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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My time on social media got a lot easier when I gave myself permission to not worry about unsolicited advice (criticism) from strangers, especially strangers whose accounts don't have their name and whose avatars don't have their pictures.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Each day, @wai-a-day.yatil.net shares a different resource from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Sometimes, the resources are more technical. Sometimes they are broader. They should be on the radar for everyone pursuing a more accessible web.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My parents (81 and 82) will be sitting silently, each at their own computer, and then one will say, "Wordle in two!" The other will show admiration and astonishment. And then announce how many tries it took them to do the day's Wordle. This is one of my favorite things, and a great source of joy.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sharing memes about Taylor Swift's wedding? Or the picture of the Madison Square Garden sign after the wedding? Or a screenshot of a social media post about it? Regardless of the image, don't forgot to add alt text. If you struggle to understand alt text or how to write it, this guide will help.

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How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions

The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 09/06/2026

Accessibility benefits everyone.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

hey, if you care about accessibility in journalism, our friends at EAPM could use some support!

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A reality show where corporate tech dude-bros have to make it through a meeting without using corporate tech dude-bro jargon... or else they face dire consequences.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today is May 25th, the anniversary of the release of "Star Wars" in 1977. That's a good enough reason to revisit this "Star Wars"-themed post about alt text. #StarWars #AltText #a11y

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A common thing I hear is that AI can be used to "solve" accessibility. There are many things I don't care for in that mindset, but one of the things is that so much about accessibility depends on the context of the situation. AI is not going to be able know why a person made certain content choices.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

You might personally choose not to use AI, but you might not have a choice as to whether your team or office uses it. If your organization is using AI to write alt text, always review it to make sure it's accurate and appropriate. AI won't necessarily understand how or why an image is being used.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 24/05/2026

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?

NYT headline after two major engine failures and an otherwise successful launch: SpaceX Completes Mostly
Successful Starship
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

IMPACT: Within days of @propublica.org + @kqednews.kqed.org's investigation on how a California teacher fired for sexual harassment & deemed "unfit to teach" was allowed to keep teaching at 2 more schools, Redwood City has replaced Jason Agan & launched a 3rd party review of its hiring practices.

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California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints

A KQED-ProPublica report revealed how Redwood City teacher Jason Agan was allowed to keep his credentials despite being deemed “unfit to teach.” Now he’s been replaced by a substitute for the remainde...

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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 21/05/2026

We hope you'll join us in recognizing Global Accessibility Awareness Day. EAPM is focused on improving accessibility in the field of journalism and in public-facing news. Join us in our mission. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org #GAAD #GAAD15 #MakeItAccessible #NewsForAll

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Equal Access Public Media

Making journalism more accessible for you

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Clinton Lexa is returning to streaming @halfcoordinated.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! An excellent time to reflect on what unintentional barriers may exist in your game. -Is important information communicated with both visuals and audio? -Are text and icons large and high contrast? -Do your controls avoid mashing and long holds? #GAAD

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jdan @jdan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So many #gaad posts without alt text today.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I think about this post a lot, especially on a day like today, Global Accessibility Awareness Day. #GAAD

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For years, I stole Shan Carter's line about how he made information graphics for both Bart AND Lisa Simpson: Straightforward enough for Bart, and deep and layered enough for Lisa to keep digging in long after Bart moved on. This Bingo is a Master Class at that. Chef's kiss, no notes.

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 21/05/2026

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! #a11y #GAAD

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! There's a lot of nice game accessibility content, events and announcements today, so much that it's easy to miss things. So here's a handy cheat-sheet, I'll be keeping it updated throughout the day - ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gaad #gamedev

GAAD - Global Accessibility Awareness Day

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Since 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) has been observed on the third Thursday of May to bring about exposure and awareness to digital accessibility. Of course, for many accessibility enthusiasts, every day is a day to bring not just awareness, but action. accessibility.day

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GAAD

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 · 21/05/2026

This Thursday marks the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). If you're a teacher and you're looking for activities, Veronica Lewis has created a resource that introduces digital accessibility concepts and skills to students and teachers in a hands-on, practical way.

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Activity Ideas For Students

Free activity ideas for Global Accessibility Awareness Day that teach students about disability, assistive technology, and digital accessibility

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I've already shared this @aardrian.bsky.social post with co-workers once this year in the run-up to Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and it's worth a reminder. If you don’t already have a GAAD event on the calendar already, it’s too late to start planning one. #GAAD #Accessibility #A11y

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The Performative A11yship of #GAAD

For context on the title, working backward from the end, GAAD is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Its purpose, as explained at accessibility.day, is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning a...

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This first episode ("33") is pretty great. I'd argue it is one of the top episodes of the series. I would recommend starting with the two-part mini-series before watching this first episode, as it has some good set-up and a delicious twist that gets spoiled if you just go straight into episode 1.

