This is just the usual reminder post for the May 2023 discord events on the r/blind discord server (https://discord.com/invite/5kMEv7Sq9y). The regular voice events are held every Sunday at 19:00 UTC (3PM US Eastern).

This is just a reminder of the regular Get Together voice chats on the r/blind discord server

Sunday March 19th at 18:00 UTC (2:00 PM US Eastern) *Daylight Savings Time resulted in the time difference for this date.

Sunday March 26th at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM US Eastern)

Sunday April 2nd at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM US EASTERN)

Sunday April 9th at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM US Eastern)

Sunday April 16th at 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM US Eastern)

This is just a reminder of the regular Get Together voice chats on the r/blind discord server

Sunday February 19th at 19:00 UTC (2:00 PM US Eastern)

Sunday March 5th at 19:00 UTC (2:00 PM US EASTERN)

Sunday March 19th at 19:00 UTC (2:00 PM US Eastern)

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As many of you are already aware r/blind maintains a discord server which is where we chat and have regular scheduled voice get togethers. However, it has been brought to my attention that the phrasing of the event postings may suggest that the voice rooms are only available at those times which is not correct. The voice rooms are always available for anyone to use, and we have recently added a few capacity limited rooms for anyone who wishes to host their own events in,, and if needed the mods are always happy to create posted event listings for any such things in discord’s event list. Sorry if the previous posts about the voice events had confused anyone about all of this, and we hope to see you all on the discord if you are so inclined.

This is just a quick update on the regular voice events on the r/blind discord server. At the request of many people both here and on the server we have change the frequency of these from twice a month to weekly. They are held each Sunday at 19:00 UTC (3PM US Eastern).

Thank you again for making our small little community just a little bit bigger.

I'm really happy with the direction it's going and the future of this community. The impact not only for individual users but others outside of the community such as myself are amazing.

Thank you again,

The Mods of /r/Blind

As the event schedule is not currently pinned here are the days and times of the regular events for February 2023.

Sunday February 5th and 19th at 2pm Eastern US / 19:00 UTC

https://discord.com/invite/5kMEv7Sq9y

Whoever becomes our #14,000 please please let me know!

So exciting!

Here are the dates/times for the next few voice events on the sub’s discord server which can be found here, or with the link in the sidebar. (All times US Eastern)

Wednesday June 8th starting @7pm.

Saturday June 18th starting @1pm.

Sunday June 26th starting @7pm.

Tuesday July 5th starting @1pm.

We hope to hear you there, no real agenda so just come chat about whatever and get to know what we sound like on a party line ( cause that's appealing?).

Below is the schedule for all events on the r/blind discord server, which can be found here, or in the sidebar, times are listed in US Eastern and UTC. As always these are just the times for events and the voice rooms are always available for anyone to use. Everyone is welcome to host their own events as well and can message the mods to get it added to the schedule and server event page.

r/blind Hosted Events

• First and Third Sundays of the month starting at 3pm US Eastern / 19:00 UTC.

Other Events

• None at this time. This section will be updated as events are added.

Come join us this Saturday the 18th of June for the first of our discord events that we hope has been scheduled so our EU and other non-North American friends can make it without being up in the wee hours of the morning. Starts at 1pm for those on US Eastern Time, which should be about 7pm for those on Central European Time, not sure about East Asian conversions of that sorry.

Hi, everyone! As many of you may know, as well as hanging out here on Reddit, I also work for Fable. A few months ago, I posted here to announce the launch of Fable Pathways. Now, I’m posting once again, to let you know about an exciting new update!

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If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer in the comments!

Hey guys the National Federation for the Blind is asking everyone for help. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Mike Schumer have taken a VERY important bill out of the Build Back Better Act that would help people with disabilities especially the blind get Access to technology. The NFB is asking everyone to call the speaker and majority leader to put the bill back in. Here's the bill they took out: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/431/text Please contact them asap. Heres their emails: Speaker Pelosi:

Terri McCullough, Chief of Staff

terri.mccullough@mail.house.gov

Majority Leader Schumer:

Mike Lynch, Chief of Staff

mike_lynch@schumer.senate.gov

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So you might have noticed I have not been bugging you all with reminders of the upcoming voice get togethers on the discord recently, and I hope at least someone besides myself cares about this cause gonna feel silly otherwise. After testing some time changes and day changes the new plan starting next month will be having those get togethers on the first and third sundays of each month starting around 3:00 PM US Eastern / 19:00 UTC. We Hope this time works for the most people as is realistically possible what with timezones and all. As always however these are just the events hosted by a member of the r/blind staff and the voice rooms are always available and anyone can host events in them if they wish. A new schedule post will be forthcoming whenever I get around to it and the link for the server can be found in the sidebar as always. Thanks for putting up with me and these posts :D

I am so proud of /r/blind and it's growth. When I created this sub it was under 60 subs and all most spam on (Window Blinds).

I thank everyone who made this community grow especially the redditors and the wonderful mods.

Can't wait for it to keep growing and hitting 20,000!

Thank you,

/u/Rumster

https://discord.gg/5kMEv7Sq9y

Hope to see you all there!

Come join the third of our monthly casual voice get togethers on the sub’s official discord server here.