Derk-Jan Karrenbeld
@derk-jan.com
I complain about (in)accessibility & bad customer support. Helping devs achieve fluency at exercism.org. Building complex software at delftsolutions.nl. On the spectrum. Cancer Survivor (x3) 👨🏽🦽
@sleeplessbyte / @LookingForAmy almost everywhere
@sleeplessbyte / @LookingForAmy almost everywhere
If they actually cared deeply they'd all resign.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If they actually cared deeply they'd all resign.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
This group of people, their actions, and everything that has come after is about the worst thing that has happened for our community in quite a while.
As far as I am concerned this can burn to the ground and die.
@joel.drapper.me Yooooo. Sorry I rolled away *if you recalled* at EuRuKo. I did wanna chat, butttt we had reservations for dinner!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@joel.drapper.me Yooooo. Sorry I rolled away *if you recalled* at EuRuKo. I did wanna chat, butttt we had reservations for dinner!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
Thank you for all the well pointed comments on the current issue in our community, and thanks for the workshop at the conf!
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“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“With the recent increase of supply chain attacks we decided to do one of our own”
I stopped using BlueSky because of this. 13/15 issues (I stopped reporting after that) are still open, nothing marked as planned. One of the closed issues was silently reverted without any response from the developer who did that why they did that.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
I hope that Bluesky Social hires someone to improve the accessibility foundation of BlueSky.
Right now it's basically horror to use with my screenreader. Slapping role tags and aria-label tags on everything, mostly incorrectly. Using only a keyboard? Too bad, it won't work well.
It's kinda sad.
Right now it's basically horror to use with my screenreader. Slapping role tags and aria-label tags on everything, mostly incorrectly. Using only a keyboard? Too bad, it won't work well.
It's kinda sad.
July 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I stopped using BlueSky because of this. 13/15 issues (I stopped reporting after that) are still open, nothing marked as planned. One of the closed issues was silently reverted without any response from the developer who did that why they did that.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
Sure-fire way to make people feel second class.
PSA
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
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Learn how to switch to a Microsoft 365 subscription plan without AI features, which include Microsoft 365 Basic, Microsoft 365 Personal Classic and Microsoft 365 Family Classic.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
PSA
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
Using Office 365? Microsoft with automatically "upgrade" you to an expensive plan including CoPilot horseshit. Follow this guide to downgrade (yes, you can only downgrade via Cancel subscription). For family plans you will save ~30+ EUR/year.
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office...
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there are tons of color syntax's folks dont know about, check out my #CSS Color MEGA LIST 🤘🏻
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
January 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
there are tons of color syntax's folks dont know about, check out my #CSS Color MEGA LIST 🤘🏻
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
Guess what.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
December 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Guess what.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
The support requests about not being able to use the site from over 1 month ago reported via Zendesk just got a generic "can you check if this still an issue" response.
Imagine relying on that support.
We're almost hitting 4 weeks.
None of the other 13 have been updated, touched, solved, or interacted with.
None of the other 13 have been updated, touched, solved, or interacted with.
December 8, 2024 at 4:20 AM
We're almost hitting 4 weeks.
None of the other 13 have been updated, touched, solved, or interacted with.
None of the other 13 have been updated, touched, solved, or interacted with.
More & more politics in my discover feed, and a lot of it is opinions mixed with facts. Oh oh oh...
December 4, 2024 at 1:54 AM
More & more politics in my discover feed, and a lot of it is opinions mixed with facts. Oh oh oh...
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✏️ Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact) hidde.blog/please-make-...
new post. sorry to oversimplify but I just hope we'd all do less overcomplexifying
new post. sorry to oversimplify but I just hope we'd all do less overcomplexifying
Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact)
If users don't use a future that requires a lot of energy and water, that's wasteful. Making such features opt-in is the right thing to do.
hidde.blog
November 30, 2024 at 11:30 AM
✏️ Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact) hidde.blog/please-make-...
new post. sorry to oversimplify but I just hope we'd all do less overcomplexifying
new post. sorry to oversimplify but I just hope we'd all do less overcomplexifying
The fact that all existing URLs break when you start using a custom handle domain is not ... great. Especially for my accessibility bug reports that sometimes refer to exact posts.
And there is no way to generate a permalink that uses a non-changing identifier.
And there is no way to generate a permalink that uses a non-changing identifier.
November 23, 2024 at 1:19 AM
The fact that all existing URLs break when you start using a custom handle domain is not ... great. Especially for my accessibility bug reports that sometimes refer to exact posts.
And there is no way to generate a permalink that uses a non-changing identifier.
And there is no way to generate a permalink that uses a non-changing identifier.
"First" Accessibility Bug has been resolved. It was not done by Bluesky, and it was a one liner.
Wondering how it will take for the others to be resolved. They are building new features whilst the site and app remain mostly unusable for some.
Wondering how it will take for the others to be resolved. They are building new features whilst the site and app remain mostly unusable for some.
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 AM
"First" Accessibility Bug has been resolved. It was not done by Bluesky, and it was a one liner.
Wondering how it will take for the others to be resolved. They are building new features whilst the site and app remain mostly unusable for some.
Wondering how it will take for the others to be resolved. They are building new features whilst the site and app remain mostly unusable for some.
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“Creating effective, trustworthy communication with language communities means doing the work to make sure your content meets them where they are.
A big part of this is learning about, and incorporating cultural norms into your efforts.” — @ericwbailey.website
ericwbailey.website/published/do...
A big part of this is learning about, and incorporating cultural norms into your efforts.” — @ericwbailey.website
ericwbailey.website/published/do...
Don’t forget to localize your icons
Culture impacts how icons are interpreted, understood, and used.
ericwbailey.website
November 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
“Creating effective, trustworthy communication with language communities means doing the work to make sure your content meets them where they are.
A big part of this is learning about, and incorporating cultural norms into your efforts.” — @ericwbailey.website
ericwbailey.website/published/do...
A big part of this is learning about, and incorporating cultural norms into your efforts.” — @ericwbailey.website
ericwbailey.website/published/do...
Like a child in a candy store 👨🏽🦽💨
I hope you're having fun today as well 🙃💛
I hope you're having fun today as well 🙃💛
November 16, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Like a child in a candy store 👨🏽🦽💨
I hope you're having fun today as well 🙃💛
I hope you're having fun today as well 🙃💛
My thoughts about starterpacks: Great feature to quickly get started on a topic.
However, in reality I don't think they are as diverse or helpful as we think they are.
Over the past days I've looked at a lot of software based starter packs. The majority of them (e.g. web development) all feature
However, in reality I don't think they are as diverse or helpful as we think they are.
Over the past days I've looked at a lot of software based starter packs. The majority of them (e.g. web development) all feature
November 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM
My thoughts about starterpacks: Great feature to quickly get started on a topic.
However, in reality I don't think they are as diverse or helpful as we think they are.
Over the past days I've looked at a lot of software based starter packs. The majority of them (e.g. web development) all feature
However, in reality I don't think they are as diverse or helpful as we think they are.
Over the past days I've looked at a lot of software based starter packs. The majority of them (e.g. web development) all feature
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November 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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[...] " thereby frustrating the efforts of the class's author to attempt to provide proper encapsulation"
ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.8/O...
Little hidden gem of a quote in Ruby docs 🤣
Looks like the wording has been changed in the most recent versions.
ruby-doc.org/3.3.6/Object...
ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.8/O...
Little hidden gem of a quote in Ruby docs 🤣
Looks like the wording has been changed in the most recent versions.
ruby-doc.org/3.3.6/Object...
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
[...] " thereby frustrating the efforts of the class's author to attempt to provide proper encapsulation"
ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.8/O...
Little hidden gem of a quote in Ruby docs 🤣
Looks like the wording has been changed in the most recent versions.
ruby-doc.org/3.3.6/Object...
ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.8/O...
Little hidden gem of a quote in Ruby docs 🤣
Looks like the wording has been changed in the most recent versions.
ruby-doc.org/3.3.6/Object...
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when gossip girl used negative reviews as their promo pictures, iconic.
November 15, 2024 at 6:05 PM
when gossip girl used negative reviews as their promo pictures, iconic.
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Pillars of Creation through MIRI | JWST
November 14, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Pillars of Creation through MIRI | JWST
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Clicking a tab in the main navigation does nothing according to assistive tooling: github.com/bluesky-soci...
Accessibility bug: Navigating any of the tabs does not move focus and is invisible to assistive tools · Issue #6373 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce Go to https://bsky.app/ Click your profile picture to focus it (use a pointer, because good luck getting there with a keyboard #6370) Now Tab to any of the links, e.g. Chat Now c...
github.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Clicking a tab in the main navigation does nothing according to assistive tooling: github.com/bluesky-soci...
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Effectively cannot get to the menu (left) or sidebar (right) when using only a keyboard: github.com/bluesky-soci...
Accessibility bug: Cannot reach the menu on the left or right unless I remove all feeds · Issue #6370 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce Go to https://bsky.app/ Try to tab your way into the menu(s) Good luck getting to the end of the feed There are several issues here: The focus order does not match the visual ord...
github.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Effectively cannot get to the menu (left) or sidebar (right) when using only a keyboard: github.com/bluesky-soci...
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More or less impossible to get to the sign-up page using only a keyboard: github.com/bluesky-soci...
Accessibility bug: nearly impossible to login or sign up using a keyboard from the homepage · Issue #6369 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce Go to https://bsky.app/ Try to reach the Sign in or Sign up buttons in the bottom bar Good luck, you won't. I don't think it's the expectation to tab over 400 times to get to the...
github.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:50 PM
More or less impossible to get to the sign-up page using only a keyboard: github.com/bluesky-soci...