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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 1h

Embroidered petri dish by Elin Thomas #sciart available for purchase share.google/E0lQIDs7sY9e...

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 17h

People who type (: and those who type :) are very different kinds of people.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 15h

And thus you have revealed your true nature!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 17h

People who type (: and those who type :) are very different kinds of people.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 2d

Would you like to…

Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?

Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?

Do radical community care?

Support worker’s rights?

Slow healthcare system collapse?

Avoid illness?

Be punk AF?

Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. Give/get mutual aid:

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

maskbloc.org

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Among those, only Calliope (“KAL-ee-ope”) has a distinct local pronunciation in New Orleans, but there are 8 other muse-named streets with unique local pronunciations.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Burgundy.

But also you’ll be identified as tourist if you DON’T pronounce Calliope exactly as it looks.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 2d

I genuinely don't think we're contending with or accepting just how bad things have become, and just how much danger we're in.

Fundamentally I think people are expecting that normalcy will somehow reassert itself, and that's just not going to happen here.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Today I carried groceries from car to door for an elderly neighbor. And I’m going to treat myself to a falafel wrap for lunch.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

We can’t self-care our way out of the harmful consequences of oppressive systems, AND I sure do get a major boost by doing acts of kindness for myself and for others.

They can be tiny acts. They matter. Especially at times like these.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Dec 28

I post lots about alt text as disability justice. You should use it on all images and enable the “require alt text” setting.

But if your username uses a fancy font, is full of emojis, or has other tedium for screen readers, all your posts are inaccessible, even if you use alt text.

Listen to it:

Kent C. Dodds 🌌 - You 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 it's 𝒸𝓊𝓉ℯ to 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 your tweets and usernames 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖞. But have you 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 to what it 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 with assistive technologies like 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻? : Kent C. Dodds 🌌 : Free Dow...

You 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 it's 𝒸𝓊𝓉ℯ to 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 your tweets and usernames 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖞. But have you...

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 2d

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 176th deathday, here are a few of my recent pieces inspired by Poe's works 🫀

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom.
Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

illustration by Abigail Larson of a raven perched on a skull with a teal curtain backdrop

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" showing a man restrained as a pendulum blade swings close to him. Rats have swarmed around him, chewing the ropes that hold him down. This illustration is featured in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" for Macmillan Books.

Illustration by Abigail Larson for Macmillan's "Edgar Allan Poe Sticker Jigsaw" book. The illustration is a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven". The narrator is at the center of the image looking up at at raven perched above an open doorway. Behind the narrator is a tall window with red curtains, and the ghost of Lenore lurks nearby. A black cat is watching the scene from the lower right corner.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 2d

Samuel Beckett was neighbors with Andre the Giant when Andre was a child, and would sometimes give him a ride to school

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 3d

Link & I were mutuals. While he’s gone, I encourage you to support some of his causes:

1) Use alt text on all images to support disability justice. Adjust your bsky settings: settings > accessibility > require alt text.

2) Reply here with mutual aid requests. Donate if you can, boost if you can’t.

Infographic featuring a photo of a capybara.

Writing Alt Text: identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features.

The completed example reads, “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

Screenshot of the bluesky accessibility settings that shows the “require alt text before posting” setting toggled on and underlined for emphasis.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 2d

RFK is hurting you & your community.

You can protect your community by wearing a high-quality mask in public, like an n95.

This reduces illness & esp protects those who are at higher risk, have less access to healthcare, don’t have paid sick days, &c.

Resist RFK’s MAHA bs! Give/get free masks:

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 2d

Would you like to…

Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?

Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?

Do radical community care?

Support worker’s rights?

Slow healthcare system collapse?

Avoid illness?

Be punk AF?

Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. Give/get mutual aid:

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

maskbloc.org

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𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 #𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙸𝙺𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝚄𝚃𝚄𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙳 @brittbutatwhatcost.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been trying & failing to raise funds for over a month. Today we are $756.42 from my third attempt at lowering the shelter goal, however I think that $174 would resolve my folio. I’ve had so much amplification & not enough support, if any. Ty! ❤️‍🩹

Help: bit.ly/40vIt7S

bsky.app/profile/brit...

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Decolonise EVERYTHING 💜 #StrikeForMutualAid @hoydenspark.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much for this space to encourage more to act like Link!

Always trying to uplift the urgent needs of two disabled Syrian refugees, struggling to survive in Greece. Peter has a doctor's appointment soon, hopefully useful!!

Anything helps #KeepFolksAlive

www.linktr.ee/davidsting

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AnthonyJK_RGC $335/$2,000 For Restoring Disability Benefits @anthonyjk-rgc.bsky.social · 3d

#MutualAid EMERGENCY!!!

STILL $950 SHORT FOR PAST DUE BILLS THREATENING IMMEDIATE SERVICE DISCONNECTION; RENT DUE FRIDAY MORNING THREATENING EVICTION, AND FOOD!!

ko-fi.com/anthonyjkenn...
cash.app/AnthonyJK6319
venmo.com/u/AnthonyJK6...
paypal.me/anthonyjkenn
donate.stripe.com/6oE9BeeJ2c2p...

Support AnthonyJKenn ❤️

Support AnthonyJKenn on Ko-fi While He Resolves His Disability Leave Situation

ko-fi.com

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 3d

Every organizer & activist I know is facing incredible stress right now, on personal and system levels.

Kelly is a mutual of mine & one of my go-to writers and organizers. I rec following her, subscribing to her newsletter, & checking out this book! Love that you can gift it to an activist in need!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directory—“read this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 4d

I mostly post about disability justice & antifascist organizing, but just so y’all know, I also enjoy: birds, talking about birds, bird watching, making embroidery of birds, memorizing bird song, teaching birding to newbies, crying about birds, etc.

Fall migration is such a lovely time of year 😍 🪶

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 3d

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 9d

Hey loves, a young lady is in need of some assistance. If you’re in/near Katy, TX and have some baby items you can donate, please DM me so I can link you with her. Pls donate if you can and share 💜

MUTUAL AID REQUEST
A pregnant young woman recently separated from her husband for the safety of her daughter and has now in the hospital due to complications with her unborn baby.
She is asking for assistance with baby items and survival funds as she's been laid off since January. Her main priority is receiving a car seat for her new baby. She is located in Katy, TX and would be open to meeting up with someone to receive donated baby (boy) items. Contact information can be shared if you have items you can spare for the baby.
Here are her links, please share and donate if you can.

CashApp: $tbreass
https://my.babylist.com/baby-taylor-slade for Baby Registry

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Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 3d

bsky.app/profile/sean... = Thank you for doing this <3

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 3d

The Link gaveth and the Link taketh away

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 3d

So glad it was useful to you!

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