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Jan 29 5 tweets 2 min read
ok I’m starting the book Osler’s Web (Inside the labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic) today!

it’s a dense 700 pages from 1996, so we’ll see if my brain can handle it at this time.

will share snippets, reactions & reflections in this thread.
“I conducted the interviews used in this book over a period of nine years, begin-
ning in the fall of 1986.”

that’s right before I was born! this will be some bleak background context as I’m reading, to be sure.
past is present. 😕 “before her appointment as associate professor, During eig
omg. 1984.

and from what I understand, very little has changed at Mayo.

also the fucking nerve of wealthy healthy people who are like “have you tried DEMANDING a diagnosis?” like what do you think that will change? “Iverson's father, president and chief executive officer o
excuse me while I hunt down my thumb splints before I injure myself with this behemoth.

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Jan 30
ooookaaaaaay today we are watching them new K Bell mystery show with the long name.
well I don’t know how to describe the tone of this show but I can tell you it reminds me that I’m happy not to live in suburbia at this time.
well anyway just starting ep 2 and there are some real allusions to Gaslight.

secret attic rummaging is the real gaslighting! (like, canonically? is that the right word here?)
Read 7 tweets
Jan 29
anyway I’ve been subtweet central lately specifically because I’ve been working on the updated void # explanation for the website for A While and so this larger conversation about disability communities & social media & accountability mechanisms feels very Timely.
I don’t think there’s any point to relitigating individual conflicts because I’m pretty sure we all get annoyed sometimes & we all annoy other people, but if we’re trying to use this platform to build care webs then we need to be really really honest about our curation choices.
it’s not like blocking or dog piling on people in your own community is unusual on twitter at all, but it’s maybe more unusual to have that mixed in with policy shaping & mutual aid efforts that people rely on to survive. especially housebound people. especially in a pandemic.
Read 10 tweets
Jan 29
I think a lot of people would be surprised to realize how many large-ish disability accounts have each other muted or blocked.
a lot of us were already spending a lot of time on twitter before the pandemic because we already lived in relative isolation anyway, and you know, many of us have pretty different ideas about how & why to use the platform.
maybe we need an annual twitter festivus, complete with an airing of grievances.

(this is a joke not a sincere suggestion.)
Read 5 tweets
Jan 28
I have no connection to m*ttbc other than having unfollowed them years ago when I had a much smaller account because it seemed like a lot of people they qt dunked on were other disabled people who were either misspeaking or misinterpreted.

this whole thing is an access convo.
I spend a lot of time on twitter and also I’ve had a disproportionate amount of Cognitive Dysfunction Conflict happening in my mentions over the last five years and there’s a lot to say about social media and harassment and protecting ourselves (and each other!) from for ex rsd.
misunderstandings get heated bc of conflict collapse & bc when you’re alrdy screening harassment it can be impossible to read things generously. (also we should be able to use twitter without always performing customer service). but community resources have different access reqs.
Read 7 tweets
Jan 17
another fun fact about my stardew life is that I am wearing denim overalls and a captain’s hat all the time I have not yet been motivated to change
I look like Mario tbh
I am dating Leah now btw, her ex just stormed our picnic.
Read 4 tweets
Jan 17
new snow.

Charlie did not love the plows but he does love just snuffling around with his face in the snow.
we have 4-5” right now so it’s the deepest he’s seen so far.
i’m just sitting outside holding a 30’ lead while Charlie snuffles around ignoring me. Photo of a fluffy white adolescent puppy standing in 5” of
Read 4 tweets

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