First cucumber of the year! And it looks like I'll have quite a few more pretty soon! #cucumbers #food #growyourown #gardening
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Dr Ro Smith
@Rhube@wandering.shop
mastodon 4.7.3She's just this guy, you know?
I'm a science fiction and fantasy writer. I like robots and dragons, silliness and literature.
Used to be an academic; may get too deep into analytic philosophy unexpectedly.
I'm agender and disabled #MECFS
Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi: http://ko-fi.com/drrhube
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/rhube
No unsolicited advice.
***Not keen on DMs.***
Note: CFS drastically reduces my spoons. If I miss an alt description please don't chastise or quiz me about it.
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Joined November 12, 2022
Banner image:
A bee on some elephant garlic flowers.
Profile image:
The head and shoulders of a white person with short blonde hair wearing sunglasses that reflect the sky.
Pro nouns:
she/her/hers, but I am agender
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Hello there friendos! Can I get some boosts?
Redbubble only pays out if you make over £10 in a month. I've sold 2 T-shirts this month, which is awesome! But the artist margin on that is only £6.77. It would mean the world to me to actually get paid by Redbubble this month, even if it's just a little bit.
I have a whole bunch of Pride merch, but also some of my other artwork too. Maybe there's something you could enjoy? #art #pride #lgbtq+ #geometric #cthulhu https://www.redbubble.com/people/Rhube/shop?asc=u
Am being watched. #GarlicTheCat #caturday
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@auser@mastodon.social @snow@teardrop.net @LillyHerself@mastodon.social No. Adding a comma anywhere in this sentence would render it nonsensical. This is 100% about tonal emphasis.
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Garlic found a lovely spot to have a snooze until I subjected her to the indignity of being photographed... #GarlicTheCat
But hey, I read and answered the message I had been dreading.
This is why I really need a PA, and why I have found the process of getting one just too difficult.
Frank came to see the catnip this morning and Garlic mostly ignored him. #GarlicTheCat #FrankTheNeighbourCat #cats
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@baltakatei@twit.social @qurlyjoe@mstdn.social Because they are destroying the environment.
I hope that when I call Garlic 'Poppet' and 'Good Girl' she knows I'm talking about her and she thinks, 'That's me! I am the Poppet and the Good Girl,' and this makes her happy.
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Realise my camera has mirrored this but don't have the spoons to update it. The design is as pictured in on the site.
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There is so much I ought to do and I am just Not Doing it.
I am lying in bed under my duvet with my little cat snuggled up to me.
Little girl, asleep on my shoulder again 💕 💕 💕
Feeling very Sarah Connor about the state of everything right now, but sadly not gifted with Sarah Connor's peak physical health and fitness.
Just remembering the brand of wine in Black Books that's just called LifeCry. For no reason.
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If you diss fatigue as a symptom, I'm not sharing your video because it's actively harmful.
Small cat curled up behind my legs now, as is right and proper. I hope they make her feel safe.
Depression and fatigue have me big.
Small cat has gone out to frolic. I'm going back to bed. I'm sure an OHT would tell me off for not just lying down on the sofa, but it is warmer and comfier in bed, even if it is upstairs.
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To reiterate: I have been VERY CLEAR AND SPECIFIC about what I am looking for and who I am looking to hear from. I have read the gov.uk and citizen's advice pages on the matter and KNOW they do not answer my questions.
Please assume I have basic internet search capabilities and only answer if you have direct experience of the UK system and how it relates to ESA income support specifically.
I know ppl want to help, but it isn't helpful to reply with what you found doing a search.
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Tell me things you think I would enjoy? I am so very bored and so very sick of being sick.
(Please don't tell me you hope I'll feel better soon. It is a chronic illness. I won't.)
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@Lilysea@aus.social Ah, yeah, I'm well aware if the dangerous name of the substabce, I just don't think I had seen anyone with that username.
So, Boots' most recent message asked me to email them a photo of the 'faulty' pens, even though I never said that was the issue.
Their messaging system doesn't allow you to add attachments, so they advised me to send it to the complaints team.
I'm so done. They want me to email complaints? Fine. I have emailed them. Explaining the whole this again and asking now for a refund rather than just a replacement.
I honestly expected them to have their shit together better than this.
Reading and answering that message from Boots has quite unsettled me. I've had a relatively nice time reading in the garden with Garlic on my lap, but I am still unsettled.
I had other things I wanted to do today, but it looks like I won't be able to do them.
Garlic is annoyed with me because I won't get up and watch her until the point she decides she's ready to poo.
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@scy@chaos.social sucks to steal stuff to add alt text. Be less ableist and less of a thief.
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@maho Unfortunately, this doesn't answer the question I was asking about how I would have the discussion with them. I appreciate the effort you went into searching on this, but I really needed someone with actual experience.
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Telling myself this as I resist the urge to get up and do something.
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I literally want help to reduce the stress of talking to people. And she said she would sort it all out for me. But I guess that was a lie.
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>being sanctioned in a climate where they will take any excuse. Basically, I would like a number or email address I can call or write to to say, 'Is this OK?', as the paper form to notify them of changes feels like it should be for if you plan to start doing more work that would go over the threshold.
Does anyone have experience with this they can share? DMs OK if you don't want to discuss in public. I'm ONLY looking for personal experience, not speculation.
#disability #art #benefits #UK
Bleurgh. Bored, cold, grumpy, tired.
Garlic is curled up cutely behind my legs, but I'm still cold!
Good luck to everyone voting today. May the odds be in your favour.
Time to read an email message I have been avoiding. 😭
My back is, once again, killing me.