Karistina Lafae π§ββοΈ AuDHD Bedbound Faerie Godmother
@karistinalafae.bsky.social
Faerie Godmother π§ββοΈ Xennial Author
β¨ I choose kindness unless you don't.
βΏ Disabled, AuDHD, Sjogrens, ME/CFS, bedbound, chronic pain, chronic illness
π Queer, bisexual, genderfae, polyamorous
π» Assistive technology advocate
β¨ I choose kindness unless you don't.
βΏ Disabled, AuDHD, Sjogrens, ME/CFS, bedbound, chronic pain, chronic illness
π Queer, bisexual, genderfae, polyamorous
π» Assistive technology advocate
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You may call me Karistina Lafae. If you know me by another name, no you don't! β¨
I'm a severely disabled author, essayist, and disability advocate. I'm immunocompromised, bedbound, genderfae, bisexual, polyamorous, AuDHD, a Scorpio, INFJ/P, and would love you to read (and review?) my stories!
I'm a severely disabled author, essayist, and disability advocate. I'm immunocompromised, bedbound, genderfae, bisexual, polyamorous, AuDHD, a Scorpio, INFJ/P, and would love you to read (and review?) my stories!
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ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Hereβs Where Itβs Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Liam Ramos may have escaped the ICE camp, but now his family is in hiding.
Heβs traumatized. Heβs not the same as before.
He canβt go to school. He wakes up in the night screaming.
He knows DHS is trying to deport him.
He knows heβs a target.
A 5 year old. Shameful.
Heβs traumatized. Heβs not the same as before.
He canβt go to school. He wakes up in the night screaming.
He knows DHS is trying to deport him.
He knows heβs a target.
A 5 year old. Shameful.
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Liam Ramos may have escaped the ICE camp, but now his family is in hiding.
Heβs traumatized. Heβs not the same as before.
He canβt go to school. He wakes up in the night screaming.
He knows DHS is trying to deport him.
He knows heβs a target.
A 5 year old. Shameful.
Heβs traumatized. Heβs not the same as before.
He canβt go to school. He wakes up in the night screaming.
He knows DHS is trying to deport him.
He knows heβs a target.
A 5 year old. Shameful.
They should be asking the question of why one has to SPLURGE on gut-healthy juices instead of being able to afford more than the presumably gut-unhealthy juices out there.
If you simply disenthrall yourself from your financially crippling addiction to fairly basic food and beverages you too can one day own a house.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but theyβre splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
They should be asking the question of why one has to SPLURGE on gut-healthy juices instead of being able to afford more than the presumably gut-unhealthy juices out there.
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate β overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate β overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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Democrats should really ne making loud connections between "the Epstein class is in charge and covering up mass sex crimes" and "they are separating teen girls from their family to hold them alone" in the public eye
An agent told the teen to call her family and ask them to pick her up. But the agent said that if they came, ICE would send the entire family to Texas. The girl writes βMy family decided not to come and pick me up as a result of this threat. ICE decided to take me to a hotel.β
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After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents
A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Democrats should really ne making loud connections between "the Epstein class is in charge and covering up mass sex crimes" and "they are separating teen girls from their family to hold them alone" in the public eye
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ICE and CBP havenβt withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that theyβve occupied.
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
ICE and CBP havenβt withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that theyβve occupied.
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If you're not from Chicago, you might not be aware that ICE attempted to murder a person doing ICE monitoring, long before the murders in Minneapolis. She survived being shot 5 times. She's taking them to court.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootin...
JUST IN: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit and release evidence Wednesday
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit, release evidence
Body-cam video, text messages and other evidence tied to shooting during Operation Midway Blitz is set for a Wednesday release.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
If you're not from Chicago, you might not be aware that ICE attempted to murder a person doing ICE monitoring, long before the murders in Minneapolis. She survived being shot 5 times. She's taking them to court.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootin...
