Sewzinski

@sewzinski.bsky.social

Art, illustration, pattern design, folklore, flowers, and something yet to be revealed. This is where I thrash. NeverAI She/her https://linktr.ee/sewzinski

In Ireland, Gleaning Sunday/Domhnach Deascán was the first Sunday after 15 August, when leftover crops were gathered. This is a practical operation but also a ritual one with ancient roots. The Old Testament stated gleanings were to be gathered by the poor & the dispossessed 🧵 1/2 #WyrdWednesday

🎨 'Gleaning' Arthur Hughes (1832–1915). A dark haired woman gathers overlooked crops in a harvest field studded with scarlet poppies

bluesky devs- you have got to do something about the alt text interface on mobile. it's really hard to use. I can't scroll up and down easily and makes it really hard to proofread my alt text.

It’s true, in the past I would have had multiple editors in my inbox asking me to write about the Cunningham stuff. I haven’t gotten a single assignment request. Trans writers used to be tokenized to write about these things but now that the topic is “mainstream,” those bylines go elsewhere.

Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 22h ago

I need people to understand that for the last half decade that there’s been an ecosystem of trans folks in sports media who have worked unpaid to serve as experts for context, sources and educators on what it’s like for trans athletes, in hopes of potential bylines and contacts. That’s dried up.

My 2-point reform platform: 1. Naming your product after sci fi requires a 10-page essay with your TM application to prove that you understood the source material; 2. CEOs of >$1B market cap companies must spend one day per year in a dunk tank, where anyone in America can pay $1 to drop you.

I saw chaos once, years ago. Darkness grew from one corner of my room. It was a solid mass and an oily liquid and a dark smoke all at once. It was spreading very fast. I knew if it touched me I could never be sane. I cried 'Stop!'. It rewound backwards to its vanishing point. It's waiting. #attlg