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Soren (they/them)

@soren.work
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Disabled queer sparkle holographic cryptid leading a11y for daters with disabilities 💜| blind and low vision views mine | neons, knitting, glow painting, side projects, radical love 💖

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Johnny Vector @johnnyvector.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Link in case you’re not sure it’s true or you can’t read the image: www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...
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NJ Legislature
The New Jersey State Legislature
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
FUCK ICE Act Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered Act Alt Text
Bill A4446
Session 2026 - 2027
Establishes "Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered Act";
permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement.
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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.eurosky.social · 18/02/2026
👁️‍🗨️ An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me by Scott Shambaugh "We, like many other open source projects, are dealing with a surge in low quality contributions enabled by coding agents." #AI #reputation #quality theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 13/02/2026
My rideshare driver was cutting up with me the whole ride home and I was in a chatty mood. Everything was great until he said “men are smarter because they invest their money if women would do that…” I wait, the air heavy, taking up space. He then breaks silence with “I love spaghetti.” 🤣🧐
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 25/01/2026
This is why I remind anyone in the "time to buy a gun" crowd: the Second Amendment is not for you. American gun culture is not for you. You are not in on the con.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The NRA siding with government tyranny over gun rights lands the same for me as the ADL coming to the defense of Elon Musk.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/01/2026
lmao fuck the NRA, phony little assholes
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 25/01/2026
It’s hard to swallow that some conservatives in the US: Love a protest in January; unless it’s protests they don’t like Love the 2nd amendment; unless it’s someone they don’t like bearing arms Love freedom; but will celebrate the state assassinations of US citizens using their 1st Amendment right
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IGN @ign.com · 13/01/2026
Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. bit.ly/49xT9Xl
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 13/01/2026
I feel like #POTUS is overlooking that Washington DC is a sanctuary city. cis.org/Map-Sanctuar...
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Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States
Updated 11/20/25: Map and list of sanctuary cities, counties, and state that are obstructing federal immigration enforcement.
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Kate @k8c.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is a good thread of ways to support, if you have the spoons for it. bsky.app/profile/naom...
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 10/09/2025
You’ve heard of girl dinner and boy dinner, now get ready for “nonbinary dinner” which for me is just having AuDHD, forgetting to eat most meals until I’m starving, then eating a snack buffet while an enormous amount of food arrives. Or could just be buffet. Is there a vegetarian Golden Corral?
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 18/05/2025
This makes a lot more sense wheb put like this. It’s also why it seems so ridiculous to millenials because we’ve never seen affordable housing. youtube.com/shorts/zyyKy...
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Millennials & Gen Z vs Boomer Cost of Living | Luxuries vs Necessities
YouTube video by Freddie Smith
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 14/05/2025
The thing that’s getting me through this week is scrolling back in the house group chat and seeing all the messages about if the cats have been fed yet or the status of our wooden utensils in the sanding-oiling process.
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 08/05/2025
Hey @figma.com. Figma Sites in its current state can put your customers at serious risk for accessibility lawsuits. #a11y #accessibility
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 27/03/2025
There's not enough good nonbinary jokes out there so I wrote one: What kind of sandwich can you make with two slices of nonbinary bread? 🍞 Depends on what's enby-tween them! #nonbinary #enby #jokes #IfYouKnowYouKnow #LGBTQJokes #NonbinaryJokes
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 21/03/2025
Anyone know of any good games or fun activities that I could use to train designers on using assistive tech? I was thinking like a web game where the commands are all keyboard, need to use the screenreader, etc #a11y #a11yGames #assistiveTechTraining #a11yTraining
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Bulbagarden @bulbagarden.net · 14/03/2025
'Bulbasaur has stopped the trolley with his vines, saving you from having to explore a philosophical scenario' - all the people tied to the tracks smile, knowing that they are safe now
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Samantha Burns @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This is a de facto genocide of disabled Americans.
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Overlay Timeline @overlaytimeline.com · 24/02/2025
The sheer volume of headlines, lawsuits, and commentary surrounding accessibility overlays can be overwhelming to fully grasp. We made a timeline to help anyone understand and share this rich and cursed saga in digital accessibility. overlaytimeline.com
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Overlay Timeline
A reverse-chronological record of headlines, lawsuits, and commentary about accessibility overlays and the companies who make them.
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cate @buny.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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Joe Kalicki @joekalicki.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Worth noting that there is absolutely no law against DEI practices.
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Jeremy Stahl @jeremystahl.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 31/01/2025
I’m making a new website and after fighting with ghost for months I decided to go with webflow. Viewing the a11y video in their docs and the instructor says “we’ll do hierarchical whatever it’s called when you’re doing proper hierarchy” and just decided to take a break and write an article instead.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 31/01/2025
Saying something is fully accessible as a misnomer! Accessibility isn’t a finish line or guarantee. Yet we often see products labeled as “fully accessible“- why is this a misconception and what can we do to course correct without losing confidence? 
#A11y soren.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
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The Myth of ‘Fully Accessible’
Embracing access as action
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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Further, seeing interpreters in TV is common in many other countries. People in the US "annoyed" by seeing ASL on TV need to check their privilege -- know what's more annoying than seeing ASL on tv? Being locked out of the information BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR.
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 11/01/2025
🔊 PSA for nondisabled people 🔊 It's time to step the FUCK up if you wanna be an ally. ASL interpretation is being targeted by right wing cry baby douchebags. Shut this shit down when you see it. SPEAK UP. This barrage of ASL hate is heavier than usual.
Quote tweet by Richard Hanania from 1/11/2025. The quoted tweet, which has a community note, is by Christopher F. Rufo on 1/10/2025.

