“True to tradition, the first day is a member only, onsite only workshop. The second day is a hybrid event open to all.”
True to tradition, the first day is inaccessible for a lot of people.
Situations like this really highlight how so many tech companies and tech we take for granted have flourished on the backs of thousands of hours of free labour, which is bad enough, but they also have absolute contempt for that free labour and those that gave it.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Glen Gordon’s departure is a loss for JAWS (and Freedom Scientific / Vispero):
www.linkedin.com/posts/glen-g...
I have a great deal of respect for someone who leaves an employer when their values no longer align.
#accessibility #a11y #JAWS
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
IF YOU HAVIN' A11Y PROBLEMS IFEEL BAD FOR YOU, SON YOU GOT 99 PROBLEMS, OVERLAY FIXED NONE
@perfnow.nl I have #a11y #accessiblity related stickers with me from @lloydi.com come find me if you’d like one
Cc @marcysutton.com
Cuts to the public services that people rely on when they need it the most isn’t “compassionate” or “smart” – it’s lazy, reckless, and short-sided. Minister Champagne confirms it: the upcoming federal budget will have cuts that will weaken Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
A win for one is a win for all: workers on PEI recently won what may be the first digital union certification in their province’s history, setting the precedent for other provinces to make unionization more accessible.
Learn more about how they did it 👇
psacunion.ca/victory-pei-...
Colorful book titles on a screenshot from my e-reader. Three folders: Disability and Accessibility with readable titles for Against Technoableism, Demystifying Disability and Giving a Damn About Accessibility. A folder “Dan Moren” with only one book visible: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren. A folder “Brigitte Sharp” with the three books by Antony Johnston in the “Brigitte Sharp” series: The Patrios Network, The Tempus Project, and The Exphoria Code. Next to it a 0% read book with the title on the image “Inclusive Design for Accessibility” but the programmatic title “Fisrt edition”.
Reason number 7349 why knowing HTML is useful:
Being able to hack the ePub of an accessibility book so its title does not say “Fisrt edition” instead of the real title in my e-reader.
(Typos happen, there is no shame in that. But there was no way to change […]
[Original post on yatil.social]
BTW, the “AI” generated image description for the image is “Four book covers on disability, accessibility, and inclusive design, including titles by Ashley Shew, Dan Moren, and Brigitte Sharp.” Think about how wrong all of that is. “AI is great for image descriptions”, my ass!
CEOs are trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while they plan on replacing you with a robot.
Unions know better.
Happy Labor Day Weekend.
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Also this post makes it seem like TBS has done another RtO.
It’s misleading.
Please stop it.
But, at least you don’t have a war on communications like @pipsc.bsky.social does.
And you, @psac-afpc.bsky.social, @pipsc.bsky.social, and the others need to call for a boycott on companies that do RtOs.
Strike deals with companies for ServicePlus that don’t do RtO’s
These reporters need to switch from “following the trend of [small number of companys] doing RtO’s” to “bucking the trend of [large number of companies] that haven’t done RtO’s recently.”
Whomst amongst us couldst hath possibilityh foreseenth thith
Millennials millennialling Headline: American Millennials Are Dying At An Alarming Rate, But It’s Only Alarming If You Know About It, And Anyway It’s Totally Not Caused By Covid Infections Story by Port Chasuban and Silica Weverley Photo from Adobe
American Millennials Are Dying At An Alarming Rate, But It’s Only Alarming If You Know About It, And Anyway It’s Totally Not Caused By Covid Infections
2/2 Prime Minister Carney, what gardeners, growers, and people in Canada need is resources and a well-funded agriculture industry – not cuts to public services, especially when our growing zones become more unpredictable.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Your communication is broken by making me watch a video.
Please summarize.
HOLY CRAP A GOOD THING HAPPENED
Edmund belongs to Slytherin, Peter is in Gryffindor, Lucy is in Hufflepuff, and Susan is in Ravenclaw. Eustace says "You guys are getting houses?"
#narnia #hogwarts #harryPotter #slytherin #hufflepuff #gryffindor #ravenclaw
Dinosaurs and an asteroid Headline: This Asteroid Variant No More Likely To Cause Extinction Than Previous Asteroid Variants, Say Experts Story by Melanie Catasteroid and Gelly Deaunuts Photo from Adobe
This Asteroid Variant No More Likely To Cause Extinction Than Previous Asteroid Variants, Say Experts
Thank you, Carleton!! 😍🍁
americans reporting the canadian election is usually really funny bc they don’t get it but this one gets it
While I admit I have been in the Canadian Far Right social media this morning we really need to acknowledge this election was very close.
Conspiracy theories, anger, self created victim status, fear, hate, and distrust are not going to disappear among this voting base.
We need to address and
Will Trump now claim Canadian elections are rigged against him?
No sleep till Carleton.
If Bruce Fanjoy wins in Carleton, I will forever brag that I helped with my $100 donation.
#cdnpoli
