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Books and rage ✨🪐📚🌈🧟♂️ ✨ Writing about disability, grief, and living on the fringes. 📚 157/100
I have a book hangover from In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware. Dang I love a good thriller 😩 #Books
TIDAL consistently introduces me to fantastic artists with fewer than 100 followers and sometimes only a single track uploaded. The discovery algorithm accurately matches my previous listens without simply regurgitating the same songs over and over. But sure, we still need Spotify.
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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After struggling with revisions for (ever?) I decided to ask myself “what would make me enjoy writing this more” and just go that direction. Results tbd🤞🏻#Writing
"Not Afraid of Ghosts" Acrylic on canvas by Mia Blount (2026)
Over 20,000 Gary, IN residents have been without power for nearly two weeks following severe storms. NIPSCO reported over $500M in first-half profits, leaving residents feeling abandoned. Communities are stepping up with meals & charging hubs. 🎥 btnewsroom
Just shouting “SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAY OFF THE INTERNET” when they give me a diagnosis
Chronic Illness Humor@chronicillness.bsky.social · last mo.
If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...
PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute
The lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming.
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Introducing 20 Fantasy/ SciFi/ Spec Fic authors, our books, LGBTQIA+/ Disability/ BIPOC rep, & where you can buy direct from us! (I've been wanting to do this all year!) 🌈📚🪐 elisecarlson.com/2026/08/09/q... Fellow SFF authors who missed my opt-in post, let me know! I can add more authors!
authors who put a single endnote at the end of a long paragraph and then cite half a dozen different books without any indication of which factual assertions came from which sources are actually going straight to hell, I'm so sorry to be the one to tell you!!!!
Bro do you ever feel like everything good you’ve ever created was just like secretly copied from somewhere by your traitorous subconscious???
You deserve the right to tinker with—and own—the technology that you... well... own! That's the future we're depicting with our new #DEFCON Many Hands Make Light Work t-shirt 🔧 eff.org/vv
Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/
Describing books I’m excited about to someone and realizing I just like reading about other ppls trauma #Books
There was a mass disabling event in recent history that could cause long term health issues including but not limited to mobility, recent studies showed that nearly half of those diagnosed with Long Covid have suffered mobility and balance deterioration. I imagine some may need mobility aids.
Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn a move that will surprise absolutely no one who's been paying attention, Stock has decided that women with disabilities are suffering from "social contagion"
"Are there ANY other options for what this pain in my feet could be?" "If it were bilateral I might look at other options— " "But it IS bilateral, it's just worse on one side." "Regardless, it's your weight. You need to lose weight. No further testing needed." Y'all, **I had a tumor in my spine.**
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
“You definitely don’t have cardiac problems, this test will come back negative. I’m not sure why you’re here. Did you eat anything different or pull a muscle?” (I had a 95 percent arterial blockage and almost died, oops. And yes, the doctor was a man.)
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
"ehlers danlos is a connective dissue disorder, so why are your joints hurting?" followed moments later by me saying "muscles... are connected to bones" and the full five stages of grief passing over his face Instantly.
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
"There's a number of diets we can talk about that'd help manage your calorie intake." He hadn't even glanced at my chart and so had not realized I suffer a severely impaired metabolism and frequently eat one meal or less a day. He just saw a fat body and applied his whole 1 semester of nutrition.
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
I once had a doctor I worked with tell me that her last hospital was run by the mafia and she was fighting to expose them and that was the *real* reason her office staff sued her for sexual harassment and she had to change her name and move to a different state
Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo agoA question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"