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king lola 👑

@lolaodelola.bsky.social
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multidisciplinary artist in tech; web standards & web education. Co-Chair of W3C TAG.
W3C ARIA Working Group invited expert. W3C Privacy Working Group invited expert. I can't access DMs. 
lolaslab.co for web standards consulting & web education.

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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 2h
Reading through the Web Bot Auth Usecases Draft (datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/dra...) & the mailing list. Human authentication is about humans gaining access to sites. Bot authentication is about protecting sites from bot access. What happens when the bot is a user agent? e.g. ATs & chat bots.
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mehm8128 @hm8128.me · 12/10/2026
記事出してから、ACD Projectへの日本人からのMonthly寄付が4人も増えてて嬉しい opencollective.com/lolas-lab/pr...
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Accessibility Compat Data - Open Collective
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Something cool I finished last week, Accessibility Compat Data’s website: acd.lolaslab.co You can get an overview of the project, learn how to contribute, have a look at our funding proposal, & stay updated on what we’re building. ✨
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ACD - Accessibility Compat Data
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
3 day migraine ended yesterday, so I’m not working today (bar one meeting). I think I’m going to write a post about working for myself as a disabled person at some point. TLDR; the money is worse but the peace of mind is much, much better.
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Manuel Rego @rego.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
aamtest: Testing accessibility in WPT blogs.igalia.com/mrego/aamtes... This blog post covers the work @igalia.com has been doing to add a new type of tests in WPT, which allow testing the platform accessibility APIs directly. Thanks to NLnet Foundation for sponsoring this work.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How should ACD decide what counts as "supported"? We have a proposal and a lot of open questions. & We'd love to hear what people think. 👇🏾 acd.lolaslab.co/posts/rfc-su...
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RFC: Defining Support Status in ACD
Reviewing how support is computed in popular test suites, and proposing a support status framework for ACD
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How should ACD decide what counts as "supported"? We have a proposal and a lot of open questions. & We'd love to hear what people think. 👇🏾 acd.lolaslab.co/posts/rfc-su...
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RFC: Defining Support Status in ACD
Reviewing how support is computed in popular test suites, and proposing a support status framework for ACD
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 30/09/2026
this is like having the cookout in a sundown town
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's that time of year we're we need to reschedule TAG meetings & let me just tell you right now: trying to co-ordinate meeting times across 6 timezones is the opposite of the interesting and engaging technical work I thought I was signing up for 😅
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
& I don’t mean reading WCAG, I mean implementing WCAG. The assumptions WCAG makes means that right-to-left & down-to-up scripts, scripts not encoded in unicode, languages which have long compound words (& can’t be broken up), grammar with alt spacing rules, etc can’t implement WCAG.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@jacky.wtf wooooow
After over a decade of friendship, meeting on & offline, international trips, hours long phone calls, help with relationships and friendships and work and life, only now, today, have i received the notification that jacky has followed me back on bluesky.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WCAG is a great example of the the failure of the W3C's (& TBL's & in many way's Ted Nelson's) one web principle/dream/goal. WCAG is biased in favour of English. Other Latin scripts and languages benefit from that bias but other writing systems are disadvantaged.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Preface: I don’t believe in the AI hype. —— The intro of AI has changed online search. Users search the web with AI, which could make traditional search redundant in future. Could AI eventually replace the browser entirely & become the primary web user agent?
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looking to speak to anyone who's migrated their organisation from @microsoft.com to #Linux, especially end user devices, please. #opensource
A studio product photograph on a seamless white background featuring two open laptops side-by-side. On the left is a silver Dell laptop displaying the Windows 11 desktop and File Explorer window. On the right is a dark gray Framework 13 laptop displaying the Fedora Linux desktop with open terminal and browser windows featuring the Fedora logo.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been on ADHD medication for just over a month now & my relationship with rest has changed. Unmedicated, my task list causes overwhelm which leads to executive dysfunction. And so resting feels unearned and I feel guilt for being "lazy"* *I don't believe in laziness in the capitalist sense.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thinking about how to compute "accessibility-supported" in ACD. E.g. for the button element ARIA-AT has 3 tests, each one can be PASSING/FAILING/UNTESTABLE. WPT has 295 tests & subtests, each one can be PASS/FAIL. How should we combine these results to get an accessibility-support status?
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Doing research, then meetings (where I’m scribing or chairing or otherwise have to be engaged), then technical documentation, all in one day was not a good idea. 🥴 I was so exhausted last night. Lesson learned.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got a copy of Ted Wilson’s Computer Lib/Dream Machines & woah! It’s so much more radical than I expected. It’s funny bc as I was reading TBL’s ‘Weaving the Web’ I made notes about how TBL’s vision for the web had capitalist motives. CL/DM is definitely *not* that.
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Viewport @viewportconf.org · 21/09/2026
Hello, World! Tickets are now on sale for Viewport! We are an independent web conference coming to Liverpool on May 14th 2027. For the web, the people who build it, and the people we build it for. Get your tickets at: viewportconf.org
Announcement for Viewport. Hello, World! Tickets on Sale! Early Bird Tickets from £179. For more info search: viewportconf.org
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’ve just done my expenses for the quarter and without my ADHD meds, I actually have less expenses than I did in 2025 & 2024. However, my ADHD meds & drs appointments add £1000 (for the quarter) so things have bumped up significantly 🥲
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Delving deeper into browser accessibility, I’ve begun the work of implementing role computation for HTML elements in the @servo.org browser. (fingers crossed I can merge next week 🤞🏾) github.com/servo/servo/...
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Layout: Get Element Role Using AccessKit by lolaodelola · Pull Request #47339 · servo/servo
This is the first part to #43734. A relationship between a DOM node and an AccessKit node is created to allow for querying the AccessKit node for the role. We are passing the get_computed_role test...
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was lovely to show the WIP of my short film at Photographer's Gallery yesterday. It was well received and I'm looking forward to finishing it. 💙
This part of my talk includes a frame from my short film and says 'Ancient Yoruba is the future! The image is a download from someone else's instagram and they've written 'Netstalgia Not Accepted' the name of exhibition my work is a part of.A slide from my talk says 'There is one web! This image is downloaded from instagram and the author has written
'Could the Web have been created in Yoruba land?' which is the thesis of this project.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was lovely to show the WIP of my short film at Photographer's Gallery yesterday. It was well received and I'm looking forward to finishing it. 💙
This part of my talk includes a frame from my short film and says 'Ancient Yoruba is the future! The image is a download from someone else's instagram and they've written 'Netstalgia Not Accepted' the name of exhibition my work is a part of.A slide from my talk says 'There is one web! This image is downloaded from instagram and the author has written
'Could the Web have been created in Yoruba land?' which is the thesis of this project.
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Viewport @viewportconf.org · 03/09/2026
We just finished the beta of our website. Look out for updates on Viewport soon! You can sign up to our mailing list to be kept in the loop. viewportconf.org
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Viewport 2027 — An independent conference about the web
An independent conference about the web, the people who build it, and the people we build it for. Liverpool, May 2027.
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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 16/09/2026
Just over a week until this year's Inclusive Design 24 #id24, the free 24-hour live online conference for accessibility and inclusive design. No sign-up. No registration. All sessions are streamed live and publicly on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/inclusivedes...
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Inclusive Design 24 #id24
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development,...
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Being disabled/neurodivergent is really expensive.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tomorrow I get to show the WIP of a short film I've been working on about decolonising the web @ The Photographer's Gallery!! If you're in London, come down! 🥳
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Vale @vale.rocks · 15/09/2026
@css-tricks.bsky.social is once again stuck in an arbitrary suspension at the hands of DigitalOcean's radio silence. It is devastating to see such a brilliant publication treated so very poorly. The current situation: vale.rocks/micros/20260...
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CSS-Tricks in Limbo - 15 Sept 2026 01:35 UTC
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
To access the Nigerian National Archives website you need 1. a Nigerian ID Number (which I have) & 2. a Nigerian phone number. Why does the gov assume only Nigerians in Nigeria will want to access the archive??? 😤
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
[This is not an endorsement of Jeremy or Apple's opinion] The TAG invited Jeremy to talk about web installs at our F2F last week, as a rep for devs. It's the 1st time (in my time) that we've invited a dev to get their direct input into standards work & the consensus was that we should do it more!
