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June 5, 2025

[SC 2.4.4] Better late than never

I completely spaced on sending this last night. Better late than never, I guess.


'Superbug' found to digest medical plastic
Nom nom nom.

Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China
Maybe this is what my next job should be.

Can accessibility be whimsical?
I recently learned that Good Internet magazine exists! It's, ahem, good!

Toxic Origins, Toxic Decisions: Biases in CEO Selection
Once again, you could nearly always replace a CEO with a LLM and there'd be no functional difference.

OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries to “subhuman” men
oh.

Toolmen
I was going to use a quote from the post here, but it's just too damn quotable to be able to single out just one.

Looking elsewhere.
"Chasing trends and profits, cutting corners and undermining skilled workforces whilst providing ill-fitting, broken products with no regard for longevity; the modern software world sounds a whole lot like fast-fashion."

Intranasal Vaccine Trial Results and More on Preventing Covid Infection (NextGen Vax Update 29)
Oh ho!

Repairable Flatpack toaster
This is very interesting, but also crumbs exist and I can't escape thinking about the whole fire hazard thing.

More on What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer
Great followup on an already great post.

Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
This is so weird and sad.

Fast-Learning Cuttlefish Pass the Snacking Test
Good job, cuttlefish!

Cursed Knowledge
This is such a funny and cool idea to include on your product site. Personal websites should do the same for slash pages. h/t Jan.

Inventing Japanese Braille
"The inventors of Japanese Braille introduced a whole new world of learning and communication to the blind population, who in turn, and over time, grew to empower themselves by commanding the script as a tool to write their roles into the social life of the nation."

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia
Good job, cockatoos!

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