Rook
@arookbird.bsky.social
Spoonie, parent, creature. Trying to remember how to person.
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
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I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
so how do you solve the problem without denying access to people who need it?
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
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Having spent some time in care as a child, I recommend this very fine essay, and the Subtack it comes from. Matt Taylor is a writer to watch.
“I grew up in care, not prison. I say it like a fact, like my phone number, recited without thinking. But none of that matters, because they want an answer.
‘So, what did you do wrong?’”
This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social
‘So, what did you do wrong?’”
This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social
“So, what did you do wrong?” | Lyric Essay
November 2025 is the first National Care Leavers Month, so here is a piece about the question I get asked most when people find out I grew up in care.
underclasshero.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Having spent some time in care as a child, I recommend this very fine essay, and the Subtack it comes from. Matt Taylor is a writer to watch.
I cannot express to you how much I love coffee.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I cannot express to you how much I love coffee.
What is the point of being a billionaire if you can't say what you want to who you want?
Franklin the Turtle is braver than Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s silence on the Trump administration using her music speaks volumes | Alim Kheraj
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What is the point of being a billionaire if you can't say what you want to who you want?
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Oh this looks fabulous
What would YOU do for the perfect dress? ❌
What would ANNE HATHAWAY do for the perfect dress? ✅
What would ANNE HATHAWAY do for the perfect dress? ✅
Anne Hathaway Goes Full Diva in the Trailer for David Lowery’s Mother Mary - Reactor
Not sure you wanna say yes to this dress, Anne
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oh this looks fabulous
I really miss Target but damn, they really just keep digging. It's baffling.
*not shopping at Target intensifies*
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I really miss Target but damn, they really just keep digging. It's baffling.
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Re-upping this as we get into the Christmas season proper to remind people that “Hallelujah” is not a Christmas song, nor is it a song about Jesus generally.
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Re-upping this as we get into the Christmas season proper to remind people that “Hallelujah” is not a Christmas song, nor is it a song about Jesus generally.
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Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
You know what's great? All cornbreads. They're all good. We can have them ALL.
I also like cornmeal based cakes. (Best one Ive had was a blood orange and olive oil cornmeal cake.)
I also like cornmeal based cakes. (Best one Ive had was a blood orange and olive oil cornmeal cake.)
Realtalk:
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You know what's great? All cornbreads. They're all good. We can have them ALL.
I also like cornmeal based cakes. (Best one Ive had was a blood orange and olive oil cornmeal cake.)
I also like cornmeal based cakes. (Best one Ive had was a blood orange and olive oil cornmeal cake.)
I used a bottle and a half of molasses on cookie dough tonight lol
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I used a bottle and a half of molasses on cookie dough tonight lol
The fuck
I wish I could call up my mom (a theater professor who worked with undergraduates) and read her this article to hear her reaction, especially to the "you just don't understand theater" part.
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The fuck
I have dough for classic gingerbread cookies and dough for a ginger spice cookie with lemon zest chilling in the fridge to bake tomorrow. The kitchen smells of spices, molasses, and lemon.
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I have dough for classic gingerbread cookies and dough for a ginger spice cookie with lemon zest chilling in the fridge to bake tomorrow. The kitchen smells of spices, molasses, and lemon.
I really don't understand why this is hard for people to understand. If they aren't after you now, they will be. This isn't a surprise. It's standard playbook.
sex work is always the canary in the coal mine for free speech. if you can't convince your editor to cover it on its own merits, it should at least be worth covering as a playbook for how they'll come after what they don't like YOU saying next
(and btw, we're already there)
(and btw, we're already there)
I get that you feel embarrassed to talk about porn but if you come at it from "they're censoring PG games and ASMR" maybe you can like... get over yourself?
this is hurting so many people and it's just going to keep getting worse?
this is hurting so many people and it's just going to keep getting worse?
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I really don't understand why this is hard for people to understand. If they aren't after you now, they will be. This isn't a surprise. It's standard playbook.
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sex work is always the canary in the coal mine for free speech. if you can't convince your editor to cover it on its own merits, it should at least be worth covering as a playbook for how they'll come after what they don't like YOU saying next
(and btw, we're already there)
(and btw, we're already there)
I get that you feel embarrassed to talk about porn but if you come at it from "they're censoring PG games and ASMR" maybe you can like... get over yourself?
this is hurting so many people and it's just going to keep getting worse?
this is hurting so many people and it's just going to keep getting worse?
would be really cool of any indie journalists who want to like.... talk about this massive form of censorship since it's a byproduct of the fascism we are all dealing with?
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
sex work is always the canary in the coal mine for free speech. if you can't convince your editor to cover it on its own merits, it should at least be worth covering as a playbook for how they'll come after what they don't like YOU saying next
(and btw, we're already there)
(and btw, we're already there)
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This is the clip I was looking for btw. Happy Bisexual Bob Belcher day to all who celebrate
Bob Belcher - I'm mostly straight
YouTube video by Kronc Lee
m.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is the clip I was looking for btw. Happy Bisexual Bob Belcher day to all who celebrate
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
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The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
I have disarticulated the turkey carcass. Bones in the freezer for soup, meat in the fridge for eating for the next four days. Basically I will eat nothing but turkey and leftovers for the next two.
If there is sufficient turkey left Monday, I may make a pie. If there isn't, probably make soup.
If there is sufficient turkey left Monday, I may make a pie. If there isn't, probably make soup.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I have disarticulated the turkey carcass. Bones in the freezer for soup, meat in the fridge for eating for the next four days. Basically I will eat nothing but turkey and leftovers for the next two.
If there is sufficient turkey left Monday, I may make a pie. If there isn't, probably make soup.
If there is sufficient turkey left Monday, I may make a pie. If there isn't, probably make soup.
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URGENT request: I’m raising $925 for Dec. rent. Having a disability that varies in severity makes some months harder than others, and I’m still financially behind.
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
URGENT request: I’m raising $925 for Dec. rent. Having a disability that varies in severity makes some months harder than others, and I’m still financially behind.
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
If someone could help me with $5 to kick off funding, that would mean a lot! 💜
I mean, all the women I know who participate in these holidays are exhausted because they spent days prepping and facilitating, child minding, cooking and cleaning, to make the holiday happen.
And then had a big meal and got the kids settled, and then cleaned up.
And then had a big meal and got the kids settled, and then cleaned up.
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I mean, all the women I know who participate in these holidays are exhausted because they spent days prepping and facilitating, child minding, cooking and cleaning, to make the holiday happen.
And then had a big meal and got the kids settled, and then cleaned up.
And then had a big meal and got the kids settled, and then cleaned up.
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*sigh*
We truly are in a perfect era for radically misinterpreting scientific research and autoritatively presenting falsehoods as fact in a three-minute video with a weird sponsored tie-in.
Misinformation About Birth Control and Breast Cancer Swirls
A massive Swedish study examined hormonal birth control risks. But the nuances of such studies get lost on social media.
undark.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
*sigh*
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Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.