social work by the sea

Friendly neighborhood seal learning how to make the world a better place. (they/them or she/her)

[covid-safer-hotties]

[ambienne]

This tweet means a lot to me.

[ambienne]

It’s probably a really cool and good sign that this post I made in 2014 is going around again, right?

[socialworkselkie]

Happy Pride, yes.

Also Happy Queer All Year.

[wilderbas]

more selkie girlies (gender neutral)

[whereserpentswalk]

Fuck hostile architecture, I want unhostile architecture. I want benches to be designed to be as easy as possible to sleep on. I want little places for pigeons to nest to be purposefully put on buildings. I want people designing public spaces to think about what they'd be like to skateboard on. I want "Please loiter" signs. I want people to be kind. I want...

[awritersbro]

We need cities that do not resent the fact that people live in them

[the-haiku-bot]

We need cities that

do not resent the fact that

people live in them

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[socialworkselkie]

The NASA satellite image alphabet thing!!!!!

[superchat]

my radical belief is that the disabled and the elderly should be paid at least the average cost of living, regardless of the life they lived. regardless if they ever worked or what work they did or if they were responsible with their choices in life or not

[superchat]

this is my litmus test opinion lol theres more to it but depending on how much someone agrees with it tells me how much theyre worth talking to

[obsessivelycompulsiveblog]

As a caregiver, I'm tired of people asking,"Do you wipe ass for a living?"

This isn't inherently because it's disrespectul to my job, though it is and us caregivers do SO much more than that; we're taking care of people. That's 10% or less of the job.

It's the genuine DISRESPECT of my clients that bother me.

Do NOT speak about my client like they're a dog. "Do you wipe ass for a living?" You could not have phrased that in a more insensitive, ableist, and dehumanizing way.

Incontenience care is NORMAL.

It is NOT gross, weird, immature, or anything else besides normal.

My clients have felt ashamed for normal things like needing their briefs changed or having to do toiletry and everytime I reassure them they're completely fine and not doing anything wrong. It breaks my heart to see them so embarassed over a normal bodily function, esepcially when they still feel so even though I signed up to do this.

Maybe the elderly or disabled wouldn't be so ashamed of basic things that ARE normal if people didn't make it sound like it was the most absurd, repulsive, and gross thing ever.

Please be mature. If you are an adult and cannot comprehend someone needing toilet assistance without making it weird or sound gross, then you really really need to grow up.

I don't really like making aggressive sounding posts or scolding posts, because every single person is learning and we all make mistakes, but gosh guys, this really bothers me.

Stop making people feel bad and THINK about what you're saying when refering to another human being before you say it. I will NEVER tolerate this disrespect for these people I'm taking care of who trust me.

[woosh-floosh-art]

Situation that happened in class this semester that was so funny I immediately sketched it out in my notes

[covid-safer-hotties]

[justinhubbell]

Thanks for reading,

This is the 10th Anniversary Edition of "It's Not A Race." Originally released in August, this version is months late because the prospect of adding pages to what is easily my most read works was particularly daunting.

I wanted to post it again unattached to the original so I could display it the way it was meant to be seen. Blessings, -J

[covid-safer-hotties]

[rainbowhyperfixation]

Source

[emoclone]

i realized the other day that being covid conscious is really just these two images

[rimonoroni]

“i’m not the same as who i was before [x] thing happened to me” does it help to know that you would not have stayed that person regardless

[rimonoroni]

added a graphic to elaborate on the specifics of what i’m trying to say.

basically, everybody changes all the time for all sorts of reasons. don’t let the myth of static selfhood trick you into thinking you’re unworthy. the only way to go is forward, which would be the case no matter what, and that’s okay.

[str-ngeloop]

"i can't believe i have to deal with this brain for my whole life" wrong! neuroplasticity

[covid-safer-hotties]

are n95s reusable?

When correctly stored and carefully doffed, yes. The filter material will outlast the other components of the mask. If you're going to reuse an n95, You need to make sure that the elastic has not been overly stretched and that the nose piece still has enough rigidity to create a good seal on your face. If the filter medium becomes discolored and dirty discard it. If you're ever unsure if the other components Are still working, Discard the mask. Masks that are wet or have gotten sweaty should be discarded if you cannot assure that they are dry as they can breed mold and other nasties you can inhale that make you sick. Dry masks can be kept in paper bags for several days to help make Sure that no pathogens are alive in them. Early on in the pandemic, My partner was cycling through 5 masks a week at work using a similar system, and she didn't get sick while working childcare.