anantagd

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Hello, I'm a blind reader of yours

#Fedivasi #EnterpriseArchitect by day, #Artist and #Cook by other day. I went to the Med to do extreme yachting and camping. Support the #CivilFleet. #Anarchist #ActuallyAutistic #EcoHareKrishna #BotWhisperer #WitteRavenPockets #Pujari
I clutter Mastodon with "alt text whining"
I won't quote or be quoted
Rummaging through the net's trashcans since 1994. Be quiet, eyes

#Intersex
#AltText Police Special Intervention Unit
#Blind
#Antifascist

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

I don’t understand, Meta are our friends. They’re a partner with Mastodon at the Social Web Foundation. They can’t be bad, can they? Why would Mastodon partner with them if they were bad?

https://socialwebfoundation.org https://mastodon.social/@burningbird/113639750728630842

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@aral
But Gargon explained tot me that they're not "with" meta "in" a foundation, so all is well.

@JackRacc@furry.engineer avatar JackRacc , to random

"Using AI to treat autism"

HOW ABOUT FUCK NO.

@actuallyautistic

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@DL1JPH @anantagd actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @JackRacc @bhawthorne @kkarhan we know ChatGPT was trained on racist social media content

@ideogram@social.coop avatar ideogram , to ActuallyAutistic group

Poll 🧵. How many autistic people are in Paid employment?
actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group

P/T = part time F/T = full time

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@ideogram @jacquiharper actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Go away with your levels. What is this shit

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@marronvulpes@pawb.fun avatar marronvulpes , to ActuallyAutistic group

actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group For any autistic person currently in a relationship, is your partner also autistic or neurotypical?

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@VulcanTourist @StarkRG @marronvulpes actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group do you feel "cis" is derogatory to cis people?

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@VulcanTourist @bhawthorne @StarkRG @marronvulpes @actuallyautistic the term already says it.

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@VulcanTourist @StarkRG @marronvulpes actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group to you. so do you feel t. that white as a descriptor is pejorative to white people? Aka "reverse racism"

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@VulcanTourist @StarkRG @marronvulpes actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group so your beef is with the perceived artificiality of the term? Again, do you feel that describing someone as trans is pejorative and cis too? Or is only cis problematic?

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@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

When you see a woman doing this: ✋✊
She probably needs help.

Even a simple gesture can make a big difference in someone’s life.

This year, our first ever EU legislation on combating violence against women entered into force.

It criminalises:
🛑physical violence
🛑psychological
🛑economic
🛑and sexual violence
against women across the EU, both offline and online.

We will continue to do everything possible to protect victims and punish offenders.

A graphic featuring two orange hand illustrations against a light beige background. The first hand shows an open palm with the thumb tucked in, and the second shows a closed fist. Behind the hands, the text "YOU ARE NOT ALONE" is repeated in bold white uppercase letters. At the bottom, it says "YOU CAN ASK FOR HELP" in white. A small icon of the European Union flag is in the bottom left corner.
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@EUCommission Why are women and girls put in danger on the EU's external borders, by an EU agency, Frontex?

@Sci_Fi_FanGirl@hessen.social avatar Sci_Fi_FanGirl , to ActuallyAutistic group

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cPTSD therapy and autism

I have started a trauma therapy a few months ago. So far, it has been very helpful.

My therapist is not an expert on autism though. Today, we were talking about different things and I explained why I started to mask. Of course, she encouraged me to be my authentic self.

Since my autistic burnout, I've been less able to mask as much as before. So I'm already being a bit more myself. And I'm feeling the rejection again. Which is painful.

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@WeirdWriter @Tooden @JamesHeady @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @pathfinder actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group I still consider "The Making of Blind Men, a Study in Adult Socialization" to offer the most penetrating insights into this ( it is online, as PDF, here: https://www.russellsage.org/sites/default/files/Making-Blind-Men.pdf)

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@WeirdWriter @Tooden @JamesHeady @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @pathfinder actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group It's page images.I had a scanned/OCR'd version decades ago, but I lost it. So I know what is in it, but, yeah...

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@WeirdWriter @Tooden @JamesHeady @Sci_Fi_FanGirl @pathfinder actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group
"This book explores the idea that the attitudes and behavior characteristics of many who suffer impaired vision are socially acquired, not inherent in their physical condition. A part of this socialization occurs when the person who has vision trouble interacts with the seeing world in the encounters of everyday life. Another part of it occurs in organizations for the blind. "

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social avatar indivisibleteam , to random

This is our gameplan for getting through the next two years with our democracy as intact as possible. Our new guide provides tangible ways to organize locally and leverage the power we have to block the most dangerous elements of the Trump agenda. Read it, share it, and let’s continue building a movement that has the power to save our democracy: http://indivisible.org/guide

(above an image of Congress) INDIVISIBLE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY ON THE BRINK Strategies, Tactics, And Tips For How Everyday Americans Can Fight Back Together Wherever We Live
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@indivisibleteam google fucking docs. thanks a bunch

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

shrugs

Most of you aren't old enough to remember the 70's and 80's when America's official position on the UN and international courts was "fuck em" and some of you aren't even old enough to remember when Bush passed a law to thunderous bipartisan applause allowing him to fucking INVADE the Hague to protect American and US-backed war criminals.

