Notices by Anna E. Cook (annaecook@mstdn.social)

Every time I hear “super intelligent” or “super human” used in tech branding I immediately think of eugenics.

Seems like a bad branding move ngl

Hey you, yes you. Don’t even think about working it’s the weekend, you sicko.

“I don’t have accessibility needs”

Yes, you do. You may not identify as having a disability but I know for a fact you’re using accessibility already.

Embrace this need for yourself and others, we need you to do that to keep making accessibility a priority.

I really am begging organizations to stop using Facebook or Twitter as the only way they distribute information.

Please don't make me make an account to see information

I cannot emphasize enough how terrible it is for someone to be able to see your content if you’ve blocked them.

Blocking isn’t just a social thing, people often need it for their personal safety.

If I were on Twitter this alone would force me to delete it.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts

People say pets are like their owners.

I can verify that this is true because my cat just spent the past hour howling then threw up on the carpet which is so me.

I just saw a disability focused organization post “your disability doesn’t define you” and that was ick.

I disdain paternalistic statements like these, that utterly erase the experiences and perspectives of disable people and communities.

Tech companies like to stack on layers upon layers of functionality instead of making the basic product that is promised better.

Then there becomes so much bloat in a product that it becomes impossibly complex.

I just want us to focus on just building solid stuff.

I need American news to stop making my anxiety peak every week

@thomasfuchs I've noticed this too, I'm still struggling to manage it. I don't understand why things are allowed to be labeled incorrectly for one thing then part of me just wonders if everything is saturated with gluten somehow

I have this idea for something...I have celiac disease, and I realized that one of the most difficult things I deal with is a lack of clarity on which items contain gluten, especially in other languages.

What if we had universally accepted allergen icons used on all prepacked items?

Sir please you’re over capacity of cuteness you have to reduce it for your own safety

I got blocked for reposting this and saying

“Yoda and the Jedi council were so consumed with holding onto their power that they became a military force and lied about how they could not connect with the force anymore

So yes, this is surprisingly apt”

Hahahah

An actual screenshot of me on my last call. Every work meeting includes Felix whether I want it to or not.

There’s a significant cultural divide between millennials who got off of Facebook and millennials who still actively post on there and I don’t know how to explain it

I thought everyone was deleting X to come to here. Little did I know that people treat this like the side group chat you have in addition to the main chat to complain about the main chat.

Tech is political and anyone who tries to proclaim otherwise, in my opinion, is hoping that people will not pay attention so they can make more money or gain power

As I watch X openly support Nazis, Google search displaying explicitly incorrect information and misinformation, and the continued march towards a lack of foresight or accountability in tech I must reiterate that technology is and forever will be a political force.

Today I described the “soft no” of organizations when you ask for better accessibility priorities.

It’s very rare that management says they don’t care about accessibility, it’s very common that they don’t actually find or prioritize it.

It’s a soft no.

It’s vitally important all of us learn to rest, and crucially, are given the support necessary to do so while safe and secure.

It’s also particularly important for those working in the accessibility space to have that support.

Everyone I know in accessibility is fighting burnout.