The vote on the #RightToContraceptionAct was 51-39, falling short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a #filibuster & move forward. Republicans said the bill is unnecessary as the use of #BirthControl is protected under #SCOTUS precedent as if [#SupremeCourt precedent means anything anymore].
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD). Today, I want you to ask yourself, then act, before you speak. Do you have an app you're maintaining? Look at some #accessibility resources for the framework you use for the user interface. Do you know if it's accessible or not? If it's not accessible, are you doing anything about it? Do you tell disabled visitors to your app/site that it's not accessible, and give them a timeframe, if any, when it will be? Do you have a website? If so, do you know if it's accessible or not? Are you an artist of any kind? Is your media accessible? Are you a writer? If so, are the images in your book described with #AltText?
If you're a part of a company that has anything to do with accessibility, including proudly posting about it, do you have any disabled employees? If so, do you show them that they're appreciated? If not, why don't you have any? If you create art about people with disabilities, do you have disabled people take a look at it before you share it? If you write books that have images in them, have any disabled people checked to make sure the Alt-text makes sense, and that the book is accessible otherwise? If not, why not? And when you get disabled people to check out apps, books, sites for your professional needs, do you pay them for it?
Please do remember us on every other day of the year, but particularly today, please remember: nothing about us without us.
✅ Ми почали кешувати перший український сайт - Новости Донбаса, який заблокований руснею на тимчасово окупованих територіях - https://novosti-dn-ua.ceno.life/
👉 Тепер сайт є доступним для користувачів з TOT, які можуть отримати доступ через браузер Ceno для Android
“This is a fight for freedom, the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one’s own body & not have their government tell them what they’re supposed to do,” the VP said.
Aira Access AI. Went to Amazon.com on my computer and the first thing was a captcha that I had to do in order to get into my account. I used Access AI to take a picture of my screen, then asked it to tell me the characters in the image. It quickly came back and said, the characters in the image is, and listed the five letters. The best thing is that it was totally correct! Way to go @AiraVI, Access AI knocked it out of the park! 🤩 #Aira#Access#AI#Blind#Accessibility
#Iowa’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thurs in a case that could decide the future of #abortion in that state, the latest in a series of #legal battles that threaten abortion #access across the country during a historic #election year.
What’s so bad about a road?
Roads are forest killers.
"A road means access. Once roads are bulldozed into rainforests, illegal loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers arrive. Once they get access, they can destroy forests, harm native ecosystems and even drive out or kill indigenous peoples. This looting of the natural world robs cash-strapped nations of valuable natural resources."
Fairscope do many other great things, but I LOVED the “Chairigami” furniture they were using on their stand here at the Ocean Sciences meeting. It was robust and comfortable and easy to flat pack. More of this!
Today at the #demonstration in #Berlin for #democracy, someone also spoke in favour of the group of #disabled people, and why it is so important to have #access to all areas of society in order to be able to fight for your own rights, in case nobody else does. This made me realise once again why #Alttext is so important: every access to information, no matter how small, enables democratic #participation. A small thing with a big impact.
Ich weiss, das zu mindestens #Okta mal unsicher war, doch wie sieht es bei den anderen aus und nutzen die auch die aktuellste #Technik für ihre #Dienstleistung'en? Das ist ja viel versprochen aber nicht garantiert, da Closedsource oder nicht?
«#Identity & #Access Management – Die 9 besten IAM-Tools:
Diese Identity-und-Access-Management (#IAM) -Tools schützen Ihre Unternehmens-Assets auf dem Weg in die Zero-Trust-Zukunft.»
The #WhiteHouse on Mon is announcing new steps intended to ensure #access to contraception, #AbortionMedication & emergency #abortions at #hospitals. It represents President Biden’s latest bid to contrast himself w/ #Republican challengers who support strict abortion limits & arrives on the anniversary of #SCOTUS ruling that guaranteed #AbortionRights for nearly 50 yrs.
Why can't i create a new group when i click on that #button for the #groups
I get the message that i have no #access to that (but i am the admin of the server)
Exactly. I address dangers inherent to privilege of access in my paper from my 2011 plenary talk at UNESCO's First International Forum on Media and Information Literacy in Morocco:
"The creep of conducting our day-to-day interactions over screens has reached a breaking point—and it threatens to push out everyone but those with the 'right' access."
There is no such thing as "#lawful#access". Encryption is #math. There is no math that the "good guys" can do but which cannot be done by the "bad guys".
Anyone who suggests different is #lying, to #spy on you.
"Access to a free, fast & efficient screen reader has changed my life. Because of its qualities, my computer never crashes; updates are frequent & the software works well. It follows best the evolution of Windows and all software. Updating is fast & easy, it is available in all languages. The provision of add-ons makes it really efficient” – Silvie, France
It’s been 5 months since Australian Story aired an episode on NV Access founders, Mick Curran & Jamie Teh. The first Australian Story episode to be audio described. It was an incredible opportunity to share with a wider audience the importance of NVDA & our overarching message, that everyone deserves equal access to technology.