Sy Hoekstra

@SyHoekstra@tweesecake.social
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308 Following
409 Posts
I podcast, write, and edit books and articles on Christianity, politics, disability, and all sorts of justice issues. I try to be both kind and uncompromising, and to prioritize marginalized perspectives. I'm proudly blind and less proudly an ex - lawyer. Will occasionally post on baseball, nerd things, and funny stuff my kid does. He/him.
Substackhttp://KTFPress.com
My Podcast, Shake the Dusthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shake-the-dust/id1562906887
Show threadSy Hoekstra6d ago
@Kaliah @EnaWasHere $600 per year is what they charge employers. If you’re not using Jaws for work, there is a $100 per year option. There was a bunch of confusion and misinformation recently because of bad communication from Vispero, but the $100 per option is still there
Sy HoekstraJul 2

I’ve been working on the beginnings of my new Substack/podcast where I’m leaning much more into humor and personal stories about #blind life than I have before. I’m having a ton of fun with it. First posts I’m working on:

How to find an emergency anniversary present on the street while blind (we both forgot, so you can’t judge me)

Advice for moshing at punk shows while blind

Dining with truly incompetent sighted people at a pitch black restaurant where all the waiters are blind while blind

Sy HoekstraJun 21
Mother JonesJun 21
NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander dropped a new campaign video highlighting how the NYC subway system is inaccessible—here’s what the video got right, according to our disability reporter @julia.metraux.
Show threadSy HoekstraJun 16
@JustGrist Yes I may or may not have done this as well. I also may or may not have one time whacked some cars fender hard enough that I felt and heard something fairly large clatter to the ground off of it, and then I may or may not have gotten out of there as quickly as I could
Sy HoekstraJun 15
And Ernest thank you to everyone posting under #NoKings. Happiest most encouraging scrolling I’ve done in a long time. This was a good day.
Sy HoekstraJun 15
Show threadMrCopilotJun 15

#Atlanta field guide to dealing with #NoKings counter protesters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBaJpzAR2k

Musicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in Atlanta

YouTube
Show threadSy HoekstraJun 15
@todbot @carlynorama I truly love seeing all the Andoor quotes on signs today
Sy HoekstraJun 14
Show threadAaronJun 14
@SyHoekstra @xankarn I won't lie, it was nerve-wracking on the way there, because I had no idea what to expect. But it stopped being scary as soon as I was actually standing there with my sign. I had turned it into this complicated picture in my head, but the reality of it is simple and direct: Hold a sign for people to read. Speak truth. Chant if you want. Smile and wave if you want. All you really have to do is just *be there* and make it clear *why*, in whatever way you prefer. And even one or two people standing with you eases nerves, so just standing next to people holding the signs and chanting can really, really help.
Show threadSy HoekstraJun 14
@hosford42 @xankarn So true
Show threadSy HoekstraJun 14
@hosford42 @xankarn This is encouraging. It’s easy for me to slip into a protest of tens of thousands of people in a big city and be anonymous. What you’re doing takes courage and I really appreciate it