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 #worker html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/0...

🚨⏳ 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...

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.

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 #EAA #Mobile

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

found this unusual shoe horn abandoned in the street. Thought that @davidofyork.bsky.social who is and avid #ShoeHornalia collector would prize this in his already vast S. horn collection

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.

The moral panic about kids playing video games should have been over boomers having access to social media. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Talking about sovereignty in a wonderful setting!

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”.

“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.”

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).

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

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.

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

Others are fascists, women haters, homophobes, racists, fantasists, deranged, demented or in denial

alt 🤖 #accessibility is #political #zappa

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.

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 #Mobile

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.

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

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.

alt 🤖 #accessibility is #political #zappa

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 #Mobile

“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...

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-...

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

read‘em and weep 😪

via eurosky.social it was just clicking a few buttons and pasting a few codes

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.

As brutal as it is true. Then you see them making the same manicured comments at any other meeting over a span of years.

Over 40,000 people are currently incarcerated for Cannabis. Not a SINGLE Epstein files co-conspirator has been arrested.

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 #ScreenReaders #A11y

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]..." www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...

When Colbert teams up with @sydneykamlager.bsky.social @meidastouch.com, you never know what will happen. She is a flamethrower. 🔥🔥

Moved over today and just donated my 10€ :)

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.

‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in row over whether Iran is a just war

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.

“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...

If you believe in God, prick up your ears 'God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”'

Why do we have lawmakers in Congress who are willing to hold fellow members of Congress accountable for sexual assault but not a President?

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...

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

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 #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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...

i should have said "I have not commented *substantively* on the discussion"

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.

coffee and the New Christs to start my day 🖖🏼 #music youtu.be/e-8hee8Cndg

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.