Jon McLaren

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Web devreloper who works at #HubSpot and is passionate about accessibility and making the web a better place.

#fedi23

I talk about #webdev #a11y #CSS #videogames #technology #devrel

I also post #dadjokes sorry, not sorry.

Personal sitehttps://jonmclaren.dev
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I too often have forgotten and aside from maybe some undiagnosed ADD don't have any known memory/focus related conditions. It's just decency to not remove a field "label"when the use starts to answer.

It's a bad experience for everyone, exponentially so for folks with additional life challenges.

So true.

The FBI is reportedly trying to categorize trans people as “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs).

They seem emboldened by the Kirk shooting despite the fact that it was not committed by a trans person.

If you’re cis, and especially if you’re cis and white, please step up.

Speak out. Protect trans people. This is a test to see if we’re willing to sacrifice the basic human rights of an entire group of people. We must say “no”.

Trans rights are human rights.

#uspol #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #fascism

@Electronwarrior
Could be counting your browser extensions background processes as tabs.

The old web was decentralized:

- Newsgroups
- Personal Websites
- Bulletin board
- Email as a service, not a platform
- Internet relay chat (IRC)
- Early blogs

Then corporations arrived with money and lock-in, turning the internet into centralized ad farms (Meta, X, TikTok). Users became consumers, trapped in algorithms, tracking, and enshittification. Revenue more important than people.

The Fediverse is a way back: no ads, no algorithms, no dark patterns. People first. A web worth reclaiming. And open source is the engine of this transformation.

Take back the web. Decentralize again 💪 Bring people to the Fediverse, promote open source and build federated services.

#TakeBackTheWeb #Decentralized #Fediverse #StopBigTech #OpenSource #DeGoogle #UnplugTrump

Phenotype Privacy

#Privacy isn’t about hiding something.

It’s about not trusting how others will interpret #data about you.

http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/09/21/phenotype-privacy/

Phenotype Privacy

Privacy isn’t about hiding something. It’s about not trusting how others will interpret data about you. Emotional Blackmail Shame and fear are powerful emotions. Bad actors don’t have ethics, moral…

Inani Ludibrio
It’s no secret that AI models—including gen AI—tend to discriminate against racial and gender minorities. When government agencies start using biased AI to make decisions, real people suffer. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/president-trumps-war-woke-ai-civil-liberties-nightmare
President Trump’s War on “Woke AI” Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare

A new executive order called “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” released alongside the AI Action Plan, seeks to strong-arm AI companies into modifying their models to conform with the Trump Administration’s ideological agenda.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
“There’s a lack of imagination for the worst case scenario,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told Government Technology News. The only way to definitively keep this data from those who aren't supposed to have it is by not collecting and storing it in the first place. https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/d-c-takeover-shows-how-cities-can-lose-control-of-surveillance
D.C. Takeover Shows How Cities Can Lose Control of Surveillance

D.C.'s new Real-Time Crime Center is the front line in a quiet battle over who controls the police department's surveillance data. While the federal government and city fight for authority, whose surveillance rules apply?

GovTech
@stefan
Genuinely pretty well made. Dont know what the desktop experience is like but mobile is perfect.