tuttleturtle
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
I'm that person who taught introductory abstract algebra to the people you refused to show multiplication saying they were "too disabled"
disabled queer trans aac user. eternally exhausted
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tuttleturtle
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
· Apr 12
Doing my monthly (I think I lost track oops) share of my service dog fundraiser now with photo of my SDIT!
Image description of photo in link: A brindle dog with black mask sitting, looking up at the camera in a face that reminds me of a happy seal. She's wearing a red vest.
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Image description of photo in link: A brindle dog with black mask sitting, looking up at the camera in a face that reminds me of a happy seal. She's wearing a red vest.
givebutter.com/nhEnw1
Help Tuttle get a Service Dog
By J M Animal Training and Rescue Inc
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About Tuttle In One Sentence:
I have a cat named Erdős who I am training as my medical alert cat using ASL because he prefers sign over my AAC voice.
Attached is my fundraiser for my service dog! I'd appreciate any support. I can help people in non-financial ways but I'm on SSI and money is hard.
I have a cat named Erdős who I am training as my medical alert cat using ASL because he prefers sign over my AAC voice.
Attached is my fundraiser for my service dog! I'd appreciate any support. I can help people in non-financial ways but I'm on SSI and money is hard.
The two main things going on for me (besides recovering from an adrenal crisis ugh) are training with my SDIT who I've started doing outings with and the #FastenOffYAL which I volunteer for because an accessible yarnalong means a lot to me.
So of course I had to make was a little dog plushie.
So of course I had to make was a little dog plushie.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The two main things going on for me (besides recovering from an adrenal crisis ugh) are training with my SDIT who I've started doing outings with and the #FastenOffYAL which I volunteer for because an accessible yarnalong means a lot to me.
So of course I had to make was a little dog plushie.
So of course I had to make was a little dog plushie.
My friend Sila's service dog is currently hospitalized with an unknown illness and they need help. He is a young happy dog who I love hearing stories about who is suddenly is now ill and needing support to pay for the treatment.
Please donate and share for Cosmo
www.gofundme.com/f/save-cosmo...
Please donate and share for Cosmo
www.gofundme.com/f/save-cosmo...
Donate to Save Cosmo: Sila's Lifeline Needs You, organized by Bridgette Sparks
My name is Bridgette, but I go by Kit. I am raising funds for my best friend Si… Bridgette Sparks needs your support for Save Cosmo: Sila's Lifeline Needs You
www.gofundme.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My friend Sila's service dog is currently hospitalized with an unknown illness and they need help. He is a young happy dog who I love hearing stories about who is suddenly is now ill and needing support to pay for the treatment.
Please donate and share for Cosmo
www.gofundme.com/f/save-cosmo...
Please donate and share for Cosmo
www.gofundme.com/f/save-cosmo...
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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May her memory be for a revolution. May it deepen our commitments. May her example sharpen our politics. May her life remind us that disability justice is a practice of transforming the world through collective care, accountability, creativity, defiance and imagination.
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
May her memory be for a revolution. May it deepen our commitments. May her example sharpen our politics. May her life remind us that disability justice is a practice of transforming the world through collective care, accountability, creativity, defiance and imagination.
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Every day there's aurora the sky is covered in clouds. its the most predictable thing.
But everyone else getting colorful sky is cool.
But everyone else getting colorful sky is cool.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Every day there's aurora the sky is covered in clouds. its the most predictable thing.
But everyone else getting colorful sky is cool.
But everyone else getting colorful sky is cool.
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Whenever I have to think about mortality, about the fragility of my body, I want to make things. I want to do traditional art or fiber arts. I want to put something of me into the world.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Whenever I have to think about mortality, about the fragility of my body, I want to make things. I want to do traditional art or fiber arts. I want to put something of me into the world.
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🧶DESIGNERS: BARELY MORE THAN ONE DAY LEFT!
After Sunday, November 9 (ET), designer sign-ups close for 2025!
Sign up at www.fastenoffyal.com/designer-sig... - we'd love to have you on board this year!
#FastenOffYAL #crochet #knitting #TunisianCrochet #loomKnitting #yarnalong #stitchalong
After Sunday, November 9 (ET), designer sign-ups close for 2025!
Sign up at www.fastenoffyal.com/designer-sig... - we'd love to have you on board this year!
#FastenOffYAL #crochet #knitting #TunisianCrochet #loomKnitting #yarnalong #stitchalong
Being a participating designer | Fasten Off Yarn-a-Long
www.fastenoffyal.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🧶DESIGNERS: BARELY MORE THAN ONE DAY LEFT!
After Sunday, November 9 (ET), designer sign-ups close for 2025!
Sign up at www.fastenoffyal.com/designer-sig... - we'd love to have you on board this year!
#FastenOffYAL #crochet #knitting #TunisianCrochet #loomKnitting #yarnalong #stitchalong
After Sunday, November 9 (ET), designer sign-ups close for 2025!
Sign up at www.fastenoffyal.com/designer-sig... - we'd love to have you on board this year!
#FastenOffYAL #crochet #knitting #TunisianCrochet #loomKnitting #yarnalong #stitchalong
Not a designer so never participated as a designer but I've participated as a participant and volunteer and I super recommend FOYAL. Designer deadline is coming up.
(Alternate link for more info for designers: www.fastenoffyal.com/script.cgi?T... :) )
(Alternate link for more info for designers: www.fastenoffyal.com/script.cgi?T... :) )
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not a designer so never participated as a designer but I've participated as a participant and volunteer and I super recommend FOYAL. Designer deadline is coming up.
