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Aral Balkan“Linux ‘just works’ – if you can see. … This isn’t a bug. This is neglect.”– <a href="https://dragonscave.space/@fireborn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fireborn</a><a href="https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people/</a>(And its ableist culture will sooner make you the villain for criticising it rather than acknowledging the failing and fixing the status quo. <a href="https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/</a> There’s a reason I’m back on Mac after six years on Linux. As a developer, it was impacting my ability to make what I’m building accessible. And I reject the unspoken premise that the source being open is somehow more important than the human right to universal access. Ethical technology requires more than just the “four freedoms” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250418090901/https://ind.ie/ethical-design/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20250418090901/https://ind.ie/ethical-design/</a> This is why inclusivity is a core Small Technology principle. <a href="https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology</a>)<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inclusivity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/universalAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universalAccess</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a>

Netopia EUHow Tech Disrupted State Services <a href="https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/</a> 🎯An excellent review by Ralf Grötker covering:1/ Backend vs. Frontend Focus: 2/Control of Backend Infrastructure 3/ Impact on Welfare States: 4/ Digital Sovereignty and Security 5/ Regulation Gaps 6/ Commercial vs. Public Ownership Read Ralf Grötker's review at <a href="https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicbias</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backend</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Universalaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Universalaccess</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/InternetExchangePoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetExchangePoints</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a>

Joy Lives Here<a href="https://front-end.social/@codeability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@codeability</a> so much this. <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/UniversalAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalAccess</a> means no <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Gatekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gatekeeping</a> of accommodations. If we have to ask, that’s also a privacy violation via required disclosure of health status.

Tamara BozovicWhat an irony! Volvo is sending hard-copy promotion called "freedom to move" - i.e. freedom to those who can afford luxury cars, and will clog roads reducing everyone's ability to get around. Plus the publicity is sent to people who didn't sign up, and each "magazine" weighs 350g.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/systemchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systemchange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climateaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climateaction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citiesforpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citiesforpeople</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carculture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universalaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universalaccess</a>

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