Sam Still Masks
@theailingwitch.bsky.social
They/Them
Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
Immunosuppressed & Immunocompromised
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
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Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
Immunosuppressed & Immunocompromised
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
🚫NO UNSOLICITED MED ADVICE🚫
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New Intro! ✨
I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
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I am begging you.
DO: Use Alt Text. On every image you post.
DON’T: Use ableist and saneist slurs to insult evil people you don’t like.
I promise they have far more relevant traits to insult and comment on without perpetuating ableist language in a time of active government backed eugenics.
DO: Use Alt Text. On every image you post.
DON’T: Use ableist and saneist slurs to insult evil people you don’t like.
I promise they have far more relevant traits to insult and comment on without perpetuating ableist language in a time of active government backed eugenics.
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I am begging you.
DO: Use Alt Text. On every image you post.
DON’T: Use ableist and saneist slurs to insult evil people you don’t like.
I promise they have far more relevant traits to insult and comment on without perpetuating ableist language in a time of active government backed eugenics.
DO: Use Alt Text. On every image you post.
DON’T: Use ableist and saneist slurs to insult evil people you don’t like.
I promise they have far more relevant traits to insult and comment on without perpetuating ableist language in a time of active government backed eugenics.
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It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike.
It’s another beautiful day for a General Strike!
It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike!
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike.
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Dental pain is some of the worst I know I have ever experienced when dealing with abscesses— Wylder really needs our help to get the care they sorely need.
Please donate, and boost with reposts and quotes for a way to help support Wylder if you can’t donate right now!
Dental pain is some of the worst I know I have ever experienced when dealing with abscesses— Wylder really needs our help to get the care they sorely need.
Please donate, and boost with reposts and quotes for a way to help support Wylder if you can’t donate right now!
Need for root canals reared its head. Been pretty sick.
Can tell my bodies started fighting back again, as todays the first lessening of symtoms but I need treatment ASAP (2k per root canal) & living need funds.
Very exhausted, please boost for us?
linktr.ee/wylder
Can tell my bodies started fighting back again, as todays the first lessening of symtoms but I need treatment ASAP (2k per root canal) & living need funds.
Very exhausted, please boost for us?
linktr.ee/wylder
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Dental pain is some of the worst I know I have ever experienced when dealing with abscesses— Wylder really needs our help to get the care they sorely need.
Please donate, and boost with reposts and quotes for a way to help support Wylder if you can’t donate right now!
Dental pain is some of the worst I know I have ever experienced when dealing with abscesses— Wylder really needs our help to get the care they sorely need.
Please donate, and boost with reposts and quotes for a way to help support Wylder if you can’t donate right now!
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Please boost my posts when you see them? 'Already did once' is great, but they get buried and then who sees them?
Im asking for help to stay alive here, please respond with some sense of urgency or gravity.
linktr.ee/wylder
Im asking for help to stay alive here, please respond with some sense of urgency or gravity.
linktr.ee/wylder
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Please boost my posts when you see them? 'Already did once' is great, but they get buried and then who sees them?
Im asking for help to stay alive here, please respond with some sense of urgency or gravity.
linktr.ee/wylder
Im asking for help to stay alive here, please respond with some sense of urgency or gravity.
linktr.ee/wylder
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Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
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But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
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If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
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I can’t do much to help resist in the streets, but I can absolutely have your back as your Guy in the Chair™️!
Whether you need an emergency contact for a day for an event, or you need a weekly check in just to make sure you weren’t freakin’ disappeared, I have you covered.
You’re not alone. 💜
Whether you need an emergency contact for a day for an event, or you need a weekly check in just to make sure you weren’t freakin’ disappeared, I have you covered.
You’re not alone. 💜
Reiterating this offer is for mutuals for ANY reason:
If you need someone to check in every now and then just to make sure you haven’t been fucking black bagged from your home or the streets let me know.
