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Dennis Lembrée @dennisl

Author of @WebAxe & @EasyChirp. First-gen CPWA. Dequer. Husband, father, wolverine. Find me on Mastodon at @dennisl@mastodon.social 🦣

Joined March 2008
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Dennis Lembrée@dennisl
9 Feb 2023
Find me on: Mastodon at @dennisl@mastodon.social mastodon.social/@dennisl 🦣 LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/lembree/ 🔗

DennisL (@dennisl@mastodon.social)

1.64K Posts, 125 Following, 646 Followers · Sr Accessibility Program Manager at GitHub. Creator of Web Axe and Easy Chirp. Former Deque, Diamond, eBay, PayPal, more. First-gen CPWA. Husband & father....

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What’s it going to take for you to stop using the platform formerly known as Twitter? mashable.com/article/x-twitt…

Elon Musk 'likes' trending #BanTheADL posts as white supremacist ad runs on platform

Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours.

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Musk’s changes at Twitter helped spread Russian propaganda, EU study finds - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Find me on Mastodon at @dennisl@mastodon.social
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Elon the new Twitter fail whale. Lol
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Reprise: On the <dl> benmyers.dev/blog/on-the-dl/ by Ben Myers #html #webdev #tips
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Web Axe@webaxe
24 Jun 2023
Being "The only accessibility specialist in the room" — it's difficult, but here's some help: tetralogical.com/blog/2023/0… #a11y

The only accessibility specialist in the room - TetraLogical

It's hard being the only one in your organisation or team responsible for accessibility. If that sounds familiar, I salute you, and this one's for you.

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Easy Chirp@EasyChirp
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My Perspective on Apple Live Speech as a Deaf Person deque.com/blog/my-perspectiv… #a11y #deaf #apple

My Perspective on Apple Live Speech as a Deaf Person - Deque

Live Speech is valuable to me because it allows me to use my iPhone to type to speak with others through phone calls, video calls, and in person.

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AccessiByeBye: web accessibility overlays don't work. Wave them all bye-bye in one free and easy step! accessibyebye.org/ #a11y #overlays
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I just supported Open Web Docs — web platform documentation for the benefit of web developers & designers worldwide. You can too! opencollective.com/open-web-… #webdev #webdesign #donate

Open Web Docs - Open Collective

Open Web Docs supports web platform documentation for the benefit of web developers & designers worldwide.

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The problem with input masks and what to do instead adamsilver.io/blog/the-probl… by Adam Silver #UIDesign #UXDesign #forms #webdesign

The problem with input masks and what to do instead

Adam Silver – interaction designer – London, UK

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Web Axe@webaxe
12 Jun 2023
Essential information for Keyboard Accessibility: webaim.org/techniques/keyboa… by @WebAIM #a11y #keyboard #testing
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24 Jun 2023
As Republican elected officials pass extreme abortion bans in states, Congressional Republicans have proposed three national abortion bans. @POTUS and @VP will continue to stand with the vast majority of Americans who believe that the right to choose is fundamental.
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Converting jQuery to vanilla JavaScript gomakethings.com/converting-… #webdev #javascript

Converting jQuery to vanilla JavaScript

Over the weekend, I read an article by Ari Stathopoulos about converting some old jQuery code to vanilla JS. Ari’s article was written back in 2019. A lot has changed with the web platform since...

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Accessibility is Officially Recognized as a Cybersecurity Priority deque.com/blog/accessibility… #a11y #security #cybersecurity

Accessibility is Officially Recognized as a Cybersecurity Priority - Deque

When I joined Deque almost a year ago as the Director of Security, I became acutely aware of the importance of accessibility in cybersecurity. Through…

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Easy Chirp@EasyChirp
20 Jun 2023
Accessing Higher Ground #AHG conference is now accepting 2nd-round proposals; deadline is June 28. accessinghigherground.org/sp… Event is Nov 6-10 in Denver. #events #a11y #AHG

Speaker Proposal Form 2026 - Accessing Higher Ground

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United Airlines class action lawsuit alleges airline's website not accessible to blind customers topclassactions.com/disabili… #a11y #law

United Airlines customer voluntarily dismisses website accessibility class action lawsuit

The United Airlines website is not accessible to blind and visually impaired people using a screen reader, in violation of federal law, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

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Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design frontendmasters.com/blog/dar… #DarkPatterns #WebDesign

Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design

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Web Axe@webaxe
9 Jun 2023
Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence joedolson.com/2023/06/access… by @JoeDolson #a11y #ai #wordpress

Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence

The application of machine learning to accessibility is not new, but as AI explodes in …

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WebAIM@webaim
2 Jun 2023
We've released a new update to the WAVE accessibility tools with numerous improvements and bug fixes. This version now informs users that accessiBe and UserWay overlays may manipulate page content to suppress detection of accessibility errors.
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No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility adrianroselli.com/2023/06/no… #a11y #ai #overlays

No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility

In recent years, a series of new technologies have provided better experiences and outcomes for disabled users. Collectively branded “Artificial Intelligence”, the two biggest breakthroughs have been...

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