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bhanchen.bsky.social
Bri
@bhanchen.bsky.social
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Hello I'm Bri and I like to draw and scream about ideas and I'm definitely not obsessed with sensei wu

I am visually impaired; please be kind
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bhanchen.bsky.social
Misako was scared but brave and very well behaved for the vet, ans she's healthy and doing well :)
A photo of a tortoiseshell cat inside a grey carrier. The photo is taken through the mesh of the carrier. The cat is mostly black, with speckles of cream and orange - but a bright patch of cream and orange between her eyes. Her eyes are a yellowy green, and her pupils are a little wide. She wears a pink velvet collar with a bow, a bell, and a gold, circular name tag on it. She is looking off to the right, and is clearly anxious. A photo of the same cat; she is now out of her carrier and is being held by a person (me, the OP. Hi) in a grey hoodie with a Superman graphic on the front. All that is visible of the person is their lower face. Misako is looking off to the left of frame, her head leaning against the person's arm. Her light patch on her face is on full display; it is cream, with orange stripes. Her eyes are still quite wide. Another angle of the previous photo; nothing is notably different, except for the fact that it is a higher angle, and the orange patch on the back of the cat's head is slightly visible.
July 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
It's crazy how different my confidence in getting up/down stairs is with and without my cane.

When I've got my cane I can just go up/down quickly, not much care in the world.

But without my cane, I'm slow, taking careful steps.
December 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
Maybe this is subconsciously why I haven't finished the last season of the good doctor yet...
jessiegender.bsky.social Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · Nov 26
Always sucks when you hit the finale of a tv show you’ve been binge watching for comfort.
November 27, 2024 at 5:37 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
Anyone else's cat go CRAZY after its used the litterbox 😭😭
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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toadcialism.bsky.social
I say this with love: use alt text, and READ alt text even if you aren’t visually-impaired.

It saves me and other herpers from having to say our pets’ species a zillion times and provides context during slow load times! Alt text makes this place better for everyone, and part of Bsky culture!
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism
A wider field view of Westerlund 1. A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics. They have a variety of sizes depending on their brightness and distance from us in the cluster, and different colours reflecting different types of star. Patches of billowing red gas can be seen in and around the cluster, lit up by the stars. Small stars in the cluster blend into a background of distant stars and galaxies on black.
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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lizzobeeating.bsky.social
My other hot take is, instead of spending 10 billion to terraform Mars they could undo the damage from deforestation and clean the oceans here on Earth
a woman walking down a hallway with yellow lockers and a sign on the wall that says ' e '
ALT: a woman walking down a hallway with yellow lockers and a sign on the wall that says ' e '
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
Barely looked at the TV for not even like three seconds and knew it was the third Harry potter movie on the TV even before I saw a recognisable character

Hate that i still have so much knowledge of this series, and the love I used to have for it is now replaced by sadness and hurt
November 23, 2024 at 9:48 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
Cats are very helpful pets when you're blind lmao

Misako has taken care of a lot of cockroaches. Her being in hunting mode has alerted me to two spiders (one of which was on the wall right behind me) and a weird bug neither my dad or I could identify.
November 22, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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hunterdphoenix.bsky.social
Would you ever grab hold of a stranger who’s not in danger & didn’t request you to do so?

If answer is no, then why do so many #Blind people have stories of this happening to them?

If we need help; we’ll ask. Don’t make assumptions & put hands on us without permission🙏😎
#Disabled #VisuallyImpaired
November 22, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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thedeafprophet.bsky.social
* voice of a guy who's had an anxiety disorder since at least 7 years old * why am I feeling so anxious all day for no reason
November 21, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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jason.energy
oh no I'm becoming "guy who gets a lot of satisfaction from a well made spreadsheet"
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 AM
bhanchen.bsky.social
Just gave Misako her parasite prevention and now she's hiding :( I'm sorry bubby but it's for your own good :(
November 22, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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pamnashes.bsky.social
I’m nagging!
Please, please use alt-text on pictures.
It takes just a few seconds & means visually impaired users of BlueSky have the same experience as sighted people.
Also, capitalise words in hashtags so screen reading software, for visually impaired people, can make sense of hashtags.
Thanks!
November 21, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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izzyfox.bsky.social
PSA for newbies:

Please include ALT text on your images.