Christopher's tweet reads: "I'm sorry, but we have to stop with the ridiculous sign language interpreters, who turn serious press conferences into a farce. There are closed captions on all broadcast channels and streaming services. No wild human gesticulators necessary."

The community note (which has supporting .gov links) reads: "Fact: Not all broadcast channels have closed captions, which isn't universally effective anyway; many Deaf rely on ASL for comprehension as ASL offers nuances captions miss. This is part of ADA requirements, passed by GOP."

Richard's tweet reads: "The community note shows that the process has been captured by the disability lobby. It’s not about access, CC works fine. They have to pretend like it doesn’t to force this absurdity onto us. And the ADA amendments of 2008 have led to a nightmare, as I explain in my book."
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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 12/01/2025
Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
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RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
After Amazon imposed a strict return-to-office policy that takes effect in January 2025, other companies followed suit. But are RTO mandates a way to boost productivity and charm Wall Street - or just a way to lose your best performers? In this short video, Brian Elliott, who has studied RTO mandate
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 01/01/2025
I’ve always found the quote attributed to Eleanore Roosevelt to be ableist so I adapted to choice of topic: Shallow conversations focus on what and where, average conversations on who and how, but great conversations are about why, affect, and the ever-evolving future.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 04/12/2024
My cat Michael stole and returned drone batteries. The Snap Inc Pixy was recalled and the pop-out batteries have to be locally recycled. I’ve confiscated them for her own safety but she plays with the silliest things sometimes. She has pulled tacks out of the wall and stolen ikea hardware. #sillyCat
Soren’s kitchen hallway with a pretty and mischievous goblin cat looking away with her yellow pixy battery treasure.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 01/12/2024
I wonder if anyone can guess what my first knitting pattern is before it’s finished and blocked / tied off! Hint: you might use it every day and it’s completely symmetrical. I’m about 1/3 through the pattern here. I’m knitting it into a hat but you can add it into anything with a 48x48 open spot.
Soren shows a speckled dark gray and white yarn pattern hat they are working on in the interior of a car, their project bags in the background.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 25/11/2024
I don’t know, I felt like that brie was highly entertaining.
A screenshot from a shopping app of a wheel of brie cheese, Wegmans brand that reads “Wegmans food you feel good about medium entertaining brie soft ripened cheese”
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 25/11/2024
Its Monday, so how many times have I reheated my chai and oatmilk? Two/too many.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 24/11/2024
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full. Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty Blind and low vision folks: the cup is full to where I stuck my finger in the glass
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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I appreciate that people want to be kind, but please remember if you are responding to a disabled person talking about their situation that they (read: me) receive dozens or hundreds of the similar messages over & over, inquiring about specifics of the illness and recommending treatments ♿
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 24/11/2024
Micheal chirps at me, content in her new cozy cat cave 😁
A closeup of a cozy gray cat cave with Michael, Soren’s Siamese calico mix, looking out with big round Disney princess eyes and a slightly parted pink mouth mid chirp
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 24/11/2024
I’m starting to make my own knitting patterns now that I am getting into Faire isle and Intarsia designs! Get ready for some cute geek wear!
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 22/11/2024
With the latest migrations to this app I have new followers so welcome! I cleaned out the timeline but I usually post about silly UX or #a11y stuff, fun stuff that isn't work, or community/industry things i’m working on.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 20/11/2024
In a dream, a partner & I were at a tech event and the owner of Xitter showed up and started calling things like a11y a “woke mind virus app” in dream, partner: “yeah I know about the woke mind app, the system alarm app I can’t uninstall from my phone.” Even in my dreams I hang with funny folks!
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Breaking: A bug WIRED discovered in True the Vote's app exposed its user data -- and unearthed messages from an election worker discussing an illegal voter-suppression scheme.
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Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 31/10/2024
Do you have a two sentence a11y horror story? #TwoSentenceHorror #A11yHorror #Halloween #a11yWeen
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 31/10/2024
The screen reader abruptly stopped, leaving Alex lost in a maze of Unicode fonts and unlabeled fields. The social website that promised connection had morphed into a fortress of exclusion, threatening to erase their access with poor design choices. #TwoSentenceHorror #A11yHorror #Halloween #a11yWeen
Neon gamer office with computer monitor and audio board with Halloween jackolanterns grinning sinisterly
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Crystal Preston-Watson @scopicengineer.com · 21/10/2024
I can't upload the full 5 minutes of Attack on Accessibility (my Attack on Titan parody) but here is a m amuse-bouche for you all
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 28/09/2024
Soren after dark! ✨
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 20/08/2024
I just had an outpatient procedure where they had to use general anesthesia. Usually they add meds to your IV and then start music, ask you to count backwards. Today the first song was Sound of Silence “hello darkness my old friend” and I just remember laughing a lot #NEISVoid #Disability
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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 16/08/2024
I put together a thorough list of bots you can block and other fun ways you can confound the automated minions of our techno-grifter class. janmaarten.com/robots/
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Good sabotage for bad robots
A thorough list of AI crawlers you can block on our your website, as well as a few other choice methods to confound the robots who want to steal everything you've ever published online.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 14/08/2024
Oh you're a mathematician are you? Name every number
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Soren (they/them) @soren.work · 08/08/2024
Exciting times - I accepted an offer + it’s the last day before Applied Accessibility for Designers on Maven begins! Unfortunately that means it’s the last day to sign up too. Use SOREN25 if you’d like to get 25% off the class! We start tomorrow at 2:30pm ET / 11:30 AM PT - will you join us?
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