House I stayed at over New Year's has forks with only 3 prongs. They were overly long, too, weird proportion. I see this as an act of violence. Every person on the trip individually had a reaction to the forks. Neurodivergents, we attract our own and make more 😅

As someone who doesn't really need a wheelchair but can't properly stand in line... Cheers

I walked (as I was turning forewad sfter looking over my shoulder abd also fast walking trying not to cry) directly into a glass panel between two glass doors and broke my nose in a horizontal line. (My first bf in hs had dumped me the day before Valentine's)

Totoro, Spirited Away, Ponyo for me.

846 days in the shelter. Please repost MELIA (3 yrs old) and needs a home. Here's her bio 👇 24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/... @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @the-dodo.bsky.social @weratedogs.com @newyorkjets.bsky.social @nytimes.com @newyorkgiants.bsky.social

So should I adopt a dog? I should right?! This one in particular? She's not gonna wreck me right, walks are good for me? Look at the smiiiile #longcovid #spoonie #parent #dog

Ten days til Christmas is definitely the right time to design and knit (and mail) colorwork socks to my mom, right? Last pair I made only took 6 months and not like I have 4 other things to do this week 😅😅😅 No. Go to bed, self. #Adhd squad you know the feeling?

12pm. Just gonna close my eyes for a minute. 315pm wake up to my kid texting if a friend can come over #longcovid #spoonie #parent

If you’re new here, I’m educating about transphobia and antisemitism in queer platonic relationships because I need 23 people to invest in my zine. Reskeets get me paid. Little hearts are decor. I’m watching you.

🚨a moment ago support for the zine passed the 75% mark🚨 this is amazing! I am grounded in gratitude 💜 and experimenting with hope 🚬 tbh this is the scariest part so far because it’s all or nothing 😳 all the work could still be lost 🥹 🙏🏻 please help me keep it going

my inbox right now... #notTheOnion #real #notAI

Really enjoyed dog knight and school for ET Girls!

@kcsanthology.bsky.social we're on sale at @floatingworld.bsky.social !! #comics fans should not miss this awesome shop full of comics of all kinds. Truly excellent and I'm excited to have a story on the shelf.

If i wasn't already trying a glp-1 I'd totally try this trial. Fwiw it is helping me feel a lot better. #longcovid folks give it a look to see if it might be a good fit! Especially if you're team "weight gain" like me 😜

New #Spoonie #Parent #Journal #comic This one's for anyone who has #adhd or other #brainfog event-attendance problems. Are there more mistakes than date, day of week, address, time... what else could I F up? What's your worst event blunder?? buymeacoffee.com/sarahesteinb...

A family member in Portland Oregon died unexpectedly and left behind a 2 year old husky who is currently on a 5 day hold in a shelter while I try to figure out a way to get her to me here in Portland Maine so that I can adopt her...without it costing All the Money. Anyone have any ideas?

New #spoonie #parent #journal is up about chronic illness, partner worry, #longcovid, and #burnout it's a bit scattered, as I tend to get when stressed buymeacoffee.com/sarahesteinb... (transcript follows images!)

@kickstarterunited.org is on strike right now but management is promoting new jobs on LinkedIn! Go tell their CEO to take care of the employees they have before hiring new ones.

Thank you @rollingstone.com for this important reporting on pediatric Long COVID. I hope you'll continue to shine a light on this health crisis

Happy Indigenous Peoples day, I am indigenous Isneg/Apayao through my mother, who is in need of help. please help me take care of my mama at trying to manage a progressive disease and helping extend her life through mutual aid and the miracle of modern medicine, please 🙇‍♂️

Is Portland Burning?

the oatmeal nails it laughed out loud for real at a bunch of lines the dopamine is there :) theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

My SIL asked me "how we're doing" in #WarRavagedPortland while I was working on this new #spoonie #comic #journal. This video captured the vibe I want people to see. Meanwhile we're teaching our kids to value truth and community buymeacoffee.com/sarahesteinb... #longcovid #parent #webcomic

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

#DVPit #MG #GN #F #ND POOKA MISCHIEF! Ace Baxter’s in a pickle. Yearning for fame, Ace befriends a runaway Pooka, attracted by her team’s prizewinning bakes. Enchanting Ace's treats imperils her class and incurs the Faerie Court's wrath. Ace must prove herself a leader or lose her dreams forever!

