Your correspondent needs to be a bit more mindful about her online time...I was on the mouse so much earlier this week that my wrist became painfully swollen. (Also, I never know what to do with my gangly disabled limbs in my sleep. #TriumphOfTheHumanSpirit #TheStruggleIsReal)
Yes, getting involved in campaigns and stuff is important, but I shouldn't take that whole thing with Resistance so literally--i'm not running radio-free europe
Wrist is much better, but need to at least pretend that my life has facets.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Another Call With Be A Hero....
Over the bracing strains of "Start It Up", Rep. Ocasio-Cortez told Ady Barkan she was "hanging in there" as she represents a hard-hit district Tuesday, in the hearing of over 2,000 healthcare advocates. "It's not only corona," The representative continued. "The virus just seeps into the cracks we've already left there and makes things worse." She went on to detail environmental racism that makes her part of Queens polluted and leads to the country's highest asthma rates, underpayment of low-wage workers and the like.
Still, and despite her colleagues' resistance to change, she sees reasons for optimism. "Though the stimulus is inadequate, I've seen some Overton-window blasting things...my colleagues are considering things they might have laughed at before."
Ocasio-Cortez was joined on the call by Assemblywoman Karines Reyes, a Democrat from New York's 87th District. Reyes has returned to nursing, in a move reminiscent of earlier disaster-relief volunteering she's done in Puerto Rico and Haiti. "This has been equal to things I've seen in third-world countries." She also added that the health effects of corona may be far-reaching, as staff shortages complicate care decisions, leading to secondary conditions such as amputations. Reyes voted against New York's recent budget over Medicaid cuts.
Be A Hero has teamed up to buy 7,000 masks for nurses.
Still, and despite her colleagues' resistance to change, she sees reasons for optimism. "Though the stimulus is inadequate, I've seen some Overton-window blasting things...my colleagues are considering things they might have laughed at before."
Ocasio-Cortez was joined on the call by Assemblywoman Karines Reyes, a Democrat from New York's 87th District. Reyes has returned to nursing, in a move reminiscent of earlier disaster-relief volunteering she's done in Puerto Rico and Haiti. "This has been equal to things I've seen in third-world countries." She also added that the health effects of corona may be far-reaching, as staff shortages complicate care decisions, leading to secondary conditions such as amputations. Reyes voted against New York's recent budget over Medicaid cuts.
Be A Hero has teamed up to buy 7,000 masks for nurses.
Although It's Late For Resolutions...
I'm making one here. Anyone who replies to something I say with just "WTF?" can live in ignorance from now on. It's not an invitation to a clear-eyed airing of grievances...they don't really want to know "tf" for lack of a better phrase, they just want to tell me I'm wrong.(Which is okay...I'm not put out by that, but if somebody saw me on the street and called me "ugly", I doubt that I'd rush up to them with testimonials from my friends and charts of facial sy.mnetry. Yet, online, I do this a lot and I need to stop.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Bohemian Crip and the Wandering Website...
Set up my mother's online account at Local Grocery Store(mostly because Tina, the black cat, prefers their cat food)
went okay once I found 10-digit password, except for some reason LGS..com thinks my location is in Globe.
I'm not really sure where Globe is...a hundred miles away, maybe?(Anyway, too far to drive to pick up cat food.)
I know the struggles on the front lines and for sick people are worse than this...we've got other things we can feed the cat, if it comes down to it....however very much at the "thousand tiny cuts" stage of #FlattenTheCurve, social-distancing, etc. Luckily, though, did not send groceries to Globe.
We've got a nifty tech-support number so I'm sure that will be all better soon. (wry smile)
went okay once I found 10-digit password, except for some reason LGS..com thinks my location is in Globe.
I'm not really sure where Globe is...a hundred miles away, maybe?(Anyway, too far to drive to pick up cat food.)
I know the struggles on the front lines and for sick people are worse than this...we've got other things we can feed the cat, if it comes down to it....however very much at the "thousand tiny cuts" stage of #FlattenTheCurve, social-distancing, etc. Luckily, though, did not send groceries to Globe.
We've got a nifty tech-support number so I'm sure that will be all better soon. (wry smile)
Thursday, March 26, 2020
"I Don't Have Cerebral Palsy...I'm Drunk"
Dusting off Geri Jewell's old bit because, for the first time in a long time, a volunteer i was trying to whip said I should "lay off the sauce".(Not sure I mumble that much, but after a long day's work, especially with the idea most people give a stranger on the phone about 30 seconds...at least until sheltering in place makes us all desperate for attention) I'm sure I could make "Enry 'Iggins guzzle from the pet dish--not gonna lie.
Still, wouldn't a drunk dial be nuttier? Either sexier, or ragier, or less concerned about people's voting habits?Even just thinking of Rachel Green's "I am over you."
