#let the govt be in check!!!

[earningbournvilles]

yogendra yadav putting india today "journalists" in their place is so beautiful, please watch if you haven't already. also joining him in the hope that bjp being set back by cbn and nitish kumar sets the mainstream media free to actually question the government and amplify opposition voices!!!

[skin-slave]

That's what blows my mind. You can straight up show the math, the comparisons to other countries who are kicking our ass, and it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter bc the belief that we can't possibly do any better (while simultaneously being awesome af, the best country, everyone is saying it) isn't based on evidence. It's blind faith and fear.

[kitsunabi]

I’m done with 11months of rewriting past invoices for well over 100 students I’m so tired OTL

[orjizzy]

doing massive amounts of research on the happenings of springfield ohio so when i introduce my haitian man to my parents my senile stepdad doesnt explode into a burst of conspiracy, misinformation, and racism

[spookeyzesty]

i find it insane that social media can just,, ask for a fucking govt id and not let you continue if you refuse.. when did we allow that to happen thats so fkcn weird

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I hope you dont mind me asking, what kind if stuff do you do for a job?

Do you work in a safe environment for trans people?

I work in civic technology, which is the concept of using tech to make the government kinder and more efficient for the citizens it serves. I have been a Service Designer, Product Owner, and Product Manager. These are all "real" jobs you can Google to learn more about.

Right now, I do this at the US federal level. (I am not a fed, but I work for them as a contractor.) While my company is generally safe & affirming, because of the current regime, I am doubtful I will ever get a "public trust clearance" again (this is not security clearance, but it is the govt's way to decide if you are trustworthy/honorable enough to serve) due to being trans. I can NOT be stealth here, due to all the background checks and interviewing that goes on (your family and friends get calls).

So, once my current gig with the agency I'm assigned to expires, I am likely done with fed stuff. It is clear my company, as affirming as they are internally, will not push back if I mysteriously get denied clearance. Or retain me if my presence as key personnel on a contract puts winning it at risk. I literally lectured my CEO about my risk landscape the other week. 🙃

I previously came from the municipal level (I worked for a well-known city) and again, everyone was very affirming and respectful. I involved trans people in my research and did a lot of good work, from improving emergency operations to launching food pantry home delivery, to getting potholes filled faster. I even got a multi-stall gender-neutral bathroom installed at City Hall, in the state of Florida, no less (alas, it had to be closed down when the state governor went on his transphobic rampage, and luckily I had already left by then).

Civic tech is interesting and fulfilling work, but you need a strong personality to cut through bullshit -- I frequently would be at odds with fire chiefs, commissioners, and crusty old accountants and had to either persuade or bully them to affect any sort of progress. Luckily, folks tell me I am both a charismatic and intimidating man. 😅

Again, it was impossible to truly be stealth because of background checks. When I had to take a polygraph, I was asked (by an ex-CIA guy to boot) if anything about me would "embarass" the city. I said I was trans and that my credit score (at the time) was in the shitter. The dude said, "as long as you're working on the latter, you're fine, and no one gives a crap about the former."

I did not have to be publicly trans, but I chose to. I even let the city do a TDOV feature on me on social media, which was a bit scary because that put a target on my back, even in 2019.

Did I still get the stink eye from some employees? Yup. I even had to sic HR on one. But overall, your average civil servant (maybe not federal anymore) tends to lean left, and civic tech itself is a very, VERY queer-friendly field. (Again, not so much federal anymore. I would suggest folks interested here stick to state & municipal work.)

I hope that helps. If you are interested in tech, as long as you are in fields where the purpose is *helping* people, you are bound to find a lot of trans people and allies.

[octobertomarch]

I'll be opening commissions soon but since stingy paypal only has three ID options (none of my govt-issued IDs included), I'm unable to create a business account. So my commissions will only be available for mutuals and followers (both here and on my main) FOR NOW. This is to spare me the trouble of background checking. Stripe is not available in my country so I'm also working my way around Wise.

After some time I will let my comms be available to all.

I should be able to post TOS and sample sheets by the end of the week.

This decision is hard for me because I'm so insecure with my art. It doesn't compare with your fandom favorites but I hope someone out there might want to tap me for commissions.

This is an early heads-up post so reblogs are a big help and greatly appreciated!

For moots and followers who might be interested, feel free to dm me right away 💕

[sweetfirebird]

Me, talking to everyone I know irl and not just all you: get all your vaccines. Even ask about the ones you think you might not be eligible for yet like shingles. RFK jr wants to be rid of them. Also go to Experian and freeze your credit--and while there, check to make sure you have no outstanding debts or flags or anything. The govt is trying to justify deportations based on parking tickets ffs. Oh and hey, go get your REAL ID or, if you can, your passport. Get those for your kids too. Do you need a ride to the DMV or the post office for that? Let me know. I will help. Fuck these fuckers. We take care of each other.

[deadweight-at7am]

I checked my mail this afternoon and was greeted by a very large manilla envelope. It had my name written across it in large black lettering and when I picked it up the address said it came from "The Department of State" aka the Federal Govt. I was super perplexed for a moment and then just decided to open it.

The letter is addressed to me, has my name, my home address and it comes from the Human Resources Service Center. It opened with "Please accept our most sincere condolences on the loss of your father, ________, Foreign Service Annuitant." I blinked at it a couple times before I realized that it was a letter from the State Department letting me know my father died. Doesn't have a date of death, though.

My father and I hadn't spoken since 2016. Before that we were conversing thru email mostly. My father and I had a strained relationship from the time I was in my early teens to when we stopped speaking at the age of 26. It's complicated, I won't go into it but basically... my father didn't speak to many, if any of his family members. He had a brother and a sister, both of which I had heard he iced out at one time or another.

The news of his passing didn't sadden me as much as it did shock me. I guess I knew it was a possibility but I didn't think I'd get the news from a piece of mail. I'm the beneficiary of some annuity and they're trying to track down my sister and his wife. Which is weird, because I am assuming his wife is the one who alerted them? He lived in Austria, at least we believe he did. I'm not sure where he as actually living - now everything is a big mystery. I don't have contact info for him, his email address doesn't work and my step-mother and I never interacted. So, my sister had to call our uncle (his brother) and spring this on him today. He was obviously upset. He said he is going to try to help us get in contact with my father's wife. This was his third wife.

This just added a new layer of WTF to my life. Now, both of my parents are dead. The door is officially closed. I don't know how to feel about it.

[singinginthecar]

i really need ppl to know that healthcare in india is insanely accessible. and i wish we'd appreciate it more as indians. like... you don't need to pay anything for a ride on an ambulance. we have ambulance services here that are paid for by the govt (taxpayer money but still). govt/public hospitals may not have the best care because of the large patient flow but my god, if you're having an emergency your best bet is the local public hospital. wait times exist but they're not insane. or if it's not an emergency and you need an appointment with a doctor, you can see a specialist directly. having tummy aches? go to your local gastroenterologist directly. no you don't need to wait weeks for an appointment. you can get one on the same day. wanna take a CT or an MRI? govt hospitals have crazy wait times but only because they're free. you can get them at private hospitals or independent scan centers if you wanna avoid the wait time but the tests will not bankrupt you. you'll get your report within a day and you can see the specialist the NEXT day. yeah. it's that easy. healthcare is insanely accessible in india and i feel like ppl here do NOT understand how lucky we are to have that. also buying insulin will not bankrupt you. you don't need insurance to buy insulin. really. you can pay for it out of pocket. it's affordable. the government is so particular in reaching the public to treat non communicable diseases like diabetes & hypertension that healthcare professionals routinely go into rural villages - home to home - knocking on ppl's doors and taking blood tests and checking their blood pressure and most importantly, GIVING these ppl the medications they need... FOR FREE. i'm not saying the healthcare industry is perfect. we have way too many people and way too little healthcare professionals to treat them. the doctors to general public ratio is terrible. some of the private hospitals do scam innocent patients into paying for unnecessary tests. care in public hospitals aren't the best and that's a systemic failure on the govt's part. but when it comes down to it, for the most part this country will not let you die just because you have no money.

