Would Henry Love Square Dancing Or Line Dancing Or Swing Dancing? Imagine Them Doing Some Kind Of Swing

Everyone say thank you american indigenous people for cultivating corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, cacao, pumpkin, squash, and anything i missed. Makes life more meaningful globally

The way they stare at each other is so special to me 😌

Though I do have to note that very few people are genuinely thriving in this world and that the idea of the Neurotypical™️ who never struggles and isn't seriously bothered by anything and meets all the milestones and expectations and doesn't stand out in any way is a strawman made to shame us all into conforming with expectations and pretending that things are fine if we are in any way capable of it

i think the key difference between george lucas’s star wars and disney’s star wars is that lucas is a man with an ideology. someone with a point of view, and all that entails. which comes with ideas of revolution, anti-imperialism, challenging the status quo, cultural appropriation and racist stereotypes. complex and contradictory ideas because that’s how artists are: complex and complicated people. disney is not. disney is a corporation. a corporation can’t have ideology, because ideology defeats the purpose of profit. and when the only thing you do is to turn on the movie manufacturing machine before you sit down and plan what ideas are you trying to convey to the audience, then your results are going to be washed out corporate garbage. and because when you’re a giant corporation who only cares about selling to the widest audience possible, you can’t take sides. you can’t decide on an idea. because you want to sell your product to people who are on the entire political spectrum. which results in movies without ideology, without purpose, without soul.

YOU hates terfs

Like it's important to remember that you can be "high functioning" and manage a job and live independently and still be miserable and have a low quality of life. Just like you can be "low functioning" and unable to work and need a lot of care and assistance with daily activities and still live a life you find to be meaningful and enjoyable. A lot of people tend to assume that the more care and accommodations you need to live your life, the more unhappy you must be, but quality of life is a lot more nuanced than that

In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.