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Michael Mathews
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Web developer, digital accessibility advocate. Ex BBC. Ex New Yorker. American expat living in the UK. Old skool liberal. Curmudgeon. I'm not signalling, I really have virtues.
He/Him
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So the US President can decide what prices private businesses are allowed to charge? And the Republicans are cool with this? But they all still hate communism?
New York Times headline reads “Trump Administration Live Updates: President Demands Walmart Keep Prices Low Despite Tariff Costs” over a journalistic photo of Trump walking past at night.
May 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Notpat says: "What's so great about being hinged anyway? Unhinged is highly underrated if you ask me. Rarrr!"
Dinosaur plush toy wearing a orange and white hoodie with pointed ears.
April 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Is it my imagination or was this related to a similar trend of clear beverages?
A close shot of a clear plastic bottle labelled “Crystal Pepsi” in a sleek rounded font and the red and blue Pepsi logo. The drink inside looks like clear carbonated water; this is emphasised by the backlit lighting with the sun shining through the clear Pepsi liquid.
February 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Vance says Europe is “scared of voters and failing to defend democracy.” 🤔 Um. Who’s going to explain to him what democracy means?
Screenshot from The Guardian News headline reads “European leaders scared of voters and failing to defend democracy, Vance tells security summit – Europe live”
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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At this rate @schumer.senate.gov might even be “decidedly miffed” by the time we’re all finally loaded onto trains.
New York time opinion piece quotes Chuck Schumer saying “I’m getting more and more furious”
February 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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50 years later, I'm still traumatised from having watched this supposedly children's film. It's upsetting me to even write this.
Screengrab from the movie Disney's "Old Yeller" showing the main characters, a boy aged about 8 kneeling in the grass next to a large blonde dog. They are surrounded by trees and appear to be looking intently at something below and out of view. The boy's expression is as if he is conversing with the dog.
February 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I must be psychic.
New York Times headline from February 3rd: “Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Are Paused for 30 Days. The leaders of Mexico and Canada each struck agreements with the U.S., but levies on products from China are still set to take effect after midnight.”
February 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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To be fair, this is who’s in charge now so…
DOJ photo of Mar A Lago bathroom with marble sink, toilet, shower curtain, chandelier, and cardboard boxes of potentially classified government records stacked around the walls.
February 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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It was actually a good trip but as with any tourist area oversees, you have to look after yourself.
February 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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“What about the millionaires? Oh, won’t somebody please think of the millionaires?!”
Screengrab from The Simpsons showing an audience of townspeople with all attention on the anguished face of Helen Lovejoy, looking up and crying out.
January 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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With quite a few accessibility errors on the Time magazine website, the devs decided to spend effort on this:
Today's Time magazine homepage is open in my web browser with the source code displayed in a pane next to it. At the top of the HTML source is a comment containing a huge figlet (a banner created by combining letters and punctuation characters to form much larger letters) spelling out the name of the magazine: "TIME."
December 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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MAGA Account 'Libs Of TikTok' Banned From Bluesky After Just 9 Days

www.comicsands.com/libs-of-tikt...
Meme showing the main characters from US TV series Fantasy Island standing in white suits, surrounded by greenery, looking at someone out of view while smiling and waving. The caption reads “buh bye” with a waving hand emoji.
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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The best I can come up with is to use `aria-describedby` on the heading and `aria-hidden` on the section descriptor. Is there a better solution?
HTML snippet showing three elements: the first is a div with ID set to "topic descriptor" and ARIA hidden set to "true." This div has the text "Holiday Drink." Next is an H1 element with ARIA describedby set to "topic descriptor." This H1 has the text "Santa's Flaming Brandy and Eggnog Surprise." Finally, there is a paragraph with placeholder text "lorem ipsum."
December 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Confetti time! Another million BlueSky users this morning.

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Counter showing 21 million Blue Sky users with a colourful confetti effect.
November 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Giving out blocks like I’m Minecraft today.
Clip from a Minecraft game. The character is stacking building blocks on top of each other.
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Captain: “It’s been a tough year since the election.” TinTin: “Captain, it’s only been 9 days.”
November 14, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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I’m not sure why this took me so long.
A “Delete App” confirmation dialogue with the text “Remove NY Times?”
November 7, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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If you voted (or didn't vote) as a way to send a protest message to the Biden administration about the war in Gaza, Netanyahu got your message.

www.reuters.com/world/israel...
A large billboard on a busy street in Tel Aviv, Israel shows the American and Israeli flags and Donald Trump with the text "Congratulations! Trump, Make Israel Great!"
November 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Watch #CNN Jim Sciutto’s reaction to Rep Lou Correa.
September 18, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Term limits.
Elderly looking US Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell.
July 29, 2023 at 6:19 PM