Thatās part of the strategy actually. Itās also why so many scam emails are riddled with misspellings. You bait the hook for the fish you want to catch. They donāt want savvy people, they want rubes. And there are plenty of them in the sea.
I remember people saying things like āyou canāt fix an empty pageā as an explanation for why writing a shitty first draft is better than no writing, but itās not because itās easier to edit than draft. Itās because the act of drafting tells you about the shape of the story.
This is an extremely common scam, often referred to as the āmuse scam.ā Once they get your permission to use your art, the āclientā sends you a check for ~$2000. $500 of that is your cut, & you send $1500 to the artist. The trick is the check is bad & youāre out $1500. www.reddit.com/r/Scams/s/4h...
If he regains power, this man will gleefully run death camps. Have you made a plan to #vote?
Itās starting to become clear that āMass Deportationsā is just the slogan. I think the actual plan is mass murder.
I love that & think it applies beyond deafness. For instance, if you & I are rushing through the airport to catch a flightāmy wheelchair gives me an advantage as itās much faster than walking. āAble-bodiedā vs ādisabledā is a much more permeable membrane than so-called āable bodiesā like to admit. š
What! This is so freaking cool!
The PBS Newshour ran this piece yesterday about a Deaf school with a championship football team, and they interviewed someone who says that Deaf people have better peripheral vision than hearing people. I was a guinea pig for that experiment! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
In 2021, the football team at the California School for the Deaf made it to the state championship but suffered a disappointing loss. In 2022 and 2023, they made it back and won. A new book chronicles...
Always remember that tolerance is not a moral virtue - it's a social contract. Bigots are in breach of that contract, and therefore not covered by it. None of us are obligated to accept bigotry as "a difference of opinion." We're morally obligated NOT to.
I love this POV! People are always shocked when I tell them that disability has been a gift in so many way. But I have a TV writing career, a wheelchair basketball National Championship, and a fashion line that I never wouldāve had w/o getting paralyzed. š¤·š¼āāļø
one of many reasons I want to see Republicans wiped out in this election is that I want their attacks on trans people to be seen as a total electoral loser I want the people pushing this shit, including at the Times, humiliated, and I want to see Dems advocating for trans rights as a winning issue
