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Post reblogged from Originale Berliner linke zecke 2
“Detainee under 18”
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Post reblogged from Plant Bitch
no more catboys. catmen . 28 yr old washed up depressed catman downing his 5th whiskey glass and his cat ears twitch depressedly
And then he pushes the empty glass forlornly off the counter
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Post reblogged from Plant Bitch
bigandtired-deactivated20250405:
i enter the shower. hours pass. i emerge from the shower, having mixed all of my soaps and scrubs and lotions and conditioners and shampoos and body washes together in the tub in precise alchemical quantities. i smell like 314 different herbs and spices. my hair will not need washing for the next 500 days. my skin has developed protective chitinous scales. i step out of the tub and immediately slip and fall on a stray puddle of mane ‘n tail and sprain my pussy
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Video reblogged from i know that kiss was passionate and sweet...
painting made easier
[Audio Transcript:
Do you want to paint but pain, disability, limited range of motion or tremors are getting in the way of that?
It’s world watercolor month and disability pride month, so let’s combine the two and talk about ways that you can watercolor and make it a little easier on yourself.
First up, if you struggle with grip issues, some manufacturers like Blick will actually make some of their brushes with egg shaped handles.
These are typically easier to hold, but they do come in a limited range of options so you can get something like one of these egg shaped pencil holders that will do more or less the same thing. These are just a bit easier to hold and they can reduce hand fatigue.
Next up, if you struggle with something like tremors or shaking, weight is your friend. There are universal weighted handles that you can slip onto the end and tighten on your brush or whatever you’re using as long as it fits in, and it adds a bunch of weight to the back end of it so it reduces the amount of shaking that’s possible.
If you struggle with grip strength or need something to help you hold onto something, this is an easy ring writer clip, and you can slot your brush into it and even if you’re not gripping it tightly it’s still secured to your hand.
Another option is something like this, this is an easy grip. It’s a silicone attachment that you can place on that give you an extra handle and extra security for holding your brushes and other art tools.
And finally one of my favorite tools is this artist leaning bridge. Mine is an acrylic piece of plastic that just sits over the top and allows you to rest on top while you can paint underneath it.
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Post reblogged from i know that kiss was passionate and sweet...
In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…
And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…
Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.
He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.
It’s incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it’s a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won’t need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.
And important piece of context is that one of the reasons why mobility devices like wheelchairs are so expensive is that they are often (not always— the medical industry is full of grifters) designed to, and constructed to incredibly exacting ergonomic standards because if you’re in a wheelchair, you’re going to be in it for incredibly extensive periods of time, and a poorly designed chair that you sit in for 8+ hours a day can do incredible damage to your body, and even having the wheels being at the wrong orientation could encourage horrible repetition/stress injuries.
If you can hurt your hands from a poorly designed gaming controller for 3-4 hours, or even hurt your feet from walking in bad shoes for a couple of hours, imagine what a poorly designed thing that interacts with the whole body continuously for months can do to fuck up a body.
While some mobility aid is still better than no mobility aid, it’s important that this disclaimer and understanding be spread with this post, because it’s not immediately obvious on the website that these could cause long term damage if used for any serious amount of time, and I can easily see someone not familiar with wheelchairs making and donating one or more of these, and as a result causing serious injury.
Even a chair being bent a little wrong can fuck up your spine with long enough usage, and I’m going to be honest — a lot of those 90/70 degree angle seats are not ergonomic at all and would likely result in incredible worsening chronic pain/injury, and probably wouldn’t be suited for people with like, many kinds of spinal injuries, etc.
Better than nothing, but still possibly dangerous, so be careful please.
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Post reblogged from Patron Saint of Shitposts
let’s start speaking the insurance companies’ language. this fetus needs to be aborted because it simply does not have the credit history to be trusted to pay for cost of delivery.
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Video captions: And stop trying to show your ex what they missed out on! Stop trying to teach your family a lesson for not believing in you! Stop trying to shit on your haters! Do it for you! Do it because you deserve it! Do it for YOU! Water your dreams with love! Don’t put no hate and resentment, and try to — “oh Imma fucking show them, Imma show” — FUCK THEM! Fuck them, do it for you! They don’t matter! They NEVER mattered.
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Post reblogged from Deya's World
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Post reblogged from Timothy Snyder
The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute has done extraordinary work, especially these last three years, in translating major works of Ukrainian literature. It is very worthy of support.
