Jen Smith
@jenniaynlynn.bsky.social
Likes: Travel, crafting, animals, & digital accessibility plus keeping calm amid the chaos. On the board of SEA lighthouse for the blind. Married to a bad ass drummer in Museum of Light, Traindodge & Calm Collapse. Leguminati
My sweet girl got to go trick-or-treating at her play place! She was great at learning not to be scared of the decorations.
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My sweet girl got to go trick-or-treating at her play place! She was great at learning not to be scared of the decorations.
Excited to present and be on a panel tomorrow amid the #RethinkAbility online conference. Check it out at rethink-ability.squarespace.com and register for free. There are so many great sessions. Mine is Oct. 30 at 9 am Pacific/12 Eastern
Rethink Ability | Join Inclusion Action Today
Discover strategies for disability inclusion, accessibility, and equity. Join the free Rethink Ability summit for actionable insights and community support.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Excited to present and be on a panel tomorrow amid the #RethinkAbility online conference. Check it out at rethink-ability.squarespace.com and register for free. There are so many great sessions. Mine is Oct. 30 at 9 am Pacific/12 Eastern
Join me and more than 1 million others attending the No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Join me and more than 1 million others attending the No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Look. I have written a book about how Nazis took over and guess what—this is how they take over: Claim there is an invasion of immigrants. Use it to create an authoritarian state. Shut down any objection or protest with excessive force. I have receipts. I will talk to press. It’s right here, now.
The Intermediaries
The fascinating history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich., The Intermediaries, A Weimar Story, Brandy Schillace, 9781324036319
wwnorton.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Look. I have written a book about how Nazis took over and guess what—this is how they take over: Claim there is an invasion of immigrants. Use it to create an authoritarian state. Shut down any objection or protest with excessive force. I have receipts. I will talk to press. It’s right here, now.
Help me support the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind! And if you are in Seattle, there are a couple of events to join. Check out details and support if you can at secure.qgiv.com/event/20spri...
2025 Spring Campaign
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May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Help me support the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind! And if you are in Seattle, there are a couple of events to join. Check out details and support if you can at secure.qgiv.com/event/20spri...
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Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
This quote is ringing in my head today from Voltaire and it is more timely than ever: “Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This quote is ringing in my head today from Voltaire and it is more timely than ever: “Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
I love audio description! It enhances watching for me by sometimes highlighting little details I miss, plus I can look at whatever craft I’m working on and not miss anything! Nice for me, essential for others.
Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...
Description of Visual Information
Helps you understand and create description of visual information (called audio description, video description, or described video) for video accessibility.
www.w3.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I love audio description! It enhances watching for me by sometimes highlighting little details I miss, plus I can look at whatever craft I’m working on and not miss anything! Nice for me, essential for others.
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I made that thread from yesterday into a brief post.
“Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!”
adrianroselli.com/2025/04/auto...
#accessibility #a11y
“Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!”
adrianroselli.com/2025/04/auto...
#accessibility #a11y
Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!
I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing. I use bookmarklets, dev tools, browser features & reporting, and a pile of third-party products from assorted vendors. These save me time and effort,...
adrianroselli.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I made that thread from yesterday into a brief post.
“Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!”
adrianroselli.com/2025/04/auto...
#accessibility #a11y
“Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!”
adrianroselli.com/2025/04/auto...
#accessibility #a11y
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
Another perfect day for a protest! This time at the #HandsOff event in Bothell! So many lovely, supportive, kind people coming together who share more commonalities than differences! An eagle swooped overhead as people lined both sides of the road for blocks
April 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Another perfect day for a protest! This time at the #HandsOff event in Bothell! So many lovely, supportive, kind people coming together who share more commonalities than differences! An eagle swooped overhead as people lined both sides of the road for blocks
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AccessU starts May 12 and we have a stellar week planned for teaching, learning, and sharing about digital accessibility tools, techniques, and current challenges. Scholarship application open until April 10 for students and for those currently out of work. knowbility.org/programs/joh...
March 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
AccessU starts May 12 and we have a stellar week planned for teaching, learning, and sharing about digital accessibility tools, techniques, and current challenges. Scholarship application open until April 10 for students and for those currently out of work. knowbility.org/programs/joh...
Great event at today’s #TeslaTakedown in Seattle’s U Village! Got to see a rousing speech from @jayapal.house.gov!
March 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great event at today’s #TeslaTakedown in Seattle’s U Village! Got to see a rousing speech from @jayapal.house.gov!
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RIP, Tesla.
BYD announces charging tech that’s twice as fast as Tesla’s
EV charging is now almost as fast as pumping gas.
www.theverge.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
RIP, Tesla.
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For your friends who aren’t on socials, we officially have a website!
