Kami Anya (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️♿️✡️

Sorry for closing responses, but I am unable to mod them properly while dealing with SSDI paperwork.

So I don’t know exactly when they arrived.
But it was in the past week, and it’s a LOT to fill out even for someone abled.

This is gonna suck so much…
Time to hope my handwriting holds out.

#SSDI Update:
Despite me doing the phone interview, I’ve received some TWENTY SIX pages of documents I have to fill out, asking pretty much exactly what I expected to answer in the interview. I have to fill them out and return them by the 6th.

Admittedly, I forgot to check my mail for awhile.

Why do we still have Trump here? Why haven’t we deposed him, when there are SO many country wide who despise him?

It’s unfortunately not as easy as that.

Trust me, we’ve been hated for a very long time, and it’s heavily growing.

Absolutely. Fuck Bibi, as an American Jew I honestly despise him as much as I despise Trump.

Right? Christian Zionism is so profoundly antisemitic. We’re just pawns to them, and in the end we’re supposed to convert to Christianity or die. Baffles me too.

I hate him as much as I hate Trump. Which is a fuck ton. And that’s definitely the attitude I see the most often amongst my own communities.

I’m glad that’s what you get. I wish that was true for me, but I really am seeing an increase (more in general/in society than here, for the record). Part of what I’m seeing is also an increase of antisemitic dog whistles.

“Antisemitism” is a term specifically about bigotry towards/hatred of Jews. It’s true that Palestinians are Semitic, but that’s actively a separate thing and not part of discussing antisemitism.

The number of rants I have about America and Christianity…

100%.

Christian Zionism itself is also so extremely antisemitic snd it uses us solely as pawns.

We really need progressives and leftists on this site and app who aren’t Black to be less excited about throwing Black people under the bus.

Since yesterday, some of these folks have been positively giddy about the idea of winning politically without us. No wonder Black Twitter went to Threads!

Quick reminder:
Jews ≠ Israelis
Jews ≠ Zionists
There are WAY more Christian Zionists than there are Jewish Zionists.

(Also, many Israelis view Netanyahu and his actions just like many Americans view Trump and his actions.)

But I’m again seeing yet another increase in antisemitism.

I know I’ve said it many times before, but I really am working on my health. When I’m able I will return to being louder online, and continue using my social media and streaming as a platform for education, advocacy, and mutual aid.

Quick note: yes, I’m still very aware of everything going on in the world (or at least doing my best to stay aware).
As I’ve said in prior posts, chronic illness and pain have still left me with zero spoons.
So please don’t think that I don’t care, I really really do.

Chronic pain is disability. So to everybody out there in pain all the time, you're disabled. I know we keep our chronic pain to ourselves because no one wants to hear about it & do our best to manage. But if it affects your day to day functionality, you're a disabled person.

A reminder to my fellow chronic pain sufferers:

Pain is exhausting. Every single act takes more energy than it does for someone without pain. It can be even more exhausting having to face the reality that the pain isn’t going to go away. So it’s all about minimizing it and learning to manage.

I keep feeling like my health is getting worse, my pain is increasing, etc. I think so much of it is that the current state of *everything* adds so much stress which really increases chronic illness and disability symptoms.

Which in turn makes it harder to actually engage in everything.

#NEISVoid

A post on that other site inspired me to make a new safety tool.

By default, Discord enables the "Use External Apps" permission for EVERYONE. I'm willing to bet that most servers don't even know that they're at risk.

Audit your servers. Remove this dangerous permission.
sery.bot/discordaudit/

Bullying works. Bully every corporation until they do what we want 😤

Age verification laws are spreading in the US. The tools are often easily beaten performative trash but they're still a danger as goldmines for bad actors, holding PII data from anyone who obeys these laws. The laws also invariably get weaponized against all LGBTQIA+ content.

Fight them as you can.

Each time I have to deal with moving things, cleaning, making sure nothing important got ruined. Each time it destroys my body all over again, both in terms of having to push myself physically past what I should be doing and in terms of the stress of it.

It also sets me back with unpacking.

Can I stop having a water related apartment emergency every time I start to seem to get things under control both household and body wise? Please?

Remember that stress can also be a major factor, so with everything going on in the world it makes it all even harder. Please give yourself some grace 💜

Right? We have to learn to manage it and minimize it just to get through the day, but then so many people disbelieve it.

I feel this so much. My nerve pain is in my thighs, when it comes back it feels like I’m being stabbed repeatedly. Invisible disabilities, so fun

Literally write about this just the other day: bsky.app/profile/kami...

Chronic pain can be so very disabling

"But if it affects your day to day functionality, you're a disabled person." is what i needed as a kid and still do. ppl still treat my not being able to breathe illness like it's a character flaw and an inconvenience

@disabeetled - reminder to all my disabled lovelies that 'gross' symptoms do not make you gross or lesser in any way. incontinence, vomiting, irritable bowels, or gastrointestinal issues shouldn't be as demonized as they are. you are real, valid, and loved. @chronicloveclub

@chronicloveclub.bsky.social