André Polykanine

@mcourcel @TheQuinbox rule of thumb: if you want to use a dash in a sentence, basically a dash before a space, use it.

@mcourcel @TheQuinbox I've been using em dashes for years and years before AI. Like from my first days of typing, as soon as I knew how to type it. I have a JAWS script that allows me to type it, and I wrote it very long ago.

Mastodon francophone, tu es :
#PassionSondage
Le boost fait revenir l'amour ou réussir aux examens. Résultats garantis.

One of my favourite memories from visiting Istanbul:

We got a bit lost trying to find the entrance to the bazaar and were wondering around the nearby (very narrow) back streets. We hadn't seen anyone actually selling anything, but there was a cat in the middle of the path. I turned to my partner and, jokingly, said 'Do you want to buy a cat?'.

From nowhere, a small child appeared and said, in crisply enunciated English: 'No! It is my puss cat!', picked up the cat, and disappeared again.

Rupert Grint will become Ron Weasley again — this time, on Broadway
https://apnews.com/article/rupert-grint-harry-potter-broadway-4923f4e3965a5681573a1ee1e50b97ff?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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#Accessibility documentation must never be published only in PDF. From one-page cheatsheets all the way to international legislation and standards, multiple formats are a non-negotiable need.

This is a Hill I'm not merely content to die on. I will set up camp there, make it known as a necromancy hotspot, and be revived and extinguished as many times as it takes for this insidious, unconscionably normalised practice to be banished.

Signed,

A disabled professional who can only entertain the idea of enthusiasm about resources in formats I can use.

@FreakyFwoof but you can without accessibility.

It was that true American icon, Kermit the Frog, who once stated that it’s not easy being green.
Well, it’s not easy getting green in the United States, it is quite the process. But today I received word that the US Government has approved my application for permanent residency, commonly known as the Green Card. I am deeply humbled and grateful.
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I have had an affinity with the National Federation of the Blind, which I truly believe to be the world’s most significant influence in the civil rights of blind people everywhere, since I was in my teens. Coming to the United States to serve on the staff of the Federation really did feel like coming home. I’ve felt at home with people who feel the same way about blindness that I do. I’ve been home being a part of a team chipping away at misconceptions and helping blind people to realize our full potential. Yes, that’s realize with a z since I use American spelling these days.
Surrounded by friends and the Federation family who have been so welcoming, and helping to shape the complex technological landscape, America feels like home now. Bonnie and I have our lovely home with the crazy automation, and we’re happier and stronger than we’ve ever been. But there was always a chance that it may all be a glorious, temporary experience. Now I don’t have to live with that concern, and it’s a huge weight lifted.
It hasn’t been possible for me to visit New Zealand while these proceedings were pending, and of course I’m looking forward to seeing much missed family members, especially new grandchildren. But the United States is home now, and now, with profound gratitude, I know it’s my permanent home.
So, thanks, America, for having me. I am so, so honored, and will continue to do all I can to contribute in a way that truly makes a difference.

@Rich Also true, but sometimes it's irritating, like there are accounts that post *only* altless pictures.

Usually I don't quite agree with you, but this time you nailed it!

Few performers have ever been quite as instantly recognisable as Dolly Parton.

There was the voice, of course. There were the songs — an extraordinary catalogue spanning country, pop, gospel and bluegrass. There was the wit, the warmth, the larger-than-life image and that remarkable ability to laugh at herself before anyone else got the chance.

But behind all of that was one of the finest songwriters popular music has produced, a formidable businesswoman, and a philanthropist whose generosity changed millions of lives.

On Wednesday, Mushroom FM will celebrate the extraordinary life and music of Dolly Parton with a special two-hour programme.

Mushroom FM Remembers Dolly Parton airs Wednesday, August 26 at 9 AM Eastern,
with a repeat at 9 PM Eastern on Wednesday, August 26.

I’ve spent considerable time putting this programme together, and rather than simply playing two hours of Dolly's greatest hits, I wanted to tell her story through the music.

So we'll begin with a young girl growing up in a large family in the mountains of East Tennessee, already writing songs and dreaming of Nashville. We'll follow her early recordings, her breakthrough on The Porter Wagoner Show, and the complicated professional relationship that eventually inspired one of the most famous farewell songs ever written.

We'll hear the stories behind songs including Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream and many more.

We'll trace the moment Dolly decided that country music wasn't going to put limits around what she could do, her extraordinary crossover into the pop charts and Hollywood, her collaborations with some of the biggest names in music, and the songs of hers that became enormous hits in other people's hands.

And while the music is at the heart of the programme, Dolly Parton's legacy extends far beyond records and concert stages. We'll also look at her remarkable philanthropic work, including the Imagination Library, which has put hundreds of millions of books into the hands of children, as well as her support for education, health care and the community from which she came.

It is quite a story.

There are plenty of familiar songs in these two hours, but I'm hoping there will also be moments when you hear something you didn't know, perhaps a story behind a song you've loved for decades, or a reminder of just how much extraordinary music one woman managed to create.

Above all, this is our opportunity at Mushroom FM to say thank you.

Join me for Mushroom FM Remembers Dolly Parton, a two-hour celebration of her life through her music.

Wednesday, August 26 at 9 AM Eastern, with a full repeat at 9 PM Eastern.

I hope adequate parents there will teach their kids how to use VPN.

I'm re-reading the Robert Galbraith books. Throughout several of them, there's the usual plot: does he like me, does she like me. It goes on forever. Look, communicate! Tell each other how you feel about each other. It really is the best way forward.

@brian It seems, I haven't read all of them yet, but I really like them.

Rest in peace Dolly Parton. Thank you for the joy you brought with your talent, humour adn most of all your music. We may not have you, but we'll always have that. May God's best angels keep you well.

I just read a post about how pointless it is to argue about matters of taste, about what constitutes good taste. And you know what? I completely agree with that, right up until someone's taste devolves to the level of a caveman.
I absolutely will argue with someone who listens to overly sexualized, pornographic music while they’re only 12 years old. I absolutely will argue with someone who romanticizes drugs in the name of good taste simply because they're considered cool among young people.
Of course, I agree that taste is something people will never all agree on, and that it's a very subjective thing. But just like freedom of speech has its limits (you have freedom of speech as long as you're not using it to restrict someone else’s freedom), I think matters of taste have their limits too.

#thoughts #random

Everyone talks about how terrible it is when people don't use alt text when posting an image. But you never hear anyone talk about the fact that even blind people often have ridiculously long names consisting mostly of emojis, and whatever letters they do contain are written using some font or Unicode characters that a screen reader simply can’t process at all.
On top of that, mixing Cyrillic and Latin letters in longer posts is apparently a trend in Russian communities, and there's even a dedicated NVDA addon specifically so blind people can read this kind of text properly.
And instead of doing anything about it, people even share posts like these, because hey, you can technically read them somehow...

#blind #accessibility #a11y #images #awareness #disabled

WAT? I also want that!!

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