#AccessibilityIsResistance https://tink.uk/accessibility-is-resistance/
Laura Kalbag
@laurakalbag.com
½ of Small Technology Foundation. Designs, talks, and writes about web, rights-respecting tech, inclusivity, privacy, design and dev. I wrote a book: Accessibility For Everyone: https://accessibilityforeveryone.site she/her
One week since my surgery and I’m so happy. The nerve pain was gone the second I woke up. Today I took an 8 minute walk, no pain, for the first time in 6 months. The hardest part now is restraining myself so I can recover properly!
The HTML cat is out of the Web Audio bag. I've finally released HYPERBLAM. It’s my system for sampling, processing, and sequencing sound and music directly in HTML. hyperblam.how
Hyperblam Docs Home
Documentation for HyperBlam. Make HTML make music.
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Please sign this petition and share with your networks: Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people
We call on the Government to launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988) which specified that Local Authorities could not intentionally promote, through ma...
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Anyone here had a lumbar discectomy? I’m having the surgery in 6 days and I’m a bit nervous! Not so much about the surgery itself or general anaesthetic, but the stay in hospital and what the recovery will involve. I’d appreciate any insight or advice from people with experience!
I hate how I nodded along to the familiarity of all this.
Ana Rodrigues@ohhelloana.blog · 3mo agoIt's often uneasy for me to share my experiences as a woman in tech, but this job market has me worried for everyone stuck somewhere harmful. I admire everyone who takes on "women in tech" speaking gigs but I am also angry for them and us. ohhelloana.blog/woman-in-tec...
Folks, you don't need AI to check color contrasts. You also don't need AI, to get suggestions for colors that pass the contrast ratio. It's pure, good, old math formula. Not everything needs to be "AI". Also, here are many, color contrast tools and more to help you build accessible color palettes:
Color accessibility: tools and resources to help you design inclusive products by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
All the tools, tips and resources your need to build and check the color accessibility and color constrast of digital products!
stephaniewalter.design
CONVERGE IS HAPPENING AGAIN! Can't remember if I've already posted about it, but get your tickets to the Best* Design Systems Conference. converge.zeroheight.com *As confirmed by me, and I am completely unbiased.
Converge 2026 — Design systems conference | Newcastle, UK
Converge is zeroheight’s annual design systems conference. Join us on 22 October 2026 at The Glasshouse, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK — talks, community, and the afterparty.
converge.zeroheight.com
I worked out a bunch of practical uses for math(s) functions in @penpot.app design tokens. It made my brain hurt a lot but you might find it useful! (Includes a template with all the demos.) penpot.app/blog/practic...
Practical uses for math functions in design tokens
Penpot design tokens support both basic calculations and complex math functions. Let’s explore how you can use both to level up your design systems.
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💔 Front-End Developer Seeking Meaningful Contracts Looking for a new partner to elevate your next project? I specialise in front-end architecture and design systems, crafting beautiful user experiences & enhancing legacy code. Let’s make something amazing together! stu@alwaystwisted.com 🙏🖤
I'd like to acknowledge that part of you that doesn't think you're ready to give a talk and say that you are. #id24 is a great way to share your knowledge with a global audience, and we'd love to have you pitch us.
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social · 3mo agoHey #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign folks: you still have until the end of this month (31 May 2026) to propose a presentations for this year's #id24 in September inclusivedesign24.org/2026/ Reminder: as it's a global event, we'd also be delighted to have talks in languages other than English.
I wrote about the design tokens JSON format (particularly how it works with @penpot.app) Originally inspired by someone on the Penpot community trying to import a JSON-formatted colour palette into Penpot. But then of course I had to get thorough about it! penpot.app/blog/a-pract...
A practical guide to the design tokens JSON format
Learn about the design tokens JSON file format and how Penpot works with it.
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I am so sorry to say that I can't make the Accessibility Ireland event next week, as I'm not able to travel right now. Hopefully we'll be able to postpone it for later in the year!
Excellent news and classic, wonderful @wil.to writing.
Piccalilli@piccalil.li · 3mo agoMat Marquis has waited 14 years to write this article. The sizes attribute has been a necessary evil but now, with an auto value capability, it’s completely transformed authoring responsive images on the web. piccalil.li/blog/the-end...
