key (rowan) jordan-abrams
@wheretherider.bsky.social
I need a job. ampersands. cats.
Chabad/Hillel warned you. too brown & too white. anti-Zionist. anarcho*.
#AAC, #Autistic, #Deaf, #Disability, epileptic, #LongCOVID, mentally ill. clean, #Sober.
#Poet, writer.
mDNI. touch averse. no unsolicited advice.
Chabad/Hillel warned you. too brown & too white. anti-Zionist. anarcho*.
#AAC, #Autistic, #Deaf, #Disability, epileptic, #LongCOVID, mentally ill. clean, #Sober.
#Poet, writer.
mDNI. touch averse. no unsolicited advice.
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if you want to read actual longer thoughts, I can be found on Mastodon:
fannish, fun, squealing about real life & entirely politics-free 99% of the time blorbo.social/@californiummm
everything else including politics & how much Medi-Cal sucks kolektiva.social/@camilla
fannish, fun, squealing about real life & entirely politics-free 99% of the time blorbo.social/@californiummm
everything else including politics & how much Medi-Cal sucks kolektiva.social/@camilla
lolol my OCD just encouraged me to nuke my Guava account from orbit. don't worry, @guavahealth.bsky.social, I'm still using the app just had to start over.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
lolol my OCD just encouraged me to nuke my Guava account from orbit. don't worry, @guavahealth.bsky.social, I'm still using the app just had to start over.
trying to navigate the confusing world of community college politics when you have professors commenting on each others' policies in class is like being dumped into a maze where every wrong turn…
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
trying to navigate the confusing world of community college politics when you have professors commenting on each others' policies in class is like being dumped into a maze where every wrong turn…
SSA decided that the first confirmatory exam they are going to send me for is an ENT to find out if I am physically Deaf or what is going on there, and audiometry with word discrimination, which should be funny; I have very little word discrimination most days.
however. the exam is in Lancaster.
however. the exam is in Lancaster.
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
SSA decided that the first confirmatory exam they are going to send me for is an ENT to find out if I am physically Deaf or what is going on there, and audiometry with word discrimination, which should be funny; I have very little word discrimination most days.
however. the exam is in Lancaster.
however. the exam is in Lancaster.
the ease with which I get called "sir" these days is amazing.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the ease with which I get called "sir" these days is amazing.
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You weren’t “aloof”.
You were protecting your nervous system.
You weren’t “uninterested”.
You were overstimulated.
You weren’t “self-isolating”.
You were seeking safety.
They called it avoidance.
But it was preservation.
This is the life of the autistic human.
You were protecting your nervous system.
You weren’t “uninterested”.
You were overstimulated.
You weren’t “self-isolating”.
You were seeking safety.
They called it avoidance.
But it was preservation.
This is the life of the autistic human.
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You weren’t “aloof”.
You were protecting your nervous system.
You weren’t “uninterested”.
You were overstimulated.
You weren’t “self-isolating”.
You were seeking safety.
They called it avoidance.
But it was preservation.
This is the life of the autistic human.
You were protecting your nervous system.
You weren’t “uninterested”.
You were overstimulated.
You weren’t “self-isolating”.
You were seeking safety.
They called it avoidance.
But it was preservation.
This is the life of the autistic human.
& of course when I go to book my trip before going to bed (because it saves me doing so later), using the app, it says, "invalid booking Access time".
I don't know what in the seven hells that actually means.
I'm guessing the app doesn't want to work until business hours?
I don't know what in the seven hells that actually means.
I'm guessing the app doesn't want to work until business hours?
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
& of course when I go to book my trip before going to bed (because it saves me doing so later), using the app, it says, "invalid booking Access time".
I don't know what in the seven hells that actually means.
I'm guessing the app doesn't want to work until business hours?
I don't know what in the seven hells that actually means.
I'm guessing the app doesn't want to work until business hours?
amusingly some of them are blocking me before I block them back, means I got onto a list of some sort somewhere. isn't there a tool to see whose lists you're in?
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
amusingly some of them are blocking me before I block them back, means I got onto a list of some sort somewhere. isn't there a tool to see whose lists you're in?
stop blaming peoples' unacceptable or violent behavior on mental illness.
point the blame at the feet of:
- maga
- the tea party garbage
- q-anon
- conspiracy theories
the modern far-right now has a martyr. don't let them use it.
point the blame at the feet of:
- maga
- the tea party garbage
- q-anon
- conspiracy theories
the modern far-right now has a martyr. don't let them use it.
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
stop blaming peoples' unacceptable or violent behavior on mental illness.
point the blame at the feet of:
- maga
- the tea party garbage
- q-anon
- conspiracy theories
the modern far-right now has a martyr. don't let them use it.
point the blame at the feet of:
- maga
- the tea party garbage
- q-anon
- conspiracy theories
the modern far-right now has a martyr. don't let them use it.
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The US arms Israel, protects Israel at the UN, pressures allies to support Israel, produces jokey AI videos, then wants credit for a peace plan?
Gaza is destroyed, tens of thousands are dead, many of them children, all with US blessing.
The US is a partner in this genocide, not a peacemaker.
Gaza is destroyed, tens of thousands are dead, many of them children, all with US blessing.
The US is a partner in this genocide, not a peacemaker.
October 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The US arms Israel, protects Israel at the UN, pressures allies to support Israel, produces jokey AI videos, then wants credit for a peace plan?
Gaza is destroyed, tens of thousands are dead, many of them children, all with US blessing.
The US is a partner in this genocide, not a peacemaker.
Gaza is destroyed, tens of thousands are dead, many of them children, all with US blessing.
The US is a partner in this genocide, not a peacemaker.
#Accessibility for me includes transcripts instead of just captions/subtitles for videos.
reading captions & watching the video at the same time is almost impossible for me. I end up paused advancing video frame by frame over & over so I can read it…
if the player even includes that capability.
reading captions & watching the video at the same time is almost impossible for me. I end up paused advancing video frame by frame over & over so I can read it…
if the player even includes that capability.
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#Accessibility for me includes transcripts instead of just captions/subtitles for videos.
reading captions & watching the video at the same time is almost impossible for me. I end up paused advancing video frame by frame over & over so I can read it…
if the player even includes that capability.
reading captions & watching the video at the same time is almost impossible for me. I end up paused advancing video frame by frame over & over so I can read it…
if the player even includes that capability.
I have now been up to the point where I am still awake when my spouse first wakes up. this should, logically, be my signal to go to bed but I well and truly am only the slightest bit tired.
might still go take the rest break so that I can cuddle because if I go bed later & no cuddle I'll be sad.
might still go take the rest break so that I can cuddle because if I go bed later & no cuddle I'll be sad.
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I have now been up to the point where I am still awake when my spouse first wakes up. this should, logically, be my signal to go to bed but I well and truly am only the slightest bit tired.
might still go take the rest break so that I can cuddle because if I go bed later & no cuddle I'll be sad.
might still go take the rest break so that I can cuddle because if I go bed later & no cuddle I'll be sad.
okay I managed to post in the whole clinical thing thread & then did edit my post once I saw something on someone else's that made me bang my head against the desk for how simple and obvious this is (that the primary legal issue in the vignette is the client being referred by the court for a DUI).
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
okay I managed to post in the whole clinical thing thread & then did edit my post once I saw something on someone else's that made me bang my head against the desk for how simple and obvious this is (that the primary legal issue in the vignette is the client being referred by the court for a DUI).
it's not quite #Caturday anymore but here's a #Cat #Photograph anyway. here's Zoey being adorable—but she's laying on a bunch of empty packing materials from Amazon orders so I can't clean it up. she loves the paper envelopes, the plastic (that we take away when she isn't directly supervised), etc.
September 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
it's not quite #Caturday anymore but here's a #Cat #Photograph anyway. here's Zoey being adorable—but she's laying on a bunch of empty packing materials from Amazon orders so I can't clean it up. she loves the paper envelopes, the plastic (that we take away when she isn't directly supervised), etc.
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tbh, *from its inception*, Israel has never not been about eradicating Palestine. at every opportunity the govt's had to change course, it chose to not turn into a secular democracy with equity for Palestine's people.
there is no solution that Israel will countenance where it doesn't emerge solo.
there is no solution that Israel will countenance where it doesn't emerge solo.
September 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
tbh, *from its inception*, Israel has never not been about eradicating Palestine. at every opportunity the govt's had to change course, it chose to not turn into a secular democracy with equity for Palestine's people.
there is no solution that Israel will countenance where it doesn't emerge solo.
there is no solution that Israel will countenance where it doesn't emerge solo.
#3GoodThings
1. my spouse, who puts up with my having the top light on at all hours of the night while I'm still awake.
2. having some names & numbers from my class because I'm having trouble with the clinical vignette part of the homework—help happily accepted here too. making another thread.
1. my spouse, who puts up with my having the top light on at all hours of the night while I'm still awake.
2. having some names & numbers from my class because I'm having trouble with the clinical vignette part of the homework—help happily accepted here too. making another thread.
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#3GoodThings
1. my spouse, who puts up with my having the top light on at all hours of the night while I'm still awake.
2. having some names & numbers from my class because I'm having trouble with the clinical vignette part of the homework—help happily accepted here too. making another thread.
1. my spouse, who puts up with my having the top light on at all hours of the night while I'm still awake.
2. having some names & numbers from my class because I'm having trouble with the clinical vignette part of the homework—help happily accepted here too. making another thread.
#3GoodThings
1. my spouse, who tried so hard to wake me when I hadn't restored notifications for the app they were poking me on this afternoon.
2. my interprers at college, who make sure that I have equal access to class material.
3. having p4t on my iPad meaning that I can participate equally.
1. my spouse, who tried so hard to wake me when I hadn't restored notifications for the app they were poking me on this afternoon.
2. my interprers at college, who make sure that I have equal access to class material.
3. having p4t on my iPad meaning that I can participate equally.
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#3GoodThings
1. my spouse, who tried so hard to wake me when I hadn't restored notifications for the app they were poking me on this afternoon.
2. my interprers at college, who make sure that I have equal access to class material.
3. having p4t on my iPad meaning that I can participate equally.
1. my spouse, who tried so hard to wake me when I hadn't restored notifications for the app they were poking me on this afternoon.
2. my interprers at college, who make sure that I have equal access to class material.
3. having p4t on my iPad meaning that I can participate equally.
#3GoodThings
1. bedtime cuddle. am barnacle, spouse is the most wonderful for putting up with my ridiculous.
2. recovery. it would be impossible for me to get where I am today if I was still using, no matter how much I thought it was "under control".
3. going to a shul where I'm accepted for me.
1. bedtime cuddle. am barnacle, spouse is the most wonderful for putting up with my ridiculous.
2. recovery. it would be impossible for me to get where I am today if I was still using, no matter how much I thought it was "under control".
3. going to a shul where I'm accepted for me.
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#3GoodThings
1. bedtime cuddle. am barnacle, spouse is the most wonderful for putting up with my ridiculous.
2. recovery. it would be impossible for me to get where I am today if I was still using, no matter how much I thought it was "under control".
3. going to a shul where I'm accepted for me.
1. bedtime cuddle. am barnacle, spouse is the most wonderful for putting up with my ridiculous.
2. recovery. it would be impossible for me to get where I am today if I was still using, no matter how much I thought it was "under control".
3. going to a shul where I'm accepted for me.
dislike the no good options aspect of managing meds for six times per day.
at this point you are basically stuck at the very least organising some of your meds into weekly (whatever) so that you (or I) don't spend inordinate amounts of time per day dealing with a box of pill bottles.
at this point you are basically stuck at the very least organising some of your meds into weekly (whatever) so that you (or I) don't spend inordinate amounts of time per day dealing with a box of pill bottles.
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
dislike the no good options aspect of managing meds for six times per day.
at this point you are basically stuck at the very least organising some of your meds into weekly (whatever) so that you (or I) don't spend inordinate amounts of time per day dealing with a box of pill bottles.
at this point you are basically stuck at the very least organising some of your meds into weekly (whatever) so that you (or I) don't spend inordinate amounts of time per day dealing with a box of pill bottles.
"[…] apparently a watermelon vacuum." #OutOfContextTheatre
September 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"[…] apparently a watermelon vacuum." #OutOfContextTheatre
also the number of times full-ass adult classmates who should know better have touched me during class time is enough times too many that I have bought two shirts that say "don't touch me"; I will be wearing these for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until it sinks into their thick skulls.
September 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
also the number of times full-ass adult classmates who should know better have touched me during class time is enough times too many that I have bought two shirts that say "don't touch me"; I will be wearing these for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until it sinks into their thick skulls.
also I'm finding out the numerous ways in which my humanities background does not mesh well with the psychology-focused major I'm in now.
but I was, at least somewhat, vulnerable with the two professors I don't quite know if to trust yet; gave them some information from my perspectives.
but I was, at least somewhat, vulnerable with the two professors I don't quite know if to trust yet; gave them some information from my perspectives.
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
also I'm finding out the numerous ways in which my humanities background does not mesh well with the psychology-focused major I'm in now.
but I was, at least somewhat, vulnerable with the two professors I don't quite know if to trust yet; gave them some information from my perspectives.
but I was, at least somewhat, vulnerable with the two professors I don't quite know if to trust yet; gave them some information from my perspectives.
#3GoodThings
1. my bestest spouse & not my boyfriend & feeling really very valued, affirmed, & supported, even when things are hard.
2. my body & sleep schedule & all that are finally getting together & getting off on the right foot so I'm awake until this beleaguered hour of the morning.
3. bed.
1. my bestest spouse & not my boyfriend & feeling really very valued, affirmed, & supported, even when things are hard.
2. my body & sleep schedule & all that are finally getting together & getting off on the right foot so I'm awake until this beleaguered hour of the morning.
3. bed.
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#3GoodThings
1. my bestest spouse & not my boyfriend & feeling really very valued, affirmed, & supported, even when things are hard.
2. my body & sleep schedule & all that are finally getting together & getting off on the right foot so I'm awake until this beleaguered hour of the morning.
3. bed.
1. my bestest spouse & not my boyfriend & feeling really very valued, affirmed, & supported, even when things are hard.
2. my body & sleep schedule & all that are finally getting together & getting off on the right foot so I'm awake until this beleaguered hour of the morning.
3. bed.