Dr. Martina Svyantek
@svyantek.bsky.social
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Lainey is another person I turn to when it comes to breaking down and explaining laws and legal issues regarding disability and digital accessibility.
I’m an author and now on BlueSky so I guess I’m a #BlueSkyAuthor. My book shares stories and strategies from 25+ years of advancing digital #accessibility with collaboration instead of conflict. Digital + print, English + Spanish. More info here: www.lflegal.com/book/structu... #a11y
Structured Negotiation 2nd Edition
Available Now in English and Spanish! the 2nd edition of Structured Negotiation A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits by Lainey Feingold Forewords by Haben Girma (U.S.) and Susana Sucunza (Spain)
Re...
www.lflegal.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Lainey is another person I turn to when it comes to breaking down and explaining laws and legal issues regarding disability and digital accessibility.
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<whispers loudly>
Don't forget to add alt-text to your images
Don't forget to add alt-text to your images
November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
<whispers loudly>
Don't forget to add alt-text to your images
Don't forget to add alt-text to your images
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Finally able to introduce myself properly to @bsky.app !
Hi all, I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Delaware. I think & write about disability technologies, disabled perspectives, and medical/scientific authority. Hearing aids are my niche topic
Hi all, I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Delaware. I think & write about disability technologies, disabled perspectives, and medical/scientific authority. Hearing aids are my niche topic
Dr. Jaipreet Virdi
historian of medicine, technology, and disability
jaivirdi.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Finally able to introduce myself properly to @bsky.app !
Hi all, I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Delaware. I think & write about disability technologies, disabled perspectives, and medical/scientific authority. Hearing aids are my niche topic
Hi all, I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Delaware. I think & write about disability technologies, disabled perspectives, and medical/scientific authority. Hearing aids are my niche topic
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A word Americans should know now more than ever:
Kakistocracy- a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
Yes, there’s a word for it.
Kakistocracy- a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
Yes, there’s a word for it.
November 16, 2024 at 4:54 AM
A word Americans should know now more than ever:
Kakistocracy- a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
Yes, there’s a word for it.
Kakistocracy- a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
Yes, there’s a word for it.
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Me to my old employer: I see you have a good thing going here. You force disabled people out, tell them they have extra time to submit an internal complaint so they miss the deadline to file a human rights complaint then refuse to investigate. I’m going to fuck that up for you.
I can now share what my win was! I submitted an internal complaint to my former employer for 5 years of discrimination. It took me 2 years to write up and was 700 pages. They said I had 2 years to submit it. Then, rejected it anyways.
Today, they were ordered to investigate by a government body.
Today, they were ordered to investigate by a government body.
I had a rare activism win today. I can’t share details yet but I can’t believe it happened. I have been hitting my head against a wall for months and then a strategy that I hadn’t considered originally paid off.
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Me to my old employer: I see you have a good thing going here. You force disabled people out, tell them they have extra time to submit an internal complaint so they miss the deadline to file a human rights complaint then refuse to investigate. I’m going to fuck that up for you.
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If you are invested in #PhilTech and would like to be added to this list, please chat me and give me your handle + the handle of another person from an underrepresented group in our field or adjacent field who should also be on this list. Thanks!
go.bsky.app/BhbK7AE
go.bsky.app/BhbK7AE
November 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
If you are invested in #PhilTech and would like to be added to this list, please chat me and give me your handle + the handle of another person from an underrepresented group in our field or adjacent field who should also be on this list. Thanks!
go.bsky.app/BhbK7AE
go.bsky.app/BhbK7AE
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omg I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK
November 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM
omg I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK
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I dont know how to get through to people. This interminable desire to abdicate all responsibility is killing us.
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I dont know how to get through to people. This interminable desire to abdicate all responsibility is killing us.
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The attempt to distinguish "real [condition]" from other forms is rampant. It's a way to divide a community & reduce resources for it
It can also lead to treatment delays. Folks think they're not 'really' depressed/addicted/in pain since they're not miserable 24/7 like those with 'real' [condition]
It can also lead to treatment delays. Folks think they're not 'really' depressed/addicted/in pain since they're not miserable 24/7 like those with 'real' [condition]
RFK’s elevation is going to be such a disaster for the autism community. Divisive. Fraudulent. Abusive. Ignorant. Dehumanizing.
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
Dividing Up the Autism Spectrum Will Not End the Way You Think
www.thenation.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The attempt to distinguish "real [condition]" from other forms is rampant. It's a way to divide a community & reduce resources for it
It can also lead to treatment delays. Folks think they're not 'really' depressed/addicted/in pain since they're not miserable 24/7 like those with 'real' [condition]
It can also lead to treatment delays. Folks think they're not 'really' depressed/addicted/in pain since they're not miserable 24/7 like those with 'real' [condition]
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Just a few months ago, I was hesitant to agree to write a book on AI. Every day was a new hype cycle. But the /context/ of use is not changing. I am not hesitant anymore. Look for "Disabling Intelligences" from Palgrave MacMillan late next year. In the meantime:
www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/t...
www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/t...
On Being an Outlier
Proponents of AI promise incredible benefits — but at what cost? Sometimes, we mistake AI as a threat for the future, but our systems already rely on algorithms. Dr. Rua Williams reflects on the unexp...
www.goethe.de
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Just a few months ago, I was hesitant to agree to write a book on AI. Every day was a new hype cycle. But the /context/ of use is not changing. I am not hesitant anymore. Look for "Disabling Intelligences" from Palgrave MacMillan late next year. In the meantime:
www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/t...
www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/t...
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This is a very good time for Bluesky to really invest in accessibility.
Alt text is good, but we need more and there are many of us who can offer feedback.
The best time to invest in accessibility is at the start, but the second best time is now.
Alt text is good, but we need more and there are many of us who can offer feedback.
The best time to invest in accessibility is at the start, but the second best time is now.
I'll pay (I paid for Twitter blue before it got kicked off of the Google store) but only if there are major accessibility improvements. Again many are hyperfocused on alt text for accessibility but there are more critical accessibility bugs that prevent assistive tech users from being on app
Here's how the Bluesky team has described future plans to make the protocol and platform financially sustainable: developing a subscription model for extra features like high-quality video and customizations, while keeping all basic features free bsky.social/about/blog/1...
November 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
This is a very good time for Bluesky to really invest in accessibility.
Alt text is good, but we need more and there are many of us who can offer feedback.
The best time to invest in accessibility is at the start, but the second best time is now.
Alt text is good, but we need more and there are many of us who can offer feedback.
The best time to invest in accessibility is at the start, but the second best time is now.
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my dissertation, "crip data studies," is now out in the world! may be helpful for folks working on projects at the intersections of disability studies, creator studies, + digital media.
please read + share!
macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375...
please read + share!
macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375...
November 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM
my dissertation, "crip data studies," is now out in the world! may be helpful for folks working on projects at the intersections of disability studies, creator studies, + digital media.
please read + share!
macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375...
please read + share!
macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375...
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Newbies will think I'm lying when I say that, before Bluesky supported gifs, we would type something like "surprised guy gif" and everyone understood it and we were fine
times like these when bluesky is shitting the bed are great ones for alt text. the image won’t load but the alt text will
November 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Newbies will think I'm lying when I say that, before Bluesky supported gifs, we would type something like "surprised guy gif" and everyone understood it and we were fine
@wolvendamien.bsky.social sorry but not sorry you might have new followers because I took an AT round table discussion about the “good and bad” of AI into a very philosophical bent and name dropped you
November 15, 2024 at 6:16 PM
@wolvendamien.bsky.social sorry but not sorry you might have new followers because I took an AT round table discussion about the “good and bad” of AI into a very philosophical bent and name dropped you
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Never forget what they've stolen from you.
December 3, 2023 at 1:36 AM
Never forget what they've stolen from you.
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this is exactly why i still buy discs in 2023. it's crazy to think that we are reaching a point where piracy will be the only option to own media once dvds and blu-rays are gone.
December 2, 2023 at 10:33 AM
this is exactly why i still buy discs in 2023. it's crazy to think that we are reaching a point where piracy will be the only option to own media once dvds and blu-rays are gone.
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I keep saying millenarian eschatology is the best way to deeply understand tech money culture but it's mostly just me and @wolvendamien.bsky.social out here in the demons-and-end-times zone
My second post on Elon's, um, performance yesterday. He no longer cares about stuff because "Digital God" will be here soon and he won't have to take responsibility for things any more. www.techdirt.com/2023/11/30/e...
Elon Says Copyright/AI Lawsuits Don’t Matter Because ‘Digital God’ Will Arrive Before They’r...
So, we already wrote about the biggest headline grabbing moment from Elon Musk’s Dealbook interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin yesterday, but there was another crazy, Techdirt-relevant one involving c�...
www.techdirt.com
November 30, 2023 at 7:04 PM
I keep saying millenarian eschatology is the best way to deeply understand tech money culture but it's mostly just me and @wolvendamien.bsky.social out here in the demons-and-end-times zone
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It used to be "Reduce, reuse, recycle."
Now it's just "Recycle." Take that product that broke after using it twice and hurl it right into the ol' bin, and don't ask questions about whether recycling actually happens once it's out of your sight.
Now it's just "Recycle." Take that product that broke after using it twice and hurl it right into the ol' bin, and don't ask questions about whether recycling actually happens once it's out of your sight.
One of the biggest ways to reduce emissions, and one that very few companies are doing these days?
Actually building a product that lasts.
Actually building a product that lasts.
November 30, 2023 at 4:26 PM
It used to be "Reduce, reuse, recycle."
Now it's just "Recycle." Take that product that broke after using it twice and hurl it right into the ol' bin, and don't ask questions about whether recycling actually happens once it's out of your sight.
Now it's just "Recycle." Take that product that broke after using it twice and hurl it right into the ol' bin, and don't ask questions about whether recycling actually happens once it's out of your sight.