I am not shocked that there are not warm lines for disabled people. But everytime i have to reach for one, and there isn't one. It makes me angry, and sad
For those not in the know a warm line, is a mental health resource, that with trained people that doesn't attempt to do rescues. Usually with call takers that have training/experience in the issues faced by a particular group. It's not 988. They will attempt rescue. They will transfer you into 988 and attempt to facilatate the best intervention, if your that bad
There is sort of an informal system, run through the Mastodon social network. and certain discord servers., But the election swamped it. And many of the best people on it, were occupied with there own crisis.
And how useful is that, If you have to utilize hard tech in a bad mental state.
I've been wondering where my activism needs to go in these times, this might be it
I can't wait for my Hiatus this year,not that i won't be working during it. I love all the various things i do. But I don't commit to projects, that are time intensive or have real deadlines during it.. and just take care of my own development as a writer/technologist/spiritual leader in training. Usually Runs Nov 15th through end of January, but it got bumped back a bit, this year starts on the 20th.
Science and Technology News sucks lately, but not in the way you think.. There's avtually good reason for hope if you put down your New York Times, and pick up Scientific American, or start watching Nova, et al. Or there would be if there were qualified people to actually report on the News
Due to layoffs and budget cuts most of the people who were actually good at this stuff are no longer working. What's left is a bunch of Junior writers whom are overworked to the point of collapse, and AI.
Someone online recently suggested that yours truly should.do that work. But when i told him the approximate cost just to try the idea .There was a sudden silence. Digital artist hang outs be like that :)