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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10h

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 8h

Accessibility is popular, it's rare I meet anyone who thinks it doesn't matter.

Usually it's the systemic failures that make us de-prioritize it, things like perceived tight timelines, low budgets, lack of resources.

Regardless, the future world is accessible. There's too many of us that want it

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 10h

"The Americans with Disabilities Act would not exist in its present form - or even at all - without the energy, people, and determination galvanized by this unparalleled historical moment." longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/archive/disa...

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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 1d

OK @kevinpowell.co has written what has to be one of the best (if not THE best) practical article to #CSS colors I have read in a while. piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...

Easy to read, practical examples, and *perfect* for someone like me who's fallen behind and hasn't kept up with all the new stuff.

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one

Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series,...

piccalil.li

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 1d

"Poorly designed content is a barrier for everyone." equalentry.com/accessible-c...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3d

Big tech is laying off user researchers in droves, because it believes that coercing its customers is more profitable than silly things like "making good products people want to buy."

But now the FAFO pendulum is coming around, with Amazon's $2.5B dark pattern settlement and #a11y lawsuits galore.

UX so bad that it's illegal

Big tech is divesting from user-centered design, and getting into hot water with the law.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 6d

"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

alice.boxhall.au

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 6d

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...

A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

piccalil.li

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 7d

are you down with the JJNOTV

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

Within the industry, the only narrative that many hear are the loud voices of the hard-right CEOs who have taken over all the media channels, but the actual individual workers are still having huge impact and are still the ones who actually make things happen. Be sure to amplify that reality.

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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.bsky.social · 10d

👉🏽 Screen reader HTML lookup app & support tables
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added

#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards

tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Netlify @netlify.com · 8d

Vercel ➝ Netlify migration made simple.

✅ Checklist
✅ Next.js tips
✅ Best practices

Start here → docs.netlify.com/resources/ch...

Vercel to Netlify migration checklist

A comprehensive guide for migrating your projects from Vercel to Netlify, including Next.js setup, configuration migration, and production readiness steps.

docs.netlify.com

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Marijn - ActiveB1t @abitofaccess.com · 9d

About 4 years ago I wrote my first piece on @caniplaythat.com for Craniofacial Acceptance Month.

I usually post it again each year as the message is still relevant. People with a facial difference are more than the harmful trope of a scary villain or sad backstory.

caniplaythat.com/2021/09/30/g...

Gaming with a Facial Difference

Video games are a great escape from real life, but having a facial difference is something you don’t escape while gaming.

caniplaythat.com

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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 8d

We all have a choice.

The Internet is ours.

We all have a choice

Taking action and Doing The Right Thing is often difficult, always exhausting, but it is what we must do, together.

whitep4nth3r.com

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 9d

It dawned on me that I should be be sharing out the accessibility articles I link to at work on social media. Here's a good one from today's RSS feed: www.a11y-collective.com/blog/nvda-ke...

NVDA Keyboard Shortcuts for Different User Needs

Master NVDA keyboard shortcuts for web developers. Navigate content, test forms, and build more accessible websites with this essential guide.

www.a11y-collective.com

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 9d

I think they mean front␣end

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 11d

_incredible_

Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 11d

we were so naïve

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 11d

Periodic reminder that you can usually buy a copy of the funny books you see in memes, and not spend a lot in doing so.

A Scholastic First Discovery book titled “Internet”. It features a young boy surfing on a keyboard, high above the Earth. He’s steering with a mouse that is inexplicably plugged into said keyboard, and has an excited expression on his face. He’s wearing blue jeans, a baggy red sweatshirt, and a backwards green baseball cap. He’s flanked by five kids also surfing behind him. Above him is a row of small illustrations of a desktop PC and monitor, a satellite, an at symbol, an envelope and letter, and a postage stamp with a picture of Saturn on it.

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Katie Langerman @katielangerman.com · 13d

I find myself reaching for this kit more and more lately. It has ALL THE THINGS. Seriously next level, check it out!

Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 13d

If you missed my @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social talk, the GitHub Annotation Toolkit is now open source! Download it from the Figma Community or our open source repository.
github.blog/changelog/20...

Open sourcing the GitHub Annotation Toolkit - GitHub Changelog

GitHub’s Annotation Toolkit is now available as an open source Figma library. This comprehensive annotation system helps you organize your design canvas, diagram your UI anatomy, and annotate accessib...

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · Jul 21

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 13d

3. Quick shortcuts to help speed up the annotation process for common use cases.

4. In-depth documentation for every type of annotation, and if you don't want to read a whole website, it's integrated into the library (and components themselves). We made this info easy to access and hard to ignore.

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 13d

This one is NOT for accessibility specialists. It's for everyone!

We deliberately built this library so anyone can pick it up and run with it.

1. There are tools to help designers to organize their canvas and make sense of their flows.
2. Guardrails to help carefully handle problematic patterns.

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 13d

To hear others tell it, it's the most comprehensive annotation kit there is. It supports iOS & Android (finally). It has everything you would expect from an accessibility annotation kit AND components for tables, lists, live regions, language, video/audio embeds, checklists, gestures, and much more.

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