Know someone making an obscene amount of money in AI? Direct them to the John Oliver's memorabilia auction to support critical emergency services provided by public media around the country that have lost their funding. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...

Lawyers working Uber to pay debts. Drug dealers being released without trial. Lawyers refusing cases. Indefinite detainment. Judges writing to Congress to beg for relief.

The shutdown has ended, but your right to a fair trial remains in shambles. fortune.com/2025/11/15/c...

To any tech nerds who managed to hang onto their jobs amidst all of this: Please go support small local businesses who are suffering in the current economic situation (freezes, cost spikes, losing customers who lost their jobs etc.). There are many of us who desperately want to but can't.

@deque.com Would you please post Alice Wong's keynote from axe-con on YouTube so we can share it?

You can still find Alice's work on her contributor page at the time I'm posting this, but erasing a disability column in a sweep of everything "political" is gross and a denial of reality. Disability is a part of the human experience that always exists, regardless of the state of politics.

bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken

Rest in power, Alice Wong
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social

I know some folks who think like that...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZS7...

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

the entire infrastructure of modern civilization is held together with duct tape, string, and cat girls in programmer socks

I heard that a Seattle arts venue, the Rendezvous, has new management. They closed for renovations, canceled all events effective immediately, fired all the staff, and posted a vague and *chatbot-generated* announcement about the changes, refusing to disclosed the new owners. 1/2

Call me a nerd, but sometimes SciShow videos are the best way to wake up in the morning.

Poor them.

No, wait.

F them.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

Highly recommend WebAIM's Accessible Documents online course. Self-paced, clear criteria and instruction, and easy to fit into your week.

Where's my bumper sticker that reads "We knew before you bought it. You just weren't paying attention."?

Rebuilding my carefully curated microblogging environment after months away from That Other Site is going to take a while...

hello, world 😅