In the name of Shameless Self-Promotion (possibly a registered trademark of the @kenschneck.bsky.social School of Things), I'll be on the radio next Monday, and then on a podcast in January. So, if you want to keep up with all the EAPM (and me) that you can tolerate... 1/

I made this offer yesterday (no takers), and I will make it again today. Want to see a super embarrassing photo of me circa 1990? 50 donations to Equal Access Public Media. Today.

What do the movie "The Princess Bride" and the word "accessibility" have in common? Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means. the-word.news/2025/1123/ac...

I wrote a thing. Sometimes I do that.

Ok, I just found a 1990 photo that reads as, “I just watched the movie Heathers, and I want to be Winona Ryder.” And I will post it if @equalaccesspublicmedia.org gets 50 donations today. Donate to get that photo: www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us

Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.

ALWAYS: hope.

Next time someone bitches about the "blue state elites"? They may want to reconsider. Dear rest of the U.S., Next time you meet someone from California, N.J., N.Y., Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, or Illinois, thank us for our federal tax dollars. usafacts.org/articles/whi...

So the big wins for today (before I log off for today b/c you all know I get up at 4 a.m.) is that @equalaccesspublicmedia.org raised at least $40. It's a start. I have hope. 1/

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Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

The attached post is getting reposted. And if you are seeing it, great. And if you repost it, I appreciate it. But what we really need is donations. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and its products and services won't survive into the new year without donations (or a grant or other funds). 1/

Help us keep publishing @the-word.news and the @eapmstyleguide.bsky.social. Help us bring accessibility to news outlets across the U.S. — and as a result, more news readers, listeners, and watchers. Every $5 and $10 donation adds up to keep us going. Don't let us close down these vital projects!

Ok, while the attached post makes the rounds, this is a *proposed* rule, The government must take public comment on the rule this spring. So be prepared to comment. Have your friends and loved ones comment. Have everyone you know comment. Here's an informative article with a response from nurses.

Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

Proud to say one of my freelancers just worked himself into a beat of covering journalism organizations for @the-word.news. He took the initiative and ran with it. As editors, we love to see it. You know we do.

So I'm making a list of conference I or others from the board of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org will be attending next year. Right now, the bill is coming in for just the first two conferences at nearly $800. That's just for fees to attend. That's exactly what we have in the bank right now. 1/

It's Black Lives Matter until that Black person is disabled or chronically ill.

Me: Mama, you need to stop driving. Her: Sheila still drives, and she’s 83. Me: Sheila is not my mother and none of my concern. Besides, if Sheila jumped off the Tappen Zee bridge, would you? …Why am I the parent in this relationship?

Remember, kids: being sick or disabled is a choice you make, not something largely due to societal factors, poverty, and random chance. Make better choices! (This is sarcasm.)

We heard back on one of three grants we applied for last week. It was a no. Still two grant applications out there for @equalaccesspublicmedia.org. We just added another potential new revenue source, but nothing will come in for some time. I hate this. 1/

Cycling coach and influencer Claire Sharpe declined to be added to a list of top 100 women in cycling because it excluded trans women. Here's a woman standing up for all — and I do mean all — women. Either you're for all women, or you're against every woman.

Timeline cleanse. Doggies in the doggy spot under my desk. And if you want any more cute pics like this donate to www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org

We're really big in New York, Arkansas, and California. Which makes sense, when you think about it.

This premium ACA jump made me curse out loud. (Mind you, it's just me and the dogs in my office. Republicans: You just made my poor puppy hear language his young, giant ears need not hear.)

Today, we look at three independent news sites — @thenarwhal.ca, @thebeacon.bsky.social, and the @sahanjournal.bsky.social — working accessibility and inclusion into the daily news process. the-word.news/2025/1118/de...

How do you make your text plain? Not by following a grade-level formula or reading score, argues writer Kehinde Adepetun. Out with Fletch-Kincaid; in with context and relevance. the-word.news/2025/1118/re...

I've never been called "Piggy." Not by the Trump, at least. Online and to my face, I've been called: cunt, whore, slut, bitch, that pedantic journalist, and a ton of other things. All in the name of being a tough editor and reporter. 1/6

Hate those slide-ins (of if you want to call them pop-ups, so be it) on our sites? Statistics show they have a higher rate of getting people to donate than just having a donor button. But if you want them to go away, donate. Then maybe, just maybe, we can take them down.

New opinion piece out today! Related: EAPM trains how to write in plain language — without bogging you down in the minutiae of Fletch-Kincaid or boxing you in to scores. Reach out to us to start you newsroom accessibility journey: [email protected]

New article out today!

Ohhhh ffs. We put super accessible slide-ins on the @equalaccesspublicmedia.org web sites because they have a higher rate of donor conversion that just having a donate button. But people are like "I don't like your pop-up, so I will bitch about it. And not even look at the sites. 1/

Local and independent news outlets are leading the way on accessibility and inclusion, according to interviews and research from Akinyele Akintomiwa Michael. Read more in news from The Word. the-word.news/2025/1118/de...

How are you making your news readable? Are you using tools built-in to grammar checkers or the popular Fletch-Kinkaid score? You may want to try a different way, writes Kehinde Adepetun today in the The Word. the-word.news/2025/1118/re...

I made a few jokes at our robot overlord's expense yesterday, and now... this. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to? (All I'm trying to do is check some links for accuracy while I post an article. Can't check 'em because, womp womp, Cloudfare.) www.cloudflarestatus.com

Here’s something you don’t see everyday: a sousaphone busker in North Station playing Talking Heads.

In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, we want to thank our friends at @assignedmedia.org for their continued support and friendship. We couldn't ask for better friends in the journalism industry. We learn so much from you.

When I tried to get hired after five years of *checks notes* recovering from being hit head-on by an SUV during which I found out I had a genetic condition that includes, ya know, deadly heart thing, all during which there was a deadly pandemic, I was told to my face I was too disabled. 1/

Do you love the Style and Accessibility Guide? Hate it? Haven't used it, but simply love taking surveys? Great! We're looking for you! Take our User Feedback Survey! eapmstyleguide.org#survey

The thing about being away is how much it makes you appreciate home that much more.

Coming back from this symposium with so many new ideas. Even better, I've met great, hard-working nonprofit journalists from all over. And I got to see my favorite NY-Ohioan. Plus? I got to (re)connect with a journalist I haven't seen in 20 years. So... success all around.

Have you ever wondered how to support EAPM through your donor advised fund (DAF)? It's just 4 easy steps! Have questions? Email us at info@equalaccesspublicmedia.org.

Let me tell you about a conversation I just had in the lobby. He's here from Montana, but he's got fam where I've got fam. We've got a lot in common. He's also a former Marine. And we get to talking. We both have traveled a lot. 1/

More convos with some of the farm guys this morning in the coffee line. One was discussing an article he had read, and I was like, "Oh, that was a great article." 1/

My dear libertarian neighbors to the north, what in the ever loving fuck are you thinking?

Ok, I’m ready to go home now. I miss my husband. I miss my critters. I miss my bed. I miss Boston. I miss coffee places that open before 7 am.

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Good morning from *looks around* Indianapolis. So, uhh, I'm here over husband's birthday (today), and this makes me a terrible wife. And I want everyone to send birthday vibes to the old man back in Boston so he feels super loved in my absence. Ready? 1. 2. 3. Happy birthday, my love!

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