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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · 1d

Want to do better at #alt-text? There's an excellent guide via @veron4ica.com's website at veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... the infographic below is from that page.

An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · 1d

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · 1d

This is an excellent resource: veroniiiica.com/how-to-write...

How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions

The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · 1d

Please consider working on your alt-text. Alt-text should create equity. To do so it must include all the information in the photo available to sighted people. It this case it should include the byline and a description of the photo.

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · 1d

Our understanding is that this will also affect Vocational Rehabilitation which helps so many disabled adults enter or re-enter the workforce.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jul 4

Republicans keep saying the “genuinely disabled” don’t have to worry about losing Medicaid.

All disabilities are genuine.

You also need healthcare to get a diagnosis. To get the paperwork done. To “prove it”.

They’re ensuring people get trapped in red tape loopholes so they can’t get care.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jul 4

Boycotting is a privilege.

Prepping is a privilege.

Protesting is a privilege.

Leaving the country is a privilege.

Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.

We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · Jul 3

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya used sickle cell disease research as an example of something he would not call DEI and cut. It's being cut.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · Jun 19

We need people to speak up against this loudly now. Before they move further down their list! Call or write your representatives.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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K Cleland @tkcleland.bsky.social · Jun 17

The gutting of the CFPB is directly allowing the access to data from data brokers that makes all of us unsafe! www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

www.wired.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Jun 19

Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.

This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.

It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jun 19

People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.

Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.

The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵

Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat

Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yes! If you'd like to contact us look for us on the Indivisible website. We're looking to find people interested in helping get this off the ground.

Too many cooks might spoil the broth, but I don't have enough spoons for that. Many hands make light work!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jun 19

People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.

Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.

The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵

Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat

Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Disability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · May 19

Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain. #disabilities

States Drop Effort To Overturn Section 504, But Continue To Challenge Disability Protections

Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain.

www.disabilityscoop.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 19

Disabled people are not expendable.

Disabled people are not lazy.

Disabled people are not “choosing” to be sick.

Disabled people deserve healthcare, social supports & accommodation.

These are not controversial concepts. Ableism & health supremacy tell you otherwise.

Fight with us. Fight for us.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · May 11

This is violence. It’s eugenics. It’s fucking evil. And the worst part is it’s gonna get very little attention and most people aren’t even gonna notice cause y’all have simply moved on.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · May 10

“FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he “cannot, in good faith” recommend booster vaccination for children.”

Makary Sets Low Expectations On COVID Booster Shots For Kids | InsideHealthPolicy.com

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is sending signals that FDA will likely not authorize a COVID-19 booster vaccine this year for children, and perhaps not for the general population as a whole, saying he ...

insidehealthpolicy.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · May 12

🐧 Stop Trump’s tariffs.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 12

The “covid is only a threat to the vulnerable” narrative primed the pump for the eugenics movement we’re seeing now.

It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.

It paved the way for fascism.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · May 12

This was such a fun conversation - tune in to hear all about upcoming No Kings protests, popular misconceptions about "the resistance," how we fight back against authoritarian creep, and the pros and cons (mostly pros!) of working with your spouse!

Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social · May 9

Was so fun to do something a little diff on the pod & meet the organizers of the Hands Off/No Kings protests. Though the idea of being a co-executive director of an organization with my spouse gives me hives. @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: The Power of 'No'

Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 05/08/2025 · 51m

podcasts.apple.com

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What time is it? LONG PAST TIME TO #FreeLink @captainafab.bsky.social · May 2

Autistic/ADHD traits that “quirky,” “maverick,” or “genius” in the rich are “weird,” “rude,” or “unemployable” in poor people. Much easier to be neurodivergent in the workplace when you’re the boss and raking in the money.

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In Dis Visible @indisvisible.bsky.social · May 2

Hi. We're new and what you're saying is central to our mission statement and the beginning of our goals. We're hoping to create another space for this to happen. Everyone who wants to do that work is welcome.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · May 2

Not be pushy but White folks need to gain some sense of urgency cuz it's not longer just our rights or freedoms, our lives at risk but yours too and we really need ya'll to do your part, to do that community work because we can't do that for you.

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...

this thread is for you.

First: prompt questions to get you started.

Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · May 20

Alt text prompt Qs:

What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?

(Not for images of text.)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · May 1

TODAY: We’re taking to the streets on May Day. Over 1,000 events are planned to remind Trump and the oligarchs controlling our government of working people’s power. Join organized labor, immigrants’ rights groups, and Hands Off! allies for our national day of action: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i...

A map of May Day events planned across the country.

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