As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two residents whose home floated away in the storm.

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Something to keep in mind is that after they go after #disability benefits for #veterans who will they go after next? If they get away with cutting VA benefits, you can bet your ass they'll be after Social Security disability benefits next.

By they way, my #1 piece of advice about ALT text is to listen to people with visual impairments! Not random online people. I have seen a ton of well intentioned but terrible advice from sighted people about ALT text. Here is a clear guide: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Every word of this, but especially — "we live here in a country with a co-opted executive branch led by racist, xenophobic idiots who do not believe in law"

Hey boys and girls. Don't join the military because eventually, the VA will fuck you without lube. Fun!

A11y tip: Use live regions sparingly aria-live is powerful but can overwhelm. Use "polite" for most updates, "assertive" only for urgent messages. Announce outcomes, not processes ("3 results found" vs "searching..."). Test with a screen reader - helpful updates can become annoying noise. ##a11y

Sourdough rosemary focaccia fresh out of the oven.

If your organization has Slack, Teams, or any other messaging program, you should have a dedicated accessibility channel. This would be a great way for everyone on your team to learn together by sharing links, posing questions, and reviewing alt text, among other things.

October Full Moon Over Florida Is A Supermoon MIAMI, Florida - The October 2025 Full Moon is a Supermoon that will occur on Monday, October 6, 2025, beginning with a moonrise over Florida's east coast at 6:43 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with a few minutes of variation depending on your exact…

VA Disability and VA Health Care are rigged against the veteran. And for those of you who think veterans already get more than they deserve or take advantage of the system, well I've got an easy solution for you — stop sending people to war.

Unpopular Opinion: Croutons were invited as a way to do something with the bread before it started getting moldy.

BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media. 🔗 www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

As a lifetime member of the VFW, I am very disappointed that the only messaging I've received today concerning #Veterans and the government #Shutdown was from USAA.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades.

Remind me again which party controls the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Black student found hanging from a tree in Mississippi. www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Time for a reminder: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.

In France, Braille may refer to the tactile reading system, the surname of its inventor, or the call of a strange and gorgeous bird! Descriptive Transcript: habengirma.com/2025/09/17/b...

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected. abcnews.go.com/US/people-hu...

A black man was found dead hanging from a tree in Mississippi and the police called it a suicide. History has a way of repeating itself.

Vice President JD Vance declared today if you see someone “celebrating” Kirk's death, you should “call their employer.” In other words, if a person is saying something about Kirk that deviates from the GOP party line, destroy that person’s life. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-idea-...

Anyway, release the Epstein list. Ban congressional stock trading. Eliminate corporate and dark money from politics.

NEW: I spoke to trans author Gretchen Felker-Martin, who was fired by DC Comics and suspended on Bluesky for calling Charlie Kirk a "Nazi bitch" after his death. She's not the only artist who's been censored in light of mounting pressure campaigns by Kirk's supporters: www.wired.com/story/charli...

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

This sucks.

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The media is failing us. The story isn't about a right-wing commentator being killed. It is about the rise in politically motivated violence. The same day Kirk was killed there was a school shooting in Colorado and a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were murdered in their home 3 months ago.

RFK Jr. Is Making It Harder for Kids to Eat Healthy Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services promised healthier kids. The administration's actions tell a different story

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org

Report of “shots fired” at UMass Boston and police response www.wcvb.com/article/umas...

The First Amendment protects our right to record ICE officers and law enforcement in public, whether Secretary Noem likes it or not.

Now that's how you write a headline.

NATO held an emergency Article 4 meeting in Brussels today in response to last night's Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace It's the 1st time NATO forces have directly attacked the Russian military since the outbreak of the 🇺🇦war PM Tusk said Poland is now closest to open conflict since WW2

MLS took a pretty light hand with their suspensions. www.sounderatheart.com/2025/09/luis...

Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.

One of the things I dislike about Social Security is how retirement is solely based on age. Sure, after a certain age, everyone should be able to retire, but also, how about if you paid into Social Security for 40 years without a break you can retire.

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.