The Tweedy Mutant
@thetweedy.bsky.social
Corin • PhD at UBC Geography • dissertating on cats • literal mutant (EDS, etc.) • AuDHD • crip/queer/trans • he/him • the_tweedy on Twitter but rarely active over there
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The Tweedy Mutant
@thetweedy.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hi old pals from the bird app! I have been trying to follow/follow back former mutuals, but if I missed you please let me know.
When you've got ADHD, an internet connection, and a lot of downtime...
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
When you've got ADHD, an internet connection, and a lot of downtime...
Ask me how many times I went to go put on my shoes before leaving the house for this appointment...
September 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ask me how many times I went to go put on my shoes before leaving the house for this appointment...
No drug they've given me in hospital has had the same disorienting thrill as some surgical resident barging in at 6 am, ripping off my dressings, and declaring "EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT YOU'RE READY LET'S SEND YOU HOME IT COULD EVEN BE TODAY", and then swanning out of the room.
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
No drug they've given me in hospital has had the same disorienting thrill as some surgical resident barging in at 6 am, ripping off my dressings, and declaring "EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT YOU'RE READY LET'S SEND YOU HOME IT COULD EVEN BE TODAY", and then swanning out of the room.
"Yeah, your pets can visit! I am surprised no one has told you that." -- my favourite nurse
September 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"Yeah, your pets can visit! I am surprised no one has told you that." -- my favourite nurse
Things are still going great, but if I don't do some proper convalescing, things are not going to *keep* going great, so this is it for today's update. ❤️🦵🏻🦵🏻
September 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Things are still going great, but if I don't do some proper convalescing, things are not going to *keep* going great, so this is it for today's update. ❤️🦵🏻🦵🏻
Recovery is going really well! Pain is Iow, morale is high, and I have so much support. The nurses are super sweet,and I'm on a relatively quiet ward.
September 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Recovery is going really well! Pain is Iow, morale is high, and I have so much support. The nurses are super sweet,and I'm on a relatively quiet ward.
Thanks for the support and well wishes. ❤️
August 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks for the support and well wishes. ❤️
Next week, I will be having surgery to amputate both legs above the knee due to complications from EDS and erythromelalgia. My sister has kindly put together a GFM. Please share and consider donating if you are in a position to do so!
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
Donate to Corin's Surgery Recovery, organized by Mara Ervin
Our beloved Corin Parsons is having bilateral above-knee amputation surgery due to complications f… Mara Ervin needs your support for Corin's Surgery Recovery
www.gofundme.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Next week, I will be having surgery to amputate both legs above the knee due to complications from EDS and erythromelalgia. My sister has kindly put together a GFM. Please share and consider donating if you are in a position to do so!
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...
My paraplegic cat doesn't understand windows. My old place was a basement suite and there wasn't a way for her to safely access the windows; however, my new place has full-length windows -- or what she calls The Devil's Forcefield.
April 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My paraplegic cat doesn't understand windows. My old place was a basement suite and there wasn't a way for her to safely access the windows; however, my new place has full-length windows -- or what she calls The Devil's Forcefield.
"The weirdest thing about testosterone is--"
No but tell me why I suddenly have wavy hair??
No but tell me why I suddenly have wavy hair??
March 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The weirdest thing about testosterone is--"
No but tell me why I suddenly have wavy hair??
No but tell me why I suddenly have wavy hair??
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Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
March 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
I recently moved into social housing in a super wealthy part of town and istg I just saw a man wearing three (3) navy blue quarter zips layered one on top of the other.
March 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I recently moved into social housing in a super wealthy part of town and istg I just saw a man wearing three (3) navy blue quarter zips layered one on top of the other.
The grocery stores are playing "O Canada" in case any US Americans are wondering how things are going up here.
March 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The grocery stores are playing "O Canada" in case any US Americans are wondering how things are going up here.
Me, a 40-year-old man, picking up a U-Haul: ok Corin you are a strong, independent woman. You can do this. You can drive this big truck. 💪🏻💅🏻
March 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Me, a 40-year-old man, picking up a U-Haul: ok Corin you are a strong, independent woman. You can do this. You can drive this big truck. 💪🏻💅🏻
THEY DETRANSED PLEAKLEY?!
March 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
THEY DETRANSED PLEAKLEY?!
Someone tried to explain "undue hardship" on my post about the absurdity of gatekeeping accommodations, so here's my hot take: undue hardship is manufactured scarcity for the purposes of justifying disability exclusion.
March 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Someone tried to explain "undue hardship" on my post about the absurdity of gatekeeping accommodations, so here's my hot take: undue hardship is manufactured scarcity for the purposes of justifying disability exclusion.
I'm moving this weekend to an actually wheelchair accessible apartment, which is great -- but my cat is furious with me. His space has been upended, I've sold some of his favourite furniture because it won't fit, and there are boxes everywhere but they're all taped shut.
March 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I'm moving this weekend to an actually wheelchair accessible apartment, which is great -- but my cat is furious with me. His space has been upended, I've sold some of his favourite furniture because it won't fit, and there are boxes everywhere but they're all taped shut.
Gatekeeping accommodations is so weird. Most accommodations are a bother unless you need them, so if someone says "wow [x accommodation] would really improve my life", they need it. Meanwhile, if an accommodation could in fact benefit everyone, not just disabled people, then everyone should have it.
March 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Gatekeeping accommodations is so weird. Most accommodations are a bother unless you need them, so if someone says "wow [x accommodation] would really improve my life", they need it. Meanwhile, if an accommodation could in fact benefit everyone, not just disabled people, then everyone should have it.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
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Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Our message to the university is that now is the time to stand against the new segregationists & stand up for your marginalized faculty, staff and students. If you don’t, you will have reminded us that you have never intended to do right by us” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Our message to the university is that now is the time to stand against the new segregationists & stand up for your marginalized faculty, staff and students. If you don’t, you will have reminded us that you have never intended to do right by us” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Hey disabled family, can anyone give me a good recommendation for a website to buy a reliable, affordable cane (ideally in a fun color or pattern?). I am 28 with EDS and have dislocated a kneecap and my knees are losing stability rapidly.
I appreciate it immensely!
I appreciate it immensely!
March 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey disabled family, can anyone give me a good recommendation for a website to buy a reliable, affordable cane (ideally in a fun color or pattern?). I am 28 with EDS and have dislocated a kneecap and my knees are losing stability rapidly.
I appreciate it immensely!
I appreciate it immensely!
With an aging population, an ongoing mass-disabling event (COVID), and our belligerent neighbour threatening multiple additional mass-disabling events every day, why is protecting developers' profits the primary concern??
B.C. lowers accessible unit requirement in new buildings to 20% | Urbanized
Following builder feedback and economic uncertainty, the B.C. government has scaled back adaptable-dwelling requirements to cut costs.
dailyhive.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
With an aging population, an ongoing mass-disabling event (COVID), and our belligerent neighbour threatening multiple additional mass-disabling events every day, why is protecting developers' profits the primary concern??