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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 4h

Today wraps up @ire.org's AccessFest. I'm grateful for getting to present with James Ku on Thursday, and again today with @stacykess.bsky.social and Sam Evans. Each focused on what journalists can start doing to make their work more accessible to people with disabilities. #AccessFest25 #AccessFest

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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 1d

“Soul on Fire” tells the story of St. Louisan John O’Leary, who survived burns over 90% of his body at age 9.

Now, his journey is headed to the silver screen. It's the first major film shot in St. Louis since 2009.

In 'Soul on Fire,' John O'Leary takes St. Louis and his story of survival to the big screen

John O’Leary came home to St. Louis in order to tell his life story. “Soul on Fire,” a new film that follows O’Leary’s life, premieres Friday in theaters nationwide.

www.stlpr.org

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to seeing this St. Louis-centric movie that takes place in a lot of familiar places. Including a diner that makes great slingers!

The Numbers @thenumbers.bsky.social · 1d

Soul on Fire took in an estimated $575K in Thursday evening previews from 1,450 locations.
#SoulonFire #BoxOffice

Soul on Fire (2025) - Box Office and Financial Information

Financial analysis of Soul on Fire (2025) including production budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports.

www.the-numbers.com

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @ire.org #AccessFest25 peeps. Attend Digital Accessibility Basics Saturday with @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social, Samantha Evans, and me. It'll be the best panel ever.

Why?
1. Accessibility.
2. I did the slides, so it's badass.
3. The 3 people I mentioned above.

schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 2d

I lasted until the episode when they had the Gabby Giffords shooting. I can't even remember what it was that they did that annoyed me, but I couldn't help saying, "That's not how WE did it!" Or something like that.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the first day of @ire.org's #AccessFest25. Here's a friendly reminder to include alt text on your images.

Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images. Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."

Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 5d

Gearing up for @ire.org's #AccessFest25 this week. Here's a friendly reminder to include alt text on your images.

Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images. Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."

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Equal Access Public Media (EAPM) @equalaccesspublicmedia.org · 2d

At Equal Access Public Media, we don't just put out great accessible products like the EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide and our new magazine The Word. We teach accessibility. Join @stacykess.bsky.social at #AccessFest25 today for two sessions!

AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 4d

I read a post where someone said they could imagine Aaron Sorkin writing "Let's do the fucking news," and, yes, yes, that encapsulates why this makes me want to hurl things into the sun.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 5d

Gearing up for @ire.org's #AccessFest25 this week. Here's a friendly reminder to include alt text on your images.

Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images. Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 5d

If you don't already follow Eric, I highly recommend it; his reporting on and analysis of politics is clear and accessible, and he's especially good at cutting through confusion and messaging to present facts, not scaremongering.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d

Johnson doing his presser. Says the House has three bills on the floor. Jeffries is calling for a debate with Johnson.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

A big problem is that so many (collectively) have become so numb to his antics that they dismiss him and his associates as if they were TV characters, like WWE personalities, rather than real world people with real world responsibilities whose real world actions have real world consequences.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6d

Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

I know that trying to parse out meaning, consistency, and logic from these speeches is pointless these days. But I recall the days when I was in news and I would even triple-check how to spell "Massachusetts," because I didn't want to make an error. And so I look at this and say, "Huh, wait, what?"

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

I've listened to this a few times to try to make sense of this: "I said one year before to Pete Hegseth, I said one year before…"

In the context of this whole clip, is he saying he warned Pete Hegseth about Osama Bin Laden before 9/11? When Pete Hegseth was an unknown 20-year-old at Princeton?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

The description "bafflingly well" is spot on

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

All three of these sessions are going to be good! (And I say that not just because I'm in the last one, but because @stacykess.bsky.social, @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social, @joannaskao.bsky.social, Sam Evans, and Johny Cassidy are all great people who are helping making journalism more accessible.

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 8d

Hey all, if you're attending #AccessFest25 from @ire.org next week, I'll be leading two sessions, plus participating in a third panel!

Join @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social and me to learn to make your interviews more accessible! schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

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AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 8d

Join @joannaskao.bsky.social from the Pulitzer Center, Johny Cassidy from the BBC, and me to talk about when AI makes reporting more and less accessible.

schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

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#AccessFest25 @ire.org

AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 8d

Hey all, if you're attending #AccessFest25 from @ire.org next week, I'll be leading two sessions, plus participating in a third panel!

Join @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social and me to learn to make your interviews more accessible! schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

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AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 6d

Really excited for this presentation coming up, as it will be my second of two AccessFest panels this year. I'm working on my parts tonight and getting giddy.

Do I know how to have a fun Saturday night?

(Yes, yes, I do!)

Stacy Kess, dissident editor @stacykess.bsky.social · 8d

And finally, join accessibility genius @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social, Samantha Evans from the @iaaporg.bsky.social, and me for some digital accessibility basics for journalists!

schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...

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#AccessFest25 @ire.org

AccessFest 2025 schedule | October 9-11, 2025 | Online

Welcome to the #AccessFest25 conference schedule!

schedules.ire.org

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 19d

If you have a newsletter on Substack, you should be adding alt text to the images you add to your newsletter so that you don't exclude blind, partially sighted and neurodivergent people who use screen reader software.

support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...

How can I edit images on a Substack post?

With the Substack post editor, there's a variety of things you can do with an image that's been added to a post. Note that many of these editing features are only available on the web post editor a...

support.substack.com

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Dan @dandoescontent.bsky.social · 22d

I enjoy pointing out to SEO folk that the introduction of the alt attribute (HTML 1.2, June 1993) predates the introduction of the first modern search engine (JumpStation, December 1993).

It was always designed and intended as an accessibility feature.

Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22d

Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.