⭐ available for client work ⭐ Front-end developer & Design Systems consultant with 15 years experience building component libraries, modernising legacy codebases, writing docs & launching new projects Let's fix your tech debt or create something new stu@alwaystwisted.com 🙏🖤
At the end of the month I’ll be speaking at Accessibility Ireland about teaching inclusive design from day one. It’ll be all about how I’m trying to integrate inclusive design into the UI Design with @penpot.app course. Join us! Thursday 30th April in Dublin… www.eventbrite.ie/e/teaching-i...
Teaching inclusive design from day one
Join us along with our fantastic speaker Laura Kalbag, Educational Content Creator at Penpot and author of Accessibility for Everyone.
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I was a guest on Layshi Curbelo’s fabulous Command Z podcast and the episode is out now! We recorded this in-person during Penpot Fest. Layshi is the best host and it was a very cathartic experience 💜 open.spotify.com/episode/42ze...
Episodio 170: Laura Kalbag | Accessibility Is Not Optional
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Finally updated the @penpot.app tour (in under 5 minutes) video. I’ve tried to pack in all the practical info you need to get started, no filler. #penpot www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAkb...
Get started with Penpot in under 5 minutes
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@penpot.app have announced their ambassador program and I’m excited and honoured to be part of the first cohort of ambassadors alongside some fantastic and inspiring folks. penpot.app/ambassador-p... #opensource #penpot #design #opensourcedesign #penpotambassador #foss #oss #collaboration
"Educating accessibility overlay companies from the inside doesn’t work" 🔥 chrisyoong.com/blog/educati...
I tried to educate an Accessibility overlay company from the inside
This is what happened.
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In case you missed it, I shared the demo files from last week’s hands-on to the Penpot community. Rounding numbers, breakpoints, responsive layouts, all using design tokens: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-tok... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVu...
Design Systems at Scale | Penpot ✕ Tokens Studio Hands-On Demo
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This livestream is starting in 10 minutes! Come to say hi! Stay for design token nerdery… www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVu...
Design Systems at Scale | Penpot ✕ Tokens Studio Hands-On Demo
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Laura Kalbag@laurakalbag.com · 5mo agoTomorrow we’re doing a @penpot.app ✕ @tokensstudio.bsky.social live hands-on demo. It’s all about the practical details of dealing with design tokens at scale. I’ll be getting Marco to give me feedback on my design system, and we’ve got some really nerdy demos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFi...
Yellow is my favourite colour and @stephaniewalter.bsky.social truly knows how to rock colour (accessibly) in design.
Stef Walter@stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 5mo agoI won't have time to debunk the old "yellow is not accessible" myth in my axe-con talk. But, you are lucky: I already wrote a whole article on how accessibility does NOT limit color choices. stephaniewalter.design/blog/yellow-... #Accessibility #AccessibleColors #YellowColor
Tomorrow we’re doing a @penpot.app ✕ @tokensstudio.bsky.social live hands-on demo. It’s all about the practical details of dealing with design tokens at scale. I’ll be getting Marco to give me feedback on my design system, and we’ve got some really nerdy demos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFi...
Overwhelmed by the number of design tokens in your Design System?
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🎉 Looking for new work. 15 years front-end dev + Design Systems specialist. I help folks build, maintain & transform design systems. I'm also available for focused projects, front-end builds, codebase modernisation. Short to long term. Let's chat - stu@alwaystwisted.com reposts appreciated <3
Little reminder that axe-con, organised by @deque.com is this week!! It's a free online, two days (February 24 25) event, with a very nice line up of talks about accessibility and inclusive design. Want to learn about accessibility? Register, check them live, or catch the replays! #Accessibility
axe-con Digital Accessibility Conference | Deque
Join us to learn how to build, test, monitor, and maintain digital accessibility. Hosted on February 24-25, 2026, axe-con is completely free and virtual.
deque.com
Also, I've prepared a talk to help designers, who are tired of having accessibility pushed later, or ignored. February 25, 9am ET (3pm CET) I'll open the design track at #axecon with my talk "How to Convince People to Care and Invest in Accessibility" : www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...
