Principal Software Engineer. Accessibility advocate. Late discovered donor conceived person. Opinions are my own. Lesser half of @blubluster #blacklivesmatter

Joined November 2008
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26 Oct 2022
Your agile process is probably ableist. There’s a simple course correction. Prioritize accessibility issues that impact a given user demographic as if it impacted sighted mouse users in the same way. #a11y
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This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
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You know what would be really "tough on crime"? Living wages, fully funded schools, affordable housing, universal healthcare, and a little empathy for those in need.
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Replying to @RepMGP
Do you regret voting for more of this? You should
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There’s a bill in the Senate right now that funds ICE. What are you going to do to ensure every Senate Democrat votes against it?
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
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Remember folks, ICE agents are the dumbest motherfuckers you went to high school with
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There are no penguins in Greenland. All Penguins live in the southern hemisphere except one species from the Galapagos Islands. Perhaps you shouldn’t have dismantled the Department of Education so quickly.
Embrace the penguin.
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The United States will go down in history as the nation that imprisoned more of its own people than anywhere else on Earth but could not summon the courage to put one rich white man in prison, even to save itself as a nation or to preserve its position in the world.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Republicans love destabilizing countries and then crying about immigration
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When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents. In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much. Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death. If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.
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They needed eight months to figure out that tariffs won’t make bananas grow in Iowa.
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
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Abandonware of the web: do you know that there is an HTML tables API? christianheilmann.com/2025/1…
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I will be delivering a hands-on session packed with practical accessibility insights covering how to author effective and inclusive HTML, ARIA (and some CSS). ✨ 🎫 You can register for the event here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqDsGyIoVx…
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25 Sep 2025
Pro tip: if you use sticky positioning make sure it doesn’t cover up any interactive elements cc @googledevs
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Your freedom is being strangled. This is how authoritarianism starts. Don't look away.
19 Sep 2025
NEW: Reporters at the Pentagon have been told they can no longer report information which has not been approved. Those who refuse will lose their press credentials - WaPo
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CSS Tip💡 Simplest dark/light mode.
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Friendly reminder: That ugly PHP script from 2015 that's been processing transactions for nearly a decade? The one no one has touched since it got released? Leave it alone. Working code is beautiful code.
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How many people will lose health care in YOUR state under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"? • Alabama – 219,803 • Alaska – 39,989 • Arizona – 365,984 • Arkansas – 158,745 • California – 2,368,466 • Colorado – 240,953 • Connecticut – 86,580 • Delaware – 54,957 • Florida – 1,936,421 • Georgia – 651,540 • Hawaii – 62,483 • Idaho – 72,815 • Illinois – 535,849 • Indiana – 267,996 • Iowa – 113,979 • Kansas – 92,937 • Kentucky – 184,526 • Louisiana – 267,550 • Maine – 61,488 • Maryland – 245,929 • Massachusetts – 326,262 • Michigan – 453,101 • Minnesota – 173,268 • Mississippi – 153,910 • Missouri – 265,298 • Montana – 55,981 • Nebraska – 78,275 • Nevada – 114,500 • New Hampshire – 46,388 • New Jersey – 363,330 • New Mexico – 111,997 • New York – 1,019,121 • North Carolina – 651,982 • North Dakota – 24,488 • Ohio – 489,815 • Oklahoma – 211,794 • Oregon – 198,089 • Pennsylvania – 483,868 • Rhode Island – 47,359 • South Carolina – 285,857 • South Dakota – 33,838 • Tennessee – 310,056 • Texas – 1,671,965 • Utah – 188,494 • Vermont –35,242 • Virginia – 322,984 • Washington – 328,695 • West Virginia – 82,225 • Wisconsin – 276,175 • Wyoming – 20,407 That's 17 MILLION lives Republicans are putting at risk.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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