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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

The author, Terry DeYoung, argues that from a Christian perspective, a keystone of American culture, which worships a god of justice and teaches people to stand with the oppressed, it’s difficult to understand how people can support the Trump administration in these actions.

Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

Many of the rules exist under the lesser known “Section 504” of the Rehabilitation Act. Disability rights groups warn that removing them will likely create legal confusion, inaccessible spaces, buildings and services and commit civil rights violations.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

The Department of Energy, as an example, is attempting to rollback around 50 years of accessibility regulations for buildings funded by “federal dollars”. Which will result in less accessible public spaces for everyone.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

More broadly, there’s an obvious strategy to scale back civil rights offices, reduce funding in disability programs, education and support services, and essentially dismantling enforcement mechanisms.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

Trumps first week set the tone, with the “Accessibility” page and all American Sign Language (ASL) content being removed from the White House website. ASL interpreters are also no longer included at emergency press briefings.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

Under the Trump administration, executive orders for “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing”, are threatening legal protections for people with disabilities. This includes revoking protections and weakening or removing accessibility requirements.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

Accessibility is frequently left out of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) conversations. There’s advocacy for adding it, to become “DEIA”, to ensure the voices of disabled people are still heard.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22h

Making America Inaccessible Again.

A sobering read by Terry DeYoung. Here is a thread of my summary and the key points I found interesting.

reformedjournal.com/2025/10/08/m...

#a11y #accessibility

Making America Inaccessible Again - Reformed Journal

Trump’s second term has included numerous orders threatening or nullifying advances of the Disability Rights Movement that have taken decades to achieve.

reformedjournal.com

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

Haha it’s so good innit

Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

Haha! I find with phones the exposure is always all over the place. It’s just a big fuzzy orb

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

Awesome shot man! I didn’t even have my camera. I got a shan iPhone photo of it coming up over the sea, and then it went behind the clouds for hours haha!

The moon at dusk rising over the sea at Tyne mouth with the concrete pier and lighthouse in the foreground. There’s a steering wheel just out of shot at the bottom right showing a half arsed attempt to take a photo through a car windscreen!

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

That’s awesome progress dude!

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

The Bad UX World Cup is accepting entries for 2025. You have to design and build a deliberately awful date picker component.

To be honest, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen some non-ironic date pickers in production that could win this thing! 🤣

badux.lol

@whitep4nth3r.com @nordcraft.com

Bad UX World Cup

Build a bad date picker and win a shit trophy! Presented by Nordcraft.

badux.lol

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

Absolutely devious!

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 1d

The government have published an annual report on diversity and inclusion in Jersey. Whilst it’s a relatively low-key article, I welcome the publication of these kinds of reports, just to keep people transparent and accountable!

#accessibility #a11y

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Annual report on diversity and inclusion in Jersey published

The report highlights better accessible parking as well more opportunities in education and work.

www.bbc.com

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 8d

Thanks! I use a Sony A1ii, so it’s kind of cheating! 😅

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 8d

I stopped using Cursor for 2 reasons:

1) It kept editing stuff I didn’t want it to or getting autocomplete wrong, which increased debugging time massively

2) I found I was forgetting how to code, so debugging or re-writing the mistakes became even harder

I think it’s an illusion of efficiency.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 8d

I’m endlessly torn between trying to stay online and active in my industry, and hiding, disconnected from the world in the wilderness. On that note, I’ve spent the past week in rural Spain taking pictures of wildlife. Here’s my favourite, of a Golden Eagle in Adamuz. ❤️

#wildlifephotography

The same picture as the previous image, but zoomed in closer to see the detail in the face.

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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 16d

Accessibility design annotations are only useful if everyone understands them.

Our latest blog post by @craigabbott.co.uk explores how shared language can help different teams avoid accessibility issues.

tetralogical.com/blog/2025/09...

#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #SustainableAccessibility

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 18d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 18d

Not surprised reading this, at all. Thanks for sharing @mocogam.bsky.social

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22d

Yeah this is the same experience for me. Disabled everything and it’s still happening.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22d

🤣 – is this “delight” I’m feeling, because… UX?

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22d

Does anybody know how to turn off the new pulse effect in the messages app on #iOS26. It’s really doing my head in, but I can’t find a way to disable it in any of the usual places.

Video description: the messages app showing a flashing effect when you highlight text or send a message.

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Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk · 22d

ChatGPT adoption is four times higher in the lowest income countries than the highest income countries.