The already legendary @resistancerangers.bsky.social have a website now! Make sure to check their "events" page for upcoming rallies, protests, teach-ins, and other actions to help protect our public lands and support park rangers!
#protectpubliclands #protectourparks #rehireparkrangers
#protectpubliclands #protectourparks #rehireparkrangers
Resistance Rangers
Rangers and community supporters acting together to save our National Parks. Protest at your Park and contact Congress to demand that NPS rehires the illegally fired staff. Block further layoffs. Full...
www.resistancerangers.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
For your friends who aren’t on socials, we officially have a website!
So proud to support and know these amazing musicians in Museum of Light and the release of their newest album, Diviner. It’s a perfect way for me to get away from the news for a bit and dive into some music: museumoflightband.bandcamp.com/album/diviner
Diviner, by Museum Of Light
11 track album
museumoflightband.bandcamp.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So proud to support and know these amazing musicians in Museum of Light and the release of their newest album, Diviner. It’s a perfect way for me to get away from the news for a bit and dive into some music: museumoflightband.bandcamp.com/album/diviner
This is a truly informative episode and really helpful to frame the echoes of history we are living through
Today is terrible.
I believe we can get through this together. So I've partnered up with @bradleyonishi.bsky.social over at Straight White American Jesus to bring you my new podcast, One Nation, Indivisible.
Subscribe for full content:https://axismundi.supercast.com/
Drops in Feb.
I believe we can get through this together. So I've partnered up with @bradleyonishi.bsky.social over at Straight White American Jesus to bring you my new podcast, One Nation, Indivisible.
Subscribe for full content:https://axismundi.supercast.com/
Drops in Feb.
February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is a truly informative episode and really helpful to frame the echoes of history we are living through
Good trouble! If you live in AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, LA, MO, MT, NE, SC, SD, TX, UT, or WV, call your state attorney general to let them know you don’t want be part of dismantling human rights for people with disabilities! @dredf.bsky.social has info at: lnkd.in/gNpVnmUf.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
February 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good trouble! If you live in AK, AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, LA, MO, MT, NE, SC, SD, TX, UT, or WV, call your state attorney general to let them know you don’t want be part of dismantling human rights for people with disabilities! @dredf.bsky.social has info at: lnkd.in/gNpVnmUf.
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🚨New #Beans with @muellershewrote.bsky.social & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #MSWMedia
Listen:
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Listen:
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/pus...
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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For the first day of Black History Month here is an image of a postcard I got last week at SFMOMA. It is of Amy Sherald’s painting tilted “Hope is the Thing with Feathers (The little bird)”. Hope is a challenge in these times, one I am looking for ways to meet. #BlackHistoryMonth #AnySherald
February 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For the first day of Black History Month here is an image of a postcard I got last week at SFMOMA. It is of Amy Sherald’s painting tilted “Hope is the Thing with Feathers (The little bird)”. Hope is a challenge in these times, one I am looking for ways to meet. #BlackHistoryMonth #AnySherald
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Hey anyway here's the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual:
gist.github.com/kennwhite/46...
gist.github.com/kennwhite/46...
1944 OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual
1944 OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hey anyway here's the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual:
gist.github.com/kennwhite/46...
gist.github.com/kennwhite/46...
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If you're seeing this, this is your sign to get involved in building something bigger than yourself and fight for a government that serves working people first
THURSDAY 1/23: JOIN US FOR ANOTHER MASS CALL
Trump's in office. What does that mean and what can we do?
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THURSDAY 1/23: JOIN US FOR ANOTHER MASS CALL
Trump's in office. What does that mean and what can we do?
Sign up: buff.ly/40GrC2S
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you're seeing this, this is your sign to get involved in building something bigger than yourself and fight for a government that serves working people first
THURSDAY 1/23: JOIN US FOR ANOTHER MASS CALL
Trump's in office. What does that mean and what can we do?
Sign up: buff.ly/40GrC2S
THURSDAY 1/23: JOIN US FOR ANOTHER MASS CALL
Trump's in office. What does that mean and what can we do?
Sign up: buff.ly/40GrC2S
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Defiance is a skill, not a personality trait—a practice everyone can and shuld develop and refine.
It allows us to recognize and resist forces—like groupthink and social pressure—that lead us to comply against our values. www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/what-does-...
It allows us to recognize and resist forces—like groupthink and social pressure—that lead us to comply against our values. www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/what-does-...
What Does it Mean to Defy and Why Does It Matter? An Interview with Sunita Sah
Issue 153: Why it's important to understand defiance as a skill, not a personality trait
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Defiance is a skill, not a personality trait—a practice everyone can and shuld develop and refine.
It allows us to recognize and resist forces—like groupthink and social pressure—that lead us to comply against our values. www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/what-does-...
It allows us to recognize and resist forces—like groupthink and social pressure—that lead us to comply against our values. www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/what-does-...