The ICC warrants are important because naming the beast is important; but the US will go full rogue state before it complies.

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@AnarchoNinaWrites We did a demo on Scheveningen beach back then with sand bags and "guarding the coast" against the US invasion.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

For every child, every right.

On , we mark 35 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Today, we reaffirm our commitment by:

🎠 Promoting children's participation and inclusion through the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.

🧸 Combating child poverty through the European Child Guarantee.

💻 Enhancing digital safety with the Digital Services Act.

🧠 Ensuring accessible mental health care.

The future belongs to children–it’s their right to shape it.

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@EUCommission Then why does Frontex destroy children at the EU's external borders

@pathfinder@beige.party avatar pathfinder , to ActuallyAutistic group

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I have posted this before, but with the new input of people, it seems time to post it again. Although, edited somewhat from the previous post.

Autism is a neurological difference. We think and process differently. We just don't work in the same ways as others. Most of us, growing up, are more than aware of this, that we are different. But not necessarily why, or to what degree. We just recognise that we are. But, this isn't exactly something that can be discussed. Often the feeling is nebulous at best, other times it can feel embarrassing and far too personal. But in any case, for most of us trying to talk about things like this, especially as children, never ended up being a particularly safe or wise choice.

So instead, we buried the feelings deeply and tried to get on with life as best we could. This was normally done through learning to mask and in avoiding as much as possible those situations where our difference was made painfully noticeable. In fact, many of us get so good at this that we wandered for years, or even decades, through life without ever reaching the understanding that we could be autistic.

But when we do reach this stage, it involves a process of coming to terms with it and understanding what it means. It requires months, often years, of research to come to terms with and to overcome the false stereotypes and ableism that many of us carry. This is what is called self-diagnosis and sometimes it is as far as we go. For many of us it is enough, or we have reached a point in our lives where getting an official diagnosis is not worth it, or even possible. Not all countries support it. Also, many systems, whether on purpose or not, make it all but impossible for people over a certain age, or people of colour, or female presenting, to be able to get officially diagnosed. Or, in many places, it is simply too prohibitively expensive to even try.

This is why most autistic spaces actively welcome the self-diagnosed. Or those exploring the possibility of it, or who are maybe already on the path to becoming self-diagnosed. Because we know that this is a path that many of us have had to travel. That other options are not always available, or even possible. It's also why, not being autistic enough, or not wanting to take up space until officially diagnosed, or even just being curious and wondering, but not wanting to intrude, are not barriers to joining our spaces. The spaces are here for all of you, it is, in part at least, the reason why they are here.

The ActuallyAutistic hashtag and group are clear examples of this. They were created only to separate those who are autistic, either because of official or self-diagnosis and those who may be just thinking, or even wondering whether they are, from the voices of the parents and caregivers of autistics and the so-called experts, who are themselves not autistic and who might otherwise speak over us. They are not there to separate us, but simply to allow us a safe space within which to explore and talk, whether that turns out to mean that you are autistic, or not.


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@VulcanTourist @homelessjun @pathfinder @actuallyautistic Tears at the realization of something that I long tried to understand.

@transworld@masto.ai avatar transworld , to random

Is Bluesky becoming the main platform for pro-trans and pro-LGBTQ discussions?

https://www.crossdreamers.com/2024/11/the-rise-of-queer-and-transgender.html

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@transworld until its owners pull the plug

@coffee4danz@mstdn.social avatar coffee4danz , to random

Mastodon has introduced me to the joy of reading descriptive . I take in the image then read the text as icing on the cake. It can really add extra personality to images.

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@coffee4danz I'm blind and for me alt text is the Big Special Thing about Mastodon. If someone posts a meme, I'm in on the joke. Someone shares beautifiul moss, or their cat, I'm in on the beauty or fun or whatever. I'm now 62, and this is the first time I entered a community and a culture where people grant me this kind of access and community. So grateful for people who do alt text.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

“I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump.

The EU and the US are more than just allies.

We are bound by a true partnership between our people, uniting 800 million citizens.

So let’s work together on a strong transatlantic agenda that keeps delivering for them”.

Screenshot of President von der Leyen’ s tweet. EU flags are waving in the background in front of the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. The text of the tweet reads: "I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump. The EU and the US are more than just allies. We are bound by a true partnership between our people, uniting 800 million citizens. So let’s work together on a strong transatlantic agenda that keeps delivering for them”.
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@EUCommission
Yep. Let's congratulate the fascists.

@Gargron@mastodon.social avatar Gargron , to random

Mastodon is financed by crowdfunding instead of venture capital not because we don't know that venture capital exists, not because we don't have bills to pay, and not because venture capital isn't willing to give money to new social media platforms. VCs don't want a sustainable business, they want a big exit. Every VC-backed business is on a timer to deliver or die.

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@Gargron Yup like getting into a "foundation" with Meta. Got it.

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@Gargron Social Web Foundation whatever. thanks for replying. Obviously an important point that had to be made.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

"Charlottesville, nothing was done wrong," says former President Trump in remarks to reporters in California criticizing the ABC News debate moderators.

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@w7voa He's engineering pogroms

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social avatar indivisibleteam , to random

Trump and Vance lied and now an entire city is being terrorized. Hell isn’t hot enough.

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@indivisibleteam they're engineering a pogrom. Just like Elon Musk and Farage did in the UK.

@fifischwarz@waag.social avatar fifischwarz , to bookstodon group Dutch

'And if we can reach out a hand, we better.'

36/52 ★★★★★

My review in English:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6569285977

Mijn bespreking in het Nederlands:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2024/08/25/the-tiny-journalist-boekbespreking/

@boeken

bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group

Boekomslag Naomi Shihab Nye - The Tiny Journalist. Poems
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@fifischwarz @boeken bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group "semite" refers only to language families, together with its counterpart "aryan". People who suppose "semite" denotes ethnicity or, God forbid, race, adopt racist framing.

@SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange avatar SecurityWriter , to random

Is nothing sacred?

For fucks sake, I really can’t be bothered changing provider again. I pay them a lot of money, too.

@protonprivacy

https://proton.me/blog/proton-scribe-writing-assistant

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@protonprivacy
Had my paid account for years. Canceling.
@zak @SecurityWriter

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group

No.3: Being & Nothingness

About : "20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (with alt text)."

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Book Cover: John Paul Satre, Being & Nothingness (1943/1956 in English)
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@ChrisMayLA6
Would you please consider asking people tot do add alt text?
bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group @kathimmel

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@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

Dear France, thank you.

I read the utter tidal wave of propaganda telling you not to vote left even if it means the fascists win. I know how big a victory this is for you, and I know how big a battle you just fought... and won.

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. What you just did is why all across the pig empire BOTH arms of the capitalist project are making sure there IS no left for us to support.

But you beat them. Again, thank you.

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@AnarchoNinaWrites We'll see if Macron wants to cohabit with the Left or with RN.

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

I'm sure many fine Germans who weren't themselves Nazis went to their screaming deaths pretty sure that "they can't DO that" and "someone will stop them."

All without realizing that the rules are made up, by power, and the "someone" was them all along - might I add.

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@AnarchoNinaWrites Literally. People were quite aware of the killing that was going on. The effects were all around them in daily life. And then they'd turn around and say: "If only Hitler knew of all this, he'd put a stop to it." On the other hand they actively snitched against each other. On yet another hand, the Gestapo usually put such signals aside, and actually "advised" certain Germans to stop snitching or else (understaffing and they needed every hand for the Jews and the (...)

@timrichards@aus.social avatar timrichards , to bookstodon group

Do we have any other PG Wodehouse fans on @bookstodon? I love his work, it’s so funny and cheeky and joyful all at once, and was the perfect prescription for anyone feeling down during the pandemic.

My favourite book of his is The Code of the Woosters, one of the Jeeves and Wooster series. There’s something marvellous about the intricate, interconnected plot elements - there’s a bundle of things going on at once, including various complicated relationships, jealousy, a compromising notebook, misunderstandings over the accidental ‘theft’ of an umbrella, and the actually planned theft of an ugly silver cow creamer.

On top of that, Wodehouse was unusually political by throwing into this 1938 novel a hilarious character based on the fascist movements of the era: Roderick Spode, a ‘human gorilla’ who leads a group of wannabe fascists called the Black Shorts. It’s great stuff.

In the course of enjoying Wodehouse’s work I’ve met many Wodehouse fans around the world. When I visited Tokyo a few years ago I was delighted to be presented with a copy of The Code of the Woosters in Japanese by Tamaki Morimura (see the photo below), who translates PGW’s books into that language. When it came to public notice that the previous Empress of Japan was a great Wodehouse reader, her translations had a big bump in sales! Much deserved.

Tim Richards holds a book with Japanese text on the cover, sitting next to Tamaki Morimura who is flashing the peace sign with her left hand.
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