Zahra Khan she/her
@hellozeik.bsky.social
Disabled/mad/autistic Aerospace engineer. Currents trying to survive capitalist ABLEISM. I like Disability justice, feminism, Space exploration, Science.
Hellozeik.spACE
Hellozeik.spACE
Don't judge my reading choices but this made me very loosely think of the iron Fae series…which is about FAE born from the tech dreams of humans
If you check it out, fair warning that it's a teen romance series
If you check it out, fair warning that it's a teen romance series
"the fae are open source" is an incredible premise for a fantasy novel that would appeal specifically to me.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Don't judge my reading choices but this made me very loosely think of the iron Fae series…which is about FAE born from the tech dreams of humans
If you check it out, fair warning that it's a teen romance series
If you check it out, fair warning that it's a teen romance series
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Of course the Fae are open source. That's why as soon as you give a computer your name someone steals it.
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Of course the Fae are open source. That's why as soon as you give a computer your name someone steals it.
TW forced hospitalization
Went to a “Civic hack night" Online meet up…was interested in some of their health related projects… Find out there"Care connect"project to connect unhoused folks with Care is just helping cops forcibly hospitalized people…🙃
Went to a “Civic hack night" Online meet up…was interested in some of their health related projects… Find out there"Care connect"project to connect unhoused folks with Care is just helping cops forcibly hospitalized people…🙃
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
TW forced hospitalization
Went to a “Civic hack night" Online meet up…was interested in some of their health related projects… Find out there"Care connect"project to connect unhoused folks with Care is just helping cops forcibly hospitalized people…🙃
Went to a “Civic hack night" Online meet up…was interested in some of their health related projects… Find out there"Care connect"project to connect unhoused folks with Care is just helping cops forcibly hospitalized people…🙃
Sharing to share the news but I'm so shocked… I was just added an online conference where she spoke last week oh boy I didn't make it to her talk
And I was just thinking about her earlier today
Such a loss for the entire community. She will be sorely missed.
And I was just thinking about her earlier today
Such a loss for the entire community. She will be sorely missed.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Sharing to share the news but I'm so shocked… I was just added an online conference where she spoke last week oh boy I didn't make it to her talk
And I was just thinking about her earlier today
Such a loss for the entire community. She will be sorely missed.
And I was just thinking about her earlier today
Such a loss for the entire community. She will be sorely missed.
TW food
For various reasons I don't have access to off-line support right now seven blue skies if it's one of those secrets app just to say something out loud so I can hopefully release some of the panic
My MAIN safe food which is a seasonal fruit will run out in 21 days without heavy rationing
For various reasons I don't have access to off-line support right now seven blue skies if it's one of those secrets app just to say something out loud so I can hopefully release some of the panic
My MAIN safe food which is a seasonal fruit will run out in 21 days without heavy rationing
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
TW food
For various reasons I don't have access to off-line support right now seven blue skies if it's one of those secrets app just to say something out loud so I can hopefully release some of the panic
My MAIN safe food which is a seasonal fruit will run out in 21 days without heavy rationing
For various reasons I don't have access to off-line support right now seven blue skies if it's one of those secrets app just to say something out loud so I can hopefully release some of the panic
My MAIN safe food which is a seasonal fruit will run out in 21 days without heavy rationing
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Still can't type but it kind of doesn't matter...Still not meeting the needs of these six families.
They have no one else. No NGOs. No foreign government programs. No aid. No money to pay for emergency healthcare, or commercial goods like food.
Just this link. chuffed.org/project/hope...
They have no one else. No NGOs. No foreign government programs. No aid. No money to pay for emergency healthcare, or commercial goods like food.
Just this link. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Still can't type but it kind of doesn't matter...Still not meeting the needs of these six families.
They have no one else. No NGOs. No foreign government programs. No aid. No money to pay for emergency healthcare, or commercial goods like food.
Just this link. chuffed.org/project/hope...
They have no one else. No NGOs. No foreign government programs. No aid. No money to pay for emergency healthcare, or commercial goods like food.
