...and do more than reblog this post about it.

Chronic migraines. Dyslexia. ADHD. Autism. Vision impairment. Visual sensory processing disorder. Colorblind. & Neurotypical. Abled.

These are aspects of people that are affected by Discord’s new update to its color scheme and font, and there very well could be more I didn’t mention. Yes, you read it right, abled people and neurotypical people too. You are not immune to eyestrain.

What are the issues?

A font which is both overly uniform and overly squished, with many letters that have essentially the same silhouette as others and could easily be flipped and look the same as another. ▻ This is dyslexic-unfriendly, as well as generally harder to read and an issue for people with visual impairments who may find that letters bleed together or that their eyes ‘skip’ over letters or words at times.

A color scheme that is so highly saturated that it both immediately draws your attention and also makes you want to immediately look away. ▻ This is generally unfriendly, affecting people with sensory issues the most (ADHD/Autism, migraines, processing disorders), but it’s also colorblind-unfriendly. Due to the differences between the colors being exclusively the part that changes the named color (hue; “green” vs “blue”) instead of both that and the colors being different intensities (saturation; “neon green” vs “leaf green”), they look practically identical.

Aren’t there more? No. This is pretty much all that was changed.

Discord changed TWO THINGS and pretty much managed to land every single person possible to genuinely hurt with a visual design change that doesn’t add or remove any elements. Including abled and neurotypical people!!!

Discord is currently a good number of people’s lifeline and way to connect with others. And with this change, they just made using their app hurt. They know that we can’t leave their app without leaving our friends and communities behind. They know that if they can just sweep this under the rug, they won’t have to do a thing.

...So we can’t let them.

Why would Discord do this?

It’s actually fairly simple. Discord was hemorrhaging money from its very conception. Discord only exists because investors think it’ll make money in the future. If Discord doesn’t do as well, investors will push to make it “better” or they’ll drop their funding. Discord was probably forced into this situation, they probably knew exactly what would happen.

We have to show their investors that Discord was right.

What can we do to fix this?

DON’T:

Reply to Discord’s tweet about the design change. ▻ It gives Discord more attention, and if any complaints are acknowledged they are directed to Discord’s accessibility forums.

ONLY post on Discord’s accessibility forums. ▻ It gives Discord stats to work with, but it also means the outcry isn’t public. We need everyone to see this, not just Discord.

DO:

Reblog this post. ▻ Spreads the awareness, and all.

Retweet, reply to, and/or like this tweet: https://twitter.com/KarklesMarx/status/1393223369571586053 ▻ This tweet is part of our and our friends’ initiative to get this big and get this public.

Make your own posts about it on different social medias. ▻ Tumblr, Twitter, Discord servers, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, whatever ground you have, use it. You can help make this change too.

Find other people doing the same thing. ▻ One initiative is never enough. Look for other people making posts like these and boost their posts too.

IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER LANGUAGE, MAKE POSTS OF YOUR OWN BOOSTING IT IN OTHER LANGUAGES. ▻ Please. There are probably a lot of people we haven’t reached because this is an all-English post.

Wait, don’t you have pictures of what’s going on?

We do. They’re under the cut, to prevent causing issues for people reading the post.

Please do your research! There is so much misinformation out there and a lot of lies.

Everyone should know the truth so please try to know as much as you can so you can spread awareness and help!

This is a Twitter thread updated frequently with links for community resources/mutual aid.

Here is a gofundme for the AAPI Community Fund

Red Canary Song

Butterfly

Swan

Asian Women's Shelter, an organization helping Asian women leave abusive relationships

useful carrds to get educated on what's happening towards asian community:

If you can and you want to help recuperate some of the loss—just some of the transportation cost would be great—I would be so grateful.

My PayPal is [email protected]

My cashapp is $Mockiato

Meet Saraya: she was experiencing a mental health crisis. Police came and tackled her. She is 15.

Saraya Rees is a 15 year old biracial girl from Coos County, Oregon. After being abruptly instructed to stop taking her antidepressants by a local pediatrician, Saraya went into psychosis. In her manic state, Saraya poured a small amount of gasoline on the floor. Her parents called Coos Health & Wellness in hope that that would send mental health advisors, Coos Health & Wellness sent the police. While still in psychosis, the officers arrested her, questioned her without her family or lawyers present, charged with attempted murder and assault, and sent her to juvenile prison for 11 years.

ELEVEN.YEARS.

This is not justice.

