Had to call my mortgage lender and had the worst phone tree experience ever. But then we walked down to the local spot and got nachos and beer. And when I got home, I saw that the serviceberry tree began blooming!

"For all of us, I want digital spaces that remember we’re human. That respect our boundaries. That prioritize our well-being over their quarterly targets." —@nattarnoff.bsky.social tarnoff.info/2026/04/13/w...

Touch is not the only way people use mobile apps. Keyboard operability matters for accessibility, and most apps still fail at it. Detlev Fischer explains why this cannot be an afterthought. bitvtest.de/en/blog/... #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #MobileTesting #InclusiveDesign #WCAG #Mobile

Proud to be from Montana today. Trans rights are human rights!

My lil baby magnolia began blooming this week and it's truly one of the best things right now.

It's gotten so warm so fast! Do I need to start watering things again yet?

My strawberries made it through the winter and already have new growth! I was worried about how well they'd do in the raised bed through the cold.

After calling to report this, apparently it was just me? Hard resets seemed to fix things. Learned that our modem is hella old and a tech will be out to replace it. And if you have a TP-Link router, you might have a firmware update pending like I did.

Anyone else in Kingfield on USI affected?

Cool, street construction work a block away knocked out fiber for everyone around here.

Reminds of when I wrote how you cannot trust SR speech history / logs for testing and a SR maker told me they aren’t meant to be used for testing and then a few months later released a product that was just the speech history log which they marketed as a testing product. yatil.net/blog/screen-...

I'm getting pretty good at making miso noodle bowls.

Just made pancakes and used 1/2 tsp of fiori di Sicilia instead of vanilla, and I'm pretty sure they were the best pancakes of my life. Also, real food after being sick for days and subsisting on smoothies is amazing.

Might be outing myself as a real Minnesotan after years of denial. I tried Bill's Garden tonight and thought, sure, why not get the Szechuan tofu? Reader, I was not prepared. It is delicious, and also SO spicy. I can do like 2 bites at a time. Can't wait to do it again.

Happiness is a bowl of fresh popcorn that you don't have to share.

This is the cover I didn't know I needed. Total nostalgia bomb.

Time is a circle. I've reached the point in the illness/recovery process where my 4-day long bedhead somehow manages to look intentional and styled. (The rest of me remains appallingly unkempt, alas.)

Finally got my bag and made it home, only to find that a porch pirate ganked my much-anticipated package with a couple of cute fidget toys. They better enjoy my little clicky dumpster fire and rainbow spiral thingy 🤨

Oof, Delta's shitting the bed on bag claim tonight at MSP. I feel bad for the bag handlers who are probably scrambling, and the poor employee reading the same delay message over and over.

Picking this up again today. This need is 51% funded and we have less than $1800 to go! Any sharing or any chipping in of any amount helps a lot!

The frenetic colors and jagged outline for DISCOVERY on this pack of fruity Mentos gives the whole thing kind of an ominous vibe.

Truly one of the most curséd UIs I've ever suffered through. And now I get to do it weekly 🎉😭

Boomers at my boring business hotel loudly talking over breakfast about: how they walked everywhere when they were young, women should just hold aspirin between their knees, and immigrants should all have to pay taxes, too. Gods, I wish I had a mute button for them.

Excellent piece - must read for designers raised in more holistic and critical traditions than today. "The critical tradition in design is not waiting to be recovered. The institutions that sustained it have been defunded, restructured, or absorbed."

So many marginalized folks keep MSP running. I interacted with several of them this morning on my way to my flight. Kind, helpful people who deserve safe workplace and employers who care about their wellbeing. I doubt MSP will step up but I dearly hope they do.

I'm flying into Boston tomorrow and have some time to kill. Need to be just outside Providence eventually. What can I do for a couple of hours before I go to my boring business hotel?

I got to use the autocomplete bookmarklet I wrote in a real audit this week. It’s nice doing more web #accessibility work again. racheleditullio.com/blog/2023/11...

Genuinely want to know: has anyone's accessibility bug report in the Google Issue Tracker ever been resolved? I'm following so many years-old issues that just seem to be abandoned. Makes it really hard to use Jetpack Compose for anything that doesn't use Material UI if you want it to be accessible.

I have a friend who's dealing with a privacy and device control nightmare where her abusive partner seems to have mirrored and infiltrated all of her personal and business systems, largely remotely. It's over my head but it's ruining her life. Anyone able to help?

I enjoyed @bluesky.sboots.ca’s essay on becoming a “generative AI vegetarian”, and for a few reasons: it’s a great read, first and foremost, but also my GOODNESS is this well-sourced. Sean pulls together many, many threads here; always grateful for a map like this.

We made tepache from the (washed) rind and scraps of this pineapple and it is the most delicious thing I've had lately. We went a touch heavy with cinnamon stick and lightly crushed allspice. The tepache is fragrant and lightly sweet and just delectable.

A useful run-down from @patrickhlauke.bsky.social on how to get screen recordings on Android that include TalkBack audio www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvnj... #a11y #accessibility

"When you offload your thinking, you might be on-loading someone else’s you’d never agree to — personally or collectively." @jim-nielsen.com blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/opacity...

Loma Bonita had perfect pineapples yesterday. Amazing recovery snack after shoveling approximately 5 tons of snow.

For real, this snow is like wet concrete. So tired but also glad we won't have as much to move later today.

Ope, guess it's actually Shanky's Whip. The bottle and label are so cute!

Is there a name for mimosas but made with grapefruit juice instead? If not, might I humbly offer "pomplimosa"? Just planning our snow day breakfast for tomorrow...

I saw my first ever high school musical last night, and I left with so much hope, pride, and admiration for those kids. My school didn't have much of an arts program and I'm so glad that these options exist in our community.

This is ultimately the thing. There's a concept in disability justice called the dignity of risk: that we believe disabled people should have the right to *fail*. A lot of abled people look at disabled people and think they must be coddled and protected - it's a benevolent bigotry.

Fucking horrific. I'm chipping in to help bring Sandra & Miriam home.

It was the worst of times it was the worst of times

Remember, if you write in your own answer on an ID question, that means you are asking a data analyst somewhere to pick the category to put you in (possibly 'other/something else'). It's sometimes unavoidable, but important to realize that's what you are essentially doing.

Spent 2 hours soaking at a bath spa. My whole everything feels so much better. I think I need this every week.

"We should remember that almost everything about how software looks and feels is a choice that someone made, often quickly, often for practical reasons that may not apply anymore." www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obli... (Fancy version with animations at www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obli...)

Amazing how productive I can be when I don't have any meetings breaking up the day.

I have 2 last rent portions to get over the finish line tonight. I have a $300 need and then I have $275 left on a larger need. Today is the last day of the grace period for rents being paid on time and I really would like to get these two finished. Can you chip in?

This is an appreciation post for @janmaarten.com and the badass components he built into the GitHub Annotation Toolkit. I'm finally diving in and customizing it for my company and I have a whole new level of respect for how this thing's assembled. Thank you, friend.

I just made the most luscious mac & cheese for with leftover sauce from last night's supper and as I stir to help it cool, its making the most lewd sounds. Good thing no one else is here.

But since we are there, having some uses for accessibility does not make it accessibility tech because accessibility includes thoughtful, transparent affordances for safety, wellbeing, privacy, and autonomy.

BREAKING: FIFA Peace Prize award committee in emergency session "This is the first time this has happened with a winner," said one board member. "This action threatens the very integrity of the FIFA Peace Prize."