Laura Whitehead
@lauraw.bsky.social
Happy go lucky human. Working in digital with charities and out in nature when not. Taking remote working to the next level. Currently in bonnie Scotland.
Instagram.com/lauraw2332
https://tardisadventures.substack.com/
Instagram.com/lauraw2332
https://tardisadventures.substack.com/
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Merry Christmas to all
December 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Merry Christmas to all
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I was a bit worried that #Duvetknowitschristmas wouldn't make much money this year but the move to Bluesky seems to have been a huge success.
Please donate if you can www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
And a big thanks to @rhodri.biz for this wonderful Christmas eve tradition.
Please donate if you can www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
And a big thanks to @rhodri.biz for this wonderful Christmas eve tradition.
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I was a bit worried that #Duvetknowitschristmas wouldn't make much money this year but the move to Bluesky seems to have been a huge success.
Please donate if you can www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
And a big thanks to @rhodri.biz for this wonderful Christmas eve tradition.
Please donate if you can www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
And a big thanks to @rhodri.biz for this wonderful Christmas eve tradition.
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For the darkest day
December 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
For the darkest day
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Want to use your domain as your @bsky.app handle? Not comfortable mucking around with server settings?@gravatar.bsky.social has you covered:
1. Claim your free domain on Gravatar
2. Connect your Bluesky account
3. Use your domain as your Bluesky handle
blog.gravatar.com/2024/12/03/n...
1. Claim your free domain on Gravatar
2. Connect your Bluesky account
3. Use your domain as your Bluesky handle
blog.gravatar.com/2024/12/03/n...
Own Your Digital Identity Everywhere With New Free Domains And Bluesky Integration
Gravatar adds new free domain options and Bluesky integration. Users can claim custom domains for online expression and use them as Bluesky handles.
blog.gravatar.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Want to use your domain as your @bsky.app handle? Not comfortable mucking around with server settings?@gravatar.bsky.social has you covered:
1. Claim your free domain on Gravatar
2. Connect your Bluesky account
3. Use your domain as your Bluesky handle
blog.gravatar.com/2024/12/03/n...
1. Claim your free domain on Gravatar
2. Connect your Bluesky account
3. Use your domain as your Bluesky handle
blog.gravatar.com/2024/12/03/n...
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“We wanted the Good Times to roll on forever.”
zeldman.com/2024/12/05/o... @alistapart.bsky.social #aBookApart #anEventApart #bootstrapped #indie #InMemorium #LookingBack
zeldman.com/2024/12/05/o... @alistapart.bsky.social #aBookApart #anEventApart #bootstrapped #indie #InMemorium #LookingBack
Of Books and Conferences Past
Of books and conferences past: A maker apart looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.
zeldman.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:43 PM
“We wanted the Good Times to roll on forever.”
zeldman.com/2024/12/05/o... @alistapart.bsky.social #aBookApart #anEventApart #bootstrapped #indie #InMemorium #LookingBack
zeldman.com/2024/12/05/o... @alistapart.bsky.social #aBookApart #anEventApart #bootstrapped #indie #InMemorium #LookingBack
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for me going the way finland's education system embeds critical thinking and disinformation awareness throughout its curriculum, teaching students from early stages to systematically analyze media and spot false information. #disinformation
My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media
In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:08 AM
for me going the way finland's education system embeds critical thinking and disinformation awareness throughout its curriculum, teaching students from early stages to systematically analyze media and spot false information. #disinformation
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finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years
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*Lose The Very* is a free online tool that helps you do it. h/t Jarosław Morawski. (2/2)
www.losethevery.com
#writing #ux #copywriting #automattic #skills #cheatcodes #Quickwins
www.losethevery.com
#writing #ux #copywriting #automattic #skills #cheatcodes #Quickwins
Lose the Very
www.losethevery.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
*Lose The Very* is a free online tool that helps you do it. h/t Jarosław Morawski. (2/2)
www.losethevery.com
#writing #ux #copywriting #automattic #skills #cheatcodes #Quickwins
www.losethevery.com
#writing #ux #copywriting #automattic #skills #cheatcodes #Quickwins
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December 1, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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Interested in how charities are using AI for service delivery? In my latest Charity Digital article I speak with RNIB & Citizens Advice about how they’re saving time and scaling up their services, using AI.
charitydigital.org.uk/topics/ai-an...
charitydigital.org.uk/topics/ai-an...
AI and the future of service delivery
How are charities currently using AI in service delivery and what are their future plans?
charitydigital.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Interested in how charities are using AI for service delivery? In my latest Charity Digital article I speak with RNIB & Citizens Advice about how they’re saving time and scaling up their services, using AI.
charitydigital.org.uk/topics/ai-an...
charitydigital.org.uk/topics/ai-an...
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To all the awesome people using #AltText on their images, I love you. You make me feel included. Thanks.
One other quick tip. capitalize the first letter of each word in your hashtags.
#Blind #VisuallyImpaired #ScreenReader #FuckTrump
One other quick tip. capitalize the first letter of each word in your hashtags.
#Blind #VisuallyImpaired #ScreenReader #FuckTrump
November 25, 2024 at 11:20 PM
To all the awesome people using #AltText on their images, I love you. You make me feel included. Thanks.
One other quick tip. capitalize the first letter of each word in your hashtags.
