[ half-baked blog post about the rise of shaders and dithering as a design trend because design lost its seat at the table ]

opening an Irish/Indian fusion restaurant called Begosh and Pakora, wait no I'm sorry

🎉 new post 🎉 Your Design Tokens work today. Debt doesn't announce itself, it builds quietly until every commit's a fight. Let's bring in some linting. Introducing Linting To Your Existing Design Tokens System https://www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/introducing-linting-to-an-existing-token-system

Introducing Linting to your Existing Design Tokens System

A practical rollout plan for adding design token linting to an existing system without blocking delivery.

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I know this is controversial in our modern times, but I think even people with pre-existing health conditions should not shit themselves to death because they ate a bagged salad.

Bluesky feature request: User-proposed alt text updates. For when it's close, but not quite good enough to repost in good conscience. It'd obviously require a huge amount of abuse prevention settings, but a boy can dream.

Accessibility is resistance against exclusion. Léonie Watson reminds us that inclusive design is about participation, equity, and human rights. tink.uk/accessibilit... #Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #InclusiveDesign #WCAG #WebDevelopment #DisabilityInclusion

What started out as a single bookmarklet I built months ago to help me with an accessibility audit turned into a full-blown side quest, because...why not? Anyway, I'm happy to share SpotCheck. It's a set of bookmarklets for spot-checking accessibility issues. www.spotcheck.tools #Accessibility

SpotCheck: an Accessibility Bookmarklet Toolkit

SpotCheck is a collection of free bookmarklets for testing common accessibility issues. Each tool is mapped to the WCAG 2.2 success criteria it covers.

spotcheck.tools

"Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words. Making that effort is value you can add." gruhn.me/blog/2026-08...

football is kind of like a turn-based RPG, in a way

Me, inserting Airpods into my ears: "Man, I can't wait to listen to a podcast while I do this chore." Airpods: "Connect to your work laptop 3 rooms away? Even after you removed us from its list of known Bluetooth devices? You got it!" Me: … Airpods: :)))

this is my new favorite diagram

What Can’t I Press? now includes Orca keyboard shortcuts. #a11y github.com/ericwbailey/...

GitHub - ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press: ⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed

⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed. Contribute to ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

Love this! @aresluna.org shows what a year's worth of texts from his barber look like. "this is what software should be" unsung.aresluna.org/one-and-one-...

🧍‍♀️ ARIA Testify free, open source, code now available: #a11y #testing #tools #ARIA github.com/stevefaulkne... youtu.be/prLFqx1fR-k

Black Grape - In The Name Of The Father

YouTube video by BlackGrapeVEVO

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Help! My symbolism! It's so overt! And very explicit!

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop

Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.

reuters.com

Technology is cool, too bad they made it evil

would all grandmas please return to using an african woodcut lookin .svg of a guy playing jazz drums on birthday invitations instead of some chatGPT abomination

Gavin Miller@worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 6d ago

I mean, we all joked about comic sans and everything, but what I wouldn't give to see it on a poster these days instead of that fucking dreadful slop font. Would go to war for comic sans, I would run through a wall for times new roman. Impact, I take back everything I said about you.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my super app ye Mighty, and despair!

The Verge@theverge.com · 7d ago

Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year

It's up! Capo extension for Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... Let me know if you run into any issues

Capo: get your ﹤𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍﹥ in order – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Capo: get your ﹤𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍﹥ in order for Firefox. Visualize the optimal ordering of ﹤𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍﹥ elements on any web page

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Rick Viscomi@rviscomi.dev · last wk.

Capo extension support finally coming to Firefox

"Sure I can do UX writing"

Mr. Gorbachev, turn down for what

I made an app! What Can't I Press helps you discover what keyboard shortcuts are already claimed by running apps, with a focus on screen readers. This helps prevent you from overriding something someone might rely on to get what they want or need. #a11y github.com/ericwbailey/...

GitHub - ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press: ⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed

⌨️ Lists what keyboard shortcuts are claimed. Contribute to ericwbailey/what-cant-i-press development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

bring back the long Macintosh you cowards

More good news! Grateful to be funded for ACD for the next year 🙏🏾

Sovereign Tech Agency@sovereign.tech · last wk.

Meet the first cohort of the #SovereignTechStandards network! Antoine d’Aligny, @dansup.bsky.social, Heiko Schäfer, Job Snijders, Kacper Dalach, @lolaodelola.bsky.social, Marten Seemann, Martine Lenders, Mike Pennisi, and @swc.bsky.social. (1/4)

🗣️aViewer – Moderno A free, open source, modern Windows accessibility API inspection tool inspired by the original aViewer. #uia #ia2 #msaa #accessibility #screenreaders html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/0...

working on my web site will solve my problems working on my web site will solve my problems working on my web site will solve my problems

"Civil rights laws rarely die from a single dramatic vote, they erode through underfunded enforcement, narrowed interpretation, and the slow normalization of noncompliance." www.dennisdeacon.com/accessibilit...

Thirty-Six Years Later: The ADA at a Crossroads - Dennis Deacon

The ADA turns 36 amid quiet enforcement erosion. A look at the threats facing disability rights today, and why persistence still wins.

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You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.