intermittent gimp
@ashley-e.bsky.social
disabled software engineer; pwME; dogs, knitting, making.
Not to scale. Almost always nice to people. Still figuring this place out.
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Not to scale. Almost always nice to people. Still figuring this place out.
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a.k.a. _ashley_e@twitter intermittent_gimp@InstaGram
@wishartb.bsky.social Hello? Are you OK? email me please
March 20, 2024 at 6:32 PM
@wishartb.bsky.social Hello? Are you OK? email me please
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In my newsletter, I wrote about The Spoonbill Club--a series of birding trips that I started for Bay Area folks with long-COVID and related energy-limiting illnesses.
We've done 2 small pilots that I think worked well. Here's more on the intention & planning: buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
We've done 2 small pilots that I think worked well. Here's more on the intention & planning: buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
March 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
In my newsletter, I wrote about The Spoonbill Club--a series of birding trips that I started for Bay Area folks with long-COVID and related energy-limiting illnesses.
We've done 2 small pilots that I think worked well. Here's more on the intention & planning: buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
We've done 2 small pilots that I think worked well. Here's more on the intention & planning: buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
The Incredible, True Story of Jeremy Tortoise's Day Off (of Blue Heron Farm): the character-driven saga* that gripped the world! Mystery! Drama! SEX! and a (literal) feel-good ending.
(* Not a real saga. More like a roller-coaster of a short story. Plus it did not involve Vikings. Probably.)
(* Not a real saga. More like a roller-coaster of a short story. Plus it did not involve Vikings. Probably.)
OMG WE FOUND HIM. THE PEOPLE HOLDING HIM WERE ALSO GOOD SAMARITANS. THEY MADE CHRISTIAN IDENTIFY HIM BY HIS SHELL DAMAGE. HE'S GOING TO BE COMING HOME BUT HE IS
FUCKING ANOTHER TURTLE RIGHT NOW. OOPS.
FUCKING ANOTHER TURTLE RIGHT NOW. OOPS.
March 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
The Incredible, True Story of Jeremy Tortoise's Day Off (of Blue Heron Farm): the character-driven saga* that gripped the world! Mystery! Drama! SEX! and a (literal) feel-good ending.
(* Not a real saga. More like a roller-coaster of a short story. Plus it did not involve Vikings. Probably.)
(* Not a real saga. More like a roller-coaster of a short story. Plus it did not involve Vikings. Probably.)
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When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
September 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM
When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
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The prevalence of Long Covid in the US by age
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
September 13, 2023 at 6:53 PM
The prevalence of Long Covid in the US by age
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
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Biden in 2022: "The pandemic is over because no one's wearing masks"
Biden in 2023: "will be masking while indoors and around people"
The pandemic is not over. Leaders should tell people to take precautions (just as they are) to prevent potentially harmful COVID reinfections.
Biden in 2023: "will be masking while indoors and around people"
The pandemic is not over. Leaders should tell people to take precautions (just as they are) to prevent potentially harmful COVID reinfections.
September 5, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Biden in 2022: "The pandemic is over because no one's wearing masks"
Biden in 2023: "will be masking while indoors and around people"
The pandemic is not over. Leaders should tell people to take precautions (just as they are) to prevent potentially harmful COVID reinfections.
Biden in 2023: "will be masking while indoors and around people"
The pandemic is not over. Leaders should tell people to take precautions (just as they are) to prevent potentially harmful COVID reinfections.
More amazing work by Lia Pas. The embroidery work is terrific. The expression of the subject matter is incredible.
#PwME #MECFS #ChronicIllness
#PwME #MECFS #ChronicIllness
#SciArtSeptember Day 5: strangling
This symptomatology embroidery, neuraesthenia (2017), depicts the sensation of post-exertional malaise (PEM), the hallmark symptom of ME/CFS. PEM feels like an extreme heaviness, as if the energy system of the body is being strangled. #SciArt 🧶🩺🧪🐡
This symptomatology embroidery, neuraesthenia (2017), depicts the sensation of post-exertional malaise (PEM), the hallmark symptom of ME/CFS. PEM feels like an extreme heaviness, as if the energy system of the body is being strangled. #SciArt 🧶🩺🧪🐡
September 5, 2023 at 10:19 PM
More amazing work by Lia Pas. The embroidery work is terrific. The expression of the subject matter is incredible.
#PwME #MECFS #ChronicIllness
#PwME #MECFS #ChronicIllness
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Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison. The longest sentence yet in all J6 prosecutions.
September 5, 2023 at 9:52 PM
Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison. The longest sentence yet in all J6 prosecutions.
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Every space where a majority of people mask makes that space more accessible to everyone, especially higher risk people. Everyone has the right to access essential spaces like healthcare and public transport safely, even if COVID is spreading elsewhere.
September 1, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Every space where a majority of people mask makes that space more accessible to everyone, especially higher risk people. Everyone has the right to access essential spaces like healthcare and public transport safely, even if COVID is spreading elsewhere.
Not a great day. GI system did not get the memo that today I have Things To Do.
I kept waiting to see if I'd feel better after morning meds and a little food. Big Nope.
Argh. Back to bed with meds and something brainless to stream and fall asleep to.
#chronicIllness #PwME #MECFS
I kept waiting to see if I'd feel better after morning meds and a little food. Big Nope.
Argh. Back to bed with meds and something brainless to stream and fall asleep to.
#chronicIllness #PwME #MECFS
September 3, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Not a great day. GI system did not get the memo that today I have Things To Do.
I kept waiting to see if I'd feel better after morning meds and a little food. Big Nope.
Argh. Back to bed with meds and something brainless to stream and fall asleep to.
#chronicIllness #PwME #MECFS
I kept waiting to see if I'd feel better after morning meds and a little food. Big Nope.
Argh. Back to bed with meds and something brainless to stream and fall asleep to.
#chronicIllness #PwME #MECFS
Accurate.
September 3, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Accurate.
A good fantasy for some; a nightmare for others. (Count me in the "good fantasy" camp, including the fantasy that I'd no longer be wildly allergic to cats.)
When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.
September 3, 2023 at 8:19 PM
A good fantasy for some; a nightmare for others. (Count me in the "good fantasy" camp, including the fantasy that I'd no longer be wildly allergic to cats.)
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#SciArtSeptember Day 3: favourite
This #symptomatology #embroidery, body map (2016), is a favourite of the #MECFS community. I spent a few months freehand stitching my various neurological symptoms as I felt them, making my invisible symptoms visible. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
This #symptomatology #embroidery, body map (2016), is a favourite of the #MECFS community. I spent a few months freehand stitching my various neurological symptoms as I felt them, making my invisible symptoms visible. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
September 3, 2023 at 5:08 PM
#SciArtSeptember Day 3: favourite
This #symptomatology #embroidery, body map (2016), is a favourite of the #MECFS community. I spent a few months freehand stitching my various neurological symptoms as I felt them, making my invisible symptoms visible. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
This #symptomatology #embroidery, body map (2016), is a favourite of the #MECFS community. I spent a few months freehand stitching my various neurological symptoms as I felt them, making my invisible symptoms visible. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
And bonus: This puppy is a foster. He's available for a forever home (in TX)
Y'all, this is simply the most photogenic puppy ever to puppy
September 3, 2023 at 6:56 PM
And bonus: This puppy is a foster. He's available for a forever home (in TX)
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"Twenty-five percent of us are homebound or bedridden, and 75 to 85 percent of us can't even work part-time.
Yet doctors do not treat us and science does not study us.
How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?"
#MEAwarenessHour
Yet doctors do not treat us and science does not study us.
How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?"
#MEAwarenessHour
What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose
Five years ago, TED Fellow Jennifer Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that severely impairs normal activi...
www.ted.com
August 30, 2023 at 7:31 PM
"Twenty-five percent of us are homebound or bedridden, and 75 to 85 percent of us can't even work part-time.
Yet doctors do not treat us and science does not study us.
How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?"
#MEAwarenessHour
Yet doctors do not treat us and science does not study us.
How could a disease this common and this devastating have been forgotten by medicine?"
#MEAwarenessHour
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Fremont was unexpectedly flooded by thousands of Dave Matthews fans today after his concert booker reportedly accidentally booked his annual weekend-long concert series at “The George” instead of “The Gorge.”
Fremont Overrun with Concertgoers After Dave Matthews Accidentally Books Weekend at ‘The George’: bit.ly/44AOZJJ
September 2, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Fremont was unexpectedly flooded by thousands of Dave Matthews fans today after his concert booker reportedly accidentally booked his annual weekend-long concert series at “The George” instead of “The Gorge.”
ATM am feeling like dressing up me & my chair as a Dalik
and fantasizing about 100s of #wheelchair users as Daliks rolling down the streets
#disability
and fantasizing about 100s of #wheelchair users as Daliks rolling down the streets
#disability
Part of why people get so excited for Halloween is because it's one of the few holidays that isn't centered around family. You can just go & do your own weird thing. Embrace your inner werewolf. Howl at the moon. Chase a squirrel. Pass out in your bath tub. No one will stop you.
September 2, 2023 at 9:30 PM
ATM am feeling like dressing up me & my chair as a Dalik
and fantasizing about 100s of #wheelchair users as Daliks rolling down the streets
#disability
and fantasizing about 100s of #wheelchair users as Daliks rolling down the streets
#disability
Weevil,
Weevil,
ROCK U!
What's not to like? Art + Puns + Rock 'n Roll!
Weevil,
ROCK U!
What's not to like? Art + Puns + Rock 'n Roll!
Since I’m busily taking part in both #SciArtSeptember & #MinCup23 here’s a silly linocut with #invertebrates & a rock. 🐡
This linocut illustrates a terrible pun: 'Weevil weevil rock U' rather than "We will, we will rock you," of course. The larger weevil is the extravagant, long-necked
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This linocut illustrates a terrible pun: 'Weevil weevil rock U' rather than "We will, we will rock you," of course. The larger weevil is the extravagant, long-necked
🧵 1/2
September 2, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Weevil,
Weevil,
ROCK U!
What's not to like? Art + Puns + Rock 'n Roll!
Weevil,
ROCK U!
What's not to like? Art + Puns + Rock 'n Roll!
#disability In case folks want to help or need the help.
The ALT4Me feed has been created to allow posters to ask for no-questions-asked help when they can't add alt text to posted images. Using the keyword anywhere in a post will flag it for attention and a volunteer will reply. For text-only images, the @ alt-text.bsky.social bot can help.
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September 2, 2023 at 8:41 PM
#disability In case folks want to help or need the help.
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@mikecaulfield.bsky.social led an analysis comparing search (YouTube vs X) for YouTube videos about the Maui fires. Searching via X surfaced far more conspiracy theory videos. Short summary, Youtube seems to be following the “speech, not reach” adage. X, not so much. www.cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/y...
YouTube search surfaces good information about the causes of the Lahaina Fire, but external links re...
The Lahaina wildfires were still raging as the first questions about whether they might have been “deliberately set” emerged online. Though all current evidence points to an accidental start, pote...
www.cip.uw.edu
September 2, 2023 at 3:38 PM
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social led an analysis comparing search (YouTube vs X) for YouTube videos about the Maui fires. Searching via X surfaced far more conspiracy theory videos. Short summary, Youtube seems to be following the “speech, not reach” adage. X, not so much. www.cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/y...
Amazing work.
#SciArtSeptember Day 2: battle
I began this #anatomy #embroidery, Bleeding Vessel (2022), during tests to solve menstrual symptoms. Endometrial cancer was found. The fibroids, polyp, & cyst are based on my imaging. A hysterectomy removed the cancer in a short battle. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
I began this #anatomy #embroidery, Bleeding Vessel (2022), during tests to solve menstrual symptoms. Endometrial cancer was found. The fibroids, polyp, & cyst are based on my imaging. A hysterectomy removed the cancer in a short battle. #SciArt 🧶🐡🩺🧪
September 2, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Amazing work.
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Now try applying this logic to other potentially fatal and contagious diseases that are continuously circulating. Best not to even test for hepatitis, encephalitis, HIV......
I hate the clown emoji. It's the go-to choice of the intellectually stunted. But it would apply here.
I hate the clown emoji. It's the go-to choice of the intellectually stunted. But it would apply here.
August 28, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Now try applying this logic to other potentially fatal and contagious diseases that are continuously circulating. Best not to even test for hepatitis, encephalitis, HIV......
I hate the clown emoji. It's the go-to choice of the intellectually stunted. But it would apply here.
I hate the clown emoji. It's the go-to choice of the intellectually stunted. But it would apply here.
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Healthcare workers don’t decide whether to wear gloves or sterilize equipment based on how many people are hospitalized. They just do it because it protects patients, and every patient has the right to get healthcare without becoming more sick. It should be the same with masks.
August 28, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Healthcare workers don’t decide whether to wear gloves or sterilize equipment based on how many people are hospitalized. They just do it because it protects patients, and every patient has the right to get healthcare without becoming more sick. It should be the same with masks.