Fandango
@sherbert-lemon.bsky.social
Avid reader, occasional reviewer. Beginner genealogist & dysgu Cymraeg.
Retired by moderate-severe ME/CFS & chronic migraine.
Managed by Rowan. She/her.
Retired by moderate-severe ME/CFS & chronic migraine.
Managed by Rowan. She/her.
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I learned so much from listening to her and other disabled people about the perniciousness of ableism. I learned how to check my own ableism and learned the language to talk about it with other able bodied people because of her.
It is an honor to have been alive at the same time as Alice Wong.
It is an honor to have been alive at the same time as Alice Wong.
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I learned so much from listening to her and other disabled people about the perniciousness of ableism. I learned how to check my own ableism and learned the language to talk about it with other able bodied people because of her.
It is an honor to have been alive at the same time as Alice Wong.
It is an honor to have been alive at the same time as Alice Wong.
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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'Dr Who in our lounge!' Tom's flying visit to one family's lounge made the front page of the Coventry Telegraph back on the 15th of November 1976. Deadly Assassin 3 was the episode he was keen to catch.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
'Dr Who in our lounge!' Tom's flying visit to one family's lounge made the front page of the Coventry Telegraph back on the 15th of November 1976. Deadly Assassin 3 was the episode he was keen to catch.
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Whoa. This never, ever occurred to me about sports betting.
Jesus Christ.
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Whoa. This never, ever occurred to me about sports betting.
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We are still accelerating in the wrong direction.
The RATE of CO₂ increase keeps increasing.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are still accelerating in the wrong direction.
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Somehow, when Simon and Garfunkel sang that they got all the news they needed on the weather report, I don’t think that’s what they had in mind.
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Somehow, when Simon and Garfunkel sang that they got all the news they needed on the weather report, I don’t think that’s what they had in mind.
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Very specifically mortifying to me personally as I grew up in Denmark and voted for Labour at the last election that a supposedly left wing government has borrowed this HORRIFIC RACIST BULLSHIT from a supposedly socially democratic country FOR FUCKS SAKE
Mahmood to unveil anti-migration measures modelled on Danish system
Home secretary to set out sweeping plans to deter people from coming to the UK and make deportations easier
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Very specifically mortifying to me personally as I grew up in Denmark and voted for Labour at the last election that a supposedly left wing government has borrowed this HORRIFIC RACIST BULLSHIT from a supposedly socially democratic country FOR FUCKS SAKE
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Is there a book like White Fragility…
but about American adults and the air they breathe?
Because someone needs to write the book on why a nation that buys air fryers, air fresheners, air purifiers, scented candles, and aromatherapy oils…
won’t fight for clean air that keeps their children alive.
but about American adults and the air they breathe?
Because someone needs to write the book on why a nation that buys air fryers, air fresheners, air purifiers, scented candles, and aromatherapy oils…
won’t fight for clean air that keeps their children alive.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Is there a book like White Fragility…
but about American adults and the air they breathe?
Because someone needs to write the book on why a nation that buys air fryers, air fresheners, air purifiers, scented candles, and aromatherapy oils…
won’t fight for clean air that keeps their children alive.
but about American adults and the air they breathe?
Because someone needs to write the book on why a nation that buys air fryers, air fresheners, air purifiers, scented candles, and aromatherapy oils…
won’t fight for clean air that keeps their children alive.
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Yet again we’re being warned that if we ask billionaires to pay their fair share of tax they might leave. So it’s definitely worth trying.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yet again we’re being warned that if we ask billionaires to pay their fair share of tax they might leave. So it’s definitely worth trying.
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NOBODY WAS ASKING FOR THIS
"...and an enhanced score featured in The War Between the Land and the Sea created by the legendary Lorne Balfe, which has been woven together with Malcolm Clarke’s groundbreaking 1972 music"
Sigh. Just fucking leave well alone, can't you?
Sigh. Just fucking leave well alone, can't you?
Special re-edited edition of Classic Doctor Who adventure The Sea Devils heads to BBC iPlayer and BBC Four on 7 December
The classic Doctor Who episode starring Jon Pertwee has been newly re-edited ahead of the creatures' return in in The War Between the Land and the Sea
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NOBODY WAS ASKING FOR THIS
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He stees you when you're stleeping.
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He stees you when you're stleeping.
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It’s not a compliment! First of all, I don’t want to use violent metaphors for my day to day life. Second, this is a nonsense narrative to make abled people feel better about this when we “lose”.
“Oh, she gave it a good college try, but in the end, COVID wanted it bad enough.”
“Oh, she gave it a good college try, but in the end, COVID wanted it bad enough.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s not a compliment! First of all, I don’t want to use violent metaphors for my day to day life. Second, this is a nonsense narrative to make abled people feel better about this when we “lose”.
