If you're looking for One Thing to read on your break today, read this about the publishing industry, "shadow franchises," and the comphet pressures of filing off serial numbers for the mass consumer market. And more! for such a short article, it has So Much Meat on the bones.

Less than a decade since the first one was diagnosed, but my family history is full of people who lived happily alone with 9 cats, or went to the same pub at precisely 8 every evening, or could give you a fully detailed history of our football club, or had regular adult 'tantrums', etc

we ride at dawn!!

'Infodumping' is out, 'Autism Announcement' is in.

"autism announcement" but in the style of a gender reveal party would be like "it's trains autism!!!!"

Hi all! As promised, here are the prompts for the Our Flag Means Death reading challenge 📚🏴‍☠️ The goal is to read one book by episode. There’s three possible prompts by episodes, inspired by quotes. The challenge is not timed so everyone can go at their own pace. #OFMDReadingChallenge

Happy Autism Equinox! 🏞️:hoenest

There is simply no way I'm going to get through this management course without slipping 'talk it through as a crew' in somewhere at least once.

Hell yeah slow cooker time of year.

Tonight I'm remembering watching FOTC on late night BBC Four back in the mid 00s, and criminally preferring The Mighty Bo*sh at the time as offbeat musical sitcoms go. How things change 😆

It would be awesome if this fandom could help out. Every little bit adds up.

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

little unbeta-d thing. Technically an Ex-House prequel, but reading the main fic not a requirement - it just fit into that Stede too neatly to be its own thing. #gentlebeard #ofmdfic archiveofourown.org/works/71154671

PIRATE CHAPPELL ROAN

Manifesting: 🕯️✨🕯️✨🕯️✨🕯️✨🕯️✨🕯️ Our Flag Means Death is picked up for a 3rd season. David Jenkins & crew are given a hefty budget & free rein. There is a full-on promo tour w/ a ton of video interviews with Rhys and Taika about their triumphant return. OFMD wins many awards. Peace on Earth is achieved.

Timely.

She is called Violet and she is extremely round.

Good morning from your local crazy animal lady - today's adventure was nabbing the recently fledged baby pigeon who was looking very soggy and pathetic on my front wall and relocating him to the safer back garden while he figures out flying properly. I swear they know where the soft touch lives.

Ima Onwugbenu, 35, a librarian from Cheshire, has reportedly decided that she is personally responsible for ending capitalism, famine, genocide, climate change, the global fascist movement and the inexplicable popularity of James Corden.

I. AM. ADEQUATE.

We're due at least a decade of our adult lives where nothing at all of particular historical significance happens.

Could never be me 😌

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

We are collectively in need of good news, so please know that I am off to Lancashire tomorrow to collect this extremely round girl, the newest member of the moderatecitrus family.

To quote the legendary trade union leader Bob Crow, if we all spit together we can drown the bastards.

Well, at least I'm alive!

Respectfully I don’t see the late show host as the canary in the coal mine for entertainment, but the several canceled shows led by and made for queer and/or bipoc folks over the past 1 1/2 - 2 years that everyone claimed was due to low ratings or not being ‘good enough’ when that’s 1000% false

🫂 just a hug for anyone who needs one right now.

Link to “The Sea Kings” by William Goldman for those who want to read

Dino is my neighbor as well, and a great guy. If you’re so inclined, please consider sending his family $5 dollars.

An underrated aspect of alt text is how it helps those of us who are faceblind know who the hell anyone is (yes this is about me not recognising Za*lav)

AND THEN I STRIP THE NETWORK FOR PARTS

I love how we've collectively decided that modern AU Stede is into cryptids, but I don't think we make enough of the fact that there is a canonical cryptid in the show (gull!Buttons)

The height of excitement in your 30s is buying the fun shaped pasta instead of boring old penne.

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ ok teenagers in a love triangle whatever but where’s the show about middle aged people finding themselves and coming out of the closet and falling in love? OH WAIT

A guest 🧵 from @ajcousins.bsky.social! Greetings to the amazing organizers, artists, & bidders of the You Wrote Me a Lovely Postcard fundraiser for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights! You are AMAZING. Thank you for helping us protect unaccompanied immigrant children seeking safety!

Morning all. Donate to YWMLP postage costs and support the incredible work done by this amazing fandom.

We don’t talk enough about Stede Bonnet inventing the free little library

Spoiler:S2 ep5 #OurFlagMeansDeath EPISODE 5 The Curse of the Seafaring Life

LAST DAY OF THE AUCTION!!! If bidding isn’t your thing, just buy packs of postcards! Sets of 4, 12, or complete home or complete OFMD! Or both and have ALL the art made by this talented ship! You can also “buy” a donation pledge for $5. Or a raffle ticket for $2! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Bought an over the top shirt that I have no occasion to wear simply because it made me happy.

I'm bored, so let's do this: One like, one tip to survive in neurotypical society as an autistic or otherwise neurodivergent person.

It's that time again for the gaming community: The Paradox of Tolerance means you cannot allow hate or fascism to run free or it will destroy other groups as that is their goal. You cannot be "apolitical" in such a situation as doing so means you are siding with the oppressors against the oppresed.

New list of medieval dog names just dropped.

1. working on my mental health - ongoing project so haven't exactly 'done' it, but decent improvement in 2 years 2. at the moment, seeing huge flocks of goldfinches attacking the remains of the sunflowers in the park 3. a clear winter morning where you can see the stars

I really hope the accounts that randomly share personal posts of people they've never interacted and have no followers in common with are all bots, otherwise there's some fucking weirdos on this site.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS