Alex(andra)
@cyb0rg.bsky.social
29/F/deafie
ENG/ASL
learning... FR/LSQ
I program, I guess.
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ENG/ASL
learning... FR/LSQ
I program, I guess.
🍄📚💻🍉
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If you want to learn more about the appropriation of signs and signed languages by hearing folks, here is my Makaton-centric but widely applicable rant courtesy @thebaffler.com: thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you want to learn more about the appropriation of signs and signed languages by hearing folks, here is my Makaton-centric but widely applicable rant courtesy @thebaffler.com: thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
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Happy New 2026 to everyone. =w= I included 2024 and 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Happy New 2026 to everyone. =w= I included 2024 and 2025.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀
September 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Just putting this out everywhere bc Dec. 6th is rapidly approaching. If you're Canadian please sign.
Just putting this out everywhere bc Dec. 6th is rapidly approaching. If you're Canadian please sign.
Petition e-6853 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Just putting this out everywhere bc Dec. 6th is rapidly approaching. If you're Canadian please sign.
Just putting this out everywhere bc Dec. 6th is rapidly approaching. If you're Canadian please sign.
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Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
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Art by Angus McKie for Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Century, 1985)
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Art by Angus McKie for Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Century, 1985)
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The Sparrow market. Watercolour illustration from the first Gwelf book. Work continues on volume 3. More soon.
September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Sparrow market. Watercolour illustration from the first Gwelf book. Work continues on volume 3. More soon.
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Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein illustrations, 1983
September 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein illustrations, 1983
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDc... We can finally show this to everyone! Our trailer is now published.
Wishlist Crimson Tower on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/...
#adventuregame #indiegames #indiegamedev #darkfantasy #puzzle #mystlike #openworld #lgbtq #lgbt #crimsontower #mirrors
Wishlist Crimson Tower on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/...
#adventuregame #indiegames #indiegamedev #darkfantasy #puzzle #mystlike #openworld #lgbtq #lgbt #crimsontower #mirrors
Crimson Tower - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Crimson Lune
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDc... We can finally show this to everyone! Our trailer is now published.
Wishlist Crimson Tower on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/...
#adventuregame #indiegames #indiegamedev #darkfantasy #puzzle #mystlike #openworld #lgbtq #lgbt #crimsontower #mirrors
Wishlist Crimson Tower on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/...
#adventuregame #indiegames #indiegamedev #darkfantasy #puzzle #mystlike #openworld #lgbtq #lgbt #crimsontower #mirrors
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In 1994, Italian artist Marco Patrito released a 3D scifi visual novel called Sinkha on Windows 3.1
Info about the game is hard to come by. It doesn't even have a Mobygames entry.
Gameplay is non-existant so far. You just read the story, enjoy music and amazing visuals, and keep pressing next.
Info about the game is hard to come by. It doesn't even have a Mobygames entry.
Gameplay is non-existant so far. You just read the story, enjoy music and amazing visuals, and keep pressing next.
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
In 1994, Italian artist Marco Patrito released a 3D scifi visual novel called Sinkha on Windows 3.1
Info about the game is hard to come by. It doesn't even have a Mobygames entry.
Gameplay is non-existant so far. You just read the story, enjoy music and amazing visuals, and keep pressing next.
Info about the game is hard to come by. It doesn't even have a Mobygames entry.
Gameplay is non-existant so far. You just read the story, enjoy music and amazing visuals, and keep pressing next.
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/... We just launched our Steam store page! Please wishlist us if you feel so inclined. We are very excited about this project which has been a long time coming.
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #mirrors #crimsontower #adventure #puzzle #openworld #mystlike #lgbtq
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #mirrors #crimsontower #adventure #puzzle #openworld #mystlike #lgbtq
Crimson Tower on Steam
A dark fantasy occult-themed puzzle game set in a rich and expansive universe. Featuring open-world exploration and intuition-based puzzles blended into the narrative and world itself. It is centered ...
store.steampowered.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
store.steampowered.com/app/3990200/... We just launched our Steam store page! Please wishlist us if you feel so inclined. We are very excited about this project which has been a long time coming.
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #mirrors #crimsontower #adventure #puzzle #openworld #mystlike #lgbtq
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #mirrors #crimsontower #adventure #puzzle #openworld #mystlike #lgbtq
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I know a girl who knitted a sweater for her boyfriend of nine years, and of course, you know how it ended. I'm a very strong believer in the sweater curse, although I can't knit, and I'm not paired off in any capacity.
September 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I know a girl who knitted a sweater for her boyfriend of nine years, and of course, you know how it ended. I'm a very strong believer in the sweater curse, although I can't knit, and I'm not paired off in any capacity.
I'm looking at this celiac organization and I cant help but wonder why so many of them feature a certain glutenous grain in their logos. Its kinda like having an organization centred around peanut allergies and having your logo be that Mr. Peanut gentleman. Hardly see how it inspires any confidence.
September 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I'm looking at this celiac organization and I cant help but wonder why so many of them feature a certain glutenous grain in their logos. Its kinda like having an organization centred around peanut allergies and having your logo be that Mr. Peanut gentleman. Hardly see how it inspires any confidence.
Haven't touched this for a while.
I want to find some ppl to follow. I like reading, languages, mycology, & computers. I used to like climbing and maybe will get back into it... If my health improves. Also, I'm Deaf/HoH with a CI, so it'll be nice to connect with other deafies.
I want to find some ppl to follow. I like reading, languages, mycology, & computers. I used to like climbing and maybe will get back into it... If my health improves. Also, I'm Deaf/HoH with a CI, so it'll be nice to connect with other deafies.
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Haven't touched this for a while.
I want to find some ppl to follow. I like reading, languages, mycology, & computers. I used to like climbing and maybe will get back into it... If my health improves. Also, I'm Deaf/HoH with a CI, so it'll be nice to connect with other deafies.
I want to find some ppl to follow. I like reading, languages, mycology, & computers. I used to like climbing and maybe will get back into it... If my health improves. Also, I'm Deaf/HoH with a CI, so it'll be nice to connect with other deafies.
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May substack, ASL mythbusters editions. Science, links, so many links. novicnews.substack.com/p/asl-mythbu...
ASL Mythbusters
The most frequent of the FAQs
novicnews.substack.com
May 16, 2024 at 3:22 PM
May substack, ASL mythbusters editions. Science, links, so many links. novicnews.substack.com/p/asl-mythbu...
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Hearing people shenanigans: buckle in, it's a long one.
A hearing woman, Jessica Wohlstetter, who is not a certified interpreter, developed a curriculum to teach ASL at the NYPD Academy. She claims that after 11 class sessions, you can take the RID certification exam. (Again, she has not passed it.)
A hearing woman, Jessica Wohlstetter, who is not a certified interpreter, developed a curriculum to teach ASL at the NYPD Academy. She claims that after 11 class sessions, you can take the RID certification exam. (Again, she has not passed it.)
April 30, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Hearing people shenanigans: buckle in, it's a long one.
A hearing woman, Jessica Wohlstetter, who is not a certified interpreter, developed a curriculum to teach ASL at the NYPD Academy. She claims that after 11 class sessions, you can take the RID certification exam. (Again, she has not passed it.)
A hearing woman, Jessica Wohlstetter, who is not a certified interpreter, developed a curriculum to teach ASL at the NYPD Academy. She claims that after 11 class sessions, you can take the RID certification exam. (Again, she has not passed it.)
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so much of disability discourse is "Beyond Limits", "No Excuses" or "Don't Dis My Ability". Why can't we also have "listening to limits", "Not an Excuse, A Real Reason" and "Don't Deny My Disability". Aren't those more honest? I think so.
April 12, 2024 at 6:24 PM
so much of disability discourse is "Beyond Limits", "No Excuses" or "Don't Dis My Ability". Why can't we also have "listening to limits", "Not an Excuse, A Real Reason" and "Don't Deny My Disability". Aren't those more honest? I think so.
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These were, as far as I know, the first two articles to cover the issue of "must lift 20 pounds" etc. in job descriptions as ableist and illegal. There was just an article the other day at IHE that didn't mention these pieces, but why should they, they aren't online.
the first
the first
OPINION: Disabled people need not apply
It’s time to ban discriminatory clauses in job postings
web.archive.org
March 30, 2024 at 9:49 PM
These were, as far as I know, the first two articles to cover the issue of "must lift 20 pounds" etc. in job descriptions as ableist and illegal. There was just an article the other day at IHE that didn't mention these pieces, but why should they, they aren't online.
the first
the first
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Jalon Hall, who is Black and Deaf, was featured on Google’s corporate social media accounts “for making #LifeAtGoogle more inclusive!” But she says the company has discriminated against her on the basis of her disability and race.
Read on for the surprising details:
www.wired.com/story/google...
Read on for the surprising details:
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination
Jalon Hall was featured on Google’s corporate social media accounts “for making #LifeAtGoogle more inclusive!” She says the company discriminated against her on the basis of her disability and race.
www.wired.com
March 7, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Jalon Hall, who is Black and Deaf, was featured on Google’s corporate social media accounts “for making #LifeAtGoogle more inclusive!” But she says the company has discriminated against her on the basis of her disability and race.
Read on for the surprising details:
www.wired.com/story/google...
Read on for the surprising details:
www.wired.com/story/google...
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I must not reply. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will scroll past the take. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. When the take has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
May 24, 2023 at 5:57 PM
I must not reply. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will scroll past the take. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. When the take has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Can AI be used for [thing]?
No, but it can pretend to, just long enough for you to pay us for it.
No, but it can pretend to, just long enough for you to pay us for it.
January 8, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Can AI be used for [thing]?
No, but it can pretend to, just long enough for you to pay us for it.
No, but it can pretend to, just long enough for you to pay us for it.