“Oh, she gave it a good college try, but in the end, COVID wanted it bad enough.”
“Oh, she gave it a good college try, but in the end, COVID wanted it bad enough.”
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We need to engineer a way of managing & storing rain flood water from events like #StormClaudia.
A) it would protect more infrastructure in flood zones. B) we wouldn’t increasingly suffer droughts.
Drinking/irrigation water is a very valuable commodity we need to invest in.
A) it would protect more infrastructure in flood zones. B) we wouldn’t increasingly suffer droughts.
Drinking/irrigation water is a very valuable commodity we need to invest in.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We need to engineer a way of managing & storing rain flood water from events like #StormClaudia.
A) it would protect more infrastructure in flood zones. B) we wouldn’t increasingly suffer droughts.
Drinking/irrigation water is a very valuable commodity we need to invest in.
A) it would protect more infrastructure in flood zones. B) we wouldn’t increasingly suffer droughts.
Drinking/irrigation water is a very valuable commodity we need to invest in.
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Due to intense photophobia I wear sunglasses a lot. I like Oakley as certain frames fit my face well & don’t allow any light in from sides. I’ve started buying pairs with different frame/lens colours to match/contrast outfits. Colour & light is all I can see so why not? Being #Blind is complicated.😎
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Due to intense photophobia I wear sunglasses a lot. I like Oakley as certain frames fit my face well & don’t allow any light in from sides. I’ve started buying pairs with different frame/lens colours to match/contrast outfits. Colour & light is all I can see so why not? Being #Blind is complicated.😎
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"The ME/CFS brain is inflamed" from Jarred Younger, PhD
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzm...
Screenshot from November AMMES newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzm...
Screenshot from November AMMES newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"The ME/CFS brain is inflamed" from Jarred Younger, PhD
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzm...
Screenshot from November AMMES newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzm...
Screenshot from November AMMES newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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I hate portmanteau words but “slopaganda” is magnificent
Gone down a weird rabbithole with far-right Facebook slopaganda* about celebrities cancelling things as a result of the New York election result.
*I just invented this word: AI-generated disinformation content pumped onto social media by right-wing think tanks, and "slopaganda" was right there.
*I just invented this word: AI-generated disinformation content pumped onto social media by right-wing think tanks, and "slopaganda" was right there.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I hate portmanteau words but “slopaganda” is magnificent
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November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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A new “independent” investigation into the rising number of young people who are not in jobs, training or education will exclusively target sick and disabled claimants, a government document has revealed.
#NEET #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-investig...
#NEET #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-investig...
New investigation on NEETs will only target young disabled people, DWP document shows
A new “independent” investigation into the rising number of young people who are not in jobs, training or education will exclusively target sick and disabled claimants, a government document has re…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A new “independent” investigation into the rising number of young people who are not in jobs, training or education will exclusively target sick and disabled claimants, a government document has revealed.
#NEET #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-investig...
#NEET #DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-investig...
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A new project to research and reveal 50 years of stories behind the rise of the disability arts movement has been awarded nearly £250,000 of National Lottery funding.
#DisabilityArts #HeritageFund
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-project-...
#DisabilityArts #HeritageFund
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-project-...
New project will research and reveal stories behind half a century of the disability arts movement
A new project to research and reveal 50 years of stories behind the rise of the disability arts movement has been awarded nearly £250,000 of National Lottery funding. Disability Arts Online (DAO) i…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A new project to research and reveal 50 years of stories behind the rise of the disability arts movement has been awarded nearly £250,000 of National Lottery funding.
#DisabilityArts #HeritageFund
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-project-...
#DisabilityArts #HeritageFund
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-project-...
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‘Living Hell’ ‘90s Documentary and news reports on ME (CFIDs / CFS)- people report same medical gas lighting, psychosomatic BS, lack of funds for research but we actually know a LOT more about this disease now and there are more options to alleviate symptoms #ME ⚕️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyB4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyB4...
Tom Hennessy on MacNeil Lehrer, Living Hell, Larry King - 1992
YouTube video by May12dotOrg
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
‘Living Hell’ ‘90s Documentary and news reports on ME (CFIDs / CFS)- people report same medical gas lighting, psychosomatic BS, lack of funds for research but we actually know a LOT more about this disease now and there are more options to alleviate symptoms #ME ⚕️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyB4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyB4...
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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
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Disability activist Alice Wong has died.
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Disability activist Alice Wong has died.
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Today we mark Palestinian Independence Day.
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today we mark Palestinian Independence Day.
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay
Now more than ever, we call for an end to occupation, justice, and a real path to lasting peace.
#PalestinianIndependenceDay