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08.02.2026 03:31 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@andrewgurza.ca.bsky.social
Disability Awareness Consultant/Severely Disabled Creator, author of NOTES FROM A QUEER CRIPPLE (2025), podcast host of Disability After Dark, award-winning speaker Website: www.andrewgurza.com Here's my Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@andrewgurza
let's talk :P
08.02.2026 03:31 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0your ableism has consequences. maybe you wonโt become disabled (you will), but your ableism means I wonโt be in your life... and thatโs a pretty bad consequence.
08.02.2026 02:12 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1there should be a high fantasy author who hates writing about food. "and then king aelfrid joined the dwarven feast and quickly wolfed down some ham and a corn or whatever. back to magic"
08.02.2026 00:19 โ ๐ 1848 ๐ 157 ๐ฌ 55 ๐ 9BEGGING FOR HELP, DONATIONS OR SIGNAL BOOSTING! I HAVE TO GET MY PHONE AND INTERNET BILL PAID.
MY MOTHER AND SISTER WHO WORK NIGHT HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY! ๐จ
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got a ramp?
07.02.2026 23:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0fun fact: there are no apes in The Lion King โ but there are plenty of racists in The Lyinโ King.
LITTLE DONNY FUCKFACE POSTED A SUPER-RACIST VIDEO, AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE LIED ABOUT IT. I COVER THIS AND ALL THE OTHER DUMBFUCKERY THAT HAPPENED IN MY "THIS WEEK IN STUPID," A POST THAT HAS BIG STRONG PEOPLE SAYING "SIR! SIR! I'M THANKING YOU FOR MY ATTENTION. SIR!" LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4knJQOR
07.02.2026 18:58 โ ๐ 749 ๐ 129 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 2pink background with black arial text that reads trigger: death, murder, disability the murder of 2 brothers with Autism in Australia by their parents should enrage you. It was no act of love by their parents. The news post report that the teens had โa series of disabilitiesโ, and that the parents were โoverwhelmed.โ Fuck off... that is no justification for murdering them. I am so angry that disabled lives are seen as so much less, like always, but especially lately.
trigger: death, disability, murder
07.02.2026 00:14 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1My mom loves hers, especially since I bought the quad tip anti-skid tip. The construction and components are superb.
07.02.2026 00:59 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0pink background with black arial text that reads trigger: death, murder, disability the murder of 2 brothers with Autism in Australia by their parents should enrage you. It was no act of love by their parents. The news post report that the teens had โa series of disabilitiesโ, and that the parents were โoverwhelmed.โ Fuck off... that is no justification for murdering them. I am so angry that disabled lives are seen as so much less, like always, but especially lately.
trigger: death, disability, murder
07.02.2026 00:14 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1how does one test this?
06.02.2026 22:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Trump's racism has always, and will always be, unforgivable. To post a racist image of a past President, the first Black President, during Black History Month, was no mistake on his part. He knew full well what he meant to do. What a disgusting human being he is.
06.02.2026 22:15 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I just placed an order with Bibi recently. Both my wife and girlfriend have ordered from bibi before, and it's always been good quality accessibility finds there. They have a US warehouse now too in case anyone else was waiting to hear that.
06.02.2026 04:59 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0A graphic shows Maryland Delegate Greg Wims reading off of a computer during a House of Delegates event. Behind him, the photo is overlaid with a screenshot from the Maryland legislatureโs website showing the progress of HB0027, the Long COVID innovation billโs designation in the House. It is currently in the โreferral to committeeโ phase and soon to have a hearing. The background behind that timeline is the Maryland state flag. The text reads, โThe Sick Times. Maryland considers Long COVID innovation bill. The novel legislation would support grants and loans for Long COVID research and development, building on an existing state program. By Betsy Ladyzhets.โ
Community members interested in supporting the bill. Lawmakers will discuss the bill in two hearings next week. House of Delegatesโ Health committee Tuesday, February 10 2 p.m. ET Supporters can submit testimony for the House hearing on Friday, February 6, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET. Senateโs Finance committee Thursday, February 12 1 p.m. ET. Supporters can submit testimony for the House hearing on Tuesday, February 10, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET.
