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I’m at an accessibility workshop where they ran audits of the home or main pages of several high profile Indonesian websites and apps including Shopee, RuangGuru Skills Academy, Lapor, MRT Jakarta, and Traveloka. All were eviscerated for their lack of compliance to WCAG standards across all platforms preventing blind consumers from using them effectively even with assistive technology. Between 40-75% non compliance in major and critical categories.

Finland Solved Homelessness: Here's How is an interesting mini-doc. The Finnish housing minister who led the Housing First project says it was probably important that he was centre-right and thus able to convince Finland's largest 10 cities that the project was fiscally superior to not doing it. https://youtu.be/0jt_6PBnCJE?si=iuYpq6ZNcBlxGIxK

LAPD Officer Runs Red Light for Non-Emergency Call, Kills Pedestrian in Marked Crosswalk in Hollywood This tragic death is a reminder of the dangers of being a pedestrian in Los Angeles. In 2023, for the first time in two decades, there were more than 300 traffic fatalities, according to an analysis. Meaning there were more traffic deaths than homicides in the city. #LosAngeles #LAPD #ACAB #Police https://lataco.com/lapd-officer-runs-red-light

More than 50,000 Florida workers have lost their union membership in the advent of S.B. 256: Florida’s Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode https://inthesetimes.com/article/florida-target-public-sector-workers-anti-union-senate-bill-256-decertification-teachers-desantis

At the press conference, a journalist asked whether this treatment was fair, given most 2nd Wave infections come from the staff at the quarantine hotels, managed by the Gov. Another journalist asked if the Gov was taking responsibility. Premier said this isn't time for blame...

In the Sahel region, women and girls walk up to 25 kilometers a day to fetch water. The growth of scare resources increase the risk of gender based violence. https://t.co/mYpJsQladj

@princesspolly58 I think it's what you're doing now Pauline... bearing witness to it. And challenging people who are complaining about people not 'doing the right thing' who have no experience of this, and who aren't listening to what the actual people in detention need.

A new play explores the issue of people who were raised with a non-Indigenous identity but later assert, on questionable grounds, that they are Aboriginal.