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ashi franke-loftus

@ashidesigns.com
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Accessibility advocate, web/graphic designer, educator, digital illustrator, art history nerd, and newbie potter. Mostly just a silly goose. 🤠🏳️‍🌈

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liz🪻 @lizbian.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We’ve been married for 4 years today 🩷🤍
Liz and Ashi in their wedding dresses hugging and dancing Liz and Ashi in their wedding dresses holding hands and laughingAshi looking lovingly at Liz in their wedding dresses while Liz looks at the wedding officiantLiz and Ashi in their wedding dresses holding hands and looking lovingly at each other in a vineyard in the fall at dusk
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 23/09/2025
happy “I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know” day to those who celebrate ❤️‍🔥 #LC4LYF loscampesinos.bandcamp.com/album/romanc...
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Romance Is Boring (2020 Remaster), by Los Campesinos!
16 track album
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 12/08/2025
Today!
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liz🪻 @lizbian.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
SHE GOT, SHE GOT AWAY. SHE GOT AWAYYY. SHE GOT AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Pitfighter Vi from #Arcane screaming with her head looking towards the sky
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iaaporg.bsky.social @iaaporg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
#Accessibility is key for digital experiences. #ARIA makes complex web elements more usable with #AssistiveTech by adding vital context. Groups like @GrackleDocs support devs with tools & guidance to embed #a11y from the start, advancing #InclusiveDesign.
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The Role of ARIA in Web Accessibility
Explore how ARIA enhances web accessibility by improving screen reader support and user interaction in complex UI components. Learn when and how to use ARIA effectively.
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Deque Systems @deque.com · 05/08/2025
"The most important thing that I think the regulations have done, is they have shifted us from a reactive approach to accessibility to a proactive approach.” —Beth Valentine, Equity Compliance & Education Manager, University of North Dakota
 "The most important thing that I think the regulations have done, is they have shifted us from a reactive approach to accessibility to a proactive approach.” —Beth Valentine, Equity Compliance & Education Manager, University of North Dakota
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Deque Systems @deque.com · 05/08/2025
“The thing that managers and leadership care about with Universal Design is that it is more cost efficient. You are not doing that rework of retrofitting after-the-fact, which is way more expensive.” —Jennifer Broadus, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, King County, WA
“The thing that managers and leadership care about with Universal Design is that it is more cost efficient. You are not doing that rework of retrofitting after-the-fact, which is way more expensive.” —Jennifer Broadus, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, King County, WA
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 01/08/2025
new music from Chappell Roan & Renee Rapp on the same day ?? listen, I am having an excellent day
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a group of people are walking down a street with the words let 's go lesbians
Alt: Comedian Billy Eichner cheering, “Let’s go, lesbians! Let’s go!” while leading a groups of lesbians running through the streets of New York City. The clip is from a 2013 episode of series, “Billy on the Street.”
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 10/07/2025
Designer friends: CreativePro is hosting a free webinar from Dax Castro of @chaxtc.bsky.social on Tuesday, August 12! You can register for "Foundations of Accessibility" here: creativepro.com/event/free-w... @creativepronetwork.bsky.social #a11y #Accessibility #GraphicDesign #InclusiveDesign
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Free Webinar: Foundations of Accessibility
Learn the essentials of accessible design to help you confidently create inclusive content.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. As the website states, the "purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion," specifically for people with disabilities. #GAAD #GAAD2025
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Thursday, May 15, 2025, help us celebrate the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, ...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Manual testing with a screen reader will help you catch and fix accessibility issues that can't be identified by automated tests. Sara Soueidan has a great guide on various screen readers and how to set them up on your computer. www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing...
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Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer
– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 18/04/2025
Week 12 teaching my first #GraphicDesign course: my students are turning into InDesign pros! They’re using parent pages, setting document properties, creating paragraph styles with export tags for headings, threading text frames correctly, and writing alt text for images. 👏
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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
You no longer need a plugin for checking color contrast in Figma! I love how so many tools have these checks integrated. No plugins, extensions or anything else needed! www.linkedin.com/posts/figma_... #accessibility #UXDesign #figma
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See if color contrast meets accessibility standards right within the color… | Figma | 327 comments
See if color contrast meets accessibility standards right within the color picker | 327 comments on LinkedIn
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emma zhou @emmz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I will simply explain it, and if that doesn’t work I will explain it more and better and more and better and more and
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 21/03/2025
Week 9 teaching my first #GraphicDesign course: my students are making beautiful, complex vector graphics. They’re using swatches, paragraph styles, dynamic symbols, and all the Illustrator features I wish I knew about as a young designer. And yes: they are naming their layers and artboards!
