Mat Harris
@matharris.dev
Web Accessibility Advocate, anti-racist, anti-fascist, front end dev, studied PoliSci/IR, Midwest bred, PNW based, he/him, bi/pan
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Mat Harris
@matharris.dev
· Nov 14
Hey y'all, here's my #introduction!
- My name is Mat Harris
- Father to a Elle bean, a lil Pat pat, and a Fika hund
- mid-30s
- Midwest bred / DC based
- Web Accessibility Lead @ ITHAKA (JSTOR)
- Whovian & Trekkie
- Urban cyclist
- Anti-racist and abolitionist
- bi/pan
- My name is Mat Harris
- Father to a Elle bean, a lil Pat pat, and a Fika hund
- mid-30s
- Midwest bred / DC based
- Web Accessibility Lead @ ITHAKA (JSTOR)
- Whovian & Trekkie
- Urban cyclist
- Anti-racist and abolitionist
- bi/pan
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You probably don’t need `aria-label` for that thing.
It doesn’t auto-translate:
adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria...
It’s code smell:
ericwbailey.website/published/ar...
You can probably use better methods:
adrianroselli.com/2020/01/my-p...
#accessibility #a11y #ARIA
It doesn’t auto-translate:
adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria...
It’s code smell:
ericwbailey.website/published/ar...
You can probably use better methods:
adrianroselli.com/2020/01/my-p...
#accessibility #a11y #ARIA
aria-label is a code smell
If it is important enough to need words, it is important enough to use text content..
ericwbailey.website
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You probably don’t need `aria-label` for that thing.
It doesn’t auto-translate:
adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria...
It’s code smell:
ericwbailey.website/published/ar...
You can probably use better methods:
adrianroselli.com/2020/01/my-p...
#accessibility #a11y #ARIA
It doesn’t auto-translate:
adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria...
It’s code smell:
ericwbailey.website/published/ar...
You can probably use better methods:
adrianroselli.com/2020/01/my-p...
#accessibility #a11y #ARIA
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/kEaOIk4V
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/kEaOIk4V
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Breaking News: Katie Wilson, a socialist newcomer, will be Seattle’s next mayor after the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, conceded.
Katie Wilson, a Political Newcomer, Is Elected Mayor in Seattle
Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Breaking News: Katie Wilson, a socialist newcomer, will be Seattle’s next mayor after the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, conceded.
While testing some components of an older codebase I came across this gem, `autocomplete="nope"` 🔥
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
While testing some components of an older codebase I came across this gem, `autocomplete="nope"` 🔥
Primary every single one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Primary every single one of them.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
🥪🥪🥪
Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
The verdict on a misdemeanor charge came after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🥪🥪🥪
Democratic socialism for all!
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Democratic socialism for all!
Let's gooooooooo
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Let's gooooooooo
Horrifying.
Ending spooky season with one of the spookiest images I've created.
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Horrifying.
Got 'em
“Mr. Waltz, this is the United Nations General Assembly,” the Cuban Foreign Minister said, cutting off Mike Waltz. “It is not a Signal chat. Nor is it the House of Representatives,” he added, also calling Waltz’s remarks “uncivilized, crude and gross.”
trib.al/35aSo9o
trib.al/35aSo9o
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Got 'em
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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First story I heard on @npr.org Weekend Edition this AM warmed my heart. Cargo bikes >> minivans ❤️ www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
Why some parents are ditching minivans for cargo bikes
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
www.npr.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
First story I heard on @npr.org Weekend Edition this AM warmed my heart. Cargo bikes >> minivans ❤️ www.npr.org/2025/10/18/n...
This was super relevant when reviewing some recent user testing, design folks commented on how zoomed in the user was and how it throws off button placement and spacing leading to confusion. Sorry (not sorry) to say, not everyone is going to see the interface exactly as it is mocked up in Figma!
“It is accepted and expected that the user will make changes to how content is displayed.”
— @press1forjosh.bsky.social
#A11yTOconf #a11y
— @press1forjosh.bsky.social
#A11yTOconf #a11y
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was super relevant when reviewing some recent user testing, design folks commented on how zoomed in the user was and how it throws off button placement and spacing leading to confusion. Sorry (not sorry) to say, not everyone is going to see the interface exactly as it is mocked up in Figma!
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"Disabled people are peers not charity cases" - Dr. Michele A. Williams
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Disabled people are peers not charity cases" - Dr. Michele A. Williams
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
Mic drop
#A11yTOconf #A11y @a11yto.bsky.social
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"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors," Thunberg said to Aftonbladet.
Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors," Thunberg said to Aftonbladet.
Let's go Pope Leo!
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Let's go Pope Leo!
This brings me such joy.
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This brings me such joy.
This is fascism.
It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned.
But from Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. trib.al/a0i8hTE
But from Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America. trib.al/a0i8hTE
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is fascism.
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LOL at this sad little baby saying the wall of moms was "fake". Such a coward that he can't believe that moms would actually be brave and come to protest and stand up for their community members and face down police brutality.
Anywho, love you forever Portland
Anywho, love you forever Portland
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
LOL at this sad little baby saying the wall of moms was "fake". Such a coward that he can't believe that moms would actually be brave and come to protest and stand up for their community members and face down police brutality.
Anywho, love you forever Portland
Anywho, love you forever Portland
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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
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
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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
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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Introducing the Mercury's newest column: The Black Byline by @donovanscribes.bsky.social. In this edition, Scribes applauds the intent behind the emergency World Naked Bike Ride, while reminding us not to forget the long-standing problems Portland is fighting to correct.
THE BLACK BYLINE: I’ve Never Joined the Naked Bike Ride—But I Won’t Hate on It
[What follows is a new column from Donovan Scribes, a writer, producer, former VP of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and the editor of the Mercury's print issue BlackOut: a 5 Year Retrospective of ...
www.portlandmercury.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Introducing the Mercury's newest column: The Black Byline by @donovanscribes.bsky.social. In this edition, Scribes applauds the intent behind the emergency World Naked Bike Ride, while reminding us not to forget the long-standing problems Portland is fighting to correct.
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"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
Welp, I just cancelled my Paramount subscription on Prime, anyone know where I can get my Star Trek fix elsewhere? Seeing the news about TFP and BW is just a bit too much for me.
October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Welp, I just cancelled my Paramount subscription on Prime, anyone know where I can get my Star Trek fix elsewhere? Seeing the news about TFP and BW is just a bit too much for me.