Amanda
@tunedtochords.bsky.social
Blind, queer, polyam, she/her/hers. Guide dog user and advocate. Baking, books, brat cats and brilliant dogs are a few things that make my world go 'round.
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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
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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
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We are all, at best, temporarily abled.
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I was living in New York in 2008. This is louder and more joyful than the night Obama won.
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"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??????????????
is this what it feels like to be attracted to a man??????????????
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"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??????????????
is this what it feels like to be attracted to a man??????????????
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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[in a way I haven't truly meant it all year] nice
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
[in a way I haven't truly meant it all year] nice
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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
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.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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
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
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I hope Cuomo is crying. I hope we get to see him crying.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I hope Cuomo is crying. I hope we get to see him crying.
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it’s nine PM on the east coast and polls have closed
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
it’s nine PM on the east coast and polls have closed
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
bring me the head of andrew cuomo
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You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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.
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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.
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Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
sting? fucking STING? who in 2025 wants to see solo sting? this has to be a joke
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL Succumbs To Bad Bunny Criticism And Announces Special Super Bowl Concert With Sting
In an unexpected bid to calm the frenzy over Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl show, the NFL has introduced a special feature.
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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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...
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...
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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...
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...
Sourdough bread from the new starter I just made, whose name is Doughlene. (It's the name from a list of starter names that made us chuckle the most.)
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sourdough bread from the new starter I just made, whose name is Doughlene. (It's the name from a list of starter names that made us chuckle the most.)
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To everyone adding alt-text to your posts so #NoKings signs and pics can be #Accessible to all, thanks on behalf of the #Blind community. Even a little thing like that is an act of love and resistance. And I'm personally loving all the descriptions of random costumed protesters. Bravo!
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To everyone adding alt-text to your posts so #NoKings signs and pics can be #Accessible to all, thanks on behalf of the #Blind community. Even a little thing like that is an act of love and resistance. And I'm personally loving all the descriptions of random costumed protesters. Bravo!
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(What tips the scale for me...)
Will it be an entry point into more meaningful direct action and community organizing? Absolutely, for some.
Does it help people in red states felel less abandoned? I think so.
Is it a free outside hang on a sunny day that pisses some truly terrible people off? Yep!
Will it be an entry point into more meaningful direct action and community organizing? Absolutely, for some.
Does it help people in red states felel less abandoned? I think so.
Is it a free outside hang on a sunny day that pisses some truly terrible people off? Yep!
Is a march going to fix things? Nope!
Will staying home and doing nothing fix things? Nope!
Will staying home and whining on the internet about other people marching fix things? Also nope! 🤷🏻
Will staying home and doing nothing fix things? Nope!
Will staying home and whining on the internet about other people marching fix things? Also nope! 🤷🏻
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
(What tips the scale for me...)
Will it be an entry point into more meaningful direct action and community organizing? Absolutely, for some.
Does it help people in red states felel less abandoned? I think so.
Is it a free outside hang on a sunny day that pisses some truly terrible people off? Yep!
Will it be an entry point into more meaningful direct action and community organizing? Absolutely, for some.
Does it help people in red states felel less abandoned? I think so.
Is it a free outside hang on a sunny day that pisses some truly terrible people off? Yep!
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no kings but drag kings 💝
October 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
no kings but drag kings 💝
No Kings in Corning, NY was mostly middle-aged white people, students, and wine moms. It was peaceful, somewhat invigorating, and if there were counterprotesters, we didn't see them. (Ulga had a fan club, of course.)
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No Kings in Corning, NY was mostly middle-aged white people, students, and wine moms. It was peaceful, somewhat invigorating, and if there were counterprotesters, we didn't see them. (Ulga had a fan club, of course.)
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as always it's very telling who gets to be a kid just making mistakes (25-35 year old Republican operatives praising Hitler) and who is a full fledged adult who must face the lifelong consequences of their decisions (Black teenagers, college students protesting genocide)
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
as always it's very telling who gets to be a kid just making mistakes (25-35 year old Republican operatives praising Hitler) and who is a full fledged adult who must face the lifelong consequences of their decisions (Black teenagers, college students protesting genocide)
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the adhd cycle of procrastinating on things so you get overwhelmed and then you're so overwhelmed that you procrastinate harder as multiple life fires spiral out of control
October 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
the adhd cycle of procrastinating on things so you get overwhelmed and then you're so overwhelmed that you procrastinate harder as multiple life fires spiral out of control
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This is an *excellent* piece about how systemic accessibility failures happen and what we can all do to stop them from happening as often, to which I would add:
“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
A deep, well-researched & cited piece detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.
#a11y
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
A deep, well-researched & cited piece detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.
#a11y
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is an *excellent* piece about how systemic accessibility failures happen and what we can all do to stop them from happening as often, to which I would add:
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DISABLED PEOPLE KNEW
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
I get furious when I hear people say they didn't know he would do this stuff. Black people knew. Indigenous people knew. LGBTQ+ people knew. Latinos knew. Environmentalists knew. You didn't know because you didn't want to know and didn't want to listen to the ones who did know.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
DISABLED PEOPLE KNEW
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.