Fifty Years of Hard-Won Rights Are on the Line: The Fight to Save Section 504

Published in support of the National Federation of the Blind's March 2026 call to action. There is a lawsuit moving quietly through the American legal system right now that could undo five decades of civil rights progress for tens of millions of disabled Americans. It is called Texas v. Kennedy, and if you haven't heard of it yet, that is exactly the problem.

https://blindaccessjournal.com/2026/03/fifty-years-of-hard-won-rights-are-on-the-line-the-fight-to-save-section-504/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Me, listening to Big Big Man by The House of the Black Gardenia: Yeah, daddy issues that tracks... Wait is Big Papa Bear really Putin or is that like a both can apply sort of situation? 🤔

"I just want your attention, want y’all to look at me
I’m the greatest - I’m the richest - everyone agrees
So let me get on top - to where a rich old white man should be
‘Cos I’m a big big man

Might have tiny little paws but I’ve got great big hair
And I’ve got it where it counts, that’s why there’s room to spare
In my great big suits - might not be debonaire
But I’m a big big man

You can see that California orange is my preferred hue
So I don’t care about skin colour, ‘long as you bleed red white and blue
‘Cos if you love your country, you must love me - that’ll do
For this big big man

When it’s cold in the night, when I turn out the light
I think of my big papa bear
Wish he could see what I’ve done, see what I’ve become
Wish I knew my daddy cared

Don’t listen to those nasty women, putting me down
Sayin’ I’m stupid, pig-headed, a narcissist, a clown
They’re only jealous and bitter ‘cos I’m wearing the crown
And I’m the big big man

Gold, silver, cars, houses, diamond rings
Even jobs and security, I’ll promise you anything
You can have whatever you want if you’ll just let me play king
And be the big big man

Hell, I don’t care about your issues, I just want your praise
Want you to shower me with it like golden rain
But if you try to criticise me, let me warn you again
I’m the big big man

When it’s cold in the night, when I turn out the light
I think of my big papa bear
Wish he could see what I’ve done, see what I’ve become
Wish I knew my daddy cared

When the other men come face me, I’ll just puff up my chest
I’m in charge here, don’t you know I won this contest?
You put my finger on your button, why shouldn’t I press?
I’m the big big man"

Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.

The first says, “I like accountants on my operating table. When you open them up, everything inside is numbered.”

The second replies, “Yeah, but you should try electricians. Everything inside them is colour-coded.”

The third says, “No, librarians are the best. Everything inside them is in alphabetical order.”

The fourth chimes in, “I like construction workers. Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end and when the job takes longer than you said it would.”

The fifth surgeon shuts them all up: “You’re all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There’s no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine. There are only two moving parts—the mouth and the asshole—and they’re interchangeable.”

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.

Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.

🏇 🐎 🐴

Have you sat on a horse?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

Introducing: Cookie Voice Recipes

From Daria, the developer of Cookie Voice Recipes — a voice-controlled cooking assistant for iPhone that I built specifically with blind and low vision
cooks in mind. Screen readers can read a recipe, but you're constantly swiping, losing your place, and touching your phone with messy hands. (Plus, most
recipe sites are basically the opposite of accessible.)

Cookie lets you follow recipes hands-free. You wake it up by saying "Cookie," then ask things like "how much butter?" or "what's next?" whenever you need
it. It also handles timers, lets you upload your own recipes, and syncs across devices.

It's free to download — the vast majority of features are free, with an optional premium tier at $2.99/ month. It's gotten over 800 downloads now, and
she has spoken about it on the DoubleTap podcast last month.
She'd genuinely love feedback from this community. Quote: "You're exactly who I built this for, and I'm always looking for ways to make it better."

You can find it on the App Store here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cookie-voice-recipes/id6755049877