@Dr Zoyander Street
Neuroqueer disabled artist-researcher working with games and interactive media. PhD Sociology.
Relays (1)
- wss://relay.ditto.pub – read & write
Recent Notes
Looking for additional narrators of any gender and indie producers to record Sightless Scribbles posts. Sean is still narrating them and producing them, but I need someone else I can call upon, say, ...
@nprofile1q... I'd be up for this! I have what I'd describe as an androgynous northern English voice. I recently started reading for Librivox, so I've got a reasonably decent setup for narration and I'm continuing to improve it. None of my contributions have been published yet, but here's a brief clip: https://drive.proton.me/urls/Q58MYVPDJ8#0ucOVt4-98KH
In my quest to get others to visit my website to see what I am up to instead of wondering why I am not posting or interacting on Facebook, I got this reply, which just made me sad.
> Hey bro! Is this...
@nprofile1q... I've come across this before, I think some people with learning disabilities may have been taught this by tech illiterate care providers as if it's some kind of shortcut to internet safety. Now they're falling down far-right pipelines, but hey, at least it's all on a reputable website! 🙄
Hey #Grammar people, I see this all the time when reading published books. The ellipsis spaced out, like this. ". . ."
But I always tend to write ellipsis like this.
"..."
Which is grammatically co...
@nprofile1q... together, definitely. Some word processors will even auto-correct it to the ellipsis symbol.
Are there any initiatives stimulating more creative output on #Peertube? I love my customised instance/site (I refuse to call it a "platform" as I think that only adds to the confusion) but I really struggle to find regular content that I want to watch, and find my Discover tab cluttered with low-quality content.
I'm not looking for recommendations of specific channels. I'm looking for projects that do things like:
- provide creative prompts and share the responses
- showcase interesting new channels
- support creators on other platforms to set up an auto-archive on Peertube
- provide plugins or bridging layers to support correspondence art i.e. allow you to reply to a video with another video
I'm not looking for recommendations of specific channels. I'm looking for projects that do things like:
- provide creative prompts and share the responses
- showcase interesting new channels
- support creators on other platforms to set up an auto-archive on Peertube
- provide plugins or bridging layers to support correspondence art i.e. allow you to reply to a video with another video
UPDATE: this has now sold! I'm selling other stuff at https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/zoyzone
Anyone in #rotherham #sheffield #doncaster or nearby with an interest in #DIYscience or #experimental #filmmaking should check out my microscope, which I'm selling to pay for a mobility aid.
It comes with a bespoke smartphone holder, so you can easily record and even livestream the teeny tiny wildlife you find in your local environment. It also comes with a guide on how to find microscopic critters and how to treat them well while they are under your attentive care!
Local pick-up will save you a bunch of money and save me a lot of hassle - I really don't want this thing to get damaged in transit.
This is a #mutualaid request: I need the money to pay for a mobility scooter, as I've become almost housebound due to MS and Long COVID. Boosts greatly appreciated.
https://ebay.io/m/GDPpgA
#microscopy #film #video
Anyone in #rotherham #sheffield #doncaster or nearby with an interest in #DIYscience or #experimental #filmmaking should check out my microscope, which I'm selling to pay for a mobility aid.
It comes with a bespoke smartphone holder, so you can easily record and even livestream the teeny tiny wildlife you find in your local environment. It also comes with a guide on how to find microscopic critters and how to treat them well while they are under your attentive care!
Local pick-up will save you a bunch of money and save me a lot of hassle - I really don't want this thing to get damaged in transit.
This is a #mutualaid request: I need the money to pay for a mobility scooter, as I've become almost housebound due to MS and Long COVID. Boosts greatly appreciated.
https://ebay.io/m/GDPpgA
#microscopy #film #video
Three alternatives to a social media ban for under-16s: https://blog.zoyander.cc/2026/06/18/three-alternatives-to-a-social.html
Absurd way to phrase a question. You could do this to anything.
"Adults should speak Esperanto or Latin when discussing certain topics, if it means children are safer"
"2 + 2 can equal 5, if it means children are safer"
"I will eat 1000 gluten-free vegan hotdogs in a single sitting, if it means children are safer"
#OnlineSafetyAct
"Adults should speak Esperanto or Latin when discussing certain topics, if it means children are safer"
"2 + 2 can equal 5, if it means children are safer"
"I will eat 1000 gluten-free vegan hotdogs in a single sitting, if it means children are safer"
#OnlineSafetyAct
@nprofile1q... Coincidentally, I just came across this https://cal.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cal/article/view/32567
Has anyone done any research on what appears to be a decline in #MeToo? It changed norms, increased reports, increased arrests, & transformed laws.
So why was the online movement not sustained? Have...
@nprofile1q... I think it's expected that hashtag movements will be fleeting but highly visible, whereas institutions will be more robust and less glossy. Awareness campaigns could be conceptualised as the tip of an iceberg, with material support, mutual aid networks, legal interventions, etc. often less visible by nature and necessity.
Instead of defending the use of LLMs for polishing up your writing, we could be advocating for unpolished writing. Blog posts with spelling errors and awkwardly repeated words. Emails that sound a bit less warm and professional because you forgot the preamble of "Apologies for the late reply, hope you're well! Thanks for the thing last week".
If there's no budget for a human editor, why should the text meet a "professional" (middle class, formally educated) standard? Dyslexic people can just write how they write and people can deal with it. Autistic people can just say what they mean to say and not waste energy on the double empathy gap.
We can learn to read for a more inclusive world, instead of wasting the planet's diminishing resources masking our differences.
If there's no budget for a human editor, why should the text meet a "professional" (middle class, formally educated) standard? Dyslexic people can just write how they write and people can deal with it. Autistic people can just say what they mean to say and not waste energy on the double empathy gap.
We can learn to read for a more inclusive world, instead of wasting the planet's diminishing resources masking our differences.
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Can anyone recommend sex ed resources and/or tips and advice from personal experience regarding intimacy with folks who have connective tissue disorders?
More broadly, is there some kind of information hub concerning adaptations disabled folks can make to keep ourselves safe and comfy when getting down? Don't inspire me to make one myself, I'm currently recovering from burnout!
More broadly, is there some kind of information hub concerning adaptations disabled folks can make to keep ourselves safe and comfy when getting down? Don't inspire me to make one myself, I'm currently recovering from burnout!
The lonely internet: https://blog.zoyander.cc/2025/07/06/the-lonely-internet.html