Dan
@danstow.bsky.social
Messy brained medicated ASD he/him, older outside than in. Trying to be a good person amid a world of chaos, occasionally succeeding, normally surviving.
Avatar is line drawing, formal shirt and neck with scribbles in place of a head
Avatar is line drawing, formal shirt and neck with scribbles in place of a head
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Reminder that Sex Matters want to obstruct banning of conversion therapy - go to @goodlawproject.bsky.social for more. Sex Matters work hard to silence anyone who offers support to trans community and will do it by any means they can
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January 24, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Reminder that Sex Matters want to obstruct banning of conversion therapy - go to @goodlawproject.bsky.social for more. Sex Matters work hard to silence anyone who offers support to trans community and will do it by any means they can
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A new Substack blogpost from @robinince.bsky.social thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
A Difficult Few Months
Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage
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January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
A new Substack blogpost from @robinince.bsky.social thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
@mrnotmoro.bsky.social Popped into your area but only to pick up shopping. Def looking to have an evening in the next 3 weeks. The Rising Sun is looking good for selection, and managed a very swift half
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
@mrnotmoro.bsky.social Popped into your area but only to pick up shopping. Def looking to have an evening in the next 3 weeks. The Rising Sun is looking good for selection, and managed a very swift half
Ode to 2025
Thank [insert preferred deity here] you're almost over.
You almost finished me.
At times, the headache,
sat behind my left eye,
almost drove me over the edge,
as you pushed
every one of my buttons.
Lets just leave it here.
Please.
#mentalhealth #newyear
Thank [insert preferred deity here] you're almost over.
You almost finished me.
At times, the headache,
sat behind my left eye,
almost drove me over the edge,
as you pushed
every one of my buttons.
Lets just leave it here.
Please.
#mentalhealth #newyear
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ode to 2025
Thank [insert preferred deity here] you're almost over.
You almost finished me.
At times, the headache,
sat behind my left eye,
almost drove me over the edge,
as you pushed
every one of my buttons.
Lets just leave it here.
Please.
#mentalhealth #newyear
Thank [insert preferred deity here] you're almost over.
You almost finished me.
At times, the headache,
sat behind my left eye,
almost drove me over the edge,
as you pushed
every one of my buttons.
Lets just leave it here.
Please.
#mentalhealth #newyear
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Hiding from family in the loo this Christmas? Our Christmas sketch show in collab with Turtle Canyon Comedy is the perfect length to keep you company.
If you enjoy it, please do give it a share here & in your fave autism groups. If you get kicked out, it’ll totally be worth it (for us).
If you enjoy it, please do give it a share here & in your fave autism groups. If you get kicked out, it’ll totally be worth it (for us).
The Daily Tism - news by and for autistic people - XMAS
YouTube video by Turtle Canyon Comedy
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December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hiding from family in the loo this Christmas? Our Christmas sketch show in collab with Turtle Canyon Comedy is the perfect length to keep you company.
If you enjoy it, please do give it a share here & in your fave autism groups. If you get kicked out, it’ll totally be worth it (for us).
If you enjoy it, please do give it a share here & in your fave autism groups. If you get kicked out, it’ll totally be worth it (for us).
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Glingle Glingle Glingle!
We’ll be recording our festive Hogswatch extravaganza on the fifteenth - get your letters to the Hogfather in now!
Email us at [email protected]
We’ll be recording our festive Hogswatch extravaganza on the fifteenth - get your letters to the Hogfather in now!
Email us at [email protected]
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Glingle Glingle Glingle!
We’ll be recording our festive Hogswatch extravaganza on the fifteenth - get your letters to the Hogfather in now!
Email us at [email protected]
We’ll be recording our festive Hogswatch extravaganza on the fifteenth - get your letters to the Hogfather in now!
Email us at [email protected]
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social I know from your various podcasts of your love of a particular poetry form, and needed to share this with you (source unknown)
Dad: knock knock
Son: Who's there?
Dad: Hike
Son: Hike who?
Dad:
"Unsuspecting son.
Dad waiting with baited breath.
Sets the perfect trap."
Dad: knock knock
Son: Who's there?
Dad: Hike
Son: Hike who?
Dad:
"Unsuspecting son.
Dad waiting with baited breath.
Sets the perfect trap."
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social I know from your various podcasts of your love of a particular poetry form, and needed to share this with you (source unknown)
Dad: knock knock
Son: Who's there?
Dad: Hike
Son: Hike who?
