Holding, Containing the county landfill
Beauty and the shit
Exist on the same plane
No matter our efforts to erase and ignore
Complexity, compassion and clouds
Carry, blur, open us slowly, to embracing not just the height, but the depth of
More
Big clouds in a blue sky over a road with powerlines and spattering of trees on either side
#Indiana sky painted with clouds, shaded and shimmering from sun homeward bound from grandma's house, a forever road framed with power poles and the electric lines that provide heat and light
And squint to the far right
Where nets not visible to the camera eye stretch between the stakes (1/ )
Woah. The article linked in this thread is 🤯😳
Also my rep. Would love to believe she'd try out decency for once and emailed her as much, but will not be shocked if I wake up to her shit flipping ways.
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
This is my best intro guide to alt text for images that don't have text or aren't entirely text. Alt text for images of text is a different beast entirely.
This thread is reminding me of a book I originally DNF, but now want to find the name of and pick back up...
So glad I found this! I might be working (recreational therapist) but am signing up in case I can make it and/or there's a recording 🤞also really appreciate yr perspective as someone who's also relied on medicaid, and works with folks on medicaid waiver
Tomorrow, I'm doing a webinar for clinicians who want to advocate for Medicaid with their federal elected leaders, as Medicaid faces existential threats.
Clinicians are some of the best possible advocates for Medicaid, and I am really, really good at this. We won't waste your time. 🧵
Woot woot. Looking forward to listening to this!
Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies:
“What a weird thing to say”
“Do you hear yourself right now?”
“You shouldn’t say shit like that to people”
“I won’t let you talk to them that way”
“That’s a disgusting opinion to have”
“Shut the fuck up, dude”
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
This insightful discussion reminds me of Michèle Pearson Clarke's "Rethinking how we hold space for grief & loss" TED talk that really resonates with me as it did for past Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity workshop participants, as we reckoned with losses that were avoidable: youtu.be/ZKb1XKxwyhg
This. This is what overthrew the elite enslavers in the 1859s and the robber barons in the 1890s. We need these new papers everywhere.
“Disabled people have sacrificed so much over last 4 years. Every day another tool is taken away, accessibility reduced & our agency stripped back. We are constantly told we don’t deserve to survive”
My article from May on mask bans & eugenics.
Disabled people are begging you to listen:
Anddd posted before I was done. What else was I gonna say? Yay for little tracking graphics! This 100% is for all of 2 posts (well, 3 now, right?) ... probably something else. Oh, yay for alt text! Yep, def that 😅
screenshot of a tool called 'bluesky alt text rating'. There is a box with my username, liminal Lizzy dot bsky dot social, then text that reads: 56 posts analyzed, 2 contain images, 1 are replies, 2 posts have alt text. Next is my score: 100% and a grinning emoji. Beneath that is a half pie sliced into red orange yellow and green slices. There are boxes to customize for the last 90 days and to exclude replies. Below that are links reading Change your bluesky alt text settings, and discover more tools: at cred dot blue. Farther below is a box to learn more about alt text with 2 more links.
Found @dame.bsky.social thanks to @indianaclimate.bsky.social
Ah thank you for sharing this! ^_^
Oh! You might already know this, but at least on bluesky, you can change a setting so that it will prompt you to add alt text whenever you have an image, under settings --> accessibility --> 'require alt text before posting'
So when it comes to "grow community locally" stuff, here's something non-Disabled folks especially have to figure out how to counter.
There is a long-standing pattern where chronically ill people, even those who previously had extensive support networks and community, are abandoned and isolated.
My brain does a tiny record scratch every single time I hear talk about needing to community build/meet 'in person', and there's zero mention of masking/air ventilation - esp! Within or directed at chronically ill/disabled folks
Ah so pleased to see you here on bluesky! (I follow ya over on IG) and also yes, all of this. I'm persisting to prioritize the alliance/relationship-ing and skills/books this year
Close up of my dog Frida's pumpkin-orange coat with dazzling little snowflakes sprinkled on her hairs
Snowflakes are awe-mazing. Just thinking about how many unique tiny miracles are needed to accumulate an inch or a drift or a whole field of snow.
Oh hai we the same age! And also queer anime tarot witchy astrology things! 😃
As Trump takes office & pledges mass deportations, here is a shareable film series written *by immigrants for immigrants* on how to safely defend against ICE.
The first of four: 🚨If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic. Don’t open the door. Ask to see a warrant. ICE can’t enter w/o one. Part 1:
Photograph of the statue of Perseus, grimly holding up the severed head of Medusa.
We don’t like resistance stories without a cathartic revolution, they don’t feel like blowing up the Death Star. They feel like loss. They’re not. We need to revisit these worst case scenarios to see that, even when resistance didn’t *win* it did *work*. It saved lives & livelihoods. 23/?
"The government and military, who will help prepare and distribute the meals, have been running pilot programmes where they have handed out trays of food..." wow. Using your govt & military to... help... people...
Indonesia's government has launched its ambitious, multi-billion dollar project to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women. On the first day it reached 570,000 school children and pregnant women across 20 provinces. https://buff.ly/3WjfmTl
#ShareGoodNewsToo
"spaciousness and capacity-building must be accompanied by implementing calls to action. Resharing content can be helpful, yes. But it is rarely the end goal."
Going to meander off ye apps and let this simmer, after I repost/share it 😅
