Pattern-chaser
@pattern-chaser.bsky.social
Born in England🏴; grew up in Wales.🏴
Retired software designer; armchair philosopher; Gaian Daoist (tree-hugger). INTJ. EU (Remainer); Green and Socialist politics. Autist: #AuDHD.
I don't follow-back; I follow *interesting*.
Retired software designer; armchair philosopher; Gaian Daoist (tree-hugger). INTJ. EU (Remainer); Green and Socialist politics. Autist: #AuDHD.
I don't follow-back; I follow *interesting*.
There is enough #misinformation around, without ill-intentioned people spreading it ON PURPOSE!
Is it so #hard, or so #bad, to tell the #truth?
Why not just be #HONEST?
🙄
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Is it so #hard, or so #bad, to tell the #truth?
Why not just be #HONEST?
🙄
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Tommy Robinson spreads 'Xmas attack' misinformation online
Tommy Robinson has again used his massive reach on Elon Musk's platform to spread misinformation — he knows it's false but who cares, right?
www.thecanary.co
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
There is enough #misinformation around, without ill-intentioned people spreading it ON PURPOSE!
Is it so #hard, or so #bad, to tell the #truth?
Why not just be #HONEST?
🙄
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Is it so #hard, or so #bad, to tell the #truth?
Why not just be #HONEST?
🙄
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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When the Smoke Cleared: Finding Purpose Through #Grief and #Grass
hightimes.com/culture/cann...
#Weed #Cannabis #MMJ #Grieving
hightimes.com/culture/cann...
#Weed #Cannabis #MMJ #Grieving
When the Smoke Cleared: Finding Purpose Through Grief and Grass
As science and stories align, cannabis is emerging as an unexpected ally in helping people process grief, trauma, and emotional healing.
hightimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I have mild hypermobility, the other end of the spectrum from EDS. But I still experience everything on the LHS of the diagram, except I've never dislocated anything. Young, I was just flexible. Now, it's usual for me to have a dozen strains or sprains at any time. Gut-aches too; thin skin... 🤷♂️
FYI just reminding everyone with #Neurodivergent #Autistic #ADHD themselves or kids the co occurring #EDS might be up to 50% ....like theres alot of us, so it might be pain thats the issue. See @sedsconnective.org for all the info there.
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have mild hypermobility, the other end of the spectrum from EDS. But I still experience everything on the LHS of the diagram, except I've never dislocated anything. Young, I was just flexible. Now, it's usual for me to have a dozen strains or sprains at any time. Gut-aches too; thin skin... 🤷♂️
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Me when I ask people for accommodations for my autism
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Me when I ask people for accommodations for my autism
"What would you rather have: a tool that thinks for you, or a tool that makes you think?"
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"What would you rather have: a tool that thinks for you, or a tool that makes you think?"
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
advait.org/talks/sarkar...
#AI #thinking #ToolsForThought
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such sadness for those
who can not find beauty when
green leaves the landscape
#haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (green leaves)
who can not find beauty when
green leaves the landscape
#haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (green leaves)
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
such sadness for those
who can not find beauty when
green leaves the landscape
#haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (green leaves)
who can not find beauty when
green leaves the landscape
#haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (green leaves)
Skeletal Winter
Trees stripped, leaves brown and fallen.
Green flown with Autumn.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #micropoetry
Trees stripped, leaves brown and fallen.
Green flown with Autumn.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #micropoetry
Our haiku prompts for Dec 6-13.
Use them as you will.
The writing is the point.
12/06 December Cherries
12/07 Desolation Green Leaves
12/08 North Wild Iris
12/09 Breath Cool Evening
12/10 Camillia Grazing
12/11 Star Fragrance
12/12 Snowflake Roots
12/13 Dark Cloud Waterfall
Cold moon —
among […]
Use them as you will.
The writing is the point.
12/06 December Cherries
12/07 Desolation Green Leaves
12/08 North Wild Iris
12/09 Breath Cool Evening
12/10 Camillia Grazing
12/11 Star Fragrance
12/12 Snowflake Roots
12/13 Dark Cloud Waterfall
Cold moon —
among […]
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mastodon.world
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Skeletal Winter
Trees stripped, leaves brown and fallen.
Green flown with Autumn.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #micropoetry
Trees stripped, leaves brown and fallen.
