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@divisionten.bsky.social
Legally blind programmer, disability accessibility enthusiast, nerd convention panelist, cosplayer, gamer. FFXIV Coeurl: Eos Fuyu. They/them 日本語OK
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Well, saying that "I don't let my disability to stop/restrict me" is pretty ableist, or it comes from POV of privilege. If only we could just beat and overcome our disability and all the struggles that come with it...
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Well, saying that "I don't let my disability to stop/restrict me" is pretty ableist, or it comes from POV of privilege. If only we could just beat and overcome our disability and all the struggles that come with it...
Am I the only person who likes turkey on this planet?
Yall are just cooking it poorly, haha
Yall are just cooking it poorly, haha
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Am I the only person who likes turkey on this planet?
Yall are just cooking it poorly, haha
Yall are just cooking it poorly, haha
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"Neither safe nor accessible" - Final Fantasy 14 fans raise big concerns about next US Fan Fest event, claiming Square Enix risks failing disabled players again
www.eurogamer.net/final-fantas...
www.eurogamer.net/final-fantas...
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Neither safe nor accessible" - Final Fantasy 14 fans raise big concerns about next US Fan Fest event, claiming Square Enix risks failing disabled players again
www.eurogamer.net/final-fantas...
www.eurogamer.net/final-fantas...
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I have decided that once a week I will post a recommendation for an excellent little-known game soundtrack.
Week 1: Enthusia Professional Racing
Check out Illegal Meditation, Nürburgring Suite, Under a Blue Sky
Chill-but-high-bpm music to hyperfocus with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z930...
Week 1: Enthusia Professional Racing
Check out Illegal Meditation, Nürburgring Suite, Under a Blue Sky
Chill-but-high-bpm music to hyperfocus with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z930...
August 21, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I have decided that once a week I will post a recommendation for an excellent little-known game soundtrack.
Week 1: Enthusia Professional Racing
Check out Illegal Meditation, Nürburgring Suite, Under a Blue Sky
Chill-but-high-bpm music to hyperfocus with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z930...
Week 1: Enthusia Professional Racing
Check out Illegal Meditation, Nürburgring Suite, Under a Blue Sky
Chill-but-high-bpm music to hyperfocus with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z930...
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A disabled friend going to FanFest is concerned about the lack of consideration for disabilities and may end up selling their ticket. If anyone can pass along to SE or someone in fanfest, would be appreciated. would be sad if someone couldn't enjoy the event because of obstacles.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A disabled friend going to FanFest is concerned about the lack of consideration for disabilities and may end up selling their ticket. If anyone can pass along to SE or someone in fanfest, would be appreciated. would be sad if someone couldn't enjoy the event because of obstacles.
In way better news than everything else that’s happened, my Baby Bai arrived! “Tomorrow” will really be “this weekend” since I found out the makerspace is closed Thursday and Friday but expect progress!
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
In way better news than everything else that’s happened, my Baby Bai arrived! “Tomorrow” will really be “this weekend” since I found out the makerspace is closed Thursday and Friday but expect progress!
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
Since I can't reply to you directly: in Dawntrail we do actually have a blind character that doesn't visually track you, even while conversing. Go speak to Taapu in Heritage Found just below and west of S9- she doesn't do visual tracking! Don't know if someone at SQUEX saw my talk about this but...
Would be nice to have a comic taking this into account more.
If you haven't seen this already, @divisionten.bsky.social held two great presentation about this on Lunar Con called Blind Prog. It's mostly about playing FFXIV while blind but she also touches the subject of portraying bling characters.
If you haven't seen this already, @divisionten.bsky.social held two great presentation about this on Lunar Con called Blind Prog. It's mostly about playing FFXIV while blind but she also touches the subject of portraying bling characters.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Since I can't reply to you directly: in Dawntrail we do actually have a blind character that doesn't visually track you, even while conversing. Go speak to Taapu in Heritage Found just below and west of S9- she doesn't do visual tracking! Don't know if someone at SQUEX saw my talk about this but...
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DON'T FORGET The Payment Processor calling campaign is still going. Even if you can only do it once a week, do try.
