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Deaf, ND, multiply disabled. W3C Invited Expert participating in WCAG 3. Software eng. & consultant: @ashlee.semanticfish.com Blog: ashleemboyer.com More writing: @semanticfish.net Interests: crip theory & critical access/disability studies.

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Annotated snippet from page 168 of Aimi Hamraie's 2017 book, Building Access. The chapter is titled Epistemic Activism. First is a quote from another work that reads: These side effects of barrier-free design are a redefinition of this concept as a much broader and more universal one that involves the environmental needs of all users, not only the disabled. . . . We all pass through stages in our lives with varying degrees of ability and disability. An environmental design that is responsive to life’s stages and the capabilities of all users can truly be termed barrier-free. Hamraie writes: Notice that the operative phrase here is “all users, not only the disabled” and not “all users, especially disabled people.” Whereas in decades prior the discourse of “all” had excluded considerations of race, class, and gender, it now excluded disability as a category of oppression. [Highlighted] Despite appearing to expand the range of possible users for barrier-free design, [Underlined] disability universalism was giving way to disability erasure.
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Instagram comment two days ago, from Taylor Lorenz (username taylorlorenz) to Maysoon Zayid (username maysoonzayid). oh so you're privileged and going around on podcasts and galavanting around talking about disability *while actively infecting and harming other disabled people in Palestine who do not have access to medical treatment.* That's disgusting! And also shows exactly why NO ONE should listen to you talk about disability. The thousands of Palestinians dying and suffering from deadly diseases because of lack of access to medical treatment aren't actually disabled to you! Neither are the countless Palestinians whose immune systems and organs have been ravaged from a genocide. You don't consider them disabled and so they're disposable to you. You'll happily infect and kill them if it means getting a podcast appearance. Disabled Palestinians in Gaza, who are currently suffering and living through an active pandemic, are begging for masks and putting scraps of fabric across their mouths to try to stay safe and not die. Israel continues to block PPE. Meanwhile you're out here talking about how it's FINE to slaughter others by spreading airborne disease bc Palestinians without a viable disability aren't really disabled. All while Israel withholds vaccines and treatments from the sickest Palestinians. You don't give a shit about disability justice. You have no solidarity with disabled people in Palestine or anywhere. This is just a PR opportunity for you it seems like. It's disgusting!
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Recommended Reading Re-Constituting the "Disabled" Other: Historical Materialism and the Politics of Schooling Nirmala Erevelles, 1997. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED461148. Educating Unruly Bodies: Critical Pedagogy, Disability Studies, and the Politics of Schooling Nirmala Erevelles, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2000.00025.x. Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of American Intelligence Testing Leila Zenderland, 1998. ISBN 0-521-44373-3.
Notes Concerning Brookville, Ind., a Century Ago By Amos W. Butler, LL.D., Secretary State Board of Charities It is my purpose to speak of Brookville as it was a hundred years ago. What I am to say is from reminiscences of my grandfather, Amos Butler, and the notes of my father, William W. Butler, of Hadley D. Johnson and others of the older inhabitants. It is my belief that they are substantially correct, though there may be some discrepancies. My grandfather, Amos Butler, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, was the first settler of Brookville. He came to its site in 1803 or 1804. The latter year he located and entered the land east of Franklin street and north of the section line running through Dr. Berry’s office. His cabin was built about 100 yards northeast of the Hermitage. The site of it has been washed away. His nearest neighbors were the Templetons north toward Templeton’s creek. He built the first grist mill about where Speer’s flour mill stood and above it a short distance a saw mill. He brought his mill irons and mill stones from Cincinnati on pack horses. Several persons came with him to assist in the work, among whom was David Stoops with whom he lived. He was the father of Robert Stoops, Sr., who was the grandfather of Harry M. Stoops. David is said to have been the father of twenty-three children.
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Notes Concerning Brookville, Ind., a Century Ago By Amos W. Butler, LL.D., Secretary State Board of Charities It is my purpose to speak of Brookville as it was a hundred years ago. What I am to say is from reminiscences of my grandfather, Amos Butler, and the notes of my father, William W. Butler, of Hadley D. Johnson and others of the older inhabitants. It is my belief that they are substantially correct, though there may be some discrepancies. My grandfather, Amos Butler, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, was the first settler of Brookville. He came to its site in 1803 or 1804. The latter year he located and entered the land east of Franklin street and north of the section line running through Dr. Berry’s office. His cabin was built about 100 yards northeast of the Hermitage. The site of it has been washed away. His nearest neighbors were the Templetons north toward Templeton’s creek. He built the first grist mill about where Speer’s flour mill stood and above it a short distance a saw mill. He brought his mill irons and mill stones from Cincinnati on pack horses. Several persons came with him to assist in the work, among whom was David Stoops with whom he lived. He was the father of Robert Stoops, Sr., who was the grandfather of Harry M. Stoops. David is said to have been the father of twenty-three children.
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X post by Indiana Governor Mike Braun on May 25, 2026. It includes a screenshot of state gas price averages sorted lowest to highest. The three lowest shown are Indiana at $3.962, Mississippi at $3.993, and Georgia at $4.008. The post text reads: “Indiana entered Memorial Day weekend with the cheapest gas in America according to @AAAnews, and that didn’t happen by accident. It’s proof that our focus on affordability is paying off for Hoosiers.”
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Audit Complete Target: https://accessibilityfirewall.com Original Score 78%. Remediated Score 100%. The Accessibility Firewall has analyzed and prepared remediations for this infrastructure. This diagnostic view is for demonstration only. On your live site, the Accessibility Firewall operates at the server level — no overlay, no widget, no injected JavaScript. View Live Remediated Site Close
Snippet from the linked federal register pages. While the Department cited a substantial decline in the use of section 14(c) certificates-from approximately 424,000 workers in 2001 to approximately 40,579 in 2024—this decline does not establish that no current need remains. See id. at 96473. To the contrary, the continued existence of tens of thousands of workers utilizing the section 14(c) program suggests a nonzero population for whom section 14(c) remains necessary. That inference is bolstered by comments asserting that many individuals with significant disabilities would face unemployment, underemployment, or loss of ancillary services if 14(c) options were eliminated.
Snippet from the linked article. But some worry the focus on reversing deafness could further stigmatize deaf people. "These kind of genetic therapies seem to reinforce this idea of deafness being a problem in need of eradication, and that the only solution for disabled people to fully assimilate into society is through a medical intervention," says Jaipreet Virdi, who studies the history of medicine, technology and deafness at the University of Victoria in Canada and is herself deaf. "We're saying: 'Oh, deafness is a problem and we must fix that.'"
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Headline of the linked article. Statewide. Gov. Mike Braun announces $15-million investment to bring Israeli tech start-ups to Indiana. WFYI Public Media. By Benjamin Thorp. Published April 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM EDT.
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Four lines of HTML code showing a <div> with two attributes: aria-label and class. The aria-label is "Knowledge check: Multiple response". The list of classes is "block-knowledge__wrapper block-knowledge__wrapper--multiple choice block-knowledge__container--custom-width-med block-card bg--range-light block-card--white"><div class="quiz-card quiz-card--active".
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An update from the quoted post's linked article. 54 minutes ago Arthur Delaney GOP Rep Speaks Out Against Trump Threat To Kill 'Whole Civilization' Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) became the first House Republican to speak out against President Donald Trump's threat to kill the "whole civilization" of Iran on Tuesday. In a social media post, Moran said he'd supported Trump's attacks on Iran because it's been consistent with America's national security and the inherent authority presidents have under the War Powers Resolution. But Moran is drawing a line on Trump's genocidal threat. "Our nation has always conducted military operations for just causes and through just and moral means. This must continue in the future; otherwise we forfeit our legitimacy to lead the world. So, let me be clear: I do not support the destruction of a 'whole civilization.' That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America," Moran said.
Section of snippets in Polypane titled 'aria-'. The first 6 are CSS: aria-controls, aria-describedby, aria-expanded, aria-label, aria-labelledby, role. The last snippet is JavaScript: role.
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Accessibility issues panel as shown in Polypane, with the Include best practices checkbox enabled. There are six groups of issues. 1 of 6: Elements must only use supported ARIA attributes, critical, 62 elements, WCAG 2 Level A, 4.1.2. 2 of 6: Buttons must have discernible text, critical, 3 elements, WCAG 2 Level A, 4.1.2. 3 of 6: Images must have alternative text, critical, 52 elements, WCAG 2 Level A, 1.1.1. 4 of 6: Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds, serious, 16 elements, WCAG 2 Level AA, 1.4.3. 5 of 6: All page content should be contained by landmarks, moderate, 4 elements, Best Practice. 6 of 6: ARIA role should be appropriate for the element, minor, 1 element, Best Practice.
Headline and byline of the linked article. Local News ‘I feel like our home is being invaded' | Lebanon residents disrupted by light, noise from Meta data center project Residents near the construction project say bright lights from the new data center are disrupting their sleep and lighting up the night sky. Author: Logan Gay Published: 11:43 PM EDT March 23, 2026 Updated: 11:43 PM EDT March 23, 2026
Snippet from the linked article. Here is an excerpt from the NFB’s letter: “There is no basis for reconsidering the website rule, which has already gone through fourteen years of consideration, public input, and adjustment, and which is based on a requirement in existence for nearly fifty years. Additionally, public entities have had nearly thirty-six years to prepare for the requirements that were initially established in the ADA, clarified by the final rule, and have been actively requested by stakeholders on all sides. Conversely, delaying or amending the regulation at this point would severely harm blind and other disabled Americans by denying us access to important civic information. <cite”
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Figure 2.1 from Crip Spacetime. The accommodations loop. Designed by Johanna Keller and Margaret Price. The brief description in the book: Figure 2.1 depicts a figure eight turned on its side (the symbol for infinity), with arrows along its path to indicate constant travel around and around. Text is arranged around the figure eight. From the top left, the text reads, Slow system. Time-sensitive need. Emotional cost. Employee uses own resources. At a break in the figure eight, a block of text reads, Employee may leave job. There is no beginning and no end to the accommodations loop, unless one leaves the loop altogether.
A question from the linked post’s video, asked to Nathan Cavanaugh. Do you think it’s inappropriate in any way that someone in their 20s with no experience with grants, or federal government, was making personal judgement calls about what grants to cancel?
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Artificial Intelligence ‱ 3d Capital One ‱ antwan Coworkers pumping out so many PRs with Claude Code Hello, junior to mid-level engineer here. 3 years into my career. My coworkers are pumping out so many PRs with Claude Code and blitzing stories that were pointed to be 3,5 points in less than an hour. It's gotten to a point where I can't not do it because then I look slow af compared to everyone else. I've started throwing everything into claude code too and pushing PRs without even fully understanding the PR. The only thing I do is test the features before pushing the PR up and even then, unit and integration tests are all generated with claude code.
From page 10 of Cory Doctorow's book, Enshittification. 1. First, platforms are good to their users. 2. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. 3. Next, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. 4. Finally, they have become a giant pile of shit.
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Post by Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) - 9:20am Feb 27, 2026. This is a big win for Hoosiers made possible by large investments. Data centers can be an opportunity to increase the power on our grid and lower utility rates for families and businesses.
Post by Lt Governor Micah Beckwith (@LGMicahBeckwith) - 6:35pm Feb 27, 2026 - including an image of him signing a bill and another of him holding the bill up and smiling, he captioned it — I was proud to sign SEA 1, which tightens restrictions on who is eligible for SNAP by requiring proof of income, work requirements, and increased check-ins to verify qualification. Additionally, it codifies Governor Braun’s executive order banning the purchase of candy and soda with SNAP benefits. Thank you to Sen. Garten for your work on this important legislation!
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#1. Your corporate expertise is already a product aka the skills, frameworks, and lived experience you have accumulated are not just resume bullet points ... they are the foundation of something you could actually own.
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