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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Alt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Direct, instructor-led elementary schooling is now counter-cultural.

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Paradise 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥 @paradis3gained.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My friend Fluff was permabanned by this dumb fucking website. Just because it isn’t Twitter doesn’t mean it isn’t run by assholes. They are a non-binary survivor of torture and ongoing violence. This is their last lifeline. Please help. chuffed.org/project/1746... www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

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Help a Disabled Torture Survivor With Travel and Shelter

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm ... puzzled that anyone is puzzled by the strong feelings, and that's my own strongest feeling on the whole thing. People can be and are cantankerous reactionaries about how the lower status/younger people in a hierarchy behave. Is that puzzling? Three quarters of the way through 2026?

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No offense, but I *can* very, very easily imagine Trump remaining in place until Jan. 20, 2029 (and beyond), regardless of whether he's far worse than he is now. The GOP *knows* that he's the only thing that gets millions of people to the polls. 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2156...

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Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency

He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really and truly don't understand how nonright-wing Americans can bemoan the literacy crisis and not then demand that knowledge be put into the schools.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pointing out that the US system of primary elections sets bad incentives in front of voters and politicians gets you the exact same thing as pointing out that the US education system is based on the flawed idea of "skills-based learning" for young children: disinterest in a discussion 1/

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyway, the default assumption should be that a live Trump will be in power to at least noon Jan. 20, 2029, with a very high likelihood it lasts beyond that. If that's your baseline, there's less of a chance you'll cycle between disappointment and high hope.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As someone who needs to move out of an expensive and inaccessible hometown, I really don't take kindly to anti-transplant sneering.

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Amanda | From Page one @frompageone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Enter the lottery for your chance to win FREE editing services on your manuscript! It’s been so much fun to help organize this round of the Story Relief Co-op’s pro bono editing competition.

Services include developmental editing, manuscript evaluation, line editing, copyediting, proofreading, formatting. Apply by September 19th to participate.

Rules and How to Apply: Application period is open now through September 19th. Authors are selected via a lottery and matched with an editor by September 30th. Books must be under 150K for fantasy and 125K for all other genres. AI usage is STRICTLY prohibited and will disqualify your application.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Between this and my car repair bill, it's going to be a truly woeful week of stress. And that's all before my other bills due next week. But, you know, one freaking problem at a time 😭 Every repost helps! 💙 Trying not to panic, but bills are Stress City these days ... ko-fi.com/rjcrunden/go...

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There may be some particular uses for genAI/LLMs, but this strident insistence from even non-elite developers/coders that we have to bow to how revolutionary these systems are is simply aggravating. These systems do not need to be in *everything* to be used for whatever specific uses there are.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wait! It's possible to edit a PDF? Without being scammed?

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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

please help juniper, she has been unable to get SSI, she has four kids, she is disabled, one of her kids is autistic and needs a lot of support, she has a trans daughter who needs medical care, she needs her car to care for her children and her dad, and she needs HOUSING

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If voters are so sensitive about inflation that they'd put Trump back in office because they think he'd reduce the price level, Dems need to have non-reactionary plans to keep prices stable, and "we'll give you tax breaks" ain't it. Free trade with India + tariff repeal. Pharma imports. 1/

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Anti-Trump folks shouldn't polarize themselves against reform to US political economy just because Jeffries et al want to do Clintonian small-bore stuff. Reducing the material power of MAGA reduces it, and structurally lowering inflation weaken MAGA and reduce the swing desire to vote for it.

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pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

People are saying shit like "oh, Dems won't be able to rebuild X because building takes more effort than destruction", which is sort of true, but on the other hand plenty of stuff the Democrats can and should do does not require much groundwork at all, and can be ready immediately.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A white girl has problems making friends.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Regarding DSA-LA's non-endorsement of Nithya Raman, I think a lot of people on the left don't get that the way you gain clout with politicians is by proving yourself useful to them, not by threatening to withhold hypothetical future usefulness.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Blunt to the Vorta! That's the range, folks.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have less and less patience with "the stupidity of the American voter" takes as time goes on. This population is so intensely de-politicized, *on top* of a horrifically bad primary and secondary education system that the liberal and leftist have no interest in actually fixing, it's a miracle 1/

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

So, the Guardian is skeptical ... of Jon Ossoff.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging.

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Irenē @irenecolth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So ... when is Ossoff or any other potential '28 Dem going to start talking about taxing the billionaires?

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Close the Camps. Free the Families. Bring Them Home.

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