Just this link. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Hey folks. I'm starting a big push to raise funds related to health costs ESP W Medicare not covering telehealth and other stuff I need. PLS share in your networks. Link below.
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hey folks. I'm starting a big push to raise funds related to health costs ESP W Medicare not covering telehealth and other stuff I need. PLS share in your networks. Link below.
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Britt says:
Storage is paid and also my prescription 🎉
$2793 remains to stay inside for the rest of the month (needed by 11-17)
Tyvm for all help, shares, anything! 💜
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid #DisabilitySky
💸💕 🏳️⚧️💸
Storage is paid and also my prescription 🎉
$2793 remains to stay inside for the rest of the month (needed by 11-17)
Tyvm for all help, shares, anything! 💜
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid #DisabilitySky
💸💕 🏳️⚧️💸
Help me breathe again | Linktree
Trying to rebuild our lives, survive, and maybe even thrive. 🪻
linktr.ee
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Britt says:
Storage is paid and also my prescription 🎉
$2793 remains to stay inside for the rest of the month (needed by 11-17)
Tyvm for all help, shares, anything! 💜
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid #DisabilitySky
💸💕 🏳️⚧️💸
Storage is paid and also my prescription 🎉
$2793 remains to stay inside for the rest of the month (needed by 11-17)
Tyvm for all help, shares, anything! 💜
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid #DisabilitySky
💸💕 🏳️⚧️💸
Do other disabled people have the opposite of Fairweather friends? Like friends who only interact with you when you're having a crisis they can help with but don't really hang out with you otherwise.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Do other disabled people have the opposite of Fairweather friends? Like friends who only interact with you when you're having a crisis they can help with but don't really hang out with you otherwise.
I can‘t W PPL on left acting like Trump's military policies are uniquely bad BC impacting US citizens on US soil… the wilful forgetting of Obama/Biden decimating lives in Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia and more is part of why this shit keeps happening…
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I can‘t W PPL on left acting like Trump's military policies are uniquely bad BC impacting US citizens on US soil… the wilful forgetting of Obama/Biden decimating lives in Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia and more is part of why this shit keeps happening…
Something that was sorely missing in my social education was how to sit with someone else's distress/discomfort without trying to ask questions/say platitudes or other things to try to make them feel better…
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Something that was sorely missing in my social education was how to sit with someone else's distress/discomfort without trying to ask questions/say platitudes or other things to try to make them feel better…
This sounds really interesting
So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This sounds really interesting
TW: trauma, abuse
PSA for organization supposedly Helping trauma/abuse survivors: not being upfront about your capacity/time frames for providing help is not trauma informed Care.
PSA for organization supposedly Helping trauma/abuse survivors: not being upfront about your capacity/time frames for providing help is not trauma informed Care.
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
TW: trauma, abuse
PSA for organization supposedly Helping trauma/abuse survivors: not being upfront about your capacity/time frames for providing help is not trauma informed Care.
PSA for organization supposedly Helping trauma/abuse survivors: not being upfront about your capacity/time frames for providing help is not trauma informed Care.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Well TWO mostly successful medication trials this year and I was trying to forget that I was a medical unicorn but apparently I still got it: aphasia from a medication that apparently no one gets aphasia from for the win!
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Well TWO mostly successful medication trials this year and I was trying to forget that I was a medical unicorn but apparently I still got it: aphasia from a medication that apparently no one gets aphasia from for the win!
