New escapee from Ohio/transplant to Eugene, OR Proud husband to Matt Bote, LPC Big supporter and advocate for disability rights and the LGBTQ+ communityhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mltlltedfc2pGood pup [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlltedfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlsu65zkdk2aTHIS is why more Oregonians need to speak up for long-term services and supports to be fully integrated into the state’s universal healthcare plan when it goes before legislators next year! Come to the June 4th kickoff meeting for the Accessibility Alliance and join @healthcareforallor.bsky.social https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicare-enrollment-hospice-fraud-trump-administration/14 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsu65zkdk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlrhrfv6x22mWhy do people say “it’s a sham” like that’s a bad thing? Shams stay on the pillow so much nicer than regular pillow cases, though. Such an unfair comparison to the things they’re invoked for, such as presidential elections and Supreme Court decisions.13 May 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrhrfv6x22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlqpz63puc2eDefinitely want to watch the Anthony Bourdain biopic btw13 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqpz63puc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlqcdri6ks26So let me get this straight: People think someone like Epstein and Trump should be waited on hand and foot, while they’re hurting children as a large part of their way of “earning” the money used for that… But people don’t think disabled people deserve care, even when they are HELPING people…?13 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcdri6ks26https://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mloexhvaqc2yI worry we are heading into a future where this is normalized, and more people will dismiss this behavior as “natural” or “not preventable.” Makes me question why I am fighting so hard to be here for that future. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloexhvaqc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlo3ffdmmk2jMedically necessary, expensive* trips for the foreseeable future… but at least we get to enjoy a nice setting *because insurance insists my treatments with a four-year precedent are “experimental”12 May 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo3ffdmmk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mllvcpyqmc2qI used to prefer gold over silver. Not so much anymore.11 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvcpyqmc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlgu375ih22lWhen Dolly Parton says “it’s gonna be alright, it’s gonna be okay”09 May 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgu375ih22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mlbhpba2ak2xWhy was I born a human07 May 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbhpba2ak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3ml7wf72zws26Anyway I’m flaring and overwhelmed, and instead of reassuring me, my rheumatologist has informed me that I’m too complex for his practice and will be leaving me without treatment in a medical desert where everyone else has 6+ months of waitlist07 May 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7wf72zws26https://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3ml4yvw2wd22t“See, we’re in a reverse Alanis Morissette situation where we have 10,000 knives when all we need is a spoon [for this applesauce]!”05 May 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4yvw2wd22thttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3ml4i6fnxmc24So tired of the double standards, and all of the silent complicity of those who benefit from them05 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4i6fnxmc24https://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkxnvd2gkc27In case anyone was wondering, this didn’t work very well. Matt didn’t fall out of the chair, which was good, but he wriggled himself into such a position as to strain his left hip abductors. He really needs his full, custom chair to work, and these companies have not taken it seriously. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxnvd2gkc27https://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkxbujz7rc27There was a billboard in Cleveland that someone had the national debt per capita showing on, as if to say that each of us is responsible for it. This is why it bothered me so much. (Also, if that person was so concerned, could’ve sent the funds they spent to upkeep that billboard to the feds) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxbujz7rc27https://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mktbn5b2q22fngl that restaurant name, Toxic Burger, kinda put me off at first until I saw the menu, but I’m glad this local fast food chain exists01 May 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktbn5b2q22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkt3hkhrmk2vWhen URGENT still means several weeks of waiting, and you have to keep your job, you have to innovate. But you shouldn’t have to. Why should it take over a month to get a new battery for your powerchair, even with “good” private insurance? When your car battery dies, do you have to wait that long?01 May 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt3hkhrmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mksdkfo44k2gwould’ve married him just to take his last name [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksdkfo44k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkqsbcrua22zJust looked up “do pistachio trees live as long on commercial farms as in nature,” and was saddened to read that they only live 40-60 years on farms due to the intensive harvesting vs. 100-300+ years in nature [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqsbcrua22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkknmbqs722gPlus, for me, thinking or being told “it could be worse” just reminds me that the floor can continue to fall out from under me. That is not reassuring… [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkknmbqs722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/leon-zero.bsky.social/post/3mkaqfrob5s2bWill I fit in at a university that has a prominent ABA program? …as a feral autistic?24 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:3kdou32n4e3v3yctzf2rlgxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaqfrob5s2b