Robert Thinks You’re Great

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Captivate #eLearning developer and #Accessibility specialist #CPACC. #ActuallyAutistic. Dad. A little random. He/Him. (Header image is the head and shoulders of my Lego Voltron and my profile pic is me looking at the camera on a good hair day.)
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#PS5 Pro for $900!? That’s over twice the launch price of the PS4 Pro. Game consoles are supposed to get less expensive over time, not more.

And yes, I understand the external factors used to rationalize these increases. These hikes just illustrate how unsustainable this is getting.

https://kotaku.com/playstation-5-pro-ps5-portal-price-increase-april-2026-2000682609

Maybe advertisers will feel emboldened to leave X again now? Just wishful thinking on my part?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musk-loses-big-in-court-x-boycott-perfectly-legal/

Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal

X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.

Ars Technica

In iOS 26.3 Software Update. I have increase contrast enabled in the accessibility settings. So the system brightens the button against the background but leaves the text white, decreasing text contrast, which is arguably more important. SMH.

#Accessibility #Apple #iOS26

Traits I look for in sciences, accounting, legal, auditing, revenue, etc. statements that I rely on when making decisions:
• predictable,
• repeatable,
• statistically significant.

Traits on which I have found I cannot rely with LLM output:
• predictable,
• repeatable,
• statistically significant.

While I think the title is a clear “well, yeah”, I appreciate Sheri gives reasons regardless:

“Why you shouldn’t trust the people who built your inaccessible site to fix it”
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-you-shouldn-t-trust-the-people-who-built-your/

If WCAG guarantees aren’t built into the contract, find another vendor.

#a11y #accessibility

Why you shouldn’t trust the people who built your inaccessible site to fix it

Paper wire frame of a generic website You commissioned a website. The agency delivered. The site contains blood, sweat, tears, and no small amount of your...

Access * Ability
Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps
Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/meta-loses-trial-after-arguing-child-exploitation-was-inevitable-on-its-apps/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@Zumbador This is me. I am horribly conflict-averse. And it usually ends by me reaching a breaking point and looking unreasonable. Or I’ll just remove myself from the discussion entirely.

#ActuallyAutistic

Then the Canute Scientific, heading to @crowdsupply in the near future: a 13" laptop with a built-in refreshable Braille display, designed to provide "parity of display" to scientists with visual impairments. Again, #OpenHardware and #RaspberryPi powered!

https://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-source-canute-scientific-aims-for-parity-of-display-for-vision-impaired-scientists-cd24913621ab

#Technology #News #Hackster #Accessibility

The Open Source Canute Scientific Aims for "Parity of Display" for Vision-Impaired Scientists

Raspberry Pi-powered refreshable Braille display comes with a focus on scientific applications, including lab equipment control.

Hackster.io
You will pry my em dashes from my cold — and dead — hands. I had them before AI was conceived and I’ll have them long after it’s gone.
It’s been hard coming to realize that I have almost nothing in common with and want very little to do with my extended family.