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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible.

@stacykess.bsky.social
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• Founder of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org. • Woman on a mission to make news accessible. • Journalist with 25-plus yrs experience. • Former RN. • View from Boston. • No filter. • Cusses too much. • Makes social media typos.

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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 11h
Oof, just wondering why I was starting to feel like I couldn't think anymore, and then looked at the clock and oh! I technically should have been off work a half hour ago. Just sitting here trying to function, and it wasn't working. I've been up since 4 a.m., at work since 5. People, do not be me.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 11h
Of course, you'll procrastinate! You're journalists. Pretty sure it's a skill taught in J-school. But, I'm asking you to get it done. The survey closes whether or not you take it, and I'd really like you to take it. It'll make my old editor heart happy. And don't I deserve to be happy? Just once?
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 11h
Journalism professionals, don't procrastinate! Take the 2026 survey today. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2026 More info: accessiblejournalism.org/oaj-conducts... Survey: accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumV
A multiple choice question featuring that shows the Organization for Accessible Journalism logo next to a heart. It reads the Organization for Accessible Journalism loves:
- accessibility
- surveys and data
- news and journalism
- you
- all of the above
The box next to the last choice, all of the above, is ticked.
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 16h
World Heart Day is a reminder that heart health matters for everyone. Let’s raise awareness, encourage prevention, and make heart health a priority for ourselves and our communities.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 14h
The AI model “could even determine whether Boston rats speak a different dialect than New York rats do.” I’m gonna need more here. Is it a non-rhotic thing or a cussing thing? Cuz, ya know…
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 16h
Not a journalism professional? You can still help. If you know or love a journalism professional, get this survey to them and ask them to take it. It's anonymous and takes only a few minutes. Only requirement is living and working in the U.S.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Re-sharing (and shares welcomed!!!), my upcoming class for @shipmanagency.bsky.social … Starting this Saturday, on pitching, open to nonfiction writers of all kinds … Enroll today, if you are considering doing so, it’s last call … www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
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Craft Seminar: The Art of the Pitch with Sandy Ernest Allen — The Shipman Agency
2 Sessions: Saturdays, October 3 + 10 1:00-3:00pm ET Sandy Ernest Allen Master the art of pitching with journalist and editor Sandy Ernest Allen. Sandy is a trans and queer freelance journalist, a...
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 18h
I keep my weekends basically media-free (or I try to). But I finally read this article last night. But I'll let Rachel Maddow give you the synopsis. This is extremely disturbing — basically the stuff of dystopian fiction — except it's in real life.
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Maddow: 'Why are we doing this?'; Trump makes dangerous deal with Russia
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump admin will rewrite Section 504 after settlement with TX, AK, FL, LA and MT to remove references to “most integrated setting,” removing protections for disabled people.
disabilityscoop.com
Trump Administration Gets OK To Scale Back Disability Protections
The government will do away with rules requiring that people with disabilities be served in the community under a settlement with a handful of states that advocates say sidesteps decades of precedent.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ya know, even when you know it’s coming, it still feels like a fucking gut punch. It’s not been a banner year for disability rights, folks…
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump admin will rewrite Section 504 after settlement with TX, AK, FL, LA and MT to remove references to “most integrated setting,” removing protections for disabled people.
disabilityscoop.com
Trump Administration Gets OK To Scale Back Disability Protections
The government will do away with rules requiring that people with disabilities be served in the community under a settlement with a handful of states that advocates say sidesteps decades of precedent.
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Michael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social · 19/09/2026
Want to be a contestant in our vintage style virtual game show, but worried you might not be available for the date? We're pre-recording this one and coordinating with your schedule! Check out the post, drop me an email, and we'll see if we can make it work! tinyurl.com/yx6cbbjm
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Game Show Contestants Wanted!
Apply Now!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The dogs are extending their boycott of the outside due to continued inclement weather. #DogProblems #NoreasterProblems
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You still can't make me like the architecture, but yay more housing downtown!
