Notices by Valerie Roney (vlrny@disabled.social)

I walk by a school yard that has a disappointing amount of snack litter blown up into the shrubs and such. It makes me sad.

It's too much for me to pick up, but I can't shift the Marge Simpson grumbles of disapproval at the state of things.

In an inspired moment of clarity today I realized I could pick up one piece every time I walked by. It allows me to feel like I am responding to the need, but not swamped by it.

#randomActsOfKindness #smallThingsMatter

I'm sitting here looking at the mushrooms coming up through the rotting leaves, and thinking about how much grief and loss are required for growth and change.

Moderation tools I wish were available at the user level:

1) the ability to reject and remove unwelcome comments on my thread.

2) the ability to send a toot with comments closed entirely, not everything has to be a discussion/argument.

#mastodon #onlineSafety #userDriven

☝️and obvs my apologies to anyone who @'s me and doesn't get much of a reply. Using my phone is becoming more and more eye strain-y and likely to only to get worse until I get the surgery.

So..... I have rapidly developing cataracts (thanks 🤬 prednisone and/or weird assed immune system).
Am awaiting cataract surgery referral.
In the meantime hit me with your best cataract hacks to get me through, lighting tips n whatnot.

This is changing faster than I can discover workarounds so definitely want to tap the wisdom of those that have gone before.

Heads up another style of spam/fraud account.

"The 47th Rule of Acquisition says: don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own."
- Quark

...not bad advice, actually. 🤔
#DS9

@Fragglemuppet you can just tag it in your original post and it will automatically boost it to everybody following that group.

Btw @lonelinesscorps is a group bot that will boost anyone that tags it.
It's basically a mustering point for community building.
People use it to:
•reach out when they're bored •start some kind of silliness like our watch parties
•share strategies for local community building
•and sometimes just have deep talks about loneliness, community, and healthy relationships

Follow it for more randomness and connection in your life.
Use it to help combat loneliness for yourself or others.

For anybody who needs to hear it today:
Good job surviving.
This shit is hard, yo.

Heads up there's a new fraud trend, fake mutual aid accounts.
Brand new sign up dates and immediately started @'ing people for support.
Especially in our community I find this stuff particularly offensive.
So be sure someone is legit before you boost a #mutualAid request. And report these fraud accounts if they @ you.
Eg of the latest one I got:

I made tea to comfort myself.

Then forgot to drink it.

Found it again.

It's still hot.

Life's a rollercoaster, ya'll.

Heh. I just had a shower and unthinkingly got dressed in fresh bedtime pyjamas. It's 1:30 in the afternoon.
I think my subconscious may be telling me something about what to expect from myself for the rest of the day. Nothing.

For all my UK friends who have been taking the piss and explaining to me pants means underwear over there, I would like to point out, on this side of the Atlantic, pasties are those twirly things you stick on nipples.

In #spoonieTown there's a wee truck (solar powered) that drives around selling pies. Sweet pies, savoury pies, hand pies, big pies to share. All the pies.
Life needs a reliable source of pie.

I had a customer service experience at my bank today that was just lovely. Kind, helpful, patient, even did extra things I hadn't thought to ask for.
I've had such an awful week in so many other ways, today I wanted to climb over the counter to give her a hug, I was so delighted and grateful.
What a lovely change.
Just when you're ready to give up, humanity redeems itself. 🥲

Some weird twist of dyslexia has me consistently reading "fury" as "furry" and ya know, I'm probably the better for it.
🦊✨

How to be an ally:

Punch up.
Don't poop down.

That's it.

☝️ I am so fekkin tired of people carefully explaining to me why something is hard for disabled people. We KNOW.

What we need is for you to turn around and say to the people making the decisions (even within your own business or org):

📢"Oi! This shit is hard for disabled people. Fix it!"

We need your advocacy, not your head pats.

#ally #allyship #a11y #disabilityJustice #courage

Today I'm exploring how often you can reheat soup after you've gotten distracted and let it go cold. Repeatedly.