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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · 9h

Volunteered taking tickets for a drag show NYCC after party tonight. And now we're on the LIRR home & I guess some country star had a gig tonight? Such a weird duality to go from a room full of people chanting "Fuck 🧊, Fuck 🍊" to a train car full of people who you know voted for the guy.

Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Jun 1

I'm happy to provide proof of expenses too???

Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Jun 1

Luca's mom's in ICU & declining. We gotta get Luca from NY to WI ASAP. Car's at 200k miles & can't do the 14hr trip. Please help!

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · Apr 2

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.

I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.

I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

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Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · Feb 5

“I would punch a N*zi.” Um, you won’t even wear a mask.

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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · Jan 22

Today and everyday.

Medieval style banner with flowers around the border, two images of a sun with a bloody sword through it in either side and in the center a fluffy, feral looking dog has a severed hand in its mouth. Top and bottom text reads: Better a F*ggot than a fascist

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

We've reopened our shop w/ handmade earrings, pins, & stickers! www.etsy.com/shop/QuirkyP...
I'm also offering writing! 10 bucks/1k words. I'll write ANYTHING. Short stories, fanfic, your homework, letters to your ex, whatever; you name it, I'll write it. Same-day for most, message me for details.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

This is on TOP of Dems' grandpa dying 2 weeks ago, trying to move Luca's mom closer bc of her health issues, & my own mother's assorted health issues taking a turn for the worse so she's going to need major surgery soon! So yeah, in short, November sucked & we're struggling!

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

Luca's disabled mother's insurance had issues bc they say her $2500 life ins policy for when SHE DIES is too high an "ASSET" for her solo now bc her HUSBAND DIED! We're 1000 miles away & paying OOP for her home care aid to keep coming while we fix this so she can still get her MEDS & GROCERIES!

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

A NYS progrm to help rebuild our house (who gave HALF what they promised btw) says we didn't do "enough", despite having ALL our receipts, says they "never got" the hardship waiver we sent MULTIPLE times, & now wants the money BACK. So now we had to hire a lawyer to fight them!?

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

Dems' WC sent him to a new eval guy who claims he's ONLY 25% broken, DESPITE agreeing he needs spine surgery! Dems can barely lift a jug of milk & can't tie his shoes or shower w/o help! Like WTF!? He got a WC lawyer who's appealing w proof from drs & surgeons but it takes time.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

Our vet is BEYOND amazing and the woman who owns the practice straight up WAIVED half his hospital bills, but we're still on the hook for roughly $3k with them, plus the nearly $250 cremation fee from the pet cemetery.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

Our 5 yr old cat Keith got a super rare infection & passed away. All THREE vets AND our (human) doctor had to GOOGLE the weird germ that took him from us. He was my baby boy and I'm devastated. We've had him since he was literally too tiny for even a XS harness. 😭 I've cried so much, y'all.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Dec 3

I'm new to this site but Luca asked me to x-post it so...
URGENT! Nov has been the WORST month & we NEED HELP. Unexpected expenses SCREWED us, our cat got sick & died, Luca's mom's home care ins 💩 itself, workers comp is trying to screw Dems, & we had to hire a lawyer bc the gov't sucks! 🙃 & More!

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Nov 26

This is so cool!!

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Sep 27

Are you ever just sitting shotgun on a long car ride, after dark, listening to folk rock, while watching the moon dance between treetops & whisps of cloud, and something deep in your soul just *aches* so fiercely with an indescribable feeling beyond words or understanding?

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · Sep 19

IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST TEXAS LEGISLATION

"Judge Albright issued an oral order enjoining the State from enforcement, as well as a follow-up hearing on September 11th.

"In his order, the judge concluded: “READER misses the mark on obscenity with a web of unconstitutionally vague requirements.""

