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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑
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Spell is a web developer, designer, and accessibility specialist living in beautiful Allentown, PA. Views are his own.
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Your friendly reminder that accessibility overlays are awful. Please don't use them.

shouldiuseanaccessibilityoverlay.com
Should I Use An Accessibility Overlay?
Just enough information for stakeholders seeking advice on web accessibility overlay procurement.
shouldiuseanaccessibilityoverlay.com
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#TeamPaula shirts are now available to help offset the costs of future retests/surgeries for Paula. cottonbureau.com/p/SB3E9T/shi... You can also give/share the link here gofund.me/50744c9bf please. Proceeds go directly to the medical fund. Thanks for your support and Merry Christmas.
Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund
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December 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Personal news: Voted in as my municipalities Inspector of Election so I'll be busy next Election Day. I won by a landslide victory of three votes. Of course, they were the only votes, but still kind of neat. Less doom scrolling, more getting involved.
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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CBS NEWS: “We can’t report on the current murdering spree until we get the serial killer’s side of the story.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Check out all the revised demos of Grid Lanes in Safari Technology Preview 234!

webkit.org/demos/grid3/
December 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Let him kick the bucket on Christmas so I can play this banger.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkq7...
Scrooge - Thank You Very Much
YouTube video by MrChristmasClips
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I've set up a small monthly newsletter called Focus State.

With accessibility support shrinking in a lot of orgs, I wanted to create something that divides that gap, builds community, and makes the internet a bit more fun.

If you dig digital accessibility give it a look:
annaecook.com/newsletter
Subscribe to Focus State — Anna E. Cook
Focus state is a newsletter about building better products through accessibility and systems thinking.
annaecook.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When Scrooge says, "I wish to be left alone." I'm like, yeah, okay, I get that now.
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Today is the LAST DAY of my Black Friday sale! ⌛️

If you've been thinking about grabbing access to the Practical Accessibility course, now's the time to do it 👇🏻

30% off expires tomorrow: practical-accessibility.today
📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only.

Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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BTW, if anyone can ever find me a copy of the scarf that Khan wears, that blue around the neck that fades to oil and shadow, LET ME KNOW.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Tomorrow's the last day!
After 7 years of selling courses, I'm finally doing a Black Friday sale.

I'd held off for from doing sales in general for all this time, but had some smart people get me on board with it, so I figured if I'm going to do it, I'll go big:

40% off + Flexbox Simplified for free.
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is it wrong to have pumpkin pie for breakfast?
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Me very soon. Happy Thanksgiving, folks!
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.

It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛

bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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He is risen
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Seeing Facebook advertise on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is so cringe.
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Oh look.

The right is calling for civil war again.

Over a crime that everyone thinks is fucking abhorrent.
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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The advocacy and work of accessibility continues, regardless of anti-DEIA.

But the work can be harder, less resourced, more diminished.

Oppressive systems weigh heavily on the advocates still advocating.

So if you can, take the weight off us by helping where you can, regardless of your job title.
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM