May 2012
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felis corvus: Tips for the burping-impaired? →
feliscorvus:
So, I’ve never been able to burp on purpose. I am fascinated that so many people can. It’s like whatever muscles or parts in the body people generally use to produce a voluntary belch aren’t even present in my body map. I mean obviously I can feel that I have a mouth and throat and all that, but…
As I’ve said before, the way I learned to burp in situations like that...
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So I qualify for food stamps and fuel assistance.
Which is great.
But.
They won’t tell me how much money that is until I get my mail.
Which given that food stamps is anywhere from nothing to $200, is kind of an important detail to leave out and I’ll be freaking out until I know how much it is.
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“fuck your traditions” patch. Horrible job with the dental floss and sewing. i love my ass. http://scumxpresser.tumblr.com/
Only white people…
I can’t stand that. I always get told that if I got really sick when I was vegan then I was “doing it...
Not Your Inspiration: gimpunk: a-bayani: anyone... →
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a-bayani:
anyone else on tumblr have a sitting disability? or can you connect me with a friend who does? how do you cope / deal with daily life stuff? message me?
(my doctor says i shouldn’t sit for more than half an hour at most, and i generally can’t manage more than 5…
I haven’t been formally diagnosed with this, and had never heard of the term, but I’m unable...
A public service announcement
codeman38:
Because I’ve seen several people do this within the past week or so…
If you’re going to reblog one of those rapidly constantly flashing “drag this image to see what random fate awaits you!” things…
The random fate that awaits many is migraines or seizures. And that’s without having to click or drag.
Please. Tag these sorts of things “epilepsy warning” if you reblog them.
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Please help me figure out the song title and...
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I'm trying to write a post.
But I can’t because my breathing is distracting. I can’t describe or pinpoint it. I only know it is familiar and not good. My oxygen level is 95, which is not great but not bad enough to see someone about at night without something more serious attached. So I’m writing this post instead of what I want to write. I wish there was a wider vocabulary for fucked up lung sensations. My...
felis corvus: I won't dignify it with a link,... →
feliscorvus:
…I randomly just came across a blog article where the author was saying something like “children generally like cats, but since cats often don’t like children, it’s fine to have a cat declawed so the children won’t get hurt. Oh and without claws the cat is more likely to focus on acting cute and…
Agreed. And the part about making cats sweet isn’t even that true. They...
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crankyskirt:
Love this whole thing, right down to the tags.
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If my mother ever invokes “What made America great” again and cannot provide me with the damn time period she’s talking about or some evidence of why that period was so damn great, I will…
I always suspected something like this but I can’t hold my own in arguments on this topic. Especially...
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Fey is making grumbly cat sigh sounds.
And if I scritch her head she makes more of them.
She’s stretched out in a U shape and looks happy and lazy.
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Just got my violin out for a few minutes, earlier...
I’ve been avoiding it to give my hands time to heal from playing too much. And I knew I wouldn’t be able to play long today. Both because I’m still pretty sick and because the callus on one finger peeled off and it’s tender. But I wanted to try a little.
It for some reason felt weird to be holding it. (Maybe because the last time I used it was before one of those...
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OMFG this is exhausting.
I just had a bit of a meltdown due to being blindsided by a staff person’s comment in the middle of an intense discussion about disability oppression. And my body does not handle adrenaline well anymore. I feel like I’ve been jogging.
Fortunately he got the idea. But basically being this person’s sole guide into the world of disability politics is really intense and exhausting...
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Reason #53767 that fat hatred is not about our...
I eat pretty healthy food for the most part, other than at the end of the month when I can’t afford it. (Subs are always surprised when they see all the veggies I eat.) But there’s one junk food I eat a little too much of at times, that I’m interested in cutting down on because of a family history of high cholesterol (including on one side of the family, so high that it...
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That Deaf Guy - a webcomic on being Deaf →
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What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide To The Senses →
A book that just came out and became available for Kindle today. Covers a lot of the stuff I talked about before in my post about plant senses, and more. And like that link it appears legit and not fluffy (in the introduction it even goes into why it is totally unlike The Secret Life of Plants). So happy that I learned I already made one of my payments, so money isn’t too tight to get this...
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Okay now posts are randomly appearing and...
Tumblr, stop it!!!!
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What the fuck is wrong with my dashboard?