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 28/09/2026
Let's make this World News Day about getting news to more people by making sure our increasingly digital news is more accessible. Don't know where to begin? We're here to help. Reach out to info@accessiblejournalism.org or esimonej@accessiblejournalism.org for info and pricing on training.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another area to avoid this morning: Ongoing fire at Dudley and Warren in Roxbury. Sadly, it's this historic building. I found this video via a response to the linked twitter post in the thread. (I don't have twitter, so don't blame me if it doesn't play or work.)
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Enig Mue (@ENIGMUE) on X
@BostonFire They're still at it
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As far as I can tell this is still happening right now.
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 28/09/2026
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Man Excitedly Declares 'I Love Surveys!'
Alt: Sketch from College Human: 'I Love Surveys!'
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning, early-bird journalists. It's nearing the end of September. That means there's just a little over a month left to take the @accessiblejournalism.org survey. If you live and work in the U.S., this survey is for you. It's anon, quick, and painless. No accessibility know-how required.
accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com
OAJ 2026 Journalist Accessibility Survey | Organization for Accessible Journalism
I have posted a survey titled 'OAJ 2026 Journalist Accessibility Survey' on Organization for Accessible Journalism. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suddenly feeling really good about how I rescued my neighbor's package delivered around 6 p.m. Saturday during the nor'easter as it was blowing down the street to make sure she got it when she got home that evening...
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In case you missed it. fedscoop.com/trump-team-a...
fedscoop.com
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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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Zebras! Help Michele! I know bits about hEDS (mostly stuff I have learned from reading because it is the most prevalent and from hEDSers), but if you can support her on this journey, now is the time. Also, if you have recommendations in her area, get them to her.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ahh yes, famous sanctuary cities such as *checks notes* Dodge City, KS.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I advocated for going further than even just this small press pool boycott. I said, when it comes to Trump, • No images • No video • No audio • No direct quotes at all, from anywhere, anymore. Period. But oh, look, the WH press pool couldn't even sustain a tiny boycott for more than a minute. 1/
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kill it with fire.
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 25/09/2026
Journalists, have you taken the 2026 survey yet? More info: accessiblejournalism.org/oaj-conducts... Survey: accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumV
A survey question asking How is the U.S. journalism industry doing when it comes to accessibility? Answer options are: Good, Fair, Poor, and Unsure. Unsure is marked as the response.

Below the survey reads: The Organization for Accessible Journalism's 2026 Accessibility survey aims to answer this question — and more —  by asking journalists about accessibility experiences. Take the survey today!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Even the nor'easter is siding with Macklemore.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We probably won't make it to Springfield for The Big E (which is New England's states fair) this year, and Mr. Kess is disappointed because he won't get to try something called the Artery Clogger, which is apparently a panini with nutella, brie, and bacon.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three things: 1. Support nurses. 2. Support labor. 3. Support the nurses' unions.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A teacher should be able to afford a home in the richest, most powerful country in the world.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I would like to formally file a complaint against the dogs who are currently harassing me for goodies. But have done absolutely nothing to earn said goodies. And since Tina in HR is out for the afternoon, I am filing it here. I feel my thumbs are being taken advantage of to open to box of goodies...
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And journalists: don't forget to share the survey with your fellow journalists. I can share it but my reach is only so far. If you share it with your colleagues and co-workers, it goes that much further!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's a Thursday! And that's a great time to remind my fellow journalists that while you are waiting for that source to call you back, your coffee to brew, or your press creds to be reinstated, you should take the @accessiblejournalism.org 2026 survey!
accessiblejournalism.org
OAJ conducts survey of journalists
OAJ is conducting a survey of journalists living and working in the U.S. about accessibility
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @msnowreports.bsky.social piece on Vance/Oz’s claim of widespread fraudulent marketplace enrollment. Some brokers are to blame but regulation not disenrollment is the cure, and using absence of filed claims as evidence of fraud shows no understanding of insurance www.ms.now/opinion/vanc...
