A skeleton crew doesn't mean a site is going away (though it likely won't get updates and bugs/outages will take longer to fix), but just in case anyone is concerned, here's a link to instructions to download your entire blog
Just checked the link and a quick heads up the code recommended in the article has moved from the link provided to here:
If your solution to some problem relies on “If everyone would just…” then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they’re not going to start now.
Don’t forget to hydrate regularly!
Happy scrolling!
Art by howpeachyqueen.
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I made a little something
Unpopular opinion but literally not one person in the world should have their human rights violated
If one person's rights can be waved away, so can yours
yes, even those people.
Fuck it, adding on: This is why it's frustrating to see criminal defense lawyers getting a bad rep.
The right to a fair trial is a human right. In practice, a fair trial necessitates a lawyer. This means that even if somebody committed the worst crimes you could possibly imagine, they still deserve a lawyer.
Somebody has to defend them as a matter of human rights. As one of my professors said, way back in my first semester at uni: "Everybody deserves to have somebody in their corner."
nb the source of criminal defense attorneys getting a bad rep is always, always copaganda. same with the incredibly bullshit narrative of “if you didn’t do anything wrong then why do you need a lawyer?” the purpose of both these terrible stupid pro-cop arguments are to deny you your legal rights.
Someone else said it very well here on this website:
A government whose people lose their rights once they become criminals has a very vested interest in making their critics criminals.
I tripped on a pebble
How close do their borders come to?
Hmmm…Seems like they touch.
hmm??
…you have to be kidding me.
…..
…Wow….
yep it checks out
How close do their borders come to?
Hmmm…Seems like they touch.
hmm??
…you have to be kidding me.
…..
…Wow….
yep it checks out
Pssst
Hey, are you an artist or writer with WIPs?
Come here... I got a secret for you pssst come ‘ere
waiting in deep suspense
Psst you ready here comes the secret
Here it comes
I am also very curious about this secret
Your time spent enjoying the creative process is infinitely more valuable that any final project you create. So stop putting yourself down for never finishing or posting those WIPs because every moment you spent creating something you loved is a moment not wasted. Your progress and talent is measured by your passion not your number of posts.
This post went from 3k to 7k overnight and that just goes to show how many of you need to hear this so make sure you don’t ever forget it
Is going to the range to shoot guns theraputic? Yes.
Is it going to solve my problems? No.
Is it preparing me to solve my problems? Yes :)
Being too disabled to work is not a “rich person thing.” People who are not allowed to have more than 2k in their bank accounts are not rich lazy upper class people lol. And if you try to argue that “well if you aren’t rich how do you expect to survive without working” I’d like to remind you that lots of disabled people who can’t work don’t actually survive.
Like it makes me insane how many people on this site don’t seem to realize that sometimes disabled people die if we don’t get the care we need. Your pharmacy lost a refill? That kills people. You’re stuck with an uncomfortable transport chair? That can cause pressure sores, which kill people. You don’t have an adjustable bed that can position you properly to allow you to breathe? Some people suffocate and die. These things that are framed as luxuries are literally life and death and it makes me so mad
Quick reminder that there is way to get around that frankly inhumane asset cap: ABLE accounts.
Most SSI and SSDI recipients qualify for one, anyone can deposit money into the account, that money can pay for almost anything (groceries, rent, etc), and both the yearly contribution cap and the asset cap are wildly higher than $2k.
It varies by state but at minimum an ABLE account allows you to have $100k before it it counts toward your $2k asset cap (I believe the highest is $550k). And if you do go over, your benefits are suspended—not cancelled—until you get back under the cap.
Tbc I think disability shouldn't have caps at all and ABLE accounts are a bandaid at best (and a ill-promoted one at that) but I've known so many people who would've been a lot better off with one of these accounts. If parents or friends could give them money for necessities without risking their benefits, if they could take a job or a commission without giving up their benefits, if they could save for the future at all.
ABLE National Resource Center is great tool. Please use it.
Also! Democrats got through a massive expansion of ABLE accounts under Biden-Harris so when that goes into effect (January 1, 2026) nearly all recipients will qualify.
ABLE accounts are absolutely a stupid kludge that should not be necessary, AND THEY ARE ALSO a life saver.
ABLE accounts restrict exactly how you're allowed to spend your money though. You're only allowed to spend the money on qualified disability expenses. This IS immensely helpful compared to what was possible without ABLE accounts, BUT -
anything that is ACTUALLY fun? Pets? Video games? Any entertainment at all? Not allowed. Doing so actually puts your eligibility to keep the account in jeopardy. (All of this information is in the link, in case this sounds fishy.)
So like... ABLE accounts are good, but disabled people are still not actually allowed to have "luxuries" and are only allowed bare minimum subsistence. It's just that our base level costs are higher than non disabled people due to all the disability related expenses.
Also true.
