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  • What is autism?

    What is autism?

    I’m Sarah. A late diagnosed autistic adult. I’m an author, artist, home educator, and former academic. This is my introduction to autism and neurodivergence.

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  • All this has happened before. 🌀

    All this has happened before. 🌀

    My creative process is cyclical, but I like to think I am orbiting closer to true north. I took last month off from blogging and wrote a personal update about mental health for my newsletter instead. I had more replies than ever. Just another reminder that while I like structure sometimes I create needless work for myself. I need to shift my output to match my capacity. Not the other way around.

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  • Are.na Computing Shrines by Spencer Chang

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  • A Gmail Alternative

    A Gmail Alternative

    I’ve been using Gmail for 20 years, but with their recent launch of AI and recent political leanings I am disentangling from Google products and creating a new digital ecosystem. This will take time, but every shift I make gives them less data to mine and less power. Fastmail This January I switched from Google […]

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  • The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

    Growing up I was a hardcore fan freak of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It’s recently been reimagined as a television series and I’ve reconnected with the fandom and found so much joy in this vibrant and creative community. I wrote about my creative pilgrimage to Charleston, South Carolina where I saw Robert […]

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  • The Secret Garden keychain that started my fascination with keys. As a young child I used to carry this to pine trees in our yard and imagine opening portals to other worlds.

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  • A Very Merry Unbirthday 🎶

    A Very Merry Unbirthday 🎶

    Of sculpture and time blindness and learning second languages.

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  • I’m Fine

    I’m Fine

    Survival Tips for Unprecedented Times. Making time for things that regulate your nervous system.

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  • Seeing Time ⏳

    Seeing Time ⏳

    As someone with time blindness I can very easily sink time into something without realizing. This year I’m experimenting with spreadsheets and time charts as tools to visualize time. Here is how 2025 has been looking (as of March 24.) January I had a lot of loops to close in January and it felt like […]

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