TheBirdWrites
@thebirdwrites.bsky.social
I write Korrasami, Supercorp fanfics and original fiction set in my world of Elivera. Find me on Tumblr as thatonebirdwrites or on AO3 as TheBirdWrites or Aaidanbird@disabled.social. I respond on those sites more than here. #Disabled #Trans #Queer #MaskUp
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My writings on Masking:
reshapingreality.org/2025/02/05/w...
And reshapingreality.org/2023/01/11/w...
And: reshapingreality.org/2023/08/12/t...
And: reshapingreality.org/2022/06/26/b...
And: reshapingreality.org/2021/12/27/o...
And: reshapingreality.org/2021/08/06/1...
reshapingreality.org/2025/02/05/w...
And reshapingreality.org/2023/01/11/w...
And: reshapingreality.org/2023/08/12/t...
And: reshapingreality.org/2022/06/26/b...
And: reshapingreality.org/2021/12/27/o...
And: reshapingreality.org/2021/08/06/1...
What we Know about XBB 1.5 and Long Covid
I’ve heard folks talking about XBB 1.5 “Kraken” variant, especially with some confusion as to what its symptoms are since they differ a bit from the more common symptoms seen with Delta and e…
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Forgot to write a post introducing all of these.
This thread showcases my writings: Nonfiction essays, Poetry, Published fiction, and fanfiction on AO3.
It also includes all of my art on AO3 and on my blog Reshapingreality.org.
And finally I include a post to my music. Enjoy.
This thread showcases my writings: Nonfiction essays, Poetry, Published fiction, and fanfiction on AO3.
It also includes all of my art on AO3 and on my blog Reshapingreality.org.
And finally I include a post to my music. Enjoy.
Forgot to post this here. I wrote a zine that discusses history of Disability movement, Disability Justice, Spaces Theory of Access, Infectious Disease Mitigations, and more! reshapingreality.org/2025/06/17/a...
#Accessibility #Zine #DisabledPeopleMadeThis #Disability #DisabilityJustice
#Accessibility #Zine #DisabledPeopleMadeThis #Disability #DisabilityJustice
Accessibility Zine Completed and Ready for Download
The Accessibility Zine my friend and I worked on is completed! I asked friends and members of the National General Strike group (they have an Accessibility affinity group) to review for errors and …
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September 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Forgot to post this here. I wrote a zine that discusses history of Disability movement, Disability Justice, Spaces Theory of Access, Infectious Disease Mitigations, and more! reshapingreality.org/2025/06/17/a...
#Accessibility #Zine #DisabledPeopleMadeThis #Disability #DisabilityJustice
#Accessibility #Zine #DisabledPeopleMadeThis #Disability #DisabilityJustice
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That’s right. The billionaire bailout bill forces your tax dollars to pay for concentration camps and masked thugs to disappear your neighbors without due process. 16M people will be thrown off healthcare to pay for that, along with tax breaks for the rich.
Take a minute to look at these increases to the ICE budget in the GOP mega bill. Take another minute to let it sink in. They're preparing a police state that will far exceed rounding up Spanish-speaking brown people.
June 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
That’s right. The billionaire bailout bill forces your tax dollars to pay for concentration camps and masked thugs to disappear your neighbors without due process. 16M people will be thrown off healthcare to pay for that, along with tax breaks for the rich.
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Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid.
I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.
I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.
June 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid.
I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.
I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.
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Learning to rest is crucial when you’re chronically ill.
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
June 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Learning to rest is crucial when you’re chronically ill.
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
If you try and play through the pain, you can permanently set back your baseline.
Make sure you remember to rest your brain and your body.
That crushing brain fog that feels like scrambled eggs in your head?
That’s a warning sign to rest
And if you change your avatar, I will likely think you a different person until one day I do a double-take on the name and either realize, or act as if you're a different person only for you to remind me who you are upon which I hide in shame forevermore.
i just want people with an avatar that’s an animal or a cartoon or a famous person to know that that’s still what i think you look like
June 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
And if you change your avatar, I will likely think you a different person until one day I do a double-take on the name and either realize, or act as if you're a different person only for you to remind me who you are upon which I hide in shame forevermore.
Likely won't be a real election in 2026. With the latest SCOTUS decision, we're in fascist dictatorship territory, and yet people keep acting like elections will continue like normal.
Trumpocalypse tries to jail/kidnap anyone who isn't a loyalist by then. I mean, he's trying to do that now.
Trumpocalypse tries to jail/kidnap anyone who isn't a loyalist by then. I mean, he's trying to do that now.
I’ve seen more than one post now of people saying the Republicans will pay a political price for this vote in 2026 and I gotta say folks… you’re all way more optimistic than I am. Americans aren’t great with cause and effect. They’ll assume their Medicaid got cut because of Dems somehow
June 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Likely won't be a real election in 2026. With the latest SCOTUS decision, we're in fascist dictatorship territory, and yet people keep acting like elections will continue like normal.
Trumpocalypse tries to jail/kidnap anyone who isn't a loyalist by then. I mean, he's trying to do that now.
