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Accessibility is political✊ Working for the web, anywhere and everywhere 🖖🏽
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LAST WEEK IN WAI #4
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"My reaction to this claim continues to be: what a load of bollocks which is why I have not commented on the discussion"
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Gerard does Fireside
@gerardkcohen.me
is one of those people that has consistently championed, and acted professionally to improve the accessibility of the web."
#a11y
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Gerard does Fireside – HTML Accessibility
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/04/20/gerard-does-fireside/
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Tuta
about 7 hours ago
🚨⏳ Act now! Microsoft just enabled flex routing for Copilot users in the EU - & you're opted in automatically! This means your data can be processed outside of the EU. Turn if off: Copilot → Settings → Flex routing → Do not allow flex routing Even better, cancel Copilot:
tuta.com/blog/microso...
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TakamineBill
about 24 hours ago
Roots of the current crisis: Iran, 1953. CIA fomented a coup against Mohammed Mossadegh, the legitimately elected President. Mossadegh’s “crime”? Nationalizing the foreign owned oil companies that were pumping Iranian oil. If you know no history, everything is a mystery.
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deconspray
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Same app, different barriers. Android and iOS can fail users in completely different ways. Cross-platform build tools don't guarantee equal accessibility. Test both. Always.
bitvtest.de/en/blog/...
#DigitalAccessibility
#MobileTesting
#A11y
#DigitalInclusion
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Android and iOS – should I test both? (part 2) | BIK BITV-Test
Default description English
https://bitvtest.de/en/blog/blog-article/android-and-ios-should-i-test-both-part-2
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Anti-Trumpism
about 20 hours ago
There is currently no decision by Iran to send a negotiating delegation to Pakistan "as long as there is a naval blockade," Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing its reporter. This is what happens when ‘ Shit For Brains ‘ starts a war
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found this unusual shoe horn abandoned in the street. Thought that
@davidofyork.bsky.social
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Aggy X
1 day ago
I will never understand the thought process of anyone who travels to the US now, for any reason. Not the ones on holiday, not the ones on business, not to visit family (unless its a hail mary trip to get them out) and not for any other reason. You guys flying into Berlin in 1939, like its normal.
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Bruce Lawson
about 10 hours ago
The moral panic about kids playing video games should have been over boomers having access to social media.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right
It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/18/the-families-torn-apart-by-older-relatives-going-far-right
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Robin Berjon
about 18 hours ago
Talking about sovereignty in a wonderful setting!
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Olga Nesterova
about 23 hours ago
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
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Jon Cooper
about 23 hours ago
“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
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Sara Soueidan
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Don’t Let AI Write For You
alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-...
"Letting an LLM write for you is like paying somebody to work out for you." — Great, short read for writers (and thinkers).
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Don't Let AI Write For You
https://alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-write-for-you/
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LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍
1 day ago
Nuclear power is so washed at this point lol. It's only marginal if you could turn new reactors on tomorrow, but absolutely washed when considering realistic timelines. Solar and storage has totally undermined its niche
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
1 day ago
Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.
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Emilia
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It’s absolutely incredible that one of the largest Japanese-run Go servers, which has been running since 1992, is still accessed entirely via Telnet. And while most players use GUI clients that use Telnet under the hood, you can still connect manually and get ASCII graphics streamed to you
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Others are fascists, women haters, homophobes, racists, fantasists, deranged, demented or in denial
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#accessibility
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Trump acts like he is the master of the world. He cannot control Israel. He cannot defeat Iran. He has no support in Europe. His "allies" like Putin and Netanyahu merely control and use him. He is hated by the majority of Americans. Even his cult is breaking up. Does not sound like mastery to me.
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deconspray
2 days ago
Testing mobile apps for accessibility? It is not web testing with a smaller screen. No DOM, fewer tools, and screen readers rule. Detlev Fischer explains what really changes.
bitvtest.de/en/blog/...
#DigitalAccessibility
#MobileTesting
#A11y
#WCAG
#InclusiveDesign
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Testing mobile apps – what differs from web testing? (part 1)
In the first part of a series of blog posts about mobile accessibility testing, we look at the main differences between testing common web content and testing native mobile apps.
https://bitvtest.de/en/blog/blog-article/testing-mobile-apps-what-differs-from-web-testing-part-1
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Dona Dickinson
2 days ago
As a reminder, anything he says is likely to be a lie. Tragically, the Iranian government statements regarding the blockade are much more likely to be accurate. A terrible state for America to be in with an illegal unnecessary Trumpian war raging.
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Sara Soueidan
2 days ago
A *fantastic* article all about CSS containment:
csswizardry.com/2026/04/what...
, containing practical use cases, gotchas, performance and debugging tips. A goldmine of a resource from none other than the
#CSS
Wizard himself:
@csswizardry.com
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What Is CSS Containment and How Can I Use It? – CSS Wizardry
CSS containment lets you isolate layout and paint work to self-contained ‘islands’. Here’s what each contain value does and how to use it safely.
https://csswizardry.com/2026/04/what-is-css-containment-and-how-can-i-use-it/
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Dr. Michael MacKay
2 days ago
The only explanation for the U.S. government lifting sanctions on the russian terrorist state is Trump works for Putin. Americans may care to know why, but it is undeniable Trump is a traitor.
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deconspray
2 days ago
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
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Keyboard operability – why is it important? (part 3)
Mobile apps should also be operable using a keyboard. This third part of our blog series on mobile testing explains why this is important and what role the keyboard plays in accessibility and app testing.
https://bitvtest.de/en/blog/blog-article/keyboard-operability-why-is-it-important-part-3
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“All war is a media war. Whichever actor has greater media influence will achieve their goals.” For the moment the land of the tech bros is losing.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars
With AI-generated comedy videos and lego animations of Trump, Iranian content creators are using humour in propaganda battle against US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/iran-beating-us-social-media-wars
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Hidde
3 days ago
Today I talked at Web You Want about five essential ingredients of a web in service of us, the people! Such a web is - sustainable, - ethical, - accessible, - fun, and, most importantly, - ours. 🖼️ Slides:
talks.hiddedevries.nl/YjWPWr/five-...
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Five essential ingredients for a web that serves us all by Hidde de Vries
https://talks.hiddedevries.nl/YjWPWr/five-essential-ingredients-for-a-web-that-serves-us-all
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Eurosky Social
3 days ago
We’re fundraising to build everything we need to operate without Bluesky. Our €100,000 target will accelerate our goal of building a European app backend (Appview) and a microblogging app. Since last night over 282 of you contributed more than €5,000. Let's do this!
fund.eurosky.tech
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read‘em and weep 😪
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Hidde
2 days ago
via
eurosky.social
it was just clicking a few buttons and pasting a few codes
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Eurosky Portal
Your Portal to the Atmosphere
https://eurosky.social
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Defend Our Juries
3 days ago
He knew that UK-produced weapons were being used to kill civilians in occupied Palestine. He knew that RAF planes were used to gather intelligence to help the IDF commit war crimes. He knew that supporting the USA in attacks on Iran was never “defensive”. Starmer is a liar.
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Robin Berjon
3 days ago
As brutal as it is true. Then you see them making the same manicured comments at any other meeting over a span of years.
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James Mitchell👈Who the Phuck is this Guy?
3 days ago
Over 40,000 people are currently incarcerated for Cannabis. Not a SINGLE Epstein files co-conspirator has been arrested.
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deconspray
3 days ago
Firefox is quietly becoming a game-changer for screen reader users accessing PDFs. But 80% of PDFs online are still untagged. The browser can only do so much. Great read by Andrew Downie.
ozewai.org/blog/tech...
#DigitalAccessibility
#DigitalInclusion
#PDFs
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Progressive News Service
4 days ago
Mamdani: Democratic socialism viable anywhere. “...this is a politics that can flourish anywhere, because there is only one majority in this country – that’s the working class, and it’s time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of [public policy]..."
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'There Is Only One Majority in This Country, That's the Working Class,' Says Mamdani | Common Dreams
"It's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-working-class-majority
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Rod (Izzy) Ⓜ️Ⓜ️ 🦅🇺🇸
3 days ago
When Colbert teams up with
@sydneykamlager.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
, you never know what will happen. She is a flamethrower. 🔥🔥
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Sara Joy ☠️
3 days ago
Moved over today and just donated my 10€ :)
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N@ Tarnoff
3 days ago
C'mon
@wordpress.org
this is a self-hosted instance, I don't need pushy adds for sketchy
#accessibility
overlays that can't be dismissed. Let's have a real conversation about accessibility and how Wordpress can affect the web and not shill snake oil.
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The Guardian
3 days ago
‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in row over whether Iran is a just war
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‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in row over whether Iran is a just war
Trump administration has riled head of Catholic church over use of theology to justify conflict in Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/pope-jd-vance-row-iran-just-war?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1776417646
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Sloan Ashton
4 days ago
I miss President Obama so much. I will love that man forever. Was he perfect? No. But he was a man filled with decency, with an aura that moved your soul. He never punched down on people or dehumanized groups for a laugh. He understood the solemnity of the office, and he remains such a good man.
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Hidde
3 days ago
“Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres” When I say in public talks that big tech keeps data centre usage secret, I worry about being perceived as a complot theorist, but this is real
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions
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If you believe in God, prick up your ears 'God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”'
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
4 days ago
Why do we have lawmakers in Congress who are willing to hold fellow members of Congress accountable for sexual assault but not a President?
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Gergely Orosz
5 days ago
I hate AI when it's like this: Notion used to have a one-click way to turn text into a quote. They removed this and now I have... AI So instead of sub-500ms, it now takes 10+ seconds to turn selected text into a quote (type out the prompt, then wait ~4 seconds) So backwards...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
5 days ago
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
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Punk Rock History
5 days ago
25 years ago today 💔 In memory Jeffrey Ross Hyman, better known as Joey Ramone, singer and songwriter of the punk rock band Ramones, who passed away far too soon at the age of 49 on April 15, 2001, at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
#punkrock
#joeyramone
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Bruce Lawson
5 days ago
Gene Burrus, who headed up Microsoft legal after the landmark IE browser monopoly case, writes "Apple has again asked the Supreme Court in the United States to excuse its engagement in unfair methods of competition and contempt of court"
burruscompstrategies.com/blog/f/how-m...
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How Many Bites at the Apple?
In Apple legal news last week, Apple has again asked the Supreme Court in the United States to excuse its engagement in unfair methods of competition and contempt of court to preserve what Apple appar...
https://burruscompstrategies.com/blog/f/how-many-bites-at-the-apple
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i should have said "I have not commented *substantively* on the discussion"
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Robert Reich
6 days ago
Amazon warehouse workers have been trying to unionize for years, largely in response to the corporation's well-documented unsafe working conditions. But Amazon continues to squash organizing. Every worker deserves to be safe on the job.
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Amazon Accused of Hiding Worker's Death for a Week, Making Employees Keep Working as Corpse Lay on Floor
According to a shocking new investigation by The Western Edge, Amazon tried to keep the April 6 death of a worker a secr
https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-accused-hiding-death-week
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coffee and the New Christs to start my day 🖖🏼
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George Monbiot
5 days ago
Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.
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