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Public sector orals are high-stakes—and too often reinvented under pressure. Kudos to CivicActioner Arielle LaBrecque for creating our Orals Training Manual: a practical, repeatable framework for stronger presentations.
We’re sharing it openly:
github.com/CivicActions...
#DigitalCommons
@sharajweaver72.bsky.social good seeing you here
text says: Why Drupal?
Drupal isn’t just a CMS to us.
What the Drupal community makes possible:
📌 Long-term stewardship instead of short-term fixes
📌 A contrib-first culture
📌 A modular architecture
📌 An API-first foundation
📌 Ongoing evolution
Where are people looking. What will grab their attention. Do new folks in your spaces regularly talking about the CONTINUING.md file.
This needs to be tried and evaluated. I don't know.
There is a valid angle to that approach.
It isn't a registered domain. Gotta get to github
Also frankly useful for an AGENTS.md file to reference to ensure there is a higher level of accessibility
But think of it like an Accessibility Statement for coders. Both to state a commitment to Accessibility but also highlight what Accessibility work is done on tge project.
No worries. Not too harsh. So contributors.md is about people and how they can join. People with disabilities should be mentioned but often aren't. People with lived experience of disability are valuable for open source projects.
And there is more...
What if every project on GitHub had a ACCESSIBILITY.md
Would this commitment at the root of a project change anything?
This is a rough draft of what it could look like:
mgifford.github.io/ACCESSIBILIT...
#Accessibility #OpenSource
We’re thrilled to share that CivicActioner Steve Wirt will be leading a session at Florida DrupalCamp 2026.
Join him in Orlando, Florida for an energizing weekend of learning, collaboration, and Drupal community.
www.fldrupal.camp/session/get-...
#Drupal #FOSS #OpenSource #DrupalCamp
I built a small prototype exploring how we might publish structured accessibility information about physical buildings
mgifford.github.io/accessible-b...
Web #accessibility has standards as does the built environment
There isn't a good model though to share via the web
Serious critique welcome.
Better to avoid personal cars anyway. There are still advantages to EVs though.
Privacy is a big deal for cars, especially electric cars. Many are worried about Chinese cars. What is worth remembering is that Western car manufacturers all fail on respecting user privacy www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/priv...
#Privacy #EV
Futuristic depiction of computer windows with the central text "FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE."
“Open source software, especially in a thriving #FOSS ecosystem like Drupal, provides reusable solutions that many separate government agencies can utilize...They all benefit from the reduced burden of a shared approach.” - Steve Wirt, Back End Engineer
None of us are standard-issue but many of us waste our lives pretending to be.
Imagine if more cities were just half as cool and aware as Barcelona? ajuntamentdebarcelona.github.io/ethical-digi...
I'm glad that at least Toronto is represented here citiesfordigitalrights.org
Why aren't more Canadian cities interested in digital rights and digital sovereignty?
@brucefanjoy.bsky.social thanks for pushing again the 4 day work from office ruling for the public sector.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
It will just make government less productive.
A patch of blue in the sky.
Blue sky just as I leave #Dublin
Ok, I didn't come for the weather.
Once again though #Ireland continues to impress. Thanks so much!
3rd...
This is the 2nd time today, where @mark-carney.bsky.social Davos speech was raised in Dublin. Yesterday in a different Dublin conference in a different sectorit was raised by a speaker. #sovereignty #Canada #Ireland
I hadn't thought about the importance for #accessibility of having breakpoints for #tablets. I wasn't aware that this was both so important & so under-supported in the web. How do we test for this & for #landscape mode for mobile devices too.
#IAAPEU #EndUserFocus
@iaaporg.bsky.social Where is the IAAP EU coverage here?
Chris White from #VisionIreland builds on @mark-carney.bsky.social speech at #Davos at the #IAAPEU conference in #Dublin today. It was interesting to hear the #GreenGrocer metaphor of the #PowerOfThePowerless be applied in the #Disability #Accessibility community.
#Carney is resonating.
Canada has created the CAN/ASC - EN 301 549:2024 based on Europe's Accessibility standards. It is great, but what are we doing to go beyond #WCAG? I am learning a lot at
the #IAAPEU & Vially #Accessibility Event in #Dublin. There is so much nuance.
www.accessibilityassociation.org/iaap-eu-even...
I'm in Dublin now for the IAAP EU & Vially Accessibility Event today/tomorrow.
www.accessibilityassociation.org/iaap-eu-even...
On Friday I will be at the National Open Source Innovation Summit
summit.openirelandnetwork.com
#accessibility #a11y #IAAP #IAAPEU #OpenSource #FOSS #Dublin
It’s #BlackHistoryMonth, a time to reflect on and honor Black history. At CivicActions, we are committed to amplifying the voices of our Black colleagues as we work toward a stronger future for our company and industry. #BlackHistoryMatters
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