edgy my little pony oc named Shooting Star. everyone thinks she's an astronomer, but she "grants wishes" by shooting people for money
Oh god QMB has found a movie where a blind person is being attacked or something and her only hope is the person on the other end of one of those "Be My Eyes" apps that I detest so much.
We're gonna have to watch that some night when I'm not so tired. I am kind of scared of how awful it is going to be, but I need to know...
See for Me
Haha that taxi driver is way too willing to back off when asked, I wish I ever encountered any like that. ;)
Of course she's not using her white cane in the new place. Turns out I can't see now either because I'm rolling my eyes too hard.
The voting period has officially started, and will run from now until saturday afternoon.
Precise closing time will follow.
Voting works by mentioning this bot and writing "vote xxxx" where xxxx is the four letter code for the song you want to vote for.
The four letter codes can be found in square brackets in the playlist:
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Let the voting begin!
trying to follow this instruction:
talk about the things you love, even if you think nobody cares.
people won't ask for it at least at first, but some of them will care
and it's attractive to see someone talk about the things they love.
let go of the notion that it's worthless if you don't get a minimum number of listeners, reactions, replies.
practice caring publicly about the things you care about.
I think this is a good reminder for me. I never liked being shy anyway
#CuratorPrompts #CuratorPrompts36
Some #ArtReference pics! Sketch, re-create in your own style, or find inspiration for some #SmallPoems , #MicroFiction , #PixelArt, #GlitchArt, or #Music :)
Optionally, try a #2MinuteSketch or #5MinuteSketch for something more focused!
Anyone is welcome to join in, from any instance! :D
Sources:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-white-floral-tank-top-with-white-and-pink-flower-on-her-ear-5990180/
https://pixabay.com/photos/assisi-city-italy-house-castle-7150594/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/drone-shot-of-a-cliff-by-the-seaside-4976399/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/orange-flowers-in-brown-vase-beside-sliced-orange-fruit-954551/
PSA: To everyone who is #NewHere, and those who are not.
When you use hashtags it can help those using a #ScreenReader to use #CamelCase. Screen-readers can then find and pronounce the constituent words, rather than trying to pronounce the whole thing.
It's not essential, but it's one way we can make the Fediverse more welcoming.
Yesterday I went to a really neat art workshop about drawing trees. Learnt some new techniques for masking with watercolours, and had a fun time playing around with mixed media. This one is a mix of watercolour, oil pastel, tissue paper and acrylic pen.
https://vincent.callebaut.org/category/projects/ This architect is doing some of the wildest solarpunk shit I've seen in my life! I don't know what to think about this?! Everything seems completely impossible :D Lots of cool designs though! Especially I've been wishing for an airship comeback, for many reasons, but vertical ones?! wild
I'm seeing a lot of proclamations that there should be no exceptions to describing your images or that there's no reason to interact with any that aren't described.
I know these mean well, but they are themselves ableist.
Disabled people know that access needs can clash. I benefit from described images, but I know some people struggle to write them because of their own disabilities.
And that's okay! The culture of image descriptions is great here but it should never be absolutist.
I challenged someone on their hardline stance on this once, and it blew up into a tiny fedi drama, with the nice outcome of more social solutions.
That's around the time people started to CW undescribed images.
My instance developed an emoji to indicate you'd like a media description added.
There's a group you can tag, @imagecaptionspls, that people follow who are willing to add descriptions.
And there's @PleaseCaption to remind you if you forget.
Please describe:
* your jokes/memes - it's no good saying "this is just silly, you're not missing anything"; let us be the judge of that! Also, being disabled isn't about being dull and worthy all the time.
* your artwork - I'm so sad when I see cool art I can't boost (and sometimes can't even discern :) )
* your gifs and videos - description isn't just for still images!
* your audio clips - yep, these can be described too!
Question to SFF reading people: can anyone think of a male author who's written gender-expansive settings and/or major recurring characters - really *engaging* with gender as a flexible concept?
eg works by Ursula Le Guin, Mary Gentle, or even characters in settings by Lois McMaster Bujold or Martha Wells... have any men written equivalent stuff that distinctly engages with non-binaristic gender?
I know they must have, but my brain's just not supplying names & examples.
Tonight the Emperor Norton Coffee Hour returns to the #CircusInPlace video chat!
For the new kids, it's an hour where us clowns get to have a coffee with internet friends before diving into an entire night of circus skills training.
Join us starting at 7PM UTC-5, and hang around all night as I practice juggling, handstands, and other gravity defying nonsense.
https://meet.jit.si/circushomegym
As always, I'm incredibly grateful for the company.
about the current harassment wave, boost for awareness
I have started using this metaphor when recommending friends to use it.
The metaphor extends to the available feeds:
'Home': chat w/ my friends circle, including neighbors and visitors you invited in.
'Local': building party, hang w/ neighbors.
'Federated': take a walk down the street, see weird stuff, chat w/ random strangers, but keep your guard up.
Of course, it's not a perfect match, but I think it quickly conveys the social experience and trade-offs between different instances.
i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
Profile image description: a watercolor painting of a person with pale skin and brown and blue hair laughing. They have a side cut and an audio processor is visible behind their ear. The art style is loose and the eyes are squinched into little crescents.