#Blind #VisuallyImpaired #ScreenReader #FuckTrump
One other quick tip. capitalize the first letter of each word in your hashtags.
#Blind #VisuallyImpaired #ScreenReader #FuckTrump
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Please don’t rely on automated tools to write alt text!
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
November 28, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Please don’t rely on automated tools to write alt text!
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
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"Andre shares his experience using the web including his love of headings and consistent design to help him navigate, and his dislike of accessibility overlays and poorly implemented page updates using live regions."
#accessibility #disability #life
tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11...
Meet Andre: a music producer and blind screen reader user - TetraLogical
Meet Andre, a music producer and blind screen reader user who is not afraid to take his custom elsewhere if your site is not accessible. Andre shares his experience using the web including his love of...
tetralogical.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:06 AM
"Andre shares his experience using the web including his love of headings and consistent design to help him navigate, and his dislike of accessibility overlays and poorly implemented page updates using live regions."
#accessibility #disability #life
tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11...
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Wikipedia needs photos of many buildings and places around the world. Here are the requests, sorted by location.
Can you help?
Can you help?
Category:Wikipedia requested photographs by location - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Wikipedia needs photos of many buildings and places around the world. Here are the requests, sorted by location.
Can you help?
Can you help?
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I for one am amazed that Keir Starmer, five months after winning a 170 seat majority, has not called a fresh election after acceding to a random petition. Shameful stuff. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
Keir Starmer Dismisses Petition Demanding General Election As More Than 2 Million Sign It
The prime minister said he was "not surprised" that lots of people are unhappy with his government.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I for one am amazed that Keir Starmer, five months after winning a 170 seat majority, has not called a fresh election after acceding to a random petition. Shameful stuff. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
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Clear evidence the hard-right are using farmers' protests to push their own agenda.
Lee Anderson finishes his PMQ with a bizarre nod to the Rachel Reeves CV 'truther' nonsense.
And deeply misogynistic to call the Chancellor 'Rachel from Accounts' - especially on Equal Pay Day.
Lee Anderson finishes his PMQ with a bizarre nod to the Rachel Reeves CV 'truther' nonsense.
And deeply misogynistic to call the Chancellor 'Rachel from Accounts' - especially on Equal Pay Day.
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Clear evidence the hard-right are using farmers' protests to push their own agenda.
Lee Anderson finishes his PMQ with a bizarre nod to the Rachel Reeves CV 'truther' nonsense.
And deeply misogynistic to call the Chancellor 'Rachel from Accounts' - especially on Equal Pay Day.
Lee Anderson finishes his PMQ with a bizarre nod to the Rachel Reeves CV 'truther' nonsense.
And deeply misogynistic to call the Chancellor 'Rachel from Accounts' - especially on Equal Pay Day.
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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You know who hasn't had this degree of media support for their financial interests? Disabled people, poor people with more than two kids, public sector workers (after all that clapping for the NHS). I'm not usually a 'blame the media' person but seriously - this is mad
Explainer: What are the inheritance tax changes affecting UK farmers? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 19, 2024 at 7:17 AM
You know who hasn't had this degree of media support for their financial interests? Disabled people, poor people with more than two kids, public sector workers (after all that clapping for the NHS). I'm not usually a 'blame the media' person but seriously - this is mad
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Musk's lost the Morris dancers. It's Over.
November 15, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Musk's lost the Morris dancers. It's Over.
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In light of the recent attacks on the @archive.org, the political importance of the @waybackmachine.bsky.social has never been more apparent.
www.npr.org/2024/10/20/n...
I'm teaching a workshop at York University today to give first-year students an introduction to the Wayback Machine.
www.npr.org/2024/10/20/n...
I'm teaching a workshop at York University today to give first-year students an introduction to the Wayback Machine.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2024 at 2:44 PM
In light of the recent attacks on the @archive.org, the political importance of the @waybackmachine.bsky.social has never been more apparent.
www.npr.org/2024/10/20/n...
I'm teaching a workshop at York University today to give first-year students an introduction to the Wayback Machine.
www.npr.org/2024/10/20/n...
I'm teaching a workshop at York University today to give first-year students an introduction to the Wayback Machine.
Not news or politics but instead a photo of the wonderful colourful sky this evening at dusk at Findhorn Bay in Scotland.
November 12, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Not news or politics but instead a photo of the wonderful colourful sky this evening at dusk at Findhorn Bay in Scotland.
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He saw the future before building it. Enjoy Steve Jobs’s talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen. (Video, 55 minutes, worth it.) Hat tip: Paolo Belcastro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHB_... #design
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHB_... #design
Steve Jobs talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen
YouTube video by David Krasniy
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:25 PM
He saw the future before building it. Enjoy Steve Jobs’s talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen. (Video, 55 minutes, worth it.) Hat tip: Paolo Belcastro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHB_... #design
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHB_... #design
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At the end of The Empire Strikes Back the rebels are desolate. Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. Luke Skywalker has been defeated in battle by Darth Vader, losing a hand in the process. The Emperor's victory was total.... until the Jedi returned.
Not sure what made me think of that.
Not sure what made me think of that.
November 6, 2024 at 7:52 PM
At the end of The Empire Strikes Back the rebels are desolate. Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. Luke Skywalker has been defeated in battle by Darth Vader, losing a hand in the process. The Emperor's victory was total.... until the Jedi returned.
Not sure what made me think of that.
Not sure what made me think of that.