Hi new friends! 👋

Update: she bit me and ran away. Will try boops again later.

1 like = 1 boop

Notification overwhelm! Muting so my notifications don't do that weird glitch thing again. Be kind to each other and to yourself 💜

What's that you say? A UK study aimed at proving that ADHD and autism are over-diagnosed actually found that we are still under-diagnosing both, and lack access to assessments remains a huge barrier to support? What a shocking and unexpected conclusion!

https://www.politicsuk.com/p/fonagy-review-rejects-blanket-overdiagnosis

And Now for Something Completely Different: Australia

I suppose I can't fully say that this post is completely different, since I did a vacation post after my trip to Alaska a few years ago....

https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/10/22/and-now-for-something-completely-different-australia/

Oh my god this zoo has a livestream of a momma cheetah and her five cubs

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam

Today I learned that Elizabeth Holmes's sentence was reduced because a judge determined that she did not cause "substantial financial hardship" to the people she de-frauded.

So...it's not illegal to steal from someone if they can afford to be stolen from. Do with that information what you will.

(This is not legal advice)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elizabeth-holmes-transferred-halfway-house-rcna599597

Self-Paneling with Insurance, Private Pay, and Recent Concerns About Headway

Recently, the insurance credentialing platform Headway announced changes that upset many of its users. For transparency, I have never been a customer of Headway but taught a course with them a while back....

https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/10/20/self-paneling-with-insurance-private-pay-and-recent-concerns-about-headway/

Currently ping-pong-ing between Gurufare and Qantas about who is responsible for my shit-show return flight. Qantas says Gurufare managed the original booking, so they're responsible for expenses related to getting stranded. Gurufare says Qantas is the airline who failed to update my connection, so it's on them. I said I don't care whose fault it is, someone better send me a check

AT&T no longer lets you talk to a representative when they screw up your bill. The only way to get transferred to a human is to say that your reason for calling is you want to cancel your service.

I'm reading some bucket list blogs and saw a location described as "Jurassic Park minus the dinosaurs." So just a regular place then?

Is anyone else having issues with the Tooot app?

WE LANDED IN SIOUX FALLS THANK GOD

Every animal encounter comes with a disclaimer that the animal has the right to not participate and there’s no guarantee they will allow you to interact with them, and the keepers are allowed to end the encounter at any time if they feel the animal is distressed or you aren’t treating the animal appropriately. 💜

This is Teddy. Teddy was a little overwhelmed because there was a lot of noise the day we met him, so he took his snacks and then climbed up really high to take space. Good for you attending to your sensory needs, Teddy!

Also Teddy does not like beets. Please only give him carrots.

This is Eevee. She is a dingo and staff told me she usually doesn’t interact with guests but she came out to give me a kiss. Do they say that to everyone so they feel special? Maybe. It worked. I love you, Eevee.

This is Jasper. At the Australia Zoo, you can cuddle a koala if the koala consents to it. Afterwards, I fed him eucalyptus leaves - he prefers the pink ones.

And the second I ran out of food he hopped off. It was beautiful.

The feed mix had pellets and corn. This little guy didn’t like corn so he pushed all those pieces onto the ground and only at the pellets.