welleanor
@welleanor
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Empty nester housewife with ME/CFS; too much excitement for one Twitter account.
Joined November 2016
"As a person with a disability, I am aware of the way my body serves as a warning."
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What does the neglect of disabled people mean for our collective future?
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Mike Lee and Chad Daybell; same person? Should we lock up Mr Lee to be safe?
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Hot take on all the “People in group projects always let me down” folks: maybe you bullied them into going with your mediocre idea and removed all incentive for them to participate.
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On the left, Republican Senator Mike Lee feigns outrage during the State of the Union when President Biden suggests that some Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare. On the right, Mike Lee says he wants to get rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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Crying that Bonnie Raitt and John Batiste are “unheard of” while the whole internet is in your hand is the kind of lazy divisiveness we don’t need more of.
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Funny how a man once dubbed the most dangerous black man in America by the FBI has been rebranded by some folks to fit their needs. https://t.co/HGlrRbPFEJ
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One way aging parents get their revenge for toddlerhood is by placing Kleenex boxes on every display; like they’re my latest find from TJ Maxx.
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Am I the ONLY one who’s annoyed about McMullin reinforcing the Utah “anyone but a democrat” dogma?
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If moving a cursor is like target practice then my iPhone is a stormtrooper.
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Covid Has Ended It’s Unfortunate That Some Didn’t Get the Memo and Hundreds Continue to Die Every Day, but the Real Problem Is That Some People Are Still Wearing Masks
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The middle woman in those anti-Evan McMullin ads really reminds me of Lori Vallow and my bestie had the same reaction so it’s unanimous. Is that really the demographic they were going for?
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I’M ON A MISSION! Today a lovely woman came to me with her tattered Mellow World handbag asking if I could fix it. She confided in me that her abusive ex-fiancé tore it apart, knowing that she loved the bag…
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🚨I wrote about ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). The US has millions of people with it & maybe two dozen docs who specialize in it. This medical crisis needs urgent attention, esp. now COVID has hugely increased the number of long-haulers. 1/ https://t.co/TxURal8wCK
theatlantic.com
Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients.
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I need people who aren’t disabled and chronically ill to realize that criticizing support groups is ableist paternalism You seek support for acute health issues, loved ones’ deaths and other issues too Seeking community is healthy human behavior, not mental illness
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we don’t give enough credit to Michael Caine, who in Muppet Christmas Carol gives an Oscar-worthy performance opposite a critter made of felt yelling “light the lamp, not the rat! light the lamp, not the rat!!”
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I remember when I first got sick and naively believed that if the doctors could see me in a crash they’d freak out.
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