This Week In React 256 - 🤝 @filipkaminski.com @piaskowyk.bsky.social 🍿 Read/subscribe: thisweekinreact.com/newsletter/256 ⚛️ - Next.js / Cache Components - Directives drama - TanStack - Storybook - Waku - shadcn - Rari 📱 - React Navigation - Expo / EAS - Gesture Handlers - Screens - Nitro Enjoy!

Two federal prosecutors suspended for calling Jan 6 a "mob of rioters" while seeking prison time for a pardoned rioter caught with guns, ammo, and a machete outside Obama's home after threatening a car bombing. They were locked out of their computers hours after filing. Truth is now a firing offense

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

We worked with the team at equivalent on a couple of complex infographics which they created as smart SVGs you can see a short video about the project youtu.be/ZeZIp78wMUU #AXSChat

Zero Project 2024 Equivalent + Atos Infographic Case Study

YouTube video by Equivalent

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Q6: How can developers, designers, and AI creators collaborate to ensure image accessibility for all? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong

Q5: What if every image online were accessible to people using screen readers? Are we getting closer to that future? #AXSChat

Now on #axschat, we are talking with @heathersneff.bsky.social from @equivalentsvg.bsky.social The Invisible Revolution: How Code-Based Graphics Are Changing the Internet. Listen to the podcast here: www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episo...

The Invisible Revolution: How Code-Based Graphics Are Changing the Internet - AXSChat Podcast

Accessibility and sustainability collide in this eye-opening conversation with Heather Neff, CEO of Equivalent. She returns to AXSChat to share groundbreaking developments in their mission to transfor...

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Q4: Can AI-generated images be made fully accessible from the start? How does encoding them in XML help? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong

Q1: How can converting pixel images into scalable vector graphics using XML make digital content more accessible for all? #AXSChat

Q2: What barriers do pixel-based images create for screen readers—and how does Equivalent help solve them? #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong

Q3: Have you tried using vector graphics to improve accessibility in your digital content? What worked? What didn’t? #AXSChat

@axschat.bsky.social Looking forward to our chat today! Follow our progress @equivalentsvg.bsky.social

Hey everyone! Equivalent's Blue Sky account-@equivalentsvg.bsky.social is up and running before my @axschat.bsky.social podcast at the end of May talking about smart graphics. Please like and follow! @debraruh.bsky.social @gbevin.uwyn.com @neilmilliken.bsky.social @akwyz.com

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 15th, instead of holding a webinar, we're asking people to pledge time to contribute to #accessibility in #WordPress. You can contribute to core, fix #a11y issues in your own products/website or create a11y content. Join us! equalizedigital.com/gaad2025/

Global Accessibility Awareness Day Pledge - May 15, 2025

In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, pledge to improve accessibility in WordPress on May 15th. Find out how to get involved.

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GAAD is an opportunity to spark conversations, share best practices, and take meaningful action toward digital and physical accessibility around the world. Submit GAAD events and activities here: https://f.mtr.cool/uajqjsxqkl #GAAD #IAAP #A11Y

#Accessibility is a civil right. It’s not a checklist and it’s not new. Thx @dredf.bsky.social for the reminder that today is the 26th anniversary of #WCAG 1.0 (Web Content, Accessibility Guidelines ). And reminding me of what I wrote when WCAG turned 20! #a11y

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund@dredf.bsky.social · last yr.

On May 5, 1999, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) issued a press release announcing the publication of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. Happy birthday #WCAG! From the WCAG's 20th birthday, an article by @lflegal.bsky.social www.lflegal.com/2019/05/wcag...

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we recognize Jillian Mercado, an American #model & #actor with spastic #MuscularDystrophy. Listen & read transcript #fashion #Target #Beyoncé #NYC #TheLWordGenerationQ #TheLWord #LatinX #Dominican #wheelchair #inclusivity #representation #accessibility #a11y

I'm not out making my way through all the conferences this year, but I'm still around. 😜 #a11y #UX #UI

Hey @figma.com. Figma Sites in its current state can put your customers at serious risk for accessibility lawsuits. #a11y #accessibility

Ashlee 🤟🏻@ashleemboyer.com · last yr.

Let's play a game with `document.querySelectorAll` 617 div elements. 84 elements with aria-label. All 84 are divs. No button/role=button elements. 12 anchor/role=link elements. 5 role=link elements. All 5 are divs. 5 elements with tabindex. All 5 are divs. 7 elements with href. 5 are divs.

[New blog post] Are CSS Carousels accessible sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-car... In this post, I share some important insights from examining the accessibility of CSS-only carousels that use new features introduced in the #CSS Overflow Module Level 5 spec. #a11y

Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?

– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer

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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

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She decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. #Trump #AI #Politics #News #TedTalk #SocialMedia

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

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Equivalent is built for a world with trillions of images—automating speed, personalization, and legal compliance at scale. Learn more at www.equivalentSVG.io. #SmartSVG #SmartGraphics #a11y #accessibility #SVG #Graphics #GraphicDesign

Accessibility is not a loud, one-time event; It isn't about quick fixes or public shaming. It's like watering a plant – splash it once, and you'll make a mess; nurture it daily, and you'll watch it thrive. #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong #Equity #SDGs #Equity #Disability #Accessibility

Please share, help, and call your Attorney General. Disability rights are on the chopping block now, and disability will touch your life in the future if it doesn’t already #Disability

I will be presenting at the Tech Forum March 4th and at the Conference on Thursday March 6th. Please connect with me if you are attending the conference! #ZeroProject2025 #ZeroCon25 #graphics #a11y #accessibility

Did you know 34 Million new AI generative Images are made every day? All inherently inaccessible. I'm working on something big to fix this issue. #a11y #accessibility #SVG #SmartSVG