all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

Life happens. Through no fault of their own people lose their jobs, housing, and health every day and when those things happen it's very often appropriate and responsible to surrender pets. Those are all VERY common reasons why pets end up in shelters, not because they are defective animals.

23-6 Texas! #hookem

Day 4 and we have reached 30% of our goal but there is a lot more work I have ahead of me because I’m not going to let up any time soon. Please share for reach and please donate if you can. If you have donated, my heartfelt gratitude and thanks. More here: gofund.me/3f210e958

Axe-con is back! Join us on February 24-26, 2026, to come together with the global digital accessibility community. Plus, we’re thrilled to announce this year’s stellar keynotes: @habengirma.bsky.social and @ranaelkaliouby.bsky.social! www.deque.com/axe-con/ #a11y

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Folks, having a solid crew of comrades you can rely on in real life or virtually is always essential and in the coming years we are all going to need to lean on each other.

The GOP controls the whole Federal government. They have to fund it. If they don't, it's their fault. [see how easy that is].

I feel like myself when I’m #accessibility auditing.

I’m getting a pedicure while watching football. Good start to the weekend 😎

I tried to cut the mattes off the cat but I think it’s time for the electric clippers

My pregnant neighbor took Tylenol and all the chickens in our village layed only small flavorless onions instead of eggs for seven cycles of the moon.

Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

Things aren't good. Now is the time to try lots of different things.

Tonight we’re using the oven to roast chicken, potatoes and asparagus at the same time.

The group voted to require people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, the panel failed to pass a change that would have asked states to require people to get a prescription.

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

New blog post from me #accessibility racheleditullio.com/blog/2025/09...

Each of us really can decide to do a little something every day to lessen suffering (including our own).

I am relly just varry tired

See ya @washingtonpost.com

Feel like I should add “can read and write HTML and CSS” back to the resume

If a UI element is interactive, exposed to AT, needs event listeners, needs role/aria customisation, and needs programmatic focus. It should be in HTML. It's frustrating this is a conversation that even needs to be had.

I got flu and 2025-2026 COvid vaccinations at Walgreens, was covered by insurance and they didn’t ask me any eligibility question.

I got up early and got caught up finally for the week

Big day for concern trolls and tone police. Stay hydrated.

The kittens are at the vet today for spay/neuter and microchips

At some point, the white community is going to have to do something about the high rates of crime in white neighborhoods.

If your code/UI isn’t accessible, it isn’t a finished product. Who are you willing to exclude? #accessibility

The kittens got updated glamour shots today in hopes they get some adoption applications. I especially like this one of Citrine.

🚨BREAKING MEWS🚨 Please be advised: we have a 3-cat pile up en route to the bedroom..that’s a 3-cat pile up, be on the look out.. 📢

Listening to the Longhorns game as we drive to San Antonio for the UTSA game at 14:30 #hookem

Pretty common thing I get told when I point out an accessibility fail: "They mean well, so give them a break." Unfortunately, that's not how this works. Accessibility is about what is and isn't, not what's intended. Giving people breaks for half-assing accessibility just normalizes inaccessibility.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Finally got MacOS Accessibility Inspector to pair with my iPhone. It’s great being able to view the accessibility information of content in apps. Pro tip: iPhone has to be in developer mode

Breathe in, scream out. Breathe in, scream out. Breathe in, scream out.

The new Web Weekly will hit all the inboxes in just a little bit. It's jam-packed and you can read it online, too.👇🫣 www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...

I’m not a fan of skeleton loading. It does not “seem” faster. Just emphasizes how bloated most webpages are and shows how long they take to load.

AUS ✈️ BOS

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The one person in our world who needs to hear this will never read it, but you can. And you should. Every word! Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social

What is visible and what is hidden text on this page? after PHD level thinking for 48 seconds #ChatGPT sez: "Visible text: “this text is visible.” Hidden text: “this text is hidden.”" codepen.io/stevef/pen/a...

My first website was on Geocities in 1997

HEB has some amazing bulk corn nuts

Just learned about 72(T) distributions for early retirement

Austin, Texas does not have a dry heat. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

It’s not just “can a screen reader access this screen?” It’s “can any user complete the full experience without needing adaptation or assistance?”

I know that it's not comfortable for the majority of all backgrounds but what we're seeing is just US policing. ICE is the NYPD, the CPD etc... on the daily.

I thought my 20 year old boom box finally died but it just came unplugged when I was cleaning. It’s big feature is that it plays MP3s on CD.