Sam Masks (they/them)
@theailingwitch.bsky.social
They/Them
Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
Immunosuppressed, Immunocompromised
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Knitting Something, Always Binging DS9
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Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
Immunosuppressed, Immunocompromised
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Knitting Something, Always Binging DS9
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
🚫NO UNSOLICITED MED ADVICE🚫
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New Intro! ✨
I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
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I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
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It’s a beautiful day to burn this fucking system to the ground.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
It’s a beautiful day to burn this fucking system to the ground.
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RFK Jr. is a fucking monster and needs to pay for his crimes against humanity, not just the American people. We could leave in a much safer, healthier world if it weren’t for that fucking haunted beef jerky golem.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
RFK Jr. is a fucking monster and needs to pay for his crimes against humanity, not just the American people. We could leave in a much safer, healthier world if it weren’t for that fucking haunted beef jerky golem.
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We can talk about misogyny (bitch slap, asking another woman to answer for perceived disrespect), but the ableism against someone who did everything the “right” way, turned her “vulnerability” into her “superpower” (gag) is proof positive that they’ll always use disabilities against you.
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We can talk about misogyny (bitch slap, asking another woman to answer for perceived disrespect), but the ableism against someone who did everything the “right” way, turned her “vulnerability” into her “superpower” (gag) is proof positive that they’ll always use disabilities against you.
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With alt text.
“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
With alt text.
“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
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Maybe it’s because I mask and talk about Long Covid with anyone willing to listen to me but I’ll second this - if you listen to people, so many are suffering
Okay this is wild but I posted about my three year bedbound anniversary on LinkedIn and talked about LC. And it has over 500 reactions and soooo many comments. Ive had at least ten women of color message me saying they have LC. There are so many people suffering.
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Maybe it’s because I mask and talk about Long Covid with anyone willing to listen to me but I’ll second this - if you listen to people, so many are suffering
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Pause. Breathe. Center.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Pause. Breathe. Center.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
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🚨🚨🚨🚨
Please help Wylder and his family get food and medications!!!
Please help Wylder and his family get food and medications!!!
Still trying to raise $300 for groceries & $200 for meds. Anything helps! linktr.ee/wylder
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨
Please help Wylder and his family get food and medications!!!
Please help Wylder and his family get food and medications!!!
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HELP NEEDED 💥NOW💥
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
We’d like to survive | Linktree
Two beings trying to survive long enough to thrive. 🌈
linktr.ee
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
HELP NEEDED 💥NOW💥
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
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every generation has a pair of skuzzy friends who think they're the first people to start a band that's just a distorted bass guitar and drums
and god bless em for it
and god bless em for it
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
every generation has a pair of skuzzy friends who think they're the first people to start a band that's just a distorted bass guitar and drums
and god bless em for it
and god bless em for it
… who’s gonna tell him. 😒
“When a party actively enabling in and complicit in this fascism is back in power…”
We are learning NOTHING. JFC.
“When a party actively enabling in and complicit in this fascism is back in power…”
We are learning NOTHING. JFC.
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
… who’s gonna tell him. 😒
“When a party actively enabling in and complicit in this fascism is back in power…”
We are learning NOTHING. JFC.
“When a party actively enabling in and complicit in this fascism is back in power…”
We are learning NOTHING. JFC.
My Crohn’s always flares the moment I feel too anxious or stressed, and that is INCONVENIENT in these days of explicit, proud, & openly blatant fascism in my country, let me tell you
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
My Crohn’s always flares the moment I feel too anxious or stressed, and that is INCONVENIENT in these days of explicit, proud, & openly blatant fascism in my country, let me tell you
HELP NEEDED 💥NOW💥
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
We’d like to survive | Linktree
Two beings trying to survive long enough to thrive. 🌈
linktr.ee
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
HELP NEEDED 💥NOW💥
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
Help them get some menstrual supplies and shelter!!!
No one should ever be put in this position, so let’s fix that! Donate if you can, and boost no matter what!
