Nomination emails have officially gone out to everyone! You can vote for your favorite creators for the Disabled Creators Awards via this link: forms.gle/6R3k9XEu26tY... Congrats to all of the nominees! Voting closes 11:59 Eastern Time on December 15th, 2025.

Alice's work at Teen Vogue: www.teenvogue.com/contributor/... (I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)

you can critique and make jokes about marginalized people without making it about their marginalized identity/(ies) it's just that a lot of y'all don't know how to do that because you think marginalized ppl make mistakes or are bad at things because of what you've been taught to believe about them

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

I am heartbroken to lose yet another person that helped me be the person I am today. When I was struggling immensely about 4 years ago, Alice Wong commissioned me to make a "Suck It Ableism" pin. I'll never forget her kindness and understanding. And the opportunity to work with her.

Gray tabby emotes for @kamianya.bsky.social! 🐈 This was a reward for a mutual aid streamathon awhile ago - took me some time, but I'm glad I got to draw these cuties based off of Kami's own kitty! Looking for stream assets for yourself or a friend? Email in bio~ #BSNM #CommsOpen #Art #EmoteArtist

Sitting and cutting holes in my masks right now. It feels so weird! But that’s what’s needed for the sip valves, so 🤷🏻‍♀️

today, a federal judge ordered the release of 615 people wrongfully abducted by ICE / CBP from june to october (yay!). as if they haven't already been through enough trauma and violence, they each still have to pay a $1500 bond (aka ransom & extortion) (boo!). donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:

Yay for being able to drink water at PT without taking off my mask!

Reminder to use alt text for your screenshots! So often important info is shared without it, so let’s make sure we do our part for accessibility!

All this to say, we already don’t have enough support for disabled people in the US. And things are going to keep getting worse. Mutual aid, community care, social networks, etc are going to be increasingly necessary. Don’t forget us. And wear your freaking masks. 9/9

People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed That they should “try harder” The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around

it’s important to have BIPOC-forward disabled spaces because of intersectionality. we need to protect the multiply-marginalized even when we are facing marginalization as well.

Reminder that there really isn’t a safety net when you become disabled. Managed to do what I needed to confirm that I have enough work history to qualify for SSDI (assuming I can fit the requirements for disabled, which is a big question mark) and how much I would get… 1/

I’ve realized it’s time for me to start looking into SSDI, I’m not going to be able to get a job any time soon. My energy is too unreliable. But I have no clue if I actually count as disabled enough based on the website, and also am concerned about the near future of SSI/SSDI anyways…

Reminder to use alt text for your screenshots! So often important info is shared without it, so let’s make sure we do our part for accessibility!

I don't think enough people realize that for many folks on disability they cannot risk having over a VERY low cap of money/property or they will lose their benefits nearly immediately It often prevents folks from marrying as well it's ludicrous

There is a prevalent belief in much of America that should you become disabled there are all these safety nets and assistance programs. This is part of why many people believe that there are lots of people abusing the system, rather than actively trying to get better. This is extremely not true.

So grateful for my friend who bought these in bulk for his Covid conscious group. So grateful to have friends here who are actively as careful as I am, both for our own sakes and for the sake of our community. This shouldn’t be so rare. (If anyone if the NY capital region wants info, DM me)

With the issues with SNAP, I’ve seen a lot of “just get a job!” For anyone like that, try this on for size: 1/8

Being on ADHD meds while also having fatigue is so weird, as the meds kinda do double duty. So it’s great that it helps my fatigue a little, but it takes away from helping my ADHD. So it kinda does a half job for both?

Grabbing food on my way home from a Covid cautious event, complete with sip valves in a bunch of my masks. I can’t put into words the feeling of just hanging out and meeting a whole group of people masking. It felt so safe.

Hey y'all, Link says what up and wanted to pass along a few resources in DC and Tampa, FL where you can donate funds or your time, a thread. First is Potter's House:

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

To all the people staying silent in the face of 40 million Americans losing SNAP… shame on you. Speak up Being poor, disabled or homeless is not a moral failing These are minority groups you can join any time It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of We need support & solidarity

We should feed everyone We should provide healthcare to everyone We should shelter everyone We should not harm anyone These should be basic tenets of a society. Not controversial statements

“Convenience” foods aka chopped, partially prepared, fresh frozen type foods are extremely helpful when you’re disabled. (It literally saves me from physical pain to spend less time on my feet.) But because these are considered a convenience instead of accessibility, they are outrageously upsold.

This refers to SSI benefits and their enforced poverty limits. SSDI does not have the same restrictions. It's a double standard. I was able to work for about 20 years, so I get SSDI. If you were always too disabled to work, you get SSI. It's unjust.

