So... To all those companies getting ready to do aexpensive #accessibility #usability testing, please try to at least redesign or remediate the low-hanging-fruit, obvious task-blocking issues first. I mean, presumably, if you're willing to do testing, it means you have at least tried?
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Someone was deliberately jamming a young woman who was working contacts on 20M in this weekend's #SSB #NAQP contest. This is ridiculous behavior that has no place at all in the #AmateurRadio service. Its times like these when I think every commercial rig should be made so it transmits a unique identifier so its owner can be tracked even when they refuse to give their callsign. Remember there's no fair expectation of anonymity in Amateur Radio. #HamRadio
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Look... Instead of defensively fearing Musk and Trump we need our #progressive leaders to show up as strong warriors who know what's right and are ready to fight the good fight!
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I mean... I've been hearing about the Chinese and Russians damaging western infrastructure for years now but I haven't heard anything about a definitive western response. It really does make our side come off weak to the rest of the world.
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I have achieved the #Salesforce certified, or maybe certifiable, user experience designer credential so now I am 4X certified. #accessibility
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Similarity between white evangelical Christian nationalists and radical Islamists: Both seek to force everyone to convert, whether that's done using the law or the sword.
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Just like #Israel is creating more terrorists by the minute in #Gaza we're working hard now to create enemies we can't afford and turning once-close alliances lukewarm so that one of these days when we are forced to take our rightful place in the world we really will be ignored and isolated.
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I'm sad to see #Trudeau meeting with Donald responding to his weak whiny #tariff threats. Instead, I think he should simply ignore us and find other import partners.
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Let's try another prediction for Donalds upcoming last Presidential term: While America continues to be distracted in Israel, perhaps having to send more carriers and other major capital assets to stabilize a fragile alliance with the Sunni coalition, China suddenly retakes Taiwan and settles in rapidly so that it's too little too late for us to do anything to help our ally. This further weakens America's stature around the world, reducing trust and eroding any confidence in American promises.
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Prediction: After Donald raises tariffs on imports from #Canada, #China and #Mexico, those nations just find other export partners and the price of critical consumer goods we need in order to live in America rises as supply shrinks all without a single benefit either for our manufacturers or for the typical American just trying to live. I think the real question here is which of his oligarchs will benefit most as he clearly isn't doing this to help poor and middle-classes.
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Anyone else out here enjoy Quartiles in Apple News? I find I jump on the next days puzzle as quickly as I can and I'm not satisfied until I have reached the βWordsmithβ rank on every one.
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So I just reached #Japan which is 5800 miles away from me in #Arizona with just 70 Watts #CW output to a 18-foot-tall vertical antenna mounted on its tripod in my backyard. That's pretty amazing when you think about it. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #CQWW #contest
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Has anyone gotten any of the generally available AI's to take an inaccessible, untagged #PDF and turn it in to a more accessible format such as HTML? I tried to get #Perplexity to do this with the Zoom H1 Essential manual only to quickly discover hallucinations. Just wondering is anyone else has a better idea, or are we just not quite there yet? #accessibility #AI
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I am extremely impressed with the detail #FSCompanion provides on how #JAWS handles various scenarios involving code on web pages. For example, it was able to describe how JAWS determines when CSS techniques have been used to hide elements. #accessibility Want to see this in action yourself? Browse to https://fscompanion.ai and ask, βHow does JAWS determine whether or not something is hidden using CSS?β
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I think I want to start tracking upcoming legislative and political changes especially when they directly impact #disabled people who can tell compelling stories. If anyone has anything they would like to share, please send a DM my way and we'll talk. #accessibility #disability #journalism
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Actually... Does anyone know how often the #JAWS and #NVDA certifications should be retaken in order to be considered current? #accessibility #blind #SR #credentials
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One thing I think we're going to find out in a hurry soon after Donald takes power is which companies are actually doing #accessibility because it really is the right thing to do and which are just checking the boxes and going for compliance due to fears of financial and legal risk. Sadly, I'll bet precious few will completely stay the course. We'll definitely be relying almost exclusively on the Canadians and Europeans to provide that risk element.
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One thing Donald wants to do is get rid of, or at least drastically scale back, Social Security. As many conservative voters are also seniors, he's not likely to take it away for them. But, SSI? That'll be an easy target since we disabled people don't represent much of a voting block. So he'll try to kill us through a combination of taking away from us both accessibility and SSI so that we'll be locked out of the job market. This will mean starvation.
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In several books of the bible, we're told that Satan will send us a great deceiver and that many will believe him and they will do unimaginably evil wicked things. Could Donald, his rich billionair friends and all his Project 2025 pals be it? Wouldn't be ironic if the great deceiver were sent to test the white nationalist evangelical part of the church?
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I think most of the illegal immigration problem is our fault because of our hell-bent anti-Communist policies of the 1960-1990 Cold War period where we gave billions of dollars to Central-American dictators who spent that money on death squads and thugs who repressed their own people. Now there are still just millions of poor desperate people just looking for a place where they can survive. So now America is simply reaping the harvest it deserves from what it sowed many years ago.
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