Vayl Larkin (they/them)
@vayllarkin.bsky.social
Disabled, wheeled, trans, nonbinary, bisexual, polyamorous poet, playwright, advocate and activist. I enjoy reading, writing, music, gaming, deep conversations, thinking about the Universe in the forest, baking and anything I do with the people I love. :)
Well, this has been fun, but everyone on this site is looking for a fight whether one is in the offing or not and I've been on Shitter enough to know when to bail. Good luck with your clone of a rotten system.
January 12, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Well, this has been fun, but everyone on this site is looking for a fight whether one is in the offing or not and I've been on Shitter enough to know when to bail. Good luck with your clone of a rotten system.
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Historic Black communities are disappearing, and descendants are trying to save them
“Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the US, a fraction of more than 1,200 at the peak between the 1880s and 1915.”
“Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the US, a fraction of more than 1,200 at the peak between the 1880s and 1915.”
Descendants fight to maintain historic Black communities. Keeping their legacy alive is complicated
Historic Black communities have dwindled from their once-thriving existence in the US and efforts to preserve what's left encounter complicated challenges
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December 29, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Historic Black communities are disappearing, and descendants are trying to save them
“Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the US, a fraction of more than 1,200 at the peak between the 1880s and 1915.”
“Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the US, a fraction of more than 1,200 at the peak between the 1880s and 1915.”
Anyone out there with #Sjogrens #Polyneuropathy? (Neuro involvement of both CNS and peripheral). I've just been diagnosed after a four year specialist runaround. Problem: I'm already at toxicity for Plaquenil and I'm allergic to gabapentin and its relatives. I'm desperate; it's affecting Everything.
December 21, 2023 at 1:42 AM
Anyone out there with #Sjogrens #Polyneuropathy? (Neuro involvement of both CNS and peripheral). I've just been diagnosed after a four year specialist runaround. Problem: I'm already at toxicity for Plaquenil and I'm allergic to gabapentin and its relatives. I'm desperate; it's affecting Everything.
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We do not feel like a first world country i gotta be honest
This is one of the most difficult stories I’ve ever read. But it’s a horrific reality for some migrant children.
"The New York Times spoke with more than 100 child roofers in nearly two dozen states, including some who began at elementary-school age.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"The New York Times spoke with more than 100 child roofers in nearly two dozen states, including some who began at elementary-school age.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Children Risk Their Lives Building America’s Roofs
Migrant children, put to work in one of the nation’s most dangerous jobs, are falling and dying.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2023 at 9:08 PM
We do not feel like a first world country i gotta be honest
It's Up!
Words of the Prophets - one act play by Vayl Larkin - 2023 production by The Why Collective - Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre - Manhattan, NYC
#Play #NYCTheater #ASL #Homeless #Veterans #SexWorkIsWork #BlackLivesMatter #StopKillingUs #LGBT #Disabled #Deaf
youtu.be/RWKmJE4mbAg?...
Words of the Prophets - one act play by Vayl Larkin - 2023 production by The Why Collective - Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre - Manhattan, NYC
#Play #NYCTheater #ASL #Homeless #Veterans #SexWorkIsWork #BlackLivesMatter #StopKillingUs #LGBT #Disabled #Deaf
youtu.be/RWKmJE4mbAg?...
Words of the Prophets - The Why Collective - 2023 - the cell theatre - Manhattan
NOTE: PLAY IS PERFORMED IN ENGLISH, ASL, AND ARTISTIC ASLCAPTIONS COMING AS QUICK AS WE CAN!Words of the Prophets is an experimental one-act play by Vayl La...
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December 18, 2023 at 4:33 PM
It's Up!
Words of the Prophets - one act play by Vayl Larkin - 2023 production by The Why Collective - Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre - Manhattan, NYC
#Play #NYCTheater #ASL #Homeless #Veterans #SexWorkIsWork #BlackLivesMatter #StopKillingUs #LGBT #Disabled #Deaf
youtu.be/RWKmJE4mbAg?...
Words of the Prophets - one act play by Vayl Larkin - 2023 production by The Why Collective - Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre - Manhattan, NYC
#Play #NYCTheater #ASL #Homeless #Veterans #SexWorkIsWork #BlackLivesMatter #StopKillingUs #LGBT #Disabled #Deaf
youtu.be/RWKmJE4mbAg?...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — US homelessness, tied to soaring rents and loss of pandemic aid, up 12% to highest level since reporting began in 2007.
December 15, 2023 at 6:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — US homelessness, tied to soaring rents and loss of pandemic aid, up 12% to highest level since reporting began in 2007.
Really wish that #GrammarPolice hadn't been replaced by radical anti-puncuationalists. "I hate Oxford commas!" "People who use dashes should be shot!" "Ewww! Periods are for GIRLS!!!". *sigh* I will give a virtual bunny to the person who agrees that this is a big world with room for variety. Right?
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Really wish that #GrammarPolice hadn't been replaced by radical anti-puncuationalists. "I hate Oxford commas!" "People who use dashes should be shot!" "Ewww! Periods are for GIRLS!!!". *sigh* I will give a virtual bunny to the person who agrees that this is a big world with room for variety. Right?
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I’m so deeply fascinated by this ongoing conversation—and the one about internal monologue. I’m a straight-up 1 and my inner narrator is LOUD. 😂
I’m very late to this, but it kind of blew my mind. I’m skeptical it really exists. Don’t 5’s “see” their dreams? When 5’s remember their childhood bedroom, don’t they conjure an image?
December 9, 2023 at 1:52 AM
I’m so deeply fascinated by this ongoing conversation—and the one about internal monologue. I’m a straight-up 1 and my inner narrator is LOUD. 😂
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
"Wait... They're not baking any Cake!!"
-Xander Harris
"The Zeppo"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Also everyone else who can tell the difference between authoritarian takeover of an entire political demographic, and cake.
"Wait... They're not baking any Cake!!"
-Xander Harris
"The Zeppo"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Also everyone else who can tell the difference between authoritarian takeover of an entire political demographic, and cake.
December 8, 2023 at 7:26 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
"Wait... They're not baking any Cake!!"
-Xander Harris
"The Zeppo"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Also everyone else who can tell the difference between authoritarian takeover of an entire political demographic, and cake.
"Wait... They're not baking any Cake!!"
-Xander Harris
"The Zeppo"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-Also everyone else who can tell the difference between authoritarian takeover of an entire political demographic, and cake.
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Heads up dog people, xylitol (toxic, very bad sweetener!) is getting a makeover as ‘birch sugar.’ Check ingredients carefully before sharing with your canine pals!
Paws Off! Xylitol is Toxic to Dogs
This poster describes the common types of xylitol containing products and the most common symptoms of xylitol poisoning in dogs.
www.fda.gov
December 3, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Heads up dog people, xylitol (toxic, very bad sweetener!) is getting a makeover as ‘birch sugar.’ Check ingredients carefully before sharing with your canine pals!
TIL if you ask someone talking about their marginalization to stop doing so with language that actually marginalizes others, they will Eat You. This is because two things canNot be true at the same time, and if you're marginalized you're immune from being a bigot toward anyone else. Cool. #sarcasm
December 3, 2023 at 3:53 AM
TIL if you ask someone talking about their marginalization to stop doing so with language that actually marginalizes others, they will Eat You. This is because two things canNot be true at the same time, and if you're marginalized you're immune from being a bigot toward anyone else. Cool. #sarcasm
Don't neglect to pick up your FREE Ticket!!!
Celebration of and Feature by Poet and Educator Norm MathMattox!
December 12th, 8pm EST
( #AltText Link Image shows three photos of Norm in a row. Norm is a Black man with freckles and gray hair, beard and mustache.)
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Celebration of and Feature by Poet and Educator Norm MathMattox!
December 12th, 8pm EST
( #AltText Link Image shows three photos of Norm in a row. Norm is a Black man with freckles and gray hair, beard and mustache.)
www.eventbrite.com/e/one-thousa...
One Thousand Fingers Multiplying: A Celebration of Norm "Math" Mattox
Virtual Reading of "One Thousand Fingers Multiplying", a collection written to honor and support Norm "Math" Mattox, and more!
www.eventbrite.com
November 29, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Don't neglect to pick up your FREE Ticket!!!
Celebration of and Feature by Poet and Educator Norm MathMattox!
December 12th, 8pm EST
( #AltText Link Image shows three photos of Norm in a row. Norm is a Black man with freckles and gray hair, beard and mustache.)
www.eventbrite.com/e/one-thousa...
Celebration of and Feature by Poet and Educator Norm MathMattox!
December 12th, 8pm EST
( #AltText Link Image shows three photos of Norm in a row. Norm is a Black man with freckles and gray hair, beard and mustache.)
www.eventbrite.com/e/one-thousa...
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My favourite genre of social media post is 'white people explain racism to me.'
In her original 2008 essay 'Men Explain Things To Me', Rebecca Solnit wrote, "no man has ever apologised for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't."
Same, only, with racism.
In her original 2008 essay 'Men Explain Things To Me', Rebecca Solnit wrote, "no man has ever apologised for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't."
Same, only, with racism.
November 26, 2023 at 6:15 PM
My favourite genre of social media post is 'white people explain racism to me.'
In her original 2008 essay 'Men Explain Things To Me', Rebecca Solnit wrote, "no man has ever apologised for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't."
Same, only, with racism.
In her original 2008 essay 'Men Explain Things To Me', Rebecca Solnit wrote, "no man has ever apologised for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't."
Same, only, with racism.
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Mix 3 is complete. not sure it's done yet, but getting closer!
November 25, 2023 at 12:25 AM
Mix 3 is complete. not sure it's done yet, but getting closer!
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that being said, i really hate how white christians utilize black music/expression to make their bullshit seem appealing because we objectively have the best christianity
ok ngl these opening credits kinda go hard
November 22, 2023 at 3:56 AM
that being said, i really hate how white christians utilize black music/expression to make their bullshit seem appealing because we objectively have the best christianity
I can no longer sue Thomas C. Altman of Oswego for child molestation and abuse under NY law, as the set time for older survivors to file in court has passed. I opted not to, because statistically speaking, I can't afford to pay His court fees when they claim my myriad witnesses aren't enough proof.
November 24, 2023 at 7:38 AM
I can no longer sue Thomas C. Altman of Oswego for child molestation and abuse under NY law, as the set time for older survivors to file in court has passed. I opted not to, because statistically speaking, I can't afford to pay His court fees when they claim my myriad witnesses aren't enough proof.
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Not every way but in so many ways homelessness is simply a disability justice issue.
“Libby never thought she’d be homeless…Then she got cancer & eventually became too ill to work her old job at a hardware store”
This should never happen.
This should never happen.
Without a home, a cancer patient on the waitlist for public housing puts off surgery
Deb Libby applied for a place to live in the state's public housing system, which has many empty apartments, according to a WBUR and ProPublica investigation. The state has since pledged to fill the v...
www.wbur.org
November 23, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Not every way but in so many ways homelessness is simply a disability justice issue.
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No work tomorrow, so I might run a little longer. I usually spin 7pm-11pm, but we'll see how I feel. Come join me and listen to all sorts of music I love!
twitch.tv/doorsinthela...
twitch.tv/doorsinthela...
November 23, 2023 at 12:34 AM
No work tomorrow, so I might run a little longer. I usually spin 7pm-11pm, but we'll see how I feel. Come join me and listen to all sorts of music I love!
twitch.tv/doorsinthela...
twitch.tv/doorsinthela...
#PoetryVideo ! #NYCTheater ! #ExperimentalMusic ! #Cosmology ! #MicroBiology ! #SpinalDegeneration !