This is inhumane.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

1. Call these people and demand that she be let go to the custody in her parents.

Please call Governor Kate Brown and Senator Jeff Merkely.⁠

⁠

📞Governor Kate Brown: (503) 378-4582⁠

📞Senator Jeff Merkley: (503) 326-3386⁠

2. Sign the petition! 

http://chng.it/dPR59dnMzq

Please DO NOT donate to CHANGE.ORG, instead donate to Saraya’s gofundme. 

3. Follow @justice4saraya on instagram. You can find info on where to send her encouragement cards and get updated on progress.

4. SEND CARDS TO THE FOLLOWING (please also note card sending rules)

OAK CREEK CORRECTIONAL FACIILITY 

C/O SARAYA REES

4400 LOCHNER ROAD SE 

ALBANY, OR 97332

EDIT: PLEASE CONSIDER THESE RULES WHEN SENDING HER CARDS! The family has asked for the following when sending cards: 

-No vulgar language or cursing (she’s a child, afterall) 

-No stickers

-No metal 

- Do not use return address stickers

-No Cash

Using these things could mean Saraya doesn’t get your card. If you want to donate to the family during this very hard time, please use the GOFUND ME.

 https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice4saraya

You can also send her gifts for when she gets out to a PO BOX: 

SARAYA’S PO BOX

PO BOX 211

MYRTLE POINT, OR 97458

MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A CRIME. LET’S FREE OUR GIRL SARAYA!!!

these screenshots are only from like 4 or 5 different candles but i could’ve grabbed plenty more.

A friend of mine was telling me a few days ago, how her boyfriend has barely been able to taste or smell anything since April. And honestly, that’s horrifying. No one knows exactly why the virus does this, but being unable to taste or smell anything can cause depression.

The blue lands have been taken from the indigineous people by azerbaijani forces during war.

The red lands are going to be occupied by azerbaijan too after the “agreement”.

The green lands are the only ones we have left. 

We lost almost 70% of our land. The indigenous people - armenians, lost 70% of their land in modern world, 2020, just to avoid SECOND genocide and extermination. People lost their homes, their culture, churches and everything they’ve built for so long.

This is a fucking joke. The international human rights organisations are a big fucking joke. A cruel one at that.

I’m mourning because the world failed my people again and let a second genocide happen. 

All trans people are divine ✨

due to relentless bombing for more than 40 continuous days, much of our cities and villages in Artsakh have been destroyed. houses, buildings, streets, churches, cultural centres. on top of the destruction and death this war has brought to my people, we are struggling to cope with covid - number of new cases have been steadily increasing since the war broke out, for obvious reasons. Armenians of the diaspora have been donating since the war broke out (and even before that, because it is with our donations that we built Artsakh after the first war 30 years ago). we are a small country, with limited resources, and this war and pandemic has put a strain on us. we were struggling before, but now we need all the help we can get.

donations are desperately needed - you can donate here: himnadram.org or here: armeniafund.org

other ways to support:

https://helparmenians.carrd.co - a really useful page with plenty of resources, you can learn about armenia/artsakh, there’s petitions to sign, and donation pages

@armenianblog​ also has a lot of posts with helpful infographics to educate yourself and others on the subject.

you can buy System of a Down’s newest album - proceeds are going towards the armeniafund (alternatively, you can stream the songs on Spotify or Youtube)

watch this YouTube video (beginning to the end, don’t skip ads, don’t mute the video, don’t play it on a loop) all proceeds are being donated

Armenian jewlery maker, all proceeds are being donated

Armenian creator on Etsy, all proceeds are being donated (link to tumblr post you can reblog)

My redbubble shop - all proceeds for November and December I will donate to himandram.org (redbubble is currently having a sale of 20-60% with the code GIFTS60, fyi)

Telo Jan, all proceeds made from their ARTSAKH IS ARMENIA, DEFEND ARMENIA and RECOGNIZE ARTSAKH designs are being donated (and at least 10% is being donated from everything else). There are other items where 100% of the proceeds are being donated (shown here*), but if you go through their Instagram or Facebook page other items may have been included since that October 13th post. (*UPDATED)

TruVibe, all proceeds made from the Armenia Collection will be donated to the ArmeniaFund.

Armenian artist gazellian on Etsy, all proceeds made from the ARTSAKH prints collection will be donated to the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.

Armenian creator dvinojewelry on Etsy, all proceeds made from the Artsakh necklace will be donated to the ArmeniaFund.

MidoriMTL on Etsy, all proceeds made from the Artsakh Strong stickers will be donated to the ArmeniaFund.

Armenian creator legendoftamar on Etsy, all proceeds made from the Artsakh Strong stickers will be donated to the ArmeniaFund.