Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
@swarpat.bsky.social
The difference between declaring and being honest and up front is in what you do.
People make up stuff all the time about who people are. Just remember it’s their choice to think that way. If they’re wrong, they’ll either figure it out or not.
People make up stuff all the time about who people are. Just remember it’s their choice to think that way. If they’re wrong, they’ll either figure it out or not.
Pinned
In case you can’t guess based on the same kitty being in our profile pics, this is my spouse
@gronkular.bsky.social
@gronkular.bsky.social
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What a pretty little angel
Gift art for a user on #WaterDogWorld
#WaterDog #WaterDogs #WaterDogArt #WaterDogFanArt #WaterCat #WaterCatArt #Procreate #Animation
Gift art for a user on #WaterDogWorld
#WaterDog #WaterDogs #WaterDogArt #WaterDogFanArt #WaterCat #WaterCatArt #Procreate #Animation
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What a pretty little angel
Gift art for a user on #WaterDogWorld
#WaterDog #WaterDogs #WaterDogArt #WaterDogFanArt #WaterCat #WaterCatArt #Procreate #Animation
Gift art for a user on #WaterDogWorld
#WaterDog #WaterDogs #WaterDogArt #WaterDogFanArt #WaterCat #WaterCatArt #Procreate #Animation
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The Pink Hairy Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani) is a small crustacean that lives on barrel sponges in the Indo-Pacific region. It is more closely related to crabs than lobsters & is known for its color & hair-like structures called setae, which help it sense vibrations & filter food.
#marinelife
#marinelife
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Pink Hairy Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani) is a small crustacean that lives on barrel sponges in the Indo-Pacific region. It is more closely related to crabs than lobsters & is known for its color & hair-like structures called setae, which help it sense vibrations & filter food.
#marinelife
#marinelife
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Oh, I *will* be using this as a reaction image for people in my mentions
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Oh, I *will* be using this as a reaction image for people in my mentions
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Just a little reminder….
Vaccines cause adults, not autism.
Vaccines cause adults, not autism.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just a little reminder….
Vaccines cause adults, not autism.
Vaccines cause adults, not autism.
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Some autistics love the Christmas lights.
Some don't and struggle to cope with this.
We AIN'T all the same.
Some don't and struggle to cope with this.
We AIN'T all the same.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some autistics love the Christmas lights.
Some don't and struggle to cope with this.
We AIN'T all the same.
Some don't and struggle to cope with this.
We AIN'T all the same.
One group i have no respect or belief in is the current iteration of the Republican party. Eisenhower was a decent person, so was Lincoln, but the current party is full of fools. They tarnish the name with their stupidity.
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One group i have no respect or belief in is the current iteration of the Republican party. Eisenhower was a decent person, so was Lincoln, but the current party is full of fools. They tarnish the name with their stupidity.
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People will often take our words way out of context and twist them against us.
This doesn’t only happen between autistics and allistics.
It also happens between autistics.
It’s painful for both sides.
In order for communication to work both sides need to be willing to say “let’s do it again”
This doesn’t only happen between autistics and allistics.
It also happens between autistics.
It’s painful for both sides.
In order for communication to work both sides need to be willing to say “let’s do it again”
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
People will often take our words way out of context and twist them against us.
This doesn’t only happen between autistics and allistics.
It also happens between autistics.
It’s painful for both sides.
In order for communication to work both sides need to be willing to say “let’s do it again”
This doesn’t only happen between autistics and allistics.
It also happens between autistics.
It’s painful for both sides.
In order for communication to work both sides need to be willing to say “let’s do it again”
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Autistic humans don’t argue because we want to win.
We argue because something landed on an old wound.
If someone reacts strongly to something you said, it often has nothing to do with your words and everything to do with the history those words fell into.
We argue because something landed on an old wound.
If someone reacts strongly to something you said, it often has nothing to do with your words and everything to do with the history those words fell into.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Autistic humans don’t argue because we want to win.
We argue because something landed on an old wound.
If someone reacts strongly to something you said, it often has nothing to do with your words and everything to do with the history those words fell into.
We argue because something landed on an old wound.
If someone reacts strongly to something you said, it often has nothing to do with your words and everything to do with the history those words fell into.
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Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
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December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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⛏ #MineralMonday ⚒
📷 The copper minerals include chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, with associated malachite, azurite and cuprite.
🔎 Discovered in 1899, five mines operated from 1911- 1938.
📍 Kennecott Mines / Alaska
#RockyMonday #geology #geoscience #minerals #Alaska
📷 The copper minerals include chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, with associated malachite, azurite and cuprite.
🔎 Discovered in 1899, five mines operated from 1911- 1938.
📍 Kennecott Mines / Alaska
#RockyMonday #geology #geoscience #minerals #Alaska
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
⛏ #MineralMonday ⚒
📷 The copper minerals include chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, with associated malachite, azurite and cuprite.
🔎 Discovered in 1899, five mines operated from 1911- 1938.
