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JustGrist

@JustGrist@disabled.social

They/them preferred.

Blind, ADHD, autistic, chronically ill.

Queer, nonbinary, demisexual.

Antifascist, anti capitalist, anarchist leaning.

I have too many interests for one person to keep up with.

My profile pic is of me, a masc presenting person with long tied-back blond hair and a beard. I am kneeling down next to my Black and Tan German Shepherd service dog. She is in harness and we are both facing the camera.

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vlrny, to random
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I am having a terrible week.
But hey! I accidentally created a new pain/malaise scale. It's based on how many times I exclaim motherf🤬ker in an hour.
Wheeee! 😃

JustGrist,
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@vlrny Hope things improve for you. 💜

JustGrist, to random
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Not sure why I always feel kind of shitty bursting ppl's bubble about the likelihood of actually getting the ADA enforced. Maybe because these people think the ADA should actually function well and help disabled ppl more extensively and that's a good thing to think. In reality even during the ADA's conception and passage, the main reason it passed is that it was composed and promoted as a kind of welfare reform.

JustGrist, to random
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If you think throwing a milkshake at a fascist is bad, you'll be horrified to know that I think we should step it up to pouring giant buckets of that green nickolodeon slime on them.

JustGrist, to random
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Lotta abled ppl in the replies here who should 100% shut the fuck up until they talk to some actual disabled ppl. Though in this case, I also have to admit that a lot of blind ppl are disturbingly enamored with this so-called AI shit, and that I remain in opposition to what seems to be the mainstream thinking about AI among western blind ppl. It’s very simple for me: something that will hasten climate collapse if comes into wide use is not a good option.

https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/112552008112665604

JustGrist,
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Aside from the environmental aspect of so-called AI, I’m also in opposition to the model of training so-called AI via theft of data and refinement of those models through exploitative labor in the Global South. Nothing about these tools is currently acceptable, not even for the purposes of accessibility.

JustGrist,
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@weirdwriter Yeah. I definitely think our outlooks are very similar here. I used to want to go into blind tech in some fashion but everything in the last decade has been a slide into the same shitty practices that mainstream tech is built on.

JustGrist,
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@jackf723 @weirdwriter Yes, this would be better. That said, I think that given the lack of understanding from most people of what so-called AI is and what it's capabilities realistically are, this is overall going to normalize the use of any so-called AI tools, and those other tools have already been shown to be destructive and unethical. My comments on the mozilla post about it flooding the web with poor quality alt-text also stand.

JustGrist,
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@jackf723 Yeah. That would be good ideally. You've pointed out one barrier to it actually happening. I also think there is a behavioral barrier as well, as Hannah pointed out in her comments on mozilla's posts. Ppl feel pressured to include alt-text but don't particularly feel invested in making sure it's good, and that's because minimum standards for accessibility are honestly pretty crappy. Making good alt-text proliferate requires a base level value change. It's not simply a tech problem.

JustGrist, to random
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A google sheet of fundraisers for Palestinian families.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-DDMFyn-ttboPXrz1bB3MFk7BlzCwfugh4259Wh7U1s/htmlview

JustGrist, to random
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I have a hard time ever getting to a new album the same day it comes out, but the purple version of Viva Satellite by Todd Snider came out today and it's really good. I know Viva Satellite was his most unsuccessful record, and that his life was kind of a mess when he was writing and laying down most of those tracks, but I personally think it's a really good record.

JustGrist,
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sighs in relief

Oh, they were originally projects he streamed during the pandemic, and he's releasing all of them for free.

https://americansongwriter.com/singer-songwriter-todd-snider-release-live-acoustic-versions-all-his-albums-free/

JustGrist,
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Wow. All the free downloads through his shop are CDQ wav files. Really gotta hand it to smaller artists for making sure they're releasing their stuff for download in high quality instead of mp3s.

https://toddsnidershop.com/collections/all-my-songs?_gl=1

JustGrist, to random
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Me: Why have I had heartburn for two days? I remembered my meds both days.

stops and frowns

walks to table

flips open Wednesday and Thursday pill compartments

sighs wearily

goes to bathroom for tums

JustGrist,
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At this point I may as well just guzzle baking soda and water like some 1940s radio sitcom dad.

in Robert Young voice

Huhllo dear. It was a rough day at the office and I'm having a bit of indigestion. Do we by chance have any bicarbonate?

I probably should have gone with a Dick Van Dyke impression there. More recognizable than Robert Young I guess. shrug

JustGrist, to random
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I'm trying to gather the motivation to do some more cleaning but I'm having trouble gathering the motivation to gather the motivation to do more cleaning. It's a vicious circle. LOL

JustGrist, to random
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going through the new audio description additions to netflix on unogs and seeing it in the list reminds me of how I wish somebody other than Andrea Riseborough had been the main character in The Grudge (2020) because I really enjoy her work but that movie is one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen.

JustGrist, to random
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I was on the phone with my partner. I had her on speaker and her mom's dog barked in the background. So one of our dogs--let's just call her Bearclaw--jumps up from what seemed like a dead sleep and took off so fast that she slid into the room where I was. She saw me holding my phone and immediately sighed and walked away like, "Dammit. You got me again." LMFAO

JustGrist, to random
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I swear I will never take for granted that I have a partner who doesn't make me feel shitty when my ADHD ass forgets about stuff.

vlrny, to random
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So, my new mantra is: Fuck That Shit.
...but I think it comes from an enlightened place.

JustGrist,
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@vlrny This has been one of my mantras for years. LOL

JustGrist, to random
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Somebody please tell me a joke. I need a laugh, or just a smile, or even just an internal chuckle. Tbh if it's a math joke, there's like a 70/30 chance I won't get it though.

JustGrist, to random
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I cannot emphasize enough how much you should not listen to anyone suggesting that drinking raw milk and walking around outside barefoot will cure whatever ailment, diagnosed or otherwise, you have. We are doing bad enough with fucking covid and now measles coming back without people making sure that bird flu jumps to humans by drinking fucking raw milk.

JustGrist, to random
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A thing I learned today that I think maybe I resisted internalizing in the past, bc it's so ridiculous, is that some ppl really believe that when disabled ppl talk about the crip tax (the way extra expenses related to disability act as a de facto tax on disabled ppl that abled ppl don't have to deal with) they think we're bragging about being rich. Like...they actually think that bc we say it's expensive to be disabled that we have the money to pay for those expenses and all our needs are met.

ttpphd, to random
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I also thought Dawkins was dead. Is Willie Nelson alive!? What's happening?

JustGrist,
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@ttpphd Willie’s alive. Either 90 or 91 this year. I also knew Dawkins is still alive because he is an incredible piece of shit and I definitely would’ve remembered if he had died.

JustGrist, to KindActions
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This is a thread of requests that I’m helping to boost. Please scroll down to see the individual requests. Donations help most but boosts can also help and are always welcome and appreciated for any mutual aid requests I’m helping to boost. @mutualaid 👇🏻

JustGrist,
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@mutualaid This sounds like a very urgent request at this point. Please help in any way you can.

A https://disabled.social/@ChrisDisability/112173866700844570

JustGrist,
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@mutualaid Hey, all. Ellie needs help again this month raising funds for her mom’s meds. The goal is $1250. I don’t have an exact count of what’s been raised so far but it’s not much, maybe 1% of what’s needed. Please give what you can. Boosts requested as well.

https://ko-fi.com/ellienoctis/goal

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