Dr Susie Walsh

photo of margot, a little brown dog, propped up on a STACK of cushions so she can gaze out the window. it's giving princess and the pea (she's the princess and i'm the pea)

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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Kash's Khristmas Kamo range...

US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case. Maddy Chapman twitter-icon twitter-icon twitter-icon Editor & Writer Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. View full profile Edited by Katy Evans

US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years.

"Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case."

As of Sept 30, there have been 1,544 confirmed cases in 2025 — the most since 1992, when 2,126 cases were recorded.

archive.md/n2cRz

Yep.

Rubbish and Recycling...

Pleeze be my pen pal...

I've been on SocMed for 25 years.

If Bluesky implodes I'm just going to start sending postcards to random addresses - and make being a pen-pal cool.

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Australian - BIRD OF THE YEAR 2025

Time to cast your vote for the 2025 Australian bird of the year.
First Round of Voting is open! 🦜

From 6-15 October, you can VOTE HERE:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#BirdOfTheYear #AusBirds #Birds #Australia #Birdlife #WildOz

Free Link
Mute Jerry
Block Jay

Blue Bells.

Spring is springing.
The garden has been neglected and I've been going through one of the most difficult years of my life - these Blue Bells are just here saying "we're made of strong stuff, and we're beautiful"
#Garden

watching the original SPACE JAM with the kids and my four year old, who seems to be a budding film critic, just complained, "it's been so long and we're not even in space!"

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Attended a freakish grass fire call today...

Wheel came off a trailer and sparks from the wheel hub meeting the bitumen set off two fires along the road verge. 😬

YouTube video by ozzieman7 Telstra Ad - The Great Wall Of China

Remember this Telstra ad circa 2005?

youtu.be/2yckqyg75oE

We did it @tacobellquarterly.org, we started a lit mag 🔥🔥🔥

I've been on SocMed for 25 years.

If Bluesky implodes I'm just going to start sending postcards to random addresses - and make being a pen-pal cool.

The thing about a traumatic past/childhood is that it kind of disarticulates you from your emotions and it takes me 8-10 business days to understand whether I’m upset, sad, anxious or angry and why and I’m getting better but it’s so weird to feel like this midlife

It's 7.3° and the "feels like" is 1.5°.

Have a fire going - in October.

I lost it at “FUCKING KYLE!”
#caturday

Also, am in love with Evie.

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Grievance-Based Parent Organizations Are Autism's MAGA Movement — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM Horrified by the misinformation peddled by MAGA truthers? You should be just as concerned about grievance-based autism parent orgs.

The @nytimes.com has a new article on " #ProfoundAutism," featuring the same grievance parents they always feature—and minimal autistic input. Pls counter with our explanation of why autistic kids deserve better representation than parents who resent them.

thinkingautismguide.com/2022/11/grie...

Graphic with text at the top stating Autism Books by Autistic Authors. Published September 2025. In the centre is a collage of book covers, tilted on an angle. Each book is listed in detail in the subsequent graphics and text. At the bottom is the text The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @AutisticBooks. In the bottom corner is a small logo with colourful books and a small plant either side.

Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published September 2025!

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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky

Evie a Bengal cat with one eye closed, her tongue sticking out, and a paw with claws... she's definitely throwing horns.

Evie throwing horns...

Seriously, one of the best essays I've read in years.

@nplusonemag.com 💗

Evie a Bengal cat with one eye closed, her tongue sticking out, and a paw with claws... she's definitely throwing horns.

Evie throwing horns...

“was silence not an option?” is forever entering my lexicon

Autism is not a disease.
You can’t cure autism.

"Some people don’t care what we want. They want a cure for autism, and they spend a lot of time and money looking for it. This is bad for autistic people. People should spend time and money helping us live good lives."

Words by @autisticadvocacy.org.

Also, am in love with Evie.