elmyra

elmyra, 9 months ago to random

Semi-regular reminder that using ableist language, not using accessibility accommodations like alt text, and not doing everything in your power to prevent covid transmission makes you ableist, no matter how "liberal", "left-wing", or "radical" you think you are. You are participating in the structural oppression of disabled people.

SallyStrange, 1 month ago to scifi

10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre

#scifi #ScienceFiction #SFF #books

#10Authors5BooksEach
@bookstodon

elmyra, 4 months ago to random

Am I the only one who's bothered by the "covid is making everyone stupider" discourse? Yes there is credible research showing significant post-covid cognitive slowing (even in the absence of other long covid symptoms). But there's something particularly and insidiously ableist about the way it keeps getting presented as a gotcha.

elmyra, 11 months ago to trans

Oh hai, we have many new folks! #Introduction time again.

I'm #trans, #bi, #ace, #queer af; #migrant; #disabled / #spoonie, #adhd; they/them.

I care (and toot/boost) about #SocialJustice, #ClimateJustice, #disability, #mecfs, #adhd, #plants, #crafting, #VideoGames, #scifi, #PopularCulture, #TransRights, #consent, #fandom, #fanfiction, #academia.

I live with Murderface (Coffee-cat).

Come say hi.

elmyra, 7 months ago to random

Unpopular opinion: I like daylight savings time. I live far enough north (52°) that without it the sun would rise at 3 am in summer and set at 3 pm in winter.

Having said that, a lot of the problems people have aren't actually with DST, they're with the fact that we're being forced to comply with Capitalist Time rather than being able to listen to our bodies and live with nature.

elmyra, 4 months ago to random

Watching German mastodon going "we need fewer nazi cops but more of the right sort of cops" is painful.

elmyra, 1 month ago to random

Anarchist accounts, I really need you to start using alt text.

cstross, 1 month ago to random

Plotting the curve of increasing home broadband speeds I've had since I first got cable in 1998, I expect this to be the speed of my home hook-up some time around 2040. I wonder what I could use it for …?
https://social.edu.nl/@SURF/112274114167483854

elmyra, 11 months ago to trans

Hello wandering.shop, thanks for having me! #Introduction time:

I've been on the fediverse since autumn 2022 but had to move over from a Stux instance.

I'm #trans, #bi, #ace, #queer af; #migrant, #disabled/#spoonie; #adhd; they/them.

I care (and toot/boost) about #socialjustice, #disability, #mecfs, #adhd, #plants, #crafting, #videogames, #scifi, #popularculture, #transrights, #consent, #fandom, #fanfiction.

Come say hi.

elmyra, 19 days ago to mecfs

#mecfs crowd, what is your experience with #adhd meds?

@mecfs
@adhd

elmyra, 3 months ago to random

Folks I need tech help. I want to be able to see who's outside my front door before I open it. Ideally, before I get up from the sofa. I do not wish to give any data to amazon or the cops. Does a solution exist?

elmyra, 3 months ago to random

Unpopular opinion: The censorship of the 2023 #HugoAwards by the administrators is appalling. But the smug, self-congratulatory language employed particularly by Chris M. Barkley in the report, only just stopping short of declaring that only majority-white western countries should be allowed to host a Worldcon, really fucking grates.

elmyra, 2 months ago to disability

#DisabilityJustice folks, can you point me at some reading on power dynamics in care/caring relationships please?
#disability #disabled #DisabilityRights #mecfs @mecfs

elmyra, 11 months ago to random

Murderface has had a productive night of eating mice, giving other cats face bites, and whatever other clever things they do in the out, and now is the snoozing time. Happy #Caturday

elmyra, 9 months ago to mecfs

Re LB: 10% of those covid cases (possibly more as protection from boosters has waned) are going to end up as #LongCovid. Half of those long covid cases are going to end up as #MECFS. Even mild cases that resolve quickly will carry life-long risk of complications, other diseases, and an earlier death. We have cut everyone's life expectancy, and continue to do so the longer we "live with" this preventable disease.

Aleenaa, 1 month ago to art

Boring classes actually bring out the artist in you 🥰

#art #artist #scribbling #sketch #octopus @mastodonindians

cstross, 8 days ago to random

That thing where your publisher sends you a congrats card for making an award shortlist. And it comes with a gift box full of amazing artisanal macaroons.

Which would be great if not for the fact that (a) I'm diabetic and (b) my spouse is vegan (hint: macaroons contain eggs, which are not vegan) and (c) spouse is also allergic to eggs.

(This is a subset of the "my aunt always sends me a pair of socks she knitted for Christmas, and they don't fit" etiquette problem!)

Binder, 5 months ago to random

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MsHearthWitch, 6 days ago to knitting

On repeat 10 out of 21 for this shawl, then a large heavily beaded border section.

This section has beads too but they're small and frosted and harder to see, but I'm hoping they'll catch sunlight nicely.

~220 stitches per row at this point, +2 every RS row. Each repeat is 12 rows total, so an increase of 12 stitches.

It's gonna be... a lot of stitches at the end. But damn I'm getting good at continental purling!

@knitting @fiberarts (pls remove groups if u reply)

#knitting #WIP #MySlowLife