Maud Styrt
@disabilityjoy.bsky.social
Because joy is truer and stronger and more fun than despair. And a form of resistance. And because bsky told me FierceDisabilityJoy is too long.
Let's stay alive and lurch toward liberation.
Let's stay alive and lurch toward liberation.
A Valentine thought for my fellow humans:
"...What one heart can do for another heart, is there any beauty in the world that can match this? Brotherhood, sisterhood, humanity becomes the joy and the emancipation."
~ Hafiz, 14thc Persian poet
"...What one heart can do for another heart, is there any beauty in the world that can match this? Brotherhood, sisterhood, humanity becomes the joy and the emancipation."
~ Hafiz, 14thc Persian poet
February 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A Valentine thought for my fellow humans:
"...What one heart can do for another heart, is there any beauty in the world that can match this? Brotherhood, sisterhood, humanity becomes the joy and the emancipation."
~ Hafiz, 14thc Persian poet
"...What one heart can do for another heart, is there any beauty in the world that can match this? Brotherhood, sisterhood, humanity becomes the joy and the emancipation."
~ Hafiz, 14thc Persian poet
I'm one of the 68M -- about 1 in 5 -- Americans on Medicare; one of the 9M on SSDI (which caps my discretionary income at just over $100/mo). Is tmw the day I don't receive my benefit check, can't pay my LTC facility, and slow roll to my death by [neologism?] kakistocra-cide?
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm one of the 68M -- about 1 in 5 -- Americans on Medicare; one of the 9M on SSDI (which caps my discretionary income at just over $100/mo). Is tmw the day I don't receive my benefit check, can't pay my LTC facility, and slow roll to my death by [neologism?] kakistocra-cide?
Sending you the melodic blessing that is Saffie's Soltice Carol, with a grateful heart for friends & strangers who enliven hope in these times.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=01S6...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=01S6...
The Solstice Carole
YouTube video by Saffie - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Sending you the melodic blessing that is Saffie's Soltice Carol, with a grateful heart for friends & strangers who enliven hope in these times.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=01S6...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=01S6...
Reposted by Maud Styrt
Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira is a destabilizing read in the most generative way: [eg] ...
November 24, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira is a destabilizing read in the most generative way: [eg] ...
Cold wind blowing:
Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare and Medicaid.
Should we have hoped for Dr. Phil? :-p
Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare and Medicaid.
Should we have hoped for Dr. Phil? :-p
November 20, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Cold wind blowing:
Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare and Medicaid.
Should we have hoped for Dr. Phil? :-p
Dr. Oz in charge of Medicare and Medicaid.
Should we have hoped for Dr. Phil? :-p
Reposted by Maud Styrt
They want to say shit that upsets you and then watch you get upset. Starve them of that shit. Block them all. There's nothing constructive about the conflict fetish that drove the algorithm in the bad place. Arguing online only hardens most people's positions anyway. We don't have to live that way.
November 16, 2024 at 11:15 PM
They want to say shit that upsets you and then watch you get upset. Starve them of that shit. Block them all. There's nothing constructive about the conflict fetish that drove the algorithm in the bad place. Arguing online only hardens most people's positions anyway. We don't have to live that way.
How did I miss Sara Luterman's 2023 profile of the incomparable Anita Cameron?
You're welcome.
#DisabilityFierce
19thnews.org/2023/05/anit...
You're welcome.
#DisabilityFierce
19thnews.org/2023/05/anit...
37 years and over 100 arrests: Longtime disability rights icon Anita Cameron is retiring from protests
In the wake of her last protest, The 19th spoke with Cameron about her life and the future of disabled activism.
19thnews.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:20 AM
How did I miss Sara Luterman's 2023 profile of the incomparable Anita Cameron?
You're welcome.
#DisabilityFierce
19thnews.org/2023/05/anit...
You're welcome.
#DisabilityFierce
19thnews.org/2023/05/anit...
Microdose Rx For These Times, by David Whyte:
"This is not the age of information.
This is NOT the age of information.
Forget the news
and the radio
and the blurred screen.
This is the time
of loaves
and fishes.
People are hungry
and one good word
is bread for a thousand."
"This is not the age of information.
This is NOT the age of information.
Forget the news
and the radio
and the blurred screen.
This is the time
of loaves
and fishes.
People are hungry
and one good word
is bread for a thousand."
November 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Microdose Rx For These Times, by David Whyte:
"This is not the age of information.
This is NOT the age of information.
Forget the news
and the radio
and the blurred screen.
This is the time
of loaves
and fishes.
People are hungry
and one good word
is bread for a thousand."
"This is not the age of information.
This is NOT the age of information.
Forget the news
and the radio
and the blurred screen.
This is the time
of loaves
and fishes.
People are hungry
and one good word
is bread for a thousand."
Helpful, esp since I never used that twittering app:
www.fastcompany.com/91228063/dro...
www.fastcompany.com/91228063/dro...
Dropping X for Bluesky? These tips will make the migration easier
The budding social network has lots of neat ways to get up and running.
www.fastcompany.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Helpful, esp since I never used that twittering app:
www.fastcompany.com/91228063/dro...
www.fastcompany.com/91228063/dro...
Reposted by Maud Styrt
How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.
November 13, 2024 at 7:35 PM
How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.
#Disability #Disabled folks & friends: Bluesky feed and follower recs for disability fierceness, policy, culture, rights, liberation?
That's one thing I value on The Other Site, and want to support on this platform.
That's one thing I value on The Other Site, and want to support on this platform.
November 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
#Disability #Disabled folks & friends: Bluesky feed and follower recs for disability fierceness, policy, culture, rights, liberation?
That's one thing I value on The Other Site, and want to support on this platform.
That's one thing I value on The Other Site, and want to support on this platform.
Note to self: Caveat scriptor.
Just learned that so far bsky has no "edit post" function.
Just learned that so far bsky has no "edit post" function.
November 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Note to self: Caveat scriptor.
Just learned that so far bsky has no "edit post" function.
Just learned that so far bsky has no "edit post" function.