#DVPit #MG #GN #F #ND POOKA MISCHIEF! Ace Baxter’s in a pickle. Eager for fame, Ace befriends a runaway Pooka, attracted by her team’s prizewinning bakes. Enchanting the ABCs’ treats endangers her school and infuriates the Faerie Court. Ace must prove she’s a leader, or lose her family – forever!

Hey, @jay.bsky.team. As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke. Having Link here is good for so many people. Please reconsider?

COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again. 5 years into this experiment: we let COVID rip and pretended it was fine. Damage piled up—unlike smoking’s slow toll, we’re seeing it in real time. Every infection leaves a mark; even “mild.” The bill comes due. We chose denial archive.md/Jyi7k

#novavax is at Costco in NE Portland if anyone is seeking it. You don't need to be a member to make an appointment w the pharmacy and they take insurance except Kaiser. You do have to sign a self-attest that you need it but they just said "check this box, k great".

Love that my copy of THE LONG COVID HANDBOOK (used, mailed to me) has mega millions tickets in it. We're all strugglin huh #longcovid folks? My first thought is to scan em...

So I may be without a ticket for NYCC on Friday. If anyone has any leads for one, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just need to meet up with people outside the show.

@mizdoomcookie.bsky.social it's here! Looking forward to escaping in this world (again y'all - i read the early draft and it's excellent contemporary witchy romance go get it!!)

"war torn antifa Portland" on Sunday. Today I worked a Scholatic book fair and the most drama was someone who couldn't find a journal shaped like a llama until the librarian located another in a box. The horrors i tell you 😅

Sending my antifa kid up the antifa block to his antifa friend's house with their antifa D&D books.

Telehealth is an essential accommodation for people with disabilities. Going to an appointment can set back our baseline for days, not to mention the risk of getting COVID or another hospital acquired infection. Great post below on how you can advocate to ensure Medicare doesn’t cut Telehealth

this tablet looks siiiiick @kidlitgn #kidlitgn

I haaaate the design of my phone's new update. Everything is all bubbly like a baby phone and the battery icon looks like a weenie.

3 episodes into the 2nd season of Wednesday... Idk it feels like they needed an editor. Every single idea does not have to go in one 40 min show.

Packages used to be fun. A new #spoonie #parent #journal #comic (ugh hashtags) SPOONIE PARENT JOURNAL COMIC but just a short one :) got a lot going on in a good way lately buymeacoffee.com/sarahesteinb...

📦 New prize drop! Win one of two Inspiroy 2 S pen tablets from HUION, sponsor of #KidLitGN's pitch event for kids-YA GN creators. Enter to win here- even if you're not pitching this time! Inspiroy 2 S #PitchEvent #KidLit #Giveaway #graphicnovel #illustrators #GN #comics

Author-illustrator @cesarlador.bsky.social shares how KidLitGN helped him find his agent+publisher. cesarlador.substack.com/p/how-a-shor... Cesar is answering questions! Ask him how to better your chances of getting noticed during the upcoming #kidlitGN #pitch event!

Just finished Some Desperate Glory after delaying my library loan like 6x and wow I think my unconscious knew now would be the right moment. SO GOOD Sci Fi dystopian futurism from the inside of a separatist movement with time bending and aliens and I can't spoil it but hard recommend by Emily Tesh

Hey #rosecitycomiccon! Nicole Harwood and I are teaching a mini-comic lesson on Sunday at 1 in the kids' zone (you don't need to be a kid to come and have fun)! Come say hi! Don't steal my scissors! #RCCC

Heck yes I'll be there and masking in my goofy lookin duckbill 😁 hoping my kid will keep his on..

My insurance just called to "schedule a home visit" with one of THEIR doctors and very insistently tried to confirm my address. Surely they see that I've had a physical (plus) - what are they trying to do? Deeply sus that they will try and say I'm healthy and don't need services...

short about my hottest take

New #Spoonie #parent #journal #comic is up! I navigate Canada's public washroom situation on a short trip to Victoria. I pee a lot. Thanks for reading, pals! Transcript available at link! buymeacoffee.com/sarahesteinb...

this is how clownshoes you sound when you come at me with like "well what do you propose we do?" filter the fucking air with drop-ceiling uvc/far uvc or air filters or ceiling fans or build buildings so they naturally ventilate which people figured out during the spanish flu over a 100 years ago