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Sparrow / Liz

@untonuggan.bsky.social

7.3K followers 1.5K following 8.8K posts

angry mast cells (HaT and #MCAS) + #POTS + neurodivergent. ♿ queer. white. emperor of typos. brain fog zone ⚠️. they/them 🎶 iii'm still masking 🎶 working on porting more of my body science infodumps and such to: liminalnest.wordpress.com #NEISvoid

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · Jan 2

I guess I'm starting a thread of pinned posts now?

Here's a little bit about my immune disorder, MCAS, and why I yell about it so much

Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · Nov 10

I've got a lot of new followers, so fair warning I yell A Lot about my mast cells + mast cell disorders #MCAS

This may seem niche

But COVID infection can trigger mast cell dysfunction

So it is becoming more common, and there are not enough doctors who know how to recognize and manage it

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Victorious Boo Bleue @bwellsmc.bsky.social · 19h

It’s only every damn day though

#NEISvoid

Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 19h

[My body having symptoms]
ME: Takes meds to stop symptoms
[My body feeling side effects]
ME: Fuuuuuuuk

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

thanks

Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

months where the only photos are ingredients labels, because my optic nerve was too swollen for me to just read them

so I'd photograph the label and zoom in

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

months with no photos of my face, just various shots documenting assorted symptoms so I could show the photos with my doctor

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

so many chunks of time when I took no selfies, because I was living in the dark. not enough light for my camera to even function

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

so many photos where I am wearing something other than PJs!

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

there were some photos from the before times where I legitimately didn't recognize myself, like "who's that in the photo with my friend? ...oh, it's me actually"

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 15h

was looking for something on my phone and accidentally ended up looking at selfies from Before and During my most recent Epic Flare

it's honestly sort of validating how stark the difference is, but also I'm having a fresh wave of disabled grief because of it

#NEISvoid

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 22h

it’s Indigenous peoples day, so if you need to purchase an indulgence for your settler sins, you can venmo me at @ziibiing and I will redistribute your wealth to Indigenous people 🫡

also, I will be accepting land or cabin donations anywhere in anishinaabe akiing (MN, WI, MI, Ontario/Manitoba)

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Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 1d

Losing hope that I'll be able to keep my home. Not sure I can raise the full $875 this month for rent. I'm scared of being on the streets again. Last time, I had to rely on an abusive man to protect me. Please help me not go back there. tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and Paypal.

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Decolonise EVERYTHING 💜 #StrikeForMutualAid @hoydenspark.bsky.social · 22h

Solidarity action needed now!

330 needed to ensure this job is accessible and KEPT!

+Share if you can't spare
+Reply & repost to uplift this #MutualAid request
💕💸Send what you can to #KeepFolksAlive

#MABoost #HelpFolksLive2025 #BIPOCMA

Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 23h

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨

🚨🚨👉🏿Still needing $330 by 1PM EDT today to cover rides to work until this Friday👈🏿🚨🚨...& it = stalled!! Help me out, fam:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky

💸💞

a man wearing glasses and a purple shirt says " help your sister out "

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a purple shirt says, "Help your sister out!"

media.tenor.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Kippie ♠ Do not be obedient in advance @kippie.bsky.social · 2d

Bibi has all kinds of wonderful stuff!! I'm excited about my cane preorder, but there's also super cute stuff for pets, sliding pins, different unique patterns you can get on matching stuff!!

You can also get gift cards for your friends, disabled or otherwise - a great option with krimbo comin up!

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · 3d

Evictions in DC hit record levels last year, with 1,869 households removed from their homes. We don't have final numbers for this year yet but avg. monthly evictions are the highest they’ve been in six years. New investigation from @51st.news @streetsensedc.bsky.social 51st.news/record-evict...

Evictions rising in DC as housing costs increase

New data shows evictions have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections.

51st.news

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.bsky.social · 1d

Today, after several days of careful pacing enough so that my brain fog is less bad:

Oh wait. How much of this is side effects from my Devil's Bargain headache meds

*checks list*

Ah, yes. Those are probably not helping this subset of symptoms.

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Archangel Beth @archangelbeth.bsky.social · 2d

Boosting

Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, sci-fi and fantasy folks, if you happen to know folks who are involved with various estates in the field, do tip them a hat about the Anthropic settlement. Agencies do not get $ out of the deal and may not remember to talk to estate clients. My agent was worrying about estates not being alerted

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Mick 🇨🇦 @mick.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”

It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.

#portland #portlandfrog #uspol

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 2d

“Public expression activities” forbidden in this space

UGH

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 3d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 3d

While evictions rise, the city is also cutting funding to 1) rent relief 2) street outreach 3) permanent supportive housing & other housing voucher programs & 4) shelters

If we’re talking purely money, it costs more to provide appropriate housing support for someone the longer they are unhoused.

Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · 3d

Evictions rising in DC as housing costs increase

New data shows evictions have surged past pre-pandemic levels, fueled by shrinking aid, high rents, and weakened tenant protections.

51st.news

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Chris Farnell is behind you right now @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 2d

You can only have so many tech billionaire supervillains before someone dresses up as their favourite animal to conceal their identity as they try to help people.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 2d

. @prisonculture.bsky.social's zine is very popular in our library free zine distro (76 copies have been taken, # only limited by that's what I've had time to fold/staple/put on the rack yet). It's a friendly+free workbook for connecting your values, strengths, needs to advocacy you can do now:

my views do not represent those of my employer @zinelib.bsky.social · 3d

Today in #ZineCataloging

One Million Experiments volume 8: Making a Plan
It's an activism workbook zine by @prisonculture.bsky.social. The whole series: millionexperiments.com/zines

Read the Zine: One Million Experiments

Read the Zine from One Million Experiments, where we explore community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.

millionexperiments.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 2d

Write it in the sky with hundred foot letters of burning flame

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

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