Yes, it was brilliant like all of your work. I was excited to find it in there! So neat in our digital age to receive a new poem on actual paper in the actual mail. Thank you! I want to re-read it and I cannot find it because my desk collapsed and everything got moved so now I gotta sort papers lol
And speaking of writing, some people have been angry I am still at that site. Yes, my writing on that site is ~evidentiary~ in the case. No, for real.
I did not get to sew today but I did write. Working on the genogram patches printed (did this batch last year) with my uncle's institutionalization records that go onto the strait jacket (I have it from a dis / mad art project).
I hate having it in the house - a cursed garment!
Trump Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans
Under a new rule, the State Dept will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally. transitics.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
Yikes. Imagine not being embarrassed to pretend your own movie was #1.
Oh no!!!! I hope you recover soon.
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
A whole lot of disabled people will be casualties of this war without even having to get drafted and without even a gun being turned on them ... because of this. But that is what they wanted. They knew the $85 billion wasn't impossible. They just have sick, twisted "values."
I do not blame them at all. Not only does the U.S. totally deserve the boycott, but it is not even safe to travel here anymore.
Another word you might use for it is "looting".
"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?
They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.
2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.
But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
Still raising for rollator, medications, disaster repairs since we hope to get out of here ... etc.
If you are a contractor in Cedar Rapids and want to work with my HHL to help raise funds so you get the feel-good marketing AND get paid for your work, contact me!!!
Got my premium paid for this month from a kind donation and also mailed off the hearing aids with my fingers crossed to that guy in Kansas who fixes them a little cheaper ... nervous about that but $$$. Picked up some GF food.
Here is the insurance receipt! I gotta post it at HHL, too.
Meanwhile, my brother-in-law's lung biopsy got canceled because he is sick.
I have to clear out our basements and probs lose the logs for the log project, too, because Alan keeps trying for jobs out of state .. gotta be ready. No funds for help. I physically can't do it .... STRESSED
We brought a shamrock plant for good luck, but she was already in surgery ... We got to see my other cousin I haven't seen in forever and their lovely mother, who was my mom's bestie.
She has dementia and is slipping fast ... everyone is just GOING THROUGH IT.
Just back from the hospital. My cousin has a bowel obstruction & tests indicate cancer. Today they are removing a section of her colon. She's also got a wound that won't heal (she has hereditary spastic paraplegia & uses a wheelchair & NOBODY locally is helping ugh).
I mean, I wish I could afford solar panels.
Hey everyone! One of my friends (@niaisdreaming.bsky.social) has a business! She's another disabled creator and sells super cute crochet items!! They're in the US so most of you won't have to worry about tariff fees.
Please share!!
Store: www.cozymoonstone.com
We got it on a low income program and within weeks of moving in, tens of thousands in damage from disaster #1 then a year later, the derecho. We have not had one fucking break. It's relentless.
He had a good interview today but looking at housing where that job is ... my god. I don't see how. I really don't. And we were never able to repair this house after the disaster and people laughed when I asked for help and now its 10x as much to fix it.
I don't think we're gonna make it too much longer with Alan not having a job. Honestly I worry more about our cats. What did we do? Rescue them off the streets to wind up homeless or what?
I know my needs seem endless. That is the problem with multiple genetic/some life limiting disabilities in a system that wants you dead. I do not get any government aid. No SSI or SSDI. No medicaid. No SNAP. I fall through every crack. I used to make $ on my newsletter, but you know that story.
I have been trying to get this for months. I live in a red state that stripped all my civil rights, just passed a bill bringing back conversion therapy, no longer counts my ppl in education stats ... I am disabled as well. I really need access to community, too. #MutualAid Thx so much for shares.
My great niece is still hospitalized ... improving on IV antibiotics for the pneumonia. But my cousin just messaged me to say she has colon cancer. That's on top of the other relative who is facing cancer. This sucks. Familial genetic cancer mutations SUCK.
Messaging guidance:
Stop saying "HCBS." It sounds like a bank that finances arms dealers.
Spell out "home and community based services." Home is a word with positive connotations. Community, likewise, has positive connotations.
Funny how that works lol
