[SC 2.4.4] Accessibility preferences are kinda strange
Accessibility preferences are kinda strange in terms of how they intersect with concerns surrounding information architecture and self-identity. So, I wrote about it.
As others have pointed out, any time there's a Lifehacker-style article on iOS' hidden features you just know it will be stuff buried away in the accessibility settings.
Morgan le Fay: how Arthurian legend turned a powerful woman from healer to villain
"But why should we assume that Arthur’s Camelot deserves her support?"
Look out, kids: PHP is the new JavaScript
rueful chuckle
If I could dissect a sauropod…
One of my favorite microgenres is a professional postulating on an impossible hypothetical based on their area of expertise.
Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community
laughcry
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
Maybe do copy that floppy.
Wii Pointer Cursors (& HD Pointers)
Adorable and well-executed!
Goffstown Turns Down Gift and Sues Families Over Lunch Debt Instead
I hope this monster takes a fall down some slippery stone stairs into a dry well and nobody is around to see it.
White People Have Never Forgiven Haitians for Claiming Their Freedom
"That’s because Haiti and Haitians, even after all this time, remain a threat to the essential narrative of white supremacy: it’s a country that exists without appeals to whiteness."
d&d is anti-medieval
"But it’s worth taking a step back from the medieval-fantasy cliches that overran later D&D publications, and playing the original, more coherent setting: A swords-and-sorcery world, empty of government, where anyone can pick up a sword, become a hero, and live the American dream."
Weird Object: Neutron Star PSR J1748-2446
gotta go fast
Medieval dog names
Tag yourself, I'm Makeboste.
These majestic dog portraits are taking the shame out of the ‘cone of shame’
And speaking of dogs!
‘Boob lights’ are a scourge. Here’s how to cover them.
Reader, I must admit I laughed at Anna Lefkowitz's illustration.
Universal Typeface Experiment fonts
The extremely good Internet Archive found the font!
Luxor’s Sky Beam Attracts A Lot More Than Just Casino-goers
SKY BEAM
Bullshit Remover
I'm not not saying you should try "The world’s leading AI-powered developer platform." as a sample phrase!
Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk
Yeah.
These Pokémon Nature Docs Are The Best Thing You'll See All Week
Netflix show when?
Launch day
Folks, I make websites for a living and this is an incredible website.
…aaaand here's the AI crap:
Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?
More of this, please.
Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
"The idea that AI’s climate benefits will outpace its environmental costs is largely speculative, however, especially given that generative-AI tools are themselves tremendously resource-hungry."
Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model
Highly sus.