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Not actually a penguin. Instead, a very human librarian. Mostly cat pictures and book recommendations here.

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Apr 25

I cannot for the life of me decide whether I like this pain scale or the one I brought over from Twitter better. Maybe this one, if only because it doesn't skip 1?

Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Mar 16

A friend shared this on Facebook earlier, after which, I shared it in our Disability Justice (Un)Learning Signal group, & after a fellow brown spoonie expressed appreciation for it, I got to thinking that my Bluesky followers may benefit. Here is the original post! 👀
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PAIN SEVERITY SCALE

SEVERITY

DESCRIPTION

10/UNABLE TO MOVE: I am in bed and can't move because of my pain. I need someone to take me to the ER.

9/SEVERE: My pain is all that I1 can think about. I can
barely talk or move because of the pain.

8/INTENSE: My pain is so severe that it is hard to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7/UNMANAGEABLE: I'm in pain all the time. It keeps me from starting most activities.

6/DISTRESSING: I think about my pain all the time. I have to stop during most activities because of my pain.

5/DISTRACTING: I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some activities because of my pain.

4/MODERATE: I am constantly aware of my pain but I can continue most of my activities.

3/UNCOMFORTABLE: My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2/MILD: I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1/MINIMAL: My pain is hardly noticeable.

0/NO PAIN: I have no pain.

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Sep 22

And the number of times I had to rewrite that clarification, on a day I did NOT go to work… frustration! Folks, always stay aware of your surroundings and beware of standing up too fast into wooden cabinets. They fight back more than you’d think.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Sep 22

I would prefer real audiobooks of the short fiction, but my brain is still damaged so these stories are inaccessible to in digital print form. I’ll take what I can get and be grateful not to cringe at every period in a sentence.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Sep 22

I still want all audiobooks to be narrated by real, live people because AI can never match voice actors, but Speechify is proving to be a decent accessibility tool for helping me read all the @seananmcguire.bsky.social October Daye shorts that aren’t available in audio.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Sep 22

Luna is ready for bed.

A black cat with yellow l eyes lies on a bed with purple sheets. Her back half is under a purple blanket and her head faces the camera, ears up.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Sep 7

If Katrina let me, I would catify the house. Hire a professional, go all out. A haven for our cats + the best foster room ever.

Roast TurkBrie 🍗 @briesmith.xyz · Sep 3

Since none of us is actually going to win the Powerball, what’s the most ridiculous thing you’d do with the money if you won? Forget paying off student loans or buying a house, what’s your ridiculous purchase?

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Aug 17

”The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”by @naomikritzer.bsky.social (Asimov’s 9-10/24) just won a Hugo Award! It’s the only non-audio short fiction I managed to read this year (post-concussion still sucks) and it was so worth it. Find yourselves a copy, folks!

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yay Maeve! I now live in the same city as my former foster Lilith, renamed Maeve, and I can’t wait to catsit for her!

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Aug 2

We move in a week! How many weeks until we’re unpacked enough that my partner agrees to fosters???

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Aug 2

So. Much. Laundry. OMG.

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jul 27

The cats love the bay windows in our temporary rental. How do I break it to them that our new house doesn’t have any?

A black cat with yellow eyes lounges in a bay window, her front end and head facing the camera. Her ears are straight up. Through the window a grey wooden house is visible.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott is a novel about generational trauma and the power and the necessity of stories. It tugged at my heartstrings in all the right places, but cat lovers beware of a few catskin references. Magical realism. Highly recommend. Audio/print. 🌈📚 ✡️📚

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Naomi Novik’s Spinnin...

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · Jun 30

Rainbow capitalism aside, queer books are actively under attack, and now is a great time to show publishers there's still a thriving market for books with LGBTIA+ characters and by LGBTIA+ authors. If you've been hoping for an excuse to buy queer books on your wish list, consider this your free pass

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golvio @golvio.bsky.social · Feb 2

Also, if you have a library card and the Libby app, you can access the Queer Liberation Library for free. www.queerliberationlibrary.org/login

www.queerliberationlibrary.org

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 23

The person who built our house put the bathroom HVAC vent in the floor next to the bathtub. We know he had kids because a relative of his volunteers with the same rescue we do. What on earth was he thinking? (We cover it with a towel or there just will be water in the basement with every shower.)

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks, Billy and Pepper! Your sister says hello!

A lynx-point Siamese cat is curled up on a lap, her nose tucked under one of her front paws.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 17

Still recovering from the one in December! I’m up to six hours of work a day… I’m back to full time next week! I still can’t multitask, though, which means I’m reading so many fewer books and what I do read doesn’t always stick.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 17

I am DNFing a lot more Hugo books than normal this year. I think it’s the concussion; my brain isn’t up to snuff yet.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 15

I loved Bluesky until the concussion made looking at a screen - especially when scrolling- too painful to do for a reasonable amount of time! I miss the community I’d started to build here. @support.bsky.team please make it accessible!

BlindSighted (twitch.tv/blind_sighted) @blindsighted.bsky.social · Jun 9

Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · Jun 14

So called “autistic rigidity” contributes to some of my greatest strengths: a commitment to integrity, honesty & fairness, internal consistency in my thinking, & focused dedication to my work. It comes with tradeoffs, like everything else in the world. #Autistic

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 14

My partner and I went to get the protest signs out of the shed and I was very disappointed to find that the Jewish ones were too specific for this particular protest. Gotta get myself something from T’ruah…

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 10

*checks* Yep, Readercon is still a masks required convention. If they can do it, why can’t other events??? (Sorry Readercon is on the wrong coast for you!)

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Plushy Socks-> MFF ✡️ @rainbowsockscat.bsky.social · Jun 9

The autistic urge to always give the other person the benefit of the doubt or assume they worded something awkwardly because you were always the one messing up or wording something wrong and not being given the benefit of the doubt but now you struggle to actually spot red flags because of it

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Dev @devrose.bsky.social · Jun 1

No picture yet because I haven’t had the spoons for image description, but mom is 5lbs and not producing enough milk so the tiny babies are way too tiny. We started supplemental feeding today and the kittens Do Not Like It.

Dev @devrose.bsky.social · May 25

These two haven’t been trapped, but we get a mom and three three-week-olds tomorrow!

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MD or Bust aka Applejuice @appyjumpindaze.bsky.social · May 21

What's your favorite recipes?

Looking for links to recipes that people love so much they keep pulling it up.

The ones that everyone compliments you on.

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