RIP USA

There has got to be a tipping point - it's up to the people, now. No-one else is coming to save America. You'll have to reconcile your slavery past with your unbridled capitalism, because that's how you got where you are. A racist, shameful, horrible, piece of legislature just passed Congress. The idea of the United States is effectively dead.

"It's dead, Jim." 

Willing To Learn?

This morning while I was unable to sleep my brain offered up this little factoid:

Nobody in my life has been willing to learn sign language to communicate with me.

Roscko

"Mrow? Purr. Mrrrrp."

If I don't have the hearing aids on, I have no idea Roscko's making all these little noises.

I guess I'm saying, I'm glad he's not holding it against me that I'm deaf.

Self-Diagnosis

I'm not sure if "imposter syndrome" is the correct term to describe what I'm feeling most of the time. 

I've never felt like I was part of the Deaf community, not really. Growing up mainstreamed meant that I spent my time among the other kids in public education, for the most part. I've learned enough sign language to manage communicating, but I don't get to sign often enough. 

I had an unscheduled mental break in 2022 & was forced to reconcile my identity, abilities, and sense of self-worth. 

I do not have access to a psychiatrist because they are in short supply in Ontario. I am eternally grateful to my partner for listening to me deconstruct my entire life in an effort to put it back together. I suppose this is why I now consider myself to be autistic first, deaf second.

LibreOffice

 

 

Folks, if you're looking for a free Office suite, use LibreOffice. It is still being maintained

and updated regularly, unlike OpenOffice from Apache. You can download LibreOffice here. 

Requiem

I pour one out for what Twitter USED to be: a USEFUL, "public utility". Almost instantaneous updates from around the world. Journalists, Pundits, Scholars, Scientists, and yes even goddamn Celebrities contributed. And for a brief moment, it was COOL and GOOD.

All gone. Why? Fascism. Nothing good ever comes from fascism. All it does, is destroy diversity and courage.

There is no honour in being selfish.