Information Kindness from Strangers?

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Friday August 02, 2013 · 8:58 PM PDT

2013/08/02 · 20:58

Odd title, I know.

Tonight, as I was being "debriefed" by my friends who went to the Houston Abilities Expo, they said something that startled me (because it's not reported anywhere): that other disabled/caretakers sometimes stop them in the parking lot or grocery store and ask about their wheelchair.

So... (like I said, I can't find any record that any scholar has ever commented on this)...
Do you get asked about your walker/scooter/wheelchair/whatever?

Cyberwizard

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Wednesday July 31, 2013 · 7:29 PM PDT

2013/07/31 · 19:29

The initial surveys about mobility devices (wheelchairs and scooters to the rest of the world) have been filled out and collected, and an eyeball-bending amount of stuff has been slurped off the Internet. However, this isn't all that I need to fill out the picture. About two weeks ago, as I was surfing for data, I came across the Abilities Expo website (http://www.abilitiesexpo.com/) and realized that I could actually make it to the event. Ironically, my World of Warcraft guildmate (who has been trying to replace her wheelchair FOR THE PAST YEAR (I usually say this with gritted teeth, a snarl, and a not very kindly look toward Rick Perry and Austin)) saw a billboard there in Houston and we both hopped on guild chat to babble excitedly at each other.

Such a funny synchronicity that we saw it at the same time.

Cyberwizard for Itzl Alert Network

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Wednesday July 24, 2013 · 1:24 AM PDT

2013/07/24 · 01:24

Wednesday!

As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We have split up the publishing duties, but we welcome everyone in IAN to do daily diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
Ok, we have a current diary schedule. If you would like to fill in, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMom a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FSNMom is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.

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Monday July 15, 2013 · 11:38 AM PDT

2013/07/15 · 11:38

It's a Superpowered Monday!

As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We have split up the publishing duties, but we welcome everyone in IAN to do daily diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
Ok, we have a current diary schedule. If you would like to fill in, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMom a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FSNMom is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.

Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: bigjacbigjacbigjac
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: weck
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:broths
Sunday: loggersbrat

Disability, Wheelchairs, and Information - Oh My!

Cyberwizard

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Tuesday July 09, 2013 · 12:02 PM PDT

2013/07/09 · 12:02

I'm now in the phase of my PhD dissertation research where I need to have my research conclusions picked over and validated (or not validated) by people who've bought and used wheelchairs. Once again, I turn to the DKOS community to ask if anyone's interested in participating in evaluating the research.

Cyberwizard

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Saturday May 18, 2013 · 8:09 PM PDT

2013/05/18 · 20:09

I have turned activist as I matured. It wasn't that I didn't care when I was younger, but I felt my voice simply wouldn't get heard because I:
* wasn't an important person
* didn't have impressive degrees
* was a woman

Last year, some Dallas beekeepers asked me if I could come up with anything to stop the aerial spraying that was harming their bees. I developed some 'stop the mosquitoes' flyers (which are being distributed by Audubon and other places)... not "prevent getting bitten" but "stop the things BEFORE they start" actions.

There's a city council meeting this coming week. I can't be there, but am (hopefully) having the following letter read by one of the beekeepers. I don't know if the city council will allow it, or if it'll work, but I feel better for having tried to do something.

Cyberwizard

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Thursday May 16, 2013 · 7:13 AM PDT

2013/05/16 · 07:13

I'm working on a project with a fellow writer (and working on my PhD dissertation, too), and as the artist, my portraits of the characters often reveal a lot of nuances. These are pretty much unplanned on my part -- I'm actually not a visual person and I don't "see" images of the character in my mind or "see" the art before I draw it. It just sort of shows up at the end of my drawing tools and I'm as amused and surprised as anyone (most artists can visualize. I'm one of the few that doesn't.)

So, "Sam" turned out to be a very very very very very(!) silly and enthusiastic sled dog. Since I've been such a slacker about doing diaries, I thought I'd share a very low-rez sample of art instead.

Stockman accuses Obama of tweetbot spam

Cyberwizard

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Monday February 25, 2013 · 4:01 PM PST

2013/02/25 · 16:01

Not sure if this has been reported already, but...

Representative Steve Stockman's latest assault in the war on People Who Want To Take Your Guns now accuses President Obama (or his supporters) of setting up spambots to tweet him. The National Review story makes it sound as though he and other representatives are being flooded by thousands of messages.

http://www.nationalreview.com/...

Cyberwizard

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Friday February 08, 2013 · 6:52 PM PST

2013/02/08 · 18:52

Not Fred Phelps, but his daughter-in-law, who had become one of the major forces in the (very tiny) church.

http://www.kwch.com/...

Her blog is here.
https://medium.com/...

Cyberwizard

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Friday February 08, 2013 · 4:29 PM PST

2013/02/08 · 16:29

It seems that Amazon WAS amenable to listening to the many voices that pointed out that 'space marines' was used a long time before Games Workshop attempted to trademark it. Maggie's book is reinstated on Amazon:
https://www.eff.org/...

Cyberwizard

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Wednesday February 06, 2013 · 2:52 PM PST

2013/02/06 · 14:52

It's a hard enough life making a living as a writer and artist -- now imagine that your characters and your writing has suddenly been declared to be in violation of trademark laws by a company that created a product AFTER you wrote your book. Now, imagine that this company swaggered up to Amazon and demanded that your little book be taken off their sales list because you were violating THEIR rights and hurting THEIR multimillion dollar sales.

...because THEY just decided that the concept "Space Marines" was owned by them.

Cyberwizard

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Thursday January 31, 2013 · 11:02 AM PST

2013/01/31 · 11:02

Mosquito season normally runs from May through October with peak activity happening in August (reference: http://www.rowlett.com/...) but this year... well, I've already found mosquito larvae in samples from one pond and I'm pretty sure this isn't the only pond with them. We've had another warmer than usual winter (reference: http://stateimpact.npr.org/...) and a lot of recent rains. So the overwintering mosquitoes are out and making whoopie with each other.

This will be bad news for beekeepers and organic farmers.

I've come up with one idea that I passed along to the beekeepers and to Audubon. Hopefully it will help.

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