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😷 he / they πŸ’Ό Principal TPM, Accessibility Innovation, Microsoft Founder, WebWeWant.fyi Editor-in-chief, AListApart.com πŸ“£ International Speaker πŸ“š Author, AdaptiveWebDesign.info 🀬 Sometimes

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their…

We used financial records included in this trove of data to report on Blanche owning at least $159K in crypto assets when he shut down investigations into crypto companies.

Check it out πŸ‘‡

10.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 394 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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A developer on Blind says coworkers now ship in an hour what used to take days (3 or 5 story points) thanks to Claude Code.

There’s pressure to move so fast you barely understand the code and feel like the bottleneck versus the AI.

This is going to create an interesting fallout across the industry

09.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 5
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In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

08.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 3231 πŸ” 1426 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 75

Hilarious!

But also: Why is it the same day we set the clocks forward?! Even on their one day, international women just can’t win.

08.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Accessibility varies by context and tool usage | Derek Featherstone posted on the topic | LinkedIn I know someone that uses her screen reader on her mobile phone, but when she's on her desktop computer, she uses a mangifier. Different contexts, different tools, same person. I know someone that us...

This should have* linked to @derekfeatherstone.bsky.social’s LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/derekf...

* automation fail :-/

06.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People are not static, we are dynamic. In order to meet our needs at any point in our lives or day, the UIs we create must be able to adapt to us β€” not the other way around....

05.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senior Accessibility Compliance Program Manager | Microsoft Careers Advise on prioritization of accessibility issues and remediation work based on risk, impact, and regulatory requirements. Support creation of accessibility assessments, remediation tracking, and docum...

Are you passionate about accessibility, organized, and good at communicating with and motivating teams to drive compliance? You should apply for this role on my team: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...

05.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A single open blossom - light pink petals surrounding a dozen or so maroon stamen - in the middle of a short twig (6") with about a dozen other buds getting ready to bloom.

A single open blossom - light pink petals surrounding a dozen or so maroon stamen - in the middle of a short twig (6") with about a dozen other buds getting ready to bloom.

With everything dark going on in the world, I wanted to pause and offer a little light & beauty: this beautiful blossom growing from the trunk of my plum tree.

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Netanyahu says he told US in 2003 that invading Iraq would lead to quick fall of Saddam Hussein * * *

This is the US-Iraq all over again and it's the same players egging it on… all the way back to Netanyahu.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

#NoWar

27.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe have a lot of assets in the region and every one of those is a potential target,” said the first person familiar with discussions. β€œAnd they’re not under the Iron Dome. So there’s a high likelihood of American casualties. And that comes with lots of political risk.”

27.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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White House officials believe β€˜the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best ifIsrael makes the first move.

So let me get this straight:

- Trump admin moves US troops to the Middle East
- Trump admin suggests that Israel strike Iran in hopes Iran retaliates and kills US troops in the process
- Trump admin "sells" the US on going to war with Iran because of the attack

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

27.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Uncaught ReferenceError: qualified is not defined
at populateQualified (8d9f510c-8b96-4217-8c55-c24eb00729e2:1:3985)

Plus resource timeouts on:

- www.influ2.com/tracker?clid...
- ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/7d53Jy...
- js.adsrvr.org/up_loader.1....

25.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is in Edge Canary for macOS.

Issues I see in the console:

Uncaught ReferenceError: cookiebot_consent_type is not defined
at cookiebot-wp-consent-level-api-integration.js:3:30
at cookiebot-wp-consent-level-api-integration.js:32:3

25.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Level Access homepage is currently printing JavaScript to the page.

The Level Access homepage is currently printing JavaScript to the page.

@levelaccess.bsky.social Psst…

25.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump raises global tariffs to 15% one day after Supreme Court decision The president is upping the ante by raising the tariffs to the highest limit allowed under a separate trade law.

I hope future Democrats in power are half as good at finding loopholes to keep pursuing their agenda as the Trump administration has been.

21.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
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Accessibility Assistant for Figma v52 :: Aaron Gustafson I just hit β€œpublish” on Accessibility Assistant for Figma v52 and I wanted to share some details on why this is a monumental release for us.

I just hit β€œpublish” on Accessibility Assistant for Figma v52 and I wanted to share some details on why this is a monumental release for us.

21.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many amazing ideas shared in this rapid-fire episode from @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social

Highly recommend!

#economics #affordability #taxes #income

player.fm/series/pitch...

20.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.

I can’t speak to the lethality of β€œRoad to Wellville”-ing normally healthy fruits & vegetables, but this is the article that sparked this particular thought:
www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...

11.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.

What if… instead of becoming sentient and going all β€œTerminator” on humanity, AI realizes how susceptible we are to propaganda and misinformation and merely convinces us to end ourselves in spectacularly ludicrous ways?

11.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why we teach our students progressive enhancement | Blog Cyd Stumpel With new CSS features seemingly coming out every week, I’ve been doing more and more progressive enhancement (PE) in my projects. It’s also a big part of what we teach our students at the Associate...

β€œ[P]rogressive enhancement is not about preventing failure, it’s about defining what must always work.”

07.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some blind fans to experience Super Bowl with tactile device that tracks ball Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.

So proud of the OneCourt team for their work in bringing more leisure opportunities to the Blind & low vision community.

07.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why we teach our students progressive enhancement | Blog Cyd Stumpel With new CSS features seemingly coming out every week, I’ve been doing more and more progressive enhancement (PE) in my projects. It’s also a big part of what we teach our students at the Associate...

β€œ[P]rogressive enhancement is not about preventing failure, it’s about defining what must always work.”

06.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

06.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thiqq client?

06.02.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the link-up, Stuart!

03.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...

01.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 3781 πŸ” 1957 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 122

I would love to think an un-feeling AI wrote that URL, but I’d guess it was a human maximizing their Google juice. Grotesque.

01.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Repeatable Form Fields Made Simple :: Aaron Gustafson Sometimes you need users to provide multiple instances of the same informationβ€”multiple email addresses, phone numbers, team members, or emergency contacts. The form-repeatable web component makes this...

Add repeatable form field groups with automatic numbering and native form participation.

31.01.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Web Components I've Created :: Aaron Gustafson Hi there. My name is Aaron Gustafson and I work on the web.

I have a whole host of form-related components. I just haven't blogged about all of them yet: www.aaron-gustafson.com/web-componen...

31.01.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let me know how it goes!

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