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BookWyrm users! We’re talking about how decisions get made in BookWyrm and would love your feedback:
https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/issues/2513

Please feel free to chime in there, or if you’re not able to use github, reply with a DM here and we can add your comment to the conversation

—@bookwyrm

I was surprised to learn that the amount of right-wing conspiracy nutjob content showing up in people’s feeds on birdchan is increasing at an accelerating rate.

And by “surprised” I mean “not at all surprised.” :blobcatcoffee:

I suspect this means we’re going to see another influx of users to #Mastodon – many of whom may be coming here more out of desperation than anything else so please be kind and helpful if you have the ability to do so. I’m going to try to do the same. 😊

—@gulovsen

Not sure if I’ve shared this here or not, but this is a very important post from one of the blind people that has shown me that usability and accessibility, both, are not radical. This is something that everyone could probably get something out of reading.

From Jonathan Mosen: My Address to the 2023 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind

https://mosen.org/nfb23/

#accessibility #blind

—@devinprater

When someone offers you evidence-based criticism, do you:

A. Respond by making changes/improvements
B. Throw a tantrum and sue your critic

#AudioEye chose B and is suing @aardrian
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audioeye-is-suing-me.html

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? #accessibility

—@tink

TalkBack 14: Rushed Steps in the Right Direction, but still so far behind: https://devinprater.micro.blog/2023/07/17/talkback-rushed-steps.html

—@devinprater

We went into the yard to throw the ball and Callisto’s paws got wet so once we came inside, she got the towel for me to dry her feet . Then we played their favorite game which is where I cover one of the dogs heads with a towel and pretend I can’t find her and the other dog rushes over to remove the towel. There is a lot of growling and wrestling involved. Callisto and Phoenix remind you to not panic and always have your towel. Everything else will fall into place! #DogsOfMastodon

—@Pawpower

Just seen the term ‘wellness bowl’ used instead of ‘salad’ and nutritionist influencers are the absolute worst people

—@robyneatseverything

Remember when lots of journalists tried Mastodon but then found it too complicated, so they left? I think about that every time I read their ‘analysis’ of something

—@Ex_spurt

As @Mayana pointed out that I cannot not post pictures of my dog on #Mondog, here’s our goodest rescue boi Dragon. He loves tummy rubs and peanut butter.
#dog #dogs #pets

—@zein

I heard someone in NPR refer to “the heavy metal band, Creed” and now I’m headed into the wilderness to lie down in the leaves and let nature take me from this mortal plane

—@slanderoid

Okay, so, return to work.

I feel like there is a systemic inequality that people haven’t really been talking about as much.

Bosses and extroverts and neurotypical people are saying “oh, we don’t like emails and Zoom calls, because there’s information that doesn’t get communicated through these methods.”

What?

What is that information?

If you are communicating a substantial amount of secret coded information that can’t make it into the literal syntax of the words that you are saying, you should be concerned about that.

Both because you are doing a shitty job at communicating, but also because of the types of people you are choosing to exclude.

—@steven

I often think about finally getting some of my music onto streaming services. But every time I look into this, I’m always halted by one big thing: album art. I’d finally decided this time that I don’t really care what the album art is – I’m not making money from this after all – but the streaming services have pretty specific requirements for quality, etc. So I’d need to figure out how I want this to look, pay someone to design it, etc. I’m blind and music is just a hobby for me. I don’t want to sink hours and how ever much money into album art I can’t even see. So… I guess I’m not doing this. Again.

—@jcsteh

I think this is the primary reason #Tumblr has not implemented #ActivityPub on their site.

They are making silly business decisions (charging money to add a custom domain), which screams of desperation.

Reading this makes think Tumblr will probably not join the #Fediverse this year.

👉🏾 Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/tumblr-is-losing-30m-each-year-ceo-says/

—@darnell