Dad:
"Unsuspecting son.
Dad waiting with baited breath.
Sets the perfect trap."
Dad: knock knock
Son: Who's there?
Dad: Hike
Son: Hike who?
Dad:
"Unsuspecting son.
Dad waiting with baited breath.
Sets the perfect trap."
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Suffolk Artlink is seeking a skilled and inclusive artist to join Brave Art, the creative programme for adults with learning disabilities. In 2026, Brave Art will be a partner in Constable 250, marking 250 years since the birth of artist John Constable.
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/about-us/wor...
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Work with us - Suffolk Artlink
Come and work with us at Suffolk Artlink. Read about our job listings are details.
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Suffolk Artlink is seeking a skilled and inclusive artist to join Brave Art, the creative programme for adults with learning disabilities. In 2026, Brave Art will be a partner in Constable 250, marking 250 years since the birth of artist John Constable.
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/about-us/wor...
www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/about-us/wor...
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The joy of the prospect
Of a coffee with a friend.
Looking forward to talking
And
Looking forward to the silences Between the words.
#poetry #MentalHealthAwareness #friendship
Of a coffee with a friend.
Looking forward to talking
And
Looking forward to the silences Between the words.
#poetry #MentalHealthAwareness #friendship
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The joy of the prospect
Of a coffee with a friend.
Looking forward to talking
And
Looking forward to the silences Between the words.
#poetry #MentalHealthAwareness #friendship
Of a coffee with a friend.
Looking forward to talking
And
Looking forward to the silences Between the words.
#poetry #MentalHealthAwareness #friendship
Need to put words down so they are out of my head. Using poetry to try and distill both sadness and anger.
Basically screaming into the void tbh.
Basically screaming into the void tbh.
September 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Need to put words down so they are out of my head. Using poetry to try and distill both sadness and anger.
Basically screaming into the void tbh.
Basically screaming into the void tbh.
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We’re being completely normal about the Long Earth landscape in part 1 of the Long War! (Covering chapters 1-35)
You can find us wherever you get your podcasts.
You can find us wherever you get your podcasts.
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We’re being completely normal about the Long Earth landscape in part 1 of the Long War! (Covering chapters 1-35)
You can find us wherever you get your podcasts.
You can find us wherever you get your podcasts.
And I feel seen 😑
Jay Chester, 45, has spent their entire life trying to do the right thing, but has discovered the hard way that this is basically impossible because capitalism.
Make an ethical choice & fund a ragtag band of autistic writers by supporting our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/136381...
Make an ethical choice & fund a ragtag band of autistic writers by supporting our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/136381...
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
And I feel seen 😑
Very well written, with context, history and facts. Well done @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/brit...
Britain has never stood alone
From Empire to the NHS, this country has always relied on outsiders. The real crisis isn’t migration – it’s dishonesty
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August 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Very well written, with context, history and facts. Well done @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/brit...
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What is happening in Gaza is a state-sponsored atrocity – and one of the states sponsoring it is the UK.
Help us support people speaking out 👇
https://bit.ly/3HJqkNO
Help us support people speaking out 👇
https://bit.ly/3HJqkNO
Stand up for people speaking out on Gaza
What is happening in Gaza is a state-sponsored atrocity – and one of the states sponsoring it is the UK. Support people speaking up!
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August 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What is happening in Gaza is a state-sponsored atrocity – and one of the states sponsoring it is the UK.
Help us support people speaking out 👇
https://bit.ly/3HJqkNO
Help us support people speaking out 👇
https://bit.ly/3HJqkNO
If you've read The Long Earth, this is a great way to re-live it and dive deeper. Entertaining and also caught things I did not across a few re-reads. If you've not read it or the series, go and read it! Brilliant and also poignant in todays world.
Our first episode on The Long Earth (covering chapters 1-25) comes out tomorrow!
July 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you've read The Long Earth, this is a great way to re-live it and dive deeper. Entertaining and also caught things I did not across a few re-reads. If you've not read it or the series, go and read it! Brilliant and also poignant in todays world.
@robinince.bsky.social
Really enjoying your poetry, both here and live. Usually I use poetry as writing therapy for me, but wanted to pen something for you since Felixstowe, and now managed to find the words.
allpoetry.com/poem/1851333...
Really enjoying your poetry, both here and live. Usually I use poetry as writing therapy for me, but wanted to pen something for you since Felixstowe, and now managed to find the words.
allpoetry.com/poem/1851333...
