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theailingwitch.bsky.social
Sam Still Masks 🪉
@theailingwitch.bsky.social
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They/Them
Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”

Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9

Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch

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Did the thing, and my body is big mad at me, but I am glad I at least made it out for my local ballot if nothing else!

The poll workers were all exceptionally kind and very excited to see anyone who came in, that was nice to watch! One of them was volunteering there on their birthday too.
Selfie of Sam, a white agender person with short brown hair under a purple beanie hat and cat eye glasses. They wear their I Voted today sticker on a purple tee shirt with a picture of Lt. Shax from Star Trek: Lower Decks. He is at a pottery wheel with big orange text reading “fighting fascism is a full time job!”
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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With #AltText

(Come ON, people.)
“Nearly half of new recruits who've arrived for training at FLETC over the past three months were later sent home because they could not pass the written exam, according to the data. The academic requirement includes an exam where officers are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes at the end of a legal course on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment, which outlines when officers can and cannot conduct searches and seizures.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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With #AltText
Gloria Taylor, the publicist, had the ingenious idea of inviting some smart, funny people to be in the audience (like Rudolf Nureyev, who became a great friend). She used to bring her six-year-old son, Sid, to re-hearsals. He'd sit with his legs crossed, enjoying the spectacle. As it hap-pens, he's an actor now, Alexander Siddig [Name Highlighted], and part of the Sudanese royal family. Anyhow, her idea of having those clever people in the audience helped contribute to a spectacular launch, and so our "strange journey" began, on June 19, 1973.
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Hades II Spoilers

So I totally called who Shadow Guy™️ was of course, but I was not expecting Chronos to give the vibes of a Batman villain…

When he first showed up I was like “Oh I didn’t know Clock King was in this”.

(This is not a bad criticism, I am loving every damn second playing!)
Screenshot of Clock King from Batman: the Animated Series. He is a prim and proper white man in a brown suit and bowler, standing straight with a clock-hand shaped cane in front of him that he rests both hands atop of. A sinister bolt of lightning streaks the sky behind him.
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Two vertical panels from Futurama. Professor Farnsworth first says with anhand to his heart “why, when I was a boy we had a parade every day!” The next panel he has a hand to his face in distress as he continues: “those were dark times…”
October 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Been making small but still exciting progress on my main story/novel project, and I am hoping to have a rough/first draft of the first chapter to share soon!

I had to restart the whole thing after MAJOR plot and lore changes.

Whoops. 😅
A parchment background graphic with elegant black fonts. The right side has a graphic of a sword pointed down with a bird atop the hilt and pommel, its wings outstretched. Main text reads: The Champion & The Night Bird A Chivalric Romantic Fantasy Inspired by "Tristan & Iseult" Featuring: - Agender and Sapphic Leading Protagonists - Disabled & Chronically Ill Protagonist - Love vs Duty - An Epic Journey - Rival Families at War Vibes: - The Princess Bride - Romeo & Juliet - The Silmarillion Small note in upper right reads Patreon.com/ TheAilingWitch
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We’re in that sweet part of autumn where I’m still too stubborn to turn the heat on, so the cats are seasonally VERY snuggly…

Then when I turn the heat on, Curzon stops curling up in my lap on my heating pad and just sitting right in front of the vent getting blasted by hot air like a goober.
Curzon the black cat is curled up sleeping on Sam’s lap. There is a bright purple heating pad under him.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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⬆️ A sneak peek at some of the lyrics:
Chorus Which side are you on? Put a mask back on! Which side are you on? Put a mask back on! Verse Hey nondisabled allies, We need your help to thrive; Eugenics are ramping up, They won't let us survive. [Chorus] Covid has never ended, Measles and flu abound; Instead of giving sick days They'll put us in the ground.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Fuck it.

Scheduled my pro-masking version of lyrics for the tune of the classic pro-union song “Which Side are You On?”, originally by Florence Reece.

They’ll be free on my Patreon tomorrow morning!

Mask up for your community— and for yourselves, cuties. 😷💜

Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
Red text on a black background reading: Original Lyrics for the Classic Civil Action Song Put a Mask Back On! (Which Side are You On?) Patreon.com/TheAiling Witch An image of an N-95 and KN-95 face mask in the upper corners.
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I made one useless phone call and am wiped from it, fucking hell.

I’m gonna comfort watch the old A&E Pride and Prejudice so damn hard today.

(I can never not think of that one Futurama scene though…)
A still shot from the Futurama episode “the Day the Earth Stood Stupid” with a giant brain wearing a 18th century regency stye collar and bow tie. A cartoon version of Jennifer Ehle from the aforementioned Pride and Prejudice series, standing primly at a ball.
October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Today is Indigenous Peoples Day; support an indigenous person’s mutual aid and crowdfunding needs— today and EVERY day.
Janet from the Good Place saying cheerfully: “Fun fact: Columbus is the Bad Place, because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Time to fuck my hands up for another year, I guess!

(Seriously I made two simple as hell scarves last fall and my hands never recovered but I am one stubborn fucker.)
Photo of a knitted hat in progress on circular needles. The yarn is gray with bits of blue and purple throughout. It will be a simple ribbed style hat when done.
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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YES!!!

I miss shows having the space to grow and breathe.

Give me back my Beach episodes, and Ember Island Players shenanigans. 😤
Four verticle panels showing a scene from Season 2 of the Owl House with Eda and Luz flying. Eda: “I mean, wouldn’t you rather, I don’t know, have a beach day?” Luz: “Maybe if we had time for twenty more adventures, but we don’t!”
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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One of my favorite pictures from my small 2020 Halloween wedding!

My spouse hates taking photos but my sister got this very sweet one of us both mid-laugh together. 🥰
A photo of Sam and their spouse Zach seated and leaning on each other, laughing. Zach’s eyes are shut as he laughs but Sam’s are open while they happily watch him. Sam is a white agender person with wavy brown hair and deep red faux fur shoulder wrap. They wear a rose and sunflower themed circlet and elf ears for the occasion. Zach is a white man with a full beard of brown hair and long brown hair that was growing out an old dye job. He wears a matching red coat to Sam’s shawl.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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New Patreon post is up!

Check out this short lil poem/song that is from my WIP novel (a high fantasy-set romance inspired by “Tristan & Iseult”, featuring queer and disabled main protagonists):

www.patreon.com/posts/140518...
“CHAMPION TRUE An ORIGINAL POEM & SONG Patreon.com / TheAilingWitch High Fantasy Stories & Songs” Yellow fancy text on a gradient of blue and pink. Drawings of lilies decorate the top corners.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A little peek!
Screenshot of lines 3 and 4 from the first verse of the ballad “Barbara Allen”. The notes for the song are written above them for the lyre tabs.
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I doodled my little weirdo tiefling witch, Trinket, yesterday!

Yes, I absolutely stole the hat from Spiritfarer.
Photo of a pencil sketch of a grinning Trinket, a tiefling with a fur tufted tail and black unicorn horn. They have filled-in black eyes and sharp teeth with short curly hair. They look like a mischievous chaos gremlin because they are! Their arms are behind their back innocently and one leg is bent like they are twisting their toes into the ground.
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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With #AltText.

Stop leaving disabled people out of everything, but ESPECIALLY stop leaving disabled people out of posts with information directly impacting us with eugenics.
Screenshot of a posted article by NPR with the post text reading: “The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.” The first ridiculous sentence is highlighted.
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Working on ACTUALLY getting a new Patreon post up soon! (I know, right?!)

Depending on what I’m able to record of my lyre playing, I will be posting (free!!!) tabs and lyrics for either:

- my pro-masking version of “Which Side are You On?”

Or

- My lyre version of the ballad “Banks of the Ohio”
A purple hued starry night sky with white text reading “Coming Soon @ Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch” Sam’s logo and avatar is on the right side, a yellow full moon with a silhouette of a black witch hat and cat’s eye glass frames.
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Timeline cleanse!

If I can ever in my life be half as comfortable as one of my sleeping cats, I will be able to die happily.
A photo of Charlie, a kitten, sleeping squeezed into a little corner on a big reckoner seat. There is a little toy grey mouse next to her front paws. Her head rests between them. She is a cat with a mix of stripes and tortoiseshell patterning, with grey and black strips on her sides and orange-brown fur on her back. She is super freakin’ adorable!
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Maybe today I’ll work on getting a simple recording done on my lyre for “Which Side are You On?”

I may or may not have written my lyrics about people needing to mask, because JFC y’all are just a bunch of Adult Teen Babies™️ about it, and I am TIRED.

A small lyrical peek:
We're all in this together Our fates are all entwined. Comfort and convenience Leave too many behind. Chorus You left me by the wayside, But how can you not see Things will not end with this? They'll watch YOU die with glee!
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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I think I have my lyre melody for “Banks of the Ohio” all sorted!

Working on getting a simple recording even if not a video— it’s way fewer spoons for some reason.

Free & public tabs (& maybe sheet music!) will go on my Patreon soon(-ish)! Hopefully in the next week, if my Autumn Sleepies™️ let me.
A photo of ansegment of Sam’s handwritten notes for the first verse of “Banks of the Ohio”, noted to be Roud 157 in the Roud Index. The first three lines of the first verse are visible: “I asked my love to take a walk To take a walk, just a little walk Down beside where the waters flow”
September 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
Dr. Doug Murphy from the TV show Scrubs— a doctor notorious for killing his patients by accident to the point he starts working in the morgue instead. He is wearing a clown hat and nose.
September 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Me drawing animals:
Image of an old medieval illumination drawing of one hell of a goofy looking horse where it’s like a big weird oval with bent legs in the drawing of the horse head-on. Like an egg with a weirdo horse face.
September 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🫠
Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Past Tense”. He looks disturbed and asks “Sanctuary District? What year is this?”
August 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM