Aaron Gustafson
@aaron-gustafson.com
😷 he / they
💼 Principal TPM, Accessibility Innovation, Microsoft
Founder, WebWeWant.fyi
Editor-in-chief, AListApart.com
📣 International Speaker
📚 Author, AdaptiveWebDesign.info
🤬 Sometimes
💼 Principal TPM, Accessibility Innovation, Microsoft
Founder, WebWeWant.fyi
Editor-in-chief, AListApart.com
📣 International Speaker
📚 Author, AdaptiveWebDesign.info
🤬 Sometimes
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Very chilling sign of the times for @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
to get shut down on here.
to get shut down on here.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Very chilling sign of the times for @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
to get shut down on here.
to get shut down on here.
Overheard: Quid Pro Cuomo
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November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Overheard: Quid Pro Cuomo
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“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape.
zeteo.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
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"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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a decades long campaign by the ruling class to stigmatize kindness and empathy has been depressingly successful
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
a decades long campaign by the ruling class to stigmatize kindness and empathy has been depressingly successful
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Happy Halloween all!
We went as songs this year. I’m Long Legged Larry by @aesoprock.bsky.social
youtu.be/us3pCHd8PLs?...
We went as songs this year. I’m Long Legged Larry by @aesoprock.bsky.social
youtu.be/us3pCHd8PLs?...
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Happy Halloween all!
We went as songs this year. I’m Long Legged Larry by @aesoprock.bsky.social
youtu.be/us3pCHd8PLs?...
We went as songs this year. I’m Long Legged Larry by @aesoprock.bsky.social
youtu.be/us3pCHd8PLs?...
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They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.
Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. 1Inspired by the success of PointCast, a clever application that displayed news headlines as a screensaver, our "Push!" story argued that Web browsers were about to become obsolete.
zeldman.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.
Sometimes you only want a field to show when certain other fields have a (particular) value. The `form-show-if` web component enables that.
A Web Component for Conditionally Displaying Fields :: Aaron Gustafson
Building on my recent work in the form utility space, I’ve created a new web component that allows you to conditionally display form fields based on the values of other fields: form-show-if.
www.aaron-gustafson.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sometimes you only want a field to show when certain other fields have a (particular) value. The `form-show-if` web component enables that.
#overheard: I think Elon Musk should go as a fly for Halloween… because he can eat shit. 🤣
October 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#overheard: I think Elon Musk should go as a fly for Halloween… because he can eat shit. 🤣
👍🏻 “When one approach becomes ‘how things are done,’ we unconsciously defend it even when standards would give us a healthier, more interoperable ecosystem.”
Default Isn’t Design
Why familiar feels right but often isn’t.
eisenbergeffect.medium.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
👍🏻 “When one approach becomes ‘how things are done,’ we unconsciously defend it even when standards would give us a healthier, more interoperable ecosystem.”
I probed an LLM’s responses to HTML code generation prompts to assess its adherence to accessibility best practices. The results showed key areas where better training data is needed.
Identifying Accessibility Data Gaps in CodeGen Models :: Aaron Gustafson
Late last year, I probed an LLM’s responses to HTML code generation prompts to assess its adherence to accessibility best practices. The results were unsurprisingly disappointing — roughly what I’d...
www.aaron-gustafson.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I probed an LLM’s responses to HTML code generation prompts to assess its adherence to accessibility best practices. The results showed key areas where better training data is needed.
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The #CSS WG is trying to name several properties that do similar things. One controls the length of a text-decoration line in relation to the text, the others control 'rule' lines in grid/flex/multi-column gaps.
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
[css-text-decor-4] Consider renaming `text-decoration-trim` · Issue #8402 · w3c/csswg-drafts
Besides the general discussion in #4557 to introduce a way to modify the length of the decoration, there was also some discussion around how to call the property. As I previously summarized, name s...
github.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The #CSS WG is trying to name several properties that do similar things. One controls the length of a text-decoration line in relation to the text, the others control 'rule' lines in grid/flex/multi-column gaps.
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
Leave your feedback! (Note the poll spans two comments):
github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...
@adamsmith.house.gov Please co-sponsor HR3493! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@adamsmith.house.gov Please co-sponsor HR3493! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
@aoc.bsky.social Please co-sponsor HR3493! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@aoc.bsky.social Please co-sponsor HR3493! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
In a recent study, the VA learned a lot from users navigating acute distress — and why typical UX patterns fail.
Designing for Distress: Understanding Users in Crisis
What we learned from users navigating acute distress — and why typical UX patterns fail
medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In a recent study, the VA learned a lot from users navigating acute distress — and why typical UX patterns fail.
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awesome little #a11y bookmarklet from @lloydi.com
a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets...
(check out the other ones they have on that page, it's a right ol' treasure trove)
a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets...
(check out the other ones they have on that page, it's a right ol' treasure trove)
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
awesome little #a11y bookmarklet from @lloydi.com
a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets...
(check out the other ones they have on that page, it's a right ol' treasure trove)
a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets...
(check out the other ones they have on that page, it's a right ol' treasure trove)
Any good investigative reporters on the consumer privacy beat I should follow?
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Any good investigative reporters on the consumer privacy beat I should follow?
Excellent interview: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Israel is ‘Gaslighting’ Us, Says ‘Andor’ Star After Trip to Occupied West Bank
Mehdi talks to Irish actor Denise Gough about her breakout role on the ‘Star Wars’ TV series, the ties between Ireland and Palestine, and the horrors she saw in Hebron.
zeteo.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Excellent interview: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Reposted by Aaron Gustafson
While announcing a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa workers, the Trump administration outlined the path to lucrative exceptions for its allies.
www.levernews.com/pay-for-play...
www.levernews.com/pay-for-play...
Pay-For-Play Immigration — With Carveouts
While announcing a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa workers, the Trump administration outlined the path to lucrative exceptions for its allies.
www.levernews.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
While announcing a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa workers, the Trump administration outlined the path to lucrative exceptions for its allies.
www.levernews.com/pay-for-play...
www.levernews.com/pay-for-play...
I cannot tell you how refreshing @joshuacitarella.bsky.social’s Doomscroll is. He’s the @romanmars.bsky.social of politics. Listen & support!
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September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I cannot tell you how refreshing @joshuacitarella.bsky.social’s Doomscroll is. He’s the @romanmars.bsky.social of politics. Listen & support!
patreon.com/joshuacitare...
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