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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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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 16h

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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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 16h

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 · 13h

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 · 15h

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 · 1d

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 · 15h

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 · 16h

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 · 22h

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 · 23h

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 $50/$2,000 For Restoring Disability Benefits @anthonyjk-rgc.bsky.social · 1d

#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

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 1d

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 7d

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 @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 1d

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

Sean Padilla @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 1d

I'm @ $235/1300 to raise by 10/11 to pay the final half of the out-of-pocket costs for the (long overdue) dental surgery my youngest son will have on 10/14. Anyone who donates $50+ can get a custom song from me; I'll begin recording the next two in my queue this weekend! 🎵🦷❤️ #HelpFolksLive2025

Sean Padilla @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · Apr 17

These are my pay links:

paypal.me/houseofackrite
C: $happynomad
V: @Sean-Padilla

If you're able to donate and you'd like a custom song, DM me and let me know the topic, and we'll work it out!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

The Link gaveth and the Link taketh away

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

So glad it was useful to you!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

I have been reliably informed by an anonymous source that Wiggles has, in fact, never done anything wrong EVER

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, go for it! The more people who know about alt text, the better! The image isn’t mine though so no need to credit me for that 💚

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Link’s dedication to encouraging mutual aid included aid to Palestinians.

If you’re worried about credibility of their fundraising requests, follow Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social who vets and posts vetted fundraisers.

For example, bsky.app/profile/momm...

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 6d

Tasneem keeps losing her accounts but wanted to share these photos❤️ gofund.me/967dc9ee

Two shots of Tasneem’s little girl in the rubble of Gaza

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a thread about alt text if you’re new to it and want to learn more:

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Nov 11

Support a culture of accessibility by using alt text.

If you’re unfamiliar, learn basics via this thread. First, enable “require alt text” in your settings so you can’t forget.

If you’re unable, use Alt4Me to request help. (nofeed)

If you have fave alt text threads, share in the replies! #AltTalk

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”

How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves

AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.

www.governing.com

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 2d

My Sunday reminders of good this week:

walking in the woods with a friend, crispy curly fries, the boost of new running shoes, spooky books, queer art at sunny festivals, identifying mushrooms, Over the Garden Wall with pumpkin treats, meeting a corgi in a doggie wheelchair

More good will come.

Photograph of a autumn forest. The morning light is golden and so are most of the leaves.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

I know a lot of people really really do not want to have to care about the Jay Madness Discourse.

But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...

...is now doing transphobic mod madness.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

FREE LINK NOW

This is a Black person who has been on Bluesky forever and apparently just got banned for calling Jay transphobic.

We are at the "hurting the mods' feelings is a bannable offense" stage of Jay's meltdown, now

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message.

So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?

Link of all people?

Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.

He sent this image.

This is sad.

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