Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>Thousands with cancer, arthritis, mental illness, and other conditions may lose PIP support under Labour’s “four-point rule.” </p><p>This isn't reform—it's abandonment. </p><p>Disabled people deserve consultation, not cuts. <br>Read more and speak out.</p><p><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=97789" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9778</span><span class="invisible">9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopTheCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheCuts</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InclusionNotExclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InclusionNotExclusion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WelfareReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareReform</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LabourWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourWatch</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NoToPIPChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoToPIPChanges</span></a></p>
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Broadwaybabyto<p>If you think disabled people: </p><p>Need to “try harder” to survive<br>Can magically find money where none exists<br>Are exaggerating the lack of help available<br>Are getting needs met by the government </p><p>Read the article linked below</p><p>The government just raised 25k to protect one of their own.</p><p>Why did they do this? </p><p>Because they KNOW disabled people in Canada are kept below the poverty line. They know it’s impossible for us to survive without help. </p><p>So when one of their own became disabled - they ponied up </p><p>The rest of us who don’t have a bunch of financially secure government colleagues to give us money? </p><p>We’re left to beg for scraps. To spend our days suffering, stressing and defending our existence to friends and family</p><p>We’re left relying on mutual aid from a community of other disabled people - most of whom are struggling themselves. </p><p>Or relying on abusive family/partners who treat us badly in exchange for “helping”</p><p>We’re stripped of our autonomy and agency by punitive policies that make it so we can’t earn any extra money. We can’t marry without losing benefits. They try and force us to become “someone else’s problem”</p><p>All these politicians who donated could choose to lobby for a universal basic income. Or to make the Canada disability benefit large enough to lift us out of poverty. </p><p>They could remove barriers to support and strike down punitive rules that keep us from getting ahead</p><p>They could admit that we have a problem with lack of support that extends to almost ALL disabled people in this country. </p><p>There was nothing unique about their colleague. Disability and homelessness can happen to anyone.</p><p>The only thing unique about this situation is that he was able to raise so much money so quickly. </p><p>He had connections with deep pockets. That’s all that separates him from many of us facing medically assisted death or homelessness ourselves </p><p>When we beg you to protect your health - this is why. </p><p>Too many people think disability is a vacation and some will even say how “lucky” we are. </p><p>They don’t realize how impossible it is to survive. How degrading it is to beg for help. How exhausting our existence is</p><p>If you don’t have a wealthy spouse or family, if you’re not independently wealthy yourself, permanent disability will wreck your finances in the blink of an eye. </p><p>Being sick is expensive - and we are not given the necessary support </p><p>It doesn’t have to be like this. If every person who donated to this campaign stood up and demanded better for disabled people across the country - we might be able to see real change. </p><p>They won’t - because we don’t matter </p><p>Please remember this the next time you’re scolding someone for needing help. Or telling them that they must be wrong, missing something and/or “not trying hard enough”. </p><p>Disabled people are the strongest people I know. We fight every day for ourselves & each other </p><p>It’s the system that’s the problem. It’s people in our lives who CAN help and choose not to because they blame us for our illnesses. </p><p>It’s systemic ableism that reinforces the notion we’re “better off dead.”</p><p>We deserve better. Many of us are only alive because of the kindness of others within the community who step up and help. </p><p>Start demanding accountability from politicians. From the wealthy among us. </p><p>Start helping us find a sustainable way to survive and thrive.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/politicians-of-all-political-stripes-raise-25-000-to-move-former-mpp-lorenzo-berardinetti-out/article_71a037f4-c93e-11ef-b729-37e5ed6d680b.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/politicia</span><span class="invisible">ns-of-all-political-stripes-raise-25-000-to-move-former-mpp-lorenzo-berardinetti-out/article_71a037f4-c93e-11ef-b729-37e5ed6d680b.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilityrights</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/criptax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criptax</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>People make insensitive comments about disability ALL the time. Implying we’re “lucky” that we don’t have to work, that they wish they could “lay around” etc. </p><p>They don’t understand the “crip tax”. </p><p>It’s expensive being chronically ill. And no one teaches you HOW to cope.</p><p>Even if you’re fortunate to have good insurance and/or live somewhere with universal healthcare (like Canada)… the costs add up quick. </p><p>Take Canada for example - seeing a doctor is covered - medications, dental and vision aren’t.</p><p>If you have complex chronic illness - prescription costs alone can quickly spiral out of control. </p><p>Even if you have private coverage - many things aren’t covered. Almost half of what I take wouldn’t be covered by insurance - even with specialist prescription.</p><p>Other costs people don’t consider:</p><p>💰 Special diet (mine is incredibly restrictive) </p><p>💰 Medical and first aid supplies, home healthcare supplies etc </p><p>💰 Delivery, homecare, cleaning services, transportation, mobility aids. </p><p>If you have MCAS and/or Long Covid or are covid cautious … you can add a whole bunch more expenses to the list:</p><p>💰Air purifiers <br>💰Specialized body & oral care products <br>💰MCAS safe cleaning products<br>💰Respirators<br>💰Rapid tests </p><p>The bottom line is being disabled is expensive. Losing your autonomy and independence costs money.</p><p>Juggling everything we need to stay alive and maintain a baseline while also trying to ensure we keep a roof over our heads is a full time job. </p><p>As if that wasn’t enough - we also have to chase down doctors, follow up on tests, deal with medical gaslighting, covid risk in hospitals, HCWs who won’t mask etc. We do this while suffering the pain of being abandoned by family, friends & society. </p><p>It’s not lucky. It’s hard.</p><p>There’s other costs people never even consider - like the cost of relying on delivery services that more often than not get it wrong. </p><p>In my case - my diet is so restrictive that if a shopper brings the wrong item - it’s going to go to waste. </p><p>When you only have about ten safe foods and your delivery screws up five of them - you’re either going to go hungry for a week OR you have to place another order. </p><p>But orders have minimum spends and you have to tip a shopper twice. That adds up FAST.</p><p>I can’t tell you how much I miss being able to just pop to the store and get my own groceries. Grab a single ingredient without having to meet a minimum spend. </p><p>Many non disabled people see grocery shopping as a chore - I see it as a luxury I no longer have.</p><p>These are the types of issues you have to deal with when you become disabled that NO ONE teaches you about. 1/2 🧵 </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidCautious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidCautious</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAir</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/WearaMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener 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noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CleanAirClassrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirClassrooms</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/criptax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criptax</span></a></p>
WearyBonnie<p>Nuts, my magnesium drops are running out, here comes another <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> :(<br>At least one of today's jobs is to submit a private health insurance claim for my leggings, but then I also have to pay for the kiddo's school extension program thingies, too 🤷🏼♀️</p>
WearyBonnie<p>Gonna have to do some budgeting stuff soon - just sitting down and calculating how much we're spending in various categories each month - and I legit very much do not want to, purely because I do not want to see how many dollars it is costing to live with my illnesses, and to reduce our exposure to covid 🥲<br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a></p>
WearyBonnie<p>I wish the Medicare rebate for the kiddo's autism assessment would hurry up, I need to go spend $500 (after PHI rebate 😳) on new compression leggings 😭<br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a></p>
Lappenjammer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://literatur.social/@catrinity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>catrinity</span></a></span> Danke für diesen wichtigen Beitrag. Nicht alle Behinderungen sind sichtbar, nicht alle von uns wollen sich ganz oder teilweise "outen" oder gar "jammern", aber die <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/criptax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criptax</span></a> trifft uns.</p><p>✊️ <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/DisabilityPrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPrideMonth</span></a></p>
Lena Richter<p>Am Ende auch noch einmal der Hinweis - der ganz, ganz überwiegende Großteil von Behinderungen ist nicht angeboren, sondern wird im Lauf des Lebens erworben. Und spätestens im Alter werden mehrere der genannten Beispiele auf euch und eure Liebsten zutreffen. Es sollte also unser aller Anliegen sein, uns dafür einzusetzen, dass Hilfsmittel schnell und unbürokratisch bezahlt werden, dass Städte, Gebäude, Verkehrsmittel barrierefrei zugänglich sind, usw.</p><p><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/DisabilityPrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPrideMonth</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Behinderung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Behinderung</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a></p>
Lena Richter<p>Noch mal ein Crosspost, denn ich hab mir nach den vielen Reaktionen auf meinen Thread zu <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/CripTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTime</span></a> auch noch ein zweites Thema vorgenommen, nämlich <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a>. </p><p>Ich hab ehrlich gesagt ein bisschen damit gehadert, ob ich diesen Beitrag mache, denn ich selbst bin glücklicherweise nicht armutsbetroffen (aktuell, für die Zukunft weiß man das ja nie). Aber da zum Beitrag über "Crip Time" so viele Reaktionen kamen, die sagten, sie hören den Begriff zum ersten Mal ... </p><p>1/<br><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/DisabilityPrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPrideMonth</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>It's just frustrating. I've tried fundraisers before, they never worked. There's not nearly as many resources to help people get mobility aids etc as abled people think. It isn't a straightforward process to get on disability either and that's a pittance anyway.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>And getting insurance to pay for these things is usually more trouble than it's worth. For one thing, the specialists that would argue my case are not doctors I trust. They're fatphobic, saneist & racist & their negligence & arrogance is the primary reason I'm suffering so much as it is</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>Meanwhile, my joints are getting worse, my pain is getting worse, and I don't go out and socialize, work or exercise, because it's too painful and exhausting. I still think about going to the museum with my kid & nephews & the difference next day between using my chair for 1 trip & not the other</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>But I can't use my chair as much as I need, bcuz I'm not strong enough. I can't use it bcuz I have joint & nerve pain that's worsened by pushing, & nobody wants to help me build strength, stamina or make sure my technique is correct, they just want to take my chair from me bcuz I'm still ambulatory</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>Right now I'm still mostly trapped in my house. Most of that is a structural issue: my home is not accessible, my block is not accessible, the only public transit route I can take to my kid's school is inaccessible and there's no alternative, but I could still go out more if I could use my chair!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
SingsongRaptor<p>Started watching a wheelchair YouTuber & she's testing an accessory called the LapStacker. It's a strap to keep things from falling off your lap, retractable, etc. It's 120 damn dollars. The little electric motor I'm looking at? 4,250. I'm poor ffs ppl</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WheelchairUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WheelchairUser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisabledFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledFedi</span></a></p>
Laura Mench<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/NoIPReG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoIPReG</span></a> <br>Hab bei meiner KK die Kostenübernahme für einen Trachealkanülenmanagement-Kurs beantragt, damit ich mein Team behaltenkann, wenn ich mich Ende des Jahres operieren lasse. <br>Gerade kam die Zusage, dass 70% der Kosten übernommen werden.<br>30% obliegen mir also privat. Wenn das fürs <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/arbeitgebermodell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arbeitgebermodell</span></a> im SGB 5 Usus werden sollte, entsteht für ganz viele, einiges an <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a>.<br>Da ab November neue Qualifikationsanforderungen für die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/AKI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AKI</span></a> angewendet werden, die WBs erfordern, wird das spannend.</p>
Belle (she/her)<p>I don’t know what the opposite of <a href="https://kind.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a> is, but I’m pretty sure I just had a vehicle service fee waived for being in my knee brace. </p><p>Not even mad 🤣 Went and spent some of the money I saved at the plant store.</p>
ahimsa<p>I'm surprised it finally passed.</p><p>One of the nice things about no self-serve in Oregon was that everyone paid the same price. There wasn't an extra "crip tax" on disabled folks who can't do self-serve (can't pump their own gas so they have to pay more for full service gas). </p><p>I wonder how long it will take for the prices to go up?</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/ORpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ORpol</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CripTax</span></a></p>
VI<p>Stats on the UK <a href="https://loci.onl/tags/criptax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criptax</span></a> Costs me nearly a grand a month more to exist than abled peers, and that's *with* so called government help like PIP which is supposed soften that.</p><p>" On average, disabled households (with at least one disabled adult or child) need an additional £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households....On average, the extra cost of disability is equivalent to 63% of household income after housing costs."<br> </p><p><a href="https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/extra-costs/disability-price-tag-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scope.org.uk/campaigns/extra-c</span><span class="invisible">osts/disability-price-tag-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://loci.onl/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
JustME<p>All this dropping of universal masking in healthcare makes me want to cry. Now I have to waste time I don't have (hi <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cripTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cripTax</span></a>) to fight for it. Going to try following the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@PeoplesCDC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PeoplesCDC</span></a></span> guideline, but like, I DON"T HAVE TIME FOR THIS</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/novid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>novid</span></a></span></p>
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