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Next month’s ADHD meds cost £162.67 with my clinician’s pharmacy, the prescription is for 30mg Elvanse & 5mg Dexanfetamine. Shopped around and Asda charge the cheapest at £113.16 for both meds, making a saving of £49.51. I can’t wait to get on the NHS for this.
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Dave Letorey @letorey.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Last night getting Queen home was to priority not adding the final photos to the website. This has now been done. letorey.co.uk/travel/unite... If you are able please donate to Susan's awesome campaign to help London Air Ambulance
A totally drained Susan at the 99km marker final 1km left to walk
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every single online retailer is a market place now.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I need a someone to sponsor my dreams of having a luxury gym membership. Who do I speak to to make that happen?
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Dave Letorey @letorey.co.uk · 13/09/2026
27 hours of walking 14km left And it’s raining
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 11/09/2026
Me, @tzviya.bsky.social and @christianliebel.com are organising a mini workshop on AI and society at W3C TPAC (28 October)! If you have thoughts to share, please submit your proposal. We're looking for 5 minute talks on subjects related to AI and society. Info: github.com/w3c/strategy...
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I want to figure out how to move from invited expert to W3C member org for my own organisation. Of course, money, but all my work (at the moment) is open source so that can’t/won’t cover membership.
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
look forward to joining Olia Lialina and Winnie Soon for a discussion on “Netstalgia Not Acceptable” at The Photographers’ Gallery on 17th Sep 💾🌌✨ jonathangray.org/2026/09/07/i... with @mmarangoni.bsky.social @lolaodelola.bsky.social @luciarebolino.bsky.social @smmrcr.bsky.social & more
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“Netstalgia Not Acceptable” with Olia Lialina and Winnie Soon at “I Miss the Internet”, Photographers’ Gallery, 17th September 2026
Look forward to joining Olia Lialina and Winnie Soon for a discussion on ‘Netstalgia Not Acceptable’ as part of ‘I Miss the Internet’ at The Photographers’ Gallery on 17th September 2026.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday was probably the most stressful day I’ve had this year (or maybe second most stressful). So today I’m resting, I’ve order breakfast & I’m just going to chill. The only thing is today’s also the first day of my dose increase for my ADHD meds so we’ll see how much rest I actually get.
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Estelle @estelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You or your company, or both, should become a monthly backer of Open Web Docs today! Contribute here: opencollective.com/open-web-doc... (add a zero or two to the end of the URL before forwarding it to your CFO ;) )
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Contribute - Open Collective
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is a bit of a vulnerable question but how do you deal with getting stuff you “should” know wrong? e.g. you’re a mathematician & should know 2+2=4 but you’ve said it’s 5, how do you deal with the feelings of incompetence?
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's a genuine shame the accessibility of Linux as a whole is so poor because I think screen reader users would really benefit from the level of configurability and choice in Linux. I would love to ditch Windows forever but I need to do my screen reader testing somehow.
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
re: by any means
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know captchas are notoriously inaccessible but I just had to do one where I had to drag a puzzle piece into it's space for @proton.me & I'm really baffled how someone with a vision disability or blind is supposed to complete that????
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I enjoy stationary shopping & after 2.5years of being a Hobonichi user, this year I thought I’d invest in some covers & wake up at launch time for the drop. I’m never doing this shit again, this is the worst shopping experience I’ve ever had (despite getting everything I wanted in the end).
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I want to read The Man Who Cried I Am but it’s 528 pages so too thick to carry out & about. I need an e-reader, is it worth me getting an old Kindle on ebay & jailbreaking it or should I invest in a Kobo?
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Jacky Alciné @jacky.blacksky.app · 28/08/2026
fuck me
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Being kicked out of the tech industry - Jacky Alciné
After 250 job applications in four months, I'm giving up.
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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Day 2 of Elvanse (ADHD meds), my memory seems slightly worse but I’m getting a lot done around the house. Yday I was able to tidy up, get my nails done, go into central ldn to pick up some bits & see a friend. This time last week, that would’ve been too much for one day.
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✨🥀Persephone🥀✨ @bipolarpisces35.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Whoever said that this is the same God who ignored slavery was fucking right. He’s not even attempting to take out the right people.
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