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 25/02/2025
today: desperately trying to catch up on work after a week of sick days & inclement weather 🥲 tomorrow: returning to reality with zero stress because I Finally get to introduce my design students to vector graphics 🤠
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a close up of a woman 's face with a veil on her face and the words `` let 's go girls '' .
Alt: Shania Twain in her 1999 music video for “Man! I Feel Like a Woman.” Twain wears black eyeshadow to match her long black coat, necktie, gloves, and veiled top hat. She tips the rim of the hat upwards and delivers her iconic opening lyric directly to camera: “Let’s go girls.” The words are overlaid on the video clip in bold white letters.
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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
New on LFLegal: Another small business filed a federal class action lawsuit against a web #accessibility #overlay company. Why was UserWay sued? It believed the hype, licensed the software, and still got sued by a #blind person who couldn't use the site. #disability www.lflegal.com/2025/02/user...
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Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit agai...
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AltText Alex (he/him) @lxreads.fun · 17/02/2025
Literally the one right answer
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Explainer from @dredf.bsky.social about the lawsuit threatening Section 504- a critical US #disability rights law. dredf.org/protect-504/. #Accessibility
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Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 12/02/2025
let us not define ourselves by our tools, but by the things we make with them
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 13/02/2025
Just an appreciation post for my compassionate, resilient, beautiful wife, Liz. When every day is full of bad news, she reminds me that good things are on the way. Just gotta keep fighting. 💜
Ashi Franke-Loftus kisses her wife, Liz Loftus, on the cheek while sitting on a sunny patio at Moody Brews. Liz has big brown eyes and long red-violet hair, and she’s wearing a purple and white flannel. Ashi has long brown hair with pink streaks and bangs, styled in a bun; and she's wearing a yellow striped dress and black heart-shaped sunglasses.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
take it from all of us ex-twitter employees: THEY WON’T PAY YOU
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 12/02/2025
Gulf of Distraction
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
30 years from now we’ll be saying shit like “back in my day we had schools and lunch breaks”
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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Wednesday February 12- important free webinar about a lawsuit trying to throw out a 50 year old #Disability Rights law in the United States. The law is section 504, talked about in the wonderful #CripCamp movie. Register here: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... More info in first comment.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the...
In September 2024, a group of 17 states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government called Texas v. Becerra. The lawsuit asks the court to get rid of Section 504 and its regulations. Section 504 is a ...
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 12/02/2025
Week 4 teaching my first #GraphicDesign course: my students are reminding each other about keyboard shortcuts, naming their layers, and using nondestructive editing techniques. I think I might cry ??
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a man wearing a red sweater and tie is sitting on a couch and says mmhm
Alt: Fred Rogers, wholesome host of ‘“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” saying: “Mmhm. I’m proud of you. You know that? I hope you do.” He’s smiling and wearing a red sweater.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone, but there would be signs
18-pack of eggs
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 07/02/2025
Accessibility fuckin’ rocks
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 06/02/2025
a lil Moon Pie for the skyline 🐯
Ashi’s kitten, Moon Pie, lays on a brightly lit window sill behind white curtains. It is a cloudy day, and he’s looking up at the camera with wide, curious eyes. He is 8 months old, has mackerel tabby markings on his face, amber-colored eyes, and a fluffy coat with white, reddish-brown, and black stripes.Moon Pie lying on the window sill and looking up at the sky. He has a calm but curious expression on his face. Moon Pie glancing downward while lying on the window sill. From this angle, it’s easier to see the distinct mackerel tabby markings on his face: a large “M” shape on his forehead, a dot on either side of his nose, and stripes extending from his eyes and cheeks.
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Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com · 06/02/2025
Can't believe going to bed earlier makes me feel better. So mad.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I don't care how long ago your Hot Topic phase was when Black Parade by My Chemical Romance comes on you WILL be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 05/02/2025
Today was the first project critique in the design class I’m teaching this semester! It went so well and I’m thrilled. High energy, lots of good feedback, 100% participation. Now we’re moving into our final Photoshop project: movie posters. My cat Moon Pie may or may not make an appearance. 🐱
The top of Ashi Franke-Loftus’ head as she looks upward at a projector screen. An incomplete poster design in Photoshop is displayed, which resembles the cover of the movie “(500) Days of Summer.”

The poster features an elaborate photo collage with a sun shape at the center. In this example, the photos in the collage feature Ashi’s pet tabby kitten, Moon Pie. The title has been changed to: “(500) Days of Moon Pie.”
