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👩🏻🦯 Information Tech Professional; Small Business Owner, now exploring the world with sight loss. Please add Alt-Text, make your content accessible! Consumer and fan of all things Accessibility, especially Audio Description and Audio Books.
"Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Very excited about the latest Dave Robicheaux novel by my favorite author, James Lee Burke. Checkout the preview of The Hadacol Boogie. #BookSky
www.jamesleeburke.com/the-hadacol-...
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series stands as one of the great achievements in American crime fiction, blending gritty mystery with the lyricism of Southern literature. The very first novel, The Neon Rain (1987), introduces Robicheaux with an unforgettable mix of action, moral complexity, and character development that sets the tone for the series. Burke’s gift is in creating a detective who is as haunted as the crimes he investigates, and the early books strike a balance between tense, cinematic action scenes and deeply human storytelling. Few crime writers can match Burke’s ability to make violence crackle on the page while also grounding it in the emotional lives of his characters. Black Cherry Blues (#3) and A Morning for Flamingos (#4) stand out as particularly excellent thrillers, with plots that surprise, add up beautifully, and keep the reader gripped until the final pages. Revisiting A Morning for Flamingos now, I’m struck by just how electric and assured it feels. The opening is shocking—tense, atmospheric, and devastating—and it sets off a chain of events that feels both plausible and relentlessly suspenseful. The novel drips with local color: lowlifes, criminals, and so-called heroes who could only exist in Louisiana, rendered with Burke’s unsparing eye and poetic prose. You can sense Burke riding the creative high of having just won the Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues (1989), and the result is a book that hums with confidence and intensity. Having just been in New Orleans myself, I’m amazed at how vividly the city and surrounding bayou country come alive here; the atmosphere is so tangible it’s almost a character in itself. Later standouts like The Tin Roof Blowdown (#16), Robicheaux (#21), and The New Iberia Blues (#22) prove that Burke never lost that power, with character development and insight into Louisiana life that only deepened over time. Even Burke’s “worst” is still ten times better than much of today’s popular crime fiction.
Staff picks Wednesday with store manager Ryan! Check the alt text for his thoughts on James Lee Burke
Literally anyone I am remotely related to I refer to my “aunt,”
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump admin can deploy the National Guard to Portland. For those who are shocked at watching the National Guard on the ground in U.S. cities, we need to talk about how it began…
For many years, it has been my honor to work with a voluntary team of broadcasters on the Internet radio station, Mushroom FM, which plays music from the 50s to the 80s.
While not a paid vacancy, I posted the following to the Mushroom FM blog. Participating in this project is a great experience […]
"As it turned out, she was texting me about a criminal case she is pursuing against one of the president’s perceived political enemies: New York Attorney General Letitia James."
"Over the next 33 hours, Halligan texted me again.
And again.
And again.
And again."
I love seeing all of the pictures of the No Kings protests around the country, but please take the extra few seconds and add #AltText to them. It can be as simple as "An unbroken sea of people at the No Kings protest in (City)."
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We're considering a feature that would let you specify topics you're not interested in, in addition to your existing interests. This would influence the content shown on your Discover feed and the accounts recommended in Explore. What do we think?
if you look at social media and dont immediately feel better what you should do is keep going back to it every five minutes or so. eventually you will find the Post that makes your life better
“When they talk about the mixed-race population in the U.S., they don’t include me there, they include me in the category of Hispanic. So the fact that I am native to the Americas gets lost.”
From the archives: The Lipan Apache are reclaiming their identities after decades of denial.
JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”
A Scottish crime thriller audiobook, A Litter of Bones by JD Kirk.
Please use alt text when posting illustrations or photos or other images. I realize it feels like an inconvenience if you didn't ever do it at the other place, but folks who need it are a zillion times more inconvenienced every single day.
Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.
I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.
Never change your last name.
Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS
Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing
We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
A graphic featuring green accents and an image of Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu and their braille embosser that they built for their science fair. Graphic text reads: “What started as a science project became a powerful tool for accessibility. Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built a $200 portable braille embosser, shared the plans freely, and even donated part of their science fair winnings to Braille Institute. Thank you, Andrew and Ethan, we’re so proud of you!” In the top right corner of the image is the Braille Institute logo.
Most braille embossers cost thousands.
Andrew Xu and Ethan Hu built one for about $200, and they’re giving the plans away for free.
Their design won top science fair honors and came with a heartfelt donation to support our work.
Read more here: www.brailleinstitute.org/story/a-boss...
"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
I went to CVS to pick up generic Zofran. 10 8mg pills, $38. Cost plus, under $11.
These docs also ask you right off the bat what pharmacy they should send the prescriptions to. @mcuban.bsky.social that’s where the change needs to happen.
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
Reminder:
Live long enough, and you’ll -
A. Get old.
B. Acquire some kind of disability l, because our bodies were not designed to last forever.
So, when you address how society should treat people with disabilities and the elderly, remember that if you’re lucky, one day that will be you.
