I'm on day two of my new job. It's a return to what I was initially doing at GitHub, which is deep accessibility support for design systems.

Letting go of something that may have never existed outside of your own idea of it sure is a mindfuck. That is to say it is an understatement to say I'm still processing a lot of feelings about all this, but I'm also hopeful for this new change.

Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months
Good job, genetically modified pig kidney!

Microsoft Announces Big Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Switches to Monthly Hour Limits
And here's the future of console gaming: You don't own the hardware, you don't own the software, and fun is tracked and metered.

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
oh.

Never Forget How Eagerly Apple And Google Coddled Fascism
"Compliance was purely a self-serving financial decision by the kind of men who have a gaping sucking sound where any sort of courage or integrity might otherwise reside."

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies Because That’s the Future We Deserve
Good job, specially engineered yeast!

The earliest use of the F-word
Fucking cool.

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
Today I learned about the term "pathocracy".

Authorities baffled by loaves of bread appearing on mountain road in Japan's Tottori Pref.
I too can sense an intention to have it eaten.

Build Interfaces That Survive Translation
I love articles that go deep into translation and localization, and this one delivers.

UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on access to assistive technology
Nice!

/shuffle
I really enjoy Buttondown as a service, and it's nice to read that its CEO is the real deal.

US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports
Oh, so you can turn them off.

Why LEGO was never the right metaphor for a design system
"Governance is the deliverable, not an afterthought."

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size
Africa: It's big.

When Public Doesn’t Include You
"Accessibility isn’t just about ramps or doorways. It’s about what happens when you get inside."

Bookland
I wish to live in Bookland.

The future of independence is interdependence
"Part of the problem is that we confuse independence with autonomy. They're not the same thing."

DHH Nazism Funded by 1Password VP Who Wrote “Honest Security”
"Every director of the Rails Foundation, every patron of Omacom, and every executive at 1Password now owns Nazi propaganda."

American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record
ah.

The Blind Gaming Database
Delivers what it promises!