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Heidi

@thecunningwif.bsky.social
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Mortician, Pagan, & whole-ass Virginian mountain witch. Chronically ill with a post-Covid inflammatory disease. Cis, pansexual, she/her.

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of the highlights of last night, ngl. 😂
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Accurately predicted the dessert at my friend's wedding with tarot 🤌
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Polychrome @hyalopterous.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Things the Appalachian Mountains are older than: Sharks Saturn's rings The Atlantic Ocean Bones
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Me: Hey, do you know about the night witches? They were Russian women pilots who flew planes by night to bomb the Nazis. 8yo: Slay
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Thinking about Medusa, then and now #paganism #mythology wp.me/pdnT10-11G
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Who is Medusa?
Over the summer, I visited a good friend in Oregon (for her bachelorette!), and she took me to an incredible witch shop near her home. One side of the shop featured a shrine to Medusa with a divers…
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
*stares in post-covid autoinflammatory disease* Well well well, they're finally catching on
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Update: The same general manager told me that I'm one of the top five performing funeral directors in the company, people are talking about how great I'm doing, and "if my illness is affecting me, he doesn't see it." My work accommodations haven't changed.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Flare level: I asked my coworker to place me in a medically induced coma #chronicillness
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
@usurpedlettuce.bsky.social: My back is killing me Me: use my heating pad Him: no it's too hot Me: do it or else Him: *rolls onto it begrudgingly* *feels better*
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Well, it takes two immunomodulators and a steroid, but my knees finally don't hurt when I take the stairs ✨
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My 12yo is into Megadeth rn and was listening to "Symphony of Destruction" I'm not a Megadeth fan, so it was my first time hearing it and I stg I heard "just like the bi viper / limp wristing down the streets"
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/06/2026
It’s absolutely standard in American entertainment to reject the authentic chirpy whistle of a bald eagle and sub in the red-tailed hawk’s robust commie scream
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Tl;dr one of my meds predates Jesus 😅
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/colc... "Colchicine is a chemical substance found...most notably in...wild saffron or autumn crocus. It was mentioned in the oldest Egyptian medical text, Ebers Papyrus (circa 1550 B.C.), where it was described for the use of pain and swelling." Very cool!
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Colchicine: An Ancient Drug with Modern Uses - The Rheumatologist
Discovered more than 3,000 years ago, colchicine is one of the oldest drugs still in use today. Like most old remedies, colchicine is a chemical substance found in many plants, most notably in colchic...
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
bloodbending

peter parker in the 2002 movie is fuckin.... incredible. he gets bitten by a fuckin jacked red blue spider and he doesnt say "hey someone should take me to the hospital mayhaps?" he just goes home. then the bite swells to the size of a fuckin jawbreaker but he's like "nah i just need a nap." then he wakes up the next day and discovers that he DOESN'T NEED HIS GLASSES ANYMORE and he has a fuckin six pack. does he flip his entire Fuck? no. he says, "cool." iconic.  

laughingfish

2002 peter parker had no health insurance
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This thread. I have been a disabled artist since ‘09 and taught and mentored many disabled artists. Disabled art contains v sophisticated philosophies, far beyond many abled ppl’s understanding, & the assumption that we need AI bc ‘we can’t’ is L-O-L. Also, access aides for artists—humans!—exist.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
You know, I never formally thanked *my* mom for passing on her hotness to me. It's time.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My 12yo: You know, Mom, people think you're ✌hot✌ and you passed that onto me. So, thanks for that. 🙂‍↕️ Lmaooooooooooooooo
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
@hell_line0
image features a dark background with a post from an account named Maryam with the handle @hell_line0. The profile picture shows an illustration of a woman.

The main text of the post reads:

if a doctor who graduated medical school says you need something, it should be illegal for someone sitting behind an insurance desk with absolutely zero medical training to deny you coverage...
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Not a straight woman under 50 in my family 💁‍♀️ #happypride
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Oops, I did it again - seizure version #chronicillness swimmingthroughthefires.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/s...
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So I lost consciousness… again
Ok, you’re probably going to think I’m extremely foolhardy over this. The summary: I took my son to his first rock concert after I worked a full day, and I didn’t eat dinner befor…
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I know my husband will think something is funny if it's quirky and disturbing in an indiscernible way
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Me: I could spend my whole life drinking wine and eating cheese Husband: Yeah you and every other white woman Me: Yeah Him: So stereotypical Me: I embrace it
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I don't consider myself A Bukowski Fan, but I do really love "The Laughing Heart," even if I think the title is corny as hell. allpoetry.com/poem/1432689... #poetry
Your life is your life
Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
Be on the watch.
There are ways out.
There is a light somewhere.
It may not be much light but
It beats the darkness.
Be on the watch.
The gods will offer you chances.
Know them.
Take them.
You can’t beat death but
You can beat death in life, sometimes.
And the more often you learn to do it,
The more light there will be.
Your life is your life.
Know it while you have it.
You are marvelous
The gods wait to delight
In you.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The pastor at work: Do you need help carrying all that, Heidi? Me: No, but thanks. I'm a mom, so I have eight arms and eyes in the back of my head. #momster
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
your body is an incredible machine that should be recalled by the manufactuer  

mybodyistryingtokillme.com
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"It's 8am somewhere"  

~me taking my morning meds at 10pm  

mybodyistryingtokillme.com
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#satire
satirical news image featuring a stock photo of a young blonde woman in a white lab coat and stethoscope, looking concerned while talking on a smartphone with a gloved hand.

