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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 14

Being disabled while the US healthcare collapses is fun because I never know when my meds will go back in stock and it’s always a guess at what I will be medicated for and what I will not that month 🤗

(ADHD MEDS AND EMGALITY IM LOOKING AT YOU)

#disability #UnmedicatedAdhd #ChronicMigraine #Lupus

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 11

The us needs a nice long time out to think about the consequences of its actions

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 9

She really is the clumsiest cat but I can relate and empathize 😂

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 9

Lottie took a fall down the not-yet-built stairs this weekend (she’s fine just traumatized) and since then has not left my side🥺💕

Calico cat with green eyes sitting on a white blanket

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 8

Why did I immediately think “is this because you told us not to eat grass?” 😂

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 8

My parents sheltered me from lots of media but the one thing I’m thankful for is I never read or loved Harry Potter or the fandom 😅 Really dodged a bullet with that one.

#lesbian #acespec #exevangelical #jkrowlinghate

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is so real 😭

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 7

I pulled my neck weird and can barely move it now so I guess just resting and eating pizza from bed but that seems anticlimactic #disabilitylife

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Crystal 🍲🌛 @enditwithasmile.bsky.social · Apr 7

What do you mean there was a Tr*mp protest on Halloween of 1989??

Protestor dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz holding a sign stating “Surrender Donald.”

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · Apr 7

You weren’t “high-functioning.”
You were masking.

You weren’t “coping.”
You were dissociating.

You weren’t “fine.”
You were in burnout.

They praised your performance.
But never saw the cost.

You deserved care.
Not applause.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Apr 6

When you're chronically ill, your baseline is everything. Sometimes it's easy to forget just how much even minimal amounts of functioning can mean to you... until you lose it.

It takes almost nothing to lose function, and a ton of effort to regain it.

Never apologize for protecting your baseline.

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 6

New pride flag upppppp and the homophobic neighbor’s dog hasn’t stopped barking at it since I put it up 😎🏳️‍🌈

House with a pink door, string lights, and a pride flag hanging, a row of tulips and other green plants beginning to grow in the front garden bed

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 6

A 2024 study shows that people with POTS have much less peripheral eye tracking than nondisabled peers. This makes so much sense why when my POTS is flaring, large chunks of the world ✨disappear✨. Add in autism’s processing issues to begin with, and it is hard to navigate many places.

#pots

Four images of graphs, two showing control subject having no difference of eye tracking whether they are upright or laying down, and two showing POTS patients having much less visual tracking/eye movement in the peripheral when they are head up tilt.

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BB ☕️ @bren-bren.bsky.social · Apr 6

Happy Ace Day my friends 🖤🩶🤍💜

a sign that says you are not missing out and you are important

ALT: a sign that says you are not missing out and you are important

media.tenor.com

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 5

Out with the old (stairs) and in with the new! ☺️🪜🔨

I also added a storage bench on the last step 🤩

#FirstTimeHomeOwner #HomeRenovation

A picture of old basement steps that are barely functional

Picture of new basement steps with light pine wood

Wooden step at bottom of staircase hinged open to show storage inside

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 4

Made a lasagna to feel like I have my shit together in the middle of a flare and I think it worked 🤣

#AutisticShutdown #ChronicIllnessFlare

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 4

*Dusting off my American Girl Kit books

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 3

Maybe it’s a #lupus #butterflyrash? Maybe it’s Maybelline? 🤪

(Fun fact I’ve had doctors say I didn’t have lupus because my rash also comes on in fluorescent lights…there’s been studies since the 80S!! saying this is normal for lupus patients 🙃)

White girl with dirty blonde hair, a Jean jacket, and naturally pink cheeks looks at camera annoyed

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Kenzie ✨ @notknz.is.tall.fyi · Apr 3

It’s Autism Awareness (Acceptance) Month, and boy, am I aware.

Picture of a deer in a hallway with the caption “how it feels having one of those days where you are just incredibly aware of your autism”

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Apr 1

"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.

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CNN @cnn.com · Apr 1

Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest floor speech in modern Senate history, surpassing the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech lasting 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957, in which he spoke against the Civil Rights Act.

Read more: cnn.it/4hS8Uul

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Apr 1

WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest U.S. Senate speech.

Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Apr 1

BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker sets the record for the longest speech in Senate history in remarks that have spanned more than 24 hours, tearing into what he called the Trump administration's “grave and urgent” threat to the country. nbcnews.to/4jein0f

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 1

For those unaware, he has been speaking since 7pm yesterday and is approaching the title of the longest speech given to senate in history of this country.

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Lyndi (she/her) @lyndilu22.bsky.social · Apr 1

Watching @booker.senate.gov is bringing me so much hope at the moment for this country.

#corybooker #senatespeech #filibuster

Photo of tv with Senator Cory Booker speaking on the senate floor

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