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Jan Maarten

@janmaarten.com

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Inclusive designer, privacy advocate, writer, and future hermit. (he/him) Please don’t add me to your starter packs. Opinions are my own. 🌐 https://janmaarten.com

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · Nov 15

Me, an accessibility designer losing his chill: If you do that, no one using assistive tech will be able to use this

Dev: Okay but is it really a problem if it isn't accessible?

Me: We need to make sure that everyone can access this

Dev: What do you mean everyone??

Me:

a man in a suit is crying and says `` everyone '' .

Alt: A man maniacally shouting "EVERYONE!", enunciating and drawing out every ear-piercing syllable. Clip from the film The Professional.

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 7d

it really does seem like computer guys just want to make the world worse

it's like they're at the point they're literally sitting around in a room going "how can we make the world a worse place?"

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Ben Patton @benapatton.com · 7d

I feel my webby friends would like this. Might be a fun excuse to dabble in random things and show some fun possibilities with your skills!

Thinking of the recent convo with @amyhoy.bsky.social on Javascript.

Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 7d

A really cool idea: a challenge to build a little website every day in October based on a daily theme.

weirdweboctober.website

Weird Web October

A challenge to try and make a website every day of October, based on the theme for each day

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 7d

imagining a future where orgs/people with morals and spines who build stuff for actual people instead of someone at the end of a b2b supply chain start to really thrive.

calm apps that do their job well and fuck off. less focus on growth. more human touches. no selling of souls to vc.

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 9d

cool. lol. lmao even

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 9d

"I vibe-coded a…"
"I asked ChatGPT to…"

Brother please I am begging you to do something enriching with your time on this planet. Please stop treating your relationship with artificial intelligence as a personality. Please just play Final Fantasy Tactics Advance or Paint A Picture or Something.

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 10d

@caitlynmayers.bsky.social gets the credit for this one

Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 10d

Apple doesn't use WebGL to render any of the new UI, so we should drop the letters "GL" when we talk about Liquid Glass.

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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 11d

We found a link between SARS-CoV-2 reinfection & #longCOVID, & a post-pandemic rise in thrombotic events across all populations, regardless of vaccination or prior infection. Findings support continued COVID diagnosis in suspected cases & mask use by healthcare workers treating respiratory patients

www.mdpi.com

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 12d

You too can save the world by not trusting the computer.

Per Axbom @axbom.com · 12d

Happy Petrov Day to those who celebrate. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision to not trust a computer.

I've attached a short clip from a reenactment of the situation in the documentary The Man Who Saved the World.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13d

Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.

A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:

The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent

The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13d

Designer friends are gonna want check out my buddy @janmaarten.com + Daniel's talk on Accessibility Annotations Around the World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Gm...

You're also gonna want to check out the incredible annotation toolkit that was just released to make design handoff easier!

Jan Maarten and Daniel Henderson-Ede / Accessibility Annotations Around the World #id24 2025

YouTube video by Inclusive Design 24 #id24

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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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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 13d

There is a LONG list of folks to thank:
@ericwbailey.website @alexislucio.bsky.social @obee.me @ichelsea.bsky.social @joelamyman.bsky.social Demelza Feltham, Allie Thu @hellojanehere.bsky.social @julianmka.bsky.social Daniel Henderson-Ede, Devin Owsley, Jasmine Friedrich, Kevin Oliveira, David Cox

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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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

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 14d

I’m real excited for @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social‘s talk! Far more than my own.

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 16d

I am re-entering the world of speaking after a 3(!) year long break! If you're interested You can catch me at:

- "Audiom: Building inclusive maps as the token sighted developer" - Inclusive Design 24 at 4:00am UTC, 25 Sep(inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/)
apologies to the euro buddies!
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19d

Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 19d

Novavax news: A Sanofi rep said at ACIP this morning that it has begun shipping, and a Sanofi spokesman confirms that to me. This is in line with the company's statement last week that it would begin shipping this week.

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Patrice Le Foll @plefoll.bsky.social · 22d

“We are not working on building an AI agent. We are working to protect Signal from the invasion of AI agents that threaten privacy and that are being implemented in irresponsible ways”

Rich Stein (he/him) @runrichrun.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

It's Signal. It's worth using. Good interview with @Mer__edith
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-09-14/signal-president-meredith-whittaker-in-technology-its-way-too-easy-for-marketing-to-replace-substance-thats-whats-happened-with-telegram.html
h/t

#signal

Signal president Meredith Whittaker: ‘In technology, it’s way too easy for marketing to replace substance. That’s what’s happened with Telegram’

The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 20d

I’m giving one of these talks in less than a week! Come hang out.

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social · 20d

You can check out past editions of Inclusive Design 24 on our website. All free to watch, no log in required. #id24 #accessibility #InclusiveDesign inclusivedesign24.org/editions/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org