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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

This article came into the accessibility hashtag, because it suggests accessibility scanning tools will help ensure LLMs can crawl your web page. (That’s not a priority for me, but I don’t judge people that do want that). It says “the underlying question is the same one: Can a non-human reader […]

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I had a pretty minor complaint to HUS (the hospital district) resolved in my favor on the third attempt. It is so frustrating that the system feels designed to wear you down so you give up before they actually investigate anything. Exercising your own rights should be made as easy as possible […]

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

They accepted my correction request: “Oikaisu 6.10. kello 9.14. Muutettu mielipidekirjoituksen aihesanan Autismikirjo tilalle Adhd” (Corrected 6.10 at 9.14. Changed opinion article’s topic from Autism spectrum to ADHD”)

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Me: it’s important to give both Autism and ADHD the attention they deserve, without conflating the two. A literal national newspaper: (I’m not commenting on the content of the opinion piece, just the choice of category)

Screenshot of an opinion article with the headline “Lisääntyvä adhd-lääkkeiden käyttö lapsilla huolestuttaa” (the increasing use of ADHD medication in children is a concern), with the lede “Olisi tärkeää nostaa nykyistä näkyvämmin esiin myös lääkkeettömiä hoitomuotoja ja tukikeinoja kuten uni ja liikunta” (it’s also important to highlight non-pharmalogical treatments like sleep and exercise).
The category is “Autismikirjo” (the autism spectrum).

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

HUS (Helsinki region public sector specialist healthcare) are seeking an AI-powered interpretation service to “enable real-time speech translation between different languages in healthcare settings” - www.hankintailmoitukset.fi/fi/publi… What could possibly […]

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

There looks like a damning admission from Google: googlechromelabs.github.io/webmcp-t… The problem: In the example, “Agent must scrape”, the aria-label doesn’t match the actual details (says May, calendar shows September). Much of the problem seems to be the […]

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

We simultaneously seem to have one news cycle around “home births are so dangerous that everyone should be forced to give birth in hospital” and a second one of “woops, we had a TB outbreak in the maternity unit”. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

There’s a lot of terrible things in this story, but there’s a small detail I’d missed until now: in the picture, the Border Guard (Rajavartiolaitos) officer is wearing a face covering. A branded one, which I assume means it is an officially sanctioned part of the uniform. While carrying out a […]

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I am absolutely terrified by the proportion of people, whether on (other) social media, in the newspaper comment sections or holding public office, who believe that giant data centers are unequivocally a positive thing for Finland.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Yesterday was two months since the heart surgery, and today I went into the forest. I only walked a bit over 2km, but it felt good to be getting back to normality a little.

Wide-angle photograph of a (stereotypically Finnish) lake, surrounded by densely-packed, tall green trees and a blue sky with a little cloud, taken from the top of a steep hill near the edge of the lake.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Lots more small birds from the neighborhood and this time it looks like each one gets their own individual hotel room. #birds

A photograph of two pieces of temporary metal fencing, like are used around building sites, in front of a brown wooden apartment building. Almost every square of the metal grid in the fence has a single, tiny, light brown bird sitting inside.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

We called into the allotment and I harvested some tiny fruit - I don’t think I’ve ever held so many strawberries in my hand at once before. #gardening #allotment

My hand containing more than 25 tiny strawberries, mostly about 1cm long. In the background, our dog, a brown and white whippet/collie mix is just out of focus, partly obscured by the hand.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

I just saw an ad for GitHub Copilot that said “rediscover the joy of coding”. I don’t get it - am I meant to rediscover the joy by not coding and letting the robot do it for me? This reminds me of the “people don’t actually like making music” quote from an AI bro a while back.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

This link, believe it or not, is for you to send accessibility feedback. #accessibility #a11y

Screenshot of a “Peruuta maksu” (cancel payment) button, partially obstructing a link that says “Saavutettavuusseloste” (accessibility statement) and another that says “Saavutettavuuspalaute”. There’s almost no contrast between the overlaid links and the button color.
The company name (Verifone Finland Oy) and ID number (0943819-9) are visible in the screenshot, too.

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Matthew Hallonbacka @mallonbacka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2024

Someone interacted with my #introduction and I realized it wasn’t quite up-to-date. I’m Matthew. I work on #accessibility at S-group (Finland’s grocery/fashion/hospitality/fuel/etc giant). I’ve got an MSc in service design and engineering and a BSc focused on AI. I like creating things. At […]

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