hey so Stripe is doing Al garbage where if you let it handle disputes you have to pay it 30% of the refund. the email link to opt out didn't work. i couldn't find the right menu myself, and after some searching, managed to find it elsewhere. turn this shit off. dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...

This shit is exactly why placeholders are commonly pink/black checkerboxes with PLACEHOLDER in giant text on it so that shit doesn't get missed and go to fucking retail

Hello fellow nerds! I've got a hypothesis about the intersectionality of gamers and disabilities I'm trying to test. Even if you're not a gamer or disabled, please take 10 minutes and fill this out! Thanks so much, and feel free to ask me any questions. forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7...

Hello fellow nerds! I've got a hypothesis about the intersectionality of gamers and disabilities I'm trying to test. Even if you're not a gamer or disabled, please take 10 minutes and fill this out! Thanks so much, and feel free to ask me any questions. forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7...

MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk” fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...

Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.

DID NOBODY PLAY DAWNTRAIL.

My raid team had an interesting night... #ffxiv

OH HEY! Did you know sign-ups for Side Quest: A FFXIV NPC Mini Bang open next month on Saturday, December 06? Now you do! AND to help spread the word, we’re doing a mini WOL/OC or NPC commission giveaway! 🔁RT this post = one entry 💬Comment ur favorite NPC/NPC Ship below = a second entry!

Due to some financial trouble, Im opening up commissions again. Sorry for the price, it is based on needs. This also means that the HH video will be delayed. Thank you guys for your continued patience <3 RPG Portrait: $100 Full Body Flat Color: $300 send all inquiries to [email protected]

ALT Text benefits everyone Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings

I’m really glad that SQUEX is strongly considering accessibility, but let’s talk about why this email is… not a great idea. I’m not trying to be rude to any specific company, but this shows a lack of understanding. Let’s dive in. 1/?

The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.

As a blind person and accessibility advocate, finding long term employment has been near impossible, often times, companies trot us in at the last minute, long after anything we suggest could actually be fixed, pay us for an hour or two, and send us on our way. 1/7

@fisherfruity.bsky.social new board game where you explore an exoplanet... and fishing is one of the ways to win the game (along with exploring, or personal growth, etc). FISHING WIN CONDITION.

Gabe and friends when they finished making the Steam Machine

I went to the grocery store for the first time in a wheelchair and at the beginning I was marveling at the fact that it’s the most accessible place I’ve been to in my chair so far, until I realized that I was just benefiting from an accident of a building being made *shopping cart* accessible.

Context is everything. Steam Machines originally launched into a space with poor support up against the relative strength of Windows. The new one drops into a space occupied by the Steam Deck's strides in compatibility, Big Picture, and Windows flailing. store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware

i unironically believe that all sprouts should play the fall guys collab bc it's a low stakes way to learn forced march, acceleration bomb, exaflares, and whatever we call that spinning finger mechanic

@danfloydplus.bsky.social the return of Durmin is cooooming! Excited to see what madness this man has wrought in the snack delivery business.

Grats to all of you with FanFest tickets! I know this will sound like sour grapes as someone who didn't get them this time, but I really hope SQUEX took our accessibility concerns to heart. Vegas was miserable.

Oh my goodness!!! Congrats to the Fan Fest goers!!! PLEASE WEAR A MASK YOU BETTER WEAR A MASK. I DONT CARE HOW HEALTHY YOU FEEL. KEEP YOUR FRIENDS/LOVED ONES SAFE!

Hi-Fi Rush's Soundtrack Delisted From All Major Streaming Platforms Without Warning (OST still on Steam) www.thegamer.com/hi-fi-rush-s... also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time

I'm gonna analyze some more game animations and there's not a single thing you or ANYONE can do to stop me #animation youtu.be/LUzB8zYLn_s

BUS BUS BUS! This year, my craft a long item is a GIVEAWAY and not an auction. They’ll announce a donation amount (eg $5) and every multiple is one entry. MAY LUCK BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR WOLs! @emunarum.bsky.social @dangerousladies.ca desertbus.org/2025/prize/V...

Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco/Bay Area - here are some restaurants helping with food if you’re struggling with loss of SNAP benefits. Please share!

If 30 people had all leaked info or assets it would be ALL over the internet The fact that it isn't means that the HIGHLY CONVENIENT story that all 30 people who were agitating for better working conditions simultaneously broke NDA is uh.... Probably not true

Hey #ffxiv fans! My robes (with some pattern/file assistance from @dangerousladies.ca and @emunarum.bsky.social ) will be in the Craft a Long for @desertbus.org next week. As a blind person who spent a ton of time in hospitals from birth, giving back is super important to me. 1/2

NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts. www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...

I've ordered the machine! Thank you to everyone who's ordered from me- I'm going to start working on all these amazing new comms. I'm still taking orders right now- this drive will be up through November- so if you want any of the donation incentives, like a custom patch or jacket, now's the time!

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As a person who founded a food pantry at my Alma mater, I want to share that donating money to a food bank will always be their preferred donation. Don’t get me wrong getting your non perishables is great too,

We reached the goal in an hour. The quickest yet. I didn’t have time to make a graphic to celebrate so here’s an emoji 🤯

The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon. bbc.github.io/accessibilit...

Oh my goodness- in just one weekend, I've gotten over 1/3 of the way to securing the funds for this machine. If you'd like to help a disabled artist- and get some cool art in thanks- every bit helps! -Sara

Genuinely begging you to re-up your MMR & get your kids vaccinated if you can. Between this & Kennedy talking about breaking it up into separate vaccines thus providing opportunities for missed inoculations &, thus, increased infections, public health policy is not looking great, for the foreseeable

Announcing a TTRPG and a Magic the Gathering Raffle to support @dotsrpg.org that last until November 30! Tickets are $5 each for both raffles and are worth over $500 each! Buy tickets here: tilt.fyi/hz97BCFWeH you can check out all the donated prizes on the tiltify page!

I feel like I'm watching accessibility maturity at companies actively regressing. It's a wildly sharp contrast between now and 2020, when many companies were so openly pro accessibility and DEI. The short term is rough, but I think the long term remains hopeful. Most people want accessibility 🤷‍♀️

Yes its an odd numbered year, so tomorrow's US election may be very small by you if you're in the USA, or it may not happen at all if there's no open seats/referendums. If there ARE though? Vote. It's local stuff. The things most affecting YOU. And very few people do it in odd years.

My name is Silver, and I'm a solo dev making a flight exploration game called Alice's Current Draft. Pulling from Wii sports resort and SM64 wing cap by style of Ghibli and Moomin. Planning for release later this year, but we'll see. Follow and wishlist here store.steampowered.com/app/3545170/

Y’all there’s SO MANY struggling artists right now. Please please help if you are in the position to do so. Do some early holiday shopping. Treat yourself to something special. Donate just to keep seeing people create. And don’t forget sharing always helps so much. We are just trying to survive.

Oh my goodness- in just one weekend, I've gotten over 1/3 of the way to securing the funds for this machine. If you'd like to help a disabled artist- and get some cool art in thanks- every bit helps! -Sara

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happy birthday to bill watterson who gave me the gift of encapsulating my entire ethical approach in one comic panel.

Hey all, I'm not one to ask for money, but I'm out of work since May, and as a blind person, my job hunt has challenges beyond normal searching. If you're willing to spare some, I have donation incentives, including patches, embroidery comms, and more. Thanks. ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...

For all my Tsuyu enjoyers, I made a new embroidery design with you in mind. Dropping on my KoFi tomorrow as a digital file! #ffxiv

Oh hey, would you look at that! unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Hey all, I'm not one to ask for money, but I'm out of work since May, and as a blind person, my job hunt has challenges beyond normal searching. If you're willing to spare some, I have donation incentives, including patches, embroidery comms, and more. Thanks. ko-fi.com/post/If-You-...

If you are showing something at the Game Awards, please please please make sure your accessibility teams review any video assets queued up for photosensitive triggers and appropriately-sized subtitles, pls & thank u 🥹🙏🏻