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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23m

When you make the pitch for accessibility, be prepared for pushback. There are several myths and misconceptions, so it's good to be aware of what they are and how to dispel them.

a11ymyths.com

Accessibility Myths

A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

a11ymyths.com

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1h

My partner and I ordered groceries but most of it is Halloween candy because between us we have hundreds of students and they must get their treats.

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 12h

I can't believe that of all the possible, reasonable, and evidence-based reasons, it's going to be the fear of autism that finally stops the US from circumcising babies.

Not in a million years would I have guessed that.

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 19h

Thank you 🥰

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Listen to my interview on my community quilt project on CBC's Daybreak that aired this AM. Special thanks to Dionne Codrington who did an amazing job and was caring in her work and questions.

Yes, me complaining about the comité des sages made it to the interview!

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Write PM Carney, Foreign Minister Anand, and your MP to demand the release of the illegally abducted Canadians by the state of Israel!

Template letter and contact list on Proton Drive free for use and reuse here: bit.ly/3TelsCj

#CADpoli #FreedomFlotilla

Screenshot of video of the six Canadians on the boat Conscience of the Freedom Flotilla. Subtitles in screenshot say: we are the Canadian delegation aboard the 'Conscience'

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"The declaration of emergency in Barrie is the culmination of years of hostility toward homeless people."

"Barrie has an emergency, but it isn't the encampments – it is the collapse of empathy within our city."
#Ontario #Canada #Policing #Housing

In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

ricochet.media

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

We have made a stovetop to finish cooking our dinner by putting a candle in a pot and a pie tin on top

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Sitting in the dark with my emergency AM/FM wind up radio listening to CBC because the power is out 😵

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Thank you!

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Listen to my interview on my community quilt project on CBC's Daybreak that aired this AM. Special thanks to Dionne Codrington who did an amazing job and was caring in her work and questions.

Yes, me complaining about the comité des sages made it to the interview!

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 1d

Write PM Carney, Foreign Minister Anand, and your MP to demand the release of the illegally abducted Canadians by the state of Israel!

Template letter and contact list on Proton Drive free for use and reuse here: bit.ly/3TelsCj

#CADpoli #FreedomFlotilla

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 2d

David Frum got busted writing speeches for an Israeli official that he was also covering in a profile piece

www.mediaite.com/media/conser...

David Frum, Douglas Murray Drafted Speeches For Israeli Official: Report

Three prominent conservative journalists secretly drafted speeches for an Israeli government official, according to a new report published by Drop Site News.

www.mediaite.com

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 17d

Autism does not need to be cured

Ableism does

The end

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 2d

One of the fundamental truths we need to acknowledge in this moment is that domestic violence is where fascists learned how to get away with their violence.

“What did you do to provoke him?” is exactly what victims hear when they try to seek help in an abusive relationship.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

We can't lose Dolly. Not this year.

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

For early risers: it will be aired around 8:10 AM on CBC Radio One - Montreal, 88.5 FM or you can listen live on the CBC radio app for Radio One Montreal.

Will also post later when it's online.

Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

I just did an audio interview for CBC on my community quilt project that will air tomorrow - hope I sounded okay! 😵‍💫

Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

Important issue for people on their own PDS. What's the point if you can still be banned?

It also makes it even more confusing what the exec team has been saying about not being here to moderate and to host on your own PDS if you don't like what they do.

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 2d

Suspension of accts from Bluesky has called into question the mission and very existence of Blacksky. "If bsky can still suspend you, what's the point?"

For one usually Bluesky doesn't just suspend you. They delete all of your data AND suspend you. Moving to Blacksky prevents that. 4/11

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

Write your MNAs to keep the vaccine free!

Here is a template letter and how to find your MNA:

bit.ly/4pqFU1F

#CovidIsNotOver #SanteQC #QCpoli

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Sasha the Furious Ghost 👻 @sashafury.blackskycomra.de · 2d

Certainly, silence is ambiguous, but I would point out that in over half a year of being prime minister, Carney still hasn't acknowledged trans people exist.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d

from elbows up to warm embrace. it’s a betrayal of he told canadians to expect from him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

Don't ask me that! lol she told me but I forgot lol. I will know tomorrow though! 🙈

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

And yes, I took the time to call out the transphobic comité des sages, but it might not fit with all the other content for the interview so it might not make the cut. We will see tomorrow, it was a bit of a segue.

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Brocky Horror Picture Show 🧟⚗️🪩 @queeralchemy.com · 2d

It's not a good sign when even the SPVM won't buy in!

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