@futzle We mostly don't need to boil a couple of cups of water though. :) It's not something I ever felt was missing from my life there.

A reminder that pride is not over, it's Disability Pride month!

The post about using Linux while blind (https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people/) contains a sentence that really stood out to me as being true in so many aspects of my life.

"We’re not waiting on unknowns.
We’re waiting on maintenance."

There's so much interest in "innovation." Anything can be fixed with apps, AI, wearables. Right?

But when I've asked blind people what makes it hard for them to walk in their neighborhoods, it's broken pavements and overhanging greenery. Councils can't afford maintenance.

They target trans folk because they think cishet folk will look away. They're counting on you not defending those who aren't like you.

They target Black and Brown folk because they think white folk will look away. They're counting on us not defending those who aren't like us.

Time for a million more "a trans person peed here and nothing bad happened" stickers, I think.

I think even cis allies should be leaving them in all the public toilets they use at this point because it'll be true even if they're not the ones making it true. :)