Still, wouldn't a drunk dial be nuttier? Either sexier, or ragier, or less concerned about people's voting habits?Even just thinking of Rachel Green's "I am over you."
Monday, March 23, 2020
What's Going On This Week...
-Still a redhead for a few more months(instead of a rather dispirited midlife ash-blonde) because Mom went to Target last week. For an hour, didn't think about crisis.
-Case review from state will be a phone interview instead of a home "visit". Think this is a change they should institute more often...hope the worker won't expect too much...."Doris Day Gets In A Terrible Accident And Weathers A Health Crisis" because cuteness is kind of beyond me right now. I may even risk a decorous expletive or two(Nothing from the Simon Lexicon, unfortunately.)
Advocating for #AJustStimulus takes some time.
_ Having trouble sleeping...saw a very funny episode of "Mom" where Allison Janney's character gets injured and has to live in a wheelchair(like her husband) for a few weeks. I liked it because she struggled and I think that Adam's crip life is always a bit too easy on that show.
-Case review from state will be a phone interview instead of a home "visit". Think this is a change they should institute more often...hope the worker won't expect too much...."Doris Day Gets In A Terrible Accident And Weathers A Health Crisis" because cuteness is kind of beyond me right now. I may even risk a decorous expletive or two(Nothing from the Simon Lexicon, unfortunately.)
Advocating for #AJustStimulus takes some time.
_ Having trouble sleeping...saw a very funny episode of "Mom" where Allison Janney's character gets injured and has to live in a wheelchair(like her husband) for a few weeks. I liked it because she struggled and I think that Adam's crip life is always a bit too easy on that show.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Bohemian Crip And The Ady Barkan Coronavirus Call...
Minor technical glitches didn't dampen the energy for the maximum-capacity conference call for Be A Hero PAC, Working Families Party, National Nurses Union, and other progressive groups Wednesday. Barkan shared the story of what mysterious sudden illness has done to his life and said that one blessing since the last economic crisis is that the progressive movement is stronger than in 2008. He then introduced Senator Warren, adding that it was "not her first rodeo" in dealing with stimulus packages or the like.
Warren stressed the need for a grassroots stimulus, adding "no more trickle-down recoveries!" She listed proposals for paid sick and family leave, a freeze on evictions and foreclosures, as well as an additional payment to Social Security beneficiaries, as well as increases for SNAP and Medicaid. "If taxpayer's money is used, we should be sure all Americans benefit." she said, her twang getting slightly more pronounced as she ramped up her remarks.(my notes don't specify if the $200 SS payment would be on-going or one-time, as in last stimulus.)
Pramila Jayapal, whose Seattle district was one of the hardest-hit says she's impressed with how her constituents have come together. She says it will be a model, going forward of how to reorganize society, as things deemed impractical just a short time ago, such as universal health care, take center stage in the conversation about the new reality. She still faults the federal response, adding that local hospitals in her area are nearing capacity and the medical ship they've been promised still hasn't arrived.
Bonnie Castillo, National Nurses Union President, with experience coordinating disaster efforts said she is worried about medical professionals working too much and not being protected(there is not enough protective equipment) She cautions against fining stories of people making their own masks heartwarming and says it will encourage industry groups to push for relaxed standards or maybe even change the law in ways that don't benefit front-line professionals, much as "years of cost-cutting" have made the numbers of beds smaller and shifts longer. "There is no excuse...we've had test runs at this with H1N1, SARS, and MERS, as well as ebola...we should be getting this right."
Warren stressed the need for a grassroots stimulus, adding "no more trickle-down recoveries!" She listed proposals for paid sick and family leave, a freeze on evictions and foreclosures, as well as an additional payment to Social Security beneficiaries, as well as increases for SNAP and Medicaid. "If taxpayer's money is used, we should be sure all Americans benefit." she said, her twang getting slightly more pronounced as she ramped up her remarks.(my notes don't specify if the $200 SS payment would be on-going or one-time, as in last stimulus.)
Pramila Jayapal, whose Seattle district was one of the hardest-hit says she's impressed with how her constituents have come together. She says it will be a model, going forward of how to reorganize society, as things deemed impractical just a short time ago, such as universal health care, take center stage in the conversation about the new reality. She still faults the federal response, adding that local hospitals in her area are nearing capacity and the medical ship they've been promised still hasn't arrived.
Bonnie Castillo, National Nurses Union President, with experience coordinating disaster efforts said she is worried about medical professionals working too much and not being protected(there is not enough protective equipment) She cautions against fining stories of people making their own masks heartwarming and says it will encourage industry groups to push for relaxed standards or maybe even change the law in ways that don't benefit front-line professionals, much as "years of cost-cutting" have made the numbers of beds smaller and shifts longer. "There is no excuse...we've had test runs at this with H1N1, SARS, and MERS, as well as ebola...we should be getting this right."
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