[triptychgrip]

A non-exhaustive list of things Yuuri and Viktor would write fanfiction about

Viktor would write a “fix-it” fic* to make up for his “Oops! Watch the nosebleed!” failure to catch Yuuri at the Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu regionals. He’d do so not only because of his own guilt around prioritizing his designer suit (which he’d throw away in shame), but also b/c Yuuri’s fans would never let him live that moment down, lol. I think Phichit would create a calendar appt set to repeat every September 25th (until the end of time), to remind Viktor of how he heartlessly let Yuuri fall to the floor, complete w/ exaggerated GIFs and memes. Kenjirou would probably join in

Because he is just as extra as his fiance (and feels bad for not remembering it), Yuuri would get Christophe/Yurio/Mila’s help to write a fic in which he DID remember the Sochi banquet. In this iteration, not only does he thrash Yurio in a dance-off and sweep Viktor off of his feet, but he — very shyly and very awkwardly — knocks on Viktor’s hotel room door the next morning, carrying an assortment of Japanese hangover remedies

After about a month goes by with no word from Yuuri post-Sochi, Viktor would take any breaks he can afford when not training for Europeans or Worlds to write the most extremely fanciful fanfic as an outlet for his pining/heartbreak, because…well, duh. Each of these stories would include extremely plausible reasons for why Yuuri just couldn’t contact him (none of which, obviously, involve the fact that he was trashed beyond belief). His favorite one includes the fact that Yuuri is actually a highly trained assassin working for the Japanese govt, who decides not to get in contact with Viktor because he doesn’t want his enemies to put a target on Viktor’s back. Oh, the gallantry!

As Viktor approaches his 30th birthday, Yuuri would note his increasing reluctance to acknowledge the milestone. Taking Georgi’s predictably dramatic advice, he’d surprise Viktor with a time travel fanfic*, one that is admittedly a bit trite in its “I’ll love you no matter what age you are, Vitya” theme, but that delights Viktor, nonetheless…especially when he notes that Yuuri only has eyes for him, even though his younger, 18 year old self is outrageously flirty with his fiancé. (Georgi, failing to note that this isn’t supposed to be an angst fic, would beg Yuuri to up the ante on the crying)

When Viktor tears his meniscus during the 2011 off-season, Yuuri writes a fic in which they meet by way of Viktor being sent to a famed healing/rehabilitation clinic in Fukuoka. In this fic, Yuuri actually would decide to go home to Hasetsu in the off-season, meaning he would not only get to know Viktor, but also reunite with his sweet poodle 😭

Seeing how anxious Yuuri is during the planning of their wedding, Viktor — in a very sweet but misguided way — decides to write him a crack-y fanfic in which just about everything that can go wrong on the day of, does go wrong. This is sort of meant to be a “see, Yuuri?! Even with all of that terrible stuff happening, the day still turned out perfect, because I got to marry you!” kind of thing, and even though Yuuri nearly has a panic attack while reading it, he ultimately does derive comfort from it (and he also triple checks that Otabek as their DJ does not actually intend to play any risqué music at the reception that will send his elderly relatives into states of catatonic shock, as happens in the fic)

Bonus: After losing some kind of drunken bet, Yurio writes a fic that he then forces Yuuri and Viktor to role-play. In it, all of Viktor’s hair falls off the day after Onsen on Ice. Ashamed to be seen like this by Yuuri, Viktor hightails it back to St. Petersburg and grovels at Yurio’s feet for forgiveness

If you’ve read my “fic-ception” series in which Yuuri and Viktor jointly write (and publish) a sappy/smutty friends-to-lovers and role-reversal story starring their fictional selves, you probably aren’t surprised to hear that this very meta concept has completely taken over my brain.

While writing Put It In Reverse For Thirst, I couldn’t help but ideate around the kinds of things Yuuri and Viktor might explore in the wondrous world of fanfiction, both before they got together, and afterwards.

Above are just a few of the ideas that came to mind…I’ll probably make a part 2! What else do you think they’d write fanfic about? I think the possibilities are endless.

*these are ideas I have in the works for potential stories. My WIPs folder is a disaster

[saiintvalentiine]

okay but what if this ask was a blanket permission slip to talk about the end of the new wifies video. you wanna so bad you wanna talk about it sooooooooo bad

ohhh noooo i feel sooooooooo compelled to talk abt this...............

sorry for the delay in answering this, i was eating dinner LOL anyway why i think this is a ben2fr arc for my beloved mr wiffles, under the read more so i dont spoil anyone <3

also note ive only watched the video thru once, so ill likely be forgetting things </3

it is ofc entirely possible that this is a real game and all. it has all the hallmarks of a fresh one! A youtube account made on december 1st of 2024, all the videos posted around then, and then dormancy. and wokesheeple was made in nov of 2024. if you take the url and run it through a citation generator like scribbr, it'll pull up the real date of the site since it digs thru the metadata. you can always backdate posts on wordpress. there's probably an easier way to check that but i dont know it tbh! but anyway i have some doubts

first, alex's account doesnt exist. at least its not findable on namemc or mcprofile lookup. in fact, if you look up xALEXTHEDESTROYERx, how it shows up in crafty's videos and at the end when wifies finds him, namemc will tell you that the username is too long for minecraft. this is correct— mc has a 16 character limit for usernames, and all old account with too long usernames were unceremoniously reduced. very few 16+ usernames survive to this day. xALEXTHEDESTROYERx has 18 characters.

