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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.”

My pro-masking lyrics for the classic civil action song “Which Side are You on?” are available on my (FREE) Patreon now!

www.patreon.com/posts/141233...

Lyrics: Put a Mask Back On ("Which Side are You On?") | The Ailing Witch

www.patreon.com

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 1h

Me too!!! 😀🫠

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2h

The cats favorite water dish spot is in the best place for me to put my harp for a new setup so I guess so much for that 😂

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2h

Listening to Mary Bennett play the pianoforte, wincing as I tell myself “dear god, I need to practice my harp more”. 😅

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2d

I made one useless phone call and am wiped from it, fucking hell.

I’m gonna comfort watch the old A&E Pride and Prejudice so damn hard today.

(I can never not think of that one Futurama scene though…)

A still shot from the Futurama episode “the Day the Earth Stood Stupid” with a giant brain wearing a 18th century regency stye collar and bow tie. A cartoon version of Jennifer Ehle from the aforementioned Pride and Prejudice series, standing primly at a ball.

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 3h

Oven is finally repaired in time for cold weather baking and helping warm the house!

I can’t wait to dust off my mixer and make stuff again!!!

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 4h

So everybody knows the if one person has dinner with ten Nazis, there are eleven Nazis at the table parable, but a lesser known axiom:

If you buy a car from a Nazi, you’re a fucking Nazi collaborator.

You literally just gave that Nazi hundreds of thousands of dollars. That’s not neutral.

WIRED @wired.com · 5h

"She called me a Nazi!"

The full feature here:

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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Sara "Baba Yaga" Jeffers @babayaga.quest · 4h

My 90 yr old 3rd gen Presbyterian minister grandmother-in-law is going to be protesting as Trump orders the navy to fire off missiles at the hillside next to us.

They big scared of The People and it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Barrasso on No Kings: "They have this big 'I Hate America' rally this Saturday in Washington where you have all these far-left activists groups coming to protest the president and the administration."

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, some of you are like, NEW new.

1. They’re called skeets. No, you will not change that.
2. Use alt text.
3. This isn’t Twitter. If you act like a fool, you will get blocked so hard you cease to exist to some folks. If you really act a fool you get put in the Louvre.

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

Morning boost as I have a full anxiety attack waiting for a repair guy I need to ask to mask in my own home so I don’t fucking DIE or become even sicker than I already am in a country actively trying to kill me for multiple reasons 😀

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.”

My pro-masking lyrics for the classic civil action song “Which Side are You on?” are available on my (FREE) Patreon now!

www.patreon.com/posts/141233...

Lyrics: Put a Mask Back On ("Which Side are You On?") | The Ailing Witch

www.patreon.com

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

I woke up crying today, if you need an idea how the disabled and chronically ill people in your life are doing right now.

Check on them.

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Being disabled and chronically ill and immunocompromised in an ongoing pandemic encouraged by a eugenicist fascist state is so fuckin’ LONELY.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Rebelwheels NYC (Michele Sommerstein) @rebelwheelsnyc.bsky.social · 7h

Don't ya love it when ya mention that the word lame is an example of how ableism is casually embedded into our vocabulary, not in the name of dragging someone but a call for solidarity/education & someone feels compelled to go "well, actually" like it should be up for debate. Delicious

#disability

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

I really appreciate it, seriously 💜🫶🏻

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Sarah Wolfe @sarahthewolfe.bsky.social · 7h

It’s incredibly lonely. There are good folks everywhere in solidarity, but mainstream progressives still seem committed to willful ignorance. A change can’t come soon enough. We’ll all be affected eventually.

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Being disabled and chronically ill and immunocompromised in an ongoing pandemic encouraged by a eugenicist fascist state is so fuckin’ LONELY.

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 7h

My son enjoys giving cyber trucks a thumbs down & I feel like getting a thumbs down from a 6yr old is more devastating than anything else.

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 9h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

I woke up crying today, if you need an idea how the disabled and chronically ill people in your life are doing right now.

Check on them.

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Being disabled and chronically ill and immunocompromised in an ongoing pandemic encouraged by a eugenicist fascist state is so fuckin’ LONELY.

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

I need to make an anonymous account to just post my saddest self pitying shit because JFC today I am I in a MOOD.

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 7h

Morning boost as I have a full anxiety attack waiting for a repair guy I need to ask to mask in my own home so I don’t fucking DIE or become even sicker than I already am in a country actively trying to kill me for multiple reasons 😀

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.”

My pro-masking lyrics for the classic civil action song “Which Side are You on?” are available on my (FREE) Patreon now!

www.patreon.com/posts/141233...

Lyrics: Put a Mask Back On ("Which Side are You On?") | The Ailing Witch

www.patreon.com

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Being disabled and chronically ill and immunocompromised in an ongoing pandemic encouraged by a eugenicist fascist state is so fuckin’ LONELY.

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Boosting this as I have a minor anxiety attack about having to ask the repair person coming tomorrow to mask for me…

Normalizing it makes a huge freakin’ difference. 💜

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.”

My pro-masking lyrics for the classic civil action song “Which Side are You on?” are available on my (FREE) Patreon now!

www.patreon.com/posts/141233...

Lyrics: Put a Mask Back On ("Which Side are You On?") | The Ailing Witch

www.patreon.com

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QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 20h

Update!
October Goal: 170/750 CAD

Thank you Odoryuk!!!

For those who want to help:
Donate: ko-fi.com/qpthepurples...
Wishes: throne.com/qp_and_valia...
💕 💸
#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 #DisabledCrowdfund #Disabled #Poverty

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 21h

Oops came up with new characters for something… 👀

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 21h

Ooh I’m gonna check that out thank you!

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Help me get to the dentist TODAY please.
linktr.ee/wylder

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