Andrew Hedges 🦔
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“There is only one thing I will not concede:
that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
~Václav Havel
Day job: @AssistivLabs.com. Learning to live. Proud Portlander.
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that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
~Václav Havel
Day job: @AssistivLabs.com. Learning to live. Proud Portlander.
https://linktr.ee/segdeha
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Andrew Hedges 🦔
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· Jul 9
Snail walks(?) into a dealership and says, “I want a 240Z, but could you replace the Z with an S?” “Uh, sure,” says the dealer. As the snail speeds away in his new ride, the dealer shakes his head and says, “Look at that S car go…”
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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The non-technical term for "ephebophelia" is "well, actually."
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The non-technical term for "ephebophelia" is "well, actually."
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Let's just stop for a moment and remember that if the name of literally any other president in history was all over the emails of the most notorious pedophile in history, it would be the biggest news story in history and they'd resign in disgrace within hours.
But no, it's just another Wednesday.
But no, it's just another Wednesday.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Let's just stop for a moment and remember that if the name of literally any other president in history was all over the emails of the most notorious pedophile in history, it would be the biggest news story in history and they'd resign in disgrace within hours.
But no, it's just another Wednesday.
But no, it's just another Wednesday.
One root cause is the whole advertising-based model that managed to win the web. It’s led us to all kinds of detritus, the worst of which is the rot at the NYT, but includes endless modals, pop-ups, and requests to allow notifications. It’s #enshittification across the board. #ThanksCapitalism
I think another factor is that their revenue stream has flipped them into being a mobile game company that happens to run a newspaper. As long as people subscribe for Wordle, their accounting department couldn't care less if the front page were six columns of lorem ipsum
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One root cause is the whole advertising-based model that managed to win the web. It’s led us to all kinds of detritus, the worst of which is the rot at the NYT, but includes endless modals, pop-ups, and requests to allow notifications. It’s #enshittification across the board. #ThanksCapitalism
Horrifying. I hope by some miracle there is full accountability for every single person involved in this thing from the people who preyed on kids to the people running cover for them.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Horrifying. I hope by some miracle there is full accountability for every single person involved in this thing from the people who preyed on kids to the people running cover for them.
Here’s the problem with U.S. “news” in a nutshell: treating the worst possible type of crimes committed by the most powerful people in our country as a polling issue. Pathetic.
Enten: "Trump is 39 below water on the Epstein case. 39 points in the negative! My goodness gracious. What Trump has been selling on the Epstein files, the Epstein case, the American people have not been buying at all ... less than half of Republicans are buying it. This is his worst issue by far"
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here’s the problem with U.S. “news” in a nutshell: treating the worst possible type of crimes committed by the most powerful people in our country as a polling issue. Pathetic.
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What sick dogshit place are we living in where "child sex trafficking and pedophilia" is an "issue" and not a "put everyone in jail and throw away the whole jail" situation
Enten: "Trump is 39 below water on the Epstein case. 39 points in the negative! My goodness gracious. What Trump has been selling on the Epstein files, the Epstein case, the American people have not been buying at all ... less than half of Republicans are buying it. This is his worst issue by far"
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What sick dogshit place are we living in where "child sex trafficking and pedophilia" is an "issue" and not a "put everyone in jail and throw away the whole jail" situation
Sounds right except Epstein’s email would have been:
“wha t . . was concensus of your fellow atendees spaghetti saudi conference .”
“wha t . . was concensus of your fellow atendees spaghetti saudi conference .”
October 2017
Jeffrey Epstein: "what was the consensus of your fellow attendees at the saudi conference."
Larry Summers: "General view Donald [Trump] is a clown, increasingly dangerous on foreign policy."
Sounds about right.
drive.google.com/file/d/1HGiP...
Jeffrey Epstein: "what was the consensus of your fellow attendees at the saudi conference."
Larry Summers: "General view Donald [Trump] is a clown, increasingly dangerous on foreign policy."
Sounds about right.
drive.google.com/file/d/1HGiP...
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sounds right except Epstein’s email would have been:
“wha t . . was concensus of your fellow atendees spaghetti saudi conference .”
“wha t . . was concensus of your fellow atendees spaghetti saudi conference .”
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On the contrary, Mr. Trump. I don't find any of these secrets to be wonderful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On the contrary, Mr. Trump. I don't find any of these secrets to be wonderful.
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It's endlessly funny to me that conservatives in 2025 think they can get liberals to side against the release of the Epstein files by pointing out Bill Clinton's involvement. Nobody's cared about Bill Clinton for a quarter century.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's endlessly funny to me that conservatives in 2025 think they can get liberals to side against the release of the Epstein files by pointing out Bill Clinton's involvement. Nobody's cared about Bill Clinton for a quarter century.
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we got rid of government statistics and experts and outsourced it to the burrito taxi company, you’ll never guess what happened next
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
we got rid of government statistics and experts and outsourced it to the burrito taxi company, you’ll never guess what happened next
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Hey! @lflegal.bsky.social, @rejinae.bsky.social, and @chanceyfleet.bsky.social gathered 36 authors to write about ethics in digital accessibility.
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey! @lflegal.bsky.social, @rejinae.bsky.social, and @chanceyfleet.bsky.social gathered 36 authors to write about ethics in digital accessibility.
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:
www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Out 26 March 2026.
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #accessibility #a11y
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One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
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I pine for the "what new gadget will they introduce today" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I pine for the "what new gadget will they introduce today" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
Now, it's all "how can we use the data generated by those gadgets to capitalize and subjugate you" days.
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Democrats, seizing defeat from the jaws of victory over and over
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Democrats, seizing defeat from the jaws of victory over and over
This explains a lot. So many times I’ve been super confused by things some people say, saying in my head (and sometimes out loud), “Words have meanings!” Apparently, you can “create” those meanings if you learn to read the wrong way. 🫠
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This explains a lot. So many times I’ve been super confused by things some people say, saying in my head (and sometimes out loud), “Words have meanings!” Apparently, you can “create” those meanings if you learn to read the wrong way. 🫠
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Every last piece of transit & bike infrastructure seems to need to go thru "The Populist Playbook".
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Every last piece of transit & bike infrastructure seems to need to go thru "The Populist Playbook".
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
Scare, complain, reject; rinse, wash, repeat.
All the while the things we really should fear — generational poverty, climate chaos, species extinction — continue on.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Question for my #a11y followers: Is there a way to accurately test color contrast for text and background when there’s a vertical gradient between an image and the text on top of it? This is the first time I’ve ever had to test this specific situation.
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Question for my #a11y followers: Is there a way to accurately test color contrast for text and background when there’s a vertical gradient between an image and the text on top of it? This is the first time I’ve ever had to test this specific situation.
got into an unexpected, hour-long conversation with a trump supporter last week during which he lectured me on following the money. i wonder if he even knows about this or if he has some rationalization for it like he did for every other point i brought up.
Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
got into an unexpected, hour-long conversation with a trump supporter last week during which he lectured me on following the money. i wonder if he even knows about this or if he has some rationalization for it like he did for every other point i brought up.
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ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
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There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
There needs to be trials and there needs to be people sent to die in a prison cell. Consequences must fall on the people who issued the orders and those who carried them out. We must make the punishment of these people a national spectacle that will be remembered for generations.
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11. Regaining the freedom we’ve lost is much harder and less likely than defending the freedom we already possess. We must do all we can to stop governments with autocratic tendencies from winning elections and reasserting the old order. Lose it once, and it might be gone forever.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
11. Regaining the freedom we’ve lost is much harder and less likely than defending the freedom we already possess. We must do all we can to stop governments with autocratic tendencies from winning elections and reasserting the old order. Lose it once, and it might be gone forever.
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