Notices by Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)

.@blag Do you know the story behind this? Many Basque businesses here in Bilbao use this font or similar ones. Very chunky, serif. Seems identified with Basqueness, but I'm not sure how that came about.

@skinnylatte Meanwhile I'm eating my breakfast pastries in Arkham Asylum...

@skinnylatte "Poised on the corner of a skyscraper like an Art Deco gargoyle, she haunts the night. She power dives into the concrete canyon, sweeping the city clean of sweet breakfasts..." 🦇

Fuck that primate that invented patriarchy.

In the Eroski, their store brand of margarine is called "plantequilla" and that kind of pun is extremely my shit. #Spain #Language

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher Who Confronts State Propaganda

While they don't give detailed audio description, I was surprised they actually read the subtitles in the bits of trailer they showed, for those who need that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTViOwZz0w #Film #Movies #Documentary #Authoritarianism #Propaganda

Clearly the Dems' time is over...it's really just a Q of trying to do the organization that allows people to feel confident enough to run for and vote for an actual progressive 3rd party.

And that's just talking electoral politics.

Which is of limited use when the fascists are doing everything they can to suppress votes, take the franchise away, and now have a mostly bought SCOTUS to award them another Bush v. Gore if they want it.

But we *do* need organizing and need more leaders. #USpol

Something that characterizes a lot of Dem politician "leaders" is that they disappear when they've lost an election or termed out.

I feel the way you can tell a leader is by what they do when they're *not* getting paid and lauded.

#USpol

@skinnylatte I was wondering that so thanks for filling me in. I'm not sure how many different written marks that are used for quotations.

I know when I first saw the double pointy ones as a teen visiting Denmark, they really threw me off. I couldn't process them the same way...takes practice.

I was just thinking through something where I'd use "air quotes" witn my fingers with someone whose first language isn't English. And I realized that at least in some other European languages, it's double pointy brackets.

Does any spoken language culture other than USian use some sort of ironic signifier that they are dubious about the name or phrase being set off in that way? #Language

Artwork I did for a Trina Robbins comic book signing, after a photograph by Joe Rosenthal.

Seems appropriate for #InternationalWomensDay #Comics

mobility aid and they seem open at least to more dialogue around that. They've asked for dimensions and whether I'm taking local or long-distance trains. So they seem willing to entertain the idea.

Something important for abled people to know about ableism: because accessibility is rarely a given in design of infrastructure or processes, because things are rationed (and therefore policed), disabled people with greater mobility issues than I have are prevented from enjoying the spontaneity that

I asked two questions. One was about what disabled people who are not German residents do to "prove" they're disabled. This was the response: "We thank you for understanding that documents that have been issued abroad for severely handicapped people are not acknowledged in Germany."

This seems to indicate to me that disabled people from other countries are not welcome...no suggestion was made of an alternate process of "proving" that one is disabled.

However, my other question was about my

I'm pretty sure I know what the answer's going to be, but I just asked Deutsche Bahn if I can take my mobility aid (a folding recumbent trike) on their trains... #BikeTooter #Disability #Accessibility #Trains

I'm about to visit some cities between next week and late April and will need some advice about where to get things there that are hard for me to obtain in Albania.

Do you live in Vienna, Brno, Valencia, or Freiburg and are willing to advise? Please let me know. I'd much appreciate it.

Teacher turns first graders’ drawings into real hats — their reaction says it all

US public school teachers have been doing so much with so little for so long...

For non-USians - I'm certain there was not a budget for yarn nor for her time knitting these. These were entirely funded by an underpaid public school teacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD-vLG9TKU #GoodNews

@ai6yr Before the election, I remember some report saying that Accuweather wanted to break public forecasting so they could get rid of the free info (which is weird because I think their forecasting power largely came from publicly-funded data anyway). https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/as-trump-slashed-weather-agency-his-appointees-have-ties-to-companies-that-stand-to-benefit-from-privatizing-forecasts #USpol

I'm a solo, low income, disabled older woman and have been without accessible independent transportation for about a year now. It will cost at least $8K to get something that meets my access needs.

Today is #BandcampFriday and every person who buys my music with a big tip is helping me get to that goal of better health, more independence, and travel freedom!

Thanks to all the kind Mastodonians who've already done this! #BikeTooter #Music #Disability #MutualAid

https://meganlynch.bandcamp.com/album/songs-the-brothers-warner-taught-me

"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW

At the end, McKellen does the monologue from Thomas More again, upon request from Stephen. And it's particularly strong when delivered in front of an audience in the current US situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2RqzVG4ag #USpol #Fascism #Immigration #Shakespeare

"The Network of Disabled Persons' Organizations condemned yesterday the hate speech used against journalist Stenaldo Mëhilli, a visually impaired person, during the "Big Brother #Albania VIP" program.

“The Albanian Association of the Blind (SHVSH) strongly condemns the language used against the blind competitor, Stenaldo Mëhilli, where blindness was labeled as a “punishment” or “curse” (“God has punished you / God has cursed you”),” the association expressed."

https://citizens.al/en/2026/02/04/Reactions%3A-Institutions-and-organizations-condemn-hate-speech-on-Big-Brother-VIP/