Welsh exile. Tester & accessibility specialist. Married to @illogicalowl. Carer, vociferous reader, Methodist/Anglican, lefty pragmatist. He/they 🏳️🌈
Joined April 2008
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10 Nov 2024
I will no longer be posting here. You can find me on Mastodon (mas.to/@rightsaidjames), Threads (threads.net/rightsaidjames), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/rightsaidjam…) or my website (rightsaidjames.com)
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Breaking my Twitter absence to share this incredible tool built by my colleagues, it's AI-powered (ChatGPT 4o) but tuned to provide high quality, age-appropriate content, without annoying Americanisms & AI howlers. If you know any teachers that could benefit, send it their way!
5 Sep 2024
Whether it’s creating bespoke resources or helping you tailor content to your class, Aila can transform your lesson prep. Aila will help speed things along —giving you more time to bring your lessons to life.
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Image alt text:
Introducing Aila
Our free AI-powered teaching assistant
[Photo of a smiling teacher typing at a laptop in a classroom]
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23 Aug 2024
Please be aware that currently the M11… who did NOT die.
23 Aug 2024
Please be aware that currently the M11
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4 Jul 2024
SKY NEWS HAS A VIRTUAL LARRY
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James Sheasby Thomas retweeted
24 May 2024
General Election Voting Info
Pls share
1. Register to vote. If you're not registered, you must do it by 18 June for the General Election. gov.uk/register-to-vote
2. Voting in person? You need valid photo ID. Check if yours is valid electoralcommission.org.uk/v…
3. Apply for postal vote by 19 June. If you'll be away, or want a postal vote do it here... gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
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29 Jan 2024
Come work with me at @OakNational! We're hiring for up to 2 QA Analysts. You'll be embedded in one of our product squads, and also communicating & promoting quality as a culture across engineering, design & product functions.
app.beapplied.com/apply/njjh…
Remote role, £55k salary.
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4 Jan 2024
There’s been a lot of speculation online about new rules requiring online marketplaces to share certain details with us, and what this means for taxpayers. The reality? There are no changes to tax rules for people who use online marketplaces. More info 👇 x.com/HMRCgovuk/status/17426…
3 Jan 2024
There’s been a lot of speculation online about new rules requiring online marketplaces to share certain details with us, and what this means for taxpayers. The reality? There are no changes to tax rules for people who use online marketplaces. More info 👇
ow.ly/kVYQ50QnwsY
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4 Jan 2024
Pls share. Many are worried after reports that Etsy, eBay, Vinted etc will start automatically passing sales info to HM Revenue. To set your mind at rest, best to read our full guide at moneysavingexpert.com/news/2…, but in brief
1. There is no new tax
2. Unless you're 'trading' selling your old stuff isn't taxed
3. Only sales over c£1,700 or more than 30 items a year are reported
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Judging by the mass of bins put out on my road one day early, clearly not enough of my neighbours are avid users of the Leeds Bins app. I for one welcome the dawn of the age of @thomasforth!
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1 Jan 2024
Happy New Year! Start your 2024 the right way by watching a livestream of my guinea pigs tearing up their cage in anticipation of imminent feeding:
twitch.tv/rightsaidjames
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31 Dec 2023
I wrote about setting New Year intentions when you have a chronic illness/disability & why they’re the solution if you struggle with a resolution.
#pwME #MECFS #NewYearsResolutions #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/slowli…
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23 Oct 2023
I've updated my accessibility for designer kit:
- the checklist now has the AA WCAG2.2 criteria
- new component to annotate mockup areas (landmarks for example)
- a list of resources
Get it here: shop.stephaniewalter.design/…
ALT Web Accessibility for Designers Kit: 1 checklist - website accessibility for designers 1 lost of resources, 1 Figma, Sketch and Penpot Accessibility & Interactions Annotation kit. And an example of the a page with sections annotation, with the different symboles for annotation in Figma
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My cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks / @GdnSaturday
ALT Panel one. A bathroom. We can see the tap end of a bath. A speech bubble reads: “While the humdrum plot, stock characters and simplistic dialogue may irk some readers, perseverance is rewarded in the latter stages of the book…” Panel two. The viewpoint has panned along, we now we the middle of the bath. A rubber duck sits on the side. The speech continues: “ wherein the author makes delightfully playful use of a rubber speaker then literally brings the reader into the story by placing a real mirror on the page!” Panel three. We can now see the last part of the bath. A small baby holding a book is revealed to be the speaker. The baby finishes the review: “… unquestionably one of the great waterproof bathtime books of our time! Five Stars!”
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Really thrilled to have been involved in making this happen - exploring all these curriculum plans via our shiny new visualiser almost makes me want to go back to school 😀 (Almost.)
12 Oct 2023
Our new curriculum plans cover:
📚English
📐Maths
🧪Science
👑History
🌍Primary geography
🎶Secondary music
We created them with a team of partners and subject experts and each is aligned to the national curriculum. Take a look: thenational.academy/
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9 Oct 2023
⏰ In the coming days we’ll start sharing @OakNational’s new curricula and teaching resources.
I’m so proud of the work of our partners and team. But I always try to be honest.
So, in @tes I've shared three limitations and one thing we have learnt. Here's the summary🧵👇
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2 Oct 2023
📢 Our second round of open procurement has launched today offering opportunities for education organisations across the sector.
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28 Sep 2023
I’m unable to run my guinea pig Twitch stream today because this little rascal is persistently humping her cagemates (for dominance purposes, I assume) and I think that sort of scandalous behaviour would get me banned from the platform!
ALT A selfie, featuring a black and white fuzzy guinea pig perching on James’s chest.
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