Jay Aaron
@jay-aaron.bsky.social
Thinking 🧠 & Feeling ❤️
Traumatized #Millennial 🫨
#Gay Ginger #Gaymer Geek 👨🏻🦰
#CriticalTheory Discourse 🤔
#Queer Theory 🌈
#SmartHome #Tech 🤖
#SocialJustice ⬅️
#Disability & #MentalHealth Advocacy
#Musical
🔗 https://linktr.ee/jayaaron
Traumatized #Millennial 🫨
#Gay Ginger #Gaymer Geek 👨🏻🦰
#CriticalTheory Discourse 🤔
#Queer Theory 🌈
#SmartHome #Tech 🤖
#SocialJustice ⬅️
#Disability & #MentalHealth Advocacy
#Musical
🔗 https://linktr.ee/jayaaron
✨ STOP GATEKEEPING FOOD FROM THE POOR ✨
unFun Fact: Work requirements for SNAP only increase the number of people without food—they do NOT increase employment. (And SNAP has stringent 3-month work requirements. And resource/asset limits.)
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unFun Fact: Work requirements for SNAP only increase the number of people without food—they do NOT increase employment. (And SNAP has stringent 3-month work requirements. And resource/asset limits.)
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October 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
✨ STOP GATEKEEPING FOOD FROM THE POOR ✨
unFun Fact: Work requirements for SNAP only increase the number of people without food—they do NOT increase employment. (And SNAP has stringent 3-month work requirements. And resource/asset limits.)
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unFun Fact: Work requirements for SNAP only increase the number of people without food—they do NOT increase employment. (And SNAP has stringent 3-month work requirements. And resource/asset limits.)
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Every 👏 Person 👏 Deserves 👏 Food 👏
There are 0 undeserving people on SNAP.
Come on, now!
There are 0 undeserving people on SNAP.
Come on, now!
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Every 👏 Person 👏 Deserves 👏 Food 👏
There are 0 undeserving people on SNAP.
Come on, now!
There are 0 undeserving people on SNAP.
Come on, now!
✨ Just World Fallacy ✨
One of my (least) favorite cognitive biases. 🧠
It’s the assumption that people generally get what they deserve, the corollary being that one who is suffering likely deserves their plight.
The reality?
Things happen whether or not we “deserve” it.
All the time.
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One of my (least) favorite cognitive biases. 🧠
It’s the assumption that people generally get what they deserve, the corollary being that one who is suffering likely deserves their plight.
The reality?
Things happen whether or not we “deserve” it.
All the time.
(1/2)
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
✨ Just World Fallacy ✨
One of my (least) favorite cognitive biases. 🧠
It’s the assumption that people generally get what they deserve, the corollary being that one who is suffering likely deserves their plight.
The reality?
Things happen whether or not we “deserve” it.
All the time.
(1/2)
One of my (least) favorite cognitive biases. 🧠
It’s the assumption that people generally get what they deserve, the corollary being that one who is suffering likely deserves their plight.
The reality?
Things happen whether or not we “deserve” it.
All the time.
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It’s wild to me—did people forget what it was like before the #ACA?
Do they know anyone who has had (or lives with) an illness?
Do they know seniors and others on #Medicare?
Do they know the working poor on #Medicaid?
Do they know that they can get sick or have an accident at ANY time?! 🙃
Do they know anyone who has had (or lives with) an illness?
Do they know seniors and others on #Medicare?
Do they know the working poor on #Medicaid?
Do they know that they can get sick or have an accident at ANY time?! 🙃
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Apple Watch Series 11 internals look a lot like my Series 9 (and Series 10)…
I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11
I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Apple Watch Series 11 internals look a lot like my Series 9 (and Series 10)…
I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11
I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11
“The reason why we lose elections is because we’re arguing about X.”
Brillant.
YOU’RE BRILLIANT! 🥹
🏆*Nobel Peace Prize Granted* 🏆
🤯*Political Scientists’ Brains Explode* 🤯
👻*Critical Thinkers?! VANISHED!* 👻
Brillant.
