Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Estonia are soon enabling offline debit card payments for at least seven days without network connectivity. The change covers payments for essential goods in physical trade, such as food, medicine, and fuel. Each country has made - or is in the process of making - the required changes to their related regulations to enable it.

The motivation for this change is to enable payments even in exceptional situations such as network disruptions due to sabotage or conflict. TL;DR: You can pay for essentials even if Russia cuts the cables.

Plans for this change were announced in May 2025: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nordics-estonia-plan-offline-card-payment-back-up-if-internet-cut-2025-05-07/

#resilience #preparedness #infrastructure #payments #banking

A reminder for all #accessibility and #inclusiveDesign folks...

Have a great idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is still open! (closes 31 May 2026) #id24

inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Note: we're a global event and accept submissions for talks in languages other than English.

If trains are the greener option, why are we basically being punished for choosing them?

The difference in trains vs planes ticket prices isn’t a coincidence, it’s the result of a transport system that rewards pollution.

Learn more: https://act.gp/460kBvh

Hey, folk who have #invisibledisabilities…. How do you explain to people that you don’t have the same body capabilities/endurance/needs as folk who don’t have the same challenges you do?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to better explain to folk that my body is always operating at reduced capacity because my #donotdie medicine slows my heart rate and thus, while I’m fit and strong, my body tires more easily than it might otherwise do.

I can say “oh, I have #LQTS” but folk don’t really get the implications. I can say “remember that person who died from drinking an energy drink/super caffeinated beverage/too much coffee?” And they get that… but… It doesn’t translate to “I GET FUCKING TIRED EASILY AND SOMETIMES I JUST CAN’T FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE THE MEDICINE THE KEEOS ME FROM HAVING A CARDIAC ARREST ALSO GIVES ME SUPER LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND LOW HEART RATE”

I’ve had some friendships end because people thought I was always bouncing because I didn’t want to hang but the reality was I was just exhausted… and some folk don’t get that I sometimes have to change plans because body…

I can’t be the only one

Thoughts?

Turbo Pascal vs. Pedro Pascal.

#Pascal

The @inclusivedesign24 Call For Presenters (CFP) closes on 31 May, so don't hesitate, submit your talk now!
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/

#id24 is on 25 September; 24 hours of #free talks about #accessibility #a11y #code #design #inclusion and more

Apparently 82% of Israeli Jews support ethnic cleansing, per this survey reported by an Israeli newspaper.

For some historical context, when I was a kid living in Israel, political parties supporting ethnic cleansing were illegal.

(The fact they're surveying Jews specifically is because there are also ~20% of population who are Palestinian citizens of Israel, who tend to have very different views and also a lot less influence on outcomes. These latter are not to be confused with Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank, who are not citizens of Israel.)

https://archive.is/85C4v

UPDATE: A rebuttal suggesting numbers aren't as high as that - https://archive.is/iJoEJ