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Sorry, #newsletter people, but I’m way past full up with subscriptions. I know your $5-$10 month isn’t much on its own, but multiply that by 10 gazillion and it adds up. It saddens me to see how much of what used to be open #blogging has been monetized and commodified.

—@fncll

The #id24 @inclusivedesign24 call for presentations is open:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2023/

Event is 21 September 2023. It is live-streamed, free, and requires no sign-up. Not even a sign-up for the YouTube URL.
#a11y #accessibility

—@aardrian

Haraldur “Halli” Þorleifsson is the employee Elon is currently making fun of on Twitter. He has muscular dystrophy.

He’s won multiple Person of the Year awards from Icelandic media outlets for his efforts to build wheelchair ramps across the country and his charitable givings during the holidays.

When his design firm Ueno was acquired by Twitter in 2021, he opted to be paid the sale price through wages rather than receiving stock that would be taxed at the much lower capital gains tax rate.

His employment contract wasn’t that of a typical employee, nor is his termination. Twitter now owes him the entirety of his outstanding sale payment.

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/haraldur-thorleifsson-sweeps-person-of-the-year-awards/

#Twitter #ElonMusk #Musk #HaraldurÞorleifsson #Þorleifsson #Halli #Iceland #Tech #Ueno #Employment #Contracts #Ableism #Discrimination

—@shiruken

Thanks to the amazing organization A Mitzvah to Eat (all the Yidden should know about them!) I was able to hear the whole Megillah for the first time in several years, and leyned beautifully and powerfully by a woman, which always beautifies the mitzvah for me. This is the best #Purim I’ve had in a very long time. #Mazeldon

—@amaditalks

“Additional perks include access to hand-picked account recommendations for users to follow, and the “professionally-operated” stability of the me.dm instance. TechCrunch reports that Medium has its own Trust and Safety team directly handling moderation, and is running the instance on its own infrastructure.” This is super-cool. #Technology https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/7/23628642/medium-opens-mastodon-subscription-membership-twitter?utm_source=mastodon

—@ben

Great piece from Amanda Morris about how reporters can do a better job covering assistive technology. #accessibility

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2023/03/07/reporting-on-assistive-technology/?utm_source=pocket_saves

—@Shelly

Summer bagged her alligator early this morning and was celebrating with a cigar and hot cup of Joe.
This cigar thing is something we should probably work on.
Cold rainy weather today.
Will be too much inside time again today.
Happy Tuesday.
#DogsOfMastodon

—@norcalgrandma

I don’t know who needs this today, but here is a 1-hour loop of the delightful song, “Raining Tacos.”

It is my current soundtrack as I write a review of something I like a lot.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLufvfM7WJ8

—@nicholson

Back in the 201x’s I set up a computer lab in a Detroit residential human trafficking shelter. I’d go by every few months, when the donated & scrap equipment died. We’d gotten it mostly stable in 2019.

March 2020, they went into lockdown. We agreed that I should stop visiting.

Got a call last night. The scrap gear has been ticking along, but suddenly nothing works. They’d like me to come back and troubleshoot.

I’m still in isolation. I’m an assortment of pre-existing conditions, and vaccination or no I don’t need long covid.

But the thought of using my skills to help folks who desperately need it is irresistible. And the lab will be empty when I show up, other than my contact. If they need replacement gear, what I don’t have my local contacts can provide out of their scrap-piles.

This work feels good.

—@mwl

This is awesome! SixColors has acknowledged and posted about the AppleVis Vision Accessibility report card on their site! I hope this means more media outlets post about this.

https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/03/apple-vision-accessibility-report-card/

#accessibility #Apple

—@devinprater

We’re really looking forward to our newest column, Ask Jenna, where blind people can submit questions like the examples Jenna gives in this piece and have them answered while anonymity can be preserved. https://www.worldblindherald.com/introducing-jenna/

—@worldblindherald

I don’t want to know the backstory on this.

—@Mjo321

Siri, show me a dog living his best possible life. #DogsOfMastodon

—@onlyindevon

We would like to sincerely thank Senator Ed Markey for calling Elon Musk to account regarding his firing of Twitter’s accessibility team, and while we obviously hope that Musk starts taking accessibility seriously and rehires that team, we won’t be disappointed if the accessibility team members find jobs with companies who actually appreciate them and accessibility. https://www.worldblindherald.com/senator-markey-demands-twitter-reinstate-accessibility-team/

—@worldblindherald

Today’s young FOSS enthusiasts may not be aware of the SCO lawsuit, which 20 years ago launched an existential threat to Linux and kickstarted the age of copyright trolls. Back then it was a huge deal.

This post summarizes what happened, a cautionary tale worth reminding.

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/924577/75ae0a1538029fcc/

#linux #foss

—@amoroso

So, Elten is a continuation of Klango, a social network and utilities with an audio interface, for the blind. It’s pretty darn cool, with sound themes, 3D audio, all that nice stuff. It does crash a bit but is still really nice to use.

https://elten.link/en/eltenlink/

#Elten #blind #accessibility

—@devinprater