Rayna Lamb - She/her

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Disability activist, feminist, exhausted. Love books, musical theatre. How many social media thingies is this now?

I knit, garden, read, roll my eyes at politicians, yell at ableists, avoid cold weather, back up people making the world better, etc.

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Apparently there are MULTIPLE drug companies working on long-term vaccines for UTIs, they’re trying to get people off antibiotics for them since it’s a suspected significant contributor to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Republican or Democrat, black or white, rich or poor, we must band together as a nation and condemn the scourge of urinary tract infections

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The Duke at Hazard is out on Thursday. Incognito duke! Disgraced gentleman! Regency road trip! Deceit! Gambling! Silhouettes! books2read.com/u/4A1xGA

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I want people to take it from an actual communist (me)— Anyone who thinks artists/authors have a capitalist or landlord-like relation to production because of passive income from their created works simply does not understand class as a relation, or Marxism as a discipline. The end!

The problem with people who do Copyright Discourse to justify not wanting to pay for stuff ("ideas landlords! capitalism! sharing ebooks is redistribution of the means of production!") is, basically, they're morons.

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Hi! I’m a #nonbinary #autistic author, historian, occasional TV personality—and this year I published a novel with an autistic protagonist. I am presently working on a thriller with a non-binary protagonist. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/0...

These mystery novels are changing how we see autistic womenwww.washingtonpost.com Recent stories by Brandy Schillace, Nita Prose and Brendan Slocumb push back against old stereotypes about life on the spectrum.

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Parakeets are the best. So cute in their little wheelchairs

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MSG. It's a wonderful, flavor-boosting addition to a wide variety of dishes that has been unjustly vilified. rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/body/food/ms...

How Racism Fuels Myths That MSG Is Unhealthyrightasrain.uwmedicine.org The FDA lists MSG as safe, but decades of anti-Asian racism still make myths persist.

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CW: Domestic abuse www.sbs.com.au/news/article... #disability #auspol

How perpetrators of domestic violence weaponise disability to harm their victimswww.sbs.com.au Research shows Deaf women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence as hearing women.

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Palestinian liberation is disability justice.

We spoke earlier about this … that Palestine like any other place has people with special needs and how extra horrible it must be for them now … The cowardly IOF unable to face resistance men face to face executed this special needs young man. #TweetsFromGaza

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Oooh hey, the Death in the Spires ebook is at 99p on Amazon UK just for today! Edwardian Oxford-set murder mystery, running at 4.46* on Goodreads, snap it up! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CX9NJRC2 (No idea if it will go to other sites or countries, I don't set these things, sorry.)

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Really fucking with me how much we’re not allowed to express anger as trans women and get tone policed even by our “allies“

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If you use the alt-text to just type in random garbage or make a joke, "I don't know what to put here, haha," stop being a dick and do it right or don't do it at all. Alt-text is an accessibility function that helps people with vision issues. You're saying you don't care enough about others to try.

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I know it’s not cool or hip or whatever to like Hannah Gadsby anymore, but the most seen I have ever felt by my mom was watching the bit in Douglas about whether you can eat the box. That was 3000% me when I was a kid and we were both just delighted.

"If you’re not autistic yourself, you need to do the work to understand how radical, brave and important Hannah Gadsby's Netflix show Douglas is for autistic people." @soniaboue.bsky.social, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2021/02/hann... #neurodiversity

Hannah Gadsby, Douglas and Autistic Representationthinkingautismguide.com The importance of Hannah Gadsby and her work for autistic people in witnessing embodied representation, at a global level, is immeasurable.

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Hey fellow late Gen X/Early Millennial Aussies, If you're between 45-50, follow the link to get a free bowel cancer screening kit. The incidence of bowel cancer in younger people is increasing, so it's worth checking for peace of mind. Treatments and outcomes are better if caught early.

Request a free bowel test kitwww.ncsr.gov.au The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program offers a free, simple test for eligible Australians to reduce illness and death from bowel cancer. - Eligible people aged 45 to 49 can request their first f...

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Everyone who worked on the 1922 film, Nosferatu, is now dead. Cursed film? Maybe. But you know what else? None of them read an Alan Baxter book either. I'm not saying it's definitely connected, I'm just asking if you want to take that chance.

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Oh, you're worried no one will want to read the thing you want to write? Are you kidding? Have you seen the mad shit people are fans of? Write the damn thing already.

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Who could've predicted? #auspol

Australia recalls mushroom gummies after hospitalisations

Australia recalls mushroom gummies after hospitalisationswww.bbc.com The products have left people across the country unwell, with some experiencing "disturbing hallucinations".

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This summer will mark a year into my project to read some of the hundreds of books I've bought, started and abandoned reading over the years. It has taught me something that feels significant. /1

It's lots of fun.

#booksky Recommending OverLondon, by @georgepenney.bsky.social - hilarious steampunk-esque romp with witty dialog and pirates and humanoid animals populating an AltLondon, including a guileless kleptomaniac ferret girl named Flora). It’s an extremely funny and fun book.

