Notices by Mark Wyner :vm: (markwyner@mas.to)

Injuries I’ve sustained this month:

1. Ripped cornea
2. Kneecap bone bruise
3. Bruised palms
4. Sprained wrist
5. Broken arm
6. Broken tooth

The Universe is really taking me for a ride, but I’m in good spirits. I’m whining a lot, though. 😂

@aral I will never forget a pivotal moment during my visit to Auschwitz. I asked about these large pools of water I noticed. They were water supplies for firefighters, installed to comply with their insurance policy. They literally had a general insurance policy that was required to “operate a business.” That’s how normalized the genocide was.

The situation itself, that a white man who hailed himself a great ally was privately a bigoted racist, is not a surprise. That happens a lot. But it’s repugnant when someone thinks their publicly-exposed “private” comments exonerate them from their wrong doing.

“Unfortunately…comments which I never intended to share publicly have come to light.”

But you said them. That’s who you are. Publicly or privately.

Story by @ProPublica:
https://www.propublica.org/article/ryan-millsap-movie-executive-racist-antisemitic-texts

#Racism #AntiSemitism #RyanMillsap

I mean. She’s so tiny and so damn cute. Little Lola. 😍

#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Mastodogs

NPR’s data shows that they lost nothing after being ostracized by the psychotic white billionaire. It counters the idea that leaving Twitter is a loss. Let’s dismiss the idea that we need to be held hostage on any platform.

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

#NPR #Twitter #SocialMedia #Journalism #Media

Of course Levar Burton wants you to read banned books. Heven Haile sits down with Levar and MoveOn’s Rahna Epting to talk about it.

“When I read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time,” LeVar Burton says, “I couldn’t imagine that situation in my reality. It was a shame, right? Wow. Those poor people in that misguided society. I live in that society now. That dystopian story has become my truth.”

https://www.gq.com/story/levar-burton-wants-you-to-read-banned-books

#BannedBooks #Books #Fascism #Reading #LevarBurton #ReadingRainbow #Dystopia

Actual reality is wild. It feels like you’re really there. Because you are.

(Source unknown. Please share if you do and I’ll update with a credit.)

#VR #AR #Technology #Tech #VirtualReality

Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be camel case. I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or camel case.

It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use camel case.

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Usability #Readability #Hashtags #SocialNetworking #Blogging #UX

White friends. Please don’t spend the month of February quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Instead, spend the month learning about systemic racism and taking action towards a more equitable future for Black folks.

You can begin with this rich essay that accompanies a repository of policy-based recommendations:

https://belonging.berkeley.edu/structural-racism-remedies-project

Or read this report on inequity in the workplace:

https://www.wearehue.org/stateofinequity

#BlackHistoryMonth #SystemicRacism #Equity #DEI #Equality #Inclusivity