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Take Action: Defend the Internet Archive
https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/
"At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled."
I've signed the petition.
Can generative #AI write contextual text descriptions?
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03/24/can-generative-ai-write-contextual-text-descriptions/
Tesla sales unexpectedly plunge after #Elon #Musk backlash:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4zp3z1p3o
And all of a sudden, and for absolutely no reason at all, I find myself humming a bit of Fats Domino:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pqs_WZdUdM&t=19s
The WebAIM Million 2025 report is out:
https://webaim.org/projects/million/
I remain bemused to find that https://tink.uk is one of the million; number 792,234 by popularity, with a WAVE accessibility rank of 23,256.
0 #accessibility issues detected through automation 😅
We're looking for someone to join the @TetraLogical team as an accessibility Specialist.
If you're resident in the UK, you can apply on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4197046475/
Or directly:
https://misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025-03-accessibility-specialist/
The Atlantic posts Signal chat with attack plans from Hegseth:
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-atlantic-war-plans-signal-yemen-houthis-c0addd08c627ab01a37ea63621cb695e
That useful British phrase "couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery" comes to mind.
Can't imagine why, really.
Lunch with friends was homemade Cumberland sausages, with mash and peas, plus Yorkshire puddings (because they're PerlBod's favourite); followed by lemon tarte and cream.
I need to nap.
A bit of positive news from the Carbon Brief; UK emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024, the lowest since 1872 - and caused largely by coal use dropping to its lowest level since 1666 (the year of the Great Fire of London):
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-6-in-2024-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-since-1666/
@bkardell is there somewhere I can find out more about the Servo accessibility implementation?
Can anyone put me in touch with a lawyer who really understands the European Accessibility Act (EAA)? I have a question I could use an opinion on - and happy to pay for the time. Thanks.
Jack Vettriano #RIP
Vettriano's The Billy Boys is one of my favourite paintings.
Slow hand clap for the UK Gov, as Apple turns off Advanced Data Encryption for UK customers:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/21/apple-turns-off-data-protection-in-the-uk-rather-than-comply-with-backdoor-mandate
Fingerprinting: critics say Google rules put profit over privacy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm21g0052dno
Time to switch to another browser
If you're in the UK, please help stop #GBNews spreading hate speech and homophobia, by signing this petition to #Ofcom by the Good Law Project:
https://action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-gb-news-broadcasting-hate
A robust reminder from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that publication ethics and professional standards are "safeguards of best scientific practice and integrity—and will not yield to bad practice like gag orders, suppression, and authoritarian whims"
https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253
One thing I particularly like about my Meta Glasses, is that I no longer need to go to a thing to determine its state.
Before, if I wanted to know if the curtains were closed on a window at the other end of our open plan house, I had to go there and find out. Now, I can stand by the front-door and ask.
It's the little things sometimes 🙌
At #FFConf I talked about Accessibility & AI: the good, the bad, and the bollocks, and the video is now available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-GLix2QUQ
Remember that the person who filed the PR may be doing so against their better judgement. If so, a "thumbs down" may show them they're not alone in thinking it's a terrible idea, but can I gently suggest not leaving hateful comments just in case?