Mother of the Gwendal
@logansolsun.bsky.social
She/Her/Ella. Disabled digital project & finance manager. Trainer for accessibility in digital comms and field planning. Disability wins elections, and influences change.
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Being chronically sick like this isn't some romanticized Hallmark movie plot. It's my life with debilitating chronic illnesses. DE-BIL-I-TAT-ING. Look the word up in a frigging dictionary.
STAT News: 'I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’
By Peter Swenson, professor emeritus, Yale University
'Like an estimated 20 million Americans, I have an incurable post-acute infection syndrome that goes by the name of long Covid...'
www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/c...
By Peter Swenson, professor emeritus, Yale University
'Like an estimated 20 million Americans, I have an incurable post-acute infection syndrome that goes by the name of long Covid...'
www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/c...
I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’
A “journey” is something you choose. No one chooses chronic illness.
www.statnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Being chronically sick like this isn't some romanticized Hallmark movie plot. It's my life with debilitating chronic illnesses. DE-BIL-I-TAT-ING. Look the word up in a frigging dictionary.
Omg the opening scene 2 years later at the start of Season 3 of Invasion.
"Do you want to go check out the End of Days sales this weekend?"
I am dying. Just dying.
"Do you want to go check out the End of Days sales this weekend?"
I am dying. Just dying.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Omg the opening scene 2 years later at the start of Season 3 of Invasion.
"Do you want to go check out the End of Days sales this weekend?"
I am dying. Just dying.
"Do you want to go check out the End of Days sales this weekend?"
I am dying. Just dying.
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What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
You mean the kids that Democrats demonized for protesting Gaza? The ones who everyone piled on when they attempted to build camps and experiment with different ways of providing for each other?
Also, the kids are active - but an increasing amount of activity is going to survive these days.
Also, the kids are active - but an increasing amount of activity is going to survive these days.
Brendan Nyhan (political scientist at Dartmouth College) asks a key question in his NYT Op-ed today, The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You mean the kids that Democrats demonized for protesting Gaza? The ones who everyone piled on when they attempted to build camps and experiment with different ways of providing for each other?
Also, the kids are active - but an increasing amount of activity is going to survive these days.
Also, the kids are active - but an increasing amount of activity is going to survive these days.
To be this callous over people losing their jobs makes you the fucking problem.
Tyson Foods announces that they’ll be closing a major beef-processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska with 3,200 employees.
Lexington has a population of 11,205.
Nebraska overwhelmingly voted for the orange felon over VP Kamala Harris.
I hope they’re enjoying their vote.
Lexington has a population of 11,205.
Nebraska overwhelmingly voted for the orange felon over VP Kamala Harris.
I hope they’re enjoying their vote.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
To be this callous over people losing their jobs makes you the fucking problem.
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NEW — Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies.
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates are urging Illinois residents to ‘say no’ to mail scanning in Illinois prisons • The TRiiBE
Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies. Criminal justice a...
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
NEW — Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies.
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
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Email [email protected]!
Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Who will share for us today ❤️🩹🫂
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Who will share for us today ❤️🩹🫂
Hero stuff right here.
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hero stuff right here.
This is so true. I have never broken down more when a neurologist told me my pain was psychological.
I was later diagnosed first with a vertebrae out of alignment, and then spinal arthritis. My current spine doc is amazing and takes my pain seriously. But finding him was luck.
I was later diagnosed first with a vertebrae out of alignment, and then spinal arthritis. My current spine doc is amazing and takes my pain seriously. But finding him was luck.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is so true. I have never broken down more when a neurologist told me my pain was psychological.
I was later diagnosed first with a vertebrae out of alignment, and then spinal arthritis. My current spine doc is amazing and takes my pain seriously. But finding him was luck.
I was later diagnosed first with a vertebrae out of alignment, and then spinal arthritis. My current spine doc is amazing and takes my pain seriously. But finding him was luck.
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I think the thing that bothers me the most about all of this Epstein shit is that Dems apparently had this information and decided to keep it for a rainy day when they needed the heat taken off of THEM.
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I think the thing that bothers me the most about all of this Epstein shit is that Dems apparently had this information and decided to keep it for a rainy day when they needed the heat taken off of THEM.
I recently stood my ground against the language and harassment I've been facing at work as a disabled person and I never would have done that without writers like Alice.
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
Throughout her life, she stressed the value of community in the fight for equal access.
Throughout her life, she stressed the value of community in the fight for equal access.
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I recently stood my ground against the language and harassment I've been facing at work as a disabled person and I never would have done that without writers like Alice.
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
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I keep not having the words to say what Alice Wong's work meant to me, and I'm realizing that that's because it would be like trying to say why water was important.
She was a part of everything, when I was coming to understand my disability. Everywhere, with passion and humor and grace.
She was a part of everything, when I was coming to understand my disability. Everywhere, with passion and humor and grace.
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I keep not having the words to say what Alice Wong's work meant to me, and I'm realizing that that's because it would be like trying to say why water was important.
She was a part of everything, when I was coming to understand my disability. Everywhere, with passion and humor and grace.
She was a part of everything, when I was coming to understand my disability. Everywhere, with passion and humor and grace.
I am unable to articulate what a loss Alice Wongs passing is. I learned so much from her, and so much of what I now do was inspired by her work.
I'm so thankful to have found her wisdom when I did.
I'm so thankful to have found her wisdom when I did.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am unable to articulate what a loss Alice Wongs passing is. I learned so much from her, and so much of what I now do was inspired by her work.
I'm so thankful to have found her wisdom when I did.
I'm so thankful to have found her wisdom when I did.
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Let's pay back her generosity with lots of holiday orders. I can personally attest that her products make EXCELLENT gifts—my mom is still using her Galaxy wrist brace something like 3 years later!
I decided to eat the costs for the transportation, duties and other fees I incurred. So I won't be raising prices. I know how hard times are right now. I want as many people to be able to afford my products.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Let's pay back her generosity with lots of holiday orders. I can personally attest that her products make EXCELLENT gifts—my mom is still using her Galaxy wrist brace something like 3 years later!
@mayorofchicago.bsky.social could literally fund this proposal by taking a sliver away from the police. What a fucking disappointment.
Mayor Johnson’s 2026 budget proposal includes a controversial head tax he hopes will generate $100 million to fund violence prevention and youth employment programs.
The newly appointed DFSS commissioner said the tax serves as another way for corporations to invest in the city.
The newly appointed DFSS commissioner said the tax serves as another way for corporations to invest in the city.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@mayorofchicago.bsky.social could literally fund this proposal by taking a sliver away from the police. What a fucking disappointment.
My youngest is looking at medical schools abroad and I really hope they get accepted to one.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My youngest is looking at medical schools abroad and I really hope they get accepted to one.
This sort of abuse is going to continue until men start taking it seriously and holding other men to account for their shitty behavior.
The amount of "progressive" or "good" men in my life who were able to shrug off my abuse by their friend was at the time devastating.
The amount of "progressive" or "good" men in my life who were able to shrug off my abuse by their friend was at the time devastating.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This sort of abuse is going to continue until men start taking it seriously and holding other men to account for their shitty behavior.
The amount of "progressive" or "good" men in my life who were able to shrug off my abuse by their friend was at the time devastating.
The amount of "progressive" or "good" men in my life who were able to shrug off my abuse by their friend was at the time devastating.
If you or @jonfavs.bsky.social were smart of serious human beings you would not be otherwise sharing your takes on a Nazi site.
1. @jonfavs.bsky.social dared me to post this here.
2. sometimes fighting smart is more important than shouting FIGHT HARDER into the ether!
xoxoxo
2. sometimes fighting smart is more important than shouting FIGHT HARDER into the ether!
xoxoxo
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you or @jonfavs.bsky.social were smart of serious human beings you would not be otherwise sharing your takes on a Nazi site.
Imagine if half of the things in this skeet were true.
Imagine if Dems in the Senate hadn't caved. The House wouldn't be in session rn, the discharge petition wouldn't be signed, people wouldn't have SNAP, govt workers would be RIF'd & the GOP would have some decent talking points. But also online rage addicts would be happier! YMMV!
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Imagine if half of the things in this skeet were true.
I am able to read and comprehend the texts sent by my college kids better than these emails sent by these people.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I am able to read and comprehend the texts sent by my college kids better than these emails sent by these people.
My new fantasy football strategy, since my QB situation is grim, is to see who is playing the Bears on Sunday and pick up their QB if he is available.
Anyhow Bobs Discount Guillotines is on a 2 game winning streak for the first time all season.
Anyhow Bobs Discount Guillotines is on a 2 game winning streak for the first time all season.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My new fantasy football strategy, since my QB situation is grim, is to see who is playing the Bears on Sunday and pick up their QB if he is available.
Anyhow Bobs Discount Guillotines is on a 2 game winning streak for the first time all season.
Anyhow Bobs Discount Guillotines is on a 2 game winning streak for the first time all season.
And what distinguishes Platner from AOC and Mamdani and other progressives is a Nazi tattoo.
The Democratic Party needs younger candidates, but it also needs more progressive ones. “What distinguishes Mamdani, AOC, and Platner is not just their youth but the fact that they are compelling progressive populists.” From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/weXDADl
The Myth of the Democrats’ Gerontocracy Problem - The American Prospect
The Democrats’ problem is not age—it’s corporate and centrist Democrats of all ages. What distinguishes some of the most successful young Democrats is not just their youth but the fact that they are compelling progressive populists.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And what distinguishes Platner from AOC and Mamdani and other progressives is a Nazi tattoo.
Why would anyone say anything like this? What is fucking wrong with you.
Rep. Sarah McBride: "It goes both ways. A big tent is bisexual. It goes to the left and the right . And that starts with us being kind to one another, being respectful to one another and being welcoming to one another."
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
Sarah McBride explains how Democrats’ ‘big tent is bisexual’
The Democratic congresswoman from Delaware told an audience at Crooked Con, "You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
www.advocate.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Why would anyone say anything like this? What is fucking wrong with you.