Gregory J. Rosmaita

@oedipusnj.bsky.social

Voice input/output user | Unintelligible at any speed Accessibility is a human & civil right. Inaccessibility is a choice. YOUR choice. #AlwaysAddALT #ALT4me #ALT4you Girlbossed by #BCatPix, who appears in my avatar & banner.

@pfrazee.com - where's the character counter for DM? Where's the WAI-ARIA markup necessary for those of us using assistive technology to use the char counter when composing messages or ALT? Where is your accessibility plan for BS outlining how you will make it accessible & work with PWD to do so?

Michigan passed reforms to stop imposing court fines & fees on children — often very young (someone quoted here was *11*!). And the reforms applied retroactively this fall, relieving millions of dollars of debt that were weighing people down from young ages. NEW: boltsmag.org/michigan-juv...

How Michigan Stopped Saddling Children with Millions in Court Debt

Last year, Michigan stopped imposing court fines and fees on kids, and relieved millions of dollars in past debt. Now, it may also ensure that kids get adequate representation in court.

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@pfrazee.com Please circulate amongst colleagues. Please institutionalize its advice. BS needs WAI-ARIA markup on its interactive widgets & counters to truly be usable by those who use assistive technology There is - & there has never been - an excuse not to implement www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/

ARIA in HTML

This specification defines the authoring rules (author conformance requirements) for the use of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 and Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 ...

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Émilie du Châtelet, who hypothesized conservation of energy, established kinetic energy as distinct from momentum and proportional to (speed)², and combined work by Newton and Leibniz with her own original ideas in "Institutions de Physique," was born #OTD in 1706. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ Portrait: M. Q. de La Tour

Color portrait of Émilie du Châtelet. She has papers spread out before her and holds a compass to them with her right hand. Her left elbow rests on the table and her hand is propped against her cheek. She is wearing a green dress with a green bow at her neck, and white frilly sleeves.

Sorry in advance for the hostility, but fuck you if you're still saying shit like 'it's just social media, just switch off your computer and go outside, it's not that serious lol'. Fuck you. You can talk about a need for irl community and how no platform has your back without being that oblivious.

Unfortunately, too many people who add ALT to images neglect to do so for images of text An image of text is not text. It's an image & must be accompanied by a full text transcript via ALT This is especially important for those who are not visually impaired, but who rely on ALT, as well

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2y ago

In the period between now and Inauguration Day, on January 20th, the Biden Administration could still give immigrants additional layers of protection before Trump takes office. So far, he appears unwilling to do so. nyer.cm/Ic2teal