Heather Gray (she/they)
@treadlightly.bsky.social
I design and build clear, accessible websites. 🌱🧶 🌈🖤🤍💜
Protect Trans Kids. Free Palestine
Protect Trans Kids. Free Palestine
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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Huh, TIL there’s an
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag
Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.
denodell.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Huh, TIL there’s an
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@fightforthefuture.org is currently trying to create a group called "parents against censorship", but they need funding for it. www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/campa...
Donate: Parents Against Censorship
We’re launching a new organizing effort to bring together a dedicated group of parents who demand REAL solutions to the harms of Big Tech, like privacy and antitrust legislation, while pushing back ag...
www.fightforthefuture.org
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@fightforthefuture.org is currently trying to create a group called "parents against censorship", but they need funding for it. www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/campa...
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Canada Post is in trouble—and bad actors are trying to use it to gut the institution. We need to defend the post office and expand its role in our communities, but it’s also essential that we end Amazon’s ongoing attack on delivery and warehouse work, writes @parismarx.com.
Planning the obsolescence of Canada Post
There is an unwillingness to entertain a future in which Canada Post’s role can evolve to serve the needs of Canadians. The degradation of delivery work by Amazon is accepted as a fait accompli, inste...
canadiandimension.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Canada Post is in trouble—and bad actors are trying to use it to gut the institution. We need to defend the post office and expand its role in our communities, but it’s also essential that we end Amazon’s ongoing attack on delivery and warehouse work, writes @parismarx.com.
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Young people being unhappy is a failure on older generations…we can blame social media all we want but the fact that a $595 apartment went to $2000 is nasty work for the young people..
kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up and using a cell phone .
ALT: kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up and using a cell phone .
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Young people being unhappy is a failure on older generations…we can blame social media all we want but the fact that a $595 apartment went to $2000 is nasty work for the young people..
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TIME's cover story this week is about using genetic engineering to bring back a recently-extinct species.
I don't know the technical details of this case, which may or may not be as awesome as it sounds. But some thoughts on this topic in general as a conservation biologist:
🧵
🧪🌎
I don't know the technical details of this case, which may or may not be as awesome as it sounds. But some thoughts on this topic in general as a conservation biologist:
🧵
🧪🌎
The Return of the Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.
time.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
TIME's cover story this week is about using genetic engineering to bring back a recently-extinct species.
I don't know the technical details of this case, which may or may not be as awesome as it sounds. But some thoughts on this topic in general as a conservation biologist:
🧵
🧪🌎
I don't know the technical details of this case, which may or may not be as awesome as it sounds. But some thoughts on this topic in general as a conservation biologist:
🧵
🧪🌎
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"Pleiades: Dance of the Seven Sisters" / 8" x 8" acrylic on wood panel. There's something about Pleiades that's always given me a peaceful sensation. In a time filled with turmoil, I find myself focusing on this beautiful little cluster a lot lately.
April 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Pleiades: Dance of the Seven Sisters" / 8" x 8" acrylic on wood panel. There's something about Pleiades that's always given me a peaceful sensation. In a time filled with turmoil, I find myself focusing on this beautiful little cluster a lot lately.
Hey fellow Canadians! There is a federal election coming up and I know I would love to hear from candidates how they plan to help Palestine. So, let's ask them!
votepalestine.ca
votepalestine.ca
VOTE PALESTINE
LET'S MAKE PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS AN ELECTION ISSUE A non-partisan campaign galvanizing Canadian voters to raise Palestinian human rights in the federal election.
votepalestine.ca
March 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hey fellow Canadians! There is a federal election coming up and I know I would love to hear from candidates how they plan to help Palestine. So, let's ask them!
votepalestine.ca
votepalestine.ca
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“Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone”
adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-w...
I updated it a couple days ago with a link to @yatil.net’s post on same and two LinkedIn discussions (one from @karlgroves.bsky.social). If you have links to others, let me know.
#a11y #accessibility
adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-w...
I updated it a couple days ago with a link to @yatil.net’s post on same and two LinkedIn discussions (one from @karlgroves.bsky.social). If you have links to others, let me know.
#a11y #accessibility
Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone
TL;DR: anyone promising you that a total solution to digital accessibility is coming, and they are the ones bringing it, may be lying. Background In 2016 I wrote Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees fr...
adrianroselli.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone”
adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-w...
I updated it a couple days ago with a link to @yatil.net’s post on same and two LinkedIn discussions (one from @karlgroves.bsky.social). If you have links to others, let me know.
#a11y #accessibility
adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-w...
I updated it a couple days ago with a link to @yatil.net’s post on same and two LinkedIn discussions (one from @karlgroves.bsky.social). If you have links to others, let me know.
#a11y #accessibility
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My thoughts on this topic are laid out here: www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-...
Fine, Let's Talk About Trans Athletes
But let's dispense with the pretense that this is actually about sports at all
www.readtpa.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My thoughts on this topic are laid out here: www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-...
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Ready to head to Canada? Canada announces 2025 Express Entry category-based draws, plans for more in-Canada draws to reduce labour shortages.
Healthcare and construction are big ones.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Healthcare and construction are big ones.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces 2025 Express Entry category-based draws, plans for more in-Canada draws to reduce labour shortages
Immigration is essential to supporting Canada’s economic growth. As labour requirements in key sectors continue to evolve, it’s important that Canada’s immigration system is nimble and responsive to o...
www.canada.ca
March 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Ready to head to Canada? Canada announces 2025 Express Entry category-based draws, plans for more in-Canada draws to reduce labour shortages.
Healthcare and construction are big ones.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Healthcare and construction are big ones.
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
I've added a dark/light mode toggle to my website. There's a bit of FOIT because it uses JS. But I can only notice the flash if my OS is in light mode & the site is in dark or vice versa. If they match, it seems fine.
