For #ACB members subscribed to the Conversation list, you may be interested to know that after the BOP meeting, yesterday I subscribed to that list so I could immediately exercise a right of reply to things said at that meeting.
At this stage, my subscription has still not been approved.
I don’t know who approves it and who is consulted, whether the process is just slow, or if something else is going on. But perhaps someone who knows the process can help.
Failing that, I will post the message I have prepared on this topic, which include some advanced audio from the forthcoming #LivingBlindfully episode, to my blog later today. I am entitled to a right of reply and will have it one way or another.

Como no hay un Mastodon #deportes, pues lo cuento yo. En resulta de que el Casademont Zaragoza, equipo de la liga #ACB de #baloncesto, ha alcanzado un acuerdo con la cadena de restaurantes La Mafia Se Sienta a la Mesa, y el embajador italiano ha escrito una carta abierta quejándose de esta banalización del crimen organizado.
Siempre les queda la opción de contratacar creando una barra de pintxos que se llame Eta se pone la txapela.

Today, a #lyft driver denied my wife and I a ride because we are #blind. My wife, having seen the car approach, asked if he was our driver. She was holding her long white cane. The driver said no, canceled the ride, and drove away. This was not even a service animal denial. This was discrimination against blind people using canes.
For the record, Lyft's policy acknowledges that it is against the law for drivers to turn away customers using mobility devices, including canes. Discrimination may result in the permanent deactivation of a driver's account.
In other words, drivers who break the law may be fired, not will. Lyft will consider standing against discrimination, but won't.
How long? Why are we waiting to take them to court? Why are we waiting to protest? Why is this still happening after nine years? What will it take for us to obtain justice? #nfb #ACB #AnyoneWhoWillFightWithUs!

Well crap. Here I was thinking I'd found my people, and then I was reminded about the NFB's sexual abuse stuff. But the whole radical thing? I thought I was radical before. Then @JonathanMosen spoke words on @podcast that I'd thought so many times but thought were too radical to say. The whole blind movement thing? I need that. I've felt so alone throughout my life. The way I care about technology, about user interfaces, about Braille, about beauty and audio and image descriptions. But how could I be in a movement that allowed sexual abuse? I wonder how this year went? If things were better? Then again, what if it happens again?

The blind community is spread thin. There's still an element of those who want to just wait on big corporations to do what needs doing. And we see how, within the last ten years at Google, in both Android and ChromeOS, that's working out. Waiting on them isn't working.

It's complicated, and I wrestle with the work the NFB does, versus the moral character of their leadership. But I'm so tired of feeling like I'm the only one writing about accessibility, trying to convey what I need from companies, foundations, and people. Tired of feeling powerless. Tired of not knowing how to explain why a PDF should be made accessible and why using OCR isn't good enough, tired of being the only one. The idea of having a Federationist at my back is so, so nice. But what will that cost to me? What would it mean if I acquiesce to an organization with such a dark stain on it. I don't know. I've never been to either NFB or ACB's conventions. But knowing people that have my back, that can help me? Hell, I need it. And maybe Mastodon is where the blind community can begin to band together more. Here, I don't feel so lowly. I see programmers fight with the same things I do. I feel more level with everyone else. No algos to shroud us away from each other. I don't know. I don't think there is a good answer.

#nfb23 #acb23 #nfb #acb #blind

@bruce_toews You know what, now that I think about it, that's a good question. I haven't noticed any #ACB happenings being shared here. Hoping everything is going well. Happy fourth of July. :)

Frustrated that you can’t use heading navigation to skim through the different exhibitor zoom room links for the 2023 ACB conference and convention as I requested people could do a couple of months ago. However, here’s a link if you’re interested in joining a lot of us exhibitors in zoom starting at 10 AM central for three hours both today and tomorrow. https://acbconvention.org/?p=97 #ACB

Canadian Letter: Take a pass on Aurora Cannabis, says Roth https://www.cantechletter.com/2023/06/take-a-pass-on-aurora-cannabis-says-roth/ #canada #tech #Technology #Allposts #Analysts #Cannabis #acb

@justiceLICSW I'm finding it slightly amusing I initially misread #ACB as #ACAB. She has the same vibe.

Cap a Tarragona!
Bon dia, Catalunya!!! 🥰
#acb #CopaDelRey
#badalona #barcelonès #barcelonèsnord #catalunya #català #ambil·lusió #catalans #badaloní #bdn #sombadalona #badalonaenamora #granimoni #rodalies #