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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑

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Spell is a web developer, designer, and accessibility specialist living in beautiful Allentown, PA. Views are his own.

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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 19h
“I want to read words written by my fellow humans, from their hearts and minds, through the effort of trying to clearly express what it is they’re trying to communicate, because in that effort, they figure out what it is that they actually think and want to say.” andreabadgley.blog/2026/09/24/b...
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I can’t believe I live in a time that I have to say this, but I don’t want to read blog posts or work memos or marketing materials that are clearly written by AI. That the human behind …
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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sam1am4bg.bsky.social @sam1am4bg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We never had "Fake News" until we got a "Fake President"
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 27/09/2026
I expect this will be a failed tool...just like our current president. krcrtv.com/news/nation-...
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Trump to unveil new AI tool to navigate federal government websites
President Trump is set to unveil a new AI tool on Tuesday that will help Americans navigate federal government websites.
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 27/09/2026
Once again the Trump regime is attempting to skirt federal laws and hope AI can just magically do things. This will not work but they do not care. fedscoop.com/trump-team-a...
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A Trump team wants to automate U.S. Web Design System accessibility testing. Experts are worried.
GitHub community and accessibility experts are concerned about a reversal of progress amid potential AI reliance and plans to “automate as much accessibility testing as possible.”
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 23/09/2026
The CFP is open for 10 more days. So far, I have only 11 submissions, but I need at least 24. So, please share your ideas! First-time authors are very welcome!
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 23/09/2026
If you think you’re alone in being miserable about being Claude‘s condom, you’re not www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c... Once you get past the loud minority — those who are dead behind the eyes, but smiling for the cameras — no one who is forced to use LLMs all day is happy in this industry
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From the ClaudeAI community on Reddit
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Derek Featherstone @feather.ca · 17/09/2026
Quick Accessibility Tip: Keyboard. Keyboard. Keyboard. Want to have a massive impact on accessibility for your product, right away? Do sprint demos/reviews with a keyboard only. No mouse. #accessibility #ProductManagement #a11y #inclusion
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 17/09/2026
The COVID years seem downright nostalgic these days.
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 14/09/2026
Only 9 days until #ID24! 😍 24 talks about accessibility in 24 hours, for free! inclusivedesign24.org/2026/
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 13/09/2026
All of us when we learned about AI potentially killing us all.
Wayne Campbell, played by Mike Myers, smiling while being set on fire.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 10/09/2026
AI can't do accessibility because it doesn't understand context but AI is also gonna end humanity. Like the rest of you...I'm super confused.
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Mugger Jack, (Lucky) @muggerjack.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Time for me to suit up and protect the voters of Lomita, CA.
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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 10/09/2026
TIL I learned about Network States In essence it’s tech oligarchs wanting to create their own countries that are companies. It’s hyper capitalistic, deeply eugenicist, and should alarm every single person. Tech billionaires are a threat to global democracy
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 10/09/2026
I dunno, man. Like, can't we get on an upward trend of good things? The 10% risk AI causing an extinction event kinda broke me this week.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 09/09/2026
Trump was not at 9/11. That is all.
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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Entertainment has shown us the future could be like Star Trek, it has also shown us the future could be like Mad Max. So why the fuck are we choosing Mad Max?
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gas went up under Biden because Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Then they gradually went down in 2023/2024. Gas then went back up because Trump started a war of choice with Iran that he’s losing after being persuaded by Netanyahu and Hegseth. Blaming Biden right now is absurd.
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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 07/09/2026
New America? Your move, Google.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So now we’re supposed to hate Canada and love Putin? That’s where we are at with this corrupt gangster government?
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OpenAI is now facing more than 50 consumer harm and wrongful death lawsuits alleging that extensive use of ChatGPT resulted in psychological harm, physical injury, and even the deaths of users and/or those around them. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits
OpenAI was hit with 30 new lawsuits overs its alleged role in the Tumbler Ridge school massacre. It now faces over 50 consumer harm lawsuits.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/09/2026
If you see something, save something. Web pages disappear daily—changed, moved, deleted, or just forgotten. 🕳️ Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage before it disappears. See something worth keeping? Save it today. ➡️ web.archive.org/save/ #ToolsYouCanUse
Cream graph-paper graphic with a decorative yellow line-art path and "save" wordmark, plus a yellow ">" chevron tagline reading "tools you can use." Bold black text reads "Save Page Now." Below, a yellow folder icon with the Internet Archive logo and white text: "If you see something, save something."Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art framing the edges. Bold black text reads "Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage that's important to you before it changes or disappears." A yellow ">" chevron tagline at the bottom reads "tools you can use."Cream graph-paper graphic framed by yellow line art, featuring a screenshot of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine homepage with its search bar, page thumbnails, and three tool options — Subscription Service, Collection Search, and Save Page Now — with the Save Page Now box circled in red. A yellow ">" chevron tagline below reads "tools you can use," pointing toward a yellow arrow.Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building in the lower right. Bold black text reads "Save a page that matters today."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 03/09/2026
Water for me but not for thee. www.gadgetreview.com/denver-resid...
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Denver Resident Shows Data Center Watering Their Lawn While Residents Face Water Restrictions For a Year
Denver data center water use sparks debate as drought restrictions hit residents, but recycled water and permit questions complicate the viral outrage.
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
MOST AMERICANS DON'T WANT AN IMPEACHMENT. THEY WANT HIM AND HIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH TREASON‼️
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm just a girl standing in front of a single bag of groceries that I just spent $78 on, asking that none of it get recalled this week.
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Will Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If there’s going to be a Reconstruction after Trumpism, it cannot be constrained by attempts to preserve the GOP as a competitive party
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Make no mistake—this is Mike Rogers' position on data centers. He's got up to $2.6 million invested in companies cashing in on the data center boom, all while Michiganders watch their utility bills soar.
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Unusual Unity @unusualunity.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Remember when mass surveillance of the populace by the state was supposed to be a BAD thing that only America's enemies did? Yeah, I remember that too
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 31/08/2026
I'm a student of history. I've seen human beings do beautiful and incredible things. My money is on people and not AI.
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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 30/08/2026
Call me naïve, but I think the Web should be making it *easier* to create accessible UIs than inaccessible ones. Instead, once you go beyond the basic primitives, the platform is a minefield: the obvious thing to do is rarely accessible, and devs must jump through hoops to make it so.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 29/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: It's a Okay Life
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 28/08/2026
Just checking in. Everybody okay? Any celebrity deaths today?
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We have more technology, more productive capacity and more wealth than any civilisation in history. Yet we are exhausted, insecure, in debt, struggling to afford homes, food and energy, while a tiny minority accumulate more than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes. We. Are. Being. Robbed.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
can someone rename gas to $2/ gallon
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Michael Spellacy (Spell) ❌👑 @michaelspellacy.com · 26/08/2026
I think it's brave to have strong convictions against AI in an environment that is forcing it down our throats everyday.
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Jake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 26/08/2026
📝 When and how CSS custom properties are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles. Here's how it works: jakearchibald.com/2026/css-cus...
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Controlling when CSS custom properties are computed
The default might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is absolutely wild. USPS is defending new restrictions on mail voting by comparing ballots to other types of “sensitive mail,” including replica explosives and cremated remains. The new rule would require states to use specific ballot markings and unique barcodes,
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