Arkayspark
arkayspark.bsky.social
Arkayspark
@arkayspark.bsky.social
Web accessibility champion, painter, librarian, teacher, climate change believer, progressive Christian
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Yeah. In Australia the Liberal Party are very right wing. Fortunately they lost the recent election to the Labor party..,left leaning but centralist
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June 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers passed legislation authorizing religious institutions to provide permanent housing to chronically homeless or extremely low-income people. To date, two Twin Cities area churches have built nine tiny homes in what are called sacred settlements.
Tiny houses provide a home for those struggling with housing instability
In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers passed legislation authorizing religious institutions to provide permanent housing to chronically homeless or extremely low-income people. Two area churches have built nin...
www.mprnews.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My front neighbour took a photo of Barnaby cockatoos feasting on native plants in our shared driveway
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The State of Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility remains lacking across the tech industry, despite decades of progress and guidelines.

Learn More: https://f.mtr.cool/cueebkuooj

#DigitalAccessibility #IAAP #A11Y
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Pride ~
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– E.E. Cummings

#PrideMonth #Pride #Rainbow
June 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Headings serve as landmarks for users and help them understand how different pieces of information relate to each other. For example, a section with a level 3 headings probably provides information in support of information provided in the previous level 2 heading, and so on.
June 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”
- Leonard Cohen.

#photography
May 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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May 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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"Everything we have ever needed to do in Australia to fix the housing crisis has been done here in this country before."

"The only difference today is that we are a richer country than we've ever been, so we can do it again."

Maiy Azize on our new podcast⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/news/categor...
May 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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The Clinical Care Guide for #MECFS, #LongCOVID & IACCs is here! Download, share, and use it to support better care. BHC's approach is now freely available—designed to help providers manage complex conditions with clarity & compassion. Download it. Share it. Use it. bit.ly/432YdzF
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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SO MUCH THIS
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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May 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor not much bigger than a cricket ball, experts say.
'Incredibly special': Cricket-ball sized meteor lights up sky over parts of Western Australia
A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor not much bigger than a cricket ball, experts say.
www.abc.net.au
May 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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A few days ago, Deque launched axe Assistant, an AI chatbot trained specifically for accessibility. I spent a few days playing with it and a wild Saturday night writing up my findings for anyone that’s interested. www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/deque-a...

#ai #axeAssistant #accessibility #a11y
Deque Axe Assistant - First impressions
Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.
www.craigabbott.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ’and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
#Tolkien

@tolkiensociety.org

#Art by Tom Jung
May 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A 40,000-year-old collection of rock engravings is under threat of destruction from acid rain, caused by fossil fuel extraction.

One of the earliest tests of Albanese’s re-elected Labor Government will be a decision on whether or not to extend the lease of the gas hub that is causing the damage.
Trashing a treasure – re-elected government called on to act quickly to save Murujuga
Campaigners say time is running out to save Murujuga, irreplaceable rock art in the Pilbara.
www.artshub.com.au
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Happy to be woke
May 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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“On farms where soils were tilled infrequently, or not at all, and where farmers also practiced non-invasive management methods like cover cropping with grasses and legumes, the soil functionality was higher and therefore healthier.”

🌎🧪
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/the-...
The first major finding of a new soil study: Intervene as little as possible.
The second unexpected finding was that whether a farm is organic or conventional is not necessarily a strong predictor of soil health.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM