Has anyone got a recommendation for cream to soothe the corners of eyes which are dry and cracked? Not from infection, just crying. So many creams say not to use near eyes but eye creams aren't helping much.

I can't breathe. Alice. No.

I have so many videos to make and I cannot be fucked putting on makeup and doing my hair. Sigh. I also need to go through the last few fash videos to get clips but they're HOURS of loud noise and dickheads.

I do not know how I'm going to survive the next few months. Experience tells me I will. I just don't know how.

Not only is it "I read books, actually", it's Blinkist, which boils down books into 18 minute audio summaries

Going to have to take a week off from the counterprotests I think - I'm in so much pain and my visible spent most of the afternoon beeping at me. For reference, I'm not supposed to go over 13 points.

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in the UK. Today I stood across from a Hitler-loving Nazi and his friends who insisted they're the ones who care about our war dead. They think poppies and services is what it means to honour them. Fetishising symbols while ignoring the reality of war betrays them.

People's fundamental inability to comprehend large numbers is killing us all. It's bad enough with millions vs billions, but a trillion is so far beyond understanding. No person should ever control that amount of resources. It is quite literally unthinkable.

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

Musk to get a one trillion dollar pay package. The man who almost single handedly caused the death of 600,000 people will become even richer He’s killed children & the most vulnerable He dismantled one of the most successful aid programs in the world He bought an election & installed a fascist

One of the things I love about him is how he speaks plainly & names the problem: “we don’t have any interest from the top.” In an age of toxic positivity, which is sprayed upon disabled folks like a firehouse, it’s nice to have someone simply state what the issue is: ppl in charge don’t care.

This is disability visibility. Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist. He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them. 1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters. Don’t ignore us!

Having watched a lot of the Traitors from other countries, the reason this #CelebrityTraitors works so much better is because they are actual celebrities from a range of disciplines rather than being exclusively taken from other reality shows.

Unparalleled TV #CelebrityTraitors

Joe Marler vs Gravity <3 #CelebrityTraitors

This genuinely made me weepy - I guess it's easier when the money isn't something you need for yourself, but it was lovely. #CelebrityTraitors

Well that was a very satisfying rollercoaster #CelebrityTraitors

This is deeply disappointing from Starmer. The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯 How embarrassing for the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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My bones are Very Unhappy with this sudden warmth again. Aside from the icky sticky feeling, the rapid barometric change makes everything ache.

Look, I love fireworks. I think they're beautiful and they fill me with joy and I love the feeling of the crackles in my chest. And yes, I think banning them except for strictly regulated public displays is probably a good thing because my enjoying something isn't a good reason for the harm done.

The 'we hate participation trophy' people really fucking love participation trophies. (yes, I know they always did because it was always them demanding them, not the kids)

Every update from the Washington police court case against the guy who threw a sandwich at a cop is funnier than the last. I’m praying the guy gets acquitted and then sues the police so the comedy can continue 😃

Omg 😂

Aberdeen is doing its usual - if it's a day or night when we're supposed to watch things in the sky, the haar comes. Fireworks through the glowing silver mist might be eerily beautiful anyway, but I wish they were silent. We'll be inside with the kitties, keeping them as calm as we can.

live view from cuomo hq

JFC. This is about the smoothest and coldest burn I have ever heard. Off the top rope.

This is the understanding we all need to make because traditional politics is utterly failing us #cdnpoli

God I forgot what this feels like ❤️

May tonight mark the beginning of the end for sexual abusers, rapists and all those cowards who protect them. Get them out of politics. Get them out of positions of power. Put them behind bars where they belong.

Kind of proves my theory that swing voters don’t really exist. It’s more like a newtons cradle, the centre stays the same it’s engagement/disengagement of the wings that change elections

One struggle; one fight.

The money spent trying to quash Mamdani & prop up Cuomo could have fed millions of hungry Americans It could have provided healthcare. It could have provided social supports Instead the billionaire elite spent it trying to defeat a politician who knew what the people wanted And it cost them.

The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line. 1/

FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN ☭

The world is watching NYC today. It might seem ridiculous, but the US empire is so pervasive that what happens there will spread. It would be nice if what spread was pretty basic decent politics instead of, well. You know.

If I'm honest, I am sad about Dick Cheney's death. His legacy can't be overstated, and we live in the world he created. And now he's dead, he will never answer for any of it.

Teen Vogue has been holding the line against the destruction of journalism for years now, so this is truly devastating news. Young women are politically engaged and deserve more than this.

Happening tomorrow, on creative disabled access.

TAKE ACTION: Together, we can help stop the bloodshed and show Sudan’s civilians that the world has not abandoned them. act.amnestyusa.org/page/133957/...?

Once again, I wish I believed in hell.

genuinely think the first point in any convo about ADHD meds should be that 1) ADHD is linked to increased rates of brain degeneration, and developing dementia / Alzheimers & 2) taking ADHD meds slows that rate of degeneration to the same speed as peers without ADHD

Still recovering from getting the house ready to have people over for Samhain. A lot of pain, but I have two fuzzy hot water bottles snuggled into me. I had so many plans for begging help from doctors this year but everything got washed away by Events. I need to restart that ridiculous process.

Erika is really going for First Lady, huh?

We will lay our spawn in their graves. (Photo by @prayingmantis.bsky.social )

Happy Samhain to all who celebrate 🔥 I shared a Samhain ritual with friends for the first time in a long time, and I'm so grateful. It was a beautiful way to honour who and what we've lost, and what light we'll be holding on to in the coming dark. I miss my mother.

the andrew formerly known as prince. there's one for the headline writers

Ten years ago today my first article was published. It was about Nazi extermination of disabled people and the echoes in modern politics. Foolishly, back then I believed people would use the tactics but avoid overt links. I didn't imagine a decade later I'd be facing down open and proud Nazis.