Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

i want to take some time for international cripples day to talk about conflicting access needs and why "accessible" isn't a catchall.

basically, access needs can conflict. this is true in every space, but in the physical realm, let's talk stimulation. some folks *need*, for one reason or another, to make sudden noises, shouts, or have a lot of stimulation around them. others *must not* be around that, for trauma, epilepsy, or overstimulation. and that's okay! folks who need to be noisy or stimulated aren't being ableist, as long as they're aware of what they bring to the space and how to navigate around it.

things that help one person *can* be the same that hinder another. similarly, image descriptions! many folks (be they visually impaired, unable to understand the relevant parts of an image, or without a good internet connection to download images) need them. but you know who it can take spoons to write them as? *also visually impaired people*, cognitively impaired people, folks who are just Tired. this requires nuance (but community encouragement *is* fantastic)

also, content warnings. they are an accessibility tool. they're also a way to have to think about categorizing your posts, and potentially folks who are already currently traumatized having to take *more* time to explain their trauma

access needs conflict! it's fine! live with it, get over it when someone *can't* do something, and be chill

#disability #accessibility

For the third day of #DecRecs I bring you one of my very favorite SFF shorts "The Witches of Athens" by Lara Elena Donnelly

http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-witches-of-athens/

One of my ultimate comfort rereads this story features sisterhood, coffee shops, and a queer romance

I don’t normally recommend things but I’ll give #DecRecs a try. to start: I’ll recommend the tabletop role-playing game Strike!

It’s a very charming setting-neutral (but action-focused) game that was perhaps the first of the games that decided to combine a D&D-4e-inspired but streamlined tactical combat mini game and combine it with a rules-light core system for situations where that doesn’t apply (or isn’t warranted). Its core rules are centered around simple d6 rolls and learning new skills by trying unskilled rolls. Its combat system has some very delightful class designs, such as the class that’s about playing two different characters and a very cool take on three variations of the classic “Vancian” magician. Its bipartite class/role system also means you can satisfy almost any sort of role in the team with any class.

It is available at https://www.strikerpg.com/ or https://jimbozig.itch.io/strike

#DecRecs this fanfiction is like breath of the wild if breath of the wild actually grappled with any of the themes it invoked

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15049127

this album is good to listen to while reading it

https://ericbuchholz.bandcamp.com/album/hero-of-time-music-from-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time

Our theme for December is Amnesty! That means you can post #recs for any past theme—from any year—as long as the work hasn't already been recommended for that theme. #fandom https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/2155122.html

I'll share here a reminder I also periodically fired off on birbsite - If you are feeling overwhelmed by stuff I, or anyone, is boosting - head to the user's profile, click on the 3-dots, and "hide boosts" from the account. You'll still see their own posts, or things they embed in other ways as they wish to comment.

But it'll filter out those of us just quickly firing off a boost to share/mark for ourselves/acknowledge a post.

A couple of clarifications on #DecRecs inspired by people's comments:

Yes please use the hashtags if you want to join in!
Yes, you should use the hashtag even if you don't plan to rec things everyday!
Yes, p feel free to add the hashtag to existing rec threads as long as they are happening in December

Tonight's game of DOG OR NOT DOG: decidedly NOT dog. (Though, this fellow was regarding his bag with such solicitous care, I was convinced I'd found DOG.)

For the uninitiated, DOG OR NOT DOG is a game I play, where I take pictures of dog-shaped objects with my phone, then zoom in to see if they're dogs or not dogs.

Tonight is a wintry night in Vancouver. The snow is snittering full snart. I couldn't get the clearest of pictures...but that's a lot of NOT DOG.

#DogOrNotDog #blindness #photo

As terrible as the old remote interaction workflow was, the new method of showing a URL and telling the user to copy and paste it is so much worse.

#mastodon #ux