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The Starship Changeling

Hello everyone, and welcome aboard The Starship Changeling. please move down to the end of each row, filling every available seat, and stand clear of the doors. My name is Randy, and I often go by Changeling. I am an #A11y (accessibility) consultant, lover of horror novels and roller coasters and the human partner in crime to a feline named Alex. I mostly talk about blindness related issues, things i'm personally doing, tech, books and more. For more info, see the page titled "About" in the navigation section, or see the footer of any site page for other corners of the internet where I can be found. Thank you, and enjoy your ride on The Starship Changeling.

😎observations and humor

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    You couldn’t say the G word in the ‘70’s…

    A vibrant illustration featuring Changeling, a green humanoid figure with wings and yellow eyes, leading a lively crowd in singing a playful parody of “YMCA.” Changeling is mid-gesture, radiating energy and excitement, while the diverse crowd behind them joyfully joins in. Above them, the lyrics “It’s fun to stay at the Y, M, C, A. Because you now know this song is not” are displayed in bold, colorful text. The phrase is humorously followed by a censoring symbol and a visualized “bleep!” effect. The scene is set against a festive background with colorful lights, confetti, and a celebratory atmosphere.
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    An illustration of Changeling, a vibrant green and purple alien-like character with whimsical features, dressed as a police officer. The character is humorously pulling a colorful canister of pot gummies from a gun holster, smiling mischievously. The scene includes the text “Use gummies, not guns!” in bold letters near the bottom, reinforcing the playful and peace-promoting message. The image is framed with a decorative green border, suggesting a marijuana leaf theme, adding to the light-hearted and humorous tone.
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    😎🧑🏼‍🦯 For the graphic design industry upset by generative AI, I want to point out that a few years ago, I wanted to hire someone to make custom emotes for me. None of the designers provided descriptions of their work, nor were they willing. In short the graphic design now has to deal with the fact that they ignored my demographic for several years and will have to actually win me before they win me back from AI designing. Have fun with that.

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    😎 When asked if I voted, I calmly responded that I felt the whole deal was very overrated…

    I’ll wait until my neighbor finishes his lecture to let him know I took care of it last week.

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    😎 The Devil’s Chicken, it calls to me, precious!

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    😎 Remember all that talk I did about having internet through the storm because I had a 5G box? Well, Verizon had an outage last that took out my internet access starting at around 7 last night. Oddly, I had cell service. It brought to mind several Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes.

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    Question: How many woods make a forest?

    I have no idea, either!

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    😎 I just want to take a minute to say thank to everyone who was supportive during the last few days. Your comments and interactions meant a lot. I’m not always go at expressing how I feel with words, so I make these pictures.

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    😎 The sucky part about being a remote worker–you don’t get the day off when the office internet goes out.

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    I would also like to announce I will not be running for the U.S. presidency this year. I endorse Alex the NB Ace Cat.

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    😎 That’s it. No more eating #KFC saucy nuggets with clothes on! #ObservationsAndHumor

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    Thrust Your Opinion On Me! No really. It's fine.

    I’m almost sorry when new tech features come out now. They always seem to promote the new wave of people with a “truly unique” opinion they just have to thrust upon you without geeting your concent to become aware of said opinion. I liked the world better when things like religion, politics and personal choices were matters of the heart and not a branding avenue.

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    When i start the day only meaning to go to work, pick up my prescriptions and go home and also add in three hours arguing with DHL because they were more focused on their corp policy rather than fixing their mistake and I get to read them the riot act and use my Don’t F with me, Sport! voice on a DHL manager, I know almost anything is possible from today.

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    Question: Who is gina and how does she organize the chaos? And how did she establish ownership over the chaos once she organized it?

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    In reply to x.com/debramjac…

    Thank you for the kind words. also, for the chance to appear as part of this important project.

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    Reply with Your Affirmations to Acknowledge Be my Eyes' New Inclusive language Guide!!!

    Received Be My Eyes’ Inclusive Language Guide. I am surprised by some of the results, particularly the ease with which person-first language (a lot of work for no pay-off in my experienced opinion as a receiver of this language) is being ushered out the door. I acknolwledge I have some unlearning to do in this area, mostly pushing back on the administrations’ idea that person-first language is still correct. FTR, I still taking each person’s lead on which language you use is still the most fullproof way to go.

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    The #Apple health app says there’s been a trend in my activity and workkout time lately. I can neither confirm nor deny this change.

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    This Book is Cool: Featuring guest Randy Reed

    Some of you may remember me talking about being on a webqast called “This Book is Cool.”. I just received the email with the finished product. See my photos page

    Helen Keller – This Book is Cool

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    😎 There are two things I want by the time summer is over:

    1. starshipchangeling.net is established as my place on the Internet.
    2. I want to be changeling. As someone British once said, “Don’t dream it; be it.”
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    A changeling After All

    😎🧚🏻🐲 Was watching an old sitcom the other day and heard one of the characters refer to athe #LGBTQIA2ss+ community as, “the fae crowd”. Not saying that a good name for the community as a whole–pretty sure it’s not, but if we take it as a possible name and at how i’ve lived my life and where I’ve ended up in relation to this specific community, the name Changeling seems more and more appropriate all the time.

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