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14 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Hi, new followers, and welcome!

I do rant about accessibility from time to time, but
I am much more likely to complain about genre TV or discuss one of my stories or go OMG THE ANTS HAVE INVADED THE DEADBOLT than discuss wheelchair issues.
Just so you're warned.
Also, as @LongTallJodie has correctly reminded me, the city's annual SANTA'S RIDE OF TERROR is swinging by tomorrow and there WILL BE RANTING because in my personal opinion Santa does not need this many fire trucks.
Santa MIGHT need the police escort. I withhold judgement on that. But he does not need that many wailing fire trucks creating a solid 45 minutes of SANTA TERROR.

You've been warned.

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Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
14 Dec
THE SIRENS HAVE STARTED

SANTA IS COMING
AS ALWAYS SANTA SOUNDS LIKE HE IS BRINGING THE END OF THE WORLD
THE CATS HAVE FLED. THEY CANNOT TAKE SANTA. THEY CANNOT THE SOUND. THE FURY.

ALL OF THESE SIRENS
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Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
14 Dec
This is a conrunner who has now muted me because - according to her - I have apparently not complained enough or been specific enough.

Folks, this is the problem. Right here.
I stated that the hotel is ADA compliant, but not wheelchair-friendly, in my very first post on my thread.

This conrunner:

ADA-compliant but not wheelchair friendly IS a specific issue.

Not communicating clearly with con members IS a specific issue.

Me saying, hey, I've given specific issues:

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Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
14 Dec
A couple of quick additions to my tweets from earlier today about #Discon #Worldcon and the Omni Shoreham hotel:

1. I fully understand that this particular Worldcon/Discon has faced unprecedented challenges.

Leading to my next point:
2. When #Discon #Worldcon was dealing with the challenges of Covid/the closure of the main con hotel, the con polled members to get a sense of what would be preferred:
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Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
13 Dec
Hi everyone!

Turns out that Omni Shoreham hotel - the main #Discon #Worldcon hotel - while technically wheelchair accessible, is not wheelchair friendly.
I found this out yesterday on Twitter by accident, about an hour before the hotel cancellation fee kicked in, and reached out to Access and a couple of people at the hotel to confirm.

#Discon #Worldcon
I have confirmed with the people at the hotel and @MaryRobinette that the hotel WILL be difficult to navigate, and that the problems may even be worse than the hotel map would suggest.

#Discon #Worldcon
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Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
12 Dec
Dead cat, continued updates:

So the city cop came over and confirmed that yes, dead cat in front of my back door; I can't get out of the back door; health/safety hazard. (also, hi, vulture!)
(sorry, just realized I should have been doing a better job threading this, but not only is this upsetting, it's also unseasonably hot out and I am not thinking well.)

ANYWAY
City cop began trying to call people.

Turns out that Public Works (the city Public Works) will remove domestic animals and scan for chips (to make sure that they aren't cremating someone's pet by mistake). BUT
Read 8 tweets
Mari Ness is still wearing a mask Profile picture
12 Dec
Dead cat update:

When I returned home last night the dead cat was still on my front yard, gathering flies.

This morning my two indoor cats landed on me, very agitated.
I went out to the front yard and saw that the dead cat was no longer there.

Oh, I thought, someone must have come by earlier this morning, and turned my attention to other things.
About 15 minutes ago I opened the back door.

The dead cat - now covered in flies and definitely starting to decompose - had been left right in front of my back door.
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