Paddy Duke

@paddyduke
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Accessibility & ethics in design

Neophyte anarchist

Makes punk/rock/electronic music

Irishman in Scotland

PronounsHe/Him/They/Them
My websitehttps://weenotions.com
Musichttps://soundcloud.com/807
CodePenhttps://codepen.io/paddyduke

"I power through the waves of disappointment. Maybe not quite thriving but I’m buoyant. I am at peace these days (give or take a fit of blinding rage)."

https://youtu.be/IaczEDfTE3M

Propagandhi - "At Peace" (Lyric Video)

YouTube

Remember anything at Forbes•com/sites is paid content, not journalism. These articles are often wrong (as first quote shows) and have an agenda (as in second quote).

“Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/

Google is still terrible tho.

Maine lawmakers targeted by social media campaign opposing data center ban

Big Tech has so much money for its propaganda

https://themainemonitor.org/maine-data-center-ad-campaign/

Maine lawmakers targeted by campaign opposing data center ban

The Augusta-based law firm representing companies trying to build data centers in Sanford and Jay launched the ads late last week.

The Maine Monitor

Apple and the UK government are on a joint mission to make sure no-one ever updates their phones or computers ever again.

I’m sure that’ll do wonders for children’s online safety.

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Psychology Today

The average annual cost of owning a car is $8000.

Depending on the model it can range from $5000 to $12000 though.

If local governments really wanted to "ease the pressure of living costs" on their populations, they'd fund #PublicTransport, #cycling and #walking, allowing people the freedom to NOT own a car and automatically putting 8 thousand dollars in the pocket of every ex motorist.

#carDependency is financial ruin for cities.

#NoCarNoProblem #motonormativity #CarBrain

I promised I would find two good places on my journey to leave these stickers. The mission begins 🤘

I have a question for people who use a full-scale CMS to run a single-page website:

Why??

Epic Lays Off 1,000 People And Ends Support For Game Modes After Making Fortnite More Expensive

Epic previously laid off over 800 people in 2023

https://aftermath.site/fortnite-epic-layoffs/

Epic Lays Off 1,000 People And Ends Support For Game Modes After Making Fortnite More Expensive

Epic previously laid off over 800 people in 2023

Aftermath