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“There is only one thing I will not concede:
that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
~Václav Havel
Day job: @AssistivLabs.com. Learning to live. Proud Portlander.
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that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
~Václav Havel
Day job: @AssistivLabs.com. Learning to live. Proud Portlander.
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Snail walks(?) into a dealership and says, “I want a 240Z, but could you replace the Z with an S?” “Uh, sure,” says the dealer. As the snail speeds away in his new ride, the dealer shakes his head and says, “Look at that S car go…”
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On the contrary, Mr. Trump. I don't find any of these secrets to be wonderful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On the contrary, Mr. Trump. I don't find any of these secrets to be wonderful.
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It's endlessly funny to me that conservatives in 2025 think they can get liberals to side against the release of the Epstein files by pointing out Bill Clinton's involvement. Nobody's cared about Bill Clinton for a quarter century.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's endlessly funny to me that conservatives in 2025 think they can get liberals to side against the release of the Epstein files by pointing out Bill Clinton's involvement. Nobody's cared about Bill Clinton for a quarter century.
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we got rid of government statistics and experts and outsourced it to the burrito taxi company, you’ll never guess what happened next
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
we got rid of government statistics and experts and outsourced it to the burrito taxi company, you’ll never guess what happened next
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Hey! @lflegal.bsky.social, @rejinae.bsky.social, and @chanceyfleet.bsky.social gathered 36 authors to write about ethics in digital accessibility.
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey! @lflegal.bsky.social, @rejinae.bsky.social, and @chanceyfleet.bsky.social gathered 36 authors to write about ethics in digital accessibility.
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
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One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
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I pine for the "what new gadget will they introduce today" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I pine for the "what new gadget will they introduce today" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
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Democrats, seizing defeat from the jaws of victory over and over
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Democrats, seizing defeat from the jaws of victory over and over
This explains a lot. So many times I’ve been super confused by things some people say, saying in my head (and sometimes out loud), “Words have meanings!” Apparently, you can “create” those meanings if you learn to read the wrong way. 🫠
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This explains a lot. So many times I’ve been super confused by things some people say, saying in my head (and sometimes out loud), “Words have meanings!” Apparently, you can “create” those meanings if you learn to read the wrong way. 🫠
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Every last piece of transit & bike infrastructure seems to need to go thru "The Populist Playbook".
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Every last piece of transit & bike infrastructure seems to need to go thru "The Populist Playbook".
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Question for my #a11y followers: Is there a way to accurately test color contrast for text and background when there’s a vertical gradient between an image and the text on top of it? This is the first time I’ve ever had to test this specific situation.
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Question for my #a11y followers: Is there a way to accurately test color contrast for text and background when there’s a vertical gradient between an image and the text on top of it? This is the first time I’ve ever had to test this specific situation.
got into an unexpected, hour-long conversation with a trump supporter last week during which he lectured me on following the money. i wonder if he even knows about this or if he has some rationalization for it like he did for every other point i brought up.
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
got into an unexpected, hour-long conversation with a trump supporter last week during which he lectured me on following the money. i wonder if he even knows about this or if he has some rationalization for it like he did for every other point i brought up.
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ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
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There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
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11. Regaining the freedom we’ve lost is much harder and less likely than defending the freedom we already possess. We must do all we can to stop governments with autocratic tendencies from winning elections and reasserting the old order. Lose it once, and it might be gone forever.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
11. Regaining the freedom we’ve lost is much harder and less likely than defending the freedom we already possess. We must do all we can to stop governments with autocratic tendencies from winning elections and reasserting the old order. Lose it once, and it might be gone forever.
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sorry to be controversial but i don't think you should give these people your money. i don't, because it would make me feel bad to underwrite the destruction of the remaining wilderness of the american west. real easy to eat other stuff
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
New Trump Proposals, Unveiled During a Government Shutdown, Benefit Narrow Commercial Beef Interests at the Expense of Western Public Lands - Western Watersheds Project
For immediate release: October 24, 2025 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project (406) 220-2883; josh@westernwatersheds.org Chandra Rosenthal, PEER (303) 898-0798; crosenthal@peer.org Li...
westernwatersheds.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
sorry to be controversial but i don't think you should give these people your money. i don't, because it would make me feel bad to underwrite the destruction of the remaining wilderness of the american west. real easy to eat other stuff
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
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Immigrants? In New York City???? sorry i've never read a book so this sounds scary and strange to me bsky.app/profile/park...
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Immigrants? In New York City???? sorry i've never read a book so this sounds scary and strange to me bsky.app/profile/park...
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truly amazing things happening at the Supreme Court right now
Roberts now going at the solicitor general like a cat with a wounded mouse. Keeps telling him that tariffs are taxes on the American people. "Who pays the tariffs??" Says Trump's argument would neutralize separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Incredible stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
truly amazing things happening at the Supreme Court right now
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Strangely, snatching food from the mouths of children while posting AI videos of a king shitting on us didn't work out well.
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Strangely, snatching food from the mouths of children while posting AI videos of a king shitting on us didn't work out well.
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the modern world has been designed by generations of bastards to crush you, take a win when you can
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
the modern world has been designed by generations of bastards to crush you, take a win when you can
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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this is why they gerrymander. And also why the electoral college matters so much (to gerrymander further).
This is a big freaking deal. 43% equals 147M Americans. Wow. Just wow.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
this is why they gerrymander. And also why the electoral college matters so much (to gerrymander further).
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Why is none of this about meeting people's real material needs?
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Why is none of this about meeting people's real material needs?
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