alex isnt real. like, yes, hes not real bc its an ARG and this is (not) a game, but hes not even real in his own continuity. so thats something. also, crafty's username is also unserachable but it's at the right # of characters so thats probably on me.

second thing is: its weird that it's an active game in the way that its active. its been a while, i admit, since i played anything, but the level of game in this is kind of unique for a modern minecraft ARG. the fact theres places to email that will respond, possibly not automatically generated, is veryyyy unique. usually, ARGs have public codebreaking, since its kinda hard to respond to a lot of people privately (though EMH did it pretty well back in the day, so its not impossible!). it's just unusual feeling, though i wonder if i email them, if they'll let me play along :') i remember the trials of habit, the butterfly chats, i would loooooooove to play some actual game again!

Third: yeah? a govt covert operation regarding machines interfacing with humans? ok robot clone man. no comment. slash silly.

that aside, fourth: this happened in january. when the DMS email him, they say the breach happened on january 8th. they tell wifies his life is not his own. and then almost exactly two weeks later on january 21st, he's killed off by the director on UU. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it just feels— set up. not in a bad way, but it feels like set up. it feels like it may be his own run of an ARG that hes solving himself, the way PANDORA.rar is set up. crafty is his own ben, and he is his own archie. or maybe it's more like bedrock.zip. alex is his veil, he's zee, and now we wait on his own version of sticks to swoop in and "debunk" him. though he found his veil in this, unlike zee lol

anyway sorgy for my insane ramblings thank u for letting me by unhinged for a bit.

[city-flag-tournament]

In advance of the nominations closing in about 48 hours and needing to get the flag information together for the tournament, I'm going through the entries more in depth, checking for inconsistencies and such. I may run into information that I'm unsure on how to proceed on and will ask for clarifying information on this post here.

In the event the person who submitted it sees one of these asks, please reach out so we can figure out what the best information is to proceed! Otherwise I will try to correct the information to be as close to what I can confirm is accurate and as similar to the submitted information as possible.

I recognize that some of these were submitted over 6 months ago, so the chances of everyone seeing everything is a little low, but I'd like to do right by your submission!

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - I can't figure out where the light blue flag comes from. Though it's the one given on the city's page on Wikipedia, digging through the city's website (though the images only go back a few years), I'm only able to find images of the dark blue version with gold outlines on a white figure in use. (You can see it in the background here.) I've been trying to determine if the submitted version is an official version or historical version of the flag so I know what to put it down as, but I haven't had any luck. Even the FOTW version appears to potentially be an interpretation of a written description (though it does note that a dark blue variant with colors on the garuda appears on government websites in 2008). (As a note, the Mongolian description of the flag FOTW refers to uses the word "хөх" which, according to Wiktionary, is exclusively for dark blue.) I'm...not sure how to proceed with this. I guess the options are 1) use the dark blue/gold/white one (current official flag) 2) use the dark blue colored flag (variant of the current flag) 3) use the light blue flag (variant but of ambiguous legitimacy).

RESOLVED

Brocēni, Latvia - The submitted flag does not seem to match what Wikipedia claims is the current version of the flag. This was changed on Wikipedia back on 30 July 2023. The white version of the flag was not explained nor can I find any information myself. If you happen to know if it was an old version of the flag or if you'd prefer for me to use the current flag please let me know!

Tifariti, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - It seems like this is not an official flag, and one of (many, unfortunately) proposed flags made and uploaded by Wikipedia users without being associated with the region or labeled as such. At least, I have not seen any evidence to prove that it's real... If the person who submitted it happens to know more than this, please let me know! [For reference, the flag was crossposted to Reddit before it was deleted.] (If evidence is not provided I'll have to remove it, which is a pity 😔)

San Francisco, Antioquia, Colombia - The Wikipedia upload was provided for this flag. The comical bird faces prompted me to dig a little deeper, especially because FOTW provided a different design. While the official San Francisco govt website does use the Wikipedia image here, it does seem in practice that they use the design FOTW provides, evidenced here and here and here. To the submitter, if you see this -- would you be okay with me switching to the actual proper design? I'll vectorize it myself so the quality isn't poor. That being said, there is a somewhat silly but technically defensible argument that the presence of the wiki version on the govt website is enough to justify using that version, so while it's not my personal preference, it is up to you. (If an opinion is not provided, I will switch to the more official version.)

