nicole @nicole@myna.social

The cost of productivity

Accessibility isn’t something you add to your product. It is your product.

I think 90% of my job is trying to convey this. If the button isn’t labeled, if the text cannot be seen, if the action cannot be performed, then it may as well not be there for some subset of people. #accessibility #a11y

This picture is going to be printed in history books as a turning-point for transgender people in the US. The open question is, which direction will the turn be in?

I don't know, and I don't have ideas for what I can do, but we are on the cusp of big, scary changes that will affect everyone, not just trans people, not just minorities.

If you were waiting for a call to action, here it is. They just banned her from the MT House using the rules of decorum. What better metaphor for where we are?

So my brain short-circuited on Sunday into Monday and the verbal aphasia is gonna be BAD for the next few days.

Let's talk about aphasia and circumlocution.

I continue to hate this so much

Welcome to #TransTuesday! This week we’re talking about something surprising that recently came up and that I never anticipated being a thing, much less one to talk about. And it’s hard to describe, but I’m gonna call it: SEARCHING FOR MEANING WHEN YOU’RE TRANS (and don't know it).

Full essay:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vToG2HmDzstG5RbhduIed17yMKCxzjtCCGMfA5sKImr_67dOsfFJjTRH7C3AO5x3gyGKd-pUWqtZQtI/pub

I keep biting my tongue to keep from making a joke about Elon Musk having inherited a fortune in Dunning-Krugerrands.

Getting a prominent tattoo that reads "Certified as conforming to the aesthetic standards of wasp society"

Just learned today (from @golmac 's excellent Gold Machine blog) that acclaimed #Infocom Implementor, and creator of #Bubsy, Mike Berlyn passed away last month.

He was a true titan of game development. The ending of #Infidel - so controversial at the time - was one of the major milestones in bringing in-depth characterization to computer games. Rest in peace, and my condolences to his family. #adventuregames #interactivefiction

Nintendo Switch.

Nobody has to be on Twitter. Fuck that.

But my business!

No. What you’re telling me is that you have no risk management plan. That your business plan (or lack thereof) has a single point of failure.

So you don’t have to be on Twitter.

You played Capitalism poorly, and you landed on Chance, and you drew “Go Directly to Elon Jail.”

This is a shitty fucking game. I want it to die in a fire.

But please fucking admit YOUR choices are why you are on Twitter. It’s not beyond your control.

people keep doing this thing where i’m driving the ambulance with lights and sirens and a patient in the back but they don’t stop, they just keep driving and nearly hit my ambulance, which is a giant truck with lights and sirens and a fucking patient being being rushed to the ER

don’t be those people! pull to the right and stop!

no matter what you’re doing i guarantee my trip is more important

that’s why they give me lights and sirens!

#EMS

There need to be more gay moms in anime.

Or just in general