Notices by The Bitchin' Witches 🐕‍🦺🧙‍♀️ (pawpower@mastodon.social)

Do bears snore in the woods?
And by in the woods I mean under my table which ... is made of wood. 🐻🤎🤣

Also, the Apple Store employee gave me my phone, but voiceover was turned off, and voice control was turned on. These two accessibility features are not the same thing! Putting the genius and genius bar I see…

@threlm4280 I work in the field of technology and often I need to take other peoples devices and work on them, and I always go through and make particular note of accessibility settings or any setting, especially if I need to change it. This way I can give the person their technology back and it will work the same as it did when they gave it to me.

I am SO TIRED of making myself small so the ableds can feel better about themselves. "Tell the uber driver ahead of time" They said... "You won't get so many denials if you just let them decide early on." If they want to deny my civil rights. "Don't be one of those angry disabled people, making everything into a fight." They tell me... while I'm spending an entire day making sure I will have equal access to healthcare with an interpreter... "Cat you just write notes?" (1/4)

It's early voting time!! We went to a community center and they had little cards, they looked like credit cards, and we went into the booth and there was a machine that felt like a giant iPad, and I put my card in the slot at the bottom. My friend signed the selections to me in tactile ASL, and I voted and then went to drop my card in the box! Callisto took it from my hand and I let her put it in there since she wanted to do it. #Deafblind #DogsOfMastodon #IVoted. Edited to add pictures

So Monday I didn't see my student because I was told they had stomach flu. I show up today and they have A FUCKING Respiratory INFECTION!!! COUGHING EVERYWHERE! I ended up leaving after like 2 minutes because I just spent a fucking month on steroids and 2 weeks on Doxycycline and I am NOT doing this shit again if I can help it! I was masked once we saw the situation and I was using my nasal defense spray but FFS people! STAY HOME if you are sick, keep your kids home if they are sick! 😤

@fu I'm sorry? I don't understand?

It is a small study, but this is interesting. I am very allergic to Stevia so I don't typically eat this, but I thought others might find it noteworthy. Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and risk of heart disease, study finds - CNN https://apple.news/AnacRv3sNRlelZ-1CD53DtA

We entered the high school at a different location and I gave Callisto a bit of a test and I simply told her to "find the classroom" without any directional cues from me and my interpreter walked behind so she had to find it without help and OMG she was SO EXCITED to show me, and found the classroom just fine! 🌛💯🦮💖

What you don't realize before you work with terminally ill children is that mostly you forget they're ill and it's just everyday stuff. And then other days you are slapped in the face with rapid decline and the knowledge that this child will not live to graduate high school. That the world sucks and is supremely unfair and will break your heart.

Yesterday my monthly witch subscription box cake and there was a pack of loose leaf tea in it called "blood of my enemies" tea. It's got green tea, spearmint, and hibiscus in it which makes it red, and hence, the name. Anyway before leaving for work I set a pitcher with my infuser out in the sun and now I have very red "blood of my enemies" chillin in the fridge! It looks very tasty!

Did the obligatory exercise, got my fastest time ever, can my reward be going back to bed? No? I have invoices to write and Phoenix needs her yearly vet exam? Ugh! Life, why you gotta do me like that and be so cruel. Guess I need to head out into the yard, then. 🥱🥵💪🎾🐾💨😣

Decided to try ordering Lyft because I've heard that it is better with the service animal denials and they sent me a 50% off coupon. My first driver just did that thing where she drove up, saw me, and suddenly needed to cancel! Whoops! This is not working out as I had planned.

ok second driver just did the same thing, we are now on lucky attempt number 3? Will I get to the vet before they close at noon?

@tillshadeisgone What is your favorite?

Woke up to at least 4 emails in one of my many .edu email addresses for work and had a horrible sinking feeling because usually there are this many emails so early because there is some kind of.... incident where the school is on lockdown. So I went to check and no, it was just a bunch of spam from Amplify and IXL and Khan Academy! They must all have their bots sending their spam at the same time. But... *whew* And this is what it's like to be a teacher in America, in case you're wondering.

It is day two at this conference… And girl got her priorities!

Our public education system is a disaster and the problem is NOT the kids. #Teacherlife

🧏♀️🦮❤️🔥Public service announcement: I DON't "overcome" my disabilities or do things "despite" my disabilities. this is ableist language. People with disabilities are still disabled, we do things as disabled people, disability will always be part of what makes us, us. We may "overcome" 'societal barriers or do activities or tasks "despite" limitations systems or other people put on us, but we are STILL and ALWAYS will be disabled. Thank you for coming to my TED TALK!

Things I hear a lot about Valentine's Day… 1. It is not a real holiday, it is just made up! Boy, do I have news for you about Christmas and Easter! Newsflash, every single holiday is made up by humans because humans have invented holidays since the advent of humans. 2. Valentine's Day is so commercial! Guess what, you can choose not to participate in commercialism if you don't want to. As a society we forget how to use our imagination and creativity to make holidays special.❤️🔥