Well, I guess we don't have to be worried about being the 51st state anymore. #🇨🇦 #never52 #🇻🇪 #wtf

Those days before New Year's eve are actually very important for processing that last Christmas poo and vowing to consume only gruels and pottage for the rest of your life. #wisdom

Midnight mass is so beautiful. And long. One poor acolyte was nearly bent over in his chair during the sermon, fast asleep. The incense was hitting though--are we calling this the Frankincense Fold? #ChristmasEve #Anglican

My brother and I make it a point to go to #Anglican midnight mass together on #Christmas Eve, and every year it's a reminder of why mom didn't let us sit together in church.

meltdowns are a normal part of autistic experience you aren't broken because you have meltdowns

The Nativity #Nativity BL Yates Thompson 2; The Ottobeuren Collectar'; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); 12th century; f.57v

Teams meeting BnF Français 16993; Barthélémy l'Anglais, Livre des proprietés des choses, traduit du latin par Jean Corbechon; XIVe siècle (fin)- XVe siècle -début); f. 286v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Shout out to all the wonderful autistic humans that on Christmas day are saying they're going to the toliet, when really they just want to hide in the bathroom to cope with the overstimulation.

I love my city so much. 🩷🏳️‍⚧️🩵

I love this little cat so much. How do I break it to him gently that dancing the fucking hornpipe under my bed at 5 a.m. is profoundly unwelcome? #kitten

Here's what I've taken from these two years of autistic family crisis: You need to believe at your very core that your PDA autistic family has a fundamentally different experience of the world, and the only way forward is to accommodate the shit out of them. No matter what your extended family /1

Got the double flu-and-rona shots yesterday. My arm's pretty sore, but it's the best I've ever felt post-vaccination. Get your #shots! ✨💉💉

Me, watching a video about conical princess hats: "How would you react if I walked out into the kitchen in a hat like that?" C, not missing a beat: "I'd just assume it was one of one things you needed do." #greenflag

I love this so much. Also, I want to grab a ram's horn and bellow at the varlet trampling the grass!

If you're a fan of Ea-Nasir, you're gonna love these.

Cheers! BL Arundel 299; Astronomical miscellany; Germany or Austria; 1491 CE; f.4v

Me: "Why is the initial at the end of the.......oh yeah."

The cat has been an absolute menace today. So when he crawled under my blanket, I was not sorry to introduce him to the Dutch Oven.

C and I are reading Beowulf over our bedtime tea (when we are blessed by the PDA gods), and when we got to the part where he "unlocked his word-hoard" I squeaked--even though I've read it a hundred times. ✨✨✨✨

Things you do when you've been married for 20 years: #363 Greet each other first thing in the morning by squeaking "caffeinaaaaate CAFFEINAAATE" like Daleks, and then make coffee.

If my post-menopausal form is anything along these lines, it just might be worth it. #becket

Don't get me wrong: I love me a Gilligan montage, but a whole episode of them? I did a lot of ⏩. #pluribus

I am so obsessed with the film #Becket. No one does over-the-top mid-century medieval camp like Margaret Furse, Peter O'Toole devours the scenery non-stop, Richard Burton is devastating, and the matte paintings are EVERYTHING.

This week I learned: In Gàidhlig, December is "An dubhlachd"--the darkness! 🌒 I wish my grandfather were still here so I could speak with him in his first language. I wonder how much he would have remembered after a lifetime of English.

A couple weeks ago a well meaning colleague of mine told me "If you don't put yourself in uncomfortable situations you'll never learn" and I have been seething in autistic ever since. What this means, I gather, is something like "take advantage of chosen, purposeful, supported challenges"

I finally worked up the nerve to watch #ShinyHappyPeople (both seasons) and it's a testament to how far I've come that I wasn't curled up screaming in the fetal position by the end of it. Truly--how did we survive?

Meltdown recovery isn’t quick. A meltdown isn’t losing your temper; it’s a full neurological overload where the brain goes straight into fight or flight and everything shuts down. It takes a huge amount of energy, and the recovery can last hours, days, or even a week. 1/5

#HAMNET isn't the most historically accurate period peace, but my gosh, what a beautiful film. #JessieBuckley it's always been a favourite of mine, but she CRUSHED her role in an Oscar-worthy performance. I can't remember the last time I cried this hard.

What do you mean making a salad costs me six days in bed? Fuck off. #ehlersdanlos #chronicpain

Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam. 😊

Neurotypical person: writes email, moves on with their life Me, autistic: - Write email - Read email - Delete half of it because too much detail - Add some of it back “just in case” - Overthink periods & exclamation marks - Triple-check tone, punctuation & pleasantries - Send with major anxiety

Bundles of wood are needed in December to ward off the cold and to cook. #MedievalCalendar BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; c.1260 CE; England, S. E.; f.6v

Sister-in-law is having a potluck and I just made the most incredible salad with roasted #beets, #celeriac, and hazelnuts, a bit of parsley, and a honey Dijon dressing. Had to cancel on the potluck (PDA parenting situation) so I had the salad for supper. 10/10.

That part in A Christmas Carol where "every child was conducting himself as forty"? I have one of those.

I'm so, so, so thankful for our pediatric psychiatrist. It's been rare to find a truly compassionate, competent, and efficient practitioner in the public healthcare system here, but we've really hit the jackpot with her.

I can't decide which #TikTok account is my new favorite: the lighthouse keeper who shares interesting facts from the top of the lighthouse that you can't hear because the wind completely distorts the audio, or the one where the guy tells jokes to his turkeys and they all gobble at the punchline.

Today was hard, but it was better than yesterday. #PDA is a wild ride for a family, but never forget it's your kid who is struggling most, and they need you to show up for them. Do it tired, do it discouraged, do it scared, but show up. I promise, eventually you'll find what works. You got this.

Noah's longship ark BnF MS Latin 8865; Lambertus de Sancto Audomaro , Liber Floridus; 13th century; f.51 @gallicabnf.bsky.social

I suspect only kittens truly know the peace that passeth all understanding.

The red knight rides forth again..... BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.24r

Finally sitting down to listen to all the #Dune novels chronologically, and I'm about 1/4 way through The Butlerian Jihad. I don't really understand the BH/KJA hate; if all they do is dump lore, I'm totally here for it.

I put "free space" on all my 2025 bingo spaces to try and spare myself nasty surprises. It doesn't seem to have worked.

(Mild spoiler for Frankenstein) . . . (Regarding syphilis) "Venus for a night, mercury for a lifetime" may be my favourite movie quote of the year.

I've been falling asleep to vintage psa videos this week, but the safety ones make me laugh too much. *Orange traffic cones flying through the air, mangled beyond recognition* "Now, imagine those pylons had been people."

Very mild spoiler for Badlands: Don't tell me you've been studying Yautja for years and still don't know what teeth they chew with. The synth is really annoying.

"The Vampire Lovers" (1978) Peter Cushing is a bit off putting as an overly indulgent and affectionate uncle. The painted backdrops are fantastic, and of course the villainess is immediately obvious, dressed and accessorized entirely in bright red with her tits out. The fangs are epic.

Watching Vincent Price embody another mad scientist obsessed with his Work. Very pleased with the bubbling vat of acid at the back of the lab. 10/10 #screamandscreamagain #1970

The rambunctious kitten just snuggled up to the cranky cat, and they both had a little nap. It's a Halloween miracle!