hellogreg
@hellogreg.bsky.social
web accessibility producer. dilettante.
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See me present on keyboard testing at axe-con 2026! https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/testing-web-experiences-with-your-keyboard-2/
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See me present on keyboard testing at axe-con 2026! https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/testing-web-experiences-with-your-keyboard-2/
Glad that’s settled 👍
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Glad that’s settled 👍
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My favorite sport finally makes headlines in the US, and it’s for the dumbest possible reason.
can this man call me? I have 100 questions defector.com/biathlon-oly...
Norwegian Biathlete, At Summit Of His Life’s Work: I Cheated On My Girlfriend | Defector
The biathlon encourages athletes to balance two things at once. A competitor must be able to ski a great distance at an immense speed, and then, as if turning off a light switch, lower their heart rat...
defector.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
My favorite sport finally makes headlines in the US, and it’s for the dumbest possible reason.
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"John Goodman on Hume Cronyn's back could outrun this guy!"
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"John Goodman on Hume Cronyn's back could outrun this guy!"
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We are impoverishing ourselves in a market economy that only rewards wealth extraction, market manipulation, and destructive ai data center construction. When historians like myself argue that the market is a creation of the state, this is what we mean.
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
Very annoyed at the people who decided to open the floodgates to online sports betting, it is absolutely a scourge. Great piece from Gabrielle Gurley on people spending hours a day on these predatory apps.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We are impoverishing ourselves in a market economy that only rewards wealth extraction, market manipulation, and destructive ai data center construction. When historians like myself argue that the market is a creation of the state, this is what we mean.
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Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
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The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.
I want more people to make the connections.
I want more people to make the connections.
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At last, the pinnacle of your creative writing career! You published with the biggest houses, won all the awards, now take the position fitting for someone with your accolades! Training the child porn bot that's poisoning Memphis!
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
At last, the pinnacle of your creative writing career! You published with the biggest houses, won all the awards, now take the position fitting for someone with your accolades! Training the child porn bot that's poisoning Memphis!
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heres the thing: im sick of these guys. not great guys.
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 AM
heres the thing: im sick of these guys. not great guys.
As Animal Kingdom’s DinoLand prepares to close forever this weekend, I want to give a shoutout to the Disney imagineer who somehow got away with shaping this sign like a dong and balls for an area called “The Boneyard.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
As Animal Kingdom’s DinoLand prepares to close forever this weekend, I want to give a shoutout to the Disney imagineer who somehow got away with shaping this sign like a dong and balls for an area called “The Boneyard.”
Wemby piling up Ws on and off the court
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
January 27, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Wemby piling up Ws on and off the court
Perfect example of why unions aren’t just about your own workplace (though they are certainly about that too). Organized labor amplifies the voices that need to be heard.
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
nationalnurses.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Perfect example of why unions aren’t just about your own workplace (though they are certainly about that too). Organized labor amplifies the voices that need to be heard.
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Good piece that gets at an often underdiscussed issue -- of how much work in rebuilding state capacity (or denazification of remaining state capacity) will be necessary post-Trump
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Good piece that gets at an often underdiscussed issue -- of how much work in rebuilding state capacity (or denazification of remaining state capacity) will be necessary post-Trump
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
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Hollywood focuses on aesthetics first and foremost. Disability representation includes glasses users and if glasses can’t be on-screen there’s little hope for more physically disabled people on-screen.
I’m not suggesting a conspiracy. Or even that people who wear glasses need to see themselves represented on screen
I just think the absence of anyone in contemporary TV and movies wearing glasses is **weird** considering 2/3 of the population needs corrected vision!
This week's newsletter
I just think the absence of anyone in contemporary TV and movies wearing glasses is **weird** considering 2/3 of the population needs corrected vision!
This week's newsletter
Why does nobody wear glasses on screen anymore?