📍 Kennecott Mines / Alaska
#RockyMonday #geology #geoscience #minerals #Alaska
📷 The copper minerals include chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, with associated malachite, azurite and cuprite.
🔎 Discovered in 1899, five mines operated from 1911- 1938.
📍 Kennecott Mines / Alaska
#RockyMonday #geology #geoscience #minerals #Alaska
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I used to think that I didn't have any self-loathing or self-hatred and that I didn't understand people who did (and was a bit judgmental of them) but I've realized over time that my hypervigilance manifests as hatred towards me that I perceive from others but it's actually me
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I used to think that I didn't have any self-loathing or self-hatred and that I didn't understand people who did (and was a bit judgmental of them) but I've realized over time that my hypervigilance manifests as hatred towards me that I perceive from others but it's actually me
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Today on the ISS, for the first time ever, all 8 available Visiting Vehicle ports (x4 on Russian Segment, x2 berthing and x2 docking on US Segment) are in use simultaneously! (Image credit: orbital-velocity.com)
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Today on the ISS, for the first time ever, all 8 available Visiting Vehicle ports (x4 on Russian Segment, x2 berthing and x2 docking on US Segment) are in use simultaneously! (Image credit: orbital-velocity.com)
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Color Symbolism plays an important part in the Shamanistic system of the Cherokees, no less than that of
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Color Symbolism plays an important part in the Shamanistic system of the Cherokees, no less than that of
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Color Symbolism plays an important part in the Shamanistic system of the Cherokees, no less than that of
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Color Symbolism plays an important part in the Shamanistic system of the Cherokees, no less than that of
Had to have a laugh, I just got told by my spouse that my right ankle creaks like an Elder Scrolls Skeleton, and I should have it looked at.
Yep, thats on the list.
Yep, thats on the list.
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Had to have a laugh, I just got told by my spouse that my right ankle creaks like an Elder Scrolls Skeleton, and I should have it looked at.
Yep, thats on the list.
Yep, thats on the list.
I’m messing around with cheap yarn. Not sure if this will become a hat or if it will just be a potholder. Depends on how fast I consume the yarn.
#Crochet #DoubleSpiral
#Crochet #DoubleSpiral
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’m messing around with cheap yarn. Not sure if this will become a hat or if it will just be a potholder. Depends on how fast I consume the yarn.
#Crochet #DoubleSpiral
#Crochet #DoubleSpiral
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Autistic safety requires more than just being left alone.
It requires being met - seen, heard, and understood without being corrected or managed.
It’s about knowing that when we name a need, it won’t be dismissed as overreaction or weakness.
It requires being met - seen, heard, and understood without being corrected or managed.
It’s about knowing that when we name a need, it won’t be dismissed as overreaction or weakness.
Autistic Safety Isn’t the Absence of Threat - It’s the Presence of Understanding
Redefining safety as something we build through trust and attunement, not control.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Autistic safety requires more than just being left alone.
It requires being met - seen, heard, and understood without being corrected or managed.
It’s about knowing that when we name a need, it won’t be dismissed as overreaction or weakness.
It requires being met - seen, heard, and understood without being corrected or managed.
It’s about knowing that when we name a need, it won’t be dismissed as overreaction or weakness.
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Science discarded,
The art of critical thinking flayed,
While fools weave
Their insubstantial dreams,
Brittle as new ICE,
Ever eager to please
The orange waste on the throne,
That demands only the dullness
Of unremarkable subservience.
The art of critical thinking flayed,
While fools weave
Their insubstantial dreams,
Brittle as new ICE,
Ever eager to please
The orange waste on the throne,
That demands only the dullness
Of unremarkable subservience.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Science discarded,
The art of critical thinking flayed,
While fools weave
Their insubstantial dreams,
Brittle as new ICE,
Ever eager to please
The orange waste on the throne,
That demands only the dullness
Of unremarkable subservience.
The art of critical thinking flayed,
While fools weave
Their insubstantial dreams,
Brittle as new ICE,
Ever eager to please
The orange waste on the throne,
That demands only the dullness
Of unremarkable subservience.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Purple is not one of the seven sacred colors but is a stand alone sacred color in that it represents magic.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Purple is not one of the seven sacred colors but is a stand alone sacred color in that it represents magic.
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Purple is not one of the seven sacred colors but is a stand alone sacred color in that it represents magic.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Purple is not one of the seven sacred colors but is a stand alone sacred color in that it represents magic.
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Eiserne ✦ sketchy comm 💙
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Eiserne ✦ sketchy comm 💙
Worst part of being on new meds: Feeling uncomfortable in my own body.
Seriously, resting my knees together feels awkward.
Weird and annoying.
Seriously, resting my knees together feels awkward.
Weird and annoying.
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Worst part of being on new meds: Feeling uncomfortable in my own body.
Seriously, resting my knees together feels awkward.
Weird and annoying.
Seriously, resting my knees together feels awkward.
Weird and annoying.