Elizabeth Buie, PhD FRSA

Dear Microsoft: Please let me disable Outlook's silly editorial comments and suggestions. Thank you. 🙄

Why were they polite about it?

Some thoughts on Brumel’s Lamentations When you walk into a cathedral, you notice its vastness, its tall columns and high stone vaults, its carvings. When you walked into a cathedral in the Middle Ages, you’d probably first have n…

Saint Radegund's Voices are taking Brumel's Lamentations to the Cambs villages. Come hear us at 4pm on Sunday 1 March, at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Harlton. Read director Katie Hawks's thoughts about the programme at saintradegundsvoices.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/s...

#alt text gone awry. #hsbc

There is only one letter of difference between glute and glut.

There is only one letter of difference between "shared" and "shred". #OneLetterOfDifference

We kinda knew that… 😉

The Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center of the Montgomery County, MD Government has produced a website that provides immigrants and supporters with information about their rights in these tough times. It offers access to guides, cards, flyers, and apps. See www.montgomerycountymd.gov/gilchrist/im...

I've been making coffee in a moka for 35 years, and it was only last week that I realised I could immediately hit the sweet spot in screwing the top onto the bottom, just by aligning the handle with the valve. No faffing.

I'm sure my Italian friends know this, but no one has ever told me. #coffee

Exactly.

And now they've replied to that. They said they were "directed" to remove them. I asked who directed that and said I certainly will contact @raskin.house.gov, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks.

I've just received a reply to the email I sent the GSA a year ago about their having removed the content on Inclusive Design Patterns. The response says: ======== ... I've just received a reply to the email I sent the GSA a year ago about their having removed the content on Inclusive Design Patterns. The response says: ======== Thank you for writing to us and exp...

Last year I wrote GSA about the removal of their Inclusive Design Patterns. Today they replied. Said it was mandated by the EO on "Ending Radical and Wasteful…DEI Programs and Preferencing". I said it was IN NO WAY radical or wasteful, and called the EO a travesty. www.linkedin.com/posts/elizab...

I am seriously disappointed in (no, make that "disgusted with") Tim Cook. 🤬🤬🤬 #Apple #sycophant

One thing I like very much about MacOS Tahoe is that the Dock comes up so quickly when I move the pointer to the bottom of the screen.

I have been making my coffee in a moka for 35 yrs, and only last week did I realise that to screw them together without having to fiddle for the sweet spot, one has to set the top on the bottom with handle and valve aligned. 😳

I'm sure all my Italian friends know this, but no one has ever told me.

And requiring "slide" to switch off the alarm? Pure stupidity.

Who is alert enough to swipe when they've just been awakened? Especially when the "snooze" button is so close and is much more prominent!

Hope it goes well!

Denmark said "no", too.

I switched it off before, but the new update doesn't seem to offer a way to do that. 😬

Dear Apple, so far I am not a huge fan of Liquid Glass. And I definitely don't want Apple Intelligence intruding into more aspects of my life. The MS Copilot thing is travesty enough.

I've always thought it was an ugly plaid. Nothing has changed.

The form W9 that's available from irs.gov supports Fill & Sign *except* for the date of the signature. Anyone know how to address this?

The word "kakistocracy" makes me think of government by persimmons. Which seems eerily appropriate…

I love @normeisen.bsky.social. He just said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that the orange felon "has all the follow-through of a tsetse fly." 😆😆😆

🛒 Retail’s busiest season is now in full swing, but for people with disabilities, navigating shopping journeys can be an experience fraught with barriers.

Our campaign #TheHiddenJourney is a call to action for retailers to prioritise #accessibility in 2026:

www.nexerdigital.com/news-and-tho...

The "release the files" bill is the one that really deserves the name "One Big Beautiful Bill".

Hope to see you at Nexer Digital's Camp Digital 2026!

I prefer Italo Treno to @trenitalia.bsky.social because they give me an over-60s discount without requiring me to sign up for a membership or prove that I live in Italy (I don't). Their service is good as well, so why not?

CEJ- Advocates in the Workplace

If you were recently terminated as part of the layoff, please reach out to www.centerforemploymentjustice.com.

Terminating federal employees for purely political reasons is illegal.

Survey asked why I hadn't used Airbnb lately. I said: "Joe Gebbia supports DOGE and Project 2025. I won't use Airbnb again as long as he is there. The Government already had a brilliant design team at 18F and did NOT need to replace it with someone who cares nothing for usability or accessibility."