Community members interested in supporting the bill. Community members interested in supporting the bill can submit written testimony explaining what it would mean for them after making an account on the Maryland General Assembly website. Instructions and guidance are available at: mdlongcovid.com mgaleg.maryland.gov People can also mark that they support the bill by marking their position as "favorable" without writing testimony.
Maryland is considering a Long COVID innovation bill that would support grants and loans for Long COVID research and development, building on an existing state program. bit.ly/4aisb6v
06.02.2026 15:36 โ ๐ 112 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 4A year ago people were talking about how universal free childcare was one of those wild-eyed impossibilities that made Mamdani a hopeless candidate and he got it done inside a month in office
06.02.2026 15:36 โ ๐ 571 ๐ 135 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 8"The more difficult it is to find those moments, the more important they feel to me, and the gladder I am when they arrive."
A fabulous and timely guest blog this week from Erik - sex in the time of fascism โค๏ธ
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/sex-in-...
I wanna write a book about being severely disabled after 40. There are so few books/info about disabled life after childhood, and that sucks. disabled people grow up
18.01.2026 16:44 โ ๐ 58 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Have you read "Notes From A Queer Cripple" by me yet?
05.02.2026 17:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If you have the delu to think that, somehow, Ms. Rachel is the bad one, you really shouldn't be on The Daily Show talking about anything, Whitney Cummings. Seriously, after Jon making fun of people who are still masking on his podcast, my enjoyment of that whole thing has seriously died.
05.02.2026 17:17 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you have the delu to think that, somehow, Ms. Rachel is the bad one, you really shouldn't be on The Daily Show talking about anything, Whitney Cummings. Seriously, after Jon making fun of people who are still masking on his podcast, my enjoyment of that whole thing has seriously died.
05.02.2026 17:17 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Megyn Kelly, who is a danger to her children, is being perfectly consistent by simultaneously declaring trans people innate sexual predators *and* defending the world's most famous sexual predator.
14.11.2025 05:56 โ ๐ 233 ๐ 39 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Long COVID and the Black community Join us for a focused discussion led by Chimรฉre L. Sweeney founder of The Black Long COVID Experience on how Long COVID is continuing to affect Black people and how The Black Long COVID Experience is shaping Long COVID aware responses today. Logo for The Black Long COVID Experience 12p ET/5p GMT Zoom Feb 5th Stylized image of red, yellow, and green rays coming up from the bottom right phan.global/events PHAN logo Air Support Project Logo phan.global/events
Join PHAN and @airsupportproject.bsky.socialย on Feb 5 at 12 noon ET for a discussion led by Long COVID advocate Chimรฉre L. Sweeney, founder of The Black Long COVID Experience, on how Long COVID is affecting Black people and how Black leaders and advocates are shaping COVID-aware responses today.
02.02.2026 00:42 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2I'm not shocked.
Honestly, it's a form of copaganda for the media to present police corruption and violence, which happens everywhere, as unusual and shocking.
The details change, the level of violence and corruption changes, but it's always there.
after you've asked someone nicely to not be ableist, and they won't stop being ableist.
04.02.2026 19:27 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Facebook founded February 4, 2004.
Talk about walking out the front door. I #QuitFacebook on its 21st anniversary of being a company.
I now celebrate one full year of having Bluesky as my only #SocialMedia platform and the stuff nobody was seeing on FB now goes out to 20 thousand people and gets much interaction.
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04.02.2026 03:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0my Disability Support was almost cut off this month due to human error of the worker managing my file.
I don't think people understand the stress of your whole lifeline of income being mismanaged by people who a) aren't disabled and b) do not care about what it means.
NATIONAL BLACK HIVIAIDS AWARENESS DAY 02/07/2026
aids.gov has erased all information of its existence๐ก so please donโt forget that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on February 7th!
04.02.2026 00:23 โ ๐ 104 ๐ 49 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3indeed
03.02.2026 22:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0i have some ideas
03.02.2026 19:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0we do love him over here
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