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Chappell Roan to her original label
the scene from the White & Nerdy where Weird Al writes "You Suck" on Atlantic Records' Wikipedia page
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Moon and Venus tonight. 1 February 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Bright planet Venus dot above centre. The Moon at waxing crescent phase above bottom edge. Dark background.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 29/01/2025
took a new headshot for work to reflect important changes in my life (I got bangs)
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles for a professional headshot. She has long, brown, curly hair with bangs and pink streaks, and she’s wearing a floral button-up shirt with a moth bolo tie.
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Laura Wissiak @laura-wissiak.com · 29/01/2025
Next month's forecast: A lot of free online events about accessibility The February event post is live and well: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews #accessibility #events
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Accessibility Events in February
If you don't want to leave your room, you will love these online events.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 29/01/2025
hello new pottery friends 🫶 My name is Ashi! I’m an accessibility professional, designer, and interdisciplinary artist. I started doing ceramics in 2023 and fell in love with it. I don’t think I’ve found my style yet, but my favorite thing is making sculptures out of wheel-thrown parts.
Ashi Franke-Loftus’ Halloween costume in 2023. She is dressed as a yellow reclaim bucket overflowing with clay scraps. She stands between class clay and reclaim buckets that are lined up against the wall of a ceramics studio. An abstract sculpture of a tree with a mid-century modern treehouse, sitting at the center of a brightly lit gallery. The tree branches are made of segments of wheel-thrown clay rings, and the treetops are wheel-thrown domes that resemble gumdrops. A ceramic carafe, conical flask, and bottle glazed in crackling white, turquoise, and black. The vessels were raku-fired, and their shapes resemble glassware used in chemistry.Ashi Franke-Loftus grins and poses after helping unload kilns in Ozark, Arkansas. She stands inside a messy wood fire kiln wearing rain boots, protective gloves, and a Laguna Clay hat.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 29/01/2025
Made it through week 1 teaching my first college course! 🤠 It hasn’t been easy, but I’m enjoying it so much. Working with students reminds me of why I love #GraphicDesign: there are so many things you can accomplish and so many avenues to get there.
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles for a selfie in front of a projector screen, which displays a silly design with three glowing goldfish swimming out of a computer screen. (The design was from a class demonstration on using layer masks in Photoshop.)

Ashi has long brown hair with pink streaks and bangs, and she’s wearing a floral button-up shirt with a moth bolo tie.
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Boy, things that were "never going to happen" sure do keep happening a lot.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 27/01/2025
Moon Pie finally figured out that he can scoot the gate away from the wall to get around it. But hey, this worked for 2 months!
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 25/01/2025
I’m not resharing that clickbait NYT opinion piece about AI, but LOL @ “enhance individual empowerment” because how do you measure that? That’s just words! AI optimism is just techbro Goop lmao
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Meaghan Darwish @meaghandarwish.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Please enjoy this #Severance meme I made, which is probably not as funny as I think it is...
Christopher Walken in 'SNL's More Cowbell sketch saying the line "Guess what? I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell." Except, the word Cowbell has been replaced by an image of Patricia Arquette's 'Severance' character Harmony Cobel
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AltText Alex (he/him) @lxreads.fun · 25/01/2025
Sharing one of my favorite videos for no particular reason
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7 Ways to Maximize Misery 😞
YouTube video by CGP Grey
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 25/01/2025
reviews from my 7.5 month old kitten: Cat toys?? Awful, boring, wasteful, underwhelming. A single piece of hay from a rabbit’s food tray? Perfection. Exceptional. The cat equivalent of a theme park.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The 5 steps of the design process are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and whiteboarding
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 22/01/2025
First day of teaching went great! Really looking forward to seeing what my students create this semester. 👩🏻‍💻
Ashi Franke-Loftus smiles and poses with her hands raised in the air, standing in front of a presentation slide projected on a classroom wall. The slide has a multicolor gradient background and text that says: “Welcome to Computer Applications in Art. ARST 2318 Section 01, Spring 2025. Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Ashi Franke, Adjunct Lecturer.” Ashi is wearing a black turtleneck, blue neckerchief, and mint colored pants.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 21/01/2025
was hoping to look really cute for my first day teaching, but the high tomorrow is 28° F 🥶
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a man in a hooded jacket is being held by a woman in a grey sweater
Alt: Scene from the movie, “A Christmas Story,” where a child named Randy Parker is complaining loudly while his mother wraps a scarf around his head. He is wearing a red snow suit over so many layers of winter clothing that he can’t move his arms.
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ashi franke-loftus @ashidesigns.com · 20/01/2025
Just opened my course on Blackboard. Equal parts excited and nervous. 🤠
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