we NEED to destigmatize fucking our friends' mothers
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we NEED to destigmatize fucking our friends' mothers
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A bunting garland with knitted triangles of alternating colours strung across an unlit fireplace.
Thinking of knitting something similar to this for my friend who is having a baby in a couple of months but she still hasn't decided on a colour scheme for the nursery 😭
And we're live! If you've enjoyed watching me read all these fantastic books by black transfemmes over the last few days, then definitely check up this write-up of all the black transfeminine novelists on my radar and their work ❤️ wp.me/pfXT7D-A9
Dog with pipe in mouth (1875) attributed to the Minnesota Historical Society. A sepia toned photo of a fluffy white dog sitting on a table with a pipe in their mouth.
you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.
However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
Looking for recommendations for books that are good but will absolutely destroy me emotionally (any genre).
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my political ideology is that i don’t let teslas merge
Hey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget
go.bsky.app/PRQ8o4z
Hi, I'm Emily!
I use she/they pronouns.
Some things I may post about are:
-mental health
-writing
-lesbian stuff
-knitting
-history
-books (including horror, poetry, sci-fi, and queer romance)
In 2018 I designed the orange and pink lesbian flag which (to my surprise) has become widely used.
hi new folks! if you want to display your pronouns this labeler is a better way to do it than putting them in your bio. subscribe and do the thing it says
this is so cool!! you can have your pronouns displayed on your posts if desired, see other people's pronouns if they're using the labeler, or just one or the other
(if you want to see people's pronouns but don't want yours displayed, just subscribe and don't like anything)
I've literally just been picking an random classic book from my collection, googling essay prompts based on it, and going from there. Very fun if you, like me, have way too much free time and enjoy writing essays.
I've started writing essays for myself and nobody else. I gave myself an assignment and a due date for the latest one. What unemployment and the inability to study does to a person...
Hello lots of new followers! 😀👋
I write weird, speculative fiction, often with sapphic characters.
I’m Australian. I also post about stories I’ve read and enjoyed, and sometimes cat pictures.
My latest short fiction collection, Pick Your Potion, released in September.
ephinygale.com/books/
What what
Is there a lesbian community on this app?
Waited all evening for rain to start so I could strategically time going to bed so I could fall asleep to the sound but I fucked it up. I simply fucked it up. The rain has started and I am wide awake.
Sappho fragment tr Anne Carson
yes!
#poetrysunday
Hey that's me
Posts + Replies Media Patrick@fanxioustastic.bsky.social •2m I do not remember things that did not happen. • Removed by you •••
For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)
A Probably Incomplete List of Bluesky User Safety Mechanisms Protecting your posts • disabling replies on your posts • limiting replies on your posts to people you follow, mention, or include in specific lists • disabling quote posting on your posts • detaching your post from someone else's quote • changing the above interaction settings even after a post is sent hiding replies to your posts for yourself or for everyone • self-labeling your media for adult or graphic content to protect other users • limiting account visibility only to logged in users • note: this is not 100% enforceable but all major bluesky clients and apps support it Limiting your interaction • blocking users from seeing or interacting with your posts • if you block after an interaction, they vaporize • if they've replied already, the entire thread below their reply is cauterized for everyone, floating in space detached from your post • note: your blocks are publicly visible via 3rd party apps • muting users to remove them from your notis and feeds, and hide them in replies • note: your mutes are private • muting or blocking entire moderation lists of users • note: inclusion in a list is public via third party apps. muting a list is private, blocks via a list are public • subscribing to other people's mod lists • note: your subscription is private, muting & blocking work the same • subscribing to labelers (moderation services) from bluesky or third parties o decide whether to show, warn, or hide posts that have been labeled in each category • report content that should be labeled to bluesky and/or third parties labelers
one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk
as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media
here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
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