Santa Cruz, California, USA - I'm not sure if this is notification or a request for response, but Wikipedia is not very clear on the usage of the Santa Cruz [County] flag. FOTW confirms that it's for the county only and not the city, and provides this page for the city itself. (For me, images on the page won't load, but they linked the image of the new 2020 flag on the city's website.) I can't find evidence for historical use of the county flag for the city, otherwise I would simply just include it as a past flag... Unfortunately I think Santa Cruz County itself is a bit too large to qualify for this. My current plan is to omit it. Please let me know if you'd like me to do anything else!

[confluence-and-drift]

I say this often but I wish people would check their sources before bleating about left wing antisemitism. It's a vanishingly rare occurrence relatively speaking and we know the zionist entity engaged in staging incidents, it's been caught doing so every time it's wound up the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians to discredit any opposition for decades now.

Even if you're too lazy to research the source yourself the ops blog often gives it away. Are they dedicated to social justice or is the first few posts of their blog the first in a long line of genocide denial and playing the victim? I see the latter all too often and... Dammit people just take a few moments and question, who keeps fixating on any left wing protests being full of antisemites and who benefits from that? And does it not seem awfully convenient now that the Americans have finally gotten tired of their govt wiping their arse with the social constract for the last 30-50 years, suddenly there's some zionists with a few insults graffitid onto their businesses that are making international news?

Use your fucking brains people and don't let yourselves be distracted.

[unitedwestand2025]

What we need to do once we get past this constitutional crisis.

We need to take money out of politics because this is how Heritage Foundation Alt Right / White supremacies / Tech Bro money all want a dictatorship. So over decades Leonard Leo groomed alt right judges, Mitch McConnell helped place many of them. Then slowly bought off most of the Republican party. Lets face it if less than 5% fought taking away money from feeding kids so they could put our grandchildren in debt giving oligarchs money…they are bought off bitches. Then we have the Supreme Court who VIOLATED the constitution by saying Colorado court insurrection was immune worthy. They said all future actions were immune too. THIS is a KING NOT a president. This VIOLATES our constitution. Roberts and those judges that voted for this are NOT worthy of wearing any robes or respect. They need to reverse immunity.

The reason we are on this platform is because oligarchs CENSOR our 1st amendment right to speech on Instagram and FB.

Every April 15 we need to pay $3 (maybe you tier this so above $250k, 1 million, 100 million pay more). $1.50 goes to the 3 pollical parties for the state split 3 ways Rep/Dem/Indep for 3 state elections (Gov/Lt gov, Senate, House of Rep) then $1 goes to Federal elections (President/VP, House. Senate) and .50 goes to local newspapers.

Barring NPR, PBS giving equal time for 3 races NO other political money is allowed. .50 cents goes to help fund a few public state newspapers and this money can not be touched by the president. The President in the FUTURE can not threaten to take away broadcasting licenses if people are broadcasting the truth. However for those repeatedly putting out blatant lies they can be fined.

The Supreme Court and congress will have to take an oath of office with a code of conduct including NOT taking kickback bribes or they can be fired. The court will have a 10 year term limit and congress will have a 4 term limit where when they retire they can get 4 years healthcare but after that they get whatever the 99% get. The ONLY stock trading they can do is bonds, public index funds, public REITS. No indiv stock purchases.

Background checks are a requirement to work for any government job in the WH. FBI investigation requirement of all Supreme court justices before confirmation and these must be made public. No one that is in the cabinet, the president, judges or congressmen may be felons. This will preclude them from holding any of these offices. NO ONE is IMMUNE from their actions as we have no kings, the max we may have is war time actions with parameters on what that is and is not.

Congress holds the purse so the President may not declare war or tariffs without the majority vote of Congress.

Before shareholders get profits they must give 20% of profits to employees. 15% to those at Director or below and 5% to above this level. NON-educational institutions CEOs can only make 9x what the lowest employees make like in Japan. Universities Heads and Hedge fund managers can only make 5x what the lowest employees make (supplemented with tax dollars) all employees must be given at least a NON-profit healthcare insurance option.

