Then I will run and run and run, until the dawn

Lace, 30s, she/her. Knitting patterns? Knitting patterns.

[victoriansecret]

I want to watch the Star Wars show with Diego Luna or a documentary about the small nation between France and Spain, or perhaps both. Then afterward the animated children's show about an explorer. Andor and/or Andorra And Dora.

[o-rchidae]

Some belt bag commissions from this month.

My shop

[maybeallieart]

A cross stitch of Bliss, the default wallpaper of Windows XP.

[concerningwolves]

I've disabled reblogs on my rant about censorship in speech-to-text because too many people are being annoying, but I still have more to say on the topic so it's getting its own post now.

The key reason why many responses to the og post are so annoying is because they are missing the point. Now, I'll grant that it lacks context, since it was an off-the-cuff rant, so here it is: I was using the built-in STT function on my Windows laptop. I can't remember if I had my current laptop at that point so idk if I was using W10 or W11. Anyway, Windows has two ways of accessing STT. The one I was using was a scaled-down version that is purely for dictation; at the time, there was no way to turn off the profanity filter (although you can now). The other way to access STT in Windows is to use Voice Control, which allows you to control your machine with your voice and also has STT capability; for this, you can turn off the profanity filter, but it is (or was) on by default.

As for the point that so many people are missing: this was primarily a post expressing deep frustration that the needs of disabled people (or anyone who has to use STT) are secondary to the sensibilities of corporations. in my case, that happened to be Microsoft, but the point stands for any STT software that has the profanity filter on by default. Accessibility features should not restrict the user, especially not by preventing them from doing something that an abled user can do just fine. If you have to go hunting in settings or resort to forums or search engines to find out how to turn the filter off, that's a failure of accessibility because a person who can type physically doesn't need to do that.

Now, the profanity filter certainly has an arguable use-case. STT isn't perfect and sometimes it will interpret your words as something completely wrong, which might cause problems in certain professional settings. Ideally, though, the filter would be an opt-in feature rather than set as the default. But the mere existence of a profanity filter presents problems by itself: namely, who gets to decide which words are profane, and why are they choosing those words specifically? As illustrated in my original post, whoever set the profanity filter for Windows had decided that anatomically-correct terms for female genitals were profane (clitoris and clit got masked by asterixes and vagina nearly did, presumably because the filter would mask 'vag'), but 'penis' was just fine (although 'cock' wasn't). 'Nipples' is also masked. Do we think, perhaps, these choices are governed by the long-standing misogynistic framing of female anatomy as something inherently sexual? Even if that wasn't the reasoning, the end result certainly reinforces those beliefs.

The same problem occurs in auto-captions that censor swear words when the audio doesn't. YouTube is notorious for this. It's bad enough that they are sabotaging an accessibility feature, but worse still is that they have placed themselves in a position of power over any d/Deaf and HoH people watching: they now get to decide what we can understand in a video. It's especially galling because textphone workers and sign language interpreters are held to very strict standards re: translating exactly what is said, swears, slurs, slang and all.

Censorship in an accessibility feature also exists in the wider social context of disabled people being controlled and infantilised. Whether the designers of profanity filters intend this or not is irrelevant, because the end result, again, reinforces bigoted beliefs and enables harmful behaviour – in this case, the belief that disabled people must be "protected" from "dangerous" words or concepts / the normalisation of controlling disabled people. You don't need to look far to find this in action, either. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices often aren't designed to allow their users to swear, use slang or discuss subjects like sex or their genitals. AAC-users are left at the mercy of others, who get to decide which words they can or cannot use, ultimately stripping them of freedom of self-expression and autonomy and increasing their vulnerability to abuse or exploitation.

This is from the blog of a speech and language pathologist (emphasis mine):

As a speech therapist, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked by teachers to remove a taboo word from a student’s AAC device because it’s considered “inappropriate.”

To extend an analogy from that post: if that teacher taped a verbal, nondisabled child's mouth shut as punishment for using a specific word, there would be a (much-deserved!) uproar. It is unlikely that teacher would be able to keep their job. But they are perfectly comfortable asking for a disabled child's means of self-expression to be taken away. If that doesn't perfectly illustrate how normalised it is to control disabled people, I don't know what will.

Even if companies are not intentionally adding profanity filters to restrict what disabled people can do or say, the fact they have gotten away with it for so long speaks to the systemic oppression of disabled people. You can be sure that if something 99% of nondisabled people use had similar restrictions imposed upon it, there would have been a massive backlash and push for change – imagine if everyone's phone keyboards stopped you from typing swear words or slang. But because this is an issue that disproportionately affects disabled people, it has been a long, slow and difficult slog towards positive change.

[pixierainbows]

Pixie so very grateful see other people talk about censorship of disabled people , especially in AAC devices , thank you !

did not know but also not surprised it also happen with speak to text and captions .

Pixies AAC device not even have the word “ censor “ , speech therapist had to add that word before Pixie could even talk about the censorship problem …

Is actually kind of . Terrifying … To think of how much power people like . Speech therapists Teachers caregivers family members parents Staff people . Have over disabled people’s self expression . Pixie have to just . Pretend . The censorship not actually happen or otherwise Pixie get really really upset upset upset panicky about it . And . Pixie not can live life like that .

[motsimages]

I was going to reblog this already because it is an important matter, as Pixie points out.

Also worth saying that: it's not only about kids. There are adults who use AAC devices.

It happens even when disabled people can communicat verbally. I have an adult cousin with an intellectual disability and people try to make him not swear. He is 30. Who else is 30 and is told not to swear?

And I will add another layer: this censorship is cultural and it's being imposed.

I am from Spain. People in Spain swear a lot, constantly. Even children. Tv shows and films don't blurr or bleep insults or swearing, they can appear in subtitles. Those who don't like swearing don't swear, but if we swear, it's rare that we use asterisks.

The software for text to speech (and for many other disability things, like AAC) comes from the US and it includes the censorship. My mom is not disabled but likes using text to speech, she swears a lot orally and the software censors it with asterisks.

We are being forced to censor words because of rules and taboos from a different country and culture.

Disabled people already have our own shames and taboos to fight, we don't need those from other countries.

[forthegothicheroine]

The thing about anti-libby posts, because ebooks have to be paid for yearly while physical books only have to be paid for once, is that yes, physical books are cheaper for the library to acquire- but the library has a budget they chose to allocate, whether it's on software, subscriptions to digital encyclopedias, or ebook rentals. If they chose to rent ebooks, it was because they want you to read them, and using any of their services looks good for them. Check out physical books by all means, but don't feel guilty about checking out ebooks.

[str-ngeloop]

your strengths are harder to see than your weaknesses because the problems you're good at solving don't appear as problems, because you're so good at handling them before they become problems... unlike the relatively rare problem that becomes a crisis, which demands undue attention. it's sort of like a reverse survivorship bias. the problems that become noticed as problems, the moments where you notice your capacity has a gap, are only the ones that aren't cut off at the pass by your strength and capability, before they become problems. so if all you focus on is problems then all you'll see is your weaknesses. which isn't accurate

[toasthaste]

[amygdalae]

The one thing men in the 1700s did right was have long hair they tie back into a low ponytail with a little ribbon and also have a few stray strands at the front. Almost everything else they did that century was inexcusable though

[wizardarchetypes]

when i was 13 i made up a group of ocs who were gifted the ability to teleport but with caveats that made it really irritating for them and everyone else. i can’t remember all of them but two. one of them could only pass from place to place through water. they could jump into something as small as a cup of tea and come out the other side through a puddle or something but notably they did get wet. so any time they teleported anywhere they arrived soaking wet. they had to go everywhere with a waterproof paddling bag as a purse. the other could only teleport between occupied bathrooms. any bathroom in the world was fine but it had to be in use. they could just ask a friend to go in first and cheat it that way but in an emergency they’d just have to barge in on someone with their eyes closed and yell “SORRY! SORRY!” and disappear immediately from existence.

[voyaging-too]

It's so important to acknowledge the very real and sometimes truly horrible failings of the healthcare profession and the pharmaceutical industry while never ever ever letting them drive us into the arms of pseudoscientific bullshit. This is something I feel really strongly about.

