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🥔 appalachian autistic aquarelle artist advocate activist 🌈 she/they ↓ 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 ↓ beacons.page/pot8um

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potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you’re looking for high-quality KN95 respirators, I have a discount code at Kind Mask: use POTATUM25 at checkout for 25% off your entire order 🫡 no expiration date! Public health is dead but we don’t have to give up. We ARE the public. We can and should be protecting our health and MASKS WORK!

25 assorted colorful KN95 willow-leaf shaped masks by Kind Mask, 5 rows of 5, black ear loops Top row: tan, dusty pink, green, cool blue, yellow 2nd row: denim blue, sky blue, dark green, deep olive green, leafy green 3rd row: bright blue, teal, peach, navy blue, deep gray blue 4th row: gray, wine red, white, light gray, light green 5th row: light peachy pink, light olive green, lightest gray, lightest beige, lightest pink25 cone-shaped KN95 masks with black earloops, in assorted colors on a white background Top row: rosy pink, green, cool blue, golden yellow, black 2nd row: olive green, khaki, crimson red, white, gray 3rd row: deep gray, light green, bright blue, teal, dusty orange 4th row: navy blue, deep gray blue, rosy tan, lightest leafy green, warm tan 5th row: light pink, gray blue, sky blue, light gray, deep green
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I wish I could say I feel vindicated by this long-awaited study, but I'm just... exhausted. I take no joy in sharing covid info. This shit's horrifying at every turn. But disabled people have to care doubly because the world doesn't care at all. The past 5 years feel like 20.

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Both [the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the current covid] pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access." American Journal of Preventative Medicine, October 13, 2025

Infographic with three windows, horizontally aligned. Top text reads COVID-19 is "Airborne AIDS": provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? Left blue window reads Two viruses, two pandemics HIV: Sexually & blood transmitted; decades-long progression to AIDS SARS-CoV-2: An airborne virus & highly contagious; result in Long COVID weeks to months after acute disease recovery Center light pink window reads Shared outcomes Immune dysfunction & exhaustion Viral persistence & vulnerability to (opportunistic) infections Systemic inflammation & damage Associated with neurological disorders Right magenta window reads Public Health & Call to Action Both pandemics marked by stigma, inequities, delayed response Lessons from HIV could inform Long COVID strategies; prevention, recognition, causal treatments Bottom left window reads Conclusion: Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access ALT TEXT CONTD IN THREAD
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you’re in the market for some high-quality KN95s, I recently became an affiliate with Kind Mask! I’ve seen several mutuals rocking these respirators and I can’t wait to finally try em out once they arrive in the mail. Use POTATUM25 for 25% off your entire order 🫡

25 cone-shaped KN95 masks with black earloops, in assorted colors on a white background Top row: rosy pink, green, cool blue, golden yellow, black 2nd row: olive green, khaki, crimson red, white, gray 3rd row: deep gray, light green, bright blue, teal, dusty orange 4th row: navy blue, deep gray blue, rosy tan, lightest leafy green, warm tan 5th row: light pink, gray blue, sky blue, light gray, deep green25 assorted colorful KN95 masks by Kind Mask, 5 rows of 5, black ear loops Top row: tan, dusty pink, green, cool blue, yellow 2nd row: denim blue, sky blue, dark green, deep olive green, leafy green 3rd row: bright blue, teal, peach, navy blue, deep gray blue 4th row: gray, wine red, white, light gray, light green 5th row: light peachy pink, light olive green, lightest gray, lightest beige, lightest pink
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Both [the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the current covid] pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access." American Journal of Preventative Medicine, October 13, 2025

Infographic with three windows, horizontally aligned. Top text reads COVID-19 is "Airborne AIDS": provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? Left blue window reads Two viruses, two pandemics HIV: Sexually & blood transmitted; decades-long progression to AIDS SARS-CoV-2: An airborne virus & highly contagious; result in Long COVID weeks to months after acute disease recovery Center light pink window reads Shared outcomes Immune dysfunction & exhaustion Viral persistence & vulnerability to (opportunistic) infections Systemic inflammation & damage Associated with neurological disorders Right magenta window reads Public Health & Call to Action Both pandemics marked by stigma, inequities, delayed response Lessons from HIV could inform Long COVID strategies; prevention, recognition, causal treatments Bottom left window reads Conclusion: Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access ALT TEXT CONTD IN THREAD
Casi@casidesia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Just want to say that I've personally used Kind masks and can say they're good quality! Good time to stock up on nice colorful masks as people start to get sick more!