Encourage & educate companies about NON-profit healthcare insurance companies as they spend 90% of profits on keeping people healthy and NON-denying claims vs FOR profit denying claims and un-aliving thousands of people every year.

Business owners must pay a minimum of 20% taxes up front to govt after that the taxes they owe may be offset with debt to reinvest in the company or trusts, etc.

Monopolies of more than 15% market share will be broken up along with those that have overlapping goals. ie you can’t own trains, cars b/c vested interest in making one go under so the other can thrive. Media is NOT to be overlapping either NO one should have access to control more than 15% newspaper, magazine, social sharing apps platforms. If you own these platforms you can NOT CENSOR 1st amendment speech that is NON-violent. Owners who do this will be forced to sell to other owners NOT blocking free speech. Or we will have an amendment like Mexico fining those that engage in disinformation propaganda.

Many changes need to be made if we get past this constitutional crisis that has many culprits like Alt right/tech bros stoking fear and anger with misinformation for decades and a supreme court that is lead by someone who is violating the constitution by giving immunity to Jan 6. If you can overturn Roe you can reverse immunity. Once we get through this we also need an equal rights amendment that men and women are both have rights to their own bodies without need to ask permission from anyone about getting birth control or healthcare. Denying healthcare that costs the life of the woman is MURDER. NEITHER women nor men can be denied equal access to voting which means a marriage certificate is proof of identity when added to divers license, birth certificate, SS or passport. (voter suppression is illegal). It will be illegal to marry before the age of 18 preventing child brides. Unelected officials can not dismantle government entities.

[milfygerard]

How can I help disabled people in my local community? got any advice?

hm, well it depends on your personal abilities but heres some options

get involved locally in general. Go to town meetings, if you have a kid go to school meetings, stay in contact with local electives. These are the people who lead the charge on change with disability advocacy and accessibility good or bad. When youre there take note of what's missing. Safe wheelchair ramps, available seating, accessible facilities, safety plans, if its a school theres questions of how disability support is both funded and supported, how those kids are treated by their teachers and aids, if the school has safe and easily accessible areas to go to for kids who are overstimulated or melting down, if teachers accommodate for kids with learning disabilities or neurodivergencies (take 504s seriously!) and how faculty approaches concerns and critiques that come from disabled people and their carers.

Find a local disability advocacy group! This will likely be easier if you live in a more highly populated area like a city or surrounding town. It can be a general disability support group, but there are also specific ones for autism and other neurodivergencies, wheelchair bound people, chronically ill people, amputees etc. as well as groups that focus on intersections, like LGBT disability advocacy or groups centered around supporting POC. See what they need with volunteer support or donations, talk about these groups with others, if you have connections locally bring these groups in for fairs or markets to table, involve them if you are having issues with disability advocacy at a school or business, make friends and keep contacts!

on an even smaller level, look within your own group or home. Do you have friends who struggle with fatigue or are unable to leave the house? If you havent, try talking about ways you can support them on a literal level. helping with buying or bringing groceries, making emergency plans if they need urgent medical support, helping to make things more accessible around their home and/or your home, maybe even just let them vent a bit.

Wear a mask when you go out, and encourage others to as well! We're entering an extremely dangerous time for public health with real life supervillain rfk leading the charge on making sure everyone gets as sick as possible, and last winter was an absolute nightmare for viruses. If you take public transit or go grocery shopping, keep a mask on. Same for big group events like movie theaters or concerts. If you're involved with the planning of an event, try and make it mask required and make sure to budget for and bring along N95s to hand out for anyone without masks. Fight against anti-mask mandates on a state and local level, and dont make it weird if someone does choose to mask, and dont let other people make it weird either.

If you have the money, donate! To organizations or to proven gofundmes and fundraising campaigns. And this isnt just local, the genocide right now in Gaza has cause a mass disabling event and theres so many people who could use the support.

keep an eye out for anti-disability laws and bills being pushed through the govt system because they are abound. send phone calls and emails and if protesting is an option look for and go to protests. Push against these as much as possible.

this is all just off the top of my head, and mostly focused on NDs and physical disabilities/illnesses. If anyone following has more to add please do!

If you want to find more info and discussion of support for psychosis and schitzoaffective disorders go check out @psychotic-gerard (and toss a little money their way too if you have any on hand)

I hope this was helpful in some way, and youre able to show more support for your local disability community <3