Ashlee
@ashleemboyer.com
deaf. multiply disabled. neurodivergent.
accessibility, disability, & software.
@semanticfish.com
Independent writing:
@semanticfish.net
Personal blog:
ashleemboyer.com
Independent research:
critical accessibility/disability studies.
accessibility, disability, & software.
@semanticfish.com
Independent writing:
@semanticfish.net
Personal blog:
ashleemboyer.com
Independent research:
critical accessibility/disability studies.
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Ashlee
@ashleemboyer.com
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If you support ICE, unfollow me.
Immediately mesmerized on open 😍
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Immediately mesmerized on open 😍
You know what's helpful information? The Safari start page I specifically customized to what I wanted it to look like. And yet — they put this message in the middle, pushing down the content I chose to go there. Leave me alone! Stop pushing AI on people who explicitly turned it off!
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
You know what's helpful information? The Safari start page I specifically customized to what I wanted it to look like. And yet — they put this message in the middle, pushing down the content I chose to go there. Leave me alone! Stop pushing AI on people who explicitly turned it off!
In what fucking world is this school shooter drone system less militarized than cops?? Where do ppl think these get tested / come from??
They can go 100mph, fly through double-paned glass, play a deafening siren, launch pepper spray bombs, hit a body at 60mph
www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-s...
They can go 100mph, fly through double-paned glass, play a deafening siren, launch pepper spray bombs, hit a body at 60mph
www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-s...
![Snippet from the linked post.
“Ultimately, if they’re [a shooter] still intent on murdering children, then we can escalate further,” said Justin Marston, CEO of Campus Guardian Angel. “When we think about it, it’s less militarizing than having police officers carrying guns everywhere.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6pjsxq4f4wvihelm4lphbk5e/bafkreic57gaze74zcrso4vwnhhh4pzinj4l3eomqu3ccmhhn5s5pfmnlwe@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
In what fucking world is this school shooter drone system less militarized than cops?? Where do ppl think these get tested / come from??
They can go 100mph, fly through double-paned glass, play a deafening siren, launch pepper spray bombs, hit a body at 60mph
www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-s...
They can go 100mph, fly through double-paned glass, play a deafening siren, launch pepper spray bombs, hit a body at 60mph
www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-s...
Indiana's Butler University launching Deaf Education master's program that focuses on listening & spoken language.
Has ONE class for ASL. One. single. credit hour.
We have an interpreter shortage. Programs are being merged/closed down. Gov Braun forced 5% budget cut on Indiana School for the Deaf.
Has ONE class for ASL. One. single. credit hour.
We have an interpreter shortage. Programs are being merged/closed down. Gov Braun forced 5% budget cut on Indiana School for the Deaf.
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Indiana's Butler University launching Deaf Education master's program that focuses on listening & spoken language.
Has ONE class for ASL. One. single. credit hour.
We have an interpreter shortage. Programs are being merged/closed down. Gov Braun forced 5% budget cut on Indiana School for the Deaf.
Has ONE class for ASL. One. single. credit hour.
We have an interpreter shortage. Programs are being merged/closed down. Gov Braun forced 5% budget cut on Indiana School for the Deaf.
This real reply to disabled people using food delivery (is hateful, and) makes no sense:
“If you can’t feed yourself you should be institutionalized”
Ordering food delivery and then eating it is feeding yourself.
“If you can’t feed yourself you should be institutionalized”
Ordering food delivery and then eating it is feeding yourself.
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This real reply to disabled people using food delivery (is hateful, and) makes no sense:
“If you can’t feed yourself you should be institutionalized”
Ordering food delivery and then eating it is feeding yourself.
“If you can’t feed yourself you should be institutionalized”
Ordering food delivery and then eating it is feeding yourself.
“We used to be able to engage in discourse”
We who??? When???
Bc my experience matches the formula Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social) described over two years ago:
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/02/d...
It’s cyclical. Disabled people can’t have anything.
We who??? When???
Bc my experience matches the formula Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social) described over two years ago:
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/02/d...
It’s cyclical. Disabled people can’t have anything.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“We used to be able to engage in discourse”
We who??? When???
Bc my experience matches the formula Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social) described over two years ago:
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/02/d...
It’s cyclical. Disabled people can’t have anything.
We who??? When???
Bc my experience matches the formula Alice Wong (@sfdirewolf.bsky.social) described over two years ago:
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/02/d...
It’s cyclical. Disabled people can’t have anything.
Indiana BMV is removing the option to change gender markers using a court ordered gender change or physician statement.
This Thursday — February 12th.
www.in.gov/bmv/licenses...
This Thursday — February 12th.
www.in.gov/bmv/licenses...
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Indiana BMV is removing the option to change gender markers using a court ordered gender change or physician statement.
This Thursday — February 12th.
www.in.gov/bmv/licenses...
This Thursday — February 12th.
www.in.gov/bmv/licenses...
“Disabled people can just contact us and we’ll tell them what accommodations are available!”
Don’t do this. Because EVERYONE does this. It’s utterly exhausting.
Put all your accessibility info online. Keep it updated.
Stop making disabled people use extra time and energy to participate.
Don’t do this. Because EVERYONE does this. It’s utterly exhausting.
Put all your accessibility info online. Keep it updated.
Stop making disabled people use extra time and energy to participate.
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Disabled people can just contact us and we’ll tell them what accommodations are available!”
Don’t do this. Because EVERYONE does this. It’s utterly exhausting.