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
DON'T FORGET The Payment Processor calling campaign is still going. Even if you can only do it once a week, do try.
@chrisbratt.bsky.social Hi there, I’m not sure this is within your scope, but a game convention fumbled the ball very poorly the last time it was run. It’s now- shockingly- going worse this time around. Would love more eyes on it to get them to see why it’s a problem.
bsky.app/profile/divi...
bsky.app/profile/divi...
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@chrisbratt.bsky.social Hi there, I’m not sure this is within your scope, but a game convention fumbled the ball very poorly the last time it was run. It’s now- shockingly- going worse this time around. Would love more eyes on it to get them to see why it’s a problem.
bsky.app/profile/divi...
bsky.app/profile/divi...
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
For those of you wondering why I put out that survey last week, this is why.
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
For those of you wondering why I put out that survey last week, this is why.
@supercrip1994.bsky.social @stevesaylor.net etc... I know this is probably outside of your specific purview, but after the disaster that was FanFest 2023, it sounded like SQUEX was going to handle their next Final Fantasy convention better...
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@supercrip1994.bsky.social @stevesaylor.net etc... I know this is probably outside of your specific purview, but after the disaster that was FanFest 2023, it sounded like SQUEX was going to handle their next Final Fantasy convention better...
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
1/6
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Congrats to the winner! The item raised $12,900 for @childsplaycharity.bsky.social !!
My BUS ITEM will be going up sometime between 30 minutes from now and 6.5 hours from now. Hop on over to the Bus, to watch and maybe win this prize!
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Congrats to the winner! The item raised $12,900 for @childsplaycharity.bsky.social !!
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Really enjoyed this post by @gerireid.com
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
Can AI write accessibility specs?
I wrote a prompt to help me write accessibility specs for components. Then had an existential crisis.
gerireid.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Really enjoyed this post by @gerireid.com
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
My BUS ITEM will be going up sometime between 30 minutes from now and 6.5 hours from now. Hop on over to the Bus, to watch and maybe win this prize!
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My BUS ITEM will be going up sometime between 30 minutes from now and 6.5 hours from now. Hop on over to the Bus, to watch and maybe win this prize!
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
@dangerousladies.ca
Also, if you want to buy from a legally blind artist, check out my current Ko-Fi campaign.
ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...
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Jack Dorsey is real close to Musk.
DiVine is made by RabbleLabs, on their site you will find a widget called "And Other Things" that takes you to another domain and explains a lot of stuff about their/Nostr's Ai.
Most likely they just want a free dataset of tons of actual videos to train on.
DiVine is made by RabbleLabs, on their site you will find a widget called "And Other Things" that takes you to another domain and explains a lot of stuff about their/Nostr's Ai.
Most likely they just want a free dataset of tons of actual videos to train on.
Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Jack Dorsey is real close to Musk.
DiVine is made by RabbleLabs, on their site you will find a widget called "And Other Things" that takes you to another domain and explains a lot of stuff about their/Nostr's Ai.
Most likely they just want a free dataset of tons of actual videos to train on.
DiVine is made by RabbleLabs, on their site you will find a widget called "And Other Things" that takes you to another domain and explains a lot of stuff about their/Nostr's Ai.
Most likely they just want a free dataset of tons of actual videos to train on.
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Remember that Intuit (the owner of Turbotax) lobbied extensively to kill Direct File, which did tax filing for free and somehow managed to make a good and intuitive user experience without AI.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember that Intuit (the owner of Turbotax) lobbied extensively to kill Direct File, which did tax filing for free and somehow managed to make a good and intuitive user experience without AI.
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hey so Stripe is doing Al garbage where if you let it handle disputes you have to pay it 30% of the refund. the email link to opt out didn't work. i couldn't find the right menu myself, and after some searching, managed to find it elsewhere. turn this shit off.
dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...
dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
hey so Stripe is doing Al garbage where if you let it handle disputes you have to pay it 30% of the refund. the email link to opt out didn't work. i couldn't find the right menu myself, and after some searching, managed to find it elsewhere. turn this shit off.
dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...
dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...
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This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail