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stringy

@stringyland.bsky.social

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Julie G, accessibility dork, at your service. Head of Accessibility Assessment at @intopia.bsky.social. Living in Whadjuk lands. Spending too much time online instead of outdoors or making silly little arts and crafts stuff.

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 2d

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 2d

Top Gun. Accidental at first, but now it’s a commitment

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 2d

Breach? Sounds like people gave their data to the government on a promise of disaster support, the government gave their data and our money to a contractor on a promise of service provision, and the contractor gave their data to a tech business on a promise of slop.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Major data breach as up to 3,000 flood victims' details loaded to ChatGPT

The NSW Reconstruction Authority says the breach occurred in March and involved the personal data of applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program.

www.abc.net.au

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 3d

research I did with Inclusion Australia a couple of years ago, with expertise from Prof Erin Wilson, found that sheltered workshops were often not financially sustainable and disabled people paid the price

but more subsidies for the same model, I guess

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

More funds announced to keep Bedford afloat as hunt for buyer continues

Australia's second-largest disability employment provider Bedford will be kept afloat by a $4.4 million federal government funding injection as it seeks a buyer for the embattled business.

www.abc.net.au

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 2d

Thankyou, this is exactly what I loved about Mickey 17. Bong Joon Ho is such a great communicator, and never hesitates to spell things out.

stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 13d

Next month in Melbourne, Russ Weakley and I are running a workshop on mobile accessibility testing at A11y Camp. We'd love to have you to join us. Workshop details: a11ycamp.com.au/workshops/ and tickets at events.humanitix.com/a11y-camp-au... #a11y

Workshops – A11y Camp

a11ycamp.com.au

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 13d

fingers crossed!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13d

So many women have been talking, writing and warning people of the dangerous ideologies and biases of tech in Silicon Valley, for decades, and it’s so infuriating that so many men (not OP here) just flat out ignore it and act surprised at the technofascists infecting it now

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 13d

I've chipped in a bit to the GoFundMe. Thankyou for bringing our attention to Borsook and her excellent work!

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 22d

Hell yeah. When I was temporarily living by myself, I made a rule that I would never cook dinner 2 days in a row. Leftovers, extras frozen, purchased prepped meals, girl dinner, whatever it took. It's bad enough that we need to eat more than once a day, having to cook many times in a row is awful.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 23d

When 90s albums get reissued, instead of deluxe expanded editions they should do versions cut down to a nice tight 40 minutes or so

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 23d

This is on iOS Safari. Leaves me stuck at Step 6 of the instructions

stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 23d

I used the tool and downloaded my statement as a PDF. But now I can't get back to the Make A Submission link without generating a statement again. Going back in the browser just sends me to the start state.

stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · 27d

Prescient!

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Sep 8

A little background to this story: earlier this year something kept cropping up in the reporting I was doing on renewable energy -- the spectacle of recently elected centre-right governments in Queensland and, to a lesser extent, the Northern Territory acting in ways to strand renewables assets.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Trump administration appears to be trying to make a global war on renewables. I spoke to @mkblyth.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the strategy of carbon dominance, how this is shaping politics not just in the US but everywhere, and what that means for the future.

Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere

The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.

drilled.media

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29d

Everyday Australians shouldn't be forced to foot the bill from increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters.

We need a climate disaster levy on fossil fuel exports now. #auspol

📝 Add your name: theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · Sep 8

community little library box but it's various sauces

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stringy @stringyland.bsky.social · Sep 8

Who is this noodle? Other than a generic Business Idiot?