Speckled Bear
@speckledbear.bsky.social
Fucking trans, fucking queer, fucking Autistic, fucking disabled, fucking proud.
Amateur baker/cook, proud destroyer of lawns, grower of food. A bit (okay, maybe more than a bit) witchy. Overly attached to my little dog, Kismet.
Amateur baker/cook, proud destroyer of lawns, grower of food. A bit (okay, maybe more than a bit) witchy. Overly attached to my little dog, Kismet.
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“I cannot afford to get sick.”
Doing a Tom Hanks is about planning. Identify high-risk moments. Reduce exposure. Protect the events you don’t want to miss.
Vaccinations work. Masks work. Preventing inhalation of viruses works.
Read the full guide → whn.global/doing-a-tom-...
Doing a Tom Hanks is about planning. Identify high-risk moments. Reduce exposure. Protect the events you don’t want to miss.
Vaccinations work. Masks work. Preventing inhalation of viruses works.
Read the full guide → whn.global/doing-a-tom-...
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“I cannot afford to get sick.”
Doing a Tom Hanks is about planning. Identify high-risk moments. Reduce exposure. Protect the events you don’t want to miss.
Vaccinations work. Masks work. Preventing inhalation of viruses works.
Read the full guide → whn.global/doing-a-tom-...
Doing a Tom Hanks is about planning. Identify high-risk moments. Reduce exposure. Protect the events you don’t want to miss.
Vaccinations work. Masks work. Preventing inhalation of viruses works.
Read the full guide → whn.global/doing-a-tom-...
Time for my quarterly TMS but this time I’m working PT, about 2 days a week. I’m worried about how exhausting it is just to do TMS when I *wasn’t* working. Also, physical & emotional stress has brought on a fibromyalgia flare. This will be tough.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Time for my quarterly TMS but this time I’m working PT, about 2 days a week. I’m worried about how exhausting it is just to do TMS when I *wasn’t* working. Also, physical & emotional stress has brought on a fibromyalgia flare. This will be tough.
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The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
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This guy is a fucking grifter. I saw people in my own subreddit lauding him as a hero for being briefly detained and cited by ICE.
The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.
The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This guy is a fucking grifter. I saw people in my own subreddit lauding him as a hero for being briefly detained and cited by ICE.
The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.
The money he is raising will not be used to hurt the administration. Those kind of lawsuits don't work that way. You are shotgunning cash into a void.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America.
Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...
Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America.
Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...
Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...
Yesterday:
Me: “I’m achy and maybe a little feverish from my Covid & Flu vaccines yesterday.”
Spouse: “You should take some acetaminophen.”
Me: “OMG but I don’t wanna get the autism!!” (This is the sarcasm, folks.)
Spouse: “Honey, you already *are* autistic.”
Me: “Oh yeah!”
😂
Me: “I’m achy and maybe a little feverish from my Covid & Flu vaccines yesterday.”
Spouse: “You should take some acetaminophen.”
Me: “OMG but I don’t wanna get the autism!!” (This is the sarcasm, folks.)
Spouse: “Honey, you already *are* autistic.”
Me: “Oh yeah!”
😂
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yesterday:
Me: “I’m achy and maybe a little feverish from my Covid & Flu vaccines yesterday.”
Spouse: “You should take some acetaminophen.”
Me: “OMG but I don’t wanna get the autism!!” (This is the sarcasm, folks.)
Spouse: “Honey, you already *are* autistic.”
Me: “Oh yeah!”
😂
Me: “I’m achy and maybe a little feverish from my Covid & Flu vaccines yesterday.”
Spouse: “You should take some acetaminophen.”
Me: “OMG but I don’t wanna get the autism!!” (This is the sarcasm, folks.)
Spouse: “Honey, you already *are* autistic.”
Me: “Oh yeah!”
😂
Crying during morning meditation.
Would have hoped it would bring cleansing but still feel a deep, aching sadness.
Guess I still need to honor my sadness.
Would have hoped it would bring cleansing but still feel a deep, aching sadness.
Guess I still need to honor my sadness.
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Crying during morning meditation.
Would have hoped it would bring cleansing but still feel a deep, aching sadness.
Guess I still need to honor my sadness.