I know not everyone has someone around like this to help checkin. So, I’ll be there for you! 🫶🏻
If you need someone to check in every now and then just to make sure you haven’t been fucking black bagged from your home or the streets let me know.
I know not everyone has someone around like this to help checkin. So, I’ll be there for you! 🫶🏻
Just a reminder that any mutuals who need some sort of Emergency Contact— for any reason— are welcome to reach out by DM here or Discord. 💜
I can help contact other friends and family, help coordinate needs like (for example) bail costs or finding/contacting legal representation, etc.
I can help contact other friends and family, help coordinate needs like (for example) bail costs or finding/contacting legal representation, etc.
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I can’t do much to help resist in the streets, but I can absolutely have your back as your Guy in the Chair™️!
Whether you need an emergency contact for a day for an event, or you need a weekly check in just to make sure you weren’t freakin’ disappeared, I have you covered.
You’re not alone. 💜
Whether you need an emergency contact for a day for an event, or you need a weekly check in just to make sure you weren’t freakin’ disappeared, I have you covered.
You’re not alone. 💜
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January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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If I were a Democratic politician, I would simply not refer to the cruel destruction of my constituents’ lives as “bait”.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
If I were a Democratic politician, I would simply not refer to the cruel destruction of my constituents’ lives as “bait”.
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On a Lord of the Rings note, Elrond's dad fought and killed Ancalagon the Black who was *significantly* bigger than the great silver dragon on that poster. So big, in fact, that his fall flattened a mountain range, as well as Morgoth's hopes of victory.
Eärendil was a badass.
Eärendil was a badass.
For Dragon Appreciation Day, here's the size chart from AD&D 2e's Council of Wyrms.
Dragons got a lot smaller in 3rd edition.
Dragons got a lot smaller in 3rd edition.
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
On a Lord of the Rings note, Elrond's dad fought and killed Ancalagon the Black who was *significantly* bigger than the great silver dragon on that poster. So big, in fact, that his fall flattened a mountain range, as well as Morgoth's hopes of victory.
Eärendil was a badass.
Eärendil was a badass.
I managed to clean the harp and tried adjusting the pegs, but ran out of spoons before changing any strings…
Maybe today I’ll get to it! I’ve been so fatigued lately though, even with my new med approaching Month 2…
Maybe today I’ll get to it! I’ve been so fatigued lately though, even with my new med approaching Month 2…
Afternoon Project:
Cleaning, restringing, and adjusting the default slippy pegs for my little 19-string harp!
Still not feeling well enough to sit at my lever harp for practice, but if I can level this one up a bit I can practice certain songs (and do my drills, bleh) far easier. 😌
(Old pic!)
Cleaning, restringing, and adjusting the default slippy pegs for my little 19-string harp!
Still not feeling well enough to sit at my lever harp for practice, but if I can level this one up a bit I can practice certain songs (and do my drills, bleh) far easier. 😌
(Old pic!)
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I managed to clean the harp and tried adjusting the pegs, but ran out of spoons before changing any strings…
Maybe today I’ll get to it! I’ve been so fatigued lately though, even with my new med approaching Month 2…
Maybe today I’ll get to it! I’ve been so fatigued lately though, even with my new med approaching Month 2…
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I wrote about this for Indigenous People's Day because since day 1 of Trump 2.0, we've been dragged into conversations regarding the validity of our US citizenship and sovereignty as means of Trump being able to challege birthright citizenship.
how truthout.org/articles/nat...
how truthout.org/articles/nat...
Native Survival Depends on Protecting Both Tribal and US Citizenship Rights
Trump’s attacks on Native sovereignty and citizenship are a deliberate effort to undermine the rights of tribal nations.
truthout.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I wrote about this for Indigenous People's Day because since day 1 of Trump 2.0, we've been dragged into conversations regarding the validity of our US citizenship and sovereignty as means of Trump being able to challege birthright citizenship.
how truthout.org/articles/nat...
how truthout.org/articles/nat...
