Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.” No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post. Compliance ≠ usability. Day 3 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this ##A11yFail

the new album from The Linda Lindas is 🔥

just over here crying to Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is"

Portland, what the hell is going on with the gnats downtown

Did you know that April 26 is Mend in Public Day?! When we learned that we thought it would be the perfect day for our first mend together in the park day of the year! We’ll have lots of sewing supplies that you can use and take with you, and we’ll be there to help you with your mending projects.

While investigating Nike’s claims about sustainability, I started collecting paystubs from its suppliers. It’s been almost 27 years since Phil Knight acknowledged that Nike products had become synonymous with “slave wages.” I wanted to know what people in Asia earned producing Nike apparel. (thread)

outside is REAL nice

@theanarchistturtle.bsky.social 🚨 received a suspension for sharing the publicly available information of an ICE agent involved in the harassment and kidnapping of community members. Bluesky is apparently running cover for these agents.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

Dan was such a force that PPB sent undercover cops to spy on him and other activists organizing for an early version of the citizen review board and against Iraq War 1.5 (the Clinton one). This document came out in a case captioned Squirrel v. Moose. www.pjw.info/spycase/squi...

new Mario Kart 😍

Portland! Be aware that known abuser Max Steele who used to be part of Rosehips Medic Collective has gone fully right wing. He is showing up to protests hoping to doxx people. He looks like a lefty so he easily blends in.

inhale for 2 days, exhaling as required

moon big

well that was wild

trans rights are human rights

i watched "The Fall" and cried so much

anyone have experience volunteering with CityTeam here in Portland? the religious theme is off putting but it seems like they offer meaningful services to our homeless neighbors

my eye sight is getting worse 😮‍💨

If this isn't enough of a reason they also operate in the West Bank

look at the moon right now

TIL that Google Assistant is by default "learning" from all the apps on your phone. Instructions to disable it in the link. You have to do it for each individual app, and after you do it it takes you back to the top of the list of apps. Classic dark pattern programming. kind.social/@EnfysBook/1...

Strike to Reinstate Randy Expands! (Saturday, 2/1) PICKET LINES WILL BE AT SEVEN CORNERS (1954 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202) ARBOR LODGE (6400 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97217), joined by workers from Slabtown. Come out and support the strike! nslu.org/community

excited about my new hat that's made out of recycled sweaters

They can start by firing Officer Chow who repeatedly and seriously interfered with medical care on the mass shooting scene. I wish we could have included all the footage in the documentary. He’s far and away the biggest pile of shit who was there, and it’s on several videos.

Anyone know for sure if the New Seasons boycott is still on? We've had a discussion in my house and can't find confirmation. Holding off on shopping at New Seasons in Oregon until we know for sure. #unionStrike

tech companies are forcing LLMs on us in a way that's incredibly pathetic and frustrating

We have to define what we mean by “AI.” Because the model that advanced our understanding of protein folding and the LLMs that churn out the nonsense slop that fills the internet both get called “AI.” And the latter is co-opting the usefulness of the former to create this exactly perception.

Christmas feels like expectation and disappointment

yelled at state trooper bike cops tonight

the crows are back

i smelled rotten eggs this morning, which is typically associated with a natural gas leak. would smells from a severed gas line in Sellwood this morning make it all the way to NW Portland?

You should probably really rethink what you're doing if you're on the board of Street Roots and refuse to recognize the workers union.

Fire to the prisons every last one

matrix made me cry tonight

This whole thread. One of the drums I consistently bang on is the idea that the majority of “civility” requirements is code for “the way we hurt you is polite and therefore allowed and you may not complain; the way you hurt us is rude and boorish and therefore you do not matter.”

i tried to put processed cheese food on the grocery list but i was velvetoed

i need a kotatsu

watching the LOTR trilogy in 4k and the location shots are even more breathtaking but the CGI can't compete