Trumpocalypse tries to jail/kidnap anyone who isn't a loyalist by then. I mean, he's trying to do that now.
Someone suggested we do what Hong Kong did and just yoink harmful bills from Trump before he signs (since he must physically sign for it to be law) and abscond with it.
When Trump's goons try to tackle them, they hand it off to someone in disguise, like in a relay. Then yakety sax starts playing.
When Trump's goons try to tackle them, they hand it off to someone in disguise, like in a relay. Then yakety sax starts playing.
June 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Someone suggested we do what Hong Kong did and just yoink harmful bills from Trump before he signs (since he must physically sign for it to be law) and abscond with it.
When Trump's goons try to tackle them, they hand it off to someone in disguise, like in a relay. Then yakety sax starts playing.
When Trump's goons try to tackle them, they hand it off to someone in disguise, like in a relay. Then yakety sax starts playing.
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Covid is a social justice issue.
If we cared about reducing transmission, we would be providing respirators, tests, vaccines, paxlovid and paid time off to everyone.
If you can’t afford a mask, make sure to check for a local mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
If we cared about reducing transmission, we would be providing respirators, tests, vaccines, paxlovid and paid time off to everyone.
If you can’t afford a mask, make sure to check for a local mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
June 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Covid is a social justice issue.
If we cared about reducing transmission, we would be providing respirators, tests, vaccines, paxlovid and paid time off to everyone.
If you can’t afford a mask, make sure to check for a local mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
If we cared about reducing transmission, we would be providing respirators, tests, vaccines, paxlovid and paid time off to everyone.
If you can’t afford a mask, make sure to check for a local mask bloc!
maskbloc.org
I asked radiology technicians to mask since it was a swallow x-ray test and I had to drop down my mask to drink the nasty barium stuff. They said they are "not sick and not contagious so we do not have to mask unless asked." And I did indeed ask. In the end, they said no - them two against lone me.
So, they clearly are against PPE.
Doctors are now against PPE.
We have reached the point that demanding protection and prevention in health care settings is disruptive.
It's about time we realize what this means for the population.
Doctors are now against PPE.
We have reached the point that demanding protection and prevention in health care settings is disruptive.
It's about time we realize what this means for the population.
A patient at UC San Diego received a letter threatening to have their care discontinued if they continued to request staff wear N95s.
The letter calls this behaviour “disruptive”
Covid isn’t over. An N95 is one of the best ways to protect yourself.
It’s not disruptive to fight for your health.
The letter calls this behaviour “disruptive”
Covid isn’t over. An N95 is one of the best ways to protect yourself.
It’s not disruptive to fight for your health.
June 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I asked radiology technicians to mask since it was a swallow x-ray test and I had to drop down my mask to drink the nasty barium stuff. They said they are "not sick and not contagious so we do not have to mask unless asked." And I did indeed ask. In the end, they said no - them two against lone me.
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There isn't an opposition party at the Federal level to address what needs to happen with the Fed and Supreme Courts. I think folks should be honest about that. But we have A LOT MORE SWAY at the state and local levels. That's where I am putting my emphasis.
June 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There isn't an opposition party at the Federal level to address what needs to happen with the Fed and Supreme Courts. I think folks should be honest about that. But we have A LOT MORE SWAY at the state and local levels. That's where I am putting my emphasis.
I saw my general care doctor who was frustrated and angry by what Trumpocalypse is doing. He admitted to being very pessimistic about if we'll see necessary vaccines and booster shots. He had very little hope of better treatments for LongCovid coming to America, which means my treatment is in limbo.
We’re heading for dark days.
In just a few short months, the Trump administration has gutted the nation’s public health and given pseudoscience precedence over actual science.
In just a few short months, the Trump administration has gutted the nation’s public health and given pseudoscience precedence over actual science.
June 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I saw my general care doctor who was frustrated and angry by what Trumpocalypse is doing. He admitted to being very pessimistic about if we'll see necessary vaccines and booster shots. He had very little hope of better treatments for LongCovid coming to America, which means my treatment is in limbo.
Essay about the #RightToExist: comradery.co/reshapingrea... I examined it through the lens of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but I also wanted to explore how the fascist/oppressor weaponizes various techniques to enforce their temporal reality to erase all others and to justify genocide.
Clair Obscur: That Which Seeks The Right To Exist Temporally and Spatially
Reshaping Reality on Comradery
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June 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Essay about the #RightToExist: comradery.co/reshapingrea... I examined it through the lens of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but I also wanted to explore how the fascist/oppressor weaponizes various techniques to enforce their temporal reality to erase all others and to justify genocide.
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Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts.
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
June 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts.
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...
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Many visibly disabled or "unfit" potential immigrants would also be turned away at Ellis Island, and indeed that was the point of the physical inspections conducted there. And these eugenicist framings of disabled people as "burdens" continue into the 21st century.
nursingclio.org/2018/06/28/e...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Many visibly disabled or "unfit" potential immigrants would also be turned away at Ellis Island, and indeed that was the point of the physical inspections conducted there. And these eugenicist framings of disabled people as "burdens" continue into the 21st century.
nursingclio.org/2018/06/28/e...
nursingclio.org/2018/06/28/e...
