I am having a career midlife crisis. Someone tell me what to be when I grow up 😭
Elsa Sjunneson, Order of the Bat
@snarkbat.bsky.social
Deafblind author of Being Seen, Sword of the White Horse. Lead Reporter on The Helen Keller Exorcism. New book out 10/6, DEAR BLIND LADY is AITA for disability. Preorder now
Hello #chicago! Been holding onto any burning disability questions that you shouldn’t ask people? Guess what - I’ll be in your city and ready to answer them! Catch me with @lutimestwo.bsky.social of Radiolab at Booked Books in Evanston for a snarky joyous time on Oct 22! Full details to follow!
Ok my favorite Wrong On the Internet moment is when people act utterly shocked that I, a Deafblind person, am using the internet. And then they get FURIOUS WITH ME for telling them I can be both Deafblind and post on social media. 🤣 It’s apparently NOT ALLOWED.
Jay Edidin@edidin.bsky.social · 5d agoOne of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.
My apologies that for the next two weeks this is a Dear Blind Lady Launch Space 🚀🚀🚀
Book launch party in Seattle! Come to the Rendezvous at the Main Bar at 7:30pm for a half disability theory lecture half comedy show. I’ll sign books. We’ll have drinks. There will be ableism bingo. I may or may not have swag. ASL interpreted by someone who can actually interpret my snark!
Seattle: Block October 6 from 7-9:30pm in your calendar. You won’t regret it.
I just saw someone on another platform talk about rubella babies and how measles is bad but just wait until the antivaxxers experience that. Hi. I’m rubella baby. I reject being a warning label and would love it if we could just agree to vaccinate because DISEASES ARE BAD.
As part of promo for DEAR BLIND LADY I *will* answer your questions about disability - weird ones, invasive ones, ones you absolutely shouldn’t ask but want to anyway. Just drop them in the contact form on snarkbat.com - I won’t even reveal your identity.
Elsa Sjunneson
Award-winning Deafblind author, editor, and speaker Elsa Sjunneson writes sharp books on disability, media, history, and speculative futures. Preorder Dear Blind Lady.
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Super thrilled to have been on Terrestrials this week! We love Jimothy! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/rad...
The Jimothy: Seattle Raccoon Steals Hearts | Terrestrials | WNYC Studios
If you’ve been on the internet recently, you might’ve heard of Jimothy—a raccoon from Seattle who went viral. Jimothy t-shirts, murals, tattoos, and tribute songs popped up across the...
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This is just your blanket reminder that preordering books helps authors! Please go preorder DEAR BLIND LADY - I promise, if there’s a question you have about disabled people , I answer it. Yes, even the weird shit like “will disabled people survive a zombie apocalypse”
A training series. Brilliant people w/visionary frameworks x practical, actionable tools so we can all level up in our service to a world in need of healing. Second session tomorrow night with the Hugo-winning author + activist @snarkbat.bsky.social on Disability Justice tools for everyone:
Learn, To Do: A Training Series for This Moment
Tools and Tactics for Collective Liberation, from the Grassroots on Up
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Torah ableism bingo from @snarkbat.bsky.social, with some strongly worded inputs from me. Get all the context plus excerpt of her NEW FORTHCOMING BOOK, DEAR BLIND LADY, here: www.lifeisasacredtext.com/dearblindlady/
First excerpt from Dear Blind Lady is up! Preorders are live and I’m happy to answer questions publicly if you drop them at snarkbatassistant (at) gmail! (Or on my contact form at snarkbat.com)
Elsa Sjunneson
Award-winning Deafblind author, editor, and speaker Elsa Sjunneson writes sharp books on disability, media, history, and speculative futures. Preorder Dear Blind Lady.
snarkbat.com
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat do you do if you invite a friend over and THEN realize your home is way less accessible than you thought?? What's OK to ask a friend about their disability, and what's just invasive, or creepy?? Torah ableism bingo! And MORE! From the brilliant @snarkbat.bsky.social:
Coming on October 6th 2026 is my new nonfiction title DEAR BLIND LADY from @sasquatchbooks.bsky.social I’m so excited to share this snarky but helpful guide to how to be better humans to one another. Preorder anywhere you buy books, and check out snarkbat.com for more!
Tonight I told my oldest kid the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as prep for when I take her to see Hadestown this summer. I made a 10yr old scream because Orpheus turned around. I feel good about my parenting choices today.
I am rewatching “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and it’s very interesting to see Deaf Rep done well in a 90s film. I don’t know BSL, but what I appreciate about it is that the non-Deaf woman in the movie takes the initiative and learns the language in order to pursue the Deaf love interest.
Quietly prepping things in the background. New content forthcoming soon.
From the Johns Hopkins Measles tracker, an alarming acceleration of the outbreak. It took ~12 months for case counts to reach 2,000 in 2025. We're on track this year to hit that by May. Link here: publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc... Let's dive in a little on what's at stake in our response.
the fact that legislators are trying to say that computers are devices that require id verification and tracking to use should put fear into EVERYONE. FIGHT AGAINST THIS.
Liam @ GamingOnLinux@gamingonlinux.com · 6mo agoNew US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification
Super delighted that Avengers Academy: Marvel Voices won a GLAAD award last night! I had a blast writing my July installment last year and am so grateful that my editor was able to step up when I gave birth in the middle of production.
Cats out of the bag! I wrote a new thing! Announcement things TK later! Dear BlindLady is the natural successor to Being Seen. So you believe in ableism and now you see how fucked we are? There’s a handbook for that!
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 6mo agoI inhaled most of this @snarkbat.bsky.social jawn in one day because as usual Elsa's writing is just soooo smart + wise + kind + fucking funny + yummy-snax readable and THIS IS A BOOK THAT EVERY HUMAN SHOULD READ because it's about how we love each other better? and it's INTERESTING AF so:
Writing a book proposal is the most mind numbing process to get to a creative endeavour. But here I am doing it anyway.
So I had COVID. I'm back after a week of rest. I am very ready to not be tired anymore.
Pat Robertson is dead. No eulogy. Just a reminder that his vitriol stoked hatred in the hearts of millions.
Abortion is permitted in Judaism, & it's required if the wellbeing of the pregnant person is at risk. Medication abortion isn’t new, even if it’s taken different forms over the centuries. Access saves lives. It preserves dignity. It honors agency. Access is the path to justice.
This is also my policy. I was merciful on twitter and I am Tired and Old now.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3y agoAlso FYI, my blocking policy for BlueSky is: - no strikes - no warnings - no hesitation - no mercy The first time I see an account be phobic, trollish or sea lion-y, to me or anyone, that's it, out of the pool, I won't even snark at you first, you do not deserve my delicious scorn, just gone, bye.