Month: 6 Iyyar 5783 (April 2023)

I wrote a little code snippet to help you inline SVGs in #WordPress this morning and shot off a little blog post about it. It uses the fantastic new HTML Tag Processor in WordPress 6.2. https://aurooba.com/inline-svgs-in-your-wordpress-code-with-this-helper-function/

—@aurooba

“Ableism has been used for generations to degrade, oppress, control and disappear disabled and nondisabled people alike.” https://truthout.org/articles/ableism-enables-all-forms-of-inequity-and-hampers-all-liberation-efforts/

—@thea11yproject

People with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are all around us—they’re integrated in schools and the workforce. But for many of us, all we know about ASD are the news stories speculating about a diagnosis for a violent mass shooter or a savant with remarkable skills.

We rarely hear directly from people with autism. In today’s The Big Picture, we change that. Read more at #TheBigPicture: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/autism-spectrum-disorder-adult-life

—@georgetakei

I have no problem with Bluesky if it actually does what it sets out to do: federates over multiple nodes, and provides nomadic identity.

But one node and one identity key generator means that’s not happening.

Until they actually decentralize, this is another walled garden.

—@atomicpoet

Calista went out in the rain earlier and I dried her off with a towel, and then she went down for a nap. When she woke up she had the messiest curliest bed head I have ever seen on a dog, I am not sure if this picture captures it but the curls are a little bit out of control

—@Pawpower

If you have a little bit of extra money and want to do a good deed today, consider donating a few dollars towards my friend/roomie’s GoFundMe. She’s had a run of bad luck and needs help to avoid more crushing debt! Any little bit helps. She’s a good person and deserves a break. And I know she will pay it forward when she’s back on her feet, she is always volunteering for community service! https://gofund.me/6ea4ed3b
If you can’t donate, boosting is also a big help!
#MutualAid #gofundme #HelpNeeded

—@Yotenotes

Hey there folks! I get to make a really, really, really big announcement today. I can finally, fianlly announce that, for the past 2 years, I have been working on total blind accessibility for Forza Motorsport. Here’s the audio described version of a video we made detailing these systems and how they work together to make Forza totally blind accessible. https://youtu.be/SwWn1EZTSSY

—@superblindman

I’m hosting the networking lounge from 2-3 pm Eastern over at https://summit.atarim.io/ if anyone wants to hop on and discuss #accessibility or #WordPress in #HigherEd.

—@rachelcherry

Loaves and Fishes

It just occurred to me, if Jesus was a TV evangelist, or a “Christian politician” he would have eaten all the fish and bread and told the people to go home, fix themselves some food and bring him 10% of it tomorrow…

—@Mastopoet

Accessibility isn’t something you add to your product. It is your product.

I think 90% of my job is trying to convey this. If the button isn’t labeled, if the text cannot be seen, if the action cannot be performed, then it may as well not be there for some subset of people. #accessibility #a11y

—@sommer