The Care Quality Commission said in its annual...report that the health and social care system remained 'fragmented and under severe strain'. 'Disabled people had told them how they had been 'left to sit or lie in soiled or wet clothing for hours while waiting for their care worker to arrive'.

About that EF5 tornado drought... it, um, well, ended. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/w...

I have only fragmentary knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin star peoples, of their language, their culture, and their stories, as well as some limited knowledge of a few other national groups on our shared #turtleisland. I always felt it important to know more about the peoples these lands belong to.

A little over 2 decades ago I went on a form of Hanblecheyapi and came back with a vision of the future of America if nothing changes. I made and wrote about 3 predictions at the time, and it had much to do with my choice to soon collaborate with Russell Means near the end of his life. 1/?

@lovekat41.bsky.social check this out

So many claim gun ownership is necessary to protect people from the government. The deep irony is the US, by far, is the most heavily armed population in the world, and yet are also the least likely to actually resort to firearms politically, well, except for right wing terrorists.

Trump is exactly what he is. The real horror story is how many people willingly serve such a person. How many willingly voted for him. No, blaming Trump rejects the idea that America failed, not just him. The good kind fallacy at play when it's really about multitudes of horrible people.

@chinaspace.bsky.social My favorite cautionary tale of what happens when one is late and / or rushes things... or you have a space project ran by an asshole. youtu.be/4hZ5Ep06TTk

My art

What do both #Nigeria and #Venezuela have in common? Oil not under US control...

Nuclear tests? Attacking fishing boats with a navy? Starving poor people? Hmm, I thought this was just a parody... youtu.be/_cG7ZVBXQII

The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because it required them to renounce all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

Windows 11: "We noticed you turned off some of our features! Don't worry! We turned them back on!" Me: "No, what? Why wou --- " Windows 11: "Than you! Enjoy never knowing if this'll be the update that bricks your laptop while we prepare another one!" This is how I experience every update.

The local community college wants to offer me free classes. Culinary where they put a knife in a #blind mans hands. Driving. Backyard astronomy, Og come on. I suppose I should appreciate they are trying. How about language classes?? No, just English. Sigh.

Only a monster would work on #X11 these days. After finding mouse motion broken in #icewm, I had started on doing a new accessible workstation around #fluxbox, which is kind of the #vim of window managers... It's all pretty monstrous.

Now I am impressed. #Oracle managed to take something that used to have a rather good, adaptable, accessible friendly Ui, and turn it into something virtually unusable. #VirtualBox is dead to me. #crapware

THE PARTY OF PEDOPHILES ANYTHING TO PROTECT THE PERVERTS

WHICH FEMALE IN THE DICKTATOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS THIS MEME REFERRING TO??? LET'S SEE WHO GETS IT RIGHT.. I'LL START...KKKAROLYIN

I hear there is a hurricane in the #Caribbean, but the National #Hurricane Center's accessibility support now seems broken so I cannot read information about it, and private services like #AccuWeather are completely un-navigable to me. #Accessibility FU #America.

Yup.

Not much of a surprise at all.

Around 100,000 years ago Neanderthals taught us animism and by 50,000 years ago we invented totemism. By 30,000 years ago we invented shamanism. 12,000 years ago we invented sky gods and paganism. Religion has at all times been a cultural product and moved in cultural migrations.

I was born Intersex and had unnecessary surgery without my consent and was never even told I was Intersex. My body my choice.

~ Bishop Talbert Swan

The elder gods felt fear, their tentacles aquiver, they sense the Pastafarian is near. Founded as an order of combat monks by Macro Polo, the colander is not just fancy haberdashery, now out smooth in his hands. He trained all his life for this, the ritual of calamari. #microfiction #shortfiction

When dressing up as a Nazi for Halloween is even remotely acceptable then you know as a country we have lost the plot. We can never normalize this:

#GnomonPress "Exoplanetary Lego Weapons" Is rogue mathematician Anarchimedes constructing a LEGO-based doomsday weapon in space?

If Clinton came to be identified as the "first member", then I guess Trump will be remembered as being the "first hemorrhoid"

🗺️ This is for everyone who has a #government that does horrible things in their name, who voted for a campaign promise but got nothing or the opposite, who has been disappointed repeatedly, who feels unheard, or who never even got a chance to vote at all! #Politics #Design #CC0 Madeindex.org 1/2

"Hairspray, the motion picture", starring William Shatner @gnomonchronicles.bsky.social youtu.be/oeCDnCcwfwU

When #blind you come to realize just how important touch is and yet how utterly useless touchscreens are. Yet designers now do flat "interface" surfaces everywhere because it "looks cool". Microwave ovens and appliances are a prime example.

USA 2025... ✌️

I wasn't even fishing and I caught one lol. I blamed @counseloroh.bsky.social simply because I sometimes check by connections in common when someone out of nowhere wants to follow. Well groomed timelines can look very convincing, too.

"asiangirlsofLinkedIn" on here with clever timelines and dumb dm's wanting a blind guy to show her "around" #OMG so funny! On a payrolle, but whos? If #China they needn't have gone thru the trouble, would have been amused to have a real discussion. I blame @counseloroh.bsky.social somehow ;)

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Jose Ochoa, a U.S. Citizen and Portlander, was apprehended by ICE this morning and remains incarcerated awaiting a hearing on Monday. As you march on Saturday, consider supporting Jose's family who are facing a challenging legal battle to restore his freedom in federal court. gofund.me/227e50344

Now this is journalism

NASA ammpimced hydrocarbons were found on mars! The presidential advisor was excited, "Carl Sagan once said, where there is life, there is oil!" The order was given, the Musk rockets loaded up with Space Force troopers. Operation Mars Freedom was a go! #shortfiction #microfiction #writing

This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQ+

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help! Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

50% of the American economy depends on the most perverted man you know asking a computer to create a hentai Grapes of Wrath

Reaching relativistic speeds one parsec out the crew saw multiple outcomes of 3d time unfold before their eyes. One saw a timeline where they end up in a big orgy and pushed the rest in. For decades theorists debated whether causality was also violated. #shortfiction #microfiction