madalyn
@madalyn.dev
🧠 neurodivergent
🌈 queer, gray ace
😷 disability/public health advocate
👩🏻💻 web developer (a11y focused) at Microsoft
🌊 Michigander
🎶 always has a song stuck in her head
💜 cares a lot
https://madalyn.dev
🌈 queer, gray ace
😷 disability/public health advocate
👩🏻💻 web developer (a11y focused) at Microsoft
🌊 Michigander
🎶 always has a song stuck in her head
💜 cares a lot
https://madalyn.dev
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The more people who see it and donate, the sooner I can continue lifesaving neurosurgical care travels
2025, 2026 at least with lots of tests, surgeries, treatments on the table
Medicare, Medicaid cuts will make this even harder now 😢
The more people who see it and donate, the sooner I can continue lifesaving neurosurgical care travels
2025, 2026 at least with lots of tests, surgeries, treatments on the table
Medicare, Medicaid cuts will make this even harder now 😢
So half of a bone compressing my jugular is stuck in a nerve bundle and can’t be removed rn without major permanent nerve damage (other half is out)
Neurosurgeon: going to have nightmares about this! (jokes and steroids help, my bones ruining my life stays a joke) www.gofundme.com/f/help-emily...
Neurosurgeon: going to have nightmares about this! (jokes and steroids help, my bones ruining my life stays a joke) www.gofundme.com/f/help-emily...
Donate to We've got your back! Help Emily get spinal care, organized by Jessica Smolinski
*PLEASE SHARE even if you can't donate*
Hello everyone!
This fu… Jessica Smolinski needs your support for We've got your back! Help Emily get spinal care
www.gofundme.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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The more people who see it and donate, the sooner I can continue lifesaving neurosurgical care travels
2025, 2026 at least with lots of tests, surgeries, treatments on the table
Medicare, Medicaid cuts will make this even harder now 😢
The more people who see it and donate, the sooner I can continue lifesaving neurosurgical care travels
2025, 2026 at least with lots of tests, surgeries, treatments on the table
Medicare, Medicaid cuts will make this even harder now 😢
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i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
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20 million chickens dead.
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
20 million chickens dead.
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
Twenty. Million.
"The USDA said it didn’t investigate whether airborne spread played a role in the outbreak."
...if anyone needs me, I'm looking for a nice void to scream into
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Web dev a11y PSA: this isn’t a thing I’ve found anywhere other than a 2016 WebKit blog post, but setting `font: -apple-system-body` (or similar) on your root CSS element will allow your whole webapp to inherit iOS (and presumably MacOS?) system dynamic font sizing.
webkit.org/blog/3709/us...
webkit.org/blog/3709/us...
Using the System Font in Web Content
On iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, specifying “font-family: -apple-system” allows you to use Apple’s new system font: San Francisco.
webkit.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Web dev a11y PSA: this isn’t a thing I’ve found anywhere other than a 2016 WebKit blog post, but setting `font: -apple-system-body` (or similar) on your root CSS element will allow your whole webapp to inherit iOS (and presumably MacOS?) system dynamic font sizing.
webkit.org/blog/3709/us...
webkit.org/blog/3709/us...
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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pudgy-planets
Everyone has goth sex hormones it came free with your fucking existence.
BOTH I MEANT
BOTH
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I'm so fucking angry
Alice Wong died of an infection 💔
Thinking of all the healthcare workers over time who failed to protect her
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Thinking of all the healthcare workers over time who failed to protect her
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm so fucking angry
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Forced sterilization never died!
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Forced sterilization never died!
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
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Back over here for a sec
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Back over here for a sec
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
Mostly just to say I abhor everything happening in this country (and the secondary effects of our foreign policy and revocation of aid in other countries) rn
People deserve to eat
People deserve to be treated with dignity
People deserve due process
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Fuck that illegitimate court.
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Fuck that illegitimate court.
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People.
For fuck's sake.
Alt text on your images of text.
For fuck's sake.
Alt text on your images of text.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
People.
For fuck's sake.
Alt text on your images of text.
For fuck's sake.
Alt text on your images of text.
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i love this
i mean i hate it, but it's excellent framing
i mean i hate it, but it's excellent framing
your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
i love this
i mean i hate it, but it's excellent framing
i mean i hate it, but it's excellent framing
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Does anyone have like a respectful gender pronouns basics flyer/image/website that you use when teaching or facilitating a group to set some norms?
I thought I didn't need to do this in my gender studies class and am finding that not all students have much if any background understanding.
I thought I didn't need to do this in my gender studies class and am finding that not all students have much if any background understanding.
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Does anyone have like a respectful gender pronouns basics flyer/image/website that you use when teaching or facilitating a group to set some norms?
I thought I didn't need to do this in my gender studies class and am finding that not all students have much if any background understanding.
I thought I didn't need to do this in my gender studies class and am finding that not all students have much if any background understanding.
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DuckDuckGo evidently has a "block this site from all results" option and whew does it feel good to add any site with genAI-written articles to that blocklist
Bye forever, talentless chumps trying to waste my reading time!
Bye forever, talentless chumps trying to waste my reading time!
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
DuckDuckGo evidently has a "block this site from all results" option and whew does it feel good to add any site with genAI-written articles to that blocklist
Bye forever, talentless chumps trying to waste my reading time!
Bye forever, talentless chumps trying to waste my reading time!
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Vogue's absorption of and closure of Teen Vogue feels like -- is -- a direct attack on a new generation of queer journalists who were committed to excellence and the power of journalism to illuminate the stories of people at the margins.
And it impacts all of us, no matter our age.
And it impacts all of us, no matter our age.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Vogue's absorption of and closure of Teen Vogue feels like -- is -- a direct attack on a new generation of queer journalists who were committed to excellence and the power of journalism to illuminate the stories of people at the margins.
And it impacts all of us, no matter our age.
And it impacts all of us, no matter our age.
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ceora is exactly the kind of person you want to hire.
So looks like I’m on the job hunt again😅
Right now, I’m looking for contract/pt work since I have another really huge “project” in the works right now🤭
If you know of any contract/pt roles in dev marketing, technical writing, or dev education, please send them my way!
Please repost and boost!💜💜
Right now, I’m looking for contract/pt work since I have another really huge “project” in the works right now🤭
If you know of any contract/pt roles in dev marketing, technical writing, or dev education, please send them my way!
Please repost and boost!💜💜
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
ceora is exactly the kind of person you want to hire.
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I've said it before: anything that all ages can buy at a grocery store should be available on SNAP. Cooking items. Hygiene supplies. OTC meds. Phone cords and other tech gear. Even toys and makeup.
Anyway, SNAP should be universal. Just like school lunches in NYC. Not everyone needs it to survive but everybody gets it, no means testing.
There should also be a lot fewer regulations on what you can buy with SNAP and discounts, not bans, on hot prepared foods.
There should also be a lot fewer regulations on what you can buy with SNAP and discounts, not bans, on hot prepared foods.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I've said it before: anything that all ages can buy at a grocery store should be available on SNAP. Cooking items. Hygiene supplies. OTC meds. Phone cords and other tech gear. Even toys and makeup.
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FACT: you should be sappier with your friends and loved ones. there is no reason not to be.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
FACT: you should be sappier with your friends and loved ones. there is no reason not to be.
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1/ if you truly believe in #consent you’re wearing an n95 in public indoor and crowded spaces. no one—especially those more vulnerable than you—is consenting to breathing in your COVID air, which can disable them or, yes, kill them. you may feel it’s 100% fine. it’s not.
news.nm.org/new-research...
news.nm.org/new-research...
New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults
New study from Northwestern Medicine finds symptoms occurred regardless of mild or severe COVID-19 infection
news.nm.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:59 AM
1/ if you truly believe in #consent you’re wearing an n95 in public indoor and crowded spaces. no one—especially those more vulnerable than you—is consenting to breathing in your COVID air, which can disable them or, yes, kill them. you may feel it’s 100% fine. it’s not.
news.nm.org/new-research...
news.nm.org/new-research...
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these migra whistles are so easy to keep in the pocket of my leggings or yoga pants because of how flat they are, it’s so convenient to have it on me when i go out in portland and surrounding areas. probably the most white woman thought i have ever had but gdi it’s true
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
these migra whistles are so easy to keep in the pocket of my leggings or yoga pants because of how flat they are, it’s so convenient to have it on me when i go out in portland and surrounding areas. probably the most white woman thought i have ever had but gdi it’s true
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the war on cars is by necessity asymmetrical
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
the war on cars is by necessity asymmetrical