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President #Biden just announced that the student loan cancellation program for public workers has now granted relief to more than one million Americans — up from just 7,000 who were approved before the program was updated by Biden two years ago.

This man is a national treasure when it comes to political satire. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFADpV9M/ #satire #randyrainbow #politics #taylorswift #humor

#pennedpossibilities 451 — Picture This: Your MC befriends a little bird who sits on their windowsill every morning. What do they name him or her? What type of bird are they? Not an every day scenario, but in my upcoming book, my MC is eating on the balcony of a rented seaside condo and three seagulls land on the railing. She is told to not feed them, no longer how hard they begged or else they’d show their true colors. #writing #birds

I never saw a rainbow in a dandelion before

If I am at my desk, Miko will be right there, often hogging my mousepad. She’s fourteen, still gorgeous and sweet and demands lengthy head scratches. She’s also the reason my books often feature a cat. #CatsOfMastodon #softkitty #Muse #writinglife

Forced poverty must end.

Draconian public benefit rules trap disabled women in poverty.

We need to eliminate these barriers and allow disabled women to work and thrive.

Tell Congress to pass the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act.

#DisabledWomensEPD

@SDParris good stories get rejected all the time, so if it doesn't get accepted, try again elsewhere. I had one story rejected several times before it ended up winning a first place prize.

A real page-turner with well-developed characters! Grab a copy of "Tapestry of Family" now. #romance #fiction #LGBT #humor #romantic Buy Now --> https://allauthor.com/amazon/37619/

“[I]f Donald Trump wants people, wants Kamala Harris and others to stop saying that he is a threat to democracy, then he should stop threatening democracy. Perhaps he shouldn’t be trying to overturn elections, overthrow the government, and inciting insurrections.”

-- Don Lemon, on CNN

#DangerousDonald #DonaldArlingtonTrump #GOPWeirdos #TrumpWillLose2024 #TrumpIsUnwell #Project2025 #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #NoRepublicansEverAgain #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol #DonaldTrump

No remorse from Daisy, the deer legged wonder dog and her latest soft soled victims. #SceneOfTheCrime #shoethief #labmix #dogsofmastodon #slippers #chewtoy

This is so cool! Through the nonprofit called David's Chair, my Aunt was able to use an all-terrain wheelchair for free, and to enjoy the Oregon coast with her family. https://davidschair.org/

Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up? I spoke to a friend about this & was shocked by the response.

We were discussing CERB - the Canadian emergency payment people received if they were laid off due to Covid shutdowns. I mentioned it felt unreasonable that it paid almost double what people on disability receive.

This friend informed me that working people expect to be able to live off what they make - and therefore if they’re unable to work they “deserve” more money. Disabled people however need to learn to “budget” for their new circumstances and “do more with less.”

I tried to point out that no one “plans” a disability. The suddenness of it is no different than being laid off from work. They were speaking as though all disabled people know they’re going to be disabled & therefore should be planning to live on less for their entire lives.

I pointed out that with a lay off - the impacted person at least has a chance to try and find alternate work/income. With disability you are PROHIBITED from earning any additional money and (if your disability is permanent) you won’t ever be able to work again.

That is a far more precarious financial situation and yet for some reason - disability payments are almost half what people on CERB received. And my temporarily abled friend saw absolutely nothing wrong with that.

This friend also seemed to think all disability was permanent. I explained that sometimes people are temporarily disabled due to surgery or an accident etc. Apparently they felt those people deserved the same as a “working person” but the permanently disabled deserved less.

My final argument was that being disabled tends to come with a lot more expenses because being sick costs a lot of money. Many disabilities require specific accommodations, special diets, expensive medications, mobility aids etc.

Their reply was that disabled people have to budget accordingly and not be the government or the taxpayers problem. I informed them that you can’t get blood from a stone & that it’s impossible to live on $1100 a month - especially when sick.

“Survival of the fittest” was the response I received. That disabled people should consider themselves “lucky” to get anything and not be a burden on those who are still economically active. 1/2

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans #bullying #CleanAirClassrooms #UglyLaws

Every single day, at least once, #Daisy the deer legged wonder dog, makes sure my face is washed. #dogsofmastodon #puppy #clean #humor

Icing the knee, per physical therapist request following yesterday’s tumble. At least I can get in a bit of writing. #kneereplacement #fallrisk #author #writing

After all of that how about something cute:

Young people: We’d like to buy a house.

Capital: Pfft. Are you rich?

Young people: Uh, no? Ok. We’ll rent an apartment!

Capital: Great! Rent has increased 300%.

Young people: We can’t afford that! Sigh. Where’s the public housing?

Capital: According to the new zoning laws, public housing is illegal. Luxury condos are all that can be built.

Young people: Fuck. I guess we’re homeless, then.

Capital: Sorry, homelessness is also illegal.



#Capitalism #housing #HousingCrisis

Sometimes Octopi will capture sharks, and just hold onto them for awhile. Scientists speculate that it's to clean parasites off them. What do you think they're up to?