Just 1 painting more and I'll be in the clear on this payment!!! Thank you so much ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s...

Today, was a rugged day and I fell asleep forgetting about the $710 being withdrawn. I need to sell two paintings or come up with $240 in the next 3 hours or will be hit with a hefty late fee i can't afford.

Last year, I wrote about Trump's attack on birthright citizenship and how it was tied to his attacks on tribal sovereignty. truthout.org/articles/nat...

Well, I made it home with all my nipples and limbs. I am resting because well it went well until it didn't. Never wanna feel what its like to have my BP shoot up to 239/110 again because it was scary and it triggered a flare, so I hurt and still feel a bit off, but at least I still have my nipples.

Say some prayers. My 3 hr stress test begins in 5 minutes 🤣 this may be my last post ever with all my limbs, possibly my life. Last time I had a stress test, I almost lost a nipple. Who knows what will happen today 🤣

Sweet morning miracles! I only need to sell 2 paintings to cover the $710 bill being withdrawn from my account today. I just checked and nothing hit yet, thankfully.

I feel this in my shitty joints and wild mental health.

if you pray, say a little prayer for birthright citizenship, trans rights, and voting rights. big supreme court decision day tomorrow. god help us, and may we all help each other.

People assume that the worst thing about being disabled is the disability itself. And yes, it sucks. However, it's not the worst thing about being disabled, it's how little support there is for Disabled people and how what little support we do get is often misconceived as all of our needs being met.

What a day and tomorrow has the potential to really mess me up physically. 3 hr long stress test, so yikes. But I got my breathing apparatuses ordered, deposits paid, so thank you all for that. I do still need to come up $625 by end of tonight aka sell 5 paintings or 63 tee.

This whole thread is worth reading.

I made a new t-shirt that I think has an important message about the future and also about friendship and i think maybe you will like it roryblank.bigcartel.com

Dr Oz on ACA "fraud" -- "Of the people who signed up, 40% never use the insurance. Let me ask you, John, you have health insurance -- do you use it once a year? In Obamacare right now 40% of the people ostensibly signed up never use the insurance ... we have a lot of fake people on the policies"

In The Reburial of the Southwest, retired San José State anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss claims museums are closing off Native history, restricting archaeological research, and allowing tribal religious traditions to override scientific evidence. www.goldwaterinstitute.org/policy-repor...

A trans woman made history by organizing what is believed to be the first Pride festival in a Kentucky prison, reports Mo Viviane. With the help of peers who made paper Pride flags in the prison's art room & hung rainbow paper rings throughout the yard, Jayda accomplished something extraordinary.

This combined with the cuts hitting next year will be absolutely devastating for health care in the US. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

To get that $900 by monday, I need to sell $650 in art and tees! You can save 20% off your order with promo code summer26 ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s... Thank you so much for helping me get closer.

“’Centrism’ is just performative compromise devoid of critical thinking, policy, or ideology,” D’Arrigo wrote. “It’s a political vehicle that gives permission to do nothing in service of protecting a status quo that benefits large corporate donors and special interest groups who fund both parties.”

To push back against recent victories by democratic socialists, 15 centrist Democrats on Thursday announced their support for the “Promise to America” manifesto in which they emphasize their support for capitalism, law enforcement, and “fiscal discipline.”

Centrist Democrats are gearing up to organize against progressives and democratic socialists, who have been racking up victories over the last two years by presenting themselves as an alternative to a failed status quo that lost the 2024 election to President Donald Trump.

I can't be the only disabled person flabberghasted upon learning that if you need any assistance doing that breathing thing, oxygen or cpap, a lot of insurance plans and medicare pt B only cover up to 80% of the "rental" cost of oxygen equipment, you have a 20% co-pay for 36 months.

Modern society is failing because of a critical lack of gadzooks

This entire month has been one domino effect of badness. 3 days to sell as much art and tees as possible because I need to come up with $1600 in the next week, $900 by monday. Rent, utiities, medical equipment and copays. This whole month has been appt and testing, july will be the same.