I'm almost at the point where I can stop fussing with my site 😄
soon
(maybe)
I'm almost at the point where I can stop fussing with my site 😄
soon
(maybe)
March 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I've added a dark/light mode toggle to my website. There's a bit of FOIT because it uses JS. But I can only notice the flash if my OS is in light mode & the site is in dark or vice versa. If they match, it seems fine.
I'm almost at the point where I can stop fussing with my site 😄
soon
(maybe)
I'm almost at the point where I can stop fussing with my site 😄
soon
(maybe)
Rewatching Midnight Mass. It's so, so well done. But now I've had Neil Diamond stuck in my head for days! 😄
Holly Holy is so perfect for that scene but out of that context the lyrics are ...just... what? (what does this mean?)
"Take a lonely child, and the seed, let it be, full with tomorrow" 🤔
Holly Holy is so perfect for that scene but out of that context the lyrics are ...just... what? (what does this mean?)
"Take a lonely child, and the seed, let it be, full with tomorrow" 🤔
February 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Rewatching Midnight Mass. It's so, so well done. But now I've had Neil Diamond stuck in my head for days! 😄
Holly Holy is so perfect for that scene but out of that context the lyrics are ...just... what? (what does this mean?)
"Take a lonely child, and the seed, let it be, full with tomorrow" 🤔
Holly Holy is so perfect for that scene but out of that context the lyrics are ...just... what? (what does this mean?)
"Take a lonely child, and the seed, let it be, full with tomorrow" 🤔
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Time to delete Firefox from all my computers. O well.
PSA: Mozilla released new Firefox ToS terms yesterday, which claim they have the rights to all data you upload to any website using Firefox (presumably to train AI slop).
www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/...
www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/...
February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Time to delete Firefox from all my computers. O well.
Hey Ontarians! Don't forget to vote today, if you haven't already
Votez maintenant
Votez maintenant
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey Ontarians! Don't forget to vote today, if you haven't already
Votez maintenant
Votez maintenant
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To be honest, feeling pretty dehumanized while watching #axecon as a self-employed disabled person that works in accessibility.
ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-...
ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Dehumanize Accessibility with AI | Ashlee M Boyer
Hire disabled people, not AI-generated caricatures.
ashleemboyer.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
To be honest, feeling pretty dehumanized while watching #axecon as a self-employed disabled person that works in accessibility.
ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-...
ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-...
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"AI" is, purely, a marketing term and a (poor) umbrella phrase for a number of different types of computerized statistical analysis, iteration and synthesis. If something is being touted as "AI" to me, it's because someone wants me to buy it, and also I probably don't need it.
Thank you for calling it machine learning and not AI. I would love a to see machine learning normalized. Calling it that deflates the tech to what it should be.
February 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"AI" is, purely, a marketing term and a (poor) umbrella phrase for a number of different types of computerized statistical analysis, iteration and synthesis. If something is being touted as "AI" to me, it's because someone wants me to buy it, and also I probably don't need it.
The grocery store delivered entirely the wrong order to me this morning. They can't take back a food order and told me to keep it -- so I split it with the delivery driver. My correct order is being delivered later on.
Wacky morning but now I have donuts 😄
Wacky morning but now I have donuts 😄
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The grocery store delivered entirely the wrong order to me this morning. They can't take back a food order and told me to keep it -- so I split it with the delivery driver. My correct order is being delivered later on.
Wacky morning but now I have donuts 😄
Wacky morning but now I have donuts 😄
My live website is now powered by #Hugo 🎉
treadlightly.ca
There are still some odds and ends that I need to clean up but it's up. It's also faster, more secure and roughly 17000 files lighter! Phew!
treadlightly.ca
There are still some odds and ends that I need to clean up but it's up. It's also faster, more secure and roughly 17000 files lighter! Phew!
Tread Lightly
For over 15 years, I have been helping diverse clients by creating experiences that are a pleasure for all visitors to explore.
treadlightly.ca
February 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My live website is now powered by #Hugo 🎉
treadlightly.ca
There are still some odds and ends that I need to clean up but it's up. It's also faster, more secure and roughly 17000 files lighter! Phew!
treadlightly.ca
There are still some odds and ends that I need to clean up but it's up. It's also faster, more secure and roughly 17000 files lighter! Phew!
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New blog post: on strategies for digital resistance. heatherburns.tech/2025/02/19/s...
Strategies for resistance, right now – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
February 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New blog post: on strategies for digital resistance. heatherburns.tech/2025/02/19/s...
Apparently I took a little break from socials because I was busy but also the news was pretty overwhelming.
Anyway, I've recreated my site in Hugo and I think it's ready to go live. I hope to switch out the current version of the site next week or next weekend --Well, soon anyway!
So exciting!!
Anyway, I've recreated my site in Hugo and I think it's ready to go live. I hope to switch out the current version of the site next week or next weekend --Well, soon anyway!
So exciting!!
February 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Apparently I took a little break from socials because I was busy but also the news was pretty overwhelming.
Anyway, I've recreated my site in Hugo and I think it's ready to go live. I hope to switch out the current version of the site next week or next weekend --Well, soon anyway!
So exciting!!
Anyway, I've recreated my site in Hugo and I think it's ready to go live. I hope to switch out the current version of the site next week or next weekend --Well, soon anyway!
So exciting!!
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Over to you, Canadian educational institutions.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Over to you, Canadian educational institutions.
oooh right! It's our turn for an election this year
January 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
oooh right! It's our turn for an election this year
The solid wood soap dish that I bought has an app! 😂
December 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
The solid wood soap dish that I bought has an app! 😂
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This is wild
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4y...
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
YouTube video by MegaLag
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:33 AM
This is wild
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4y...