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withinthemyst.bsky.social
Autistic, NeuroNerd, Artist, Writer, Crafter, Cozy Games, D&D, Gardening, HobbySteading, card carrying library patron, she/they 🏳️‍🌈 😆🧠
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Another entry into my Substack. Few and far between, but its free until i trust the flow will sustain. open.substack.com/pub/withinth...

open.substack.com/pub/withinth... Oh, and about that breaking out of my writer’s block… my first Substack post. 🥰 This Substack is becoming a labor of love, and so excited… with my first post dedicated (accidentally, as it wasn’t intended) to my bestie. Thank you C for you inspiring me 🌒🌕🌘

It has been forever since I’ve been on here. Doing more “boots on the ground” community work, and finally busting through a writer’s block! Using the ice storm of the day working on some of my pile of “want to do’s” with some embroidery mending. Thick thighs + motorcycle = denim mending!

Know Black history, share Black history, make sure your children are aware of Black history (and don't assume their schools teach that much, even in the North. it's sad). Recommend a Black History Month read of Driving The Green Book. Fascinating, shocking, powerful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #booksky

In my head all day.

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

This by Dan Savage is I think important to keep top of mind. It speaks to the point I made earlier that bad news is never the only news.

Felt it in Central-Eastern NH. Shook frames on exterior walls of our small colonial. Curious of any wave activity being centered off coast.

While on TT until they close the doors, love ❤️ Hillmantok/UniversityTok and supporting! First class and book in my studies is from Dr. Anthony Michael’s Intro to CRT class: The Racial Contract, by Charles W. Wells. My white 🍑 is listening reading and in class!

To my DISABILITY COMMUNITY in the FEDERAL workforce: I know you are scared and frightened of retaliation. The stories of Federal workers being terminated for not having their reasonable accommodations met are DISGUSTING. I PLEAD for you to come forward & share info. Our country needs your voices.🙏💜

If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.

There is a great list of book reviews also on #Aucademy Check them out 😊 aucademy.co.uk/category/boo...

Today I learned this book exists. I downloaded the audiobook and will be reviewing it whenever I finish it on my YouTube channel.

A few months off of all Meta and I’ve concluded one thing: those that whine about not connecting with me because “there’s no other way,” yet have my number to simply text like we did on messenger… that I obviously did the work of “connecting.” 1/2

Damn it! NH cannot afford this type of legislation now, with the homeless rates!! Damn it!! Really need further legislation over STRs and throwing our seniors out of their homes for AirBnB/Vrbs sake!!!

Current WIP. After a few years hiatus, I picked up a sock knit. Socked have always been a favorite, especially an old 12 step pattern that was given to me by a 12 step grand-sponsor to do at 12 step meetings. a thing 🤭🥰. It’s been forever, so since I’ve been wanting to catch up on YouTubers, why not

This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.

Next on the agenda: finish data and statistics ahead of Point In Time (PIT) count of area homeless this week. The data and stats take my mind off of things, BUT! The stats bring the proof and funding, the reality is hard. It’s cold and too many hurting folks in this state/country-not just numbers!

Seeing that I’m not the only one feeling so dysregulated, and why i find the online Autistic communities comforting. Took the morning to add some added Latin dance to my fitness routine and shake it out! Probably looked like a wet noodle in my lack of coordination, but at this point it’s what I got

A reminder to my autistic comrades that if you’re more dysregulated than usual, it’s OK to take a break. It’s ok to go for a walk and disconnect. And it’s ALSO OK to sit here and express yourself. Whatever works for you and brings you back to grounding.

As the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wisely said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Today and every day, I pledge to never silence my voice in the fight for what is right, and I will continue to march in the path he forged toward justice.

This is a generational fight. If you think this is going to be fixed after a Blue Wave in 2026, you’re not being realistic. I’m begging you to put down the AI slop memes and be realistic.

Welcome to the inauguration …of ContrabandCamp www.contrabandcamp.com/p/what-to-do...

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

I know that people are going to flock right back to that app, but even though I think they’re all wrong for doing it, Congress passed a law and the Supreme Court agreed unanimously and now a guy who *isn’t even president* is putting it back online and this is very bad.

Going back on TikTok this afternoon feels like being a stranger in my own home. Don’t think I’ll be sticking around on there much longer, especially after being on blue sky #booktok #booksky #tiktokban

Good morning! This is your reminder to support your local library! Get your card and see what resources you have access to from programs and events to seed libraries, maker spaces and digital resources. Libraries are more than *just* books. (Although books are very lovely!)

This whole stream of replies is amazing and comforting. I only seemed to save a few tutorials and recipes. I should repost 🤣 …. After watching these.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local independent bookstore.

On Bsky for a few months now, but should do an intro 📌. GenX, old enough to have been obsessed with WitchyPoo & Benji, but young enough to obsess over og weeble-wobbles treehouse & Kid Video. Data entry and case manager for rural non-profit. Married, both ND,gender fluid, sussing out life.

Had some push back on this, that it’s “not fair to new users getting the hang of bsky”. Sorry but no, it’s a pinned post. Anyone checking my profile will see it. If you’re not even bothering to glance at the profiles of ppl before following them you’re using social media in an irresponsible way.

I learned so much about my autism on tiktok and it became a place where people were openly and vibrantly autistic, unmasking, showing their supports and their successes. It was incredibly cool to be in a space that was just a bunch of people loving their autistic lives and sharing them.

Makes me think of “Parable of the Sower”: “Bread and circuses,” my father says when there’s space news on the radio. “Politicians & big corporations get the bread, and we get the circuses”. - Octavia E. Butler

TikTok had a massive community of #ActuallyAustistic people, likely the largest autistic community in the world ever. It included all ages and speakers and non-speakers. It also had a large chronically ill community. The potential loss of community for many otherwise isolated folks is significant.

Free time? What’s that today? Yet! Spending any free time today scouring through my following page on TT and connect through here, YT, and Tumblr (meta-free for few months now). I do know for sure, the need for localization of community has been “the work” & must! Get local!

MOON AND MARS OCCULTATION TONIGHT!!! 🥹

Roll-A-Ramps are a portable ramp option that can be rolled-up for storage or rolled-out for use.

I must say, I second Marjorie Trash-heap as a brilliant description of my gender!