YOU’RE BRILLIANT! 🥹
🏆*Nobel Peace Prize Granted* 🏆
🤯*Political Scientists’ Brains Explode* 🤯
👻*Critical Thinkers?! VANISHED!* 👻
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“The reason why we lose elections is because we’re arguing about X.”
Brillant.
YOU’RE BRILLIANT! 🥹
🏆*Nobel Peace Prize Granted* 🏆
🤯*Political Scientists’ Brains Explode* 🤯
👻*Critical Thinkers?! VANISHED!* 👻
Brillant.
YOU’RE BRILLIANT! 🥹
🏆*Nobel Peace Prize Granted* 🏆
🤯*Political Scientists’ Brains Explode* 🤯
👻*Critical Thinkers?! VANISHED!* 👻
Ok I’ll post about something else.
It would be nice to have a PC to edit videos and stream games. I have everything but the PC. 4K editing is annoyingly pricey.
And it’s this weird Intel thing where you can get a deal, but get locked out of Copilot+ because of the NPU.
Wait longer? But tariffs. 🙃
It would be nice to have a PC to edit videos and stream games. I have everything but the PC. 4K editing is annoyingly pricey.
And it’s this weird Intel thing where you can get a deal, but get locked out of Copilot+ because of the NPU.
Wait longer? But tariffs. 🙃
July 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Ok I’ll post about something else.
It would be nice to have a PC to edit videos and stream games. I have everything but the PC. 4K editing is annoyingly pricey.
And it’s this weird Intel thing where you can get a deal, but get locked out of Copilot+ because of the NPU.
Wait longer? But tariffs. 🙃
It would be nice to have a PC to edit videos and stream games. I have everything but the PC. 4K editing is annoyingly pricey.
And it’s this weird Intel thing where you can get a deal, but get locked out of Copilot+ because of the NPU.
Wait longer? But tariffs. 🙃
Men who wear work outfits, but a size too tight 👀
July 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Men who wear work outfits, but a size too tight 👀
Well, I logged into my Anminal Crossing island for no reason and…it’s been 3 years and 7 months.
That’s how I know how much time has passed. 😱😭
That’s how I know how much time has passed. 😱😭
July 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Well, I logged into my Anminal Crossing island for no reason and…it’s been 3 years and 7 months.
That’s how I know how much time has passed. 😱😭
That’s how I know how much time has passed. 😱😭
At this point, this chronic cough could be either vagus nerve damage (from all of the natural impacts of his behavior on me) or psychogenic.
How sweet. I can’t sing or speak.
It’s ok though: he “didn’t intend” it.
And I’m not really a person.
So it’s my fault, really. 🤷♂️
How sweet. I can’t sing or speak.
It’s ok though: he “didn’t intend” it.
And I’m not really a person.
So it’s my fault, really. 🤷♂️
July 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
At this point, this chronic cough could be either vagus nerve damage (from all of the natural impacts of his behavior on me) or psychogenic.
How sweet. I can’t sing or speak.
It’s ok though: he “didn’t intend” it.
And I’m not really a person.
So it’s my fault, really. 🤷♂️
How sweet. I can’t sing or speak.
It’s ok though: he “didn’t intend” it.
And I’m not really a person.
So it’s my fault, really. 🤷♂️
I think the most fascinating—and personally devastating—aspect of engaging in social media as a creator, primarily on TikTok, has just been how off-the-rails lonely it is.
The lack of process and censorship has been bonkers to navigate. And ultimately, it fails you when you need to be a messy human
The lack of process and censorship has been bonkers to navigate. And ultimately, it fails you when you need to be a messy human
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I think the most fascinating—and personally devastating—aspect of engaging in social media as a creator, primarily on TikTok, has just been how off-the-rails lonely it is.
The lack of process and censorship has been bonkers to navigate. And ultimately, it fails you when you need to be a messy human
The lack of process and censorship has been bonkers to navigate. And ultimately, it fails you when you need to be a messy human
There’s a mistaken assumption that I want “revenge” or I’m holding on to a romantic fantasy. Both are false.
This was deliberate. My body, my mind—deliberately taken advantage of. Those around him, hostile or indifferent to the impacts on me.