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He told me that he used the name for his first passport, and to always have a valid passport. But the visa or whatever that is that was sewn into his clothes still had his birth name, Haywood Hall. No alt text spoons
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
He told me that he used the name for his first passport, and to always have a valid passport. But the visa or whatever that is that was sewn into his clothes still had his birth name, Haywood Hall. No alt text spoons
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My dad just combined his mother and fatherβs first names, got a passport with his new made up pen name, Harry Haywood. And fled the country.
This was in the 1920s.
This was in the 1920s.
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
My dad just combined his mother and fatherβs first names, got a passport with his new made up pen name, Harry Haywood. And fled the country.
This was in the 1920s.
This was in the 1920s.
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Is it a crime to at least have the hope you can have a politician that isn't killing in your name & isn't enforcing policies of bigotry? They act like it's too much to ask. And I know. It really is too much to ask of the American establishment as constructed. But don't be mad at us who want more.
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Is it a crime to at least have the hope you can have a politician that isn't killing in your name & isn't enforcing policies of bigotry? They act like it's too much to ask. And I know. It really is too much to ask of the American establishment as constructed. But don't be mad at us who want more.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom thought La Isla Bonita was a dirty song because of the Spanish in it.
But in the '80s, you couldn't just whip open Google Translate like you can now. You can go to so many websites and find out what song lyrics mean in multiple languages!
But in the '80s, you couldn't just whip open Google Translate like you can now. You can go to so many websites and find out what song lyrics mean in multiple languages!
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom thought La Isla Bonita was a dirty song because of the Spanish in it.
But in the '80s, you couldn't just whip open Google Translate like you can now. You can go to so many websites and find out what song lyrics mean in multiple languages!
But in the '80s, you couldn't just whip open Google Translate like you can now. You can go to so many websites and find out what song lyrics mean in multiple languages!
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I'll tell you another reason I'm chronically online. Because I'm chronically in pain. Online community gave me the best tools to combat my physical pain today.
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I'll tell you another reason I'm chronically online. Because I'm chronically in pain. Online community gave me the best tools to combat my physical pain today.
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The home healthcare workforce is disproportionately comprised of immigrants, and it's certainly not because they take jobs US-born folks want. As a result, "a 25% increase in the steady state flow of immigrants to the US would result in 5,000 fewer deaths nationwide."
Is Immigration Good for Health? The Effect of Immigration on Older Adult Mortality in the United States
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The home healthcare workforce is disproportionately comprised of immigrants, and it's certainly not because they take jobs US-born folks want. As a result, "a 25% increase in the steady state flow of immigrants to the US would result in 5,000 fewer deaths nationwide."
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This study is so well done and I can't wait to see the results.
Highly encourage people with ME and those who provide health care for them to participat:
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Highly encourage people with ME and those who provide health care for them to participat:
restandmecfs.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This study is so well done and I can't wait to see the results.
Highly encourage people with ME and those who provide health care for them to participat:
restandmecfs.com
Highly encourage people with ME and those who provide health care for them to participat:
restandmecfs.com
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If you have a ring camera, it is possible to return it and get a refund, and looking into doing so might be well worth your time.
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
If you have a ring camera, it is possible to return it and get a refund, and looking into doing so might be well worth your time.
bsky.app/profile/tris...
bsky.app/profile/tris...
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This sends a chill across all new vaccines. Companies will not put billions into developing and bringing a new vaccine to market, when the worldβs largest market canβt buy them
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
This sends a chill across all new vaccines. Companies will not put billions into developing and bringing a new vaccine to market, when the worldβs largest market canβt buy them
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My Iranian adoptee friend who is in the removal process by DHS is the anonymous adoptee in this story. Her fears have come true. π₯π
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember
Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
My Iranian adoptee friend who is in the removal process by DHS is the anonymous adoptee in this story. Her fears have come true. π₯π
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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βFour of my children just evaporated,β Badran said, holding back tears. βI looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?β
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
βFour of my children just evaporated,β Badran said, holding back tears. βI looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?β
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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It's such a red flag for misogyny in some form, when colleagues or managers describe a woman as "difficult", without any kind of evidence of any serious misconduct.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Thinking about the time I was at a quantum gravity meeting and the man across from me was talking to me and a man next to him turned and said in all seriousness βdonβt talk to her, sheβs difficultβ and it was because I had reacted βbadlyβ to racism. Meanwhile their heroes were hanging with Epstein.
