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Finally realized something I'd wanna make poll for. Free to reblog, the more info the better and the more people know how to best make their blogs accessible

If alt text is available to you but does not meet your needs, skip to options 5-7. Unless specified, accessing through a screenreader is included as "able to view." More specific information and wording below the cut

In this poll:

"Mobile" assumes a recently updated version of the app

"Any platform" means app or browser or both

"All platforms" means app AND browser

"Inaccessible in other ways" means that even when you can access the alt text, there is a different issue making alt-text-only a barrier for you (options below this option ask about preference for alternatives)

More specific wordings for answers:

Without a screenreader, Tumblr's alt text is fully unavailable on both the app and web

Without a screenreader, Tumblr's alt text is available on the app, but NOT on web. Images on the app that only have alt text meet my needs

Without a screenreader, Tumblr's alt text is NOT available on the app, but IS available on web. Images on the web that only have alt text meet my needs

Without a screenreader, Tumblr's alt text is available on both app and web. Images on Tumblr that only have alt text meet my needs

I can access alt text in a way that is normal for me (i.e. if you don't normally use a screenreader, you don't have to turn it on purely for alt text), BUT alt text is inaccessible for me for other reasons (mobility impairment, frequent glitches, contrast issues on alt text popups, screenreader doesn't process alt text appropriately, etc.). I would have trouble accessing images that were alt-text-only. [Can choose to elaborate on what would be more accessible to you with the next two answers]

Alt text is available to me, but I prefer NO alt text and ONLY an image description below the picture. I would have trouble accessing images that were alt-text-only.

Alt text is available to me, but I prefer VERY MINIMAL alt text and a more detailed image description below the picture (e.g. an image has alt text reading "Tweet," but an image description in plain text below that describing the Tweet's content, author, etc.). I would have trouble accessing images that were alt-text-only.

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you know how in greek myths people who die tragically sometimes get placed among the stars by the gods?

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Want more described content on your dash? Check out these blogs:

@artdescriptioninthewoods (art)

@accessibleaesthetics

@accessible-art (non-fandom specific art)

@vld-described (Voltron)

@rq-described (Rusty Quill content)

@toh-described (the owl house)

@transcribed-described

@a-captions-blog

@to-transcribe

@readyset-id

@imagedescs

@idescribefrogsnthings (frogs)

@accessiblecore (aesthetic nature posts)

@plushiesdescribed (plushies and toys)

@dicedescriptions (dice)

@online-accessibility-sideblog

@fashion-described (fashion)

@catsdescribed (cats)

@arthistorydescribed (art history)

@creacher-captions

@stamp-it-to-me (Stamps)

@atladescribed (Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra)

@catcrumb-described (Comics drawn by catcrumb)

@imagedescriptionsquare

@imagedescriptions

@imagedescript

@transcribing-things

@can-i-make-image-descriptions

@accessibletweets (not exclusively tweets, despite the name)

@accessible-affirmations (affirmations)

@accessible-userboxes (userboxes)

And of course, myself: @hijab-described (hijab)

(Some of these are currently inactive, but have large archives of already described content.)

Feel free to reblog with more!

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this post is a reminder to take a deep breath and relax your muscles. take a few moments to ground yourself. I hope you have a good rest of your day!

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it seems my queue ran out at some point today

school restarted recently, so expect some more sporadic activity again

trying to keep it steady but it’s hard to predict how much time I’ll have now that summer’s over

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[ID 1: three (3) tweet by "your astrology cherry-bomb" (@/khoonsurat_) that read:

your daughter would be happy to learn to cook and bake and sew and clean if you taught it to all your children as basic life skills. now she's in her 20s and learning off the internet and you're missing out on bonding time w her bec you think she's born to serve someone else

your son would be happy to learn to cook and bake and sew and clean. it could be a great source of stress release. you're robbing him of a coping mechanism because you think he's built to be served. now you're missing out on bonding time with him too

chased your kids away from these by gendering them and making them repulsive to your sons and your daughters by insisting it's either about serving or being served and now they feel loss for traditions they could have inherited if you hadn't driven them away

ID 2: tags that read:

#honorary mention: #your kid would love to live in a clean home but you made cleaning a chore and even a punishment and you yelled at them if they fucked up #now your kid is so stressed out by the thought of cleaning and doesnt even know how to clean effectively because of your negative approach

/end ID]

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[ID: a tweet by "Jack Califano" (@/jackcalifano) that reads:

I don't want 8K TVs and self driving cars. I want a 4 day work week and rent control.

