Month: 16 Adar 5783 (March 2023)

I have a piece in the Washington Post today on the *real* reasons Tennessee and other states are trying to ban drag shows, giving some historical background on crossdressing in Tennessee #drag #tennessee #LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 #histsex https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/03/09/drag-shows-tennessee-bill-lee/#:~:text=Gift-,Article,-By%20Rachel%20Cleves

—@rachelcleves

Here’s some #foodForThought : For some #disabilities, #accessibility in #gaming has historically been so bad that their only respite was to make their own games that work well for them, but rarely for other target audiences. This has created what may as well be separate worlds of games that will rarely intersect, and exceptions to the rule can be counted on two hands. This perpetuates segregation, and I wish we could all see just how much of a problem it really is.

—@zersiax

Whenever I feel stressed out this little guy comes to me and smooshes his little face against me and purrs.

And I remember I’m doing the best I can, that’s all I can do.

—@annaecook

Design is not art.

No, I don’t mean that design isn’t artistic. I mean that when you ask the questions “what is art?” and “what is design?”, you get fundamentally different answers.

Art has no function, it’s pure form.

Design has form and function, where the first priority is function.

So, to complain that accessibility is a creative barrier to good design, is like complaining that nutrition and hygiene are barriers to good cooking.

—@siblingpastry

US Big Tech: it’s okay to spy on users and send all this data to the other side of the world. :blobcatcoffee:

TikTok: okay! :blobcatcool:

US Big Tech: wait, no, not like that! :blobcat0_0:

I am not saying something should not be done about TikTok. I am saying the same thing should be done about all other privacy-invading social media crapps. And in fact should have been done years ago. :blobcatthinksmart:

Check out this great talk from #35c3:
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-how_facebook_tracks_you_on_android

—@rysiek

He’s in your DMs, I’m in his domain controller

—@SwiftOnSecurity

Very nice #privacy addition here in the upcoming #WordPress 6.2. For the default themes (“Twenty-x”), the fonts will be included locally, which means no more calling out to Google Fonts. Better for both performance and privacy!

From: @mte90
https://mastodon.uno/@mte90/109993097524235378

—@danyork

who called it “writing documentation” and not “manual labor”

—@NeoNacho

Next time you’re afraid to share an idea, remember someone once said in a meeting, “let’s make a movie with a tornado filled with sharks.”

—@qurlyjoe

So you know, you win some, you lose some. Que sera, sera.

I generally have far better engagement experiences here on Mastodon than I did on Twitter, but the ratio of reply guys and other trolls is higher, too.

But because I learned from Twitter, I am more than prepared to block a user or an entire instance on sight or to tell somebody to STFU because they’re a fucking moron.

I don’t do nice with assholes.

—@gwynnion

The fact that Americans are risking their lives traveling to a region of Mexico controlled by cartels in order to obtain healthcare says a lot more about the USA than it does about Mexico.

[edit: The fact that many people carry around value hierarchies and judgment regarding other people’s medical procedures is ALSO very interesting]

—@chadloder

“RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language.” She was 100 years old.

(Article from October.)

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit/

—@elysdir