❄️Faerie❄️

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I'm a communications student and amateur poet on an eternal hunt for pastries, good books and cozy corners in which to enjoy both. When I'm not shouting about introvert and/or asexual pride, you can find me in quiet places, dreaming of unicorns and yearning for all things gentle. Grab a blanket and bring on the whimsey, the cinnamon rolls and the deep emotions talk! She/her.
@marfisk Oh that's thrilling! Thank you so much for letting me know!
@SpellFire @lulu_bear Braille would be one way to do it, but in some ways it would be a little limited, because braille is very big and so the only thing that would likely fit was a card's title. They make these things called NFC chips that store information, and then to read whatever's on them you just tap them against your phone, and they can hold a lot of text. They come in small sticker form, so it would be easy to put them on a card's corner or something in back, and you could get a card's title, a description of the image and any keywords onto them that way, but that of course would be more work because that would need to be written/typed up. I'm not sure how practical the idea is, it's just what I've thought of up to this point as far as the best ways to get something like that accessible.
@lulu_bear @SpellFire I think I've worked out how it can be done, it's just a matter of getting discriptions written and putting things on the cards. Braille is one way, but that doesn't give a sense of the image, which could be important. Lulu, there is one accessible app, I will send it when I get a moment. Also tagging my new account @FrostPoem because I don't want to lose this interesting convo so please pardon the slight clutter—moving instances is interesting! 😵‍💫
I would like to know why with great vastness of the outdoors, a fly can find the door into my home, but once inside seems utterly incapable of finding that same door to get out.
Not all heroes wear capes.
"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

Born today in 1940, the FIRST American woman to ever win 3 Olympic gold medals, survived polio, pneumonia, & scarlet fever. Wilma Glodean Rudolph, “the fastest woman in the world,” set world records in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash & 4 x 100 meter relay. She cemented her mark in the record books, and, in the process, inspired the world with her life story.

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Wilma (1975) TV Movie __ Starring Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson and Denzel Washington

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Internet search sucks now.

Making a classic "search engine" requires obscene amounts of money and resources, so creating direct competition is not a realistic option.

But what if we had a way to each take our own personal bookmarks and link collections, and share them, using a federated protocol?

My fifty sites, your sixty-five links, some friends and their contributions... All hand-selected and vetted, manually tagged and organized by real people... Hosted on small, volunteer-run servers...

What if web search results were organized not by "how many ad dollars did this site generate for the search company" but rather something like "someone you know directly tagged this site, and someone twice-removed tagged this other site so it's lower priority"?

#DisabilityDrivenDevelopment

salio: I jump
Minimus altiora petit (is aiming high) with his jumps. He's determined to jump as high as the pulex (flea) that tried to bite his little talus (ankle)!
noli te vexare (don't worry) - Minimus has gathered pulegium (fleabane) to chase away the bestiola (little creature)!
#LatinVerbs
Just posted some new illustrated mugs in the shop I share with my mother RetroRamics.etsy.com #handmade #artist #SmallBusiness #maker #ArtistOnMastodon