Amanda

I got the glasses as a gift; I would not have purchased them for myself. Because the gross.

What really sucks about all of this AI shit (especially the descriptions you can get from the Meta glasses, and the whole Waymo concept) is that if these companies were remotely ethical, this tech is *incredibly* helpful for blind people. I have glasses and feel gross every time I use them.

Thank you!

Semi-related, I'm blind, and I *think* your last slide was a list of other cozy mysteries to watch... Do you have a list of recommendations?

I used to volunteer in community/public radio, so I kept calling it a pledge drive when I pitched the stream to my roommate. They are very much not online, and their response was, "I love every single one of these dorks, why is it the end of my pay period?"

You know, I think the bar can't sink any lower, but I am constantly proven wrong. (You're probably right, re: blocking people asking for alt text. People suck.)

Lol lol it does not surprise me at all that you love her.

We did this last night, too. (I've never watched it with audio description until now; wow, I missed a lot.)

I have been drowning myself in baked goods and mostly avoiding the news/internet, for my own sanity. I made rugelach yesterday (with the roommate's help), and I think I'm going to do something gingerbready today. Because everything sucks and maybe warm spices will make it a little better.

Haven't been around much because I was in Albany for a conference, and then came to visit family. Also, social media is not great for my mental health, but grief has started its annual visit, so I'm sure I'll be spewing those thoughts into the void soon. And baking a lot. Just made banana bread.

If you think Trump saying the r-word is bad, wait 'til you see what else he's been up to the past 44 weeks.

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

I've been blind my whole life, and I still install every OS or app update with trepidation. I can't even fathom what it's like for a senior losing their sight and/or mental awareness.

We are all, at best, temporarily abled.

Ulga picked out a new toy when we went shopping. (Brief video of black and tan GSD playing with a bright green pickle toy.) #DogsOfBlusky

I was living in New York in 2008. This is louder and more joyful than the night Obama won.

"this will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt"

is this what it feels like to be attracted to a man??????????????

Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."

[in a way I haven't truly meant it all year] nice

I want to see his soul collapse into his body
Forever an utter disappointment to his fathers legacy

I want to see the hate we have for him and KNOW he’s earned it

I want his last bit of power to slip through his fingers
And know we sent him to hell

I hope Cuomo is crying. I hope we get to see him crying.

it’s nine PM on the east coast and polls have closed

bring me the head of andrew cuomo

You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.

Next week, the state affiliate of a national blindness advocacy group is having its annual convention. I have been hornswoggled into so many things by my BFF (affiliate president), including speaking on the floor about legislative efforts at the state level. Ahahaha fuck my life.

Sending sympathy. Good girl, Dusty.

My roommate (a nurse) has talked about how they use that drug in hospice care, and oof, I imagine the dry mouth is hell! Sympathy.

Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

Part of the reason that it's hard to "adult" right now is that most of what you're expected to do in "adulting" is activity to set up a stable future.

But most of us have felt for a long time that stability is a lie being told to us with enough "one in a lifetime" disasters every 6 months...