Notices by Valerie Roney (vlrny@disabled.social)

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.

Mastodon and the fediverse are just full of beautiful human beings. It continues to surprise and delight me.

I both hope that I never get used to this, and I have the opportunity to get used to this.

#normalizeKindness

Does anybody remember that episode of Community where they made a blanket fort through the whole school?

I think we need like a worldwide version of that, with bed sheet tunnels connecting us all.

Hey question for my medical cannabis users: has anybody ever gotten too much CBD?

My body seems to love tonnes, but as these products get more and more concentrated (found an oil with 250mg/g once, and regularly use 100mg/g, plus 30mg CBD gummies) but is there a threshold where it starts to pile up, and if so how can you tell?

I have been struggling with being sick from too much immune meds, which feels as bad as too little, suddenly wondered if CBD might be similar issue.

#mmj #cannabis

Hooo! Cheers to how smart my moshidon app it!

I was scrolling through my @joybooster acct and a reply popped up for @vlrny and I clicked it and commented and forgot I was in the other account, but the app dropped me in the right place. Whew!

Good work @moshidon yer app is smarter than me!

If you'd like to make some baby steps towards #foodSovereignty you can:
🌱Plant live lettuces in a plant pot and they'll regrow for quite a while.
🌱Plant the rooty-butts of onions and grow more onions.
🌱Stick bits of rooty potatoes into pots and get more potatoes.
🌱Fresh herbs can often be rooted in water and then planted for more mint, basil, etc.
(things I have all done lazily and successfully w a bit o trial and error).
Anybody else got #LazyGardening suggestions?

I am gonna try another shout out for local folks (every 6mos another pile of people join the fediverse)

I am looking for meatspace friends in the #guelph area. Super low key, hang out, walks, errands, watch movies, drink tea.

Added bonus if you like cooking/baking and/or are interested in #intentionalCommunities - I need some help zhuzhing up the kitchen heart of the nascent community I'm now in.

Am in a satellite town just east of Guelph propper, #kitchenerWaterloo folks might work too.

I am drinking tea out of an old mug with the pithy phrase, "don't let reality ruin your day."
Advice that still holds up.
Maybe even moreso now.

#spoonieTown btw is an imaginary community full of slowing down and nourish and taking care of each other vibes. The imagined infrastructure as well as the culture.
Everybody's ideas welcome.

You don't have to be a spoonie to hang out in Spoonie Town, you just need to want to Slow Down and Heal Things.

#solarPunk #hopePunk #intentionalCommunities #dreamingAsResistance #kindnessCulture #community
#spoonies

The @lonelinesscorps group is for anybody wanting to help battle social isolation. For yourself or others.

Follow the group to get all sorts of community building in your stream (even just folks saying hello and starting a chat).

Tag the group on your toots to have them reboosted and shared for a larger reach on the fediverse when yer sharing meatspace ideas or fun online ways to connect.

#lonelinessCorps #newHere #hello #bored #lonely #wazzup #community #findYourPeople

Two important notes:
1) #asstodon is full of donkeys and a balm to the soul.
2) the feed has been a bit skinny lately, so if you have donkey photos in yer phone, toot 'em.
📣I repeat, denizens of the fediverse, WE NEED YOUR ASS! 🐴

Please be extra kind in this brutal time - provide the info we need to choose when we engage with this stuff.
FYI I have unfollowed three people today because they tooted stuff without tags or CW.
I know there's a lot to be upset about but be mindful of the hurting humans around you.
Now, pls enjoy a beautiful rant:

☝️ I am pretty much gonna boost this every time I have to go in and either hide boosts or unfollow people to protect my feed.
Unless yer a poli wonk or activist and all your content is predictably difficult content, PLEASE PUT A CONTENT WARNING (now affectionately called a Content Wrapper 🎁 CW) on dat stuff.

@Fragglemuppet snug-a-bug!