Larre Bildeston
@larreau.bsky.social
Writer, artist, parent, carer. Autistic and acespec. Australia via Aotearoa, (soft) atheist. Agender. Pronouns: I want to say “any” since I’m collecting A words. (they/them actually).
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Larre Bildeston
@larreau.bsky.social
· Sep 28
In the 2010s I wrote a short novel for children (never published). Eventually I realised it wasn't a children's story after all, and rewrote it for adults.
But when it was still #kidlit I did some illustrations for it, inspired by John Burningham. I'll share some below.
First, the adult cover:
But when it was still #kidlit I did some illustrations for it, inspired by John Burningham. I'll share some below.
First, the adult cover:
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You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf how about….
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf how about….
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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You can’t convince me that DJs aren’t a little salty that “spinsters” was taken already.
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You can’t convince me that DJs aren’t a little salty that “spinsters” was taken already.
I’d watch this reality TV show.
reverse karaoke: where famous singers do our jobs for a few minutes
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’d watch this reality TV show.
Ahhhh I remember this one! Was living nearby in 1985, and had forgotten all about it til now.
Walls that speak: Aotearoa’s mural legacy
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ahhhh I remember this one! Was living nearby in 1985, and had forgotten all about it til now.
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they have every career path covered here: doctor, chef, soccer player and birthday partygoer
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
they have every career path covered here: doctor, chef, soccer player and birthday partygoer
Australians let’s sign. Bodily rights for everyone.
Intersex Human Rights
Everyone should be able to make their own choices about what happens to their body .
equalityaustralia.org.au
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Australians let’s sign. Bodily rights for everyone.
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Great to see MSM pick up on #MECFS stories, but it is NOT a rare disease. It's more than twice as prevalent as MS. Of the 400+ million people who have had #longCOVID globally, half meet diagnostic criteria for ME.
Sadly, Evan's story is far from rare.
#disability #healthcare #chronicillness
Sadly, Evan's story is far from rare.
#disability #healthcare #chronicillness
Telegraph Herald: ''Hour by hour': Dubuque man learning to navigate life with rare disease'
'Still bedridden most days, Erickson was able to tap into his creativity, recording a timelapse video, “Spend a Week with M.E.,” a weeklong documentation...'
www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-sta...
'Still bedridden most days, Erickson was able to tap into his creativity, recording a timelapse video, “Spend a Week with M.E.,” a weeklong documentation...'
www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-sta...
'Hour by hour': Dubuque man learning to navigate life with rare disease
Evan Erickson was a thriving young college graduate with a bright future, having studied clarinet and music composition at the University of Memphis.
www.telegraphherald.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great to see MSM pick up on #MECFS stories, but it is NOT a rare disease. It's more than twice as prevalent as MS. Of the 400+ million people who have had #longCOVID globally, half meet diagnostic criteria for ME.
Sadly, Evan's story is far from rare.
#disability #healthcare #chronicillness
Sadly, Evan's story is far from rare.
#disability #healthcare #chronicillness
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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For the 0.01% of germs not killed by bleach, the worst part is the crippling survivors guilt
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For the 0.01% of germs not killed by bleach, the worst part is the crippling survivors guilt
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“Do not speak to me or my trash ever again.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Do not speak to me or my trash ever again.”
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tfw when you remember you're not biteproof
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
tfw when you remember you're not biteproof
The existence of this thing amuses me greatly. I'd love to see someone whip it out in public.
www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...
www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The existence of this thing amuses me greatly. I'd love to see someone whip it out in public.
www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...
www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
Researching for a new tennis elbow friendly racquet is doing my head in, because the specs are confusing to begin with, and then...
"The Wilson Clash V2 is red and glossy, for women & women only. But the V3 is an improvement as it comes in black, which is equally great for both the sexes."
"The Wilson Clash V2 is red and glossy, for women & women only. But the V3 is an improvement as it comes in black, which is equally great for both the sexes."
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Researching for a new tennis elbow friendly racquet is doing my head in, because the specs are confusing to begin with, and then...
"The Wilson Clash V2 is red and glossy, for women & women only. But the V3 is an improvement as it comes in black, which is equally great for both the sexes."
"The Wilson Clash V2 is red and glossy, for women & women only. But the V3 is an improvement as it comes in black, which is equally great for both the sexes."
I like to give my dog big crumbs off biscuits and call him an old lady for enjoying sweet biscuits.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I like to give my dog big crumbs off biscuits and call him an old lady for enjoying sweet biscuits.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
However sometimes I just put the entire gingernut in my mouth and feel guilty for not sharing.
I nominated My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart.
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I nominated My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart.
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
(I'm fairly confident a picture book of the Australian larrikin tradition will come out most popular, but this one does a great job of challenging the gender binary.)
Australia’s SBS Insight has a (problematic) episode on SBS.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
"How to Help With ME/CFS and Long COVID Disability Claims"
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Lots of good tips to deal with insurance companies.
Government schemes can vary by country but people in most countries can probably pick up useful tips from this also.
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Lots of good tips to deal with insurance companies.
Government schemes can vary by country but people in most countries can probably pick up useful tips from this also.
#MEcfs #LongCovid #CFS #PwME
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Australia’s SBS Insight has a (problematic) episode on SBS.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
One woman was denied a disability pension for some combo of POTS / MEcfs until she got a late identified Autism diagnosis.
Australia sees Autism as a more severe disability than it often is, and severe fatiguing disabilities as made up.
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When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
When people doubt my autism credentials, they get the full "History of the 80s scientific pocket calculators with a short introduction to floating point algorithms" 2h no powerpoint treatment.
Got a new fridge and learned a new word.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Got a new fridge and learned a new word.
Riiiight above the main doorway, of all places.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Riiiight above the main doorway, of all places.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
The creepy thing about this Australian paper wasp is how they size you up. Apparently they have good eyesight and can tell from a distance whether you taste better stir fried or kebabed.
A local allistic psychologist who has specialised in “ASD” for decades has an overlit room. I told him.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service’s aggressive overhead lighting was mistaken for the luminous tourist attraction, sources have revealed.
NHS autism service so brightly lit that Blackpool have asked for their Illuminations back
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service's aggressive overhead lighting was…
thedailytism.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A local allistic psychologist who has specialised in “ASD” for decades has an overlit room. I told him.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
“I don’t control the lighting in this building.”
“You could turn off the light and buy a lamp from Kmart.”
He thanked me for the “feedback”. No idea if he followed through—we didn’t go back.
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Found my doctors appointments got less frustrating once I started going in like “I really want to play badminton again 😢 but I can’t even push a cart around the grocery store 😢 and I’ve hit a wall where no matter what I do I can’t seem to increase my exercise capacity 😢 and it makes it hard to work”
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Found my doctors appointments got less frustrating once I started going in like “I really want to play badminton again 😢 but I can’t even push a cart around the grocery store 😢 and I’ve hit a wall where no matter what I do I can’t seem to increase my exercise capacity 😢 and it makes it hard to work”
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yeah, i'm dtf
Down
To
Frolic
Down
To
Frolic
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
yeah, i'm dtf
Down
To
Frolic
Down
To
Frolic
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.