This was worse then you could possibly imagine. Holy fucking shit. Holy shit.

Another financial thing about disability, for those of you who are abled and don’t know: If you’re able to get disability (which is not an easy thing to do), you get under 1K a month, and if you end up with over 2K in your savings, you lose disability. So you can’t save up at all.

Quick reminder: It’s expensive to be disabled. Premade & prepackaged food is always more expensive, but disability can make it impossible to cook regularly/meal prep properly. Co-pays and medication costs add up very quickly. Items to make your living space accessible can get pricey. And so on.

With the issues with SNAP, I’ve seen a lot of “just get a job!” For anyone like that, try this on for size: 1/8

Oh hey, it’s ace week! If any of you don’t know, I’m grey aro ace (quoiromantic, lithosexual, and aegosexual). I currently have a wonderful partner of 8 years ans an amazing queer platonic partner of 3 years. I’m actually working on plans to visit my qpp for the first time, I’m super excited.

When I wrote this, I had just been reminded of EvaNox, and the grief just hit me in the face… But as someone chronically ill and disabled, we also grieve our health, the plans we had, the hobbies we did, the life we were leading and expected. That grief is also so real. 1/ #NEISVoid

Grief is a funny thing. Sometimes the grief doesn't hit as hard after time passes. Sometimes it hits exactly as hard as the first time, but just less often. And the things that can spark it can be so unexpected...

Well, insomnia has definitely struck, no energy to set up for a first stream in this place. Probably wouldn’t have been able to do it even if things were all set up. I miss streaming so much, but fatigue and chronic pain just absolutely deplete spoons. Working on my health still, at least.

Whether I stream tomorrow probably relies on the amount of sleep I get tonight. I know I’ll be playing Hades 2 if I do stream, I’m in love. But it def depends on my energy levels

I have so been there. I think the biggest mental shift for me was when I stopped thinking of trying to glue myself back together in the shape I was, and started thinking of myself as kintsugi. Something new from the pieces, but still beautiful.

I forgot to refill my meds so: ✨ IF YOU NEED A MEDS REFILL THIS IS YOUR REMINDER TO GET ON THAT AND DO IT BEFORE YOU RUN OUT ✨

Last night was rough for me mentally. Doing better today, though the resultant lack of sleep is making my emergency walk-in dental this morning extra rough. I guess it’s a good reminder for me that my mental health is also a chronic thing, and that’s okay. But I should find a therapist here.

A thing about chronic health issues: It doesn’t matter how intelligent, educated, skilled, talented, etc, you are. When your body stops letting you do the things, there’s only so much you can do to fight it. It doesn’t matter how sharp your brain is if fatigue won’t let you access it. #NEISVoid

How does tooth pain manage to be so much worse than nearly any other? I guess it doesn’t help that it triggers my migraines. Here’s hoping I can get a dentist visit quickly. Seriously, it used to be I fix one thing in my body, the next shows up. Apparently now it’s all at once. Wheeeeee

Going live with music composition. It's for a chiptune writing assignment, but I've gotten special permission to use chipsynth SFC. Using one of my favorite Mega Man X2 songs as a reference. It's going to be a pretty quiet and relaxing night, so come on by if you want a place to chill or cowork

I am returning with a fundraising stream in a week! If I’m feeling properly up to it, I’ll be doing a test stream this Sunday, making sure everything works in this new place and just getting back into the swing of things. Fingers crossed, I miss streaming and miss you all.

The one good thing about being immunocompromised and having to basically isolate and be extra careful and make sure everywhere is that I haven’t truly been sick for a long time. So I don’t remember if colds were always this bad. But wow, this is so much more miserable than I’ve been in ages.

If you're comfortable, & you have everything you need taken care of with a little extra, you don't have to give to mutual aid, but why wouldn't you? The hoarding mindset is capitalist. You can easily be part of the community that supports real life vulnerable folks. We're all we got. You gon learn.

Jewish holidays almost over, hoping dearly that I’ll be able to continue resting & actually come back properly. Chronic pain is exhausting, & really takes over every part of your life. Especially when you really can’t avoid using the injured parts. Also still trying to complete my new care team.

I am wishing all abusers a very please stop coming back nobody wants you in these spaces

I did not want to ever have to touch on this again, it’s honestly really painful. My best streamer friend was all a front & never the person I thought he was, and it destroyed a community I cared about. But it’s far worse for the people he painted as abusers, when it was truly Ci.

Not to beat a dead horse but Ci's back on Twitch in case anybody wants to ban/block him preemptively. I was looking at my blocked users on Steam and saw he'd changed his name to his new Twitch url. I wouldn't make a fuss, just block/ban and move on. www.twitch.tv/so_un_ci_vil...