Vanna🌻🍉
@vannas.bsky.social
nerdiness, cats & outrage. Against oppression, capitalism and fascism. Pro human rights, books and pizza.
she/her | bi | 🇨🇱 | feminist | adult | #ActuallyAutistic | history nerd
she/her | bi | 🇨🇱 | feminist | adult | #ActuallyAutistic | history nerd
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Vanna🌻🍉
@vannas.bsky.social
· Jan 15
Hi, I'm Vanna. In my 30s, self-employed ESL teacher, trying to figure out my (recently discovered) autism & find a little community where I can
This is a master thread of past threads about my personal autistic experience (+ cat pictures because I have cute cats) 🧵🐱✨🗣️
This is a master thread of past threads about my personal autistic experience (+ cat pictures because I have cute cats) 🧵🐱✨🗣️
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more than a decade ago, one Fraction-Aja Hawkeye panel captured the vibe of this entire era we're living in now
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
more than a decade ago, one Fraction-Aja Hawkeye panel captured the vibe of this entire era we're living in now
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Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
Bless and protect them all
Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
english.elpais.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bless and protect them all
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but autistic people aren’t “picky eaters”. We’re sensory eaters.
What may seem like fussiness is often an intense sensory experience:
- Textures that overwhelm
- Smells that trigger nausea
- Flavours that overload the brain
#AutismAwareness #ARFID
What may seem like fussiness is often an intense sensory experience:
- Textures that overwhelm
- Smells that trigger nausea
- Flavours that overload the brain
#AutismAwareness #ARFID
August 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but autistic people aren’t “picky eaters”. We’re sensory eaters.
What may seem like fussiness is often an intense sensory experience:
- Textures that overwhelm
- Smells that trigger nausea
- Flavours that overload the brain
#AutismAwareness #ARFID
What may seem like fussiness is often an intense sensory experience:
- Textures that overwhelm
- Smells that trigger nausea
- Flavours that overload the brain
#AutismAwareness #ARFID
I'm at a point when I'm getting notifs about being blocked by nationalists and followed by autistic folk and cat lovers so I feel like I'm doing this right
August 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I'm at a point when I'm getting notifs about being blocked by nationalists and followed by autistic folk and cat lovers so I feel like I'm doing this right
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July 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Ten Palestinians killed waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in six weeks, according to UN.
UN says Israeli forces recently killed hundreds seeking aid in Gaza
Ten Palestinians killed waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in six weeks, according to UN.
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Ten Palestinians killed waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in six weeks, according to UN.
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I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
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‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
Charities urge shutdown of US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group
‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
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More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet.
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
nbcnews.to
July 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet.
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Catholic pontiff says international rules have been ‘replaced by the presumed right to overpower others’.
Pope Leo decries ‘shameful’ disregard for international law
Catholic pontiff says international rules have been ‘replaced by the presumed right to overpower others’.
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Catholic pontiff says international rules have been ‘replaced by the presumed right to overpower others’.
The international obsequiousness to a wanna-be autocratic dictator disgusts me like little else. The ways that irrational, downright boorish decisions are later rationalized and praised bring shame to every world leader in a position to speak up for actual humanitarian principles
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The international obsequiousness to a wanna-be autocratic dictator disgusts me like little else. The ways that irrational, downright boorish decisions are later rationalized and praised bring shame to every world leader in a position to speak up for actual humanitarian principles
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At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials
At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials
Shootings by Israeli forces raise death toll of such incidents in Gaza in last two weeks to more than 500
At least 40 Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza have died in new shootings by Israeli forces, local medics and officials said, raising the total killed in the last two weeks in such incidents in the devastated territory to more than 500.
Though the fragile ceasefire declared between Israel and Iran has boosted hopes in Gaza that the 20-month-long war there might end soon, there were further Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday and reports of at least two incidents involving Israeli troops opening fire on civilians seeking humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials
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June 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The world sucks, so here are my cats
My babies, Nina who is around 10 and Sunny who is around 3. Both rescued from homes that didn't look after them well. Nina chases Sunny around the house every day, but Sunny doesn't let that phase him to find his own cuddle times.
June 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The world sucks, so here are my cats
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"In Netanyahu’s words, Trump’s action will “change history” – as though making the world safe for more war is anything new."
— #AJOpinion by Belén Fernández ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Belén Fernández ⤵️
By bombing Iran, the US continues to make the world safe for war
Netanyahu is thrilled by Trump’s attacks on Iran, as will be the arms manufacturers who used to love the shah of Iran.
aje.io
June 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"In Netanyahu’s words, Trump’s action will “change history” – as though making the world safe for more war is anything new."
— #AJOpinion by Belén Fernández ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Belén Fernández ⤵️
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Former President Barack Obama warns that U.S. democracy is “dangerously close” to sliding into autocracy.
June 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Former President Barack Obama warns that U.S. democracy is “dangerously close” to sliding into autocracy.
The real reason, now and in the future, will always be: Nobody stopped them.
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The real reason, now and in the future, will always be: Nobody stopped them.
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May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
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