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Tech while Blind: sometimes friction, sometimes joy. nonvisual tech ed & design @NYPLHeiskell; president NFB tech trainers' division; affiliate @Datasociety.

[Karen Hao @_KarenHao]

Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: https://t.co/QuFTXoONDN. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

[Techni-Calli @Iwillleavenow]

It's muted now, but some quick responses just to get ahead of the comments:

- "You just don't understand AI"

If you mean the appeal, yes, agreed, I do not understand the appeal of AI. If you mean how it works and what it can/can't do, understanding that is my literal job.

[Gina Darling @MissGinaDarling]

I just heard a comedian say that if vaccines cause autism, America would have SO MANY TRAINS. SOOOO MANY TRAINS. LOL

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Something's very different in tech. Once upon a time, every bad choice by tech companies - taking away features, locking out mods or plugins, nerfing the API - was countered, nearly instantaneously, by someone writing a program that overrode that choice.

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[[email protected] on Mastodon @ChanceyFleet]

A Beginner's Guide to Failed Thermoform Graphics or
Move Fast and Bake Things

[See3D - 3D Printing for the Blind @See3Dprinting]

Joan Horvath will be giving a free webinar titled "Intro to OpenSCAD and the Nonscriptum open source STEM model repositories" on Tuesday, April 22 from 4-5 pm eastern! Please fill out this form by April 20th, 2025 to receive the Zoom link.  https://t.co/6A7PSDPnqH

[[email protected] on Mastodon @ChanceyFleet]

Folks at #CSUNATC25 —If the loud tile work at @HiltonHotels is impacting nonvisual navigation, communication, or sensory processing, tell the desk, grab sound samples & speak up. Jackhammers don’t belong in shared spaces during an accessibility conference. #AccessMatters

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

I did. Because it does.

[Rua M. Williams @FractalEcho]

You'll Never Have to Vote Again
A short #SpecFic on #AI and #Democracy originally presented to the Accessing Democracy event at Virginia Tech on Dec. 6th 2024
by Rua M. Williams 🧵

[Cody Wimmer @Cody_Wimmer]

You want me to go apple picking? The original sin???

[[email protected] on Mastodon @ChanceyFleet]

I asked the Meta glasses to describe a stand at the farmers market. The glasses said to me:
Baskets of apples in many colors, with no one visible to tend to them.
Thank you Meta  but I know this fairytale and I will be leaving those apples alone

[frye @___frye]

the sixth love language is navigating bureaucracy for someone

[Sticker Mule @stickermule]

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[Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 @HabenGirma]

Uber & Lyft frequently deny service to blind people with guide dogs. Help advocate for our civil rights by joining the National Federation of the Blind’s Rideshare Rally in San Francisco on Oct 15, 10 am to 3 pm, outside @Uber & @Lyft headquarters. #RightToRide @NFB_voice 1/3

[CriticalAIhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/ @CriticalAI]

📢📢#CriticalAI DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING CRITICAL AI LITERACIES
DESIGN JUSTICE LABS is an NEH and RU-sponsored set of resources for teaching about "generative AI" from design justice and critical AI perspectives. https://t.co/kPp8cwYRko

[Ben Flanagan @ThisBenFlanagan]

Kamala Harris outgrossed Twisters in her opening weekend.

[[email protected] on Mastodon @ChanceyFleet]

The preferred term is "screen experiencing blueness"

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

If you haven’t already READ THIS BOOK NOW! If you already have, you might want to pick up this 30th anniversary edition with a new foreward by yours truly… #bydhttmwfi