February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
It's such a red flag for misogyny in some form, when colleagues or managers describe a woman as "difficult", without any kind of evidence of any serious misconduct.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
Code for; she won't tolerate our misconduct, exclude her.
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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A word about the Nurses strike here in NYC.
5 weeks and counting.
A proposal is not a signed contract and my hospital is not doing anything.
We need our nurses.
Speak to everyone about this, let them know it's not over.
If you've been at an appt., ER, et al in the last five weeks, you know!
cont...
5 weeks and counting.
A proposal is not a signed contract and my hospital is not doing anything.
We need our nurses.
Speak to everyone about this, let them know it's not over.
If you've been at an appt., ER, et al in the last five weeks, you know!
cont...
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A word about the Nurses strike here in NYC.
5 weeks and counting.
A proposal is not a signed contract and my hospital is not doing anything.
We need our nurses.
Speak to everyone about this, let them know it's not over.
If you've been at an appt., ER, et al in the last five weeks, you know!
cont...
5 weeks and counting.
A proposal is not a signed contract and my hospital is not doing anything.
We need our nurses.
Speak to everyone about this, let them know it's not over.
If you've been at an appt., ER, et al in the last five weeks, you know!
cont...
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
Abolish. ICE.
We need recall elections in New York. You are trying to negotiate with fascists, making you a collaborator, Chuck.
You are not our ally. Do something or step down as minority leader. You SUCK at it.
We need recall elections in New York. You are trying to negotiate with fascists, making you a collaborator, Chuck.
You are not our ally. Do something or step down as minority leader. You SUCK at it.
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Abolish. ICE.
We need recall elections in New York. You are trying to negotiate with fascists, making you a collaborator, Chuck.
You are not our ally. Do something or step down as minority leader. You SUCK at it.
We need recall elections in New York. You are trying to negotiate with fascists, making you a collaborator, Chuck.
You are not our ally. Do something or step down as minority leader. You SUCK at it.
Years ago, I cut off a friend who I used to go to lunch with every week when she moved South and started sharing racist stuff about Obama on Facebook.
Of COURSE she didn't THINK she'd been racist. But there was no question about it. And I told her so when she asked why I wouldn't talk to her.
Of COURSE she didn't THINK she'd been racist. But there was no question about it. And I told her so when she asked why I wouldn't talk to her.
It sucks, but we can do this.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.
By the way good white people, it's y'alls own people, your friends, your family members, the people your work with, people who are in your phone, people you go out to meals with, people you have cherished memories with, who are racist trolls online. They get online to let out their racism.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Years ago, I cut off a friend who I used to go to lunch with every week when she moved South and started sharing racist stuff about Obama on Facebook.
Of COURSE she didn't THINK she'd been racist. But there was no question about it. And I told her so when she asked why I wouldn't talk to her.
Of COURSE she didn't THINK she'd been racist. But there was no question about it. And I told her so when she asked why I wouldn't talk to her.
It sucks, but we can do this.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.
By the way good white people, it's y'alls own people, your friends, your family members, the people your work with, people who are in your phone, people you go out to meals with, people you have cherished memories with, who are racist trolls online. They get online to let out their racism.
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
It sucks, but we can do this.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.
I wasn't always able to, but I finally figured out how to cut people out of my life and decalre them dead to me. I've done that with one of my uncles and his Mar-A-Lago-faced wife for being raging bigots. The wife called me Satanic or something. Dead. To. Me.