Sam Still Masks
@theailingwitch.bsky.social
They/Them
Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9
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Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate
“Fighting fascism is a full-time job!”
Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
🚫NO UNSOLICITED MED ADVICE🚫
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New Intro! ✨
I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
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I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.
I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!
I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:
Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch
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I’m already immunocompromised.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m already immunocompromised.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
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I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
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Exactly why mask mandates are necessary to quash airborne diseases like Covid, for which we do not have a sterilizing vaccine. And for measles, for which there is no longer herd immunity via vaccines. Masking & vaccinations in combination FTW 😷💉
The whole "you shouldn't be required to get vaccines because you might think they're not safe" thing is so weird to me. We know they're safe. If you harbor a deep fear that wearing a seatbelt is somehow dangerous, you still legally have to wear one when driving.
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Exactly why mask mandates are necessary to quash airborne diseases like Covid, for which we do not have a sterilizing vaccine. And for measles, for which there is no longer herd immunity via vaccines. Masking & vaccinations in combination FTW 😷💉
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That people fail to recognize how this has always been and will always be true astonishes me.
on a related note, a crude photoshop or paint job will ALWAYS be funnier than a photorealistic AI generation
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
That people fail to recognize how this has always been and will always be true astonishes me.
My body is still WRECKED from getting my xrays almost 2 weeks ago now…
I’m so grateful I had them done at home; I would be so much worse for so much longer, and wouldn’t have had my spouse in the room with me to help reposition me (since he knows my range of movements best).
I’m so grateful I had them done at home; I would be so much worse for so much longer, and wouldn’t have had my spouse in the room with me to help reposition me (since he knows my range of movements best).
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My body is still WRECKED from getting my xrays almost 2 weeks ago now…
I’m so grateful I had them done at home; I would be so much worse for so much longer, and wouldn’t have had my spouse in the room with me to help reposition me (since he knows my range of movements best).
I’m so grateful I had them done at home; I would be so much worse for so much longer, and wouldn’t have had my spouse in the room with me to help reposition me (since he knows my range of movements best).
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If anyone could send $50-$100 or so that would be very helpful! 🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
linktr.ee/wylder
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If anyone could send $50-$100 or so that would be very helpful! 🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
linktr.ee/wylder
One of those “I wish I could tear off my own leg so it hurts less” kind of pain nights.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
One of those “I wish I could tear off my own leg so it hurts less” kind of pain nights.
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Because nothing can ever go right, we just had to send pretty much all we had to partner's Mom after a tire blew, the rim bent, and she's stranded.
Please help us recoup & prepare for this winter storm about to hit us?!? 😱🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us recoup & prepare for this winter storm about to hit us?!? 😱🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
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linktr.ee
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Because nothing can ever go right, we just had to send pretty much all we had to partner's Mom after a tire blew, the rim bent, and she's stranded.
Please help us recoup & prepare for this winter storm about to hit us?!? 😱🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us recoup & prepare for this winter storm about to hit us?!? 😱🥶
linktr.ee/wylder
My right hip is still so fucked up.
The smallest movement feels like a red hot knife being twisted inside the joints.
Literally breathtaking pain whenever I try to stand up or walk to the bathroom or when my spouse jostles the couch ever slightly or…
The smallest movement feels like a red hot knife being twisted inside the joints.
Literally breathtaking pain whenever I try to stand up or walk to the bathroom or when my spouse jostles the couch ever slightly or…
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My right hip is still so fucked up.
The smallest movement feels like a red hot knife being twisted inside the joints.
Literally breathtaking pain whenever I try to stand up or walk to the bathroom or when my spouse jostles the couch ever slightly or…
The smallest movement feels like a red hot knife being twisted inside the joints.
Literally breathtaking pain whenever I try to stand up or walk to the bathroom or when my spouse jostles the couch ever slightly or…
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“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
“… coerced infection—the complete lack of mitigation and the normalization of mass and repeated infection of a debilitating virus—is ubiquitous throughout society.“
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
Our Culture of Coerced Infection
“You Do You”—unless you are trying to protect yourself from Covid
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
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The longer I use a wheelchair, the less I’m impressed by wheelchairs engineered to go up stairs and such.
You know what technological advance (if you were born before Christ, that is) that costs very little comparatively and doesn’t put the onus on disabled people to afford it?
Ramps.
You know what technological advance (if you were born before Christ, that is) that costs very little comparatively and doesn’t put the onus on disabled people to afford it?
Ramps.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The longer I use a wheelchair, the less I’m impressed by wheelchairs engineered to go up stairs and such.
You know what technological advance (if you were born before Christ, that is) that costs very little comparatively and doesn’t put the onus on disabled people to afford it?
Ramps.
You know what technological advance (if you were born before Christ, that is) that costs very little comparatively and doesn’t put the onus on disabled people to afford it?
Ramps.
I don’t give a shit about the holiday itself, but I do miss being able to see my family on one of the only days almost everyone has off of work.
Between inaccessible houses and no masking and this flare, I’m spending the day mostly home alone…
I’m gonna play SO much Hades II.
Between inaccessible houses and no masking and this flare, I’m spending the day mostly home alone…
I’m gonna play SO much Hades II.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I don’t give a shit about the holiday itself, but I do miss being able to see my family on one of the only days almost everyone has off of work.
Between inaccessible houses and no masking and this flare, I’m spending the day mostly home alone…
I’m gonna play SO much Hades II.
Between inaccessible houses and no masking and this flare, I’m spending the day mostly home alone…
I’m gonna play SO much Hades II.
I’m already immunocompromised.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’m already immunocompromised.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
My crap immune system is going to be actively suppressed.
Please wear a mask if you’re at ALL able to.
I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m finally gonna start a new medication (hopefully very soon!) that may help my ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis…
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
It might even help my Crohn’s too…
It’s an immunosuppressant.
PLEASE wear masks in public places at the very least— ESPECIALLY medical facilities.
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Alt Text isn't the space for seo, secret notes, or inside jokes. It's for people to access media and any context or information that that media has.
If we gon make things right, we gotta find ways to make things right that don't leave us behind.
If we gon make things right, we gotta find ways to make things right that don't leave us behind.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Alt Text isn't the space for seo, secret notes, or inside jokes. It's for people to access media and any context or information that that media has.
If we gon make things right, we gotta find ways to make things right that don't leave us behind.
If we gon make things right, we gotta find ways to make things right that don't leave us behind.
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Trump’s immigration policies have cost Chicago a world famous brewing school
The Siebel Institute will relocate to Montreal
“regulatory changes in the US have made it much more challenging for many of our international students, who have become the majority of our student body, to attend classes”
The Siebel Institute will relocate to Montreal
“regulatory changes in the US have made it much more challenging for many of our international students, who have become the majority of our student body, to attend classes”
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Trump’s immigration policies have cost Chicago a world famous brewing school
The Siebel Institute will relocate to Montreal
“regulatory changes in the US have made it much more challenging for many of our international students, who have become the majority of our student body, to attend classes”
The Siebel Institute will relocate to Montreal
“regulatory changes in the US have made it much more challenging for many of our international students, who have become the majority of our student body, to attend classes”
Well, talk of double hip replacements is happening.
Gotta start some other meds first for other reasons, but the xray damage is severe enough that it’s a probability and not just possibility anymore.
Not a surprise mind you just… more shit I dont need.
Gotta start some other meds first for other reasons, but the xray damage is severe enough that it’s a probability and not just possibility anymore.
Not a surprise mind you just… more shit I dont need.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Well, talk of double hip replacements is happening.
Gotta start some other meds first for other reasons, but the xray damage is severe enough that it’s a probability and not just possibility anymore.
Not a surprise mind you just… more shit I dont need.
Gotta start some other meds first for other reasons, but the xray damage is severe enough that it’s a probability and not just possibility anymore.
Not a surprise mind you just… more shit I dont need.
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Can someone volunteer time or funds help me get a website with a shop up for survival?
We have some cool things to sell but lost money trying on ebay & Mercari. We're also both artists & crafters & have a 3D printer, just need printing supplies.
I need help to get a minimal upkeep shop site up.