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The ‘Battlestar Galactica’ reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV. - The Boston Globe

Ronald D. Moore's space epic tangled with moral questions and a society on the run from the pilot onwards.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Rewatching "Battlestar Galactica," and I'm pleased to say that season 1 is still very enjoyable. Frakking enjoyable, even.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This whole thread (and the replies) are quite the read.

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Crewman Six, She/They @crewmansix.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Also, replacing a letter this ruins content filtering. We have all these tools for muting terms we don't want to see, for whatever the reason, but they DO depend on matching spelling. Getting cutesy with euphemisms and self-censoring defeats the whole point.

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Ash⁷ @arajellybean.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This! Please. Spell out the words. It also means we can't block words or phrases as easily, either. I know I sometimes struggle with understanding when people replace letters like this.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It also bypasses people's mute lists, deliberately exposing them to content they expected to be filtered out

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Adrian Roselli, pH0 @aardrian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Available now. Today. “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech” Info: accessibilityethics.org Links to other sellers: adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-... (anchor) Add to your StoryGraph to-read pile: app.thestorygraph.com/books/42da2f... #DigitalAccessibilityEthics

Book cover with title and subtitle: “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech.” Below is an abstract painting of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple arcs; figures, circles, and building-like shapes are in the lower half. On the top left corner of the arcs are the words “Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet.” The publisher's name, “CRC Press / Taylor & Francis” appears in the bottom right corner.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Combining accessibility and "Star Wars," as one does!

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Sharing "Star Wars" images on this "May The Fourth"? Don't forget alt text! Alt text is crucial for people who are blind, who have low vision, and others who use screen readers. #MayTheFourth #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayThe4th #StarWarsDay #StarWars #a11y

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Freon Genoese Evangelical @hiveindicator.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

To put it nicely, writing gibberish is a jerk move. I'd use other words, but not when quoting these nice people.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

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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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The possibility of AI scraping alt text is not an excuse to throw disabled people under the bus. The goal is to get rid of AI, not to get rid of disabled people.

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TheDaddyOtaku 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 (He/Him/Daddy) @thedaddyotaku.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Note to mainstream "news" websites...

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Joe Murphy @joemurph.com · 01/05/2026

The NBC News Data / Graphics team is hiring a school-year intern for the 2026-2027 school year! • Part-time • On location at 30 Rock • Must be a student Details: gist.github.com/freejoe76/56... Our work: www.nbcnews.com/datagraphics Application: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/NBCUniversal...

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NBC News visualizations and data analysis

Explaining the news through visualizations and data analysis from the NBC News Digital Data/Graphics team.

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Joanne Mason @jmasoneditor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Another great reminder to consider your audience!

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I've used this tweet in presentations to demonstrate why social media teams need to be more mindful of their emoji use. This is how a screen reader relays this message to the user.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This will only resonate with certain people, but when I was a j-school student in mid-Missouri in the early 2000s, I thought I was going to need to know a lot about millages. It turned out that I didn't use millage rates as often as I thought I might.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 21/04/2026

You should write your book now so you can write it without having to write it for the rest of your life after that

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

To avoid being censored by social media platforms, some people intentionally misspell words or replace letters with symbols or numbers. This causes confusion and problems for screen reader users, people with cognitive and reading disabilities, and people learning the language.

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Mat Harris @matharris.dev · 17/04/2026

Looks like the admin is pushing out the new rule change of Title II of ADA another year, likely to give them more time to fully de-teeth it or roll it back altogether public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07663.pdf

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Amber Hinds @amberhinds.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A 1-year deadline extension for state and local government compliance with ADA Title II on the web is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on April 20th. Population > 50k now = April 26, 2027 Population < 50k now = April 26, 2028 #accessibility #a11y

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

AI won't necessarily understand the context of where an image will appear, and why. Is the image decorative, functional, or meaningful? That's not something that AI will always be able to determine. The same image can be used in multiple contexts and need to have different alt text each time.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This also reminds me of how @stacykess.bsky.social and I have long agreed that to get journalists on board with accessibility we need to meet them where they are, and that includes translating a lot of the technical aspects in ways that people can "get" it. As in, making the content more accessible.

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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This reminds me of Kai Wong's great talk at Axe-con about how accessibility presentations and materials can sometimes be anything but accessible. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...

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Inclusive, Engaging Accessibility Presentations (Ditch the Dull!) - axe-con

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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 15/04/2026

I talk to beginners and newcomers to the field of accessibility all the time (by virtue of teaching through my course) and am aware of some of the "barriers" and "annoyances" they come across. Hence this statement/opinion. I hope it's received as the constructive criticism I intend it to be. ✌🏻

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