Rodney Pruitt

@thepru
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Cartoonist · Designer · Loves reading, music, and film. (He/Him)
Websitehttps://rodneypruitt.com
Comic Striphttps://www.thepublichouse.net
LocationRDU
Rodney PruittDec 13
Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Dec 13

Not just unsurprising, but utterly predictable.

“Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image”
https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55

Though he has a point — having an ASL interpreter could make it look like he cares about, well anything other than himself. That’s not his brand.

#accessibility #ASL

White House says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's public image

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image. This stance is part of a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Deaf, which claims the lack of ASL interpretation denies deaf Americans access to important communications. The Justice Department suggests alternatives like online transcripts and closed captioning provide what's needed. A federal judge recently ordered the White House to provide the interpreting, but the administration has appealed.

AP News
Rodney PruittDec 10
Steve FaulknerDec 10

👉🏽 Common misconceptions about #WCAG
by Ela Gorla of @TetraLogical

"the way the guidelines are discussed often leads to mixed assumptions about what they cover and how they should be used."

https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/12/10/common-misconceptions-about-wcag/

Common misconceptions about WCAG - TetraLogical

Most people working in digital are aware of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and know they can help make digital products work for everyone. However, the way the guidelines are discussed often leads to mixed assumptions about what they cover and how they should be used.

TetraLogical
Rodney PruittNov 21
Linux Game CastNov 21

HTX Studio designed and built a one-handed keyboard for a young woman who lost function in her right hand

https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/11/open-source-one-handed-keyboard-looks-great/

Rodney PruittOct 16
zeldmanOct 15

Between 1928 and 1934, while Hitler plotted and Europe crumbled, a motley crew of mathematicians, philosophers, architects, and economists gathered weekly to puzzle out the limits of reason—and invented Computer Science in the process. Mark Bernstein mines this forgotten history for lessons that just might save today’s embattled web from its worst impulses. (1/2)

https://alistapart.com/article/design-for-amiability-lessons-from-vienna/ #community #AListApart #SavingTheWeb

Designing Amiable Web Spaces: Lessons from Vienna's Café Culture

Explore the impact of amiability in web interactions and learn from the history of Vienna Circle's collaborative spirit in dealing with disagreements.

A List Apart
Rodney PruittOct 11
nixCraft 🐧Oct 11
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The <output> Tag https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag

Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.

Den Odell
Rodney PruittAug 27, 2025
Ethan MarcotteAug 24, 2025
what an absolute and utter shambles this is, in just about every way https://americabydesign.gov
America by Design

A National Design Studio Initiative

America by Design
Rodney PruittAug 9, 2025
lcamtuf   Jul 3, 2025

A slightly unhinged calculator fact: in the golden era of electronic calculators, some Japanese shopkeepers were reluctant to trust the newfangled tool, so Sharp made a line of combination calculator / abacus devices.

Here's a photo, next to some other stuff I own.

Rodney PruittJul 24, 2025
Information Is BeautifulJul 24, 2025

Revealing. How US wealth is distributed

(by Visual Capitalist)
https://www.voronoiapp.com/wealth/-About-1-Million-US-Households-Hold-Nearly-50-Trillion-in-Wealth-4203

Rodney PruittJul 24, 2025
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us
How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the AI bubble question — answered?

Blood in the Machine
Rodney PruittJul 16, 2025
Richard MacManusJul 16, 2025

“By being laser focused on what we do, we get to be one more data point that like… this is how a tech company can also work. If you build a product that is valuable to users, and those users pay you for that product, that is a very valuable and morally honorable existence.”

Love this, Justin @buttondown. It’s the dream for all fediverse entrepreneurs (and wouldbe fedipreneurs) https://merveilles.town/@vladh/114861827564968647

Vlad (@[email protected])

“None of the stuff that we do would be possible without the Open Source software we use. It wasn’t even moral indignation; it was a sense of confusion: why aren’t we paying [Open Source maintainers]?" @[email protected]'s Justin Duke on the @[email protected] blog ❤️ https://opensourcepledge.com/blog/story-of-buttondown/

Merveilles