My work life revolves around accessibility and user research. I also write books for children and young adults, watch too much TV, and love seeing alt-tagged pictures of your dogs. Profile picture is a selfie with our pittie petting my head. She/her.
As the death toll reaches 190, it's time for another reminder that the boat strikes are unlawful under both international and domestic law--and they are a stain on our national conscience.
For much more, take a look at this @justsecurity.org collection: www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...
Warnock on SCOTUS:
No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court.
Things I appreciate about black raspberries:
1. Delicious.
2. Basically a weed. I just...leave them alone and they prosper.
3. They ripen sequentially, not all at once, so every day is a little adventure.
Bravely bringing a bouquet of peonies into the house, despite my paralyzing fear of ants. But look at them! #bloomscrolling
Taking springventory...
literally no difference between what happened then to John Willis Menard, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 1868, and what's happening now to Calvin Duncan, a Black man who overwhelmingly won New Orleans in 2025
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Happy Friday from our dog.
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No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk.
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
And if you are a designer, a developer, trying to convince people to build more accessible products, I hope this article about 9 accessibility myths I often faced and how to respond to them can help you:
#Accessibility #DesignSystems
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Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
Raising accessibility in meetings and getting pushback? You're not failing, you're just having the wrong conversations. This guide covers 9 common objections designers face, with data, reframes, and strategies to make the business case for accessibility.
The legislative response to Calvin Duncan’s landslide victory has a long, shameful history in Louisiana.
ballsandstrikes.org
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
Elizabeth Neal
Sherrilyn Ifill
Stef Walter
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it had struck another boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people and bringing the death toll to at least 190 in the monthslong campaign against those who the U.S. alleges are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under.
Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!
The New York Times
Kevin M. Kruse
NEW: U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson's "reign of terror" in Mississippi "is over," Gov. Tate Reeves says, urging the ousting of the state's only Black member of Congress through redistricting before the end of 2027.
He made that pronouncement even as he canceled a special session on redistricting.
www.mississippifreepress.org
Mississippi won’t redraw any of its districts this month. The governor canceled the special legislative session to redistrict the state Supreme Court.
