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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.
Joined Jul 2020
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How ableism manifests onhere
Importantly, ridicule is one of the primary mechanisms of ableism. Laughing about it is not in fact a subversive, detached, ironic perspective; it's actually one of the primary ways in which the sharp end of ableism has always expressed itself. It's clear how ridicule isolates disabled people. Yeah some things about disability are really tragi-comic! That's for *us* to find humour in, not you!
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How ableism manifests onhere
Imo a better response to seeing someone give a wrong example of something being ableist is to Shut The Fuck Up And Mind Yer Fucking Business. Let people be wrong sometimes. There's plenty of other stuff out there to laugh about.
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I am having a bad day today.
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does anyone in the midwest have a spare room for me and my 3 rabbits?
i can pay $400 a month
i really need to get me and my rabbits out of very abusive housing
https://plush.city/@DrSagan/106632934180680269
https://plush.city/@DrSagan/106576368303114598
https://plush.city/tags/bunyPosting <- my rabbits
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today I learned about the concept of "moral injury". huh! https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/cooccurring/moral_injury.asp
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I am not going to admit how many times the venn diagram of my interests in technology and my job as a theatrical fool have led to me mistyping "git clown" when I meant "git clone".
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It is also absolutely fine if you can't or don't want to describe every image. Blind people on the fedi have made this clear from Day 1. They are not, nor have they ever, demanded that anyone do something impossible or highly unpleasant.
However, as seen upthread, image descriptions are always possible for *someone*. Some (like me) even find it a fun activity that helps polish our writing skills. This is why you should ask for help if you find it hard to describe an image! Self-sufficiency is a harmful myth anyway, you absolutely do not have to do everything for and by yourself.
You can, for instance, use resources like @imagecaptionspls to ask people subscribed to that group for help with captioning. You can also CW undescribed images explaining the image is not described, letting screen reader users know to move on. These are just two of the ways you can deal with captioning difficulties, and none of it involves being an ableist dick about image descriptions.
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As proof that adequate descriptions of even the most complex images are fully possible (which is not the same thing as being easy or feasible for everyone), I will use the very image that was used to argue image descriptions are useless.
Try reading the image description of the attached image. Sighted people can compare it to the original image. Does the description give you an idea of what the image is about? Can you understand the gist of it? For sighted people, is the description comparable to an understanding most sighted people would have at a first glance?
If the answers to these questions is "yes," then it's a useful image description that proves that even complicated and inscrutable images can be described, if only to convey the complicated nature of the image. And I promise you, very few if any sighted people can take in, completely understand, or even read an image like this in its entirety at most display settings.
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Volunteers Needed to Help Afghan Refugees! 
The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is calling for volunteers to support incoming Afghan Allies, Special Immigrant Visa holders, who are being evacuated to the United States. Afghan Allies are currently arriving near Seattle, DC and Texas.
If you are able to volunteer your time to help with services like airport pick-ups, apartment set-ups, or bringing a meal, please sign-up at the link below!
https://lirsconnect.org/get_involved/action_center/siv?ltclid=aaeb3a37-425a-4df9-937d-4de8915a706d
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NLRG accuses Home Depot of violations over BLM
US #labor board (National Labor Relations Board) alleges that Home Depot illegally violated workers' protected right to protest against #racism https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-16/home-depot-punished-staff-for-blm-activism-labor-board-alleges
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*Slaps roof of road closed to private automobiles* this bad boy can fit so many buses, bikes, kids playing, walkers, wheelchair adaptations, light e-vehicles, café tables, delivery wagons, pedestrians, flower planters, street performers, light rail systems, benches, public artworks, … really, why am I even using this meme template
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Imagine an action crime drama movie. The main character is a renegade cop. His partner plays things by the book and tries to reign in renegade cop, but there is not stopping him. He takes extreme measures to bring the perp in. The movie climaxes with an incredible car chase, gun fire, and numerous body bags.
But after the climax, when the perp goes to court, he is released because the renegade cop isn't a hero, and his partner was right about all that procedural bullshit. It exists for a reason and he is just a bad cop.
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CW your Afghanistan posts, please.
Whether yours, or Twitter reposts.
Can't believe I'm having to say this, really.
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PSA: remove fascist graffiti and stickers
White supremacist, racist and fascist imagery (graffiti & stickers) are on the rise, and it's everyone's job to take a stand against it.
Fascist Propaganda emboldens fascists and must be destroyed, covered or removed! Keep an eye out for propaganda around your town. Some tips:
* teams of 3 keep each other safe.
* bulk sticker packs are cheap and effective propaganda cover. Group buy them with friends!
* shake spray paint in cars to hide the noise.
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I participated in a research study to assess barriers trans and non-binary people face when managing their menstruation from the Columbia University Mailman School of Health. They have released the final version of a brief, 3 page document of “Recommendations for Providing Respectful Menstruation-Related Care to Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Patient Populations” to provide guidance to healthcare professionals. I received a PDF of this document today, please let me know if you would like a copy of it or if you know healthcare providers who this information would be useful to, and I can direct the researchers to connect with them for more details. This may also be useful to those advocating for practices in the workplace.
You can find the paper for this study, "Improving menstrual equity in the USA: perspectives from trans and non-binary people assigned female at birth and health care providers" here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2021.1957151
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- Pronouns
- She/They
- hangs out with people on
- https://cyberia.club
- Gender/orientation
- Demi-femme/Novi gender, demisexual/panromantic/polyamorous
- Hackerspace
- https://layerze.ro
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.
Joined Jul 2020