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you’re in the market for some high-quality KN95s, I recently became an affiliate with Kind Mask! I’ve seen several mutuals rocking these respirators and I can’t wait to finally try em out once they arrive in the mail. Use POTATUM25 for 25% off your entire order 🫡

25 cone-shaped KN95 masks with black earloops, in assorted colors on a white background Top row: rosy pink, green, cool blue, golden yellow, black 2nd row: olive green, khaki, crimson red, white, gray 3rd row: deep gray, light green, bright blue, teal, dusty orange 4th row: navy blue, deep gray blue, rosy tan, lightest leafy green, warm tan 5th row: light pink, gray blue, sky blue, light gray, deep green
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you’re in the market for some high-quality KN95s, I recently became an affiliate with Kind Mask! I’ve seen several mutuals rocking these respirators and I can’t wait to finally try em out once they arrive in the mail. Use POTATUM25 for 25% off your entire order 🫡

25 cone-shaped KN95 masks with black earloops, in assorted colors on a white background Top row: rosy pink, green, cool blue, golden yellow, black 2nd row: olive green, khaki, crimson red, white, gray 3rd row: deep gray, light green, bright blue, teal, dusty orange 4th row: navy blue, deep gray blue, rosy tan, lightest leafy green, warm tan 5th row: light pink, gray blue, sky blue, light gray, deep green25 assorted colorful KN95 masks by Kind Mask, 5 rows of 5, black ear loops Top row: tan, dusty pink, green, cool blue, yellow 2nd row: denim blue, sky blue, dark green, deep olive green, leafy green 3rd row: bright blue, teal, peach, navy blue, deep gray blue 4th row: gray, wine red, white, light gray, light green 5th row: light peachy pink, light olive green, lightest gray, lightest beige, lightest pink
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

My merch collection is getting a revamp with more designs on the way 🤩 Go check out all this cool shit it’s pretty good Help support a queer content creator and disability advocate rebuilding my little family’s life in our new home 🤠 even sharing this helps!

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

Reminder! Am cute and design cute shirts! Support a disabled content creator, artist and disability advocate and find something you love in my shop! 🧵

Me, wearing my red wavy hair in two high ponytails. I’m wearing green glasses and a white T-shirt depicting a mustard yellow melting skull with purple shadows and a warped purple checker pattern behind it. Text on top of shirt reads MIND: MELTED
Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm not sure there's anyone out there who deserves recognition and commendation more than Alice Wong. Her work is incredible and she has already changed the world

Bilal Mahmood@bilalmahmood.bsky.social · last yr.

I had the profound privilege of commending Alice Wong, a visionary leader, cultural organizer, and one of the most powerful voices in the disability justice movement. Through her leadership, writing, & activism she has empowered the voices of individuals with disabilities throughout the nation.

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

The left has an ableism problem. The right obviously does too. They’re loudly bigoted & closed-minded. My focus is on the people who claim to be inclusive, progressive and willing to learn, grow and adapt to new information. Where are leftists when disabled people need them?

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

After a long time of struggling without my full dose of ADHD meds… I GOT THEM BACK TODAY 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 if you weren’t sick of me already, get ready today is a GOOD DAY

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

I lost access to my ADHD meds in 2023 after I left my provider for putting me at risk by showing up to my appt with covid I’ve been on half my meds for about a year now… AND I JUST GOT THE REST OF IT PRESCRIBED! If I haven’t made it clear already, PREPARE TO BE SICK OF ME 🫵

Silhouette of person with their arms up in the air in front of a bright sky, the chains connecting their wrists are broken in the middle
potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

Grok is poisoning the air in Memphis ChatGPT relies on slave labor in the Global South to train and maintain its servers Generative AI like ChatGPT is changing our climate and our brain chemistry None of this shit is worth it

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

Doctors are not gods. There are plenty of doctors without egos and scientists who have been studying covid for over half a decade. They’re doing the thankless work of recording the far-reaching effects and distributing the info. In this individualistic hellscape, I’m listening to them.

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s Disability Pride Month! Many of you have been disabled by one or multiple covid infections and don’t know it yet. Many others are aware, though, and have been sounding the alarm for years. Stop disabling your communities by breathing all over everyone. WEAR A MASK!

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

Tens of millions of kids with long covid. They didn’t ask for this shit. We’re failing them every day. Forcible infections are straight from the eugenicist’s playbook. When they grow up, they’re gonna rightfully demand answers. I’ll be firmly planted in their corner.

potatum@pot8um.bsky.social · last yr.

Y’all are out here huffing covid like you have unlimited paid time off and hella benefits at your disposal lmao The social cost of being the only masked person in a room is higher than the worth of your own health and wellbeing? And the health of those around you? Why?