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@foxdesign.tech
Human-centered UX means every kind of human. Accessibility specialist (WAS & APX). Accessibility consultant with Draw Steel. Special interest: Japanese religions & traditions. Queer, chronic illness/spoonie. They/them. Contact: kitsjobhunt at gmail.
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· Aug 27
Still job hunting as we go into Labor Day (US) Weekend. 8+ years exp #accessibility & #UX , including B2B, SaaS, & govt. I specialized in helping orgs establish an accessibility practice, & growth hacking once established. Recent: integrating doc accessibility for >800 pages with MCDM.
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Today, we honor Jason Carl as he concludes ten remarkable years with White Wolf, World of Darkness, and Paradox Interactive. His work on Vampire: The Masquerade has shaped the brand and inspired our global community.
After ten extraordinary years with White Wolf, the World of Darkness, and Paradox Interactive, I’m closing this chapter with deep gratitude, and beginning another. Working on Vampire has been one of the greatest honors of my career. You can read my farewell note here.... 🦇🍷
A Note from Jason Carl - Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is a world leading PC games publisher known for games such as Cities: Skylines, Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings.
www.paradoxinteractive.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today, we honor Jason Carl as he concludes ten remarkable years with White Wolf, World of Darkness, and Paradox Interactive. His work on Vampire: The Masquerade has shaped the brand and inspired our global community.
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As I know from having editing-proof and advance backer PDFs of my own work show up on pirate sites, your "honest book piracy platforms" take Advance Reader Copies, review PDFs, in-progress production files, and advance-draft files from crowdfunding projects.
Yes, it's stealing.
Yes, it's stealing.
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
As I know from having editing-proof and advance backer PDFs of my own work show up on pirate sites, your "honest book piracy platforms" take Advance Reader Copies, review PDFs, in-progress production files, and advance-draft files from crowdfunding projects.
Yes, it's stealing.
Yes, it's stealing.
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Unlike big music labels, book publishers operate on razor-thin margins. Many authors publish through small publishers, quite a few self-publish, and the technology for digital publication, sales and distribution has existed for a quarter-century.
There's nothing honest about book-pirate platforms.
There's nothing honest about book-pirate platforms.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Unlike big music labels, book publishers operate on razor-thin margins. Many authors publish through small publishers, quite a few self-publish, and the technology for digital publication, sales and distribution has existed for a quarter-century.
There's nothing honest about book-pirate platforms.
There's nothing honest about book-pirate platforms.
PDFs and accessibility, from reports to game books: this example VoiceOver is being used to demonstrate how screen reader software interacts with PDFs. VoiceOver for MacOS is built into MacOS and is free. Surprise: PDFs are... not great for accessibility: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKN3...
Inaccessible PDF example read with screen reader
YouTube video by Pope Tech
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
PDFs and accessibility, from reports to game books: this example VoiceOver is being used to demonstrate how screen reader software interacts with PDFs. VoiceOver for MacOS is built into MacOS and is free. Surprise: PDFs are... not great for accessibility: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKN3...
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each of us contains the full genetic instructions for both testosterone & estrogen driven hormone loadouts (along with varying combos of both)
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
"current hormone loadout"
That legit makes me sound like a cyborg and I freaking dig it.
That legit makes me sound like a cyborg and I freaking dig it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
each of us contains the full genetic instructions for both testosterone & estrogen driven hormone loadouts (along with varying combos of both)
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
this can be changed at any time. our genes will even start expressing themselves differently within ~3-6 months.
this is an existential threat to fascists.
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If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
What a time to start reading Shameful Bodies again - but I do recommend reading it, especially if you're at all interested in certain rhetoric about (American) norms of beauty, of efficiency, of where we get this messed-up relationship with our bodies. ESPECIALLY now.
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What a time to start reading Shameful Bodies again - but I do recommend reading it, especially if you're at all interested in certain rhetoric about (American) norms of beauty, of efficiency, of where we get this messed-up relationship with our bodies. ESPECIALLY now.
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Used to be you could bankrupt student loans the same as any other loan- they changed that rule at the exact same time they started encouraging students to take our larger and larger loans
This is debt indenture and it should be illegal.
Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Used to be you could bankrupt student loans the same as any other loan- they changed that rule at the exact same time they started encouraging students to take our larger and larger loans
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Not only can the country absolutely afford to do a lot more good things that help people– in housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and environment– there is no reason not to do it. Pretty simple: We should do big things that help people and not do things that hurt people. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Not only can the country absolutely afford to do a lot more good things that help people– in housing, healthcare, infrastructure, and environment– there is no reason not to do it. Pretty simple: We should do big things that help people and not do things that hurt people. bsky.app/profile/cost...
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To everyone who feels they must take action to protect the vulnerable, but has no idea what they can actually do:
Find someone who is overwhelmed and carry some of that weight for them.
Cook them a nice meal. Help them with their taxes. Make life less tedious and exhausting.
Love is resistance.
Find someone who is overwhelmed and carry some of that weight for them.
Cook them a nice meal. Help them with their taxes. Make life less tedious and exhausting.
Love is resistance.
December 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM
To everyone who feels they must take action to protect the vulnerable, but has no idea what they can actually do:
Find someone who is overwhelmed and carry some of that weight for them.
Cook them a nice meal. Help them with their taxes. Make life less tedious and exhausting.
Love is resistance.
Find someone who is overwhelmed and carry some of that weight for them.
Cook them a nice meal. Help them with their taxes. Make life less tedious and exhausting.
Love is resistance.
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TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
『超ひさしぶりにオリーブ神殿を見てきました！』
おはようございます！小豆島は時々です。予想最高気温１７度です。 今日からＧＷですね１年前と同じ、我慢のＧＷです。ただ今年は緊急事態宣言が出ているのは４都府県の…
ameblo.jp
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
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Reupping this because it came up in the discourse again. The gospel story about Jesus healing on the Sabbath isn’t what you think it is:
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
(1/19/22) #Delafina777-Judaism #Delafina777-Christianity
So, the man with the withered hand story is actually a prime example of how the gospels demonize--or get used to demonize--completely normal behavior from Jews.
So, the man with the withered hand story is actually a prime example of how the gospels demonize--or get used to demonize--completely normal behavior from Jews.
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reupping this because it came up in the discourse again. The gospel story about Jesus healing on the Sabbath isn’t what you think it is:
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
The Pharisees thought that healthcare workers deserved weekends.
Jesus didn’t.
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The fact that they can't distinguish between "wanted" and "needed" is pretty much the problem.
Being wanted just means someone values you for your presence and who you are, but it requires being someone whose presence can add value.
Being needed gives you power over the other person.
Being wanted just means someone values you for your presence and who you are, but it requires being someone whose presence can add value.
Being needed gives you power over the other person.
My essay does, however, dismiss this “message” because it’s hogwash. Nobody is telling men they are unwanted at home—quite the opposite—but reifying this “message” does make it easier to vilify single moms (and stereotypical nagging wives).
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The fact that they can't distinguish between "wanted" and "needed" is pretty much the problem.
Being wanted just means someone values you for your presence and who you are, but it requires being someone whose presence can add value.
Being needed gives you power over the other person.
Being wanted just means someone values you for your presence and who you are, but it requires being someone whose presence can add value.
Being needed gives you power over the other person.
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A tsunami warning has been issued for the Hokkaido, Iwate and Aomori coasts!
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A tsunami warning has been issued for the Hokkaido, Iwate and Aomori coasts!
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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1. Thread on the history of alt text and some tips for using alt text on social media specifically.
The history of alt text goes back to 1993. The alt attribute was introduced for HTML 1.2 to be used for text-based browsers, which load faster by not loading most of the graphic content.
This was a big deal when bandwidth connections were super limited.
This was a big deal when bandwidth connections were super limited.
July 26, 2024 at 5:35 PM
1. Thread on the history of alt text and some tips for using alt text on social media specifically.
Today is a Hobbit day, which means making soup, and possibly baking.
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Today is a Hobbit day, which means making soup, and possibly baking.
Ran across this in Publishers Weekly, of all places, and - not sure if I've heard anything about it elsewhere? It looks like Japanese government is trying to establish a centralized platform for manga distribution outside of Japan:
Japan Plans to Distribute Manga Overseas Via New Platform
<p>The government plans to establish a domestically funded platform to distribute Japanese manga overseas by creating a consortium of industry, government and academic entities.</p>
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ran across this in Publishers Weekly, of all places, and - not sure if I've heard anything about it elsewhere? It looks like Japanese government is trying to establish a centralized platform for manga distribution outside of Japan:
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This is so common though! So many people just believe that Someone Will Sort It All Out and that there's ultimately a Boss Of Everything who sort of keeps things in line. They genuinely don't know that politics is real and not just a game they play.
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is so common though! So many people just believe that Someone Will Sort It All Out and that there's ultimately a Boss Of Everything who sort of keeps things in line. They genuinely don't know that politics is real and not just a game they play.
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One said Ruth Bader Ginsburg would rule in our favor. The other didn't know Roe v. Wade had been overturned and said the court couldn't have ruled the way it did in 303 Creative because it would have been all over the news.
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One said Ruth Bader Ginsburg would rule in our favor. The other didn't know Roe v. Wade had been overturned and said the court couldn't have ruled the way it did in 303 Creative because it would have been all over the news.
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More proof of what @prisonculture.bsky.social says that most people in this country have no idea what's going on:
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More proof of what @prisonculture.bsky.social says that most people in this country have no idea what's going on:
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
Remember @dreamwidth.org is still going strong, if you miss those LJ vibes.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Remember @dreamwidth.org is still going strong, if you miss those LJ vibes.
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Parashat Vayishlach isn’t a story about Jacob returning home a hero.
It’s a story about what happens when someone who has spent their entire life masking, surviving and running finally has to face the wreckage left behind by his own unprocessed trauma and violence.
It’s a story about what happens when someone who has spent their entire life masking, surviving and running finally has to face the wreckage left behind by his own unprocessed trauma and violence.
Parashat Vayishlach: When the Mask Cracks and the Past Catches You
How Jacob’s lifelong performance collapses, wounds him, and harms everyone around him
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Parashat Vayishlach isn’t a story about Jacob returning home a hero.
It’s a story about what happens when someone who has spent their entire life masking, surviving and running finally has to face the wreckage left behind by his own unprocessed trauma and violence.
It’s a story about what happens when someone who has spent their entire life masking, surviving and running finally has to face the wreckage left behind by his own unprocessed trauma and violence.
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Again: "AI" actively harms critical thinking skills, users actively reject Less sycophantic "AI," getting increasingly hostile toward/less likely to help or be helped by humans, creating cylces of dependence on tools that Actively Harm Critical Thinking.
What better dirt for disinformation to grow?
What better dirt for disinformation to grow?
Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.
Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence
Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...
arxiv.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Again: "AI" actively harms critical thinking skills, users actively reject Less sycophantic "AI," getting increasingly hostile toward/less likely to help or be helped by humans, creating cylces of dependence on tools that Actively Harm Critical Thinking.
What better dirt for disinformation to grow?
What better dirt for disinformation to grow?