July 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@robinince.bsky.social
Really enjoying your poetry, both here and live. Usually I use poetry as writing therapy for me, but wanted to pen something for you since Felixstowe, and now managed to find the words.
allpoetry.com/poem/1851333...
Really enjoying your poetry, both here and live. Usually I use poetry as writing therapy for me, but wanted to pen something for you since Felixstowe, and now managed to find the words.
allpoetry.com/poem/1851333...
An amazing time at the Felixstowe Book Festival, aseeing @robinince.bsky.social talk about Normally Weird Weirdly Normal, speaking briefly about fairness and justice sensitivity before hand, and getting my book signed. Feeling a bit full of emotion hearing and thinking on neurodivergence but happy
June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
An amazing time at the Felixstowe Book Festival, aseeing @robinince.bsky.social talk about Normally Weird Weirdly Normal, speaking briefly about fairness and justice sensitivity before hand, and getting my book signed. Feeling a bit full of emotion hearing and thinking on neurodivergence but happy
Stupidly only just learned that Goodreads is owned by Amazon. Annoying. However, now found a federated alternative to try, though obviously far less reviews. Though I am happier not telling the place running independant bookshops out of business what books to focus on next.
bookwyrm.social
bookwyrm.social
BookWyrm
Social Reading and Reviewing
bookwyrm.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Stupidly only just learned that Goodreads is owned by Amazon. Annoying. However, now found a federated alternative to try, though obviously far less reviews. Though I am happier not telling the place running independant bookshops out of business what books to focus on next.
bookwyrm.social
bookwyrm.social
Excited for June 29th, and seeing @robinince.bsky.social at the Felixstowe book festival with his Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity book. Seen so many good comments and posts about events so far. Only 7 weeks to go
May 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Excited for June 29th, and seeing @robinince.bsky.social at the Felixstowe book festival with his Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity book. Seen so many good comments and posts about events so far. Only 7 weeks to go
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Where was I? Ah yes, the beach! Next story is another microwrites debutante, Jem Tenebris with Any Weather Is Good Beach Weather. Jem is a great example of a writer seeing the zine and wanting in. To that end, please do spread the word! I want as many voices as possible!
March 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Where was I? Ah yes, the beach! Next story is another microwrites debutante, Jem Tenebris with Any Weather Is Good Beach Weather. Jem is a great example of a writer seeing the zine and wanting in. To that end, please do spread the word! I want as many voices as possible!
@2hatsjo.bsky.social @francibambi.bsky.social saw this post, checked the map, and had to share. I am pretty sure I live on 'the chalk', as mayhaps do you, which fits @makeyefretpod.bsky.social perfectly
🚨Third one:
The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England @theul.bsky.social @whipplemuseum.bsky.social @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social & CambridgeHPS
📅:16 May 2025
Apply here:👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
#GLAM
The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England @theul.bsky.social @whipplemuseum.bsky.social @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social & CambridgeHPS
📅:16 May 2025
Apply here:👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
#GLAM
Cambridge University Library and University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@2hatsjo.bsky.social @francibambi.bsky.social saw this post, checked the map, and had to share. I am pretty sure I live on 'the chalk', as mayhaps do you, which fits @makeyefretpod.bsky.social perfectly
Came across this article on Autism and identity and found it very interesting. Definitely worth a read. neuroclastic.com/the-identity...
The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently
Terra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.
neuroclastic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Came across this article on Autism and identity and found it very interesting. Definitely worth a read. neuroclastic.com/the-identity...
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And so I'll finish by dropping the link to the store, where you can buy the zine in paperback or *for less than half the price* in ebook format. If you'd like to support our writers and artists, why not pick up a copy today?
tinyurl.com/Microwrites
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March 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And so I'll finish by dropping the link to the store, where you can buy the zine in paperback or *for less than half the price* in ebook format. If you'd like to support our writers and artists, why not pick up a copy today?
tinyurl.com/Microwrites
tinyurl.com/Microwrites
@suffolklibraries.bsky.social please please please bring @robinince.bsky.social to Suffolk. Nothing East of Ely yet, and he does poetry too!!!
Updated tour dates for Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal - more to come
More bookshop and library dates for @robinince.bsky.social's have been added to to the tour section of Robin's site just now - robinince.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@suffolklibraries.bsky.social please please please bring @robinince.bsky.social to Suffolk. Nothing East of Ely yet, and he does poetry too!!!