Melissa Avery-Weir @melissa@irrsinn.life
- Blog
- https://irrsinn.net
- Future Proof Games
- https://futureproofgames.com/
- Pixelfed
- https://pixelfed.social/melissaaw
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I geek about: social justice, tech, gaming, cats, gardening, polyamory. I'm the co-founder of Future Proof Games & co-host of the Audacious Compassion podcast.
Joined Jan 2019
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An #introduction: I'm Melissa (they/them)! Some of my projects are in my bio, but in general I am and do:
#polyamory #relationshipanarchy
I write. I #webdev. I play way too much Fallen London. I collect tattoos. I will not call posts "toots".
I like learning to be more imaginative in devising solutions to difficult problems. 🎊
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wouldn't it be amazing if college/university was just like a casual thing? like it's just a place you can go for free whenever you want, don't have to apply or anything, anyone can come in and sit in on a class theyre interested in.
sort of like a library. and there's no tests or anything, it's just for if you want to know more about a subject
Seeing "Us", then starting to watch "Step Up Charlie" (Idris Elba, Netflix) has led me down a fun road of language over the last day. None of these are esp. new, but I hadn't seen them.
First, technical geekery about accents in TV/movies: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLibNZv5Zd0dzmgAyav3R8SfXc-64Oly_k
Then, Elba explaining some British slang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tbs8tFTHpE. He's all "I was setup. I don't know anything." Then proceeds to explain Cockney rhyming slang. 🙄 🤩
"Us" movie (no spoilers) Show more
Hrm. Turns out the auto-split feature in #fedilab is a little weird with mentions. 🤔
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A morning in emojis: 😻😴😻 ➡️ 😩😿🙀🚗 ➡️ 🏥😾🙀😚
(don't worry about the #cats -- it's a routine visit; they hate it anyway)
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Oh nice!!
tota11y - an accessibility visualization toolkit
tota11y helps visualize how your site performs with assistive technologies. Check out the announcement blog post.
The process of testing for accessibility (a11y) is often tedious and confusing. In many cases, developers must have some prior accessibility knowledge in order to make sense of the results.
Instead, tota11y aims to reduce this barrier of entry by helping visualize accessibility violations (and successes), while educating on best practices.
At the bottom of the page is a "installation" section, where you can drag and drop a bookmarklet into you bookmarks to check every site you are visiting.
khan.github.io/tota11y/
#barrierefreiheit #barrierefrei #accessibility #webdesign #theme #theming khan.github.io/tota11y/
tota11y - an accessibility visualization toolkit
tota11y helps visualize how your site performs with assistive technologies. Check out the announcement blog post.
The process of testing for accessibility (a11y) is often tedious and confusing. In many cases, developers must have some prior accessibility knowledge in order to make sense of the results.
Instead, tota11y aims to reduce this barrier of entry by helping visualize accessibility violations (and successes), while educating on best practices.
At the bottom of the page is a "installation" section, where you can drag and drop a bookmarklet into you bookmarks to check every site you are visiting.
khan.github.io/tota11y/
#barrierefreiheit #barrierefrei #accessibility #webdesign #theme #theming khan.github.io/tota11y/
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In case other #pixelfed users don't know: you need to either edit the post or use the experimental UI for uploading.
🤦🏾♀️ I didn't realize that I had to use a different interface in #pixelfed to add accessible captions to photos. My apologies for boosting my first two images without them.
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Hey folks I need a job again. Looking for game jobs or anything in the Seattle area. Contract is ending
Currently: Game System Designer on a major AAA game
Past: Game designer on AAA and F2P games, Unity game programmer, and QA
Skills: Unity/C# (5+ years) Game design (4 years) Lua, JavaScript, C++, etc
Lmk if you have any leads and if not feel free to boost it otherwise. looking for work sucks. thanks
Recorded the final episode of Audacious Compassion today. 😿 It was tough to script and record, but it brought me some closure. We did a good thing. We can move on.
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@gingerrroot
There's @PleaseCaption to help with that, it sends you a DM every time you forget so you can redraft. It's really useful.
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02.05: Ego Driver - Yetnikoff
CW: Strong language, violence. Back in Niederdorf, our Ego Drivers are about to receive their next assignment: discover where the… <a class="read-more" href="">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text"></span></a> https://tabletop.garden/2019/03/06/02-05-ego-driver-yetnikoff/
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I started using ProtonMail recently, and I notice that Gmail puts a big warning for emails originating from there. This is really insidious because it's teaching the users that any email that doesn't come from a Google approved source is sketchy.
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02.04: Ego Driver - Smooth Criminal
CW: Strong language, violence. Our Ego Drivers were sent to take out Smooth Criminal, but it looks like his partner… <a class="read-more" href="">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text"></span></a> https://tabletop.garden/2019/02/27/02-04-ego-driver-smooth-criminal/
- Blog
- https://irrsinn.net
- Future Proof Games
- https://futureproofgames.com/
- Pixelfed
- https://pixelfed.social/melissaaw
Admin
I geek about: social justice, tech, gaming, cats, gardening, polyamory. I'm the co-founder of Future Proof Games & co-host of the Audacious Compassion podcast.
Joined Jan 2019