Green flown with Autumn.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #micropoetry
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I was the weird kid,
Covering his arms at work
After school, bleeding.
#emoetry #weird #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
Covering his arms at work
After school, bleeding.
#emoetry #weird #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I was the weird kid,
Covering his arms at work
After school, bleeding.
#emoetry #weird #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
Covering his arms at work
After school, bleeding.
#emoetry #weird #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
If only I'd had a mentor, I could've learned and advanced much faster than I did... 😀
...I could've had many more years of genuine competence! 😐
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
#SoftwareDevelopment #Mentoring #Training
...I could've had many more years of genuine competence! 😐
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
#SoftwareDevelopment #Mentoring #Training
Training & Mentoring is a Common Good
“Why should I train my developers? They’ll just leave.” “Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?” Over a thirty three-year career, I’ve hear…
codemanship.wordpress.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If only I'd had a mentor, I could've learned and advanced much faster than I did... 😀
...I could've had many more years of genuine competence! 😐
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
#SoftwareDevelopment #Mentoring #Training
...I could've had many more years of genuine competence! 😐
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
#SoftwareDevelopment #Mentoring #Training
#ZackPolanski to #BBC: "When are we going to have a ‘cost of living’ special, or a climate special, or a ‘tax the rich’ special?"
Good question... 🤔
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Good question... 🤔
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Zack Polanski was the only one worth listening to on QT
On Question Time, Zack Polanski pokes holes in the BBC’s not-so-progressive neoliberal immigration stance — we're not an island of strangers
www.thecanary.co
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#ZackPolanski to #BBC: "When are we going to have a ‘cost of living’ special, or a climate special, or a ‘tax the rich’ special?"
Good question... 🤔
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Good question... 🤔
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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You weren’t “overreacting”
You were overwhelmed.
You weren’t “too sensitive”
You were accurate.
You weren’t “difficult”
You were dysregulated.
They pathologised your pain
because it made them uncomfortable.
You aren’t wrong.
You were overwhelmed.
You weren’t “too sensitive”
You were accurate.
You weren’t “difficult”
You were dysregulated.
They pathologised your pain
because it made them uncomfortable.
You aren’t wrong.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The fossil-fueled climate crisis 🤝 microplastics
It’s time to #MakePollutersPay for the devastating impacts climate change has had on the people and places we love.
#EndFossilFuels #BreakFreeFromPlastic
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-is-worsening-microplastic-pollution/
It’s time to #MakePollutersPay for the devastating impacts climate change has had on the people and places we love.
#EndFossilFuels #BreakFreeFromPlastic
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-is-worsening-microplastic-pollution/
Climate change is worsening microplastic pollution
Scientists say global warming can accelerate the spread of microplastics, which threaten the health of people, plants and animals.
www.eenews.net
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The fossil-fueled climate crisis 🤝 microplastics
It’s time to #MakePollutersPay for the devastating impacts climate change has had on the people and places we love.
#EndFossilFuels #BreakFreeFromPlastic
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-is-worsening-microplastic-pollution/
It’s time to #MakePollutersPay for the devastating impacts climate change has had on the people and places we love.
#EndFossilFuels #BreakFreeFromPlastic
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-is-worsening-microplastic-pollution/
"Adaptability, adaptive capacity and #adaptation must ALSO address war."
Yes, #war, and also #shortages of #water, #food...
All caused, directly or indirectly, by #Capitalism 😭
Yes, #war, and also #shortages of #water, #food...
All caused, directly or indirectly, by #Capitalism 😭
Whilst we're busy adapting our cities to the environmental changes that climate change brings, we may forget to adapt our cities to cope with the increase in armed conflicts that are associated with climate change impacts.
Adaptability, adaptive capacity and #adaptation must ALSO address war.
Adaptability, adaptive capacity and #adaptation must ALSO address war.
#ParisAgreement10
6. #Adaptation is not an endpoint, but a process, says Andreas Hoy.
Cities are able identify their own vulnerabilities and produce adaptation plans, but they need data, finance and increased capacities to implement actions consistently and continuously ⤵️
buff.ly/przVQvU
6. #Adaptation is not an endpoint, but a process, says Andreas Hoy.
