part 4)
Life as a crypto-autistic
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January 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Cary
January 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What is a neuropsychological evaluation? Why should you consider getting one? What's it like?
open.substack.com/pub/moonspid... #autism #diagnosis #psychology #brazil
Neuropsychological Evaluation with a Side of Epic Flood (Discovering my Autism, Part 3)
If you haven’t read them already, you might want to read part 1 and part 2 of this series.
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January 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What's an autistic meldown? How do I make sense of it? How can I support somebody I care about who's having one?

How to deal with an autistic meltdown? open.substack.com/pub/larivier...
How to deal with an autistic meltdown?
Cheat sheet for people who know an autistic person and are willing to help
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January 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reposted by Cary
A supermassive black hole that existed only 570 myr after the Big Bang, and caught by JWST lurking in CEERS field.
It weighs 9 million solar masses.
🔭 🧪
January 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Part 2 of me discovering I'm autistic is up! open.substack.com/pub/moonspid... #autism #neurodivergent
January 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM