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When you listen to The Verge’s podcast and they’re legitimately saying Mastodon is a “no girls allowed” club? And we don’t want Facebook here because Instagram will bring women here?!

What the fuck is wrong with these American tech pundits? Mastodon is the gayest, transest, most feminine social network I’ve ever seen. There are so many more outspoken, smart, odd, and downright weird women here than I’ve ever seen on any other social network. It’s fucking great.

—@thomholwerda

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Years ago, I was at a web development conference talking with a friend and some people and this dude interrupted us to complain about how terrible it is that buildings can’t be renovated without making them accessible. I was afraid to disagree because he’s a republican, was carrying and we were in Florida, and so we just walked away from the conversation as he was ranting.

I keep thinking about that when I read about Reddit right now.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771396/reddit-subreddit-community-transcribers-accessibility

—@josh412

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You don’t need to bring a gift to your Supreme Court hearing, but if you must, here is my justice registry.

#Law #LawFedi #Alito #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #Ethics #ProPublica #TheGiftThatKeepsOnGiving #EthicalObligations #ConflictsOfInterest #SamuelAlito #Gifts #GiftRegistries #Dobbs

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you-dont-need-to-bring-a-gift-to-your-supreme-court-hearing-but-if-you-must-here-is-my-justice-registry

—@BoydstonLaw

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A Pinky & Brain spin-off for grown ups that always starts with them sitting tired at coffee in the morning:

Pinky: “What are we going to do tonight?”
Brain: “Same thing we do every night. Try to go to bed early”

And then the whole episode is just about how stuff comes up and prevents them from going to bed early.

—@mrtazz

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Is running an automated checker enough for accessibility? @aardrian concludes, “When used correctly they can be extremely helpful. When used in the hands of a novice they can result in a sense of complacency. When not used at all they can be a missed opportunity.”
See his test testing results and related useful information: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comparing-manual-and-free-automated-wcag-reviews.html
#accessibility #a11y

—@sbourne

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Remembering the time I posted on Reddit about a waitress at a chain restaurant treating a blind person like she didn’t exist, repeatedly, despite very pointed suggestions from both the blind and sighted customer that she not do that. I got a lot of interesting responses from all over the map, and most of them sided against the waitress, but there were two diametrically opposed arguments that were repeated many times:
1. “She probably didn’t know how to make eye contact so she felt awkward and didn’t know how to address a blind person.”
2. “I’m not blind, but am <insert disability here>. This happens to me all the time.”

Some non-disabled people will defend ableism at all costs. Obviously, there are lots of solutions to argument #1, but it’s clear that isn’t even the problem. What would happen if I substituted “blind” with some other disability? Would people find another way to apologize on behalf of the abled, or is blindness just at the bottom of the totem pole?
We all need to learn to call this out when we see it. We are never in the wrong when we demand autonomy.
#disability #blind #blindness #ableism

—@simon