If you're still reading and haven't already fallen asleep, boy are you our audience! =)
It's actually truly amazing if you Do happen to be intersted and also wrote it. 🫣
youtu.be/z5GlnC11pUk
If you're still reading and haven't already fallen asleep, boy are you our audience! =)
It's actually truly amazing if you Do happen to be intersted and also wrote it. 🫣
youtu.be/z5GlnC11pUk
November 23, 2023 at 1:55 AM
#PoetryVideo ! #NYCTheater ! #ExperimentalMusic ! #Cosmology ! #MicroBiology ! #SpinalDegeneration !
If you're still reading and haven't already fallen asleep, boy are you our audience! =)
It's actually truly amazing if you Do happen to be intersted and also wrote it. 🫣
youtu.be/z5GlnC11pUk
If you're still reading and haven't already fallen asleep, boy are you our audience! =)
It's actually truly amazing if you Do happen to be intersted and also wrote it. 🫣
youtu.be/z5GlnC11pUk
Absolutely LOVE the new trend of so-called anarchists Cheering On Trump as some kind of "gotcha" because they Just Now Figured Out that Joe sometimes supports genocide. To be clear: I don't support Biden. I am not a Democrat. But I DO, for some reason, Want a VIABLE Alternative!
November 20, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Absolutely LOVE the new trend of so-called anarchists Cheering On Trump as some kind of "gotcha" because they Just Now Figured Out that Joe sometimes supports genocide. To be clear: I don't support Biden. I am not a Democrat. But I DO, for some reason, Want a VIABLE Alternative!
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The two things I most loved on Twitter were sports and niche medieval content. Glad to see at least one of those is finding a home on Bluesky.
November 17, 2023 at 5:18 PM
The two things I most loved on Twitter were sports and niche medieval content. Glad to see at least one of those is finding a home on Bluesky.
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Terrible news, the Tiktok teens love Charles VI now, they say he is "relatable" and France was wrong for wanting him to conform
November 17, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Terrible news, the Tiktok teens love Charles VI now, they say he is "relatable" and France was wrong for wanting him to conform
I can't build a car, and I can't afford to buy a legal car, so it's fine if I go to my local chop shop with a few specs and have them put something together for me from parts of other people's cars. Fair use.
#AI #AIisNotIntelligent #AIisNotCreative #AIisNotAI
#AI #AIisNotIntelligent #AIisNotCreative #AIisNotAI
November 17, 2023 at 5:46 PM
I can't build a car, and I can't afford to buy a legal car, so it's fine if I go to my local chop shop with a few specs and have them put something together for me from parts of other people's cars. Fair use.
#AI #AIisNotIntelligent #AIisNotCreative #AIisNotAI
#AI #AIisNotIntelligent #AIisNotCreative #AIisNotAI
#AI is not Only theft, it's Also a bad imitator. Only nonartists think art is about ideas. Artists get them volunteered by Everyone. Art is labor. It's what takes the pieces and makes them transcend their sum. If you're not laboring, you're not an artist. You're just someone who wishes you were.
November 17, 2023 at 3:18 AM
#AI is not Only theft, it's Also a bad imitator. Only nonartists think art is about ideas. Artists get them volunteered by Everyone. Art is labor. It's what takes the pieces and makes them transcend their sum. If you're not laboring, you're not an artist. You're just someone who wishes you were.
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LOL, back when I bothered going to parties pre-pandemic, I ran into that all the time. I got more ideas than I'll live long enough to write; I've forgotten more than that. Ideas are easy! But hopefully they'll occupy themselves with AI novels now and leave real writers alone.
November 16, 2023 at 7:37 PM
LOL, back when I bothered going to parties pre-pandemic, I ran into that all the time. I got more ideas than I'll live long enough to write; I've forgotten more than that. Ideas are easy! But hopefully they'll occupy themselves with AI novels now and leave real writers alone.