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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is not a bad idea. A new school year is coming up and I have a rising second grader. There is no way I want her to learn that Trump as president represents acceptable, moral behavior.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Thanks, Supreme Court! It's now my right to prevent my kid from learning about Trump. | Opinion

Attempts to teach my children anything about Donald Trump place an unconstitutional burden on my First Amendment right to freely exercise my religion.

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WP Accessibility Day @wpaccessibility.day · May 27

Some past #wpaccessibility.day‬ sessions are now in Spanish!
Help us add French, Italian, and more.

Join us as a translator and make a real impact: buff.ly/jLOkL7l

#a11y #WordPress #InclusiveWeb #TranslationVolunteers

Translate WP Accessibility Day Videos - WP Accessibility Day

Learn more about our paid and volunteer translation opportunities and apply to join our team. Seeking French, Spanish, and other languages.

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Apr 29

Agreed. I am really struggling distinguishing one line from the next. And moving the flagged email icon to the end of the line means I no longer register the flags. This new UI is unusable for me.

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 14

The DOGE website is hosted on Cloudflare. builtwith.com/doge.gov

It would be interesting to see what would happen if Cloudflare received a whole bunch of abuse complaints about it.

abuse.cloudflare.com/threat

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 13

Google maps is no longer allowing reports on this. I recommend the wonderful idea. I saw comments of giving the app one star review.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 13

Please continue to report.

A tweet from user @delsalcott features a screenshot of a reporting interface. The interface asks, "What issue do you want to report about Gulf of America?" with the option "Name is wrong" selected. Other options include "Location on map is wrong" and "Something else." The tweet's caption reads, "About to be insufferable," implying the user is about to correct the incorrect name, as "Gulf of America" is not a real geographic term (likely referring to the Gulf of Mexico).

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 12

Section 504 is an important federal law that protects the rights of people with disabilities in programs that receive federal funding.

17 states are suing to end Section 504.

This is wrong. Section 504 is too important.

More info on the lawsuit and what you can do: dredf.org/protect-504/

Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

dredf.org

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 11

Option 2: Post on Google Maps community forums. Yes, it will be a duplicate issue. The point is sending a message.

support.google.com/maps/thread/...

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 11

Google Maps just changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico. I say we inundate them with change requests. Here's how:

1. Find GOM on a map and click.
2. Click the share icon.
3. Click Send Product Feedback to report an issue.
4. Write and send.

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Feb 8

#booksky #bookcomics

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · Feb 6

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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Frett @frett.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Beth Soderberg @bethsoderberg.bsky.social · Feb 6

Reminder, especially to those in the DMV: a LOT of people are being threatened right now in many ways, but some people are being physically threatened for speaking out. Check in with your people, make sure you have phone numbers cleared to alert your phone at any time if your people need you.

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

As an American with a less than American sounding last name, I refuse to make assumptions.

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

Akash Bobba
Edward Coristine
Luke Farritor
Gautier Cole Killian
Gavin Kliger
Ethan Shaotran

We need to circulate the names of the people working with Elon Musk to take over gov servers. These are just 6 of them. RT until their names are everywhere. This has to stop.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

Some good news in the #accessibility world. "FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines" https://buff.ly/3W6AEDr #a11y

FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines

The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 6

In America, we don’t pledge loyalty under threat of consequence.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 5

The U.S. Department of Labor is organizing a protest. Elon Musk’s staff will be present at the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., today at 4 p.m. It was mentioned that staff should plan to stay late after the 4 p.m. meeting to assist with setting up Elon Musk staffers into their systems.

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 4

Ooh.. that's encouraging. When I think of non-techies, I tend to think of my parents first, who are very wary of most of the web. (Probably because I gave them both stern lectures about internet security.)

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Joni Halabi @jonihalabi.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thank you! I appreciate that.