Ealas
@ealas.bsky.social
#Neurodivergent, multiply #disabled, multi-national, multi-cultural. Founder of Accessible #Inverness and the Highland #MaskBloc.
🇬🇧 They/Them 🏴 Iad 🇫🇷 Iel
#JusticeForPalestine #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp
🇬🇧 They/Them 🏴 Iad 🇫🇷 Iel
#JusticeForPalestine #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp
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Ealas
@ealas.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Updated infographic (with suggestions graciously provided by two very astute bsky community members)!
(I have a higher quality PDF version with hotlinks if anyone would like one - please message me and I'll send one along.)
#MaskUp #COVIDisNotOver
(I have a higher quality PDF version with hotlinks if anyone would like one - please message me and I'll send one along.)
#MaskUp #COVIDisNotOver
Told my (ADHD/PDA) 7 year old to take a bin bag and collect the rubbish from her room, and then 45 minutes later she comes into my room with a bag full of garbage that she had collected along the trail *outside our house* instead
May 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Told my (ADHD/PDA) 7 year old to take a bin bag and collect the rubbish from her room, and then 45 minutes later she comes into my room with a bag full of garbage that she had collected along the trail *outside our house* instead
So my partner took the (home ed) kids (who I am primary caregiver of so he can work) to a special home-ed event and I've gotten SO MUCH SHIT done and like...they're only 1/2 through??? I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN KIDS GO TO IN-PERSON SCHOOL BUT I LIKE THIS BIT QUITE A LOT. #PandemicParenting
May 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So my partner took the (home ed) kids (who I am primary caregiver of so he can work) to a special home-ed event and I've gotten SO MUCH SHIT done and like...they're only 1/2 through??? I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN KIDS GO TO IN-PERSON SCHOOL BUT I LIKE THIS BIT QUITE A LOT. #PandemicParenting
Can't stop laughing at this very 2025 email home from my p1 daughter's online teacher
#PandemicParenting
#PandemicParenting
April 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Can't stop laughing at this very 2025 email home from my p1 daughter's online teacher
#PandemicParenting
#PandemicParenting
Reposted by Ealas
It should be a no brainier so what is Labour playing at?
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It should be a no brainier so what is Labour playing at?
Reposted by Ealas
“It may be confusing to hear that COVID is increasing heart attacks and strokes if you’ve only heard from public health guidance that SARS-COV-2 is a respiratory virus. In fact, COVID is highly vascular, attacking the blood vessels”
I always had low BP but am now seriously hypertensive post-COVID.
I always had low BP but am now seriously hypertensive post-COVID.
Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many.
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
What is Long COVID?
A Beginner's Guide
www.thegauntlet.news
April 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“It may be confusing to hear that COVID is increasing heart attacks and strokes if you’ve only heard from public health guidance that SARS-COV-2 is a respiratory virus. In fact, COVID is highly vascular, attacking the blood vessels”
I always had low BP but am now seriously hypertensive post-COVID.
I always had low BP but am now seriously hypertensive post-COVID.
Reposted by Ealas
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
Given that shockingly few here in the Highlands are continuing to mask during an ongoing pandemic with an approximate 1 in 10 rate of Long COVID per infection, I'm going to go ahead and say that we're not ready for the next one (which is already here - #AvianFlu)
#DisabledPrepping #COVIDisNotOver
#DisabledPrepping #COVIDisNotOver
March 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Given that shockingly few here in the Highlands are continuing to mask during an ongoing pandemic with an approximate 1 in 10 rate of Long COVID per infection, I'm going to go ahead and say that we're not ready for the next one (which is already here - #AvianFlu)
#DisabledPrepping #COVIDisNotOver
#DisabledPrepping #COVIDisNotOver
Me listening to my 7 year old tell her girl guide leader how much she loves her chickens literally just 2 hours after I got an email from the Highland Council that they're forcing us to get rid of our roosters, even though we live in a farming area and can touch cows from our 'driveway': 🫠 🫥 😔
March 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Me listening to my 7 year old tell her girl guide leader how much she loves her chickens literally just 2 hours after I got an email from the Highland Council that they're forcing us to get rid of our roosters, even though we live in a farming area and can touch cows from our 'driveway': 🫠 🫥 😔
My kids just had their first sleepover (someone else sleeping here) and as part of a post-event de-briefing, I showed them the Kevin Bridges sleepover video, and boy was realising they couldn't actually understand a Glaswegian accent a very strange experience 😅
March 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My kids just had their first sleepover (someone else sleeping here) and as part of a post-event de-briefing, I showed them the Kevin Bridges sleepover video, and boy was realising they couldn't actually understand a Glaswegian accent a very strange experience 😅
I've been agonising over not being able to completely sever my Amazon reliance (disabled household in a rural area), but cancelled Prime + 13 subscribe & save subscriptions (half my list). Slowly weaning myself off by sourcing alternatives now and I already feel lighter.
#BoycottAmazon #Disability
#BoycottAmazon #Disability
March 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I've been agonising over not being able to completely sever my Amazon reliance (disabled household in a rural area), but cancelled Prime + 13 subscribe & save subscriptions (half my list). Slowly weaning myself off by sourcing alternatives now and I already feel lighter.
#BoycottAmazon #Disability
#BoycottAmazon #Disability
March 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
⭐️ REPOSTED WITH ALT TEXT!
Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
Also, just to clarify, the mask requirement does not of course apply to those who are exempt!💗
March 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The United States is not a 'holiday destination' for us anymore. Look after yourselves.
#Authoritarianism
#Authoritarianism
Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The United States is not a 'holiday destination' for us anymore. Look after yourselves.