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5 hours left, please share, PLEASE refocus on keeping Palestinians alive 😓 Help six families in Gaza with urgent:
- Food
- Urgent medical care for two women
- a C-section for a high-risk pregnancy
- Shelter / tents
- Winter supplies
- Newborn clothes & supplies
361/1000
- Food
- Urgent medical care for two women
- a C-section for a high-risk pregnancy
- Shelter / tents
- Winter supplies
- Newborn clothes & supplies
361/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
5 hours left, please share, PLEASE refocus on keeping Palestinians alive 😓 Help six families in Gaza with urgent:
- Food
- Urgent medical care for two women
- a C-section for a high-risk pregnancy
- Shelter / tents
- Winter supplies
- Newborn clothes & supplies
361/1000
- Food
- Urgent medical care for two women
- a C-section for a high-risk pregnancy
- Shelter / tents
- Winter supplies
- Newborn clothes & supplies
361/1000
Credit where credit is due… thanks to California as accessible vote by mail system where I could fill a screen reader friendly valid online, print it and vote by mail without requiring any extra registration/Accommodation request steps was amazing
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Credit where credit is due… thanks to California as accessible vote by mail system where I could fill a screen reader friendly valid online, print it and vote by mail without requiring any extra registration/Accommodation request steps was amazing
It me
I need a confirmation step for every time I open my mouth
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It me
there needs to be a Convo ABT conflict resolution guides telling PPL to use I statements like I feel XYZ and how that intersects W patriarchy/racism/ABLEISM etc where PPL are constantly made to doubt that their feelings reflect reality. To me, using I feel statements feels invalidating BC these EXP
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
there needs to be a Convo ABT conflict resolution guides telling PPL to use I statements like I feel XYZ and how that intersects W patriarchy/racism/ABLEISM etc where PPL are constantly made to doubt that their feelings reflect reality. To me, using I feel statements feels invalidating BC these EXP
Am I the asshole if I get upset at a friend for offering to help me with something and then not following through? ESP if this happens repeatedly? ESP if it's for stuff I didn't specifically ask them for they reached out and offered knowing I've been struggling?
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Am I the asshole if I get upset at a friend for offering to help me with something and then not following through? ESP if this happens repeatedly? ESP if it's for stuff I didn't specifically ask them for they reached out and offered knowing I've been struggling?
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Ahmed’s niece is only three days old. She cannot endure the wind, nor the leaking rainwater. Please donate so they can buy a proper tent and save her fragile life.
chuffed.org/project/1412...
chuffed.org/project/1412...
Help Ahmed from Gaza and his young nieces & nephews survive
My name is Ruqaiya, I am fundraising on behalf of Ahmed Nashwan from Gaza, who is providing for many young children within his family as well as his elderly parents - you can read his story below. The...
chuffed.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ahmed’s niece is only three days old. She cannot endure the wind, nor the leaking rainwater. Please donate so they can buy a proper tent and save her fragile life.
chuffed.org/project/1412...
chuffed.org/project/1412...
As long as licensing for therapist requires them to follow CARCERAL rules and gives them the power to lock you up, therapy will never actually be a safe/therapeutic space for many of us.
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
As long as licensing for therapist requires them to follow CARCERAL rules and gives them the power to lock you up, therapy will never actually be a safe/therapeutic space for many of us.
By the way can we talk about how fucked up it is that there is such a concept as a government shutdown? I looked it up and apparently this is the only country that has this ridiculous issue
As an immigrant but still confusing to me why people act like this stuff is just the way things are
As an immigrant but still confusing to me why people act like this stuff is just the way things are
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
By the way can we talk about how fucked up it is that there is such a concept as a government shutdown? I looked it up and apparently this is the only country that has this ridiculous issue
As an immigrant but still confusing to me why people act like this stuff is just the way things are
As an immigrant but still confusing to me why people act like this stuff is just the way things are
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Please share 🙏🏾 “Rebuilding” is a tantalizing word, but we must act for this—building materials & vehicles are blocked from entry; families like Mohamed’s can’t return to homes behind “yellow lines.”
Help them get a tent. 18 hours left. Give/find his link here. 39/1000
Help them get a tent. 18 hours left. Give/find his link here. 39/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Please share 🙏🏾 “Rebuilding” is a tantalizing word, but we must act for this—building materials & vehicles are blocked from entry; families like Mohamed’s can’t return to homes behind “yellow lines.”
Help them get a tent. 18 hours left. Give/find his link here. 39/1000
Help them get a tent. 18 hours left. Give/find his link here. 39/1000
I wish mental health spaces would realize that talking about the US military in the context of mental health is not a neutral topic… like there is no consideration for those of us whose communities continue to be harmed by the US military
whose.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I wish mental health spaces would realize that talking about the US military in the context of mental health is not a neutral topic… like there is no consideration for those of us whose communities continue to be harmed by the US military