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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂

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late 30s nerd often tired • hates MyChart • loves ginger ale disabled • chronically ill • bipolar disorder queer • nonbinary • they/them partner: @philthycasualmedia.com 💕 📍chowdah → MD → PA ♡: 🐰 rabbits • うさぎ • 토끼 | sci-fi: Trekkie • Whovian

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 5h

🛌 update 🛌

i'm still physically weak, but feeling a little better. thank you to those who have reached out somehow with no expectations of quick reply. 🙇🏼

i have follow-ups with various providers this week and next. i'm looking forward to addressing my current symptoms and ongoing conditions. 👩🏼‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️👩🏽‍🔬

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 2d

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good morning. another day of necessary rest.

so... basically, i lost too much blood earlier this week due to the anticoagulant i'm on affecting my period for the last 3 months.

i was admitted, had 2 units of blood transfused, and 1 iron transfusion.

i am home but still physically weak.

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1h

not having enough blood, or the right blood volume, or the proper balance of blood components (humours?!) – whichever it is – is odd.

i don't think i like it.

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 3h

If you feel like helping me out, keeping me fed, internetted & electrified, consider buying one of my little art things. #art #sciart

"6 of flies", ink, watercolour, oil on watercolour paper, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4", 2025 - $150(Cdn). A small painting of 6 dead house flies arranged in 2 columns and 3 rows of 2.

"3 of cicadas", oil on watercolour paper, 5 /14 x 7 1/4", 2025- $150 (Cdn). A small painting of 3 molted cicada shells in a column down the center of the page.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 9h

If you're a chronically ill person on SNAP who hasn't been able to get specialty foods from food banks, please HMU for a potential @motherjones.com article.

Email: [email protected]
Signal: juliametraux.49

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Nicole Rodriguez @shnikkles.bsky.social · 10h

Anyone battling mental illness, you’re strong as hell. I’m right there with ya. This shit is so ass.

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 5h

We don’t have time or capacity to send thank you notes to the folks who send us money. But we are thankful. All the folks we send money, food, supplies to are thankful. We couldn’t do this without you all!

Thank you for the years of support! Love & solidarity!

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Chris A. 🦃 @letseatnachos.bsky.social · 6h

both of my teenagers came to me this weekend seeking out my advice (awfully bold of them) and I can't imagine being so bankrupt of thought that I would ask AI to parent for me. this just keeps getting more depressing, computers are not a substitute for human connection

WIRED @wired.com · 12h

Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.

Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot

Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.

wrd.cm

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TransVillageProject @transhomingproject.bsky.social · 2d

Every resource has been tested to make sure that it is available in every U.S. state, and is reliable.
Spread this Linktree with anyone who can use it, and help us add more resources to the list.

#SNAPBenefits #foodstamps #food #bank #EBT #food #pantry #foodnotbombs #littlefreepantry

A flyer that states; “are you affected by the snap EBT funding lapse? Find free food resources in your area” and has a link and QR code to a resource megathread called “Getaidnow”. The bottom text of the page has the link; linktr.ee/getaidnow.

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 7h

fall scenery from rural Pennsylvania and some chili mac to feel cozy. 🍁🍃🥘🥰

ペンシルベニア州の田舎の秋の景色と、心地良い気分にさせてくれるチリマック。

※ 代替テキストには翻訳が含まれます。間違いがありましたらご容赦ください。主にGoogle翻訳を使用しています。🙇🏼

#青空ごはん部

a photo of rooftops against a grey, cloudy sky and trees in fall foliage colors of yellow and red, and a few evergreens. there is a small town intersection in the middle distance with a red traffic light. much further out is a hill or small mountain covered in trees as well.

灰色の曇り空を背景にした屋根と、黄色と赤の紅葉した木々、そして数本の常緑樹の写真。中距離に赤信号の小さな町の交差点があります。はるか遠くには、木々に覆われた丘か小さな山もあります。

a close-up photo of a plate of homemade chili with black beans and beef served over “easy mac” microwave cup of mac and cheese, to make "chili mac.” fresh cut spring onion has been sprinkled over the top.

「チリマック」を作るために、電子レンジで作る「イージーマック」のカップ入りマカロニ＆チーズの上に、黒豆と牛肉の入った自家製チリを盛り付けたプレートのクローズアップ写真。上には新鮮なカットネギが散らしてある。

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12h

A handwritten note reads: “I think it’s important that people don’t feel alone.” The words "I think" are crossed out. The quote is signed “- lou reed.” Faint numbers “86 895” are written at the top.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 16h

now why would i accomplish a four minute task now when i can agonize over it for the next six months

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 12h

bonus: i also sent a polite, informative follow-up about the rescheduling

go, me

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 12h

Pete's attack peets!

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 13h

made a call to reschedule an appointment i just don't have the energy for after last week 😞

time to watch Hana & Kotaro 🦦🦦

youtu.be/2WZtI1BXgdc

これがカワウソのリアルなお風呂ルーティン　Otters’ PRODUCTIVE and AESTHETIC Bath Routine

YouTube video by KOTSUMET

youtu.be

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 15h

🦀 Sally lightfoot crab

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 2d

this extra hour of sleep had better fix all my sleep debt

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 16h

love early morning/mid-day chats with my sister (📍🇮🇪) . we lost touch for a while but so glad to catch up. 🥰

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1d

as a welcome break from… everything that's happened recently and everything else going on… @philthycasualmedia.com and i are trying to remember which actor it was that we saw flash some cheek in a show, and was unexpectedly all caked up. we only know it was a character we didn't particularly like.

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 1d

"(they)(them)", pencil crayon/graphite on paper, 6 x 11 1/2", 2024. #art #birds

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1d

i thought i was getting some color back in my lips when i looked in the bathroom mirror.

then i realized it was just the cherry popsicle i had. 🫢 oh, well.

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1d

i took some acetaminophen and i'm eating a popsicle. 😑

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 1d

>>Satire - Chronic Illness Patient Finally Gets Cured By Reading Cockamamie Bullshit Advice Online

[pic of woman on laptop]

MyBodylsTryingTokillMe.com

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CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1d

i took some acetaminophen and i'm eating a popsicle. 😑

CJ •⚕️🛌 • 🍏🥧🍂 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 1d

it's dark out, it's about 49° F outside, and 75° F in our apartment without heat on because of the business below.

we have the door open and i have a hint of fever (100.0° F). ugh. 🤒

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 2d

My understanding is that food donations are great, but the best bang for everyone's buck is to just give money to food banks. They usually have negotiated relationships where they can get the best prices and thus the most food.

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