Deborah C NZ

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimisation to make existing and new services better for our users. Karwai is part of an accessibility group at Home Office Digital,...

talking with a colleague I was reminded of some accessibility infographics I saw about a decade ago, and was able to find them again. I think they are still pretty good accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/d...

A direct link to the English language pdf set is github.com/UKHomeOffice...

100 Māori words every New Zealander should know

100 Māori words every New Zealander should know

#TeWikiOTeReoMāori

Remember that poorly fitting formal suit he wore to the Royal wedding? Was it Harry and Meghan's? I just remember the photo of him and a very stylish Richie McCaw.

I love a well-placed em dash too.

We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King Yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde delivered a solemn message to President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. As she conclu…

Take Bishop Budde seriously. That wasn't resistance, that was leadership.

tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...

Trying very hard to keep personal equilibrium in the current world news landscape.

Thanks. I've got him on Substack. 👍

I write a monthly science column for some awesome small-town newspapers in rural New York. My main goal is to actively and diplomatically push back against pseudoscience. I'm the wife of a U.S. diplomat, so I know a few things about diplomacy:🧵🧪🔭

Did you find Oliver? That's who I'm looking for, too. I'd rather not stumble across furry porn.

"Everyone would welcome more and better research in a NZ context to support better care for trans young people. But the relative lack is no excuse to restrict care. Local medical experts agree that puberty blockers can be helpful, & existing research placed outside the review's scope backs this up."

Water bottles are my weakness

Absolutely bs

I am not over the shock but I have picked myself up! When they go low we must go high, this is us now. For 4 years of Secret Santa we raised $$$ for City Missions across the motu, we can't do SSNZ right now but we can help people. Please chip in if you can 🎅❤️
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‘Who were you to decide that our innings was over?’ Michael Rosen’s Covid inquiry poem The poet and broadcaster, who spent 48 days in intensive care after contracting coronavirus, reflects on the ‘chilling’ evidence from the Covid inquiry, and pens a poem in response

“Did you think we would never speak
from the graves you gave us?”

Who infected who? Breaking transmission chains is crucial for controlling infectious disease outbreaks. We used deep sequencing to find a way to infer who infected who more precisely. But rather than delve into the sci...

I’ve also written a ‘behind the paper’ post that explains how the project came about and why it’s taken more than 10 years to get our first paper out. #MicroSky microbiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/who-in...

A Steller's Jay with a peanut in it's beak. Photo by Jacob McGinnis

Big News! The AOS decided to change the common names of birds named after people. Info here: americanornithology.org/about/englis... They'll be choosing new names in a formal process starting in 2024. In the meantime, let's have fun coming up w/ silly names for birds like Steller's Jay. Ideas?🪶🌎🧪

Why can't we edit our own posts here? 😭

I used to work at Tower Records many years ago and I still straighten displays in any store k visit.

Relatable

Phoebe says "hi" and can she have that chip please?

M6.0 earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island Felt across the country, but no reports of serious damage

A M6.0 earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand a few hours ago. No serious damage reported, but shaking felt across the island, with >14,000 reports.

Read more on our blog: earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m60-earthq...

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