They advocate as safe.
Why won’t anyone do something?!
This was deliberate. My body, my mind—deliberately taken advantage of. Those around him, hostile or indifferent to the impacts on me.
They advocate as safe.
Why won’t anyone do something?!
July 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There’s a mistaken assumption that I want “revenge” or I’m holding on to a romantic fantasy. Both are false.
This was deliberate. My body, my mind—deliberately taken advantage of. Those around him, hostile or indifferent to the impacts on me.
They advocate as safe.
Why won’t anyone do something?!
This was deliberate. My body, my mind—deliberately taken advantage of. Those around him, hostile or indifferent to the impacts on me.
They advocate as safe.
Why won’t anyone do something?!
Well, that explains why
this happened.
I was just told that
I should have known, and
should have asked the husband,
even though I didn’t know
and had no reason to suspect anything,
and I can’t retroactively know
that I was lied to but also
that people just get hurt all the time
so…yeah.
this happened.
I was just told that
I should have known, and
should have asked the husband,
even though I didn’t know
and had no reason to suspect anything,
and I can’t retroactively know
that I was lied to but also
that people just get hurt all the time
so…yeah.
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Well, that explains why
this happened.
I was just told that
I should have known, and
should have asked the husband,
even though I didn’t know
and had no reason to suspect anything,
and I can’t retroactively know
that I was lied to but also
that people just get hurt all the time
so…yeah.
this happened.
I was just told that
I should have known, and
should have asked the husband,
even though I didn’t know
and had no reason to suspect anything,
and I can’t retroactively know
that I was lied to but also
that people just get hurt all the time
so…yeah.
I think he broke me and that was the point
July 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think he broke me and that was the point
On the bright side: at least I have that job I was offered but never given and then blamed for when he was supposed to call me back but never did.
Yeah #Medicaid is how some of us manage to get by.
Glad men who have more will profit though. 🙄
Thanks.
Yeah #Medicaid is how some of us manage to get by.
Glad men who have more will profit though. 🙄
Thanks.
July 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On the bright side: at least I have that job I was offered but never given and then blamed for when he was supposed to call me back but never did.
Yeah #Medicaid is how some of us manage to get by.
Glad men who have more will profit though. 🙄
Thanks.
Yeah #Medicaid is how some of us manage to get by.
Glad men who have more will profit though. 🙄
Thanks.
He had a dream involving a leather dog collar and leash.
He waited until he had my full attention before he would tell me about it.
I later bought a nice collar and leash.
He knew it wasn’t allowed.
But I was trained—so here I have this reminder.
I hope to reclaim it.
#GaySky #GayLeather
He waited until he had my full attention before he would tell me about it.
I later bought a nice collar and leash.
He knew it wasn’t allowed.
But I was trained—so here I have this reminder.
I hope to reclaim it.
#GaySky #GayLeather
July 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
He had a dream involving a leather dog collar and leash.
He waited until he had my full attention before he would tell me about it.
I later bought a nice collar and leash.
He knew it wasn’t allowed.
But I was trained—so here I have this reminder.
I hope to reclaim it.
#GaySky #GayLeather
He waited until he had my full attention before he would tell me about it.
I later bought a nice collar and leash.
He knew it wasn’t allowed.
But I was trained—so here I have this reminder.
I hope to reclaim it.
#GaySky #GayLeather
When you can’t even POST about it.
0 views. I can mirror his language but I avoid the words you aren’t supposed to say.
0 views.
It’s systemic.
THAT’s power.
It’s not ok.
😔
0 views. I can mirror his language but I avoid the words you aren’t supposed to say.
0 views.
It’s systemic.
THAT’s power.
It’s not ok.
😔
July 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When you can’t even POST about it.
0 views. I can mirror his language but I avoid the words you aren’t supposed to say.
0 views.
It’s systemic.
THAT’s power.
It’s not ok.
😔
0 views. I can mirror his language but I avoid the words you aren’t supposed to say.
0 views.
It’s systemic.
THAT’s power.
It’s not ok.