We have some cool things to sell but lost money trying on ebay & Mercari. We're also both artists & crafters & have a 3D printer, just need printing supplies.
I need help to get a minimal upkeep shop site up.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Can someone volunteer time or funds help me get a website with a shop up for survival?
We have some cool things to sell but lost money trying on ebay & Mercari. We're also both artists & crafters & have a 3D printer, just need printing supplies.
I need help to get a minimal upkeep shop site up.
We have some cool things to sell but lost money trying on ebay & Mercari. We're also both artists & crafters & have a 3D printer, just need printing supplies.
I need help to get a minimal upkeep shop site up.
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Help me get back to being a force for good! The condition making it impossible right now is treatable! I need 4 more root canals & general survival funds.
Please keep me alive?
linktr.ee/wylder
Please keep me alive?
linktr.ee/wylder
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Help me get back to being a force for good! The condition making it impossible right now is treatable! I need 4 more root canals & general survival funds.
Please keep me alive?
linktr.ee/wylder
Please keep me alive?
linktr.ee/wylder
Man do I love Jersey sometimes.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Man do I love Jersey sometimes.
[Flare Up Vent]
Still in this ankylosing spondylitis flare.
My bones and muscles around them hurt so fucking much.
And I KNOW it was the xrays that triggered it. Even in the comfort of home, the movements and plate were just too much for my broken piece of junk body, and I am so tired of it.
Still in this ankylosing spondylitis flare.
My bones and muscles around them hurt so fucking much.
And I KNOW it was the xrays that triggered it. Even in the comfort of home, the movements and plate were just too much for my broken piece of junk body, and I am so tired of it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
[Flare Up Vent]
Still in this ankylosing spondylitis flare.
My bones and muscles around them hurt so fucking much.
And I KNOW it was the xrays that triggered it. Even in the comfort of home, the movements and plate were just too much for my broken piece of junk body, and I am so tired of it.
Still in this ankylosing spondylitis flare.
My bones and muscles around them hurt so fucking much.
And I KNOW it was the xrays that triggered it. Even in the comfort of home, the movements and plate were just too much for my broken piece of junk body, and I am so tired of it.
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Nothing at all today. Please help? I want to be able to get better. I want to live despite everyone trying to make that not happen, and have some comfort.
linktr.ee/wylder
linktr.ee/wylder
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Nothing at all today. Please help? I want to be able to get better. I want to live despite everyone trying to make that not happen, and have some comfort.
linktr.ee/wylder
linktr.ee/wylder
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Just sent $400 to partners Mom to save the Only Car for a family of 9 bc the $200 we sent yesterday was used to pay electricity. Rightly so.
Please help us recoup as that wiped out our dental treatment, grocery & bills fund.
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us recoup as that wiped out our dental treatment, grocery & bills fund.
linktr.ee/wylder
Save Wylder & his loved ones? | Linktree
🏳️🌈43
🏳️⚧️He/They
♿Disabled
♾️AuDHD
🖖Geek
💜Surviving on kind donations🙏
linktr.ee
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Just sent $400 to partners Mom to save the Only Car for a family of 9 bc the $200 we sent yesterday was used to pay electricity. Rightly so.
Please help us recoup as that wiped out our dental treatment, grocery & bills fund.
linktr.ee/wylder
Please help us recoup as that wiped out our dental treatment, grocery & bills fund.
linktr.ee/wylder
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I want to live!
Get loud about helping, please? Do a fundraiser, bake-sale, ANYthing?
Please please please? My life is worth fighting for.
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Cash.app/$WishMage
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish
linktr.ee/wylder
Get loud about helping, please? Do a fundraiser, bake-sale, ANYthing?
Please please please? My life is worth fighting for.
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Cash.app/$WishMage
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish
linktr.ee/wylder
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I want to live!
Get loud about helping, please? Do a fundraiser, bake-sale, ANYthing?
Please please please? My life is worth fighting for.
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Cash.app/$WishMage
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish
linktr.ee/wylder
Get loud about helping, please? Do a fundraiser, bake-sale, ANYthing?
Please please please? My life is worth fighting for.
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Cash.app/$WishMage
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish
linktr.ee/wylder