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Sarah Blahovec

@sblahov.bsky.social

Queer & disabled. Dog mom and fiber artist. 1/2 disability civic engagement nerd, 1/2 virtual assistant. Owns more heating pads than you. she/her/hers

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Oscar, a small cream colored mutt with pointy ears and tan markings on his back. He is stationed on the headrest of a recliner.

Oscar, a small cream colored mutt with pointy ears and tan markings on his back. He is stationed on the headrest of a recliner.

Blocking anyone who speaks negatively about my dogs. Only I'm allowed to refer to them as "a problem" (which I will do several times a day).

Those are my SONS.

Anyways, introducing my newest problem to BlueSky: Oscar. He believes he should be allowed to climb on anything and loves to eat mulch.

08.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyhow, apologized for my ridiculous dog and we have worked out alternative routes so our dogs don't see each other where we are both leaving/entering on different floors.

08.10.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: after another interaction tonight it seems that my dog is reacting not to the other dog, but to the jolly ball that dog carries, because he is weirdly fearful of certain objects.

08.10.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I mentioned the dog's breed only because I needed a descriptor to differentiate that my dog has absurdly tried to pick a fight with a dog 5 times his size who belongs to a cop. It isn't an indictment of the breed, it was just illustrating a story.

08.10.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: Oliver saw the cop dog from like 20 feet away and absolutely lost it with barking.

I Immediately turned him around and walked the other way to let them go inside.

Can you train reactivity towards literally just one dog out of a dog?

08.10.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've made it onto an "AI Haters" list so people can block me for disliking AI. I'll wear that label proudly.

07.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes dogs have problems with each other, I guess. It's just our responsibility as owners to ensure that that problem doesn't get anybody hurt.

07.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The German Shepherd previously lunged at my dog and has gone for several other dogs.

There are many good German Shepherds. It isn't the breed, it is the personality of individual dogs. But sometimes dogs don't like each other. I will be keeping my distance from this dog so there aren't issues.

07.10.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get ICE Out of Alexandria The City of Alexandria is collaborating with ICE, which is breaking up families, destroying communities and harming the people of our city. Our city council does NOT have to collaborate with ICE. Do...

Oliver knows cops aren't our friends and that the cops in our town are collaborating with ICE. Support ICE Out of Alexandria and call on Sheriff Sean Casey to stop collaborating with ICE: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ge...

07.10.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ACAB across species I know that’s right

07.10.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm proud that my son has absorbed my politics (but also don't want him to get mauled)

07.10.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm actually stressing out pretty hard about this because the way we have to wait for elevators means that my dogs or this dog could be coming out of the elevator or around the corner and run into each other.

This dog has intimidated/lunged at him before but tonight Oliver was the one reacting.

07.10.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My dog loves dogs. LOVES dogs. Has never had a problem with a dog. Except, now, for one.

He has decided that he hates the German Shepherd who lives with the cop down the hall (might be a police canine).

07.10.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

02.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8781    πŸ” 5537    πŸ’¬ 233    πŸ“Œ 219

I've been quiet on here lately. Been having some medical stuff going on, have some life changes coming up soon to share & that's been taking a lot of time. Also I got another dog.

The organizing work continues, just haven't had much time to post personally.

Abolish ICE. Free Palestine.

03.10.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dark Reality Of Living As A Disabled Person In A War Zone "We have a duty to shed light on the plight of Palestinians with disabilities and demand that those responsible for crimes against them are held responsible."

"We have a duty to shed light on the plight of Palestinians with disabilities and demand that those responsible for crimes against them are held responsible."

www.huffpost.com/entry/disabi...

03.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

β€œThey had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.

03.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1577    πŸ” 594    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 23

Nothing like a 100% tariff on my already $23,000 a dose (in the US) branded medication that keeps me alive and in remission. I'm sure this won't raise health care costs AT ALL.

I hate it here

26.09.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

must be something wrong with my internet, I just woke up and tried to find the massive Democratic party pushback to all these attacks on the first amendment and nothing's coming up in my browser

16.09.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2093    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 0

Washington DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser

15.09.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?

10.09.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11435    πŸ” 3201    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

β€œA new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]

09.09.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1158    πŸ” 554    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 26

Jim O’Neill is a tech investor, former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and co-founder with Peter Thiel of the Thiel fellowship. He has no direct medical education or experience.

It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.

28.08.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2038    πŸ” 816    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 52

We were already the most policed city in the world before the occupation.

26.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

URGENT: If you have ANY information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts and/or the process to send him to Uganda, PLEASE message me on Signal: marisakabas.04

Your anonymity will be fully protected. I know it’s scary to speak out, but this is a man’s life.

25.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1594    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7

MAGA is a death cult

25.08.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well shit.

25.08.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last summer: brat summer
This summer: brat diet

Health isn't doing well so bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast it is

20.08.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Haven't been on here in awhile. Haven't been doing the best lately and now am stuck 24 hours into a panic spiral.

16.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ordered tents, storage/moving tote bags, camping lanterns, batteries, & printer ink for the one million know your rights & resources fliers we’re about to print off!

Thank you all who have donated to support our DC neighbors β€” it truly means the world to us.

14.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

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