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Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
We’d like to survive | Linktree
Two beings trying to survive long enough to thrive. 🌈
linktr.ee
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
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Hi wanted to say that a lil more is needed ($228?) if my knowledge of general rates is correct
Also pls send enough to cover instant transfer fees 🥲
Also also pls send survival funds 😓
TY 🏋🏾♀️
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
Also pls send enough to cover instant transfer fees 🥲
Also also pls send survival funds 😓
TY 🏋🏾♀️
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Hi wanted to say that a lil more is needed ($228?) if my knowledge of general rates is correct
Also pls send enough to cover instant transfer fees 🥲
Also also pls send survival funds 😓
TY 🏋🏾♀️
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
Also pls send enough to cover instant transfer fees 🥲
Also also pls send survival funds 😓
TY 🏋🏾♀️
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
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So at the beginning of the pandemic I said it would take about 5-7 years for people to figure stuff out using heuristic learning methods.
I am a crystal ball.
I am a crystal ball.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
So at the beginning of the pandemic I said it would take about 5-7 years for people to figure stuff out using heuristic learning methods.
I am a crystal ball.
I am a crystal ball.
It’s a beautiful day to burn this fucking system to the ground.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
It’s a beautiful day to burn this fucking system to the ground.
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There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
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The act of writing down something as openly malignant and reprehensible as that speaks volumes, not just of the individual who wrote it, but of the culture at Meta that openly plots against our rights.
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The act of writing down something as openly malignant and reprehensible as that speaks volumes, not just of the individual who wrote it, but of the culture at Meta that openly plots against our rights.
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I hope every single person who wears these in public ends up with a broken nose and other painful injuries.
I also hope that regular glasses-wearers don't get fallout from this stupid, privacy-violating shit & that Meta is sued into oblivion and all its C suite ends in prison.
I also hope that regular glasses-wearers don't get fallout from this stupid, privacy-violating shit & that Meta is sued into oblivion and all its C suite ends in prison.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I hope every single person who wears these in public ends up with a broken nose and other painful injuries.
I also hope that regular glasses-wearers don't get fallout from this stupid, privacy-violating shit & that Meta is sued into oblivion and all its C suite ends in prison.
I also hope that regular glasses-wearers don't get fallout from this stupid, privacy-violating shit & that Meta is sued into oblivion and all its C suite ends in prison.
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Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Also forgot to mention that my period has started and really need to get inside now bc I don’t have supplies and yeah 😓
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive #HelpSky
#BIPOCMA #FundSky #MutualAidVoid
#MARequest
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Literally waiting for this re: #MECFS ... had spoken to folks at Moderna about a trial for #MECFS .
Love living in this anti-science country.
Love living in this anti-science country.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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politicians who have read the unredacted files keep say that if ppl knew it would bring the system down
bring it on bitch
bring it on bitch
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 AM
politicians who have read the unredacted files keep say that if ppl knew it would bring the system down
bring it on bitch
bring it on bitch
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Community care needed ASAP!
Britt HAS BEEN LEFT OUTSIDE FOR TOO LONG - all action needed to get them back in & fed, please!
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
-SHARE if you can't spare
-React, reply, repost & QP to uplift
- SEND what you can to #KeepFolksAlive
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #MAVoid #BIPOCMA
Britt HAS BEEN LEFT OUTSIDE FOR TOO LONG - all action needed to get them back in & fed, please!
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
-SHARE if you can't spare
-React, reply, repost & QP to uplift
- SEND what you can to #KeepFolksAlive
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #MAVoid #BIPOCMA
February 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Community care needed ASAP!
Britt HAS BEEN LEFT OUTSIDE FOR TOO LONG - all action needed to get them back in & fed, please!
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
-SHARE if you can't spare
-React, reply, repost & QP to uplift
- SEND what you can to #KeepFolksAlive
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #MAVoid #BIPOCMA
Britt HAS BEEN LEFT OUTSIDE FOR TOO LONG - all action needed to get them back in & fed, please!
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
-SHARE if you can't spare
-React, reply, repost & QP to uplift
- SEND what you can to #KeepFolksAlive
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #MAVoid #BIPOCMA
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HOME FROM HOSPITAL - water being reconnected (thank you, thank you!) but Courtney and kids NEED FOOD!
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
HOME FROM HOSPITAL - water being reconnected (thank you, thank you!) but Courtney and kids NEED FOOD!
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky