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do you guys wanna get up early and get pastries and eat them in the park and lay in the grass for a while and then go for a long walk to an antique centre and wander round and hold things up and say "this is you 🫵" and then watch classic who and parallel play by working on our individual writing/art projects for the rest of the day with intermittent drink/snack breaks and none of us ever have to look at microsoft outlook or receive an email ever again

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could i please get some help making rent? i am about $500 short after paying bills. my birthday is around the corner and it would really really suck to not be able to afford meds or food. anything helps and is sincerely appreciated. thank you

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The workers, when organised, hold all the power

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“Enjoy Websurfing” ⌘ Digital real estate, mostly occupied by squatters

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We need to do what we can to protect the Internet Archive. Here is a petition that you can sign.

This petition alone might not be enough, but everything we can throw at this counts.

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@colorschanging You're gonna love this. (x)

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So for some reason the link feature isn’t working on the mobile app, but I wanted to share this story with you:

This is Jenny Hatch, and like Britney Spears she had to fight in court for an end to her parents’ guardianship. She was 29 when she won her case in 2013.

What’s cool about Jenny’s story is that it wasn’t “I don’t need any help whatsoever.” It was “I need some help sometimes, but I should be able to choose what that help looks like and who is in my support network.”

Because of Jenny’s case, 12 states plus D.C. now have policies to include supported decision making as an alternative to guardianship for adults who need a little extra help. The idea is that we don’t assume that someone who needs some help in one area automatically needs help with everything.

Cool quote from Jenny’s attorney:

“If I go to a mechanic, no one assumes I can’t drive. Where you and I would be called wise for getting help, when a person with a disability needs help, it’s just assumed they’re incapable of doing anything.”

If more adults with Down Syndrome/Trisomy 21 or other intellectual disabilities are able to gain more autonomy in their decision making while still having access to support when and how they need it, I think we will continue to see more and more amazing stories of their achievements.

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for my fellow me/cfs friends who struggle with hydration: i humbly recommend the owala. this is not an ad of any sort i am actually just so excited to have found a water bottle that works the way i need it to

reasons it works:

1. relatively lightweight

2. the spout part has a pour option and a straw option (looks like this)

this makes it so i can sip from it without sitting up, which is very helpful for rough flare-ups. it's not spill-proof but i'm 90% sure they have an option that is. also, there is no shame in choosing a "kid's" bottle for the spill-proof feature, i've done that too. owala has neutral patterns even on the kids' options

3. very easy to wash (not dishwasher safe but i just give it a little rinsey rinsey with some dish soap probably not as often as i should and call it good)

4. keeps the water cool which is great for me because i can't always get up and get more and i'll be damned if i'm gonna drink lukewarm water ever

i will say, it can't be used with hot beverages, which works fine for me since i only put water in it.

relevant info: it's $30 (USD) for the 24oz size, i am mod/severe for reference as far as me/cfs goes, and it also doesn't trigger my sensory issues

anyways, hydration is hard with me/cfs and honestly probably a ton of other conditions and anytime i find something that helps with ADLs i'll reblog this post and share when i get a chance :)

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Sometimes I'm reminded how dumb Americans are

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I don't think my body realizes how healthy my labs say I am

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ever since i was a child ive had a headache

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my pain has been sooooooooooooooo much worse since i started my new job. Something Is Going On

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it’s crazy how hard people go to bat for cars. like are you in traffic on your way home going “wow i’m so glad this takes active energy and focus, rather than being an environment where i can read or think or play on my phone”

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I humbly suggest that true crime freaks should get into learning about scammers instead of serial killers. I LOVE reading about fraud and grifts and pyramid schemes. true crime ppl have all this paranoid energy about murder, which is rare in the grand scheme of things.....maybe instead that could be channeled into some productive rage toward capitalism.