It’s not showing new posts. I’m on an iPad. It doesn’t work in Safari or Opera. It doesn’t work in tumblr plus. This is starting to royally piss me off. I can only see new posts of mine or anyone else’s if I go to their blogs separately. Tumblr please fix this!!!!!
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Please if anyone can see this can you reblog or...
My posts aren’t appearing on my dash.
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I've been watching Sabine on Netflix.
I am finding it really difficult.
It’s a documentary type thing so it’s all real as far as I know.
Part of it is the comparisons. They intersperse footage of her from when she was younger and passed at least somewhat better, and from now. She lost some abilities and gained a lot of weight. And I keep thinking how much I hate when people hold me up against who they think I used to...
Out Of The Caverns Of Num-Yabisc: Free and open... →
alexandraerin:
Capitalism as an ideal—that is, the great competitive utopia where hard work or clever innovation always results in success and success is always the result of hard work or clever innovation and people are entitled to the sweat of their brows and the invisible hand of the free…
The problem I have with even “ideal, utopian” capitalism is that it bases itself so...
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Yay!
Antibiotics. Yay. The doctor liked my phlegm photos. She agreed it looked nasty. Everything went smoothly. So now azithromycin. Which tastes gross but is so much better than waiting for pneumonia to set in.
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I am realizing how far I've come in terms of...
That last sub threw me back to a much earlier time in my receiving adult DD services. When them sending her with the amount of preparation she had would have been a step up from normal.
And yes she did eventually work out where I was, that my vocalizations aren’t random, and that the proper response to my synthesized speech was not to ignore it. It just took awhile. And it was a long...
*URGENT* NEED COUCH - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
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URGENT!
Two mixed trans kids, one with a disability, seeking a place to stay temporarily while they search for more permanent housing. Needs a bed or couch because of the disability.
Shower and fridge to use would be great, but safe place to sleep is the #1 priority right now.
Please contact my ask box to get in touch with me. This is very, very...
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draws with pens: allies-person: John Elder Robinson on Autism and Sexual…
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John Elder Robinson on Autism and Sexual Orientation
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Thoughts, anyone?
I have yet to see JER say anything that isn’t full…
You might be amused to learn that the reason this woman thinks fat people are a sensory issue is...
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Am I just really weird?
I really don’t seem to see myself the way most people around me see themselves. And I don’t know how much of how the people around me see themselves, is a human thing, or a cultural thing, or a neurological thing, or what. And for the purposes of this discussion I’m talking about within my body at the present because I don’t want to even try to explain how I think...
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OMFG. New new new sub with way too little...
They just sent me a sub who doesn’t even know I communicate by typing into a device that talks or that when I yell repeatedly for her in a tone that’s usually obvious to people as beckoning, I am not just making random noises. Or that I am in the bed. This is going to be a long long shift. They weren’t kidding when they said they didn’t know who to send.
The Plural of Medium... Is Media →
And media is how people express and communicate. Your voice is a medium, writing is a medium, art and video and… Yes, even poking someone repeatedly or jumping up and down or twitching your eyes in a pattern can be using a medium- your body- to communicate.
Everyone can use some sort of media. Before I get protests, I’m including pushing away unwanted things, fecal smearing, and tiny behaviors...
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I wish I'd had a video camera back then.
My dad and I were sitting in the backyard next to our house. There were a bunch of redwood branches that were about a foot away from the roof.
A mother squirrel and her baby came up to the gap. She began showing hir how to jump across the gap. She started slowly. Jumping back and forth to give hir the idea. Then she began nudging hir forward with her nose. But the baby squirrel wouldn’t...
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In more pleasant news.
Fey has been sticking close to me ever since I barely noticed I was getting sick. She sits by my feet or by my head, or nuzzles my legs. She purrs audibly, which is unusual for her. Some scientists think the cat’s purr is why they heal faster than expected, and recover from injuries that “should” kill them. I don’t know if that works on bugs or just bones, but it certainly...
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Why I take photos of disgusting bodily functions.
The cold is still getting better. The infection is still getting worse. Like now I’ve got what sounds like a smoker’s cough, and you don’t want to know what I’m coughing up. And this is a head cold.
I get grossed out just taking photos for the doctor. Why photos? Because I’ve learned with unfamiliar doctors, that if they can’t visually see what’s...