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So I shared this thread on the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 & I'll share again because I think it is important for folks to know what it is the Trump admin has to undo to undo our US citizenship in order to set a precedent for challenging birthright citizenship.
Forgot to share here but to help put this into perspective, my great grandma was 9 years old when ALL Native Americans gained US citizenship on June 2, 1924 with the Indian Citizenship Act.
January 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
So I shared this thread on the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 & I'll share again because I think it is important for folks to know what it is the Trump admin has to undo to undo our US citizenship in order to set a precedent for challenging birthright citizenship.
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CW: harm to children
No children die in this exchange thankfully
No children die in this exchange thankfully
“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
CW: harm to children
No children die in this exchange thankfully
No children die in this exchange thankfully
The smallest acts of kindess, joy, and compassion matter so much right now.
Don’t lose sight of the little things you can do to resist and be there for your community.
Those small acts of love and resistance can ripple out and touch so many who need it.
Don’t give up. Do your best; that’s enough.
Don’t lose sight of the little things you can do to resist and be there for your community.
Those small acts of love and resistance can ripple out and touch so many who need it.
Don’t give up. Do your best; that’s enough.
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The smallest acts of kindess, joy, and compassion matter so much right now.
Don’t lose sight of the little things you can do to resist and be there for your community.
Those small acts of love and resistance can ripple out and touch so many who need it.
Don’t give up. Do your best; that’s enough.
Don’t lose sight of the little things you can do to resist and be there for your community.
Those small acts of love and resistance can ripple out and touch so many who need it.
Don’t give up. Do your best; that’s enough.
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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Shot FOUR times, and the position of the wounds suggest the liar J Ross was not in front of the car when he murdered Renee Good, and was not in danger.
www.startribune.com/renee-nicole...
www.startribune.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Good had four gunshot wounds, fire department report reveals
Newly acquired documents describe Good’s injuries after she was shot by an ICE agent Jan. 7.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Shot FOUR times, and the position of the wounds suggest the liar J Ross was not in front of the car when he murdered Renee Good, and was not in danger.
www.startribune.com/renee-nicole...
www.startribune.com/renee-nicole...
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At the heart of a new report about the importance of Australian Native Foods and increased First Nations leadership by Marlon Motlop, a former Port Adelaide footballer & proud Larrakia, Gulumoerrgin, Kungarrakan, and Erub man, is a story about connection.
redpopnews.com/how-marlon-m...
#redpopnews
redpopnews.com/how-marlon-m...
#redpopnews
How Marlon Motlop Connects Indigenous Foods, Culture, and Economic Self-Determination
At the heart of a new report about the importance of Australian Native Foods and increased First Nations leadership by Marlon Motlop, a former Port Adelaide footballer and proud Larrakia, Gulumoerrgin...
redpopnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
At the heart of a new report about the importance of Australian Native Foods and increased First Nations leadership by Marlon Motlop, a former Port Adelaide footballer & proud Larrakia, Gulumoerrgin, Kungarrakan, and Erub man, is a story about connection.
redpopnews.com/how-marlon-m...
#redpopnews
redpopnews.com/how-marlon-m...
#redpopnews
It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike.
It’s another beautiful day for a General Strike!
It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike!
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s yet another beautiful day for a General Strike.
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Kill Bill sirens, the color red, I wake up like Wolverine after an arc where the Berserker took control
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Kill Bill sirens, the color red, I wake up like Wolverine after an arc where the Berserker took control
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I don’t know how to help people on this app understand that you can just let people have happy moments! and in fact you *should*
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I don’t know how to help people on this app understand that you can just let people have happy moments! and in fact you *should*
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
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($6000/month and $2000/month btw)
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
($6000/month and $2000/month btw)
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If you want to radicalize someone, show them the prices of decent nursing homes (ones with memory care), and then show them what Medicaid will pay for.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
If you want to radicalize someone, show them the prices of decent nursing homes (ones with memory care), and then show them what Medicaid will pay for.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM