Vic or Vikki (they/them)
@vicvikki.bsky.social
Deaf, disabled, autistic; agender, panromantic, asexual; navigating the world with my partners, allies, cats and dogs; and trying to be a good ally.
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How to Learn a Sign Language - YouTube
This playlist covers the essentials for learning any sign language, looking at methods, tips, resources and more.
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Learning a sign language? Regardless of which one you're learning, this playlist is full of tips to help you get the most out of your time.
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#LearnSignLanguage #SignLanguages #ASL #LSF #ISL #BSL #AUSLAN #DSL
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#LearnSignLanguage #SignLanguages #ASL #LSF #ISL #BSL #AUSLAN #DSL
I'm still posting short videos teaching phrases in Irish Sign Language. Today is "Is your friend feeling better?" and it's the 79th video in the series!
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#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage
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One phrase in Irish Sign Language every day. Part 79: Is your friend feeling better? #Deaf #ISL
YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor
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December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I'm still posting short videos teaching phrases in Irish Sign Language. Today is "Is your friend feeling better?" and it's the 79th video in the series!
youtube.com/shorts/CnVxx...
#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage
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#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguage
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I love it when people tell me that my social assistance payments are “handouts from the government“. I just checked and my “hand out from the government“ is well below the poverty line. Disabled people do not get “ free money” nor do we want a handout. This kind of rhetoric is so harmful.
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I love it when people tell me that my social assistance payments are “handouts from the government“. I just checked and my “hand out from the government“ is well below the poverty line. Disabled people do not get “ free money” nor do we want a handout. This kind of rhetoric is so harmful.
A long but brilliant thread that is valuable reading whatever age you are and wherever you live. Kameron only talks about personal experience, but there's so much value in comparing that to our own lives and thinking about how we connect with money.
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A long but brilliant thread that is valuable reading whatever age you are and wherever you live. Kameron only talks about personal experience, but there's so much value in comparing that to our own lives and thinking about how we connect with money.
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I hate when people get angry when disabled people fund raise online. Inflation has made everything more expensive, and being disabled is already 3-4x more expensive on average. When you hate that disabled people ask for mutual aid, you remind us how you really feel about us.
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I hate when people get angry when disabled people fund raise online. Inflation has made everything more expensive, and being disabled is already 3-4x more expensive on average. When you hate that disabled people ask for mutual aid, you remind us how you really feel about us.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another phrase in Irish Sign Language that uses a directional verb: this time, it's "ask".
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
One phrase in Irish Sign Language every day. Part 74: Ask your friends when they'll visit #Deaf #ISL
YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor
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December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Another phrase in Irish Sign Language that uses a directional verb: this time, it's "ask".
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
I'm getting back on top of things, so here's a another video showing how to use TELL in Irish Sign Language.
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One phrase in Irish Sign Language every day. Part 73: Tell them about your plans #Deaf #ISL
YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor
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December 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I'm getting back on top of things, so here's a another video showing how to use TELL in Irish Sign Language.
youtube.com/shorts/0fmAx...
#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
"What's the sign for [rude word]?"
"How do you teach people if you can't hear them?"
"How do you teach people if you can't hear them?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"What's the sign for [rude word]?"
"How do you teach people if you can't hear them?"
"How do you teach people if you can't hear them?"
Two wee criminals enjoying the bliss of their catnip haul...
#Cats #Catnip
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#Cats #Catnip
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Two Criminal Cats | #Cats #Catnip
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Two wee criminals enjoying the bliss of their catnip haul...
#Cats #Catnip
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#Cats #Catnip
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Credits to @flintywrites.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Credits to @flintywrites.bsky.social
Grayson Purry is the Best Cuddle-bug | #Cats #Cuddles #Deaf
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November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Hey Bluesky. I have a Patreon to support the podcast I run called Disability After Dark, where I shine a light on Disability Stories. If you like what I say here, and want to hear more of that with guests and get ad free listens, consider pledging. Patreon.com/disabilityafterdark
Thanks.
Thanks.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hey Bluesky. I have a Patreon to support the podcast I run called Disability After Dark, where I shine a light on Disability Stories. If you like what I say here, and want to hear more of that with guests and get ad free listens, consider pledging. Patreon.com/disabilityafterdark
Thanks.
Thanks.
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This is why creators and consumers hate AI.
It drowns out humor efforts by sheer mass, they are often low quality slop, and THERE IS NO WHERE TO ESCAPE THEM.
every formerly human creative endeavor is being inundated by plagiarism box output, leaving us to shovel shit to find human creation.
It drowns out humor efforts by sheer mass, they are often low quality slop, and THERE IS NO WHERE TO ESCAPE THEM.
every formerly human creative endeavor is being inundated by plagiarism box output, leaving us to shovel shit to find human creation.
Nearly every single day I have games like this clogging up my inboxes, and it's such a time wasting endeavour, as I have to sort through and filter out all the AI generated shovelware, and it just won't stop. No matter how clear I am that I am not interested in AI slopware, it keeps coming.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is why creators and consumers hate AI.
It drowns out humor efforts by sheer mass, they are often low quality slop, and THERE IS NO WHERE TO ESCAPE THEM.
every formerly human creative endeavor is being inundated by plagiarism box output, leaving us to shovel shit to find human creation.
It drowns out humor efforts by sheer mass, they are often low quality slop, and THERE IS NO WHERE TO ESCAPE THEM.
every formerly human creative endeavor is being inundated by plagiarism box output, leaving us to shovel shit to find human creation.
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Nearly every single day I have games like this clogging up my inboxes, and it's such a time wasting endeavour, as I have to sort through and filter out all the AI generated shovelware, and it just won't stop. No matter how clear I am that I am not interested in AI slopware, it keeps coming.
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nearly every single day I have games like this clogging up my inboxes, and it's such a time wasting endeavour, as I have to sort through and filter out all the AI generated shovelware, and it just won't stop. No matter how clear I am that I am not interested in AI slopware, it keeps coming.
Message to @bsky.app, @safety.bsky.app and @support.bsky.team:
You suspended Goran Gligović for invalid reasons. Multiple users have called on you to unsuspend his account. I trust you'll do the right thing and reinstate his account soonest possible.
You suspended Goran Gligović for invalid reasons. Multiple users have called on you to unsuspend his account. I trust you'll do the right thing and reinstate his account soonest possible.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Message to @bsky.app, @safety.bsky.app and @support.bsky.team:
You suspended Goran Gligović for invalid reasons. Multiple users have called on you to unsuspend his account. I trust you'll do the right thing and reinstate his account soonest possible.
You suspended Goran Gligović for invalid reasons. Multiple users have called on you to unsuspend his account. I trust you'll do the right thing and reinstate his account soonest possible.
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It'd be really nice if people in positions of power & influence who purport to support trans people did something for trans people. So many allies who do jack shit while so many haters and ingoramuses cause harm through vindictiveness, ignorance & cowardice. The state of the glinner articles today!
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It'd be really nice if people in positions of power & influence who purport to support trans people did something for trans people. So many allies who do jack shit while so many haters and ingoramuses cause harm through vindictiveness, ignorance & cowardice. The state of the glinner articles today!
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happy monday. disabled people who need support deserve to be fully supported. I wish that our systems understood that. or cared.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
happy monday. disabled people who need support deserve to be fully supported. I wish that our systems understood that. or cared.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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The way we treat people with mental health issues in this country has always been abysmal.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The way we treat people with mental health issues in this country has always been abysmal.
How do you say "I worked really hard yesterday. I'm exhausted." in Irish Sign Language?
This may be inspired by real-life events.
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#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguages
This may be inspired by real-life events.
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#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguages
One phrase in Irish Sign Language every day. Part 70: I worked really hard yesterday. #deaf #ISL
YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
How do you say "I worked really hard yesterday. I'm exhausted." in Irish Sign Language?
This may be inspired by real-life events.
youtube.com/shorts/Y8Z5C...
#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguages
This may be inspired by real-life events.
youtube.com/shorts/Y8Z5C...
#Deaf #ISL #IrishSignLanguage #LearnSignLanguages
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
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This book! Always conceptually fascinating, but here - not only an interesting take on the mess time-resetting multiverse crises would create, but such a powerful exploration of the experience of losing someone to their loss of memory. beautiful & sweet
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This book! Always conceptually fascinating, but here - not only an interesting take on the mess time-resetting multiverse crises would create, but such a powerful exploration of the experience of losing someone to their loss of memory. beautiful & sweet
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social
Does your region have good health services? Here's how to ask in Irish Sign Language, using a sign that shares the movement pattern with our previous three days' signs.
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
One phrase in Irish Sign Language every day. Part 67: Does your region have good health services?
YouTube video by Vic Kelly-Victor
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Does your region have good health services? Here's how to ask in Irish Sign Language, using a sign that shares the movement pattern with our previous three days' signs.
youtube.com/shorts/EgkK9...
#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage
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#Deaf #IrishSignLanguage #ISL #LearnSignLanguage