People who wear glasses are everywhere in real life. So why isn’t that true on screen?
buttondown.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Hollywood focuses on aesthetics first and foremost. Disability representation includes glasses users and if glasses can’t be on-screen there’s little hope for more physically disabled people on-screen.
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Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
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“The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“The Curse of Chalion” by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Ah, the coffee analogy reminds me of this:
This is a great analysis of why conservatives feel persecuted for others simply existing or being acknowledged.
It’s fear their identity and choices will stop being mainstream or normal. That’s why they get upset at Happy Holidays (acknowledging other celebrations exist) versus Merry Christmas.
It’s fear their identity and choices will stop being mainstream or normal. That’s why they get upset at Happy Holidays (acknowledging other celebrations exist) versus Merry Christmas.
December 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ah, the coffee analogy reminds me of this:
If it’s bad to be sedentary, what are we supposed to do all day?
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If it’s bad to be sedentary, what are we supposed to do all day?
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I am about as cynical a person as can be imagined when it comes to capitalism but I honestly cannot remember any development since the dawn of industry that immiserated so many people and created so much environmental havoc with so little to show for it
Illinois is running out of power. The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars while wind and solar development stalls.
Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand
chicago.suntimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am about as cynical a person as can be imagined when it comes to capitalism but I honestly cannot remember any development since the dawn of industry that immiserated so many people and created so much environmental havoc with so little to show for it
1) Contact’s opening day: as the opening cacophony faded to silence, nobody in the packed house made a sound. I was so proud of everyone in attendance.
2) An old lady sat next to @kathyfgibson.bsky.social and me at an otherwise empty showing of Something Borrowed in an incredible dominance display.
2) An old lady sat next to @kathyfgibson.bsky.social and me at an otherwise empty showing of Something Borrowed in an incredible dominance display.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
1) Contact’s opening day: as the opening cacophony faded to silence, nobody in the packed house made a sound. I was so proud of everyone in attendance.
2) An old lady sat next to @kathyfgibson.bsky.social and me at an otherwise empty showing of Something Borrowed in an incredible dominance display.
2) An old lady sat next to @kathyfgibson.bsky.social and me at an otherwise empty showing of Something Borrowed in an incredible dominance display.
When I saw this headline, I thought, “Wow. Getting $1B to hand your characters over to OpenAI is not a great deal for Disney.” Then @kathyfgibson.bsky.social told me Disney are actually the ones _paying_ the billion? Bob Iger pulling some serious Business Secrets of the Pharaohs shit there.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
When I saw this headline, I thought, “Wow. Getting $1B to hand your characters over to OpenAI is not a great deal for Disney.” Then @kathyfgibson.bsky.social told me Disney are actually the ones _paying_ the billion? Bob Iger pulling some serious Business Secrets of the Pharaohs shit there.
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My typical Midwestern winter day:
Breakfast
Try to purchase roof rake
Fail to purchase roof rake
Borrow roof rake
Lunch
Rake roof
Break roof rake
Buy supplies to repair roof rake
Repair roof rake
Return roof rake
Dinner
Breakfast
Try to purchase roof rake
Fail to purchase roof rake
Borrow roof rake
Lunch
Rake roof
Break roof rake
Buy supplies to repair roof rake
Repair roof rake
Return roof rake
Dinner
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My typical Midwestern winter day:
Breakfast
Try to purchase roof rake
Fail to purchase roof rake
Borrow roof rake
Lunch
Rake roof
Break roof rake
Buy supplies to repair roof rake
Repair roof rake
Return roof rake
Dinner
Breakfast
Try to purchase roof rake
Fail to purchase roof rake
Borrow roof rake
Lunch
Rake roof
Break roof rake
Buy supplies to repair roof rake
Repair roof rake
Return roof rake
Dinner
It was only a matter of time
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It was only a matter of time
My advice as a tech professional: When you need to be productive, you can’t go wrong with a computer.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My advice as a tech professional: When you need to be productive, you can’t go wrong with a computer.