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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that tells us we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over us all.

Evergreen question about Teams.

I think I’ve gotten worse at this game, not better.

Upon replaying, I’ve come to the conclusion that #Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link is a proto-Soulslike. And yes, I have still failed to beat the final dungeon.

Long Alt TL;DR: Keep your image alternative text brief, devoid of special characters, empty of URLs, and ideally in one language. Here We Go Sometimes you can have too much alternative text, particularly for a...

Mastodon doesn’t support closed caption files. Bluesky does, but the sizing is poop.

But you can use open captions _and_ link to a transcript.

Embedding a transcript as alt text instead of linking it? Probably don’t do that for reasons: adrianroselli.com/2024/04/long...

Yes, this is a sub-toot.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed." -Proverbs 31:8

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Removing a post doesn’t remove the racism.

Just like redacting names doesn’t redact the truth.

Closed captions have always been problematic, but the rise of “just let AI do it” has been disastrous. I’ve seen big budget streaming shows by major studios with useless captions.

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's charity, mercy, or compassion.

Y’all. Are we sure they didn’t mean to call it *Bored* of Peace and just didn’t check their spelling?

Jesus laying down his life out of love for the world rather than using cosmic and political power to force the world to obey him will forever be the greatest critique of any Christian movement that seeks to secure power in order to ensure that the world conforms to their will.

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Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.

NEW: Completely unredacted Flock audit logs have been released to the public by numerous police departments and in some cases include details on millions of Flock license plate searches made by thousands of police departments from around the country.

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The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules.

The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. n.pr/3Zaiqlz

Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'

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(This is not about tigers.)

“You can’t call that big, orange, striped kitten a tiger!”

It’s big like a tiger. It bites like a tiger.

“Tiger is too strong a word. It will cause divisions!”

It has sign that says, “I’m a tiger!” And it’s eating people.

“You’re so hateful! You should cool down your rhetoric!”

When considering what keyboard shortcuts to support in your application, don’t stress about JAWS/NVDA. They have pass-through commands (a key combo that tells the SR to ignore the next key/combo).

• NVDA + F2
• JAWS + 3
• Narrator + 3

Stress about other languages instead.

#a11y #i18n

ICE’s ideology is great replacement theory. If you want to understand how this organization could project its terror as protective, then it is important to understand great replacement theory.

Overwhelmed by grief at what a cruel nation we’re becoming. And moreso that the most of the cruelty comes from those who claim the name Christian.

May we never become numb to injustice, violence, or hatred. May our hearts never harden. May these decades of cruelty come to an end.

The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.

Well and truly out of words.

That is a lot of news to wake up to.

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Look, I don’t know if Die Hard is a Christmas movie (I mean, why not), but I do know, beyond all reasonable doubt, that #Rent is a #Christmas musical.

Under the ADA, state and local governments, public schools, community colleges, and public universities will soon have to conform to WCAG 2.1 AA. Depending on the size of the population served, entities have until April 2026 and April 2027 to comply.

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