Kyle Stewart

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User Experience | Humanities | Accessibility

I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. UUA

PronounsHe / Him
LocationMetro Detroit Area
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-stewart-8951a628/
Kyle StewartAug 4, 2024
Any recommendations for a trustworthy curriculum outline for teaching internet literacy to elementary ages kids? My kids are 10 and 7, and haven't ever been on the "open web". They have the basic physical skills on a desktop/tablet, but I'm unsure where to start teaching them about the broader internet.
Kyle StewartJul 14, 2024
I'm finding the number of liberals posting on Madtodon about the #trump assassination attempt being staged disturbing. Is it really so hard to believe that our toxic, violent political culture produces assassinations? Have we become the conspiracy-addled far right, guzzling down whichever malignant narratives paint our political opponents in the worst light?
#uspol
Kyle StewartJul 5, 2024
Love this Linocut Printing guide a former #UX colleague made:
https://www.quilljoyart.com/journal/what-is-linocut-printmaking
What is Linocut Printmaking? — Quilljoy Art

Linocut printmaking is a fancy way to say “stamp.” What began in the mid-1800s as a less expensive alternative to wood block printing, is now a widely popular art medium for all skill levels.

Quilljoy Art
Kyle StewartMar 8, 2024

Just finished @pluralistic 's Homeland (DRM free from Humble Bundle) and the afterword by Aaron Schwartz hit me right in the feels.

What must he have been feeling at the time he said..."I know it’s easy to feel like you’re powerless, like there’s nothing you can do to slow down or stop “the system.” Like all the calls are made by shadowy and powerful forces far outside your control. I feel that way, too, sometimes. But it just isn’t true."

Kyle StewartMar 7, 2024
Yesterday's RoseMar 7, 2024

OK so someone needed to pirate an Android app, because their wheelchair is controlled by it, and insurance company doesn't pay for the app. In goddamn Europe.

People have said it before, but it's worth saying it again:
#Cyberpunk was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual for technobros. 🤦🏻‍♀️

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/15808953

#internetofshit

Help with wheelchair software - Divisions by zero

Ahoy! I got a new phone yesterday. I also use a wheelchair. The wheels have an app called “e-motion M25” which I used on my old phone. I patched it using lucky patcher since most functions (turn wheels on, cruise control, remote to drive the wheelchair to my current chair) are behind an incredible expensive paywall. Since I don’t own the wheels (they’re technically still insurance property) and the software isn’t super reliable, I won’t pay over €300 just to use my wheels. But I can’t seem to patch it on my new phone, even when sharing the patched app directly from my old one. The store simply won’t open. I’ve not been rooted since forever and prefer not to root at all, since it was possible to do so on my old phone. Would anybody care to help me out or give me some tips on where to look? Thanks in advance! UPDATE after spending my entire morning on the floor, I installed older versions of the app until I found one that worked with luckypatcher. I know it’s a small chance but if someone using the same wheels finds this post, you have to figure out how to download luckypatcher and use this [https://apk.support/download-app/de.alber.emotion_m25/110/2.1.0.0-146] version of the app. In lucky patcher create a multi patch APK and make sure to turn off “billing” in the second screen. When opening the store, be careful not to scroll to the complete bottom or else the app wil crash. Buy each pack individually and lucky patcher will handle things from there. To every commenter: thank you. Lemmings are the best and capitalism is the devil.

Kyle StewartFeb 23, 2024

"There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die."

W.H Auden - September 1, 1939

#Poem #Poetry

Kyle StewartJan 22, 2024
Cory DoctorowJan 22, 2024
Etiquette proposal: if you invite someone from another #timezone to a teleconference, the onus is on you to present all times in their local timezone, rather than your own - that is, the person asking should bear the labor of timezone conversions, not the person being asked.
Kyle StewartJan 17, 2024
bentehJan 17, 2024

help: a question to all visually impaired: do you know of datavisualisation libraries that works well / good / terrible?

Please retoot :)

@jakobrosin

#a11y #accessibility #wcag #sonification? #dataviz

Kyle StewartJan 2, 2024
Rich Stein (he/him)Jan 2, 2024

Missed this (from July 2023) —

Toast: "Never have libraries in the United States been more threatened than they are right now. There are politicians across the country banning thousands of books and making it illegal for minors to access library materials."

Chaser: "But there’s another threat to libraries looming that I haven’t seen anyone else talking about: capitalist enshittification[*]."
https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries
* See @pluralistic
h/t @eichin @strangerthanfiction @weirdwriter @bookstadon

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

Nine Lives
Kyle StewartDec 31, 2023
Michael Spellacy (Spell)Dec 31, 2023
Becoming more and more disappointed over the purchase of Userway by Level Access (LA). I've managed to keep overlays off hundreds of sites, so when a reputable company like LA more or less says overlays are not that bad, it brings harm to disabled users and makes our jobs a hell of a lot harder. Even if LA's intentions are good, your average decision makers are not going to know the difference between good and bad players.