Vanessa Smith

Yep you just know they’d adapt it in nefarious ways.

Someone elsewhere pointed out billionaires don’t read so I might be ok. I told them it was both reassuring and depressing.

I suggested a dystopian story idea to my husband earlier and he’s scared that if I write & publish it, that the billionaires will make it real.

I can’t argue with him, they would want to do that.

You know what I miss about working at a uni*? Being able to swap into an intellectual discussion at work. I really miss it.

*not all jobs, but the last team I worked with we did this all the time and I miss having a job that stretches my brain.

People will always find a way to hate your work People will always find a way to hate your work.

People will always find a way to hate your work
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me to adjust medication based how I react. So much better than the old school type of specialist who thinks they know best and won’t listen to you at all.

The invisible load people carry is often much more immense than you can imagine.

compounding pharmacies to save money because no one likes to just tell you prices up front … the administrative work associated with having a disabling chronic illnesses is unrelenting and tedious.

At the same time, I’m so happy I have such a professional specialist who listens to me and trusts

It has been a hell of a week juggling medical nonsense.

Urgent appointments, counting tablets, predicting future medication doses and side effects (which is impossible to predict but you also have to sometimes?), trying to get quotes from

FYI my life skills include writing 1500 word fake recipes

The Secret Ingredient Of

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I wish chronic illness was plannable (and by extension, budgetable) but it just doesn't ever work out that way and even though i know it’s not my fault, I hate myself for not being perfect at it.

Lots of discussions recently assume patients experiences are wrong and medical staff are right. People really haven’t deconstructed power yet, have they?

Social murder is still murder
Isolating disabled people to death is still murder

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I’ve heard they’re heavier than switches so it depends how your wrists and arms are & how long you play for.

The Ultimate Snarky Gratitude Journal On January 22nd I had a bright shiny idea because I am good at those. (I have them on days that aren't January 22nd as well. That's how good at them I am!) After some delays due to migraine, a burning hot pain flare, leaving my

On January 22nd I had a bright shiny idea because I am good at those. (I have them on days that aren't January 22nd as well. That's how good at them I am!)
YES, I HAVE MADE A SNARKY GRATITUDE JOURNAL.

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wtf is this “March” thing ?

I hate politics. Ass backwards word salad bullshit.

So according to the PM’s statement, Australia supports the people of Iran. And we show support by dropping bombs on them. Hmm. Fucking weird support.

Using this “logic”, does this mean if I saw the PM in the street and flipped him off, he’d think “thank goodness, she likes me and will vote for me”?

Thou Shalt Not Start A War Because Everyone Hates You

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That one plot point I don’t review books (because I don’t enjoy writing reviews, though during that brief time I was studying writing in postgrad I received excellent marks for my book reviews), so I don’t tend to name b...

That one plot point
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Complaints processes are not equitable or reasonable
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The palatability problem - Normal Ness The charity model of disability relies heavily on the palatability of those in the front and centre. (A lot of disability organisations and disability focused products and services also focus on palat...

working on disability stuff.
/sarcasm.)

The palatability problem
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The palatability problem - Normal Ness The charity model of disability relies heavily on the palatability of those in the front and centre. (A lot of disability organisations and disability focused products and services also focus on palat...

to have dumped the social model and its narrow range, and to be moving to more inclusive models akin to the human rights model of disability. But what would I know? I’m only a disabled person who spends all weekdays

The palatability problem - Normal Ness The charity model of disability relies heavily on the palatability of those in the front and centre. (A lot of disability organisations and disability focused products and services also focus on palat...

And having the PM share views that I argue would broadly align with the outdated charity model is highly disappointing, we need government to have left charity model in the dark,

Just posting this here for no reason, totally nothing to do with what a “prime” minister may have said.

(Yeah my post is in the context of charities but it applies more broadly too.

A friend is studying social work and posted about done with not done for… which is a real bugbear topic of mine. Done with is being forced on people inappropriately, people who need done for. I hope the friend listens and remembers done with isn’t the answer for everyone.

Oh I understand that it’s still so much more than you can get. It really sucks how it’s set up there.

I know I don’t need to even think twice about calling an ambulance and getting emergency treatment. My only expense in that scenario would be a cab home, if I can’t get anyone to pick me up.

We have a good start here, but a lot (LOT) could be done to improve how universal our universal healthcare actually is.

When it gets outside the PBS it gets very expensive though, not US level expensive but rapidly unaffordable (most of my meds aren’t on the PBS).

The workplace divide And how it shows up in media

The workplace divide (and how it shows up in media).
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