The countdown to Inclusive Design 24 on 25 September begins: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. #id24 #accessibility #a11y #design #code #gamedev #disability

This is a fantastic talk from @tink.uk about AI and accessibility. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP... A fair and balanced view on the bad (that's the easy bit to cover!) but also the good that this technology can bring to people that need it.

If the methodology is robust, then kudos to #Google for developing a way to calculate #AI energy and water consumption more comprehensively than has been typical so far: www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Retail sites often fail blind shoppers. Could agentic AI fill the gap? Tools like Innosearch can find products, describe images, and add items to your basket. @tink.uk explores further: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08... #Accessibility #AI #AgenticWeb #InclusiveDesign #UX #DigitalInclusion

@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is a non-profit organisation, and we’re able to keep the spirit of Inclusive Design 24 alive because of the generosity of our supporters. If you'd like to join them, there's more info here: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/support... #id24 #accessibility #inclusion

🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025! @tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP... #ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y

With agentic AI contributing to the AI hype-cycle, I've been giving it some thought from the point of view of a disabled person, and as an accessibility specialist who's already witnessing the arrival of the agentic web first-hand: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08... #AI #agentics #accessibility

On this day in 2021, Léonie Watson @tink.uk examined the privacy risks of overlays and made a compelling case. The questions she addressed to #accessiBe about their Data Protection Impact Assessment were never answered.

Using ChatGPt Agent... Me: "What's the next event on my calendar?" Agent: Thinks Me: Goes to make tea. Time passes. Agent: "Your next event is daily stand-up today at 9:05AM." "Also, apologies, but I seem to have deleted the previous event in your calendar. Would you like me to restore it?"

Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA): tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03... Including the bit no-one talks about, EN 17161 Design for All: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/06... And a set of FAQ just in case: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07... #EAA #accessibility #a11y #SustainableAccessibility

In 1994 the UK voted the widget inside a can of Guinness as Invention of the Year. The Internet came second. Yes, yes, I know that far more people were probably drinking Guinness than using the interwebs back in 1994, but c'mon... 😂

From 28 June 2025, the EU’s Accessibility Act will reshape how businesses approach accessibility. Lasting success means making accessibility part of your everyday work practices. Read more from @tink.uk at: www.startyourbusinessmag.com/blog/2025/06... #SustainableAccessibility #EAA #EUCompliance

Give me four minutes and I will change how you see social media. Forever." Italian film-maker Elena Rossini introduces the fediverse: a new era for social media: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJH... The more we like and share this video, the more it'll irritate the hell out of Musk, Zuckerberg and co.

Did you know that abortion is a crime in the UK? Now you do - and it's time that changed. Please lend your support by signing this petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

In 1997, Mary Schmich published a guide to life in the Chicago Tribune. In 1999, Baz Lurhmann turned it into a chillout anthem called Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen). It was, and remains, some of the best advice for life I've ever heard... tink.uk/advice-for-l...

Discover how AI is changing how we interact with the web — for better or worse. This year, @pixelpioneers.co Bristol is bookended with AI talks by @tink.uk and @nearestnabors.com. 🎟️ Check out the schedule and snap up one of the last remaining tickets here: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Making sticky pork belly slices; cooked in ginger ale, then clarted in a reduction made with maple syrup, lime juice, ketchup, ginger, chilli and garlic.

"The more we understand about ourselves, the more our awareness of disability evolves, the better we can get at designing and building things that work for more people." 👉🏽 @tink.uk is the latest guest in the @pixelpioneers.co speaker spotlights. Read the interview: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...

@TetraLogical.com has added another post to the Foundations series. This time on keyboard accessibility: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/05... #accessibility #a11y #usability

This is a must listen! @tink.uk will open Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 20 June and @brucel.bsky.social is kindly sponsoring the event with @vivaldi.com. 😊

I finally got around to jotting down a few notes on using my Ray-Ban Meta Glasses: tink.uk/using-ray-ba... #MetAI #AI #AssistiveTech

The @[email protected] Call For Presenters (CFP) closes on 31 May, so don't hesitate, submit your talk now! inclusivedesign24.org/2025/ #id24 is on 25 September; 24 hours of #free talks about #accessibility #a11y #code #design #inclusion and more

There is no spoon - really nice talk by @tink.uk ! 👏 youtu.be/fyRxd072JrA?...

In the course of trying to understand why Windows 11 context menu shortcuts that use modifier keys don't work (The modifier tables don't get loaded apparently), I discovered you can open the current folder by typing "wt" in the explorer address bar.

If you're curious how AI is redefining #accessibility, why not come to AI and Accessibility Day hosted by We Are Developers on 5 June: www.wearedevelopers.com/events/acces... You can use code A11YDAY_Leonie for 15% off too. #AI #a11y

Hello and welcome to a new week. For you start into this week, we go @tink.uk from #btconf Düsseldorf 2025 with her brilliant talk titled “There Is No Spoon”. Please find it in our YouTube channel. youtu.be/fyRxd072JrA

@tink.uk joined BBC Radio 4’s In Touch programme to discuss the implications of the upcoming European Accessibility Act on the UK. The episode explores how this legislation could influence accessibility standards and practices. Listen now at: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Inclusive Design 24 is on 25 September 2025, and our Call For Presenters (CFP) is open until 31 May: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/ #id24 #a11y #accessibility #UX #inclusion #InclusiveDesign #code #gamedev

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! The perfect opportunity to announce that #a11y legend @tink.uk is opening @pixelpioneers.co Bristol on 20 June! 👉🏽 Check out the full talk description and secure your ticket: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist... #GAAD #GAAD2025 #accessibility

Happy to find @eurovisiondrinking.com is alive and kicking! #Eurovision:

Kudos to the #BBC for live Audio Description for #Eurovision tonight! #inclusive #TV

Léonie Watson: The Privacy Principles are now a #W3C Statement: www.w3.org/TR/2025/STMT... #privacy

We're looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join the @TetraLogical.com team: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... Also here if Linkedin is not your thing: misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025... Closing date is Wednesday 21 May. #accessibility #a11y #UK

Remembering my Grandparents who served during WWII, and those often forgotten: 2.5 million South Asians (including Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims), 1 million Africans (mainly Kenyans), and the 10s of thousands of Caribbeans (mainly Jamaicans). When they fought Fascism they fought it together. #VEDay

There is no spoon by @tink.uk

Attended an event at houses of parliament last night, @tink.uk was a panel member talking about #AI and #accessibility

Tonight, join Vis-Ability 2025: a unique gathering of blind and vision impaired leaders. TetraLogical Directors @tink.uk and @stevefaulkner.bsky.social will be attending with Léonie as a panelist. fightforsight.org.uk/get-involved/vis-ability-2025 #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #VisAbility2025

Take Action: Defend the Internet Archive blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/t... "At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled." I've signed the petition.

Can generative #AI write contextual text descriptions? tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03...

If you want to know how a spoon, ai, Matrix and accessibility are connected, then check out the #btconf talk description by @tink.uk with the title “There Is No Spoon” beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse... #a11y #ai #accessibility #presentation #tellerrand

Tesla sales unexpectedly plunge after #Elon #Musk backlash: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... And all of a sudden, and for absolutely no reason at all, I find myself humming a bit of Fats Domino: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pqs...

The WebAIM Million 2025 report is out: webaim.org/projects/mil... I remain bemused to find that tink.uk is one of the million; number 792,234 by popularity, with a WAVE accessibility rank of 23,256. 0 #accessibility issues detected through automation 😅

We're looking for someone to join the (@tetralogical.com team as an accessibility Specialist. If you're resident in the UK, you can apply on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... Or here: misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025... #accessibility #a11y #jobs #jobsearch

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is quite long, and, honestly, hard to digest. @tink.uk breaks it down and explains in clear terms which digital products and services must meet accessibility requirements and what businesses need to do to comply. tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03...

The Atlantic posts Signal chat with attack plans from Hegseth: apnews.com/article/hegs... That useful British phrase "couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery" comes to mind. Can't imagine why, really.

Lunch with friends was homemade Cumberland sausages, with mash and peas, plus Yorkshire puddings (because they're PerlBod's favourite); followed by lemon tarte and cream. I need to nap.

A bit of positive news from the Carbon Brief; UK emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024, the lowest since 1872 - and caused largely by coal use dropping to its lowest level since 1666 (the year of the Great Fire of London): www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Jack Vettriano #RIP Vettriano's The Billy Boys is one of my favourite paintings. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fingerprinting: critics say Google rules put profit over privacy: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Time to switch to another browser #Firefox #Vivaldi

If you're in the UK, please help stop #GBNews spreading hate speech and homophobia, by signing this petition to #Ofcom by the Good Law Project: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...