Put all your accessibility info online. Keep it updated.
Stop making disabled people use extra time and energy to participate.
Don’t do this. Because EVERYONE does this. It’s utterly exhausting.
Put all your accessibility info online. Keep it updated.
Stop making disabled people use extra time and energy to participate.
I think a big reason we see a rise in ableism — at the beginning of the pandemic, nondisabled people learned about a few disability concepts like “Zoom fatigue” then the pandemic “ended” (it’s ongoing) they returned to “normal,” stopped experiencing those things, they believe bc of their willpower.
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 AM
I think a big reason we see a rise in ableism — at the beginning of the pandemic, nondisabled people learned about a few disability concepts like “Zoom fatigue” then the pandemic “ended” (it’s ongoing) they returned to “normal,” stopped experiencing those things, they believe bc of their willpower.
git commit -m “pls work”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
git commit -m “pls work”
Reposted by Ashlee
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
If came down to it I’d probably choose withdrawals and brain zaps over this
Hey so trumprx actually went live and it's got the same cost savings as goodrx. Exactly the same. However it's worse because it doesn't include generics. Generic protonix is about $6.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 AM
If came down to it I’d probably choose withdrawals and brain zaps over this
Might turn this into a little blog post? Haven’t published in a minute. That’ll feel good
Made myself timer google sheet because all the time tracking apps do about 10,000 more things than I care about doing
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Might turn this into a little blog post? Haven’t published in a minute. That’ll feel good
Feels so weird to play this thing in my home.
It lived at Grandma’s from the day I got it until her will gave me permission to take it out of my room at her house.
It was 25+ years. I remember opening it, having to get the expansion pack for DK64, loving how cool the red looked through the green.
It lived at Grandma’s from the day I got it until her will gave me permission to take it out of my room at her house.
It was 25+ years. I remember opening it, having to get the expansion pack for DK64, loving how cool the red looked through the green.
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Feels so weird to play this thing in my home.
It lived at Grandma’s from the day I got it until her will gave me permission to take it out of my room at her house.
It was 25+ years. I remember opening it, having to get the expansion pack for DK64, loving how cool the red looked through the green.
It lived at Grandma’s from the day I got it until her will gave me permission to take it out of my room at her house.
It was 25+ years. I remember opening it, having to get the expansion pack for DK64, loving how cool the red looked through the green.
Hire accessibility experts. A lot of us are disabled and so know what we're talking about. Your AI-agent-whatever-bs is trained on myths and inspiration porn.
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Hire accessibility experts. A lot of us are disabled and so know what we're talking about. Your AI-agent-whatever-bs is trained on myths and inspiration porn.
So where’s the business book about dealing with paralyzing anxiety
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
So where’s the business book about dealing with paralyzing anxiety
Made myself timer google sheet because all the time tracking apps do about 10,000 more things than I care about doing
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Made myself timer google sheet because all the time tracking apps do about 10,000 more things than I care about doing
My roman empire is that the Sign Language success criterion for WCAG is level AAA. Effectively implying it’s non-essential, not scalable, too hard to achieve. Signed languages are many deaf folks’ first language and non-signed languages are taught heavily through hearing. #wcag #a11y #accessibility
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
My roman empire is that the Sign Language success criterion for WCAG is level AAA. Effectively implying it’s non-essential, not scalable, too hard to achieve. Signed languages are many deaf folks’ first language and non-signed languages are taught heavily through hearing. #wcag #a11y #accessibility
Reposted by Ashlee
Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Listening to this feels the same as when I read this 1901 passage that says rural people shouldn't need as much government support because they should be neighborly and take care of each other
![“Of one thing I feel certain. In the rural districts, where every one knows his neighbors, the demand for outdoor relief ought to be greatly reduced. [HIGHLIGHT] It is not the intent of the State to undertake all the charity work. It certainly never intended to take away from the citizen the beneficent effect upon himself of having helped a neighbor in distress. [END HIGHLIGHT] It is the individual giver, who personally knows the needs of his brother, that secures the greatest returns for the amount given, because with every dollar given he imparts another dollar's worth of energy. [HIGHLIGHT] The State should not trespass on these duties of the citizen. The State should begin its work where neighborhood aid can not meet the case.” [END HIGHLIGHT] (“INDIANA BULLETIN OF Charities and Correction. Year Ending October 31, 1901.”, 1901, p. 478)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6pjsxq4f4wvihelm4lphbk5e/bafkreien4dcf6p653wpx22a2lu4n2bokfqbhborgallolgvwilehrkpmke@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Listening to this feels the same as when I read this 1901 passage that says rural people shouldn't need as much government support because they should be neighborly and take care of each other
Mentally I am here (again)
February 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Mentally I am here (again)
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Reposted by Ashlee
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
He murdered Sonya Massey in 2024.
So it’s very intentional that the article mentions his 2023 stage 3 cancer diagnosis, just before mentioning his new (worse) cancer diagnosis.
So it’s very intentional that the article mentions his 2023 stage 3 cancer diagnosis, just before mentioning his new (worse) cancer diagnosis.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 AM
He murdered Sonya Massey in 2024.
So it’s very intentional that the article mentions his 2023 stage 3 cancer diagnosis, just before mentioning his new (worse) cancer diagnosis.
So it’s very intentional that the article mentions his 2023 stage 3 cancer diagnosis, just before mentioning his new (worse) cancer diagnosis.