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2369 - Mariatta 🤦🏻‍♀️ :python:: "Jupyter notebooks in 2024 is s…" - disabled.social
Jupyter notebooks in 2024 is still not accessible. In his #PyCascades talk, Venkatesh Potluri (who is blind) noted that popular Python libraries like matplotlib etc still can't embed alt text. He made a patch for it, but the notebooks still don't pick up alt text.
3177 - earthling: "“These are populations that ar…" - disabled.social
“These are populations that are already on the brink of famine who are now being subjected to a medieval siege coupled with scorched earth and heavy bombardment. Already desperate conditions will get worse and we will see multitudes of casualties. Not just from the bombing. But the hunger, the disease and the starvation.” Sam Rose, UNRWA Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on east of Rafah on May 7, 2024 [Jehad Alshrafi/Anadolu] @palestine #Gaza #Rafah
3398 - Charlie McHenry: "This is precisely why rejuvena…" - disabled.social
This is precisely why rejuvenating the state hospital system and lowering the bar for involuntary commitment (with safeguards) is essential to battling rough-sleeping homelessness. “After brief housing, man's drug use results in him back on Portland streets” - See, the thing is a percentage of the unhoused are in serious drug addiction or mental health crises. These folks deserve better, namely housing and treatment in state facilities that are built and staffed to accommodate their needs. Ci...
3523 - Timnit Gebru (she/her): "The ongoing genocide in the no…" - disabled.social
The ongoing genocide in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray has killed more than 700 thousand people, and left at least 100 thousand victims of rape as a weapon of war. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63291747 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/26/ethiopia-tigray-rape-survivors-stigma/ Hyenas feeding show, Harar, Ethiopia on January 10, 2014 in Harar, Ethiopia
4009 - Texas Observer: "“Right now, queer people in #T…" - disabled.social
“Right now, queer people in #Texas are dealing with a lot.” Earlier this week: The laws in our state may be so bad that they violate decades worth of international human rights treaties, according to a letter recently sent to the United Nations by four major orgs. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-anti-lgbtq-laws-united-nations-human-rights?utm_campaign=mastodon #news #politics #USpol #transphobia #homophobia #LGBTQIA+ #TXlege #healthcare #trans #UnitedNations #HumanRights
4238 - Disposable Human en X
ATTENTION UNIVERSITY LECTURERS & COURSE COORDINATORS Please include references/articles written by people with actual lived prison experience in your course reading lists If you don’t, you’re really not as decolonial as you think you are / X
9695 - Just got docked 100% attendance points for missing one class for the first time when I have disability accommodations that modify the policy. I then emailed my disability specialist about issues I ...
9885 - Employers' Lessons Learned in Hiring, Retaining and Advancing Employees with Disabilities
At the centre of the net zero conversation is how we reconcile our undeniable climate needs with a strong and growing economy.
10777 - Institutions love to recruit diverse leaders—it looks good in press releases.
Institutions love to recruit diverse leaders—it looks good in press releases. It’s a signal to donors, students, and politicians that “we’re making progress.” But too often, the real message is: “We want your face, not your voice.”
You’ll be celebrated in your hiring announcement. Your credentials will be applauded. Your lived experience will be marketed as a strength. But the moment you challenge the status quo—whether it’s in opposing administrative decisions about student protests, nami...