#Authoritarianism
#Authoritarianism
French researcher's phone is searched and he was denied entry into the US based on having made disparaging political comments about Trump.
#AcademicBrainDrain #ItsACoup
#AcademicBrainDrain #ItsACoup
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
French researcher's phone is searched and he was denied entry into the US based on having made disparaging political comments about Trump.
#AcademicBrainDrain #ItsACoup
#AcademicBrainDrain #ItsACoup
So, generally it truly sucks to be mostly bed-bound.
~HOWEVER~
I think it's also a special privilege to be able to channel ur inner Emily Dickenson and pour your mental energy into just constantly writing weird 'letters' to ur friends that are occasionally maybe a little gay for some reason
~HOWEVER~
I think it's also a special privilege to be able to channel ur inner Emily Dickenson and pour your mental energy into just constantly writing weird 'letters' to ur friends that are occasionally maybe a little gay for some reason
March 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So, generally it truly sucks to be mostly bed-bound.
~HOWEVER~
I think it's also a special privilege to be able to channel ur inner Emily Dickenson and pour your mental energy into just constantly writing weird 'letters' to ur friends that are occasionally maybe a little gay for some reason
~HOWEVER~
I think it's also a special privilege to be able to channel ur inner Emily Dickenson and pour your mental energy into just constantly writing weird 'letters' to ur friends that are occasionally maybe a little gay for some reason
I'M NOT A BOT I JUST HAVE SHITTY INTERNET WHERE I LIVE, LET ME INNNNNNNNNN
#RuralServices #InternetAccess
#RuralServices #InternetAccess
March 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I'M NOT A BOT I JUST HAVE SHITTY INTERNET WHERE I LIVE, LET ME INNNNNNNNNN
#RuralServices #InternetAccess
#RuralServices #InternetAccess
One of the best parts of autism being so incredibly heritable is having a collection of memes about #neurodivergence that your kids enjoy as much as you do 😂
March 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
One of the best parts of autism being so incredibly heritable is having a collection of memes about #neurodivergence that your kids enjoy as much as you do 😂
It's interesting to look at photos of yourself hiking (in winter/cold areas) and realise that whatever ur outer layers look like are just...ur winter colour/shape for as long as you have those clothes. You are just Multi-Coloured Blob.
March 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's interesting to look at photos of yourself hiking (in winter/cold areas) and realise that whatever ur outer layers look like are just...ur winter colour/shape for as long as you have those clothes. You are just Multi-Coloured Blob.
Being an American abroad is weirder than it's ever been right now. On one hand I'm foregoing that aspect of my identity more and more in order to let myself just be Scottish, but then I watch a show like #Mo (on NFlix) and I desperately miss how close I felt to other cultures living in the States.
March 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Being an American abroad is weirder than it's ever been right now. On one hand I'm foregoing that aspect of my identity more and more in order to let myself just be Scottish, but then I watch a show like #Mo (on NFlix) and I desperately miss how close I felt to other cultures living in the States.
Working really is a lot of just:
I sent the e-mail! Task complete. ✅
They sent one back! Now I'm not done anymore. 😢
I sent the e-mail! Task complete. ✅
They sent one back! Now I'm not done anymore. 😢
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Working really is a lot of just:
I sent the e-mail! Task complete. ✅
They sent one back! Now I'm not done anymore. 😢
I sent the e-mail! Task complete. ✅
They sent one back! Now I'm not done anymore. 😢
For the UK-based universities that REQUIRE even just a shitty pic of a coffee-stained, creased diploma *despite* having been provided official/electronic transcripts that demonstrate I graduated, do you also want me to fax that over to you as well, or does that need to be a telegram?
February 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
For the UK-based universities that REQUIRE even just a shitty pic of a coffee-stained, creased diploma *despite* having been provided official/electronic transcripts that demonstrate I graduated, do you also want me to fax that over to you as well, or does that need to be a telegram?
I think one of my more 'telling' #neurodivergent traits is that, now that I'm approaching my 40s, I feel like I have permission to be into the shit that I was into as a kid - because, at this point, there's clearly an established pattern which makes it 'OK' to enjoy things, somehow??
February 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think one of my more 'telling' #neurodivergent traits is that, now that I'm approaching my 40s, I feel like I have permission to be into the shit that I was into as a kid - because, at this point, there's clearly an established pattern which makes it 'OK' to enjoy things, somehow??
Watching "High Potential" (Kaitlin Olson), E1S4 ("Survival Mode") & I HAVE to have to know who on staff is a home-edding, self-sustainability 'prepper' because they nailed it 😂
Loved the Akosua Shirley quote about preparing for crises. Was not expecting to see this community well represented yet.
Loved the Akosua Shirley quote about preparing for crises. Was not expecting to see this community well represented yet.
February 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Watching "High Potential" (Kaitlin Olson), E1S4 ("Survival Mode") & I HAVE to have to know who on staff is a home-edding, self-sustainability 'prepper' because they nailed it 😂
Loved the Akosua Shirley quote about preparing for crises. Was not expecting to see this community well represented yet.
Loved the Akosua Shirley quote about preparing for crises. Was not expecting to see this community well represented yet.
I feel like in some ways, people with #ADHD are better prepared for upcoming supply shortages, etc. because we often forget to order things like medicine and groceries anyway and therefore have lots more experience being miserable
#DisabledPrepping
#DisabledPrepping
February 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I feel like in some ways, people with #ADHD are better prepared for upcoming supply shortages, etc. because we often forget to order things like medicine and groceries anyway and therefore have lots more experience being miserable
#DisabledPrepping
#DisabledPrepping