/end ID]

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[ID: a tweet by "James Bradford" (@/SpitfireVC) that reads:

Why can't we all just stand on our doorsteps every Thursday and clap for the energy companies instead of paying our extortionate bills? If it was good enough for out key workers in a pandemic, it should be good enough for them.

/end ID]

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[ID: a bullet point of black text on a yellow background (likely memory-alpha) that reads:

Although Data is the owner of Spot the cat, Brent Spiner objected to the scene where Data finds Spot in the wreckage of the Enterprise, saying "Does he have to find the cat? Can't he find, like, Geordi or something?"

/end ID]

Brent Spiner wishing there had been even more DaForge content in “Generations”.

Alternate version where Data finds Geordi and the kids. He cries while he hugs Geordi tightly.

(He can still find Spot later).

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[ID: a tweet by "Aster 🌼" (@/aster_disaster_) that reads:

Having a child has a 7% regret rate. A knee replacement has anywhere between 6-30% regret. Across all types of surgery, the regret rate is 14%

Transition and trans related surgeries have a 1% regret rate.

The tweet is a reply to "EV ⍰ Arcless Arc" (@/EVeracite) that reads:

I like how in the context of trans affirming care, successful treatment in 99% of cases is treated as dangerous, whereas in all other areas of healthcare a 99% success rate would be treated as an absolute miracle.

/end ID]

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[ID: a tweet by "Either Ellen or Dr. Chapmman" (@/diggingellen) that reads:

Kaylen Gehrke, a 24 year old archaeologist on her first day on the job, died of a heat related medical emergency in Louisiana yesterday. Thinking back to past heat illness of myself and others and the varying responses from supervisors. So sorry for her, her family, and friends.

/end ID]

This is why fieldwork safety is of utmost importance. I’ve been in situations where it felt like my safety was not the primary concern, and I constantly worried about things like this happening.

OSHA guidelines are written in blood. They’re there for a reason. Don’t ever let someone convince you to compromise on your safety. (link to tweet)

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[ID 1: a tweet by "M" (@/mujervenusian) that reads:

Women are on average 3 times smaller than the average male... Women and men are biologically different and your ignorant rejection of this biological reality is why Roe was overturned in the states.

That tweet is replying to one by @/borborygmir that reads:

i forgot that some women genuinely believe that being weak and short are integral to the female experience. this is why you're not going to make it unironically.

ID 2: screenshots of various tags that read:

#the average woman has to be carried around in a handbasket so men don't step on her

#the average woman is small that she fell in the bong and we smoked her. sorry

#the average woman is so tiny and frail that she is constantly in danger of slipping down the bathtub drain

#this is true I literally wake up every morning in terror bc during the night I slid between the bed and the wall like a water bottle #and it takes me hours to crawl my way out and not surrcumb and lay there like a used tissue or perhaps a sock

#men are born the size of a ford f250 and grow up to be six times taller than god

/end ID]

The average woman is less than 2 feet tall. The average woman cannot ride a rollercoaster. I frequently confuse women with moderately large Golden Retrievers

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[ID: tags that read:

#i know this is supposed to be scary/sad #but all i can imagine is jim is overdue for another physical or round of vaccines #and bones has been chasing him down all day #and then finally goes #okay jim. you win. you can do the physical tomorrow. #and sticks out his hand for a shake #abd jim is skeptical but shakes it anyway #then BOOM #hypo to the neck #'FUCK YOU BOOOOOOONES' #mckirk