(Alternate link for more info for designers: www.fastenoffyal.com/script.cgi?T... :) )
(Alternate link for more info for designers: www.fastenoffyal.com/script.cgi?T... :) )
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Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
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We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
Today is my kitty's birthday! He is 2 years old! Happy birthday kitty floof
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today is my kitty's birthday! He is 2 years old! Happy birthday kitty floof
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Boston friends!
This is TODAY!
Fenway Health, MA’s “leader in trans care,” without any change of law or direct requirement, has made the choice to abandon trans kids to a sudden discontinuation of care.
We need to see folks out there protesting this cowardly decision today - show up for trans kids, Boston!
Fenway Health, MA’s “leader in trans care,” without any change of law or direct requirement, has made the choice to abandon trans kids to a sudden discontinuation of care.
We need to see folks out there protesting this cowardly decision today - show up for trans kids, Boston!
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Boston friends!
I never knew this was a thing and have been struggling with meds that are so less effective for me its dangerous
Periodic reminder: if you get a generic that is less effective for you, of any medicine, filing a Form 3500 with the FDA's MedWatch if you're able contributes to getting non-bioequivalent generics pulled from the market: www.fda.gov/safety/medic...
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I never knew this was a thing and have been struggling with meds that are so less effective for me its dangerous
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Is any of this "offensive"? No, but it's instructive. Notice the people blurting "waffles!" above aren't internet randos, like the reply gals that got Jay so upset to start with. They're operators of startups and journalists who were published in the economist, like, last week.
They're an ingroup.
They're an ingroup.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Is any of this "offensive"? No, but it's instructive. Notice the people blurting "waffles!" above aren't internet randos, like the reply gals that got Jay so upset to start with. They're operators of startups and journalists who were published in the economist, like, last week.
They're an ingroup.
They're an ingroup.
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The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
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As someone who has hypoxic brain damage from respiratory failure; the way a lot of you conflate any kind of brain injury and/or neurodivergence with immorality really fucking sucks.
Disability doesn't cause fascism. Colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy do.
Disability doesn't cause fascism. Colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy do.
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As someone who has hypoxic brain damage from respiratory failure; the way a lot of you conflate any kind of brain injury and/or neurodivergence with immorality really fucking sucks.
Disability doesn't cause fascism. Colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy do.
Disability doesn't cause fascism. Colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy do.
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You're telling ME and a lot of other people to deny our own disabilities, and not to bother seeing ourselves in kids like yours, and frankly, MY life would be worse and less sustainable if I did that.
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You're telling ME and a lot of other people to deny our own disabilities, and not to bother seeing ourselves in kids like yours, and frankly, MY life would be worse and less sustainable if I did that.
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...but you're trying to cut US off from the knowledge and experiences of kids like yours.
And I have learned AT LEAST as much about my own disability from autistic people w/ support needs much higher than mine, as I have from people whose lives look more like mine superficially.
And I have learned AT LEAST as much about my own disability from autistic people w/ support needs much higher than mine, as I have from people whose lives look more like mine superficially.
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
...but you're trying to cut US off from the knowledge and experiences of kids like yours.
And I have learned AT LEAST as much about my own disability from autistic people w/ support needs much higher than mine, as I have from people whose lives look more like mine superficially.
And I have learned AT LEAST as much about my own disability from autistic people w/ support needs much higher than mine, as I have from people whose lives look more like mine superficially.
People with #MCAS who have knowledge about pre-medication protocols what are things I might be overlooking if modifying mine? I forgot to talk to my allergist about dealing with reworking my pre-med protocol and he's real bad about replying to the patient portal.
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
People with #MCAS who have knowledge about pre-medication protocols what are things I might be overlooking if modifying mine? I forgot to talk to my allergist about dealing with reworking my pre-med protocol and he's real bad about replying to the patient portal.
fun times in spending all day dealing with medical malpractice because of the med pro being an anti-masker
/splat
/splat
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
fun times in spending all day dealing with medical malpractice because of the med pro being an anti-masker
/splat
/splat
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But the key elements of the "polite request for reassessment" are:
1. Remind the doctor of your specific Weird;
2. Identify the link between your Weird and the symptoms;
3. Provide a (brief!) summary of why you think they should pay more attention to the thing they're ignoring;
1. Remind the doctor of your specific Weird;
2. Identify the link between your Weird and the symptoms;
3. Provide a (brief!) summary of why you think they should pay more attention to the thing they're ignoring;
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
But the key elements of the "polite request for reassessment" are:
1. Remind the doctor of your specific Weird;
2. Identify the link between your Weird and the symptoms;
3. Provide a (brief!) summary of why you think they should pay more attention to the thing they're ignoring;
1. Remind the doctor of your specific Weird;
2. Identify the link between your Weird and the symptoms;
3. Provide a (brief!) summary of why you think they should pay more attention to the thing they're ignoring;
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Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
paywalled but slate.com/technology/2...
seriously can we stop demonizing cortisol, its necessary to survive.
seriously can we stop demonizing cortisol, its necessary to survive.
It’s an Essential Part of Your Body. It’s Also Health TikTokkers’ Worst Nightmare. How Did We Get Here?
I wish a $184 weighted pillow could cure me.
slate.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
paywalled but slate.com/technology/2...
seriously can we stop demonizing cortisol, its necessary to survive.
seriously can we stop demonizing cortisol, its necessary to survive.
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I have more in common with any and every immigrant than I do with any billionaire and the fix to social security (which the undocumented pay into and cannot draw from) is to remove the wage cap on paying into it, clean simple beneficial restributive and doesn't make second-class non-citizens.
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have more in common with any and every immigrant than I do with any billionaire and the fix to social security (which the undocumented pay into and cannot draw from) is to remove the wage cap on paying into it, clean simple beneficial restributive and doesn't make second-class non-citizens.