[minotauri]

ocean sounds for those of you who need it

[snakepyre]

thanks i made a little painting about it

[buttons-beads-lace]

Things I (imagine I) would do with my hair if I cut it shorter - Style it curly more often. Currently it's sort of straight at the top and curly at the ends bc it's so long, and it gets frizzy from rubbing against my back, chairs, etc. - Put it up in ways that aren't a super tight bun or twist with a clip, because if it wasn't as heavy it wouldn't need to be held so tightly to stay in place. - Be able to get it off the back of my neck more easily / in more different styles, for hot weather. I'm a fan of the ponytail-hanging-out-of-a-clip concept but when I do that with my hair currently, it still comes down to my waist. - Maybe graduate to having cute little strands that can stay out of a style around my face? Other pros: - I would still be able to do the same styles that I do regularly now (one long braid, bun/twist with a clip). - It would probably make my hair look more thick. - Drive my partner less crazy with loose hair all over the house. - Not have to deal with various minor daily inconveniences of it getting caught in things. Cons: - Feel like my hair is less unique (but long hair is less unique here anyway) - I don't actually know if it will curl more nicely shorter. - Don't want to end up with the same hairstyle as my mother or various other people. - Higher overall percentage of gray hair but that's not like, Really a con, I can always dye it if I really want to. My thought is to cut it to about bottom-of-shoulderblades length (which yes is a length many people would still consider long) (but let's not talk about how much I'd be cutting off lol). I'd still be able to do various Long Hair Hairstyles, but I'd be able to put it up enough to be above my shoulders without elaborately bundling it up. comments

[boringkate]

why and how does your skin look so flawless in everything i see

If my skin looked bad in it then I wouldn't have posted it and so you wouldn't have seen it.

Also sometimes I use skin smoothing filters (not really for selfies, but sometimes for pics and vids of my butt or legs). Also everything is color graded (for videos I usually drop the contrast of the luminance layer). I only do photo/video shoots during the day with natural light. Plus details get lost in the compression.

You think I look flawless because I'm telling you (lying to you) that I look flawless. I'm doing it so that you'll like me and so that you'll maybe even pay for porn of me.

Tldr all media is propaganda.

Plus I take hrt (which keeps me from getting acne). Also I don't wear makeup or have any type of skin routine (which means nothing is being covered up, but also nothing is being irritated).

[ludicrousluna]

Mercymorn!! My awful queen 💖

[buttons-beads-lace]

So I looked at a map of the upcoming eclipse (August 12) and the edge of the zone of totality is realllly close to Barcelona, like, I could get there in an hour by the local train. Maybe I'll do that. comments

[useless-catalanfacts]

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This is a traditional Catalan folk song that talks about a dangerous night in an inn... What would you have done if you were the maid?

Here's the lyrics in Catalan and the translation to English. This recording skips some of the last stanzas, but I'm posting the whole lyrics so you can know how the story ends!

A l'hostal de la Peira, oi-dà / Dames hi van anar / Ja truquen a la porta, oi-dà / Ja en responen: -qui hi ha?- oi-dà. / -Som unes pobres dames / Si ens voleu allotjar? / - Obre'ls la porta, noia / I deixa-les entrar. Some ladies went to the La Peira inn They knocked on the door, the answer was "who's there?" "We are some poor ladies, if you would welcome us?" "Open the door, girl, and let them in."

Diuen a la mestressa / -què hi ha per a sopar? / -Hi ha cargols amb ceba / samfaina amb bacallà. / Una no té pas gana / l'altra no en vol menjar / l'altra està prenyadeta / i al llit se'n vol anar. They ask the innkeeper "What do you have for dinner?" "We have snails with onion, and samfaina with cod" One of them isn't hungry, the other one doesn't want any, the other one is pregnant and wants to go to bed.

-Mossa, tu pren el llum / ves-les-hi a acompanyar / Quan foren dins la cambra / es varen despullar / La mossa n'és traïdora / pel pany les va mirar / Se'n baixa a baix a la cuina / i es posa a sospirar. "Maid, take the light and accompany them to their room" When they were in the room, they got undressed. The maid is traitorous, she looks at them through the lock the maid goes downstairs to the kitchen, and starts sighing.

/ -De què sospires, mossa? / què en tens per sospirar? / -Què haig de tenir, mestressa! / que ens volen robar! / -Porten calceta curta / pistoles als costats. / 'Neu's-en al llit, mestressa / perquè jo en vull vetllar. "What are you sighing about, girl?" "What will it be, innkeeper! That they want to rob us! They're wearing shorts, and pistols on the sides. Go to bed, innkeeper, I want to keep watch tonight"

Al llit va la mestressa / ella a l'escó es posà. / Allà a les deu tocades / els lladres van baixar. / Ja van de cambra en cambra / per veure què n'hi ha / Ja n'entren a la cuina / la mossa hi van trobar. The innkeeper goes to bed, the maid sits down on the fireside bench. Around 10 o'clock, the thieves came downstairs. They go from room to room, to see what's there. They get to the kitchen, and they find the maid.

En veure-los que entraven / ja se'n posa a roncar. / Se'n feia la dormida / damunt d'uns sacs de gra / Tres gotetes de cera / al pit li van tirar. / La mossa n'és traïdora / ronca que roncaràs / Lo un en diu a l'altre / - Ben adormida està When she saw them coming in, she started snoring. She pretended to be asleep on some grain sacks. They drop a few drops of wax on her chest. The girl is traitorous, she snores and snores. One [of the thieves] says to the other "She's fast asleep"

Un braç de criatura / al foc en van tirar: / qui dorm, se'n despertava; qui no, s'adormirà. / Ja en surten al defora / i es posen a xiular / La mossa n'es traïdora / la porta els va tancar. They threw in the fireplace a kid's arm: whoever is asleep would wake up, whoever isn't will fall asleep. Now they're going out, and they start whistling The maid is traitorous and closes the door [with them outside]

Obra la porta, mossa / cent dobles te'n vull dar / -Ni per cent ni cinquanta / la porta s'obrirà / -Aquell braç de criatura / si me'l volguessis dar / -Jo prou te'l donaria / mes no el puc apagar "Open the door, girl, I want to give you 100 coins" "The door won't open neither for 100 nor for 50". "That child's arm, if you could give it to me" "I would gladly give it, but I can't extinguish the fire"

-A la gerra de l'oli / l'hauries de tirar / La mossa n'és traïdora / a la cuina se'n va. / Pren el braç amb l'esquerra / destral a l'altra mà: / -Per on te'l donaria, per on te'l puc donar? "You should throw it in the oil jar" The girl is traitorous, she goes to the kitchen. She takes the arm with her left hand, and an axe on the other hand: "How can I give it to you [at the other side of the door]?"

-Dóna-me'l per la porta / per 'quell forat que hi ha. / -Treu la mà per la porta / que el braç te'n vull donar. / La mossa n'és traïdora / la mà li va tallar. / -T'assseguro, criada / que me l'has de pagar. "Hand it to me through that hole on the door" "Put your arm through the door, so I can give you the arm" The girl is traitorous, she cut off his hand. "I assure you, maid, that you will pay for this..."

Amb la sang de tes venes / les mans em vull rentar, / i amb ta cabellera / me les vull eixugar. / -Hostaler de la Peira, / te'n pots ben recordar! / A la teva criada / la pots ben estimar. / Que t'ha salvat la vida / i l'hostal de robar: / dels tres fills que tu tens / li pots donar a triar. "...And with the blood of your veins, I want to wash my hands. and with your hair, I want to dry them. Innkeeper of La Peira, you remember this! You should love your maid. For she has saved your life and your inn from being robbed. Let her choose from your three sons [which one to marry]."

Like with all orally-transmitted folk songs, there are multiple versions of the lyrics, but the variations are small and they all explain the same story. There's also a version with a different melody.

As for the "kid's arm"... I wondered if it could have any other meaning (like maybe a small log for the fire?), so I searched it and I couldn't find any explanation, but I found an auca (traditional Catalan equivalent of comic books but with rhymes) from the 1920s illustrating this song and it's literally just an actual kid's arm...

[mayakern]

with just 4 days left in the month, we’re about 80% of the way to the sales amount we need to hit for july!

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[mayakern]

fjdjshshd this made me realize i forgot to talk about the huge pockets so thank you for the reminder 😭

its a little funny but for me our pockets have become such a normal part of my life that i expect all clothes to have them and whenever i wear clothes from other brands im always surprised and dismayed at how small the pockets are.

a phone is simply not enough. i need my pockets to fit an entire 32oz water bottle*

*on garments with silhouettes and structures that can support that kind of bulk/stress (which unforch the maxi dresses cannot)

[buttons-beads-lace]

Outsourcing a question from one of my students

Let's say you are having a meeting with your boss. They need certain information for a task they're working on, and you're the one who knows that information, so you have a meeting where you explain what you know about the subject and they ask you questions. It's not a handoff, because you're not turning a task over for them to continue. It's not training, because they're not new to working on this topic. It's just to give them information about a specific thing you've been working on. What would you call this meeting?

My ideas are below the cut but I'd love to hear your spontaneous un-spoilered suggestions.

I feel like I've heard people use "download" for this but I'm not 100% sure. There's also "knowledge dump" but some people might see that as a negative term? Or we could go super bland with "information sharing meeting" or something like that.