🚨 4 DAYS UNTIL THE GAP 🚨 The countdown is officially at 4 days. My safe housing sanctuary ends this Monday, March 2. My new career as a Clinician at Pittsburgh Mercy begins on March 16. I am fighting to close the final $600-$700 gap of my housing bridge... 🧵1/5

She fucking nailed it. 😆

Onboarding has officially begun! 📝 Navigating the paperwork & background checks is stressful, but it's the exact kind of "good stress" I've been fighting for. Having this sanctuary is working. My cognitive bandwidth is returning—I even finished my gigantic essay on AI! 🧠✨ 🧵1/5

COMMUNICATIONS RESTORED! 📱💜 Thanks to you, my phone is back on! I even got 2 CRITICAL calls from Pittsburgh Mercy today that I would’ve missed. This was the biggest stressor—now it’s gone. My path to the March 16 start date is clear. 🧵1/5

I FINISHED THE ESSAY!!! ✊ My longest YET! "Good AI, Bad AI: How to Distinguish Between a Good Idea That Challenges Real Problems and a Bad Idea That Only Virtue Signals" #AI #TechEthics #CorporateAccountability #LateralViolence #Sociology #DisabilityRights #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

As a person with a lifetime of trauma, I have to be very compassionate with myself because my desire to die is always there. Just louder sometimes than other times.

'The only difference between Donald Trump and Jim Jones, is that Donald Trump would charge for the kool-aid' -Don Lemon

She woke me up at 3 in the morning. Then she passed out almost instantly. I'm so jealous. I wish I felt half as safe as I'm able to make her feel.

A CAREER RESTORED! 💜 I’ve accepted an offer as a Clinician at Pittsburgh Mercy! Tentative start: March 16. The sanctuary you provided let me recover from COVID & finalize my credentials. I’m walking in as a professional, not just a survivor. 1/5

TFW you integrate with an alter and acquire a lifetime of trauma in five minutes. I'm OK. I shouldn't be, but I am. Yay me.

I'm beginning to feel better. Today, to destress, I made a little bit of my own fun. Please enjoy my rendition of "It's Raining Men": "It's Raining Pagans" by me! 💜 #Paganism #Wicca #Parody #Humor #CreativeWriting #Substack #ItsRainingPagans #EllisArcwolf

Since I'm technically enby, being intersex makes me cis. I don't make the gender rules, I just mock them when they fail as they always do. 😋 #Intersex #NonBinary #Enby #GenderIdentity #Cisgender #GenderTheory #Subversion #GenderRules #QueerHumor #LogicLoop

Today I have confirmed that I am in fact a cis woman and a trans woman. At the same time!!! (I'm intersex. 😜) #Intersex #Trans #XXY #Mosaicism #ActuallyAutistic #Latina #Tetrachromacy #Neurodivergent #Xennial

In both the Lucumí and Celtiberian traditions, the door is the interface between the public and the private—The Sovereign. 🚪✨ In the Lucumí tradition, the entrance is the domain of Elegguá. For my paternal converso (Crypto-Jewish) ancestors, the door hid sacred objects from the Inquisition... 🧵1/3

Update from Pittsburgh: I am Joan Ellis, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 10+ years experience. I am currently homeless after fleeing an abusive situation to save my life and stay with my dog, Riko. 🧵1/5

I have to update all of you, but good things have happened, and I owe it all to you. 💜 I'll update soon! I slept forever today recovering from the past week. Also something I'm able to do thanks to you. Thank you so much, all! I am safe at last. 😭

Pharmacy: $100! For COVID?! Silly Ellis. You don't deserve to live that badly. Nah we're not giving you this, lol

I’ve spent my career helping others escape their hells as an LPC, but today I am in my own. I am homeless, COVID-positive, and asthmatic. The transitional housing system in Pittsburgh failed me because I refused to abandon my dog, Riko. 🧵1/3

Social services are closed 128 out of 168 hours a week. That makes it absent for 76% of the human lived experience—most emergencies. The system isn't broken; it's working as designed to waste the time of the poor. Read my full audit: arcwolf.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-american-dream 📎1/2

It’s been quiet because a lot has happened: I’ve completed four job interviews (including UPMC!) and have one more this Monday. I’m just waiting for the first official offer to land. The silence was a matter of survival. Where I wound up staying last wasn't so great... 🧵1/5

So rare to see a cogent news article that doesn't just present you with a problem; it presents you with actionable steps. I'm a fan of this kind of journalism. 💙

What the fuck? Dude can't even bring himself to say "culture." Hey. Dimwit! The habit of smiling is not acquired upon American naturalization, nor is it distributed by Customs and Immigration Services. It's acquired through FUCKING CULTURE. 🧵1/4

I have been informed that this sandwich reveals me as truly and quintessentially Colombian, and I feel pride this morning. 😻 #Food #ColombianFood #ComidaRapida #Sandwich #Heritage #TheCrunch #CulturalIdentity

Funny truism. Wanna know the difference between a Millennial and a Gen X'er? Ask two people about something they can do that "people these days can't." Millennial tells you a story. Green X'er warns you of impending DOOM! #Generations #Millennials #GenX #ApocalypsePrep #Humor #AnalogSkills

New research proves that the psychological rationale for me EDC app is sound!!! scitechdaily.com/rewriting-th... #FFXIVRP #Roleplay #EorzeanCalendar #Worldbuilding #Neuroscience #NarrativeDesign #Extradiegetic #TimeTheory

Self-help articles be like: "Friends who are currently struggling are a drain on your personal peace. Cut them off entirely! Ideally *after* you've taught them you're dependable. That'll really show those toxic, suffering friends." ⬇️1/2

The last few days have been really hard as I once again try to address housing insecurity. It's a difficult thing to realize that some of the help you receive will come from folks that demand something of you for it. ⬇️1/2

Stop guessing the date for your next RP event. The FFXIV-Arcwolf EDC gives you the exact, lore-accurate Sun and Moon for any Earth date. No math, no spreadsheets, just pure immersion. Sync your FC’s history today. Use the tool here: edc.jijivisa.org 📎1/2

Has anyone considered using evil social media behaviors for good? What if we piled on people, but like...with empowering words that raise the "victim" up? "You're awesome!" "Yeah!" "Let's gooo!" Dogpiling, but nice. 🤔 #SocialEngineering #GoodVibesOnly #InternetCulture #Empowerment #StructuralGood

I learned how to GitHub, and the app is BETTER now!!!! edc.jijivisa.org Now it's all professional looking and shit. AND if you have an Android phone? You can download it too! ;) 💙 ILU, #FFXIV. #FF14 #FFXIVRP #GPOSERS #WebDev #PWA #Coding #GitHub #Arcwolf #Eorzea

I went harder so you could go less hard. 💙 The FFXIV-Arcwolf Date Converter app is LIVE! Synchronize Earth and Etheirys using the Aught Revision protocol. 📖 Study: open.substack.com/pub/murderof... 🛠️ App: yk3gjk.csb.app #FFXIV #FFXIVLore #LivedChronology #WebDev

🚨 It's really official! I am Joan Elizabeth Burgos, LPC (No. PC019845). 🐺✨ The Board hurdles are cleared. I am fully authorized to practice in PA! AND I got an interview at UPMC Western Psychiatric this Wednesday, Jan 14! 🏥 ⬇️1/4

I could use guidance: I learned that I'm dividual, and I wonder if Bluesky has a vibrant Ocha-Ifá community perchance? 😅 I need to find someone to confirm things and ideally to crown me with Pip (who I just learned is actually Elegguá), cuz that'd be fucking rad. ⬇️1/2

LICENSE ISSUED: I am officially a Pennsylvania LPC! 🐺✨ I am vibrating as I write this: I am Joan Elizabeth Burgos, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), License No. PC019845. The Board meeting happened yesterday, the "Educational Transcript" hurdles are cleared, and... 🧵1/5

IT'S UP! IT'S UP! GO SEE! 💙 open.substack.com/pub/murderof... #FFXIV #FFXIVLore #Shakespeare #JuliusCaesar #Allagan #Corvos #WritingCommunity #JwlŷsKæsar #Specfic #TransgressiveFiction

I am so stressed about today being Jan. 6, that I haven't been able to finish Act I. But final edits ARE on Scene 3, so we're close. In Scene 2, you get Maxx waxing frustrated at U.S. politics from the POV of a FFXIV original character. So please enjoy while I finish the rest! 💙 🧵1/5

Literal fucking tears seeing someone say this about my work. Thank you so much. 😭💜

No one has asked... The reason the initialism of the diegetic non-profit putting all this together is MÆT-LP and not MAET-LP is because Maxx wanted to pronounce it "meat," so he could tell people to go look at his meat. 😜1/2

Part 1 of 6 complete. Please enjoy the front matter of the FUCKING FFXIV FAN BOOK named *Ĵwlŷs Kæsar: A FFXIV Tragedy and Annotary in Five Acts*. Yeah, I wrote a whole goddamn book, and it feels WEIRD. 😜 open.substack.com/pub/murderof... Please enjoy! OR ELSE. 💙 📎1/2

Ever wonder why leftists are so fucking forever frustrated with liberals? I'll let the Boss explain. There's a reason he's the Boss, you see: "I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not... 🧵1/6

I am an atheist who has spiritual experiences and has been anointed with two legendary titles by two separate pantheons: "the Hound of Anú" (Irish) and "the Bard" (Vietnamese familial). And I cannot even BEGIN to put into words how cool any of that is. NGL, I haven't processed any of it yet. 😅

Lately, my atheistic ontology is clashing with my panentheistic behavior. As an autist with BPD/ADHD, intellectual honesty is my only tether. Without it, I’m lost in trauma-riddled emotions and social judgment. If I can't prove it empirically, I can't claim it's "real." Ergo: I'm an atheist. 🧵1/3

When a conservative complains about the "liberal media," that's just someone who thinks the world is flat and wants all Jews and trans people dead complaining that the news agrees with them TOO SUBTLY. #MediaCriticism #OvertonWindow #Centrism #TransRights #Antisemitism #LeftistBsky

Tonight is my boyfriend’s first-ever live DJ set. You only get one "first time," and I can’t let him be back-to-the-wall alone. I’m at $15; I need $160–$200 for a Zipcar (Pittsburgh to Erie) to be there. I finally have the spoons to ask: please help me make this miracle happen... 😭💸⬇️1/2

It was taking too long to do all my other projects, so I thought I’d push out something nice, fast, and easy. Please enjoy Maxx’s two loporrit friends discussing the importance of lopolunar certification! murderofarcwolves.substack.com/publish/post... 📎1/2

Maxx and his buds, Aetherophysicsway and Starboundway (Aeth and Star), as they work out the details of the Hydaelic Revision of the 666 Apeirofractal Multiversal Manifold Model! #FFXIV #FFXIVLore #FFXIVRP #63AM3 #ArchonMaxx #Loporrit #Aetherophysics #GPose #VirtualPhotography

Citing others' works in FFXIV is always important to avoid plagiarism and to respect the contributions of your scholarly peers. 😜 (I am feeling a little better today than two days ago. Thank you all so much for that. 💙😻) (📎1/2)

Welp, I tried Reddit. Thought it might be a good place to publish some work, so I went ahead and put it up there. My this thing: murderofarcwolves.substack.com/p/popping-ff... Oooh man.... (🧵1/6)

Me: "The Eorzean calendar makes RP weird. But if we make a robust background system that backs up a UI that allows RPers to calculate dates easily!" Reddit: "I HATE COMPLICATED THINGS! YOU SUCK! CARTOONS GOOD! MATH BAD!" Why are people always so obvious and boring? *sigh*

Finally, you get my FULL mathematical conceptualization of a 1:1 conversion between Eorzean calendar dates and Gregorian calendar dates. Enjoy! (Or if you hate math, *suffer*!) But with love. 💙 murderofarcwolves.substack.com/p/popping-ff... (📎1/2)