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disabled & queer (they/them) sociologist researching health disparities at the intersection of my own communities & beyond. i’m kinda like if robert smith knew he’s sooo babygirl. Denver, CO https://linktr.ee/proletariatgoth

Accessibility is not a feature you add at the end. It is the foundation you build on from the start. Wrote about how I approached it during the redesign process of my personal website — focus traps, skip nav, ARIA semantics, reduced motion, and more. juliasolorzano.com/blog/2026/03...

Accessibility is the Foundation

Julia Solórzano is a design leader and technologist specializing in GIS, web and mobile development, federated identity, and strategic leadership. With 20+ years in tech, she builds high-performing te...

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This piece, "The King In Black", is something of a self portrait in that it's a visual representation of living with Long Covid and its impact on me. It's a milestone in my progress to regain my creative and technical skills as an artist LC had damaged or wiped out.

The King In Black. 2025. Digital mixed medium. 

A human figure facing left wearing a long black robe standing against a textured wall that's shades of red and green from top to bottom. Their head resembles a burning ember and has a crown of flames and billowing smoke.

for #longcovidawarenessday i request mass realization that COVID impacts every tissue, every organ, hinders the brain, and overall, it attacks every part of your body. it is so fucking important to mask, to stop ignoring it/using past tense language…and to care enough to not infect others

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director: “This is about how you lose your country — through small acts of complicity: when a government murders people on the streets, when oligarchs take over the media… we all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

watched bugonia last night and it left me with nausea and depression. really beautiful horrific film but i…am never watching it again. the depictions of the underbelly of late stage capitalistic hell, poverty, and extreme conspiracy/Qanon/ incel/4chan shit is its strength tho

i can’t believe i almost died this many times, had people i love dearly die, was hospitalized, and my job was just like yeah fuck you, you’re fired with the least amount of famli leave ever and zero sick pay hours. academia is so fucked and i just wanted to preserve my data work and teaching gig.

remember when robert the smith from the cure fought the law of ticketmaster and won so cure tickets would be cheap? yeah also remember how good robert’s politics are because he hates the monarchy? hell to the fuck yeah

remember rest before revolt? be safe, everyone that’s on Ute, Arapahoe + Navajo land. remember your rights, try harm reduction and restorative justice, learn fire safety, and demand ice out of Highlands Reit at 312-583-7990 right now

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