Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
katie buechner
@kbuechner.bsky.social
they/them web dev, a11y advocate, beset by devils of all sorts
Ok it turns out “the guy in charge of the Donner Party” was George Donner, which is a weird coincidence
katie buechner@kbuechner.bsky.social · 3w agoEveryone with their hot takes on Lindsay Graham. Where was this vitriol for the guy in charge of the Donner Party. Your silence speaks volumes.
Everyone with their hot takes on Lindsay Graham. Where was this vitriol for the guy in charge of the Donner Party. Your silence speaks volumes.
you should mourn them and theirs in the way that they would mourn you and yours
A common question about alt text is whether or not it's appropriate to mention attributes like race or skin tone. A common response is, "It depends." In this post, Tolu Adegbite explains how race can be relevant and important in providing context. medium.com/shopify-ux/t...
The case for describing race in alternative text attributes
How to describe race in alt text and why it’s important
medium.com
I have a perfume that is my "house perfume" because it kind of smells like varnish and burnt tires (in a nice way, in my opinion) but it feels confrontational to wear it in public. Anyway I'm lying in bed smelling like a driveway. Highly recommend getting yourself a house perfume.
The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01...
The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML
I've told this story at conferences - but due to the general situation I thought I'd retell it here. A few years ago I was doing policy research in a housing benefits office in London. They are singu...
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From the archives: It’s always safe to assume JavaScript will not be available, so here’s a quick list of very realistic reasons it won’t be. piccalil.li/blog/a-handf...
A handful of reasons JavaScript won’t be available
It’s always safe to assume JavaScript will not be available, so here’s a quick list of very realistic reasons it won’t be.
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I heard that some cunning YouTubers have Solved Petscop recently. Finally we can focus our efforts on Valle Verde, which has not been Solved yet, as far as I know: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_xm...
Valle Verde (Found Footage) Part 4/??? [ENG Subtitles]
YouTube video by Alluvium
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Thinking about buying and eating some grapes, just for fun
I’m happy to announce that I will be “stepping away from the Unemployment Guillotine”(converting from contract to full-time at my company)
@kathbarbadoro.bsky.social Grapes at the beach are A-tier, frozen green grapes at the beach are S-tier. When they’re frozen they have kind of a push-pop texture and when they thaw you’ve got cold grapes
@nancycomics.bsky.social first, thank you for adding great alt text, this is exactly what it should be - a text alternative to an same that conveys the same information. I just wanted to let you know that when it’s all caps some screenreaders will read it letter by letter as an acronym, not a word.
When Baz Luhrman had the guns say "sword" on the side in Romeo + Juliet, that was the best choice that has been made in any modern adaptation ever.
@bransonreese.bsky.social grace in the new resident evil is just rona in cvs with a gun
Vestibular disorders affect people's balance as well as their visual perception of their world around them. Don't make animations, sliders, videos, or rapid movement start automatically, as autoplaying elements could trigger a bad reaction in people who have vestibular disorders.
I am almost positive that I only ate half of the sandwich I got for lunch. I'm hungry, which supports this theory. But! I can't find the other half, only the balled up wrapper, and so I believe there is a loose half a steak and cheese sub somewhere in my apartment.
I am an accessibility engineer, I use assistive tech myself, and while I appreciate this suggestion I will in turn suggest that this phrase has become nothing more than a shibboleth and is seldom, if ever, backed up by actually meaningful action. Pop quiz: do images ALWAYS require alt text?
Replying to a post with "use alt text" without supplying the missing image description is useless. Stop pretending to care about accessibility when all you want to do is score points off your Posting Enemies.
Flashbangs burn hotter then lava. They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed. *That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids. Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com: www.propublica.org/article/flas...
Hotter Than Lava
Every day, police toss dangerous flashbang grenades during raids, with little oversight and horrifying results
propublica.org
David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 7mo agoNon-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 7mo agoThat is what was relayed
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