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Fun fact: people are still rejected for visas/green cards/citizenship if they're viewed as potentially being a "burden" (that's the language used).
So yes, disability civil rights seem to somewhat go away during the immigration process.
So yes, disability civil rights seem to somewhat go away during the immigration process.
My great great (maybe another great? I forget) grandmother arrived at Ellis Island and was told she had to go back because she was too old and too blind. She demanded a needle and thread, showed that she could thread it and be productive, and voila: "welcome to America."
Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fun fact: people are still rejected for visas/green cards/citizenship if they're viewed as potentially being a "burden" (that's the language used).
So yes, disability civil rights seem to somewhat go away during the immigration process.
So yes, disability civil rights seem to somewhat go away during the immigration process.
So if I submit my work to an agent or publisher, will I need to write a "I do not consent to my work being put through an AI shredder to feed their LLM's and problematic insights. I request a human being to review my work" to avoid this fate?
I hate this so much.
I hate this so much.
Yaaay, chatGPT has come to publishing. tl;dr an agent (and presumably more than just one) is now using a chatbot to summarize the submissions they get to judge how 'marketable' they are.
June 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So if I submit my work to an agent or publisher, will I need to write a "I do not consent to my work being put through an AI shredder to feed their LLM's and problematic insights. I request a human being to review my work" to avoid this fate?
I hate this so much.
I hate this so much.
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*waves in immunocompromised hermit-by-necessity*
I miss going out
I miss going out
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has a lot of great ideas for programs to make NYC affordable for everyone.
He should add a free N95 mask program.
N95s improve public health by protecting people from airborne viruses & wildfire smoke, & providing them for free increases their use and decreases stigma.
He should add a free N95 mask program.
N95s improve public health by protecting people from airborne viruses & wildfire smoke, & providing them for free increases their use and decreases stigma.
June 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
*waves in immunocompromised hermit-by-necessity*
I miss going out
I miss going out
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People ask me why I still mask. They accuse me of being 'fearful of living.'
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
People ask me why I still mask. They accuse me of being 'fearful of living.'
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
People ask me why I still mask. They accuse me of being 'fearful of living.'
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
June 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
People ask me why I still mask. They accuse me of being 'fearful of living.'
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
No, masks is what allows me to live. Do not mistake this medical tool for fear. Do not give in to the fascist lies that masking does nothing. A properly fitted mask can and has saved lives. It's a tool in our toolbox.
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Public health advocacy and climate advocacy have a lot of transferable lessons, including dealing with some of the same bad-faith deflection responses. Every reduction in disease transmission, like every fraction of a degree of climate warning averted, makes a difference.
June 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Public health advocacy and climate advocacy have a lot of transferable lessons, including dealing with some of the same bad-faith deflection responses. Every reduction in disease transmission, like every fraction of a degree of climate warning averted, makes a difference.
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I wrote about Disability in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 because I love this game and also to show how #CollectiveAccess and solidarity can work in apocalyptic-like settings (like their Fracture). I also show how the #Disability class was created by Racial Capitalism: comradery.co/reshapingrea...
Disability in Clair Obscur: That which hides hope with scars
Reshaping Reality on Comradery
comradery.co
June 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I wrote about Disability in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 because I love this game and also to show how #CollectiveAccess and solidarity can work in apocalyptic-like settings (like their Fracture). I also show how the #Disability class was created by Racial Capitalism: comradery.co/reshapingrea...
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In the strictest sense, yes, every single thing these assholes are doing is supposed to distract from every single other thing they're doing.
But you don't have to decide that means all the things aside from what you are focused on don't matter. Because they do.
But you don't have to decide that means all the things aside from what you are focused on don't matter. Because they do.
It's okay to try to get attention on what you need people to care about without comparing how much they care about some other thing that also needs attention.
You don't have to view what you're working on as in competition with the other thing.
You don't have to view what you're working on as in competition with the other thing.
June 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In the strictest sense, yes, every single thing these assholes are doing is supposed to distract from every single other thing they're doing.
But you don't have to decide that means all the things aside from what you are focused on don't matter. Because they do.
But you don't have to decide that means all the things aside from what you are focused on don't matter. Because they do.
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I wrote about Disability in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 because I love this game and also to show how #CollectiveAccess and solidarity can work in apocalyptic-like settings (like their Fracture). I also show how the #Disability class was created by Racial Capitalism: comradery.co/reshapingrea...
Disability in Clair Obscur: That which hides hope with scars
Reshaping Reality on Comradery
comradery.co
June 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I wrote about Disability in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 because I love this game and also to show how #CollectiveAccess and solidarity can work in apocalyptic-like settings (like their Fracture). I also show how the #Disability class was created by Racial Capitalism: comradery.co/reshapingrea...
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And no, we can’t sue to stop it. Either a certain coordinate branch will act like it exists or it won’t.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And no, we can’t sue to stop it. Either a certain coordinate branch will act like it exists or it won’t.