😔
I can’t even talk about Medicaid. When they say they are cutting “waste,” I can’t help but think—
who taught them that the lives of human beings are “waste?” 🤦♂️
#Medicaid #DisabilitySky
who taught them that the lives of human beings are “waste?” 🤦♂️
#Medicaid #DisabilitySky
June 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I can’t even talk about Medicaid. When they say they are cutting “waste,” I can’t help but think—
who taught them that the lives of human beings are “waste?” 🤦♂️
#Medicaid #DisabilitySky
who taught them that the lives of human beings are “waste?” 🤦♂️
#Medicaid #DisabilitySky
I keep feeling like
I did something wrong—
like I made a mistake.
I know it’s because of
the reaction (silence), not the act.
But then I see posts about caring about people & crisis lines—
but not ACTUAL people.
Not me.
My friend.
I worked a digital line.
I suffer.
He profits. 😔
#ptsd #power
I did something wrong—
like I made a mistake.
I know it’s because of
the reaction (silence), not the act.
But then I see posts about caring about people & crisis lines—
but not ACTUAL people.
Not me.
My friend.
I worked a digital line.
I suffer.
He profits. 😔
#ptsd #power
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I never even got to say goodbye.
Sometimes, I fear, that my suffering makes him happy. That’s how much I don’t know.
I don’t know if anything he said was true. I don’t know if he knows how much I withheld from…everyone.
To keep him safe.
Because objects—“good bois,”
don’t get a choice.
I heart
Sometimes, I fear, that my suffering makes him happy. That’s how much I don’t know.
I don’t know if anything he said was true. I don’t know if he knows how much I withheld from…everyone.
To keep him safe.
Because objects—“good bois,”
don’t get a choice.
I heart
June 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I never even got to say goodbye.
Sometimes, I fear, that my suffering makes him happy. That’s how much I don’t know.
I don’t know if anything he said was true. I don’t know if he knows how much I withheld from…everyone.
To keep him safe.
Because objects—“good bois,”
don’t get a choice.
I heart
Sometimes, I fear, that my suffering makes him happy. That’s how much I don’t know.
I don’t know if anything he said was true. I don’t know if he knows how much I withheld from…everyone.
To keep him safe.
Because objects—“good bois,”
don’t get a choice.
I heart
“Your silence will not protect you.”
— Audre Lorde
This keeps echoing in my mind.
As I see how others could easily heal,
but choose silence—
and cover up.
As I see how the truth, accountability,
& human kindness matters only for some.
And I can’t speak.
Who am I protecting?
#ptsd #silence 🫂
— Audre Lorde
This keeps echoing in my mind.
As I see how others could easily heal,
but choose silence—
and cover up.
As I see how the truth, accountability,
& human kindness matters only for some.
And I can’t speak.
Who am I protecting?
#ptsd #silence 🫂
June 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I miss my friend.
I miss my voice.
I feel pathetic.
I can’t even be
…poetic
damn.
I miss my voice.
I feel pathetic.
I can’t even be
…poetic
damn.
June 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I miss my friend.
I miss my voice.
I feel pathetic.
I can’t even be
…poetic
damn.
I miss my voice.
I feel pathetic.
I can’t even be
…poetic
damn.
Sometimes, you try to speak, but you can’t hear your own voice. When someone shifts the rules and reality itself, you watch as you disappear.
Erased. 🫥
This is for anyone who has the unbearable burden of memory—and silence. 🤐
#PTSD #NarrativeShift #SilentTruth #FriendshipDynamics
Erased. 🫥
This is for anyone who has the unbearable burden of memory—and silence. 🤐
#PTSD #NarrativeShift #SilentTruth #FriendshipDynamics
June 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes, you try to speak, but you can’t hear your own voice. When someone shifts the rules and reality itself, you watch as you disappear.
Erased. 🫥
This is for anyone who has the unbearable burden of memory—and silence. 🤐
#PTSD #NarrativeShift #SilentTruth #FriendshipDynamics
Erased. 🫥
This is for anyone who has the unbearable burden of memory—and silence. 🤐
#PTSD #NarrativeShift #SilentTruth #FriendshipDynamics