Catholic charities do a lot of work to help immigrants and undocumented people. Color me not surprised.

I worked briefly in a greenhouse and let me tell you!! you have no idea what high-quality resources your state extension office has readily available to help in your garden!!!

The children with their mother seated in the tent together

Group selfie with father, all five children gathered close

I'm exhausted,suffocating,my heart aches with pain.I no longer want this life.My 5 kids are starving,&no one cares; they are malnourished.My wife suffers from a heart valve condition,&I am injured&unable to work. Every day we need food &medicine for £100
Vetted
Molly shah
chuffed.org/project/lobnah

A black dog with a white chest and a scar on her nose being held and staring off into the distance outside

6 days of radiation down. 12 to go!

I have confirmation the SAVE Act died because Senate Republicans knew it would disenfranchise their own voters at much higher rates than Democrats. I wasn’t going crazy.

Our Survey on Creativity, Writing, and Reading in the Age of AI What does it actually feel like to be a writer in the age of AI? For nearly three years, we’ve been building Ellipsus alongside a growing community of writers. And in that time, AI has shifted from b...

Heyyy, I got quoted in the write-up of results from an @ellipsus.com survey about what creative workers think of genAI.

Spoiler alert: Everyone hates it and places tremendous value on human creativity and in preserving spaces in which that creativity can flourish and be celebrated.

Jonathan Keir
Harker Starmer
🤝
Not having enough questions about
their good friend, the Prince of Darkness

Here's wishing every single hospital administrator who complied in advance a very wakes up in a cold anxious sweat every day until they a) reverse course and b) apologize.

A spin-off conversation from this has me pondering a better phrasing than high v. low support needs.
I have low enough support needs that I can have a job, go to work, feed myself, etc., but those support needs are very much behind the scenes and the coping balance is easily tipped by stress.

I feel this blog down to my soul

On Autism and Disability April is Autism Acceptance Month, and right now, I’m reminded of how autism is a part of who I am but also very much a disability. If you want to know what it feels like to be autistic and se…

Today's blog post is about autism and disability and a reminder that even if an autistic person you know drives, has a job, etc., they can still be disabled by being autistic.

A black dog with a white chest sits on the deck staring off into the distance

Day 5 of radiation is done! 13 days to go!

Ahmed, a young Palestinian man, standing in front of a tent and giving a peace sign.

Hello everyone 👋
I am Ahmed Al-Madhoun, perhaps many of you know me. I am still working hard to save my family from the genocide in Gaza, to provide treatment for my mother, and to meet our most basic needs.💔
Your donation, even if it's just 5 or 10 euros, will save us.🙏😞
chuffed.org/project/157281

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal US based Covid vaccine guidance for children and pregnant people on ideology instead of evidence, critics say

Recently revealed memos showed that the CDC also ignored hundreds of studies on the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccine when it restricted its use back in May 2025. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Very thankful for the consistent love and joy of dogs

Hard same.

This past week I have "peopled" every day due to going to the vet with Katie, and I can feel my coping meter dropping more rapidly than usual. I couldn't convince myself to wash my hair for days because of this because that is a spoon-heavy task for me.
Added stress/change makes the wheels fall off🫠

I'm so glad they resonate with you! I always hope that my thoughts and experiences as an autistic person can be useful to other autistic adults. It often feels like we're short on resources online.

A spin-off conversation from this has me pondering a better phrasing than high v. low support needs.
I have low enough support needs that I can have a job, go to work, feed myself, etc., but those support needs are very much behind the scenes and the coping balance is easily tipped by stress.

I agree as well. I kept writing "supposedly" in front of it because my support needs are not like... survival based, but they're still very much needed and very much keeps me functional

I resemble that remark 🥲

A black dog with a white chest sits on the deck staring off into the distance

Day 5 of radiation is done! 13 days to go!

On Autism and Disability April is Autism Acceptance Month, and right now, I’m reminded of how autism is a part of who I am but also very much a disability. If you want to know what it feels like to be autistic and se…

Today's blog post is about autism and disability and a reminder that even if an autistic person you know drives, has a job, etc., they can still be disabled by being autistic.

Same ;---; if it happens again, I may need a new battery, but that isn't too pricey all things considered.

Update: Uncle came and jumped it for me. It turned over immediately. I think I must have accidentally left a light on or something in my car the other day.
I realized I left one on the other day and shut it off, but it may have been a delayed dead battery

Photo of Mother Om and the five Jameel kids sitting on the floor of the tent

The five children bundled up on the floor in blankets to sleep in the tent

From Abo:

I live with my 5 kids in a tent, enduring nights filled with fear. I have a heart valve condition,&their father is injured.
Please look upon them with compassion&mercy,&do not ignore these innocent souls—they desperately need you.
Hug them😭😭😭😭
Vetted
Molly shah
chuffed.org/project/lobnah

And my car wouldn't start this morning 🫠 luckily my mom had only left for work like 10 min before, so she turned around and drove me and Katie to the vet.
My uncle's going to try to jump it when we get home, but I could scream at this point.

I mentioned how excited Katie is to go to the vet for her treatments, and my partner was like, "Of course she is. From her perspective, you're driving her to get stoned with her friends who feed her snacks and pet her head."
😂She's not wrong.

I have ADHD so I have grappled with memory issues my whole life... But nothing like what covid did to me.

I've been bouncing back physically in so many ways over the past few years, but it only makes my mental situation more stark.

Starting stimulants got me 25-50% back but my brain got cooked.

Abo Jameel in hospital bed sitting up with his should wound censored by pixels

Abo seated and bent forward to recrive a medical procedure on his injured arm

Om Jameel seated on a tent floor with her five children

We've reached a dead end. Frustration has ruined my life. My husband was injured,his shrapnel wounds have become infected. His condition is critical; he needs immediate antibiotics and intensive care. I need £200. For the sake of my 5kids &my ailing heart🤲😭🥹🤲
✅
Molly shah
chuffed.org/project/lobnah