The Bird
@aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy
Thank you dear Quark Amaya McFluffers for being my kitty buddy for 16 years. I miss you.
I live alone in a city, and like to #write, compose music, and make art […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://disabled.social/@Aaidanbird, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
I live alone in a city, and like to #write, compose music, and make art […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://disabled.social/@Aaidanbird, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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disabled.social
Hi all, as a reminder, I wrote this #accessibility Zine: https://birdterizu.itch.io/accessibility-zine
Covers:
* Basic definitions
* Brief Disability History
* 10 Principles of Disability Justice
* Spaces theory of Collective Access (physical, transportation, sensory, digital, community […]
Covers:
* Basic definitions
* Brief Disability History
* 10 Principles of Disability Justice
* Spaces theory of Collective Access (physical, transportation, sensory, digital, community […]
This year, my birthday was one day shy of falling on Martin Luther King, Jr Day. It's always fun when it does fall on that day as it means a quiet day of rest while I read books about activism and revolution against capitalist, white-supremacist regimes.
Or I write stories of resistance if I'm […]
Or I write stories of resistance if I'm […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This year, my birthday was one day shy of falling on Martin Luther King, Jr Day. It's always fun when it does fall on that day as it means a quiet day of rest while I read books about activism and revolution against capitalist, white-supremacist regimes.
Or I write stories of resistance if I'm […]
Or I write stories of resistance if I'm […]
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If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
When the program folks talk about me getting out into the "community," I keep wondering what community? Which community? What exactly am I participating in here?
So when I ask for examples, suggestions include book clubs, art groups, etc. But who leads these groups? Who is in them? Are they […]
So when I ask for examples, suggestions include book clubs, art groups, etc. But who leads these groups? Who is in them? Are they […]
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disabled.social
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
When the program folks talk about me getting out into the "community," I keep wondering what community? Which community? What exactly am I participating in here?
So when I ask for examples, suggestions include book clubs, art groups, etc. But who leads these groups? Who is in them? Are they […]
So when I ask for examples, suggestions include book clubs, art groups, etc. But who leads these groups? Who is in them? Are they […]
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The biggest lie they desperately need you to believe is that nothing you can do matters.
They're wrong. Anything you can do matters. So it's important to try, and it's important to learn, so that when you do try, you're doing it with the most knowledge you can bring to bear at that time.
They're wrong. Anything you can do matters. So it's important to try, and it's important to learn, so that when you do try, you're doing it with the most knowledge you can bring to bear at that time.
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The biggest lie they desperately need you to believe is that nothing you can do matters.
They're wrong. Anything you can do matters. So it's important to try, and it's important to learn, so that when you do try, you're doing it with the most knowledge you can bring to bear at that time.
They're wrong. Anything you can do matters. So it's important to try, and it's important to learn, so that when you do try, you're doing it with the most knowledge you can bring to bear at that time.
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Health Canada suddenly being really good.
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
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zeroes.ca
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Health Canada suddenly being really good.
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
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To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Hello #DisabledSocial! We are in need of more moderators for disabled.social. Preferably two to three more. The work would involve a training, then periodically during the week reviewing moderation reports. Other duties would include working in Signal together to troubleshoot issues or to talk […]
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disabled.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Hello #DisabledSocial! We are in need of more moderators for disabled.social. Preferably two to three more. The work would involve a training, then periodically during the week reviewing moderation reports. Other duties would include working in Signal together to troubleshoot issues or to talk […]
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Non-privacy advocates say "I haven't got anything to hide. Have you?"
That's the wrong end of the stick. It isn't *what* is known which is the problem, so much as *who* knows it, and whether they have goodwill towards you.
Governments are supposed to have goodwill towards you, but at best […]
That's the wrong end of the stick. It isn't *what* is known which is the problem, so much as *who* knows it, and whether they have goodwill towards you.
Governments are supposed to have goodwill towards you, but at best […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Non-privacy advocates say "I haven't got anything to hide. Have you?"
That's the wrong end of the stick. It isn't *what* is known which is the problem, so much as *who* knows it, and whether they have goodwill towards you.
Governments are supposed to have goodwill towards you, but at best […]
That's the wrong end of the stick. It isn't *what* is known which is the problem, so much as *who* knows it, and whether they have goodwill towards you.
Governments are supposed to have goodwill towards you, but at best […]
#DisabledSocial Hi everyone! Happy New Year to everyone in our community. Thank you for supporting the server and for being present with us all. Remember you are worthy of care and support, that you are valid, and that you are not alone.
If you need anything, feel free to reach out to our team […]
If you need anything, feel free to reach out to our team […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
#DisabledSocial Hi everyone! Happy New Year to everyone in our community. Thank you for supporting the server and for being present with us all. Remember you are worthy of care and support, that you are valid, and that you are not alone.
