stringy
@stringyland.bsky.social
Julie G, accessibility dork, at your service. Head of Accessibility Assessment at @intopia.bsky.social. Living in Whadjuk lands. Spending too much time online instead of outdoors or making silly little arts and crafts stuff.
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'Tis the season of New Year's resolutions! But, if you, like me, are guessing that 2026 will be full of uncertainty and disruption I'd offer a slight twist. Think about how, in the year to come, you can invest in your coping capacity.
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
'Tis the season of New Year's resolutions! But, if you, like me, are guessing that 2026 will be full of uncertainty and disruption I'd offer a slight twist. Think about how, in the year to come, you can invest in your coping capacity.
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love logging into my streaming services that i pay for to see a bunch of cool movies. that i can buy or rent if i want :) awesome thanks its like paying to get into blockbuster
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
love logging into my streaming services that i pay for to see a bunch of cool movies. that i can buy or rent if i want :) awesome thanks its like paying to get into blockbuster
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Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
Ashlee knows her stuff, do get in touch if you could use someone with accessibility skills on your next project
I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
2025: Year in Review | Semantic Fish Creative Group
This post gets personal about my experiences this year with grief, loss, health emergencies, and being disabled & working in accessibility in the US.
semanticfish.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ashlee knows her stuff, do get in touch if you could use someone with accessibility skills on your next project
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Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
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A reminder that AI data centres are being proposed for Tasmania. #politas
Zeke's predictions may be underestimates, as fossil fuel consumptions is increasing to meet increasing energy demand.
"In the US, power consumption by data centres is on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2030"
www.iea.org/news/ai-is-s...
"In the US, power consumption by data centres is on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2030"
www.iea.org/news/ai-is-s...
AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News - IEA
AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News from the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A reminder that AI data centres are being proposed for Tasmania. #politas
I'm Not Keen on the proposed plan for dealing with antisemitism in Australia. There's a coalition of Jewish organisations with a better idea: reject the ASECA plan and use the Australian Human Rights Commission's existing plan instead. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...
Jewish Coalition Opposes Anti-Democratic Antisemitism Plan, Calls for United, Whole-of Society Approach
November 14, 2025 The Jewish Council of Australia joins a coalition of nine Jewish organisations in releasing an open letter […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
December 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I'm Not Keen on the proposed plan for dealing with antisemitism in Australia. There's a coalition of Jewish organisations with a better idea: reject the ASECA plan and use the Australian Human Rights Commission's existing plan instead. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...
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"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint
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Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development
The annual list of Australia’s planned resource and energy projects has been released by the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
thepoint.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
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Hanson is calling for tougher hate speech laws, while she is currently in court trying to appeal against her loss in a hate speech legal case. A fact not mentioned by a single outlet covering this story.
Hanson at the Bondi memorial calling for students to be "rounded up" and cuts to immigration. The crowd muttering in agreement, and giving her a huge round of applause once she finishes.
Everything is about to get so much worse in Australia
Everything is about to get so much worse in Australia
December 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hanson is calling for tougher hate speech laws, while she is currently in court trying to appeal against her loss in a hate speech legal case. A fact not mentioned by a single outlet covering this story.
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When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
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Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
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Basically, finance is an industry where meetings turn directly into balance sheet activity without actually needing to make any products or provide any services, and for the last ~20 years most other sectors have been trying desperately to pivot to that model, and that's why video games suck now
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Basically, finance is an industry where meetings turn directly into balance sheet activity without actually needing to make any products or provide any services, and for the last ~20 years most other sectors have been trying desperately to pivot to that model, and that's why video games suck now
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Australia has become a globally significant representative case for worst-case Indigenous rights-breaches when developing liquified fossil gas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
A visit to WA's Murujuga has Canadian traditional owners worried about their land
Canadian hereditary chief Na'Moks wanted to find out what a gas pipeline on his land would look like, so he flew to northern Western Australia.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Australia has become a globally significant representative case for worst-case Indigenous rights-breaches when developing liquified fossil gas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Great reporting on the shysters behind the Social Media Ban by @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success
36 Months accused ban critics of being paid off by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up sponsorship deals, eyeing global expansion and coming up with its own AI tool to sell.
www.crikey.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Great reporting on the shysters behind the Social Media Ban by @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/3...
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A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Whoops, I forgot to share this on BlueSky: I’m Centre For Accessibility’s Specialist of the year, alongside Keeley Johnson (Keeley’s Cause) as Advocate of the year, and many websites and apps with exemplary accessibility! Check out the winners: www.accessibility.org.au/australian-a...
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Whoops, I forgot to share this on BlueSky: I’m Centre For Accessibility’s Specialist of the year, alongside Keeley Johnson (Keeley’s Cause) as Advocate of the year, and many websites and apps with exemplary accessibility! Check out the winners: www.accessibility.org.au/australian-a...
Banning kids from social media is such a ridiculous way to solve the problems of social media. Adults don't want the predators, misinformation or rage bait either. The Oz government has chosen the performative path between fixing the problem or letting it fester.
In two days, hundreds of thousands of teens will be cut off from the friends, groups and communities on social media.
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Banning kids from social media is such a ridiculous way to solve the problems of social media. Adults don't want the predators, misinformation or rage bait either. The Oz government has chosen the performative path between fixing the problem or letting it fester.
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tech ceos are so funny "we should bring back public executions" dude you don't know how to use a grocery store self checkout shut your nazi hole
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
tech ceos are so funny "we should bring back public executions" dude you don't know how to use a grocery store self checkout shut your nazi hole
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Virtual Zine Library: a collection of hundreds of free downloadable PDFs and links to online readable zines! You can browse by categories.
www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/virtual-zine...
www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/virtual-zine...
Virtual Zine Library | sherwoodforest
Home of the Sherwood Forest Zine Library's Virtual Zine Library featuring hundreds of free downloadable zines! The home page shows zine categories and recently added zines as well as details on how to submit a digital zine to the virtual library.
www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Virtual Zine Library: a collection of hundreds of free downloadable PDFs and links to online readable zines! You can browse by categories.
www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/virtual-zine...
www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/virtual-zine...
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We are excited to bring you ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility’! An interview series exploring the real impact of accessible design.
Watch ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility with Lauren Hayes': youtu.be/8IJ1ZZqbGzE?...
Watch out for more episodes being released soon!
Watch ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility with Lauren Hayes': youtu.be/8IJ1ZZqbGzE?...
Watch out for more episodes being released soon!
Spilling the tea on digital accessibility - Lauren Hayes
An interview series where we explore the real impact of inaccessible design, access fatigue and how AI is impacting digital accessibility.
In this episode Charlii sat down for virtual cuppa and a…
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We are excited to bring you ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility’! An interview series exploring the real impact of accessible design.
Watch ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility with Lauren Hayes': youtu.be/8IJ1ZZqbGzE?...
Watch out for more episodes being released soon!
Watch ‘Spilling the tea on digital accessibility with Lauren Hayes': youtu.be/8IJ1ZZqbGzE?...
Watch out for more episodes being released soon!
Well, the news out there is terrible today, but we keep doing what we can to build a world worth a damn. My workplace is always trying to learn how best to support people with disabilities who use assistive technology. If that's you or someone you know, please do consider this survey. #a11y
We’re excited to launch the Assistive Technology Survey 2025!
Participation is open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Australia or New Zealand who uses or supports assistive technology.
Start the Assistive Technology Survey 2025: surveys.intopia.digital/assistive-te...
Participation is open to anyone over the age of 18 living in Australia or New Zealand who uses or supports assistive technology.
Start the Assistive Technology Survey 2025: surveys.intopia.digital/assistive-te...
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Well, the news out there is terrible today, but we keep doing what we can to build a world worth a damn. My workplace is always trying to learn how best to support people with disabilities who use assistive technology. If that's you or someone you know, please do consider this survey. #a11y
This is going to be like Robodebt all over again. Except that this time, the deaths won't be from suicide but from preventable accidents and neglect. The #a11y community in Australia needs to get involved in this.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is going to be like Robodebt all over again. Except that this time, the deaths won't be from suicide but from preventable accidents and neglect. The #a11y community in Australia needs to get involved in this.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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This regulation is a vital step forward for the Australian screen industry, and one that will help support a vibrant and sustainable screen sector that continues to play an important role in our economy and culture.
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
Surprise $50m boost for ABC as streaming quotas finally become law
The national broadcaster will get the extra funds for children’s programs and drama after the government’s quotas bill was passed.
www.smh.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This regulation is a vital step forward for the Australian screen industry, and one that will help support a vibrant and sustainable screen sector that continues to play an important role in our economy and culture.
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...