Text from an email shared with members of the ABA. Same text as that quoted above plus the explanation that the law would have required book sellers to rate all books for sexual content, without defining this or giving private individuals any tools for this rating system, but imposing harsh penalties for failure to meet the standard it wouldn't define, which is basically the definition of abusive, amirite

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Kiwi8_fruit6 🥝🇳🇿🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡🤍🩷💜 @kiwi8fruit6.bsky.social · Sep 8

queer neurodivergence is impulse buying 5 pride flags and then when they arrive realising they're too big to hang on your walls so you have to buy flag poles to hang them from 🫢

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Elcee Rod 🦔🇵🇷 @elcee-rod.bsky.social · Sep 7

Stop policing queer people how they should write their own stories. Don’t treat them each as the sole spokespeople for the entire spectrum of queer identity when all they want is to write stories about themselves and their culture.

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elle is not ok [📌’d 👀] @scretladyspider.bsky.social · Aug 28

Asexuality is a spectrum. It includes those of us who may have sexual attraction very rarely, or only conditionally. If you don’t understand why acknowledgement and education of the gray area between ace & allo is needed, it’s probably because you don’t personally need it.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Holy fuck. I want "spelunking for brainworms" written on my headstone. That's amazing.

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Kai @kaikhaos.bsky.social · Sep 1

I feel like 28 years total isn't long enough, but the combined 56 of the 28 year version seems reasonable to me? Even round it off to 30+30, but add the caveat that to get the extension the work has to continue to be used by the author or copyright holder in a substantive way.

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lizwhatsherface @lizwhatsherface.bsky.social · Aug 29

Made a Covid safety guide for people who are just now tuning back in. The hyperlinked version can be found at CovidHelp.org. Please share this with your family and friends. It's up to us to keep our communities safe.

COVID SAFETY 101 (2023)

Covid (SARS-Cov-2) is short for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus is airborne and neuroinvasive. It causes vascular disease and dysregulates immune systems. The pandemic is not over, the virus never became milder, and the government has continually lied about the threat. Because the virus is being allowed to spread freely, more dangerous variants are constantly emerging. We are all in serious danger.

COVID IS A BSL3 PATHOGEN

Biosafety level three pathogens are those that cause serious or potentially lethal disease through inhalation. Other BSL3 pathogens include yellow fever, West Nile virus, and tuberculosis. When Covid is handled in a lab setting, this is what people wear (left). Covid has always been classified as BSL3. Omicron is not mild.

Image: a photograph of a seated person wearing full BSL3 PPE (including a respirator, face shield & a hazmat suit), working with a specimen in the lab using a biological safety cabinet +

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COVID IS AIRBORNE

Covid is airborne. Staying six feet apart does not keep you safe. Social distancing was never enough to prevent transmission. Masks work, when worn properly. Washing hands and getting vaccinated do not stop Covid infections, because the virus is in the air and can linger in the air for hours.

Image: An illustrated white bifold respirator against a green rectangle background.

LONG COVID IS A DIRE EMERGENCY

10-70% of people never recover from their infections. At least one in ten infections leads to Long Covid, a severe disease that has no cure. Long Covid is the third-leading neurologic disorder in the US. Covid can persist in the body long after infection (we don't yet know how long). Reinfections are far more dangerous than initial infections, and the damage is cumulative.

Image: An illustration of stick figures of varying sizes against a blue background, representing a large group of people.

MANY INFECTIONS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC

Many Covid cases are asymptomatic, meaning many people with Covid do not realize they are sick. And even in symptomatic cases, people often transmit Covid before any symptoms appear. This is why an approach based on sick people staying home cannot and will not work. Up to 60% of transmission comes from sources who are presymptomatic and asymptomatic.

Image: An illustration of a rapid antigen test swab in a tube

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VACCINES AREN'T ENOUGH

Herd immunity is not possible. Our bodies are not building immunity to this virus, which has achieved immune escapeby mutating so much. Covid is dysregulating immune systems. Current vaccines do not prevent transmission, death, or Long Covid. And most people’s vaccines are out of date. Masks (N95s/KN95s work best) are our only protection from infection.

Image: A photograph of a white dust-cup style N95 with headstraps, against a pink background

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⧉ @smilingnodding.bsky.social · Aug 31

gendered bathrooms are so stupid like bro just put a toilet in a room and let me drink out of it in peace

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