This is an inclusive space for blind and visually impaired people.

Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people.

Also, please share this skeet, rather than liking it, to ensure the message gets delivered.

Thanks!
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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kellyscaletta.bsky.social
Just an FYI and a reminder. Alt Text isn't like a caption. It is for visually impaired people. A "screen reader" reads the alt text to them, so it should be descriptive text.

If it's a verbal meme, you should enter the text of the meme. If it's a visual joke, you should explain the joke.
November 21, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
one of the worst feelings as an artist is when you have lots of ideas for what you want to draw but no time, then when you have the time you have no motivation, then when you have the motivation you have no ideas
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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a11yawareness.bsky.social
Generic descriptions don't convey the information or context sighted users get from the image. Examples like "election results," "group of people," "screenshot from Google," or "city skyline" may be technically be true, but they don't provide information and context.
November 21, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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missfire.bsky.social
"oh, but I like the small text aesthetic" - NO! Absolutely not. We put usability first people. User experience is not using a magnifying glass to play games. Just say NO to TINY TEXT.
November 21, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
The first x-ray crystallograph, taken by Max Laue, which proved that x-rays were rays, confirmed the existence of atoms, and led to literally dozens of Nobel prizes and the uncovering of the structure of DNA. It looks like a big dot at the center surrounded by symmetrical scatterings of different sized dots.
November 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
bhanchen.bsky.social
yey im finding other blind people to follow on here :)
November 21, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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scaerietale.itch.io
Please stop posting text heavy images without alt text. Alt text is used by blind users like me to tell what the hell you're posting about. If I don't knowwhat your image says I'm not reposting it.
And, remember, you might be disabled one day too. Happens to the best of us.

#Accessibility #A11y
November 20, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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bonnieeatssocks.bsky.social
Saw this on Reddit :3
A portrait of the original 4 ninja, Wu, Nya, and aged up Lloyd. There is text that says, "retreat if you love Ninjago...or if you would drop kick a transphobe"
November 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
bhanchen.bsky.social
when I ask my family how I was supposed to know something was there and they tell me "looking"

like... oh. my bad.
A cartoon person giving a thumbs up that is larger because it's close to the viewer. Their face is a circle, and they have a largely drawn mouth with gritted teeth. Their black dot eyes are surrounded by red, and each have a tear. A white cane has been edited on top of the drawing, meant to be in its hand. Because the person posting this is VISUALLY IMPAIRED, which is why "look" is a ridiculous statement
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
bhanchen.bsky.social
i just think that he
Cropped screenshot of Wu from Lego Ninjago. He is sitting on the floor and his long, white beard reaches his legs. In front of him is some burning incense. He is smiling, and patting a brown chicken. A cropped screenshot from Lego Ninjago. Wu and Kai are sharing an emotional hug. Wu is an old man with a large conical hat and a long white beard. He is holding his bo staff as he hugs Kai, his student. Kai is in the front of the picture, smiling with his eyes closed as he hugs his mentor. He has brown hair that is spiked up, and a bandage on his forehead. He wears red ninja gear with a flame symbol. A screenshot from Lego Ninjago. Cole and Wu are partially behind something. Wu has his hand on Cole's arm, near his shoulder, and they are smiling fondly at each other. Cole has black hair and thick black eyebrows. He wears black, sleeveless ninja gear and gloves. Wu is an old man with a long white beard and a large conical hat. He also wears a cape, and a white shirt. A cropped screenshot from Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. Lloyd is laying in bed, as Wu leans over him to ruffle his hair after reading him a bedtime story. Lloyd is a young boy of around ten, with blonde hair in a bowl cut style. He wears a black jumper with white lines seemingly painted on it to resemble a rib cage. He is covered by a grey/beige blanket, his hands resting on top of the blanket as he smiles up at his uncle. Wu is an old man with a long white beard and a conical hat. He wears a white outfit with a black belt, and a red circular symbol resembling a flower is on the back of his torso. He has one arm resting behind his back, and is leaning forward to ruffle Lloyd's hair.
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM