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Does the <body> rule the mind or does the mind rule the <body>? I'm Martin Mengele, #a11y & web dev professional, IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist. accessabilly.com Alt text for profile picture: Sunrise view up the river Rhine.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Did you know each emoji has a coded description that gets read aloud by screen readers? This demo by Alexa Heinrich shows what happens when a screen reader encounters a post that uses an emoji to function as a bullet point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMs...
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Taylor Nation Emoji Bullet Point Tweet
Demonstration of what a tweet with emoji used as bullet points sounds like when read by a screen reader. The tweet also uses a "show more" cut, which isn't accessible when the tweet is seen in the…
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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Companies don’t push apps because installing one improves your spiritual wellbeing." webdesignerdepot.com/nobody-wants...
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Nobody Wants Your Damn App
Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done. Maybe it’s time we stopped trying...
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excellent stuff! I'didn't know about focusgroup and reading-flow. Brave new world! Thanx for your great (as always) talk!
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 24/09/2026
I'm speaking live right now! www.youtube.com/live/h3JhFyO...
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Manuel Matuzović / 19½ Things You Didn’t Know about Accessibility in HTML and CSS #id24 2026
YouTube video by Inclusive Design 24 #id24
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Vale @vale.rocks · 08/09/2026
Sometimes you look at an old HTML document and see some weird tags and snippets from bygone eras. I've complied many legacy HTML bits I've noticed and documented what they were and why there were present. Many of them are rather obscure. Satisfy your curiosity: vale.rocks/posts/html-r...
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Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts
Overviews of the very many snippets of code that were once commonly included on websites to address specific cases with certain technologies, browsers, operating systems, or extensions. Fragments dating back to the days of Internet Explorer and Netscape, to more modern bits that are nonetheless obsolete.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just wow!
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xirclebox @xirclebox.com · 07/08/2026
Screen Reader User Survey #11 webaim.org/projects/scr... #Accessibility #AssistiveTech #ScreenReader @webaim.bsky.social
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WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Class of 1984. Some video technician left it in my parent's Video 2000 recorder after repairs, early 80ies. I was 12 or so, scared and shocked but it was also my initiation to Punk rock. Loved the soundtrack by Teenage Head.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The keyboard is mightier than the sword! Congratulations Haben!
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Interesting read! Things you might not have on your radar while checking awesome new CSS features. 😎
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 24/06/2026
I saw a great introduction to CSS Grid Lanes, aka Masonry Layouts, by @patrickbrosset.com at CSS Day 2026. I liked the versatility of its use cases, but I was also concerned that it's inaccessible by default. matuzo.at/blog/2026/gr...
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Your Grid Lanes will likely fail WCAG 2.4.3 - Manuel Matuzovic
I’m a frontend developer, consultant, accessibility auditor, blogger, teacher, and book author from Austria.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Supercool! I'm currently re-watching the second season. I love this series! ❤️
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Nur das Beste zum Wiegenfeste, liebe Sara!
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
HTML inert attribute: the complete thing. Like CTRL + F. caniuse.com?search=inert #a11y #ux
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"inert" | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc
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deconspray @deconspray.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
axe and Lighthouse catch issues, not experiences. Great insights from David Mello on smarter Playwright a11y testing. www.davidmello.com/s... #Accessibility #A11y #Playwright #WebAccessibility #SoftwareTesting #InclusiveDesign #QA #WCAG #DevOps #AutomationTesting
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Playwright Accessibility Testing: What axe and Lighthouse Miss
axe and Lighthouse miss 60–70% of WCAG violations. Learn the limitations of automated accessibility testing and how to write smarter Playwright tests.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A very helpful article on lists and ARIA by @scottohara.me: www.scottohara.me/blog/2018/05... 👍 ...and a great CodePen demonstrating how to keep ordered lists machine-readable even without visible counters: codepen.io/scottohara/p... 😎
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ARIA Lists | scottohara.me
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Todd @toddl.dev · 23/05/2026
No stopping now, we are close to the end goal. Shares are always welcomed and thank you to those that have donated and reposted. gofund.me/ef06d9d56
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Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My grandfather, a manufacturer in postwar Germany, hired a blind man to work at his telephone exchange - a remarkably progressive step for the time. The man proved to be his most accurate and reliable employee, staying until retirement. 🤝 As things come full circle, I’m proud of my grandfather...
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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 21/04/2026
The latest Firefox stable release includes some superb additions like #CSS color-mix() accepting multiple color values, light-dark() accepting image values, ariaNotify, sizes=auto on images, and more: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M... "None of these are baseline yet, so check MDN for support."
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Firefox 150 release notes for developers (Stable) - Mozilla | MDN
This article provides information about the changes in Firefox 150 that affect developers. Firefox 150 was released on April 21, 2026.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
@carlomasala1.bsky.social Rügen - der weiche Unterleib der NATO! Ich brech ab! 👏
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Now we're talking! "...the industry pretends the problem is about awareness. It isn’t about awareness. It’s about who’s writing the front-end code, and whether they’re qualified to write it." I couldn't agree more, @gbbns.co! gbbns.co/journal/acce...
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The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering. | gbbns.co
Accessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...
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Socket @socket.dev · 31/03/2026
🚨 Active supply chain attack on axios@1.14.1. The latest version pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 -- a brand-new package that didn't exist before today. We're still investigating. If you use axios, pin your version and audit your lockfile. socket.dev/blog/axios-n...
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Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from...
A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHu...
