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Ben Myers
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#Accessibility person and human T-rex 🦖

Blogging about accessibility at https://benmyers.dev/
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#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, peers out at the world forlornly from inside a lime-green cat tent, which in turn is atop a gray armchair. The armchair also has a decorative pillow with a d20 tessellation pattern.
July 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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“Don’t talk to me or my son ever again.”
Two tins of McCormick-brand ground black pepper, one much bigger and one much smaller.
June 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I liked this one quite a bit! Always great to see some love for .

One thing I was surprised you didn’t mention is that, per html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/ta..., is specifically meant to be the first element child of when it is used.
4.9.2 The caption element. Categories: None. Contexts in which this element can be used: As the first element child of a table element. Content model: Flow content, but with no descendant table elements.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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One thing I was surprised you didn’t mention is that, per html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/ta..., is specifically meant to be the first element child of when it is used.
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And off go the notifications. @chess.com, these come off as gross and manipulative, not cute. Please don’t pull a Duolingo.
iOS push notification from the Chess.com app, which reads: “You Left Us On Read… Tap if you still care about us.” iOS push notification from the Chess.com app, which reads: “Are you ignoring us? Fine. Don’t open this. See what happens.”
April 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Tuna!
Tuna, a tabby cat, is perched, alert, in the opened bottom drawer of a chest of drawers.
March 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Live footage of your delivery driver:
Still from Back to the Future. In the Delorean, Doc Brown tells Marty and Jennifer, “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need ‘roads.’”
January 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, lies on the floor, belly up and curling around the legs of a chair, basking in rays of light. His mouth is open in a big yawn.
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The first rule of ARIA isn’t quite, as the quip goes, “Don’t use ARIA” — and I wonder how many people have been discouraged from diving into ARIA from being told the quippy version.

If quip we must, I hereby humbly submit the (also imperfect!) “ARIA is not the first resort.”

#accessibility #a11y
§2.1 First Rule of ARIA Use: If you can use a native HTML element [HTML51] or attribute with the semantics and behavior you require already built in, instead of re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible, then do so. Under what circumstances may this not be possible? • If the feature is available in HTML [HTML51] but it is not implemented or it is implemented, but accessibility support is not. • If the visual design constraints rule out the use of a particular native element, because the element cannot be styled as required. • If the feature is not currently available in HTML.
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Blankets are best enjoyed in triplicate.

#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, is curled up on a couch, taking advantage of three different soft blankets. His rear is on one, his chest and front paws are on a second, and his head is resting on a third.
December 15, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Tuna sat like this, rapt, watching the Christmas tree for a little while.

Perhaps he liked the way the lights flickered. Maybe he was waiting for the tree to make its move.

#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, seen from behind as he sits in a living room, patiently watching a Christmas tree.
December 15, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, looks up and away from the camera, eyes wide and pupils dilated. The camera is below his eye level and looking up at him, making him look big in the frame.
December 11, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Snug and smug.

#CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, atop a bundle of sheets and blankets on a bed. His face is partially obscured by the blankets, but nevertheless, he is sleepily, squintingly glaring at the camera.
December 4, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Tuna discovered there were not one but two cats in our backyard a few hours ago, and he has still not let that go. #CatsOfBluesky
Tuna, a tabby cat, stares at an orange cat through the backyard door. The orange cat is looking back at Tuna. From his perch on a windowsill, Tuna watches a black cat curled up on the backyard patio. The black cat is glaring back.
November 15, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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oh hey would you look at that

#IVoted
An “I Voted” sticker on blue denim.
October 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM