One of my favorite things to teach at the : the slow process of spinning yarn using a drop spindle.
Video description: different shots of the Textile Arts Center studio and of the spinning process with rovings, spindles, carders, and hand-spun yarn.
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Technology design and programming can often exclude communities of users — sometimes even those the tech is specifically designed to help.
So how can technologists better meet the needs of all users?
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No sugar or spice, but everything ice ❄️
In this molecular cloud (a birthplace of stars & planets), Webb scientists found a variety of icy ingredients. These frozen molecules, like carbon dioxide and methane, could go on to become building blocks of life. go.nasa.gov/3Xy07Vd
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🕹 DIY Assistive Tech for the Masses by
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A lending library of assistive tech made by to make accessibility actually accessible.
awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/16
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This kind of equipment failure happens all the time to #AudioDescription consumers, and the reasons given by filmmakers who refuse to provide #accessibility are basically the same too. variety.com/2023/film/news
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Who wants a live stream on how chat GPT could help in your accounting firm? #Accounting #taxtwitter #CPA
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Does anyone have suggestions for readings in the broad field of "design" that explicitly address questions of power? Especially about the role of designers/designs in challenging/reproducing hegemonic power relations.
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“Normalizing disability means changing societal assumptions so that successful people with disabilities, in STEM fields or otherwise, are no longer unusual."
Read blind scientist ’s suggestions on increasing accessibility in STEM: zcu.io/UpQp
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This week on Factually, the wonderful RETURNS to explain her theory of viral justice, and about how small actions for justice can ripple out to create a better world. WATCH:
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Lots of upcoming film festivals are offering Audio Description. That's fantastic! What's not great is that for many its a pay to play situation. Many subpar providers are "sponsoring" the festivals and in turn the AD work is being filtered to them. #GoodEnoughIsntGoodEnough
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An early xmas gift: 20 minutes of trying and failing to convince my mother that dongle is a word and that you can use this word in the workplace
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Check out my op-ed in on under representation of disability in #STEM and how ableism is at the bottom of it. time.com/6241021/stem-e #a11y
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What is the sonic version of "imagining"? What's the acoustic version of an "apparition"? Trying to find a positively-connoted word for sonic conjurings.
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I'm thrilled to announce that has worked with me to create alt text for the images in Counting Feminicide on : mitpressonpubpub.mitpress.mit.edu/counting-femin. We built off advice that gave & I on Data Feminism & we are now screen-reader friendly!
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Update: i misread the credits. They are the same guy! Johnny was the OG shame wizard if you will
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Blind people problems: took me 5 web searches to convince myself that Johnny from Sandman and the Shame Wizard from Big Mouth aren't the same guy
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Blind people problems: took me 5 web searches to convince myself that Johnny from Sandman and the Shame Wizard from Big Mouth aren't the same guy
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A Brief History of Kids Today Are Spoiled
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If a private equity firm bought the new school with the goal of dismantling it this level of strategic self own would STILL be surprising.
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As announced on Monday, we have made the difficult decision to stop paying wages and premiums for healthcare benefits for employees who are striking. Up to this point, we have continued to compensate our faculty and staff who have chosen to exercise their right to strike.
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Overheard my 11 y/o daughter record her voicemail greeting: “Hi, you’ve reached my voicemail. When you hear the beep, hang up and send me a text.” This generation gets it.
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Thoughts about Lensa a 🧵
These AI tools do not work without the data, and the data is nonconsensually scraped from artists' work. So the artists have had their labor stolen to train an AI system which will make the company a lot of money. They get no compensation for that. 1/
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youve heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for – oh, wait, you havent heard of elf on a shelf? no problem. i can explain if you have the time. awesome. so are you familiar with bentham's panopticon?
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Turn over any random rock and you will find another artist sounding the alarm. Will we pay attention before it’s too late?
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If you've recently been playing around with the Lensa App to make AI art "magic avatars" please know that these images are created with stolen art through the Stable Diffusion model.
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If you'd like to learn more about OpenAI and why its provenance and trajectory deserve your scrutiny, begin with this excellent article by
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So much cute OpenAI content! Y'all do know you're doing advertising / normalization work for Peter Thiel, Elon and the effective altruism creep show right? These charming, impressive lil party tricks can distract us from the immense collective harms enacted by these guys.
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Have decided to avenge all the years my people had to hear the phrase chai tea by asking for a burger sandwich every chance I get
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20% bold moves, 80% maintenance and care. making these three wood-turned pieces i learned that shaping and cutting happen fast, but the silk and shine come from patient sanding and oiling. When a vision calls, may revision call you too.
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Thread: WHAT'S UP WITH RAILROADS & SICK LEAVE?
As a long-time railroader's wife, let me explain
Railroaders not only lack paid sick leave, but if they EVER call in sick to take unpaid leave -even to go to the ER for a life-threatening emergency- they're penalized for it
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Just received word that Molly Burke is no longer setting the tone of AxeCon with a keynote, and the call for submissions has been extended! Thanks to for listening when Blind people spoke out earlier this year — my excitement for this conference is back!
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Molly is no longer speaking at axe-con. Thanks so much for your feedback and patience as we worked this out.
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Microsoft Word wrapped
-you deleted the same sentence 947 times
-you stared at 14 different documents and added nothing before closing them in disgust
-you were in the top 1% of users of the word “just”
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I thought VC bros were already getting on my nerves but they want to get surgical about it. No thank you: Science Eye aims to eventually serve as a brain-computer interface (BCI) by transmitting information through a wearer’s optic nerve.
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Kids folding laundry and chatting:
13 year old: why are the pyramids in Egypt
10 year old: because they are too big for the British to steal
All three cackle loudly.
My parenting work is done.
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Só passando aqui pra dizer que o Fediverso/Mastodonte é o meu tipo de festa. Estou encontrando e seguindo pessoas com todos os meus interesses (acessibilidade, tecnologia ética, cultura criadora, codificação criativa etc.), mas a vibração por lá é mais coloquial, nerd e séria.
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Just popping over here to say that the Fediverse / Mastodon is my kind of party. I'm finding and following folks with all my interests (accessibility, ethical tech, maker culture, creative coding etc) but the vibe over there is more conversational, nerdy and earnest.
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I've benefited from Twitter virality from time to time. I've also spent more time thinking about my Twitter voice than writing things down in it. Mastodon is encouraging me to find a new voice that feels way less performative. My heart says the learning curve is beyond worth it.
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I used to wonder "is this post too niche for Twitter?" and whittle down to 280 characters. In the Fediverse i get 500 and trust that the post will find an audience that wants it. It probably won't go viral but it'll get genuinely fun replies.
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Just popping over here to say that the Fediverse / Mastodon is my kind of party. I'm finding and following folks with all my interests (accessibility, ethical tech, maker culture, creative coding etc) but the vibe over there is more conversational, nerdy and earnest.
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Nonscriptum's #3dprinted #a11y #math work is nominated for the 2022 Awards in TWO categories! Vote for Nonscriptum before Dec 10: bit.ly/nonscriptumAwa
Thanks #3DPIAwards
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Twitter’s starting to feel like a mall that’s down to a Macy’s and a Burlington Coat Factory.
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Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev “Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?” and they’ll say “sure, that’s easy” and then you’ll ask “can the player wear a scarf?” and they’ll go “oof”
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