Stephanie Tait

Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

Disabled people are also a part of “the public.”

Read that again.

Rocky Road

It’s always baffling to me that infectious disease has been such an under-emphasized part of national security for the last few years

‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health

“As able-bodied person, you trust your doctor is going to steer ship if something pops up. if I were to wait for them & not be proactive, my health would have continued to decline”

Excellent article by Matt McGorry about stigma of Long Covid, difficulty getting care & learning from disabled people

Tweet from NateB_Panic “We've hit it this year” With a screenshot of a headline: Earth will hit 1.5°C climate limit within 20 years, says IPCC report By Adam Vaughan 9 August 2021

It only took 3 years to get to the point they thought would happen 20 years from now because not only are we not doing enough to address climate change, we are actively making things worse (see, eg, AI)

I'm often on the far shittier flipside: it's fun and then it hurts.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

A couple are seen snuggling while a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lays with his head draped over their faces.

He is a giant cuddle bug. Basically has to be touching me or right on top of me like 95% of the time to be happy.

You should see when Bobby tries to snuggle. This dog is possessive AF, lol. It's part of what is going to make him a great service companion for me, but he's legit obsessed with me.😂

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel stands in front of a welcome mat looking at the camera with what looks like a smiling expression.

Is #DogsOfBluesky a thing? (I'm guessing yes.)

Charlie loves looking at other dogs! (And barking at them on the tv in hopes they will play with him, lol. Still hasn't quite figured out the difference between the TV and an actual window. Whoops.)

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lays on top of a woman's arm as she lays under a blue fuzzy blanket.

A woman sleeps with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel laying sleeping in her arms.

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lays sleeping on his back, burrow into a little nest he's made in a botanical print bedspread.

A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lays on top of a woman's blanket covered leg, peeking up over her knee to stare at her lovingly.

I'm also getting the distinct vibes that Charlie would be pretty popular over here. He's the bestest good boy their ever was. I don't know how I would get by without him honestly. Even if he never finished training for his service tasks, he's still be my lifesaver in so many ways.

two giant peach colored peonies are being held up against a teal background

a large bouquet of peonies and sprigs of spring flowers is held up against a blurry backyard

a collage of 9 images showing a virbant collection of garden flowers in bloom

a collage of 8 images showing different varieties of bearded iris flowers in bloom

I miss having flowers in my hands y'all. Is it spring yet? 😭

A large floral arrangement in pastel tones sits in a copper pedestal dish on top of an industrial looking stool.

A large floral arrangement in tones of purple and blue sits on top of an industrial stool with a dark brown wooden barn door behind it.

A hand holds up a pastel toned bridal bouquey in tons of peach, cream, pale blue, and purple. There is a dark brown door behind it.

A basket with a large and vibrant rainbow floral arrangement sits on top of a vintage wooden trunk. There is an adorable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy sitting in front of the trunk looking directly into the camera.

It's a bummer we're now into the part of the year where my garden & my local friend's flower farm are both dormant, because after tooling around on this site today I'm getting the distinct impression my floral content would actually be more enjoyed over here. Like the good old days of the other site

Covid is a social justice issue.

Staying covid safe in the “you do you” era costs money. Respirators, tests, isolation, hepa filters & vaccines… the costs add up and are out of reach for many.

Long Covid is also a social justice issue.

Have no safety net? Chronic illness will be harder 🧵

idc that it's Tuesday, it's Shut The Fuck Up Friday

the ONLY opsec tip you really need is shut the fuck up. in all circumstances. shut up. stop talking. about everything

i dead ass cannot believe how many people are genuinely responding to this. we are simply not going to make it

As disabled people, we are worth more than our economic productivity. Access to therapy and healthcare should never depend differentially on our participation in work programmes or being deemed 'work-ready.' Care is a right, not a reward. #WhitePaper #GetBritainWorking

Reminder because we are so invisible to the world these days… We’re about to go into some darker times and many of your disabled friends are not likely to be able to come out of their isolation any time soon.

Please don’t forget about us.

The last (nearly) five years has fucked us up hard.

A screenshot of the Accessibility Settings on Bluesky with the button “Require alt text before posting” turned on

I keep getting better at adding alt-text and making it part of the rhythm of my online conversations by having this button on. Writing alt-text as my default means that I never forget it and it becomes my normal. Make alt-text your normal!

This is an important point that's often missed. COVID denialists are well-funded by powerful far-right groups. And now their investments have paid off because anti-vaxxers and COVID deniers are going to control US health agencies.

Hey, “allies”, what are your plans for when the eugenicists start invalidating healthcare disabled people rely on? When the NIH declares COVID a non-object and long COVID symptoms somatic? When they start taking away drugs?

Don’t focus on personal responsibility. Start caring for the community.

Btw pay attention to the scientists and physicians who are sane-washing Trump's nominees. Many rose to prominence at the start of the pandemic because people were desperate for expert information. Beware on relying on them in future.

I fully admit to double fisting every single Thanksgiving dinner I make - one glass of champagne and one glass of Martinelli's.

Why should I have to choose? 💁‍♀️

Way too much liberal/leftist/whatever the fuck “resistance” is just clichés, memes, and sound bites repeated over and over.

oh my goodness, this just made my night. What a sweet thing to say.

Imagine if flight attendants handed out free N95 masks before take off instead of just hot towels. Every public place is a key opportunity to educate people and normalize masks.

It can be profoundly healing for trauma survivors who, for years, were conditioned to assume everything was their fault & everything was their responsibility, to actually let something be somebody else's problem for once.

JFC they’re classifying several cardiovascular, autonomic and connective tissue disorders as functional or somatic. That’s just nonsensical. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome for example is widely understood as a heritable disorder that can cause significant physical issues