Would have hoped it would bring cleansing but still feel a deep, aching sadness.
Guess I still need to honor my sadness.
Gods around! I’m so tired of being afraid! Afraid to be who I am. Afraid to speak up. Afraid of what is next.
But bravery isn’t living without fear. It is being afraid and living authentically anyway.
#bravery #fear #authenticallyme
But bravery isn’t living without fear. It is being afraid and living authentically anyway.
#bravery #fear #authenticallyme
September 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Gods around! I’m so tired of being afraid! Afraid to be who I am. Afraid to speak up. Afraid of what is next.
But bravery isn’t living without fear. It is being afraid and living authentically anyway.
#bravery #fear #authenticallyme
But bravery isn’t living without fear. It is being afraid and living authentically anyway.
#bravery #fear #authenticallyme
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Daily Mail poll open now for a few more hours: "Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities, as Violet Affleck suggests?"
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities?
Violet Affleck, the daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, has now advocated for the return of mask mandates to help protect the vulnerable, during a speech at a UN event in New York.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Daily Mail poll open now for a few more hours: "Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities, as Violet Affleck suggests?"
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Autism isn’t “caused” by Tylenol.
Or vaccines.
Or anything.
It’s inherited.
It’s natural.
It’s human.
The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.
We’re not.
But if you continue saying this shit, you are.
Or vaccines.
Or anything.
It’s inherited.
It’s natural.
It’s human.
The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.
We’re not.
But if you continue saying this shit, you are.
September 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Autism isn’t “caused” by Tylenol.
Or vaccines.
Or anything.
It’s inherited.
It’s natural.
It’s human.
The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.
We’re not.
But if you continue saying this shit, you are.
Or vaccines.
Or anything.
It’s inherited.
It’s natural.
It’s human.
The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.
We’re not.
But if you continue saying this shit, you are.
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Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.
Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
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Hey Sarah McBride, you’re not gonna stop the leopards from eating your face. Have a fucking backbone. Such a god damn disappointment - and I already didn’t expect much.
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey Sarah McBride, you’re not gonna stop the leopards from eating your face. Have a fucking backbone. Such a god damn disappointment - and I already didn’t expect much.
Tried to do 1 wk of (unpaid) full time, 3 mn, internship. My first attempt at “working” after 16 years on disability. Was in such pain & distress by Friday that I was sobbing most of that day.
I have to quit.
Entire care team & family warned me they didn’t think full time was good idea. #disabled
I have to quit.
Entire care team & family warned me they didn’t think full time was good idea. #disabled
September 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tried to do 1 wk of (unpaid) full time, 3 mn, internship. My first attempt at “working” after 16 years on disability. Was in such pain & distress by Friday that I was sobbing most of that day.
I have to quit.
Entire care team & family warned me they didn’t think full time was good idea. #disabled
I have to quit.
Entire care team & family warned me they didn’t think full time was good idea. #disabled
So helpful to have the link!
September 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So helpful to have the link!
@violetblue.bsky.social
Can you help?
I keep seeing screenshots of who CDC recommends get Covid-19 booster but never a link and I can’t find it on the CDC website. My doc is insisting on a link to “prove” I qualify.
(Loved your Covid book by the way! Have recommended it to tons of folks!)
Can you help?
I keep seeing screenshots of who CDC recommends get Covid-19 booster but never a link and I can’t find it on the CDC website. My doc is insisting on a link to “prove” I qualify.
(Loved your Covid book by the way! Have recommended it to tons of folks!)
September 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@violetblue.bsky.social
Can you help?
I keep seeing screenshots of who CDC recommends get Covid-19 booster but never a link and I can’t find it on the CDC website. My doc is insisting on a link to “prove” I qualify.
(Loved your Covid book by the way! Have recommended it to tons of folks!)
Can you help?
I keep seeing screenshots of who CDC recommends get Covid-19 booster but never a link and I can’t find it on the CDC website. My doc is insisting on a link to “prove” I qualify.
(Loved your Covid book by the way! Have recommended it to tons of folks!)