Large white text on a black background below the image reads: "Doctor And Insurance Company Disagree On Whether Pain Is Real".

The top right corner of the image contains a watermark for the website MyBodyIsTryingToKillMe.com.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Praise Hermes, Apollo, & Asklepios for the gift of medicine fr
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A coworker told me he thought I was stuck up bc I don't really socialize at work, but then we hung out at a coworker's wedding & he got to see off-duty Heidi. 😅 I was like, "Tbh, at work, I'm saving up my energy for arrangements & funerals. I'm just really tired all of the time."
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
*takes the stairs because they're faster than the elevator* Me: 😖 Omg my knees. I need to stop taking the stairs *takes the stairs because they're faster than the elevator*
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
how to care for your chronically ill friends  

[pic of person playing with mouse] gently interact  

[pic of person putting mouse back into box] return
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
From 2023! A small study that showed how covid-19 infection altered stem cell gene expression, leading to changes in the innate immune system. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
nih.gov
Severe COVID-19 may lead to long-term innate immune system changes
NIH-funded research links alterations to inflammatory protein, underscores vaccine importance.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Current mood: I do not wish to be perceived. I do not wish to eat. I wish to be cocooned in bed. #chronicillness #chronicallyill
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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
as someone with POTS, I often rail about the lack of public seating. outside should not be so inaccessible!
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Pauline @paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I have a lot of critters to choose from for today's #repostYourArt theme, but this little one made of stone is one of my favorites 💛 #art #critter #cuteart #illustration
A digital drawing of a stone critter covered in moss, dirt and yellow wild flowers enjoying the rain while sitting on a log
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I was pretty productive today (one of my days off)! Switched out my cool season clothes for warm season clothes, donated a bunch, and cleaned up the ol' bedside doom pile I've been neglecting. Also, vacuumed.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The never-ending drama of being disabled in a workplace and *gasp* requesting reasonable accommodations swimmingthroughthefires.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/i...
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I make weak men nervous
So, a while back, upper management had asked when I’ll be released from my work accommodations. I said I didn’t know, so they somewhat begrudgingly kept my hours the way they are while …
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"To quote Paul Damiano, president of Brooklyn’s Green Hill Cemetery Association, cemeteries are where 'the dead protect the living'” nautil.us/largest-know... #deathpositive #greenburial #cemeteries
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Largest Known Collection of Bees Discovered Living in a Cemetery
Largest Known Collection of Bees Discovered Living in a Cemetery: Graveyards are teeming with life
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient, It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions, It turns harmless and stainless on its axis, with such endless successions of diseas’d corpses... - "This Compost, " Walt Whitman poets.org/poem/compost
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This Compost
Something startles me where I thought I was safest
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It was fun and the other guests loved the tarot cocktail hour!
A curly-haired white woman poses with her phone in a high-necked, lavender-pink satin cocktail dress, in front of a full-length mirror that says, "You look incredible"
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Gabrielle Steele ⚔️ Echoes of Chaos out now! @eldris.thellian.com · 28/03/2026
If you love to read thrillers or horrors, check out this book from one of my discord members @gunsmile.bsky.social . THE DEVOURING releases 9th April! Sounds like mercy was the wrong choice! An assassin gets accused of the wrong crime. amshilling.com/books/the-de... 💙📚
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The Devouring
HORROR / THRILLER NOVEL • 405 PAGESRELEASING APRIL 9, 2026SELF-PUBLISHED Jason and Ayana’s lives as a married couple have always run parallel but never entwined. It’s the perfect arrangement: he’s …
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/03/2026
Dear parents of young children: when your kid loudly asks "why does that person have a stick?” Please— don't be embarrassed. Don't shush them and drag them away. Disability is not a shameful secret. They're asking because they don't know. Just answer the question.
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The thing is, my brain is sometimes a chaotic whirlwind of information and I can't always lay it all out in proper sequential order succinctly, especially when I'm rushed or preoccupied. So sometimes my coworkers get ✨mess✨
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
One of my friends at work (not a "work friend," a friend that I work with) is getting married at the end of the month, and because I love weddings. I finagled my way into helping them with their wedding 🤣
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/03/2026
regular reminder that people who live in republican governed states still deserve human fuckin rights
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
She's a 10 but she can't figure out how to get out the way she came in
A doe grazes in a suburban backyard next to an ivy-covered tree stump
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
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Heidi @thecunningwif.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Really love that the general manager told me, during our meeting to discuss my new salary as a funeral director, that "people notice and talk" about my reduced work hours ADA accommodation. How is that my problem?
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