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Russell is a First Nations man who lives with ADHD/Autism. He is now facing housing insecurity and being harassed by a vindictive landlord and property manager. If you can, please support and share. #MutualAidAustralia #MutualAid #HelpSky 💸💕 Further info: twitter.com/purplepinger...

Help Russell pay rent and bond., organized by Russell Taylorwww.gofundme.com Greetings, I'm Russell. The short version: I need bond and rent for the next coupl… Russell Taylor needs your support for Help Russell pay rent and bond.

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Standing in the feminine hygiene section at my local supermarket and a woman in her 40s/50s walks up to the tampons and mutters to herself in a disgruntled voice. "Better get some fanny bungs as well." (FANNY BUNGS!)

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When Linda finally loses this last fight, it's the goddamn fucking cops who killed her. Until then, she could use some help.

I dont know if yall know @killermartinis.bsky.social over here, but there was just an update on her substack. She could use our help on this, her last, chapter. lindatirado.substack.com/p/story-thir...

Story Thirty-Ninelindatirado.substack.com This time, it’s for Linda.

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I run a group for people that have little or no family who are multiply marginalized to submit WishList requests for their birthdays/holidays. These are people that don't usually get any gifts on their special days.

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Remember that time American TV decided to do "Power Rangers but with Irish mystical stuff?" No? Well let me introduce you to the Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. youtu.be/oSvzGykm0CY?...

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog - Episode 1 - "Legend of the Ancient Scroll"youtu.be Introducing the Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog! This Saban series aired on Fox Kids in 1998-1999 and was loosely based on Irish mythology. I've synchronized the video and the English audio from the most high-quality versions of the series I could find. There are a lot of episodes, so it's going to take some time to do them all. Follow the adventures of Rohan, Mystic Knight of Fire, Deirdre, Mystic Knight of Air, Ivar, Mystic Knight of Water, and Angus, Mystic Knight of Earth, as they fight to save the kingdom of Kells from the evil Queen Maeve! And subscribe so you know when the next episode is uploaded! Executive producer - Haim Saban Producers - Robert Hughes and Lauren A. Levine Production company - Saban Entertainment Distributor - Saban International Actors: Rohan - Lochlainn O'Mearain Deirdre - Lisa Dwan Ivar - Justin Pierre Angus - Vincent Walsh Conchubhar - Stephen Brennan Cathbad - Barry Cassin Fin Varra - Peadar Lamb Aideen - Kelly Campbell Maeve - Charlotte Bradley Torc - Gerry O'Brien Mider - Ned Dennehy https://www.facebook.com/MysticKnightsFan

Read this and really consider it. This world is still very ableist and very inaccessible.

A lot of disabled people can only exist socially online. That's missing in the lot of "touch grass discourse." Disabled people are often living physically limited from leaving their homes, & also commonly in social exile & abandonment that means the internet is the human community sustaining them.

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I just read @lauravivanco.bsky.social 's brilliant article on @courtneymilan.com (online here: www.jprstudies.org/2022/06/hist... ) This is so, so good (and so is the novel), and I have so much fun every time I get the chance to read & write about romance novels

Historical Accuracy, Racism, Courtney Milan, and The Duke Who Didn’t Conform to Genre Norms – Journal of Popular Romance Studieswww.jprstudies.org

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So I heard you all like Hozier, and I kind of love this

"Hasten to Church" - Medieval/Bardcore Cover of Hozier's "Take Me To Church" w/ Beedle the Bardcoreyoutu.be #bardcore #tavernwave #dnd #hozier #takemetochurch #amen #medievalHEAR YE HEAR YE and feast thine ears - the fruits of my labour with @BeedleTheBardcore, a M...

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This is incredible news! I consistently fling Disability Visibility at nondisabled people who ask for an entry point into disability justice. I cannot wait for this capstone, both for personal and professional reasons.

📣📚🎉 It’s official!! I signed a contract to edit my third & final anthology in a trilogy, DISABILITY VULNERABILITY! I can’t wait to do a deep dive on how precarious disabled life is in an ableist world. Many thanks to my agent Julia Kardon of HG Literary and editor Anna Kaufman

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It's going to be very concerning if I am the first Bluesky person to say this, but: Ent Pubes

Stride of New Zealand: ancient ‘walking tree’ wins tree of the yearwww.theguardian.com Named due to its resemblance to JRR Tolkien’s sentient tree-like Ents, the 32m tall rātā near Karamea was the clear winner in the annual poll

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This is a gentle reminder to all artists on Bluesky that if you really want your art to reach more people, you should be adding alt text to images the you upload. This makes them more accessible and thus more likely to be reposted, adds context and makes them more searchable. ❤️⌨️ #accessibility #art

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Male journalist: asks a question about her ‘body type’, by which he means “fat” Nicola Coughlan: