Desiree White
@desireewhite.bsky.social
ADHD and big dreams! UX and #A11y obsessed. Diabetic and ready to yell about it. My opinions are my own. She/her.
I'm this close to starting a long term embroidery project composed of mostly French knots just to ensure I figure out how to do them. French knots and reversed button hole stitches have me feeling really stabby today
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm this close to starting a long term embroidery project composed of mostly French knots just to ensure I figure out how to do them. French knots and reversed button hole stitches have me feeling really stabby today
Stress testing my brain by not giving people presents and holding onto them until Christmas when I just want to make everyone smile immediately 🫠
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Stress testing my brain by not giving people presents and holding onto them until Christmas when I just want to make everyone smile immediately 🫠
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In September, I (and many other accessibility advocates) reviewed the America by Design website, finding sloppy AI-generated code and accessibility bugs.
@notus.com wrote on it, and also spoke to many amazing folks from @alt18f.bsky.social and @ethanmarcotte.com
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
@notus.com wrote on it, and also spoke to many amazing folks from @alt18f.bsky.social and @ethanmarcotte.com
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
'Sloppy' Code and Accessibility Issues: The Trouble With Trump's Silicon Valley-Inspired Web Design Project
“Some of these sites feel like another round of ‘move fast and break things,’” a former federal web designer told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In September, I (and many other accessibility advocates) reviewed the America by Design website, finding sloppy AI-generated code and accessibility bugs.
@notus.com wrote on it, and also spoke to many amazing folks from @alt18f.bsky.social and @ethanmarcotte.com
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
@notus.com wrote on it, and also spoke to many amazing folks from @alt18f.bsky.social and @ethanmarcotte.com
www.notus.org/trump-white-...
The overwhelming urge to change my email address, my phone number, my mailing address, and maybe even my name to escape advertisements
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The overwhelming urge to change my email address, my phone number, my mailing address, and maybe even my name to escape advertisements
ADHD is having 37 "Untitled" notes from assorted brain dumps, comprising about 50% things that are no longer intelligible, 25% packing lists/to do lists and 25% half finished poems or ideas.
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
ADHD is having 37 "Untitled" notes from assorted brain dumps, comprising about 50% things that are no longer intelligible, 25% packing lists/to do lists and 25% half finished poems or ideas.
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Please remember that the Giant Scary Thing (whether connected to current events, your childhood home, or both) is not all powerful. The more they push to act like they are, the more you know they aren’t. Hang in there, you can do this. #happythanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Please remember that the Giant Scary Thing (whether connected to current events, your childhood home, or both) is not all powerful. The more they push to act like they are, the more you know they aren’t. Hang in there, you can do this. #happythanksgiving
Listen, if it's pistachio, earl grey, or matcha flavored, you don't have to sell me on it. I'll probably fight you for it, tbh
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Listen, if it's pistachio, earl grey, or matcha flavored, you don't have to sell me on it. I'll probably fight you for it, tbh
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🧵Spotted at an A&P Show in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
🧵Spotted at an A&P Show in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
This is a flat representation of art on the cafe wall, but it's extremely making me think about cheese.
Also, hojicha dutch coffee is criminally delicious.
Also, hojicha dutch coffee is criminally delicious.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is a flat representation of art on the cafe wall, but it's extremely making me think about cheese.
Also, hojicha dutch coffee is criminally delicious.
Also, hojicha dutch coffee is criminally delicious.
Internet besties are the best 😭
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Internet besties are the best 😭
If my phone keep autocorrecting "he's" to "she's" does that mean I'm passing the Bechdel test irl?
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If my phone keep autocorrecting "he's" to "she's" does that mean I'm passing the Bechdel test irl?
If touch starvation is a thing, I feel like connection/conversation starvation should also be a thing.
Sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in surface level, impersonal kind of conversation. The kind of coworker-y circumstantial friend-y, could have with anyone conversation.
Sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in surface level, impersonal kind of conversation. The kind of coworker-y circumstantial friend-y, could have with anyone conversation.
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
If touch starvation is a thing, I feel like connection/conversation starvation should also be a thing.
Sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in surface level, impersonal kind of conversation. The kind of coworker-y circumstantial friend-y, could have with anyone conversation.
Sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in surface level, impersonal kind of conversation. The kind of coworker-y circumstantial friend-y, could have with anyone conversation.
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“Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51”
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author who championed people with disabilities, has died
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51”
New cat owners strategizing on how to keep the cat out of the Christmas tree might be one of my favorite things
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New cat owners strategizing on how to keep the cat out of the Christmas tree might be one of my favorite things
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Mood, by noonsillustrations on IG.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mood, by noonsillustrations on IG.
Every so often it still blows my mind that the person who introduced me to punk music grew up to be conservative, a little racist, and just sort of generally the opposite of the entire punk ideology
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Every so often it still blows my mind that the person who introduced me to punk music grew up to be conservative, a little racist, and just sort of generally the opposite of the entire punk ideology
Pro-tip: Waterboarding is not an aquatic sport. Don't ask your friend's husband how waterboarding with the dog went.
It was paddle boarding.
It was paddle boarding.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Pro-tip: Waterboarding is not an aquatic sport. Don't ask your friend's husband how waterboarding with the dog went.
It was paddle boarding.
It was paddle boarding.
3 migraines in 4 days 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
3 migraines in 4 days 🫠
I am officially entering my sentient pile of blankets stage of the year. If anyone needs me, I will be gleefully in a hoodie, under a blanket, in front of a space heater, while clutching a warm mug of tea.
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I am officially entering my sentient pile of blankets stage of the year. If anyone needs me, I will be gleefully in a hoodie, under a blanket, in front of a space heater, while clutching a warm mug of tea.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Doing your civic duty is important, even outside major elections. Georgia's public service commission election is important this year! Also, heck the conservatives. It's cold and rainy and still a beautiful day to see them out of office.
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Doing your civic duty is important, even outside major elections. Georgia's public service commission election is important this year! Also, heck the conservatives. It's cold and rainy and still a beautiful day to see them out of office.
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“You can’t blame the current economic collapse on Reagan’s policies and Thatcher’s policies!”
Watch me.
Watch me.
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“You can’t blame the current economic collapse on Reagan’s policies and Thatcher’s policies!”
Watch me.
Watch me.
There is no pain like going to the effort of customizing a resume and cover letter for a role only to find the listing has been pulled down 😭
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There is no pain like going to the effort of customizing a resume and cover letter for a role only to find the listing has been pulled down 😭
Speak up. It's scary, but you never know who you're helping in the process (also the dopamine hit of someone saying thank you because you said something they also wanted to say is unreal)
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Speak up. It's scary, but you never know who you're helping in the process (also the dopamine hit of someone saying thank you because you said something they also wanted to say is unreal)
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Self-care: When my youngest cat Jasper jumps onto my tiny desk and flops down on top of my keyboard, instead of shushing him away, I take a three-minute petting break.
October 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Self-care: When my youngest cat Jasper jumps onto my tiny desk and flops down on top of my keyboard, instead of shushing him away, I take a three-minute petting break.