thread of questions for my fellow readers☀️ answer in a way that makes you comfortable, but in the spirit of public appreciation, please also consider letting the authors know your thoughts and don‘t forget to use alt text on pictures and link to the work you‘re referencing :)

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

Homelessness is at an all time high.

Why Israel is NOT a democracy 🧵👇

And finally: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Useful blocklist. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Oop and another fab Starter Pack of people who post updates on Palestine. go.bsky.app/FaYbVYa

Found a great Palestinian voices Starter Pack, from @danaelkurd.bsky.social . Thank you for putting it together 🙏🙏 go.bsky.app/SNvMPk3

We’ve been #covered in @nytimes.com again! 💪🏻🏉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ It’s #amazing to see our #story is being #shared across the #world. Our #commitment to #diversity and #inclusion in #rugby and #sport is #local, #regional #national and #global 🌎 #rugbyleague #LGBTQ #TransRights www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/i...

So when you upload a photo there's a little Alt button on it in the top left. Click on that (it's also had me do it if I click the pic in general) and it will give you a text box. I like this image for the 'what to say'. Your goal is to add the context you would want if you couldn't see the image.

If you want to support local bookstores in the UK, online options are: www.hive.co.uk - every purchase supports high street bookstores. Wordery.com - online bookseller. Amazon alternative. Bookbutler.co.uk - bookseller price comparison site. Hatchards, Waterstones, The Works, Blackwell, Foyles.

I only started using alt text when I came here so this website can actually make you a better person.

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gays leaving twitter for bluesky reminds me of that scene from LoTR where the elves are exiting middle earth

New people: set your accessibility menu to require alt text on photos so you never forget again.

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Has anyone in this excellent place made a list or feed or whatever they're called (I'm sorry I'm trying I'm just a middle millennial afraid of technology) for like news on Palestine and Lebanon and fundraisers and activism stuff? Many thanks.

I've never felt more boomer in my life than I have the last few days starting on my app.

pls go re-read all the books you hated in school. i swear once the frontal lobe has developed its a whole new story w/ a wildly different perspective. you owe it to yourself. go re-read animal farm, 1984, gatsby, night, mockingbird theyre great literaty works for a reason pls 💙📚

I— he’s so cunty baby girl I canNOT

2. Feeds are super fun to join when you want to see stuff about certain topics like frogs or scicomm or weather 3. Starter packs are awesome if you find someone whose jib you like the cut of and wish to find people THEY like. Some streamers made starter packs of their communities, for example

Newsky Bluesky tips by me, figmentpudding; 1. Use alt text, it can take a little time but just imagine your bestie is sitting with their eyes closed and you're explaining a picture to them like a little ASMR meditation, because you care about them and want them to thrive <3 On videos and gifs too

For new BlueSky users, please consider flipping the toggle to require Alt Text on all photos that you post. I did it when I started here and it did not take long to get used to it. It helps to make this community more inclusive.

super gentle saturday reminder to leave kudos on fics you liked and that you can copy and paste the exact same thing you would say on twt/tumblr/bluesky or even the gc straight onto the comment section on ao3 to make an authors day 💕💕

Nazis bsky.app/profile/did:...

Transphobes and homophobes bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hello this is my favourite thing in the world.

Wait I've just remembered that this place doesn't have a fuckass fascist managing it so I can use the word cis without be censored for using a slur 🥳🥳🥳 CIS CIS CIS CIS FUCK YOU MUSKRAT CIS CIS CIS TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS CIS CIS CIS WE'RE FREEEEEEEEEEEEE

To the writers out there. It’s an infinitely tough time for creating something beautiful. Which is why, any beauty you’re producing now is a thousand times brighter. Please be proud of yourself, no matter if it’s a hundred or ten thousand words for you today. I love you, I’m proud of you 🤍🫂

Hey friends of #BookSky - while you’re migrating apps, may I suggest ditching Goodreads for Story Graph? StoryGraph is woman owned, black owned, and more importantly not owned by Amazon. Plus, the data/insights about reads are more in depth. I’m really enjoying it! 💙📚

Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings. Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.

Divine Oath turns one year old next Thursday, can you imagine? I’m gone update next week, maybe on Thursday to “celebrate”. Anyone who follows me here is up for that?

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Look alt text is really useful for our less abled friends and for your search results but I need it because I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR JOKES ARE AND I DON’T KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR PHOTOS ARE HELP A GIRL OUT

Comment below to be added to a Louie starter pack! Make sure to repost 🩵

The world has gone full-on dystopian. Israeli hooligans visiting Amsterdam make grotesque taunts about Gaza, rip down Palestinian flags from private homes, beat people up in the street, throw at least one person in the river - and @BBCNews report it as if THEY are the victims.

Given everyone's passion to make a fresh, more inclusive start of this place, please could people make more of an effort to add Alt text to images they post? It means the wonderful photos you share can be enjoyed by people who use screen readers to assist with visual impairments. Thank you 🫶

DIVINE OATH 🗡️🥀 • Mythological AU, Strangers (almost) to lovers, (highly recommended as a) WIP. • Harry is a florist, Louis is an idiot (and a part-time owner of luxury hotels). • “If their love is a wound, would another life heal it?” 🌒🌓🌕🌗🌘

I hate starting afresh 😭😭😭 Wdym I'm only following 70 people???!!! WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS.

this masterpiece needs to be here

ACCESSIBILITY / ALT TEXT: It's very easy to add "alt text"—short descriptions of images for people with visual and cognitive impairments—and Bluesky users appreciate it! Click on an image while you're uploading it to enter text, and follow the guidelines below. (You can even turn on a reminder!) 🧵

Just a quick note to those new here, if you think someone's post is worth other people reading, repost it. Liking it does not have the same effect here as on the dead-bird site. There is no algorithm. That's one of the reasons we like it.

I love Louis Tomlinson. Free Palestine. Fuck Israel. Capitalism is killing us. There are no ethical billionaires. Join the 4B movement. Black Lives Matter. Disabled Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. You're poor because of billionaires not immigrants. Irreversible climate change is here.