@tinakotek.bsky.social Why aren’t you DOING SOMETHING rather than just asking for money?! #kotekcovidvax
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@tinakotek.bsky.social Why aren’t you DOING SOMETHING rather than just asking for money?! #kotekcovidvax
@tinakotek.bsky.social My high-risk spouse is currently battling Covid. They have been sick for 2 weeks now. Even with their other health conditions they may have to fight to get a Covid vaccine this fall. What are you doing to make Covid vaccines available to everyone? #kotekcovidvax
September 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@tinakotek.bsky.social My high-risk spouse is currently battling Covid. They have been sick for 2 weeks now. Even with their other health conditions they may have to fight to get a Covid vaccine this fall. What are you doing to make Covid vaccines available to everyone? #kotekcovidvax
@tinakotek.bsky.social Why have you not acted on making Covid-19 vaccines available to everyone in Oregon like other governors have? Covid is still here and still can be deadly or disabling. #kotekcovid
September 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@tinakotek.bsky.social Why have you not acted on making Covid-19 vaccines available to everyone in Oregon like other governors have? Covid is still here and still can be deadly or disabling. #kotekcovid
I just made what I think might be my final batch of fridge pickles for the season. The plants seem to be slowing down. Which is good because almost out of dill seed from last year’s harvest. I’ve been tinkering with the recipe. I think I almost have it right! #growfood #gardening
August 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I just made what I think might be my final batch of fridge pickles for the season. The plants seem to be slowing down. Which is good because almost out of dill seed from last year’s harvest. I’ve been tinkering with the recipe. I think I almost have it right! #growfood #gardening
I’ve been so overwhelmed by stress that I got to the laugh out loud “fuck it” stage tonight. The stage where you realize that so much is beyond your control that stressing about it is pointless. I may go back to stressing tmr but right now, this feeling is glorious.
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I’ve been so overwhelmed by stress that I got to the laugh out loud “fuck it” stage tonight. The stage where you realize that so much is beyond your control that stressing about it is pointless. I may go back to stressing tmr but right now, this feeling is glorious.
For 5yrs, main 3 in my household continued masking/covid conscious. None of us got sick.
Recently one of us decided to take a calculated risk at vaca house w/friends. Now he has covid. He is not currently living w/us (long story) so I’m safe but I’m so worried & stressed about him.
Recently one of us decided to take a calculated risk at vaca house w/friends. Now he has covid. He is not currently living w/us (long story) so I’m safe but I’m so worried & stressed about him.
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
For 5yrs, main 3 in my household continued masking/covid conscious. None of us got sick.
Recently one of us decided to take a calculated risk at vaca house w/friends. Now he has covid. He is not currently living w/us (long story) so I’m safe but I’m so worried & stressed about him.
Recently one of us decided to take a calculated risk at vaca house w/friends. Now he has covid. He is not currently living w/us (long story) so I’m safe but I’m so worried & stressed about him.
Fibromyalgia flare. Stress is my biggest trigger so big surprise. I don’t have *time* for this shit!! Arg!
#chronicillness #disabledlife #invisibleillness
#chronicillness #disabledlife #invisibleillness
August 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Fibromyalgia flare. Stress is my biggest trigger so big surprise. I don’t have *time* for this shit!! Arg!
#chronicillness #disabledlife #invisibleillness
#chronicillness #disabledlife #invisibleillness
I’ve been to “pain management” several times. The last time I went, after “failing” LDN, they told me they had nothing for me. And I just had to “adjust.” Even though I told them a small amount of muscle relaxers helps my fibromyalgia when it gets really bad.
It’s a bad joke.
It’s a bad joke.
Jump through every hoop required to get a referral to Pain Management, take yourself to your Pain Management appointment, ask your Pain Management doctor for help Managing your Pain and he’ll treat you like you just stormed in unannounced and demanded nuclear launch codes.
took 6 years to finally get a referral to a pain management clinic just for them to tell me “you know, just because something is painful doesn’t mean that something is wrong. we can’t do anything for you. try to take a 30 minute walk each day.”
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’ve been to “pain management” several times. The last time I went, after “failing” LDN, they told me they had nothing for me. And I just had to “adjust.” Even though I told them a small amount of muscle relaxers helps my fibromyalgia when it gets really bad.
It’s a bad joke.
It’s a bad joke.