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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Don't use role="progressbar" for multi-step forms. The spec says: "A progressbar indicates that the user's request has been received and the application is making progress toward completing the requested action." Use an OL and aria-current. role="progressbar" sends the wrong message.
A stepper or multi-step form from the documentation of material design.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Oh wow, this is cool! Check it out
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Typo of the day: Love-Region instead of Live-Region 😍
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Todd @toddl.dev · 05/03/2026
New update and it’s been overdue that I get back on this. $2,400 to goal. gofund.me/33ce7c781
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Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 04/03/2026
It costs $0.00 to uninstall that Big Tech browser you’ve always used and switch to a European browser that has no AI and doesn’t collect your data. 🫶🏻
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
...and if you need to use AI, try European stuff: mistral.ai
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Frontier AI LLMs, assistants, agents, services | Mistral AI
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I remember being here, mostly because of their Rockabilly Diner style. But the food was great, too. This was before Covid though, maybe still okay today (looks the same). maps.app.goo.gl/enNERWZdMpKQ...
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Interesting. Just moved to Proton. De-Googleing made easy. Thanx for this reat article.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🇩🇪 Ohrfutter! 🎧 Ein neuer Podcast zur Barrierefreiheit. Noch nicht reingehört, könnte spannend sein. www.bfit-bund.de/SharedDocs/K...
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Überwachungsstelle des Bundes für Barrierefreiheit von Informationstechnik - Aktuelles - Unlimited – der neue BFIT-Podcast für digitale Barrierefreiheit
Zum Internationalen Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen am 3. Dezember 2025 startet ein neues Angebot der BFIT-Bund: Unlimited – der Podcast für digitale Barrierefreiheit.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
O most gracious Lord of HTML, how cometh it that mine ears have not yet heard of <plaintext>? 🧐 htmhell.dev/adventcalend... By my troth, I do hereby commend unto thee the most infernal Advent Calendar of Sir @matuzo.at, named HTML Hell! ☠️
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Using the Ancient Evils for Debugging - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Interesting stuff coming up: blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20...
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Creating a more accessible web with Aria Notify
We're excited to announce the availability, as a developer and origin trial, of ARIA Notify, a new API that's designed to make web content
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deconspray @deconspray.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Flashing content faster than 3x per second can exclude users. My latest piece outlines practical steps to meet “Three Flashes” and build safer, inclusive experiences. What’s your approach? buff.ly/wU8Ge4T #DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WCAG #WebStandards #A11y
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Testing Methods: Three Flashes
Testing WCAG 2.3.2 Three Flashes is most effective using a hybrid approach. Automated scans provide broad coverage, AI detects subtle flashes, and manual testing ensures real-user accuracy, creating safer, inclusive digital experiences.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
How do you describe the accessibility profession? "A spoilsport for developers that wants to be a mentor." 😍
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@correctiv.org and the Stiftung "Zugang für alle" have tested 70 municipal websites for accessibility with sobering results. 😱The Correctiv-page itself has some #a11y issues though... 🫠 correctiv.org/barrierefrei...
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Diese Schweizer Gemeinde-Websites sind nicht barrierefrei
Viele Schweizer Gemeinden erfüllen die Standards für digitale Barrierefreiheit nicht. Unsere Analyse zeigt, welche Websites Nachholbedarf haben.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 24/10/2025
A Guide to Creating Accessible PDFs Using Free Tools, by @stvfrnzl@mastodon.online (@piccalil.li): piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creatin… #guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing
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A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools
If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.
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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 20/10/2025
Today I learned `header` and `footer` elements lose their ARIA roles when being included in sectioning content. www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
The `header` element gets the role "banner" on the root level but `sectionheader` or `generic` when being nested in a `main` element.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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deconspray @deconspray.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“Mind the WCAG automation gap” by Steve Faulkner digs into what’s possible (and what isn’t) with automated #accessibility tools. Machines help, but they can’t replace human judgment. html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0... #WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility
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mind the WCAG automation gap – HTML Accessibility
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Most important #a11y read you will get today!
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Jamie Kyle @jamie.build · 16/10/2025
Accessibility question For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them: Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`? Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?
dialog {
  /* The dialog itself is not semi-transparent at all */
  background: light-dark(white, black);
}

::backdrop {
  /* These values particular seem like very low values for a backdrop */
  background: light-dark(hsl(white / 20%), hsl(black / 40%));
  
  @media (prefers-reduced-transparency: reduce) {
    /* Should we increase them in reduce transparency mode? */
    background: light-dark(hsl(white / 60%), hsl(black / 80%));
    /* Would blurring the background actually help in this case */
    backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  }
}
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍 tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10... Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇 github.com/tinymce/tiny...
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Common misconceptions about screen readers - TetraLogical
Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐 Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 09/10/2025
As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most. So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion. interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
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Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Super useful! 👇
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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Woohoo, thanx!
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 08/10/2025
We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T #Wayback1T
Graphic with pixelated, 3D-styled webpage icons radiating outward from a bright point. Center text reads: "Fundraise with us! Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived."
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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.eurosky.social · 06/10/2025
👁️‍🗨️ WCAG’s Longevity by Eric Eggert "There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice" #WCAG #a11y #standards yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...
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WCAG’s Longevity · Eric Eggert
It’s no secret: I like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Not only do they give us the four base principles of accessibility …
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Todd @toddl.dev · 06/10/2025
I am immensely grateful that we almost hit the 40% raised mark I was hoping for after the first week. There is more work to get this goal reached. I won't stop now so I once again ask for any and all shares and donations, no matter how small. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/24c249d90
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Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
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