Cities are able identify their own vulnerabilities and produce adaptation plans, but they need data, finance and increased capacities to implement actions consistently and continuously ⤵️
buff.ly/przVQvU
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Adaptability, adaptive capacity and #adaptation must ALSO address war."
Yes, #war, and also #shortages of #water, #food...
All caused, directly or indirectly, by #Capitalism 😭
Yes, #war, and also #shortages of #water, #food...
All caused, directly or indirectly, by #Capitalism 😭
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Sounds like a good hobby."
😃👍 #UkPolitics
"Just found out that it costs Reform UK 83p every time somebody posts an envelope addressed to Freepost Plus RUHS-YGAJ-TKBL, Reform UK London SW1P 4QP.
Sounds like a good hobby."
😃👍 #UkPolitics
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Deep Purple — Fireball
I loved this when it came out, and I still do.
What are you listening to atm?
#ListeningNow #music
I loved this when it came out, and I still do.
What are you listening to atm?
#ListeningNow #music
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Deep Purple — Fireball
I loved this when it came out, and I still do.
What are you listening to atm?
#ListeningNow #music
I loved this when it came out, and I still do.
What are you listening to atm?
#ListeningNow #music
Autism: I am early
ADHD: I am late
AuDHD: I am early mentally and late physically
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
ADHD: I am late
AuDHD: I am early mentally and late physically
(Dr. Kojo Sarfo)
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
N.B. Diagnosis is difficult to get; after-diagnosis help or therapy does not exist in the #UK. 😥
We who have autism or adhd (etc) do not get benefits for it, #WesStreeting! 🤷♂️
...and what Thom says👇
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
N.B. Diagnosis is difficult to get; after-diagnosis help or therapy does not exist in the #UK. 😥
We who have autism or adhd (etc) do not get benefits for it, #WesStreeting! 🤷♂️
...and what Thom says👇
One of the most infuriatingly stupid things about all this "adhd/autism is overdiagnosed" stuff is that Wes Streeting's right wing instincts clearly lead him to assume anyone with a diagnosis immediately then quits work for an easy life on benefits
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
N.B. Diagnosis is difficult to get; after-diagnosis help or therapy does not exist in the #UK. 😥
We who have autism or adhd (etc) do not get benefits for it, #WesStreeting! 🤷♂️
...and what Thom says👇
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
N.B. Diagnosis is difficult to get; after-diagnosis help or therapy does not exist in the #UK. 😥
We who have autism or adhd (etc) do not get benefits for it, #WesStreeting! 🤷♂️
...and what Thom says👇
So, to avoid bias (presumably), the BBC claims that mental health conditions are BOTH under- and over-diagnosed. This helps no-one, and contributes to the impression that we don't know if there is a problem here. But we do.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
So, to avoid bias (presumably), the BBC claims that mental health conditions are BOTH under- and over-diagnosed. This helps no-one, and contributes to the impression that we don't know if there is a problem here. But we do.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong"
aeon.co/essays/sleep...
We sacrifice much to turn ourselves into money-making work-units. Too much, d'you think?
#Capitalism #WageRats
aeon.co/essays/sleep...
We sacrifice much to turn ourselves into money-making work-units. Too much, d'you think?
#Capitalism #WageRats
Sleep is not just a physical need but a delicious pleasure | Aeon Essays
The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong
aeon.co
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"The idea that we should reduce sleep to an efficient minimum in our lives gets something fundamentally wrong"
aeon.co/essays/sleep...
We sacrifice much to turn ourselves into money-making work-units. Too much, d'you think?
#Capitalism #WageRats
aeon.co/essays/sleep...
We sacrifice much to turn ourselves into money-making work-units. Too much, d'you think?
#Capitalism #WageRats
We are #bodyminds, not (separate) body and mind. Isn't this obvious?
theconversation.com/why-our-phys...
theconversation.com/why-our-phys...
Why our physical bodies may be a core part of conscious experience – new research
The brain’s sense of “this is my body” is tightly bound to conscious awareness – far more than many theories assume.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are #bodyminds, not (separate) body and mind. Isn't this obvious?
theconversation.com/why-our-phys...
theconversation.com/why-our-phys...
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Bird of the day - (Borbs) - Little Wren looking rotund. Galway, Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Borbs #Wren #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bird of the day - (Borbs) - Little Wren looking rotund. Galway, Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Borbs #Wren #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM