Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)

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Historian and PhD student in Tkaronto (Toronto). Likes bats, monsters, sincereposting, and alt text. ND. Genderqueer. Trans. 40s. 👬 nicomaramckay.com

Ephemeral Record of trans and queer histories: patreon.com/ephemeralrecord

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Here's a book a disabled person wrote. You may not find it on the reading lists available to abled people who consider our liberation a theme of their monthly content. Its supernaturalism is deeply tied to my experiences in madness. You can support it from @knilirabaj.bsky.social 's bookstore here.

None But the Righteous a book by Chantal Jamesbookshop.org Lyrical, riveting, and haunting from its opening lines, None But the Righteous is an extraordinary debut that signals the arrival of an unforgettable new voice in contemporary fiction "[A] profound de...

This is what 42 looks like. 🎂

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Last year I made you a trans masc feed for my birthday and now it has so many members and followers. Thanks for making this space fun. 🖤 Like and follow: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I made you something for my birthday, a trans masc Bluesky feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:56fa7nq34sp444dlr5a7tqmu/feed/aaacylrsrrkji Drop a reply to let me know you'd like to be added. 🖤

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If our posts didn't matter, they wouldn't have wanted to make the internet a place where you can't decide whether a post was written by a bot, a troll or someone who actually knows what they are talking about. They have intentionally gone out of their way to try to sabotage online activism.

Last year I made you a trans masc feed for my birthday and now it has so many members and followers. Thanks for making this space fun. 🖤 Like and follow: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I made you something for my birthday, a trans masc Bluesky feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:56fa7nq34sp444dlr5a7tqmu/feed/aaacylrsrrkji Drop a reply to let me know you'd like to be added. 🖤

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can we get a thread of sci-fi writers going? BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ and disabled authors to the front! we all need new reading material!! please alt text images and add links so we can buy from you

Are there any left wing parties that care about human rights at all? Like, anywhere?

Who is Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer and what's his LGBTQ+ rights record?www.advocate.com Here's what we know about the man who trounced the current political structure in the U.K., and delivered his political party out of the opposition for the first time in more than 10 years.

As long as Portugal and Italy lose, my neighbourhood is quiet.

I still don't understand why they can't just give everyone a ball. Then they could parallel play without having to fight about it.

Would you like to see my cat.

Would you like to see my cat?

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Aphantasia.

"Welcome to the theatre of the mind!" "Why is my seat behind this pillar"

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Lots of good resources in the replies here! 👇🏽

I have a question that might be silly I know folks who are deeply socially anxious or have other stuff going on that forecloses going out into the neighborhood/developing traditional community ties, and are skeptical when I say everyone has some way they can contribute How can they help organize?

Age (42) and a recent pic 🖤

age (32) and a recend pic 🩷

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Don’t fuck your fans

Oh, that's why I couldn't run 10k even at 8 am. I managed 8 before I had to tap out. This summer is going to be rough. (For the US folks, that's "feels like 86 F" with the humidex.)

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No one is sacred.

I had an anxiety dream about being tested but not having paper to write it on and now my whole day is ruined? Thanks, brain.

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As an American who Actually Moved To Canada, here are some things to consider if you’re serious about getting the fuck out of the US, a thread:

No one is sacred.

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hey babes just a reminder that ADHD and autism are disabilities and you can in fact seek accommodations for them in the workplace

Alt text will be provided for text-based images when you message @alt-text.bsky.social following the post with the image. If you don't have the capacity to write alt text yourself, there are solutions to ensure that your posts are still accessible, so that everyone can enjoy them.

Alt text will be provided for you when you include the tag "Alt4Me." Everyone deserves accessibility.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴

Like most conversations about ableist language, the actual point is deeper. At least to me. The reason to examine the language isn’t simply the word choice, but rather the unexamined relationship to the societal default. Language is the entrance to which we can have a larger conversation.

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All the hottest people have July birthdays

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Also posting actually can be praxis. Many disabled folks are posting because they can’t get out in the world, because it’s not safe or accessible for them. So much of my politics and my understanding of the world that I have brought into my real life work has been shaped by what I’ve learned online

I don't disagree that posting-as-praxis is an issue, but I will say that it's frustrating that it's consistently assumed here that all leftists are doing nothing but, especially given other action being purposefully not discussed for legal reasons. I can say many I know are very active offline.

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I love everything about this photo of Joey Ramone c. 1985, from the correctly punctuated hand-lettered sign with equalized pricing for the three genders, to the photo of Aretha Franklin on the cover of Long Island Pulse Magazine and Grace Jones in the ad on the back.

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📺 You wait a lifetime for a queer nature documentary and then two come along at once - typical! Hot on the heels of Queer Planet is Second Nature: Gender & Sexuality in the Animal World, narrated by the wonderful Elliot Page. It looks awesome! 🦒🏳️‍⚧️🐬🏳️‍🌈🐠 #QueerInSTEM www.secondnaturedoc.com

Second Nature — A documentary about everything you didn’t learn in high school biology.www.secondnaturedoc.com Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” Second Nature follows trailblazing trans Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking sci...

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YOU can become a citizen archivist! Help to preserve the art, culture and stories of your community — we're going to need all of it in the times to come My latest newsletter is all about how to become an archivist. It starts with recognizing that you are important! buttondown.email/charliejane/...

We Should All Be Archivistsbuttondown.email Lately, I keep obsessing about two seemingly opposing but interrelated trends: 1) The past decade has seen an incredible bounty of art and self-expression...

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It is Disability Pride Month - the perfect time to learn about ALT text and start using it! www.perkins.org/resource/how...

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Hey does anyone have any recs for Black steampunk by Black authors? I'm having a hard time finding these books myself and I really would love to see a Black perspective on this genre.

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They need a new self help book for companies called “how to solve all your problems by giving up on that product no one wants.”

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).