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I hadn’t realized just how much of the online #blind community had migrated from Twitter to Mastodon. That gives added oomph to the need to use #AltText on our images (as well as CamelCase on hashtags).

https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-to-organisations-engaging-with-the-online-blind-community-twitter-has-abandoned-us-many-of-us-have-abandoned-twitter-join-us-on-mastodon-8ead4746

h/t @JonathanMosen #accessability #a11y

—@jeridansky

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Playing with Substack's new notes feature, and they call reposts "restacks". Doesn't that imply that something was stacked in the first place? Other than that, and Substack's already-existing accessibility issues, (oof that editor), not a bad attempt. Then again, not sure how you can screw up something like notes, although Elon Musk will probably figure out how to do it and give us a masterclass.

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Morning everybody, we're doing Monday. Just waiting on groceries and we're waiting until Wednesday for the cable guy to come out and configure the new router after ours died on Saturday since the tech John spoke to yesterday couldn't get the signal to come through. Also, I was yesterday years old when I learnd that getmac works on current Windows instead of just linux.

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We're commandeering your uterus for 9 months and we're doing everything we can to ensure you're forced to give birth no matter where you are or how you ended up in this position in the first place or no matter how old you are, and you're on your own when it comes to making sure that birth actually happens safely because Murica! Fuck Republicans and the Christian fundamentalists pulling their strings.

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In other words, the board got owned thoroughly by the big kids, it knows it got owned, so instead of just quietly slinking away it's going to flop around in court to try to save face. This is going to be awesome because Florida has an amazing public records law. Pass the popcorn.

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Hello everyone,
I hope all are safe and well during these crazy times. I need everyone to listen up for a second, because I’m here to talk about an important safety issue that is rarely discussed. I’m talking about active shooter situations, and people with disabilities. A discussion occurred this morning between my husband who has multiple disabilities, and his worker who assist him a few times a week. She basically wants to minimize his shopping experience to keep them safe, but she went about it in the most atrocious way. We had a shooting at our local Target just down the street from us, and it is a place my husband and I have visited many times. Thankfully no one was shot, but this brings to mind a very important discussion. So far, I’ve seen nothing talking about active shooters and how people with disabilities and their caregivers can prepare and plan for these situations. If you have a few minutes, I’d like to point you to the following blog post I’ve written, both as a therapeutic writing exercise, but mainly, to share awareness of this issue. How are these caregivers being trained? Why aren’t they approaching these subjects with sensitivity and respect as they should? Please read the blog post at the link below. Keep in mind I’ve also sent it to my local news station. Each and everyone one of us, as members of this society, have a civic duty to make sure equality isn’t just a word in the dictionary. We need to step up and draw awareness to these concerns. Thank you for taking the time to read our story today. Everyone, please be safe. Many blessings.
https://celestialvoice.net/active-shootings-and-people-with-disabilities-the-discussion-that-needs-to-happen-yesterday/

—@desertstar84