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Opinion | You should be skeptical of JD Vance’s claims about Obamacare fraud
The vice president's anti-fraud task force may strip health coverage from people who did nothing wrong.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Everyone in my Boston fam is either autistic or ADHD, and I swear we need to pool our monies and hire a social secretary because first making plans is hard and second plans don't get canceled, they just get forgotten...
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I still stand by what I said. Trump wants to be seen and heard. So yes, the press credentials must be restored. But the press must band together and continue (or go further) in not distributing video, audio, and direct quotes of him — not just from the WH but everywhere. www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
npr.org
Judge orders Trump administration to restore journalists' access to White House
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to temporarily restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, after they were banned from covering White House events by President Trump.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where giving ground to extremists will lead … “What centrists never mention is that we have a highly relevant case study, playing out in real time, of a major center-left party following their advice.” newrepublic.com/article/2155...
newrepublic.com
Centrists Won’t Tell You Where “Moderating” on Trans Rights Ends Up
The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 23/09/2026
Ever wondered who makes OAJ possible? Meet the passionate volunteers behind our mission. myOAJ.org #MakeADifference #NewsForAll #AccessibleNews
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ehem... it was recently my birthday, and I noticed none of you sent me any Nikon cameras or camera parts. Here's your chance to rectify that.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That moment you are in conversation with someone you casually know in real life and they start telling you how they don't trust "the system" and about what they recently heard on Nick Shirley's podcast. And it takes every bit of your strength not to just drop dead from laughing.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's a 0.1% sample size we have going right now. Luckily, there's still over a month for more of you procrastinators — errr, I mean, ace reporters — to take the survey.
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I work with Afghan immigrants in Virginia. Thousands were promised visa, vetted, and ready to come to America after our military pulled out and the Taliban retook the country. The Trump administration ended this last year. This includes the 1039 Afghans stuck at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Asked the dogs if it is their fault that I'm tired today. They said nothing. Their silence is tantamount to admission of guilt.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I send out surveys. I take surveys. (I just did my part by taking the MBTA satisfaction survey, which I do every couple of months.)
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I realized this morning that my 89-year-old mother-in-law lives 10 minutes or so from where ICE attempted to murder her fellow Austinite Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. If I know Betty, she's out there protesting right now.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keep those surveys coming in! You: • don't need to have any accessibility experience to take the survey. • do need to be a journalist working/living in the U.S. or territories (or work as journalism educator, work at journalism support org, etc.) Questions? Ask me! 1/
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Emilia Ruzicka @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Journalists! @accessiblejournalism.org is running a survey to understand the state of accessibility in news. The survey is meant to identify both how much journalists know and what journalists don’t know so we can create programming. Fill it out below! accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com/q/y2hGhFumV
accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com
OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey | Organization for Accessible Journalism
I have posted a survey titled 'OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey' on Organization for Accessible Journalism. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hi fellow journalists! @accessiblejournalism.org is about a third of the way through it's survey of U.S. journalists. And what I'm realizing is many of you haven't taken the survey! If you haven't taken the survey, now is the time! If you are a journalist living and working in the U.S., take it.
accessiblejournalism.surveymars.com
OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey | Organization for Accessible Journalism
I have posted a survey titled 'OAJ 2026 Disability and Accessibility Survey' on Organization for Accessible Journalism. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm going to say it. As an industry, the best thing we can do for democracy is to not quote Donald Trump. Do not show his image. Do not play video of him. Do not share audio of his voice. We as journalists fed the monster. Finally, let us starve the monster.
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Organization for Accessible Journalism @accessiblejournalism.org · 22/09/2026
Journalists! Be a part of a this! More information here: accessiblejournalism.org/oaj-conducts...
accessiblejournalism.org
OAJ conducts survey of journalists
OAJ is conducting a survey of journalists living and working in the U.S. about accessibility
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