Buster Keaton didn't stand still while a two-ton housefront collapsed on top of him with a window cut out to barely clear his shoulders on each side so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

I'm selling my rare Inspiring Women: Maria Tallchief Barbie. If you're a collector, this is a must have gem for your collection. She is absolutely stunning! ko-fi.com/s/1ffee814c7

#DisabilityPrideMonth begins in July and I just added a few new tees to my shop to help celebrate the DISco in style. The Accessibility is Love in Action is shown in purple and the Accessibility is Traditional tee is shown in royal blue. johnniejaedesigns.store

After using $1 billion to brutalize immigrants, the concentration camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz" has been emptied. Its victims still need justice. truthout.org/articles/flo...

Never, ever downplay your art. Furry art, anime, oc art- it all matters so much. What you want to make, it matters so much. Don’t ever let them convince you what you make isn’t worthwhile, or on par with “industry standards” Great artists have existed far before all of these rules, roles, degrees.

this is absolutely stunning!!!!!!

"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA

Janelle Niles is a two-spirit comedian from Mi’kmaq heritage in Nova Scotia, but has been living in Ottawa for the past two decades. Niles has been using her own brand of humour in her comedy to tackle serious issues. youtu.be/Cg7wJn1vfdU

Whoa. So much to explore - music, gaming, activism, dance - in this thread of interviews with indigenous queer artists and thinkers.

Since it's pride month, I'm going to share some interviews that were done last year with some of the Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer folks that were featured at @crushcolonialism.bsky.social's Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride

We've been in this same damn fight for so fucking long and the very people who are trying to crush us will tell you we're too new to have the audacity to demand human rights.

Once you learn many of the queer people who survived the Third Reich's concentration camps were promptly put back into prison - with the help of the Americans, who returned home to immediately instigate the Lavender Scare - your worldview is irrevocably changed.

Don't do it. Don't watch Voicemails for Isabelle. I can't stop crying and I can't stop watching on repeat.

Mangione’s team would have been required to submit his psychiatric records to the Manhattan district attorney's office if it followed through on its defense.

I survived today but the question of whether that is a good thing or bad thing is running through my brain. We budget...everything is budgeted down the penny almost and I will never stop being amazed by the domino effect of what happens when an unexpected cost happens.

This week needs to be over. So, I'm gonna rant a bit cuz it's almost 3 in the morning and I have yet another appt in about 5 hrs. I had an echocardiogram yesterday. For most people, it's nothing. It's literally no more than 30 minutes of laying down and maybe having to hold your breath here & there.

The EEOC is now free to continue ignoring all employment discrimination claims involving trans people after this dismissal. It's really a dark day that an administration can say they won't enforce anti-discrimination law for an entire class of people. apnews.com/article/tran...

Get great deals while helping a real one... everybody wins! 💜

Lifestyles of the poor & disabled 🤣 How I'm starting off a week that will also include 2 days of cardiac testing, a mammogram, and 2 reg doc appts.

We also have the ko-fi goal that is just right there and has helped not just me but my family over the last few months now as funds were reallocated to help my dad, a $1000 went to help my sister when my niece emma was hospitalized, $750 paid for my eye surgery. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g...

*Maria Tallchief. Typo in last skeet. In addition to my art, I have my wearable art shop at johnniejaedesigns.store I have a wide collection of tees, hoodies, jean jackets and more.

I'm also selling my rare Inspiring Women: Marie Tallchief Barbie. If you're a collector, this is a must have gem that has already sextupled in value. ko-fi.com/s/1ffee814c7

New to the shop is the Spirit Runners piece I shared the other day. This is a 16in x 20in piece. ko-fi.com/s/3f1317d026

So, I need to get out of the negative cuz that is never a good place to be. I have my art for sale and it is all 20% off with promo code summer26 www.ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s...

Saturday marked 100 days since Rep. Thomas Kean Jr.’s last public act. The congressman has missed 135 House votes during his absence. During that time his office has released statements, attributed to Kean, indicating he is under medical care for an undisclosed health condition.