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Inktober Day 3: Traitor

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[ID: a thread of 13 tweets by "Gabi” (@/golemgabi) that reads:

It’s already been said, but the emergency ‘plan’ for disabled kids is to let us die. Not even in active shooter scenarios, but also fires. My most poignant example happened when I was in the AAPD intern class of 2019 and campus cops left us for an hour during a 3am fire alarm 🧵

The fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night, and 20 disabled kids are on the 3rd floor. We all work together to evacuate, and a group of us with mobility issues go to the stair landing. That’s the plan always — go to the hopefully fire insulated stairway and wait for help

Second part of the plan: call the cops and report your location. We do, and the operator is extremely rude to us, telling us to just walk down the stairs. My friend takes the phone and has to yell “I’m in a wheelchair and can’t just walk down.” The operator hangs up on us.

30 mins pass, we see about 600 kids evacuate past us and then it’s eerily quiet (except the ongoing alarm of course). We still don’t know if it’s a real fire or not, and at this point begin making plans to help each other down (literally by butt scooting step by step)

The first cop shows just as my friend is about to abandon her wheelchair, 45 mins in. Doesn’t make eye contact with us, says into his walkie talkie “There’s a group of cripples stuck on the 3rd floor landing.” Then he WALKS AWAY down the stairs and leaves us there as we yell.

This is always the point that sticks with me. The advice is stay in place and the cops will evacuate you — but they are incompetent, underprepared, and ableist. He left us in what we thought was a burning building and couldn’t even be bothered to look in our eyes.

We panic after he leaves. Call the operator again, who asks “how do you expect one cop to evacuate 5 kids and one wheelchair” and hangs up again. Panic some more. I get the strength to leave the insulated stairway and try to determine if this is a false alarm or not.

Once in the hallway I find a cop who yells at me for not evacuating. I say that me and 5 other disabled kids have been in the stairs for over an hour, and she is surprised. This cop confirms it’s a false alarm, and says we can go back to our rooms.

So after ~2 hours of terror inside the stairs, we get to go back to our rooms and huddle (while the fire alarm is still blaring). Can’t emphasize enough that this is Sensory Hell for several of us, causing physical pain for me and I’m sure others. This continues for 30-45 mins.

A higher up cop comes to talk to us once the alarm is over — says he will file a report on the guy who left us in the stairs (spoiler alert: he did not). We also file a complaint (spoiler alert: it was ‘lost in the system’). The whole barrel is rotten.

This happened at @/GWtweets. I spent the next year of my life as a student advocating for emergency safety with disabled kids in mind. The higher ups I met with (cops, deans, VPs) had never even heard of a stair evacuation chair before I came knocking. They still don’t have them.

The cop who called us cripples and left us to die to my knowledge still works there and was never disciplined. After I followed up several times I learned that due to a “tech issue,” campus PD lost all complaints from before Fall 2019.

Not sure how to end this thread. This event was extremely traumatizing, even though there was never a real fire, because it showed so clearly that the ‘safety plans’ are shit and the cops clear disregard for the lives of disabled people. We keep each other safe.

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[ID 1: a Simpsons meme edited so that Bart says "40% of cops beat their wives" and Homer corrects him, saying "40% of cops get reported for beating their wives

ID 2: a reply by @/corvid-shmorvid that reads:

*beating their spouses The report that published that statistic found the same was true for women cops as well

/end ID]

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[ID: a tumblr post by @/avvoccarlo that reads:

sounds like someone is a little TOO mentally ill... goodbye!

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professional mental health services after hearing anything other than "anxiety/depression"

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[ID: a tweet by "David Reiss, M.D." (@/DMRDynamics) that reads:

Schrödinger's Treason:

When you didn't take, accidentally took, innocently used, declassified and then took, took and then declassified, the documents that you never took and were illicitly planted in your house by the FBI - all simultaneously.

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There are probably other iterations.