ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

Pip, pip, and all that rot!

You know what I like about Good Ol' Joe Biden?

That I don't have to worry about him.

He's gonna do the right thing even when I'm not watching.

He's gonna look out for the little guy.

He's not going to betray our allies or debase himself to our enemies.

He's Good Ol' Joe.

There's a lot of good pictures out there that won't get boosted because people are not doing #AltText. There's a lot of folks on Mastodon that do not boost without AltText being present.

So join the challenge of writing a description of your image/video! It helps all sorts of people, and more people will boost your stuff! Thanks!

#AccessibilityMatters #accessibility

This hat is literally the best idea I ever had. When I am at my least verbally capable and some rando cones up to try to force smalltalk I can just look down covering my eyes and point at my hat.

I'm not kidding, best idea I ever had

This one's for my #actuallyautistic crew.

I dream of living in a world where creating a National Health Service that works is more important than spending GBP 100 million on crowning a monarch and partying like it's 1707.
#coronation

Pussy Galore is coming to visit more and more.
#PussyGalore #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #EveryDayIsCaturday

I will 😎

Someone told me to stop shamelessly promoting my Patreon on here. Believe me buddy, there is shame and lots of it.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

@ScottSoCal @TonyStark @Karoli How dare you question the integrity of the Weekly World News, the world's only reliable newspaper! The bat boy is weeping. Are you happy?

jerry springer’s only been in heaven a few days and he already told jesus i’m not the father

Russia is a terrorist state and Putin is a murderer. For far too long Western governments coddled him as if he were a legitimate world leader, he never was. #StandWithUkraine Stop Putin's murder.

Which one of you is my nemesis?

I wrote up a process article about how I painted my unicorn series in watercolor using masking fluid shapes to layer the imagery:

https://www.joannabarnum.com/blog/painting-unicorn-art

#art #painting

@ScottSoCal @AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic

I think "respect hierarchy" is a conservative value. Likely the idea that people would get to higher positions because they know more, are smarter etc.

I have respect for knowledgable people, and for people will skills. Not for people with titles.

(Which made it confusing in the past for me when I said/wrote down something obviously wrong and nobody "lower" on the hierarchy corrected me...)

A picture is worth a thousand words - so try to spare a dozen or so for alt text?

As someone who does *not* use a screen reader but *does* struggle to intuit social context, alt text really helps me understand what you are going for!

#altext #actuallyautistic #sparkle

I was harassed and aggressed today while going about my day and trying to enjoy my lunch in the fresh air after being sick all week. For 15 minutes another patron of the restaurant berated and insulted me (pretending to speak to themselves, but so that I could hear).

My partner and I ignored it as much as we could, not wanting to cause the scene. A typical autistic trauma response, of course, the victim always not wanting to “make a big deal” of things. Even I’m guilty of that at times. After 15 minutes we could bare it no longer.

We finally both said something and spoke to this bully the way anyone SHOULD confront a bully. Forceful, direct, and without fear. Those of you who know me and met me IRL know that I can be loud and boisterous when I’m passionate or angry about something.

Obviously, once confronted, as bullies often do, he backed down, complaining about OUR tone. His insults stopped. But it didn’t need to get that far. Even I, who advocate on a daily basis and try to impart advocacy to others, can fall into being the victim.

It’s normal. We can’t always fight and can’t always speak up. Sometimes we are tired. Sometimes we just want it to stop. Maybe we don’t want to deal with it anymore. Losing spoons to a bully is less spoon intensive than advocacy. It’s true sometimes.

That’s why allies are so important. That’s why we need to stick together. We need to stand up for each other. Yes, stand up for ourselves, but also our fellow autistic (and all) humans. We don’t always have the energy to fight. Be kind to one another and stand up for what’s right

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistics

I'm wondering how flabby this guy would look without his shapewear