Speckled Bear

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP

You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670

Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem

If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?

You’re doing their dirty work.

This guy is a fucking grifter. I saw people in my own subreddit lauding him as a hero for being briefly detained and cited by ICE.

The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.

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She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America.

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Yesterday:
Me: “I’m achy and maybe a little feverish from my Covid & Flu vaccines yesterday.”
Spouse: “You should take some acetaminophen.”
Me: “OMG but I don’t wanna get the autism!!” (This is the sarcasm, folks.)
Spouse: “Honey, you already *are* autistic.”
Me: “Oh yeah!”
😂

Crying during morning meditation.
Would have hoped it would bring cleansing but still feel a deep, aching sadness.
Guess I still need to honor my sadness.

Gods around! I’m so tired of being afraid! Afraid to be who I am. Afraid to speak up. Afraid of what is next.

But bravery isn’t living without fear. It is being afraid and living authentically anyway.

#bravery #fear #authenticallyme

Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities? Violet Affleck, the daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, has now advocated for the return of mask mandates to help protect the vulnerable, during a speech at a UN event in New York.

Daily Mail poll open now for a few more hours: "Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities, as Violet Affleck suggests?"

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Autism isn’t “caused” by Tylenol.

Or vaccines.

Or anything.

It’s inherited.

It’s natural.

It’s human.

The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.

We’re not.

But if you continue saying this shit, you are.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

Hey Sarah McBride, you’re not gonna stop the leopards from eating your face. Have a fucking backbone. Such a god damn disappointment - and I already didn’t expect much.

The people I was working for were nice, flexible, didn’t overwork us. It wasn’t a bad situation.
I just physically *can’t* do full time work.
#disabled

Tried to do 1 wk of (unpaid) full time, 3 mn, internship. My first attempt at “working” after 16 years on disability. Was in such pain & distress by Friday that I was sobbing most of that day.
I have to quit.
Entire care team & family warned me they didn’t think full time was good idea. #disabled

Yeah, it is their job. And none of us should be having to fight for this vaccine.
This isn’t the first time I’ve been told to do my own research by this doc. I don’t have a lot of choice of doctors in my situation sadly.

Thank you so much for this! It will be so helpful to my entire household if they also get pushback. (We are all in the same healthcare group.)

So helpful to have the link!

@violetblue.bsky.social
Can you help?
I keep seeing screenshots of who CDC recommends get Covid-19 booster but never a link and I can’t find it on the CDC website. My doc is insisting on a link to “prove” I qualify.
(Loved your Covid book by the way! Have recommended it to tons of folks!)

@tinakotek.bsky.social Why aren’t you DOING SOMETHING rather than just asking for money?! #kotekcovidvax

@tinakotek.bsky.social My high-risk spouse is currently battling Covid. They have been sick for 2 weeks now. Even with their other health conditions they may have to fight to get a Covid vaccine this fall. What are you doing to make Covid vaccines available to everyone? #kotekcovidvax

@tinakotek.bsky.social Why have you not acted on making Covid-19 vaccines available to everyone in Oregon like other governors have? Covid is still here and still can be deadly or disabling. #kotekcovid

I just made what I think might be my final batch of fridge pickles for the season. The plants seem to be slowing down. Which is good because almost out of dill seed from last year’s harvest. I’ve been tinkering with the recipe. I think I almost have it right! #growfood #gardening

I’ve been so overwhelmed by stress that I got to the laugh out loud “fuck it” stage tonight. The stage where you realize that so much is beyond your control that stressing about it is pointless. I may go back to stressing tmr but right now, this feeling is glorious.

For 5yrs, main 3 in my household continued masking/covid conscious. None of us got sick.
Recently one of us decided to take a calculated risk at vaca house w/friends. Now he has covid. He is not currently living w/us (long story) so I’m safe but I’m so worried & stressed about him.

Fibromyalgia flare. Stress is my biggest trigger so big surprise. I don’t have *time* for this shit!! Arg!

#chronicillness #disabledlife #invisibleillness

Did you know I teared up seeing an entire panel wearing masks. As a high-risk disabled person, I chose not to go to any cons lately. This gives me hope I can go back again with my high-quality mask.

My spouse was a huge Pratchett fan. He was thrilled to meet him and get his copy of “Monstrous Regiment” signed. Terry was absolutely wonderful to him. He did not find my spouse’s obvious “female” looking body & masculinity presentation/name at all noteworthy. Which charmed us even more. ❤️

I’ve been to “pain management” several times. The last time I went, after “failing” LDN, they told me they had nothing for me. And I just had to “adjust.” Even though I told them a small amount of muscle relaxers helps my fibromyalgia when it gets really bad.
It’s a bad joke.

anti-homeless policies are eugenics.

I won't explain further because it's so fucking blatant I have no delusions about convincing someone who disagrees because they are obviously intentionally maintaining a position of "ignorance," choosing personal comfort over justice and equity.