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why are most screens so fucking reflective, i hate it.
if i wanted a mirror, i would use a mirror

tbh it seems weird that there is this big religious divide between just two editors, why aren't there like 4.
i just started to use one because it was there and never bothered with the other

accessibility tooling, design 

for blind or vision impaired, having the application hide everything that the screen reader wouldn't see would be a great feature. you could think of this as a 'text' version of the application even, but spatially hiding elements and just position the text the screen reader would read over the elements would bypass the need to install a screen reader or learn to espeak (impossible if you're deaf too) as well as not give a sense of a sense of familiarity

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accessibility tooling, design 

it's (current year), why is it so hard for developers to make software accessible? it's ironic to think that software accessibility is inaccessible. it's something everyone wants to do, but it's just difficult to do. one thing that technology can actually help with is making things accessible and easy to do, so let's dream of what would be cool to have

accessibility snark 

affects abled people = core UI bug
affects disabled people = accessibility bug

router hacking, true sadness 

why would telstra pack this router with so much spyware jesus christ this reaffirms my position to never use closed source software

I put the four in foreskin cuz that's how much I got

i fucking hate recaptcha, i can never do it

220th birthday of john brown. happy birthday to a guy that did nothing wrong

linux shitpost 

a program like cron except it's a deadman's switch that'll run mischief tasks unless you intervene

accessibility, testing 

Oh, this looks like a dream come true: web-based access to VMs with screenreaders pre-installed.

assistivlabs.com/

Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy 

May 7th is the Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy. All children should be protected from genital cutting before they can consent to it, whether they are male, female, or intersex. Everyone deserves the right to do what they want with their own body. genital-autonomy.de/

uspol snark, pandemic adjacent 

Essential workers don't need cheering in the streets, they don't need fucking military tributes in the form of fucking Blue Angels flyovers, they need to be respected at the institutional level. That means pay increases, proper safety equipment and training, guaranteed time off to recover physically and mentally from the grueling nature of their work, and health care that won't bankrupt them.

Anything else is meant to keep you distracted.

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