Good Things Friday (262) and Link Love
March 1, 2024
Small happy moments this weekend: I made a huge effort all week to clear off my work so I could stop work at a reasonable hour on Friday, and it finally happened! (the past 4 week’s efforts ended in disappointment)
PiC took the kids earlier than usual and gave me two hours to myself. My brain wanted to tackle the 6 of the 7 bags of clothes that have been sitting in the corners, demanding my time. They need to be handed down, donated, or were just handed down and needed to be put away. Everything was sorted into hand down bags and donation boxes and dresser drawers. That felt GOOD.
Sera and I went for a walk on Saturday morning, it was sunny, warm, nary a cloud in sight. Naturally that meant she didn’t want to walk. We came back home for what she really wanted: giant rolls on the grass in the backyard and sunbathing. I got some excellent pictures of a happy dog. 😍
Helping folks
My friend Zara Bain runs an audio transcription business that hires disabled people. I really believe in her business model and they need a bit of help to get through a tough time. I’ve donated and shared on Bluesky, perhaps you might be able to lend a hand too?: “Disabled people face countless barriers to employment. We’ve worked relentlessly since 2017 to change this. Without your help, we won’t survive. Please donate #SaveAAT#DisabilityJustice #Disabled”
Tinu is an activist for Black women and disabled people who has fought back cancer multiple times, while living with asthma, was hospitalized with COVID pneumonia and is facing another recurrence of cancer. I’ve supported her health expenses for quite a while now at the GoFundMe, and am now changing to a regular donation by Venmo to reduce the fees because she won’t just need help right now this month if she’s going to survive this bout with cancer. She also has a Cashapp. We recently lost @sassycrass to Long COVID, we can’t lose another person.
If you don’t know who Linda Tirado is, she’s one of several journalists who were targeted by the police for reporting on their brutality during protests, they shot her eye out and caused severe brain damage. She hasn’t let that stop her, she’s still out here helping people, but it’s deeply impacted and likely shortened her life: I get to be the person I always wish I had been
@rahaeli is full of interesting information on medical stuff and this one is really useful given the healthcare industry’s tactic of using “peer reviewers” to reject as many treatments and prescriptions as possible:
What a week all around.
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It’s most definitely been that.
Also, just to put the cherry on top, all my joints are Very Angry today. Even my elbow! What even. (I have a mild form of EDS and had arthritis at 18.)
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Joints, c’mon!
I didn’t know we shared that joint problems history 😭 (they thought mine was arthritis when I was a teen too). I hope they get better this week. ❤️❤️