If you need anything, feel free to reach out to our team […]
If you need anything, feel free to reach out to our team […]
Y'all, please contact your representatives if you live in America. It's a bipartisan effort to repeat Section 230 which will make it impossible for disabled.social to exist at all and rip away our freedom of speech. The identity-verification bills is mass surveillance on a horrifying scale, and […]
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disabled.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Y'all, please contact your representatives if you live in America. It's a bipartisan effort to repeat Section 230 which will make it impossible for disabled.social to exist at all and rip away our freedom of speech. The identity-verification bills is mass surveillance on a horrifying scale, and […]
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It is not possible to have indepth investigative reporting done by GenerativeAI. The tech is not that smart and hallucinates data far too often. The fact ProPublica management wants to use AI shows they have lost all sense of reality. They'd destroy ProPublica, as it's only reason to exist is […]
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disabled.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It is not possible to have indepth investigative reporting done by GenerativeAI. The tech is not that smart and hallucinates data far too often. The fact ProPublica management wants to use AI shows they have lost all sense of reality. They'd destroy ProPublica, as it's only reason to exist is […]
May life be kind to you all.
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
May life be kind to you all.
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@mayintoronto Personal philosophy on friends: "They're the family I choose"
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
@mayintoronto Personal philosophy on friends: "They're the family I choose"
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115714261745802231
Multiply marginalized people may fit in certain categories of privilege but not in other categories. This is where intersectionality can be crucial for those groups that overlap.
Also, this shouldn't need to be said, but dismantling […]
Multiply marginalized people may fit in certain categories of privilege but not in other categories. This is where intersectionality can be crucial for those groups that overlap.
Also, this shouldn't need to be said, but dismantling […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/115714261745802231
Multiply marginalized people may fit in certain categories of privilege but not in other categories. This is where intersectionality can be crucial for those groups that overlap.
Also, this shouldn't need to be said, but dismantling […]
Multiply marginalized people may fit in certain categories of privilege but not in other categories. This is where intersectionality can be crucial for those groups that overlap.
Also, this shouldn't need to be said, but dismantling […]
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When a disabled person explains how multiple obstacles can make doing any creative stuff difficult, the incorrect response is to ignore everything we shared to claim the only obstacle is ourselves.
Just stop it with this ableist nonsense. Willpower alone cannot force the world to do what you […]
Just stop it with this ableist nonsense. Willpower alone cannot force the world to do what you […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
When a disabled person explains how multiple obstacles can make doing any creative stuff difficult, the incorrect response is to ignore everything we shared to claim the only obstacle is ourselves.
Just stop it with this ableist nonsense. Willpower alone cannot force the world to do what you […]
Just stop it with this ableist nonsense. Willpower alone cannot force the world to do what you […]
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Wooo it's up! New paper alert! I will write a summary thread about this paper tomorrow morning when I'm not quite as mentally exhausted!
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Wooo it's up! New paper alert! I will write a summary thread about this paper tomorrow morning when I'm not quite as mentally exhausted!
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
The writer account I have is on Sharkey, ([email protected]) and I just discovered that porting an account from Mastodon to Sharkey = dropping of follows and followers. Welp. Good to know.
I keep the two accounts separate mostly because this account is more focused on my mod responsibilities […]
I keep the two accounts separate mostly because this account is more focused on my mod responsibilities […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The writer account I have is on Sharkey, ([email protected]) and I just discovered that porting an account from Mastodon to Sharkey = dropping of follows and followers. Welp. Good to know.
I keep the two accounts separate mostly because this account is more focused on my mod responsibilities […]
I keep the two accounts separate mostly because this account is more focused on my mod responsibilities […]
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Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
A person claims x or y thing isn't serious and is just ridiculous so there should be no consequences for sharing or playing it. Except the x or y thing is literally about fascism, genocide, and/or ableist transphobic white supremacy. Calling it ridiculous but demanding the right to share/play it […]
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disabled.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A person claims x or y thing isn't serious and is just ridiculous so there should be no consequences for sharing or playing it. Except the x or y thing is literally about fascism, genocide, and/or ableist transphobic white supremacy. Calling it ridiculous but demanding the right to share/play it […]
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SPOTIFY WRAPPED
You listened to 0 songs. That's 0 seconds of music! You don't have a Spotify account.
You listened to 0 songs. That's 0 seconds of music! You don't have a Spotify account.
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
SPOTIFY WRAPPED
You listened to 0 songs. That's 0 seconds of music! You don't have a Spotify account.
You listened to 0 songs. That's 0 seconds of music! You don't have a Spotify account.
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This is blowing up a bit: not trying to scare you all! There is a *gigantic* set of sunspots coming around the limb of the sun, comparable in size to the sunspots sketched by Carrington. They may or may not send some plasma our way. There is also a minor aurora event predicted for 2 days from […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is blowing up a bit: not trying to scare you all! There is a *gigantic* set of sunspots coming around the limb of the sun, comparable in size to the sunspots sketched by Carrington. They may or may not send some plasma our way. There is also a minor aurora event predicted for 2 days from […]
Therapist and I today had to do telehealth because I'm snowed in and my ride was ill. Except, their microphone didn't seem to work as they could hear me but I couldn't hear them. I tested my end and it showed that it worked. So they called me, I put them on speaker phone, and we muted ourselves […]
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disabled.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Therapist and I today had to do telehealth because I'm snowed in and my ride was ill. Except, their microphone didn't seem to work as they could hear me but I couldn't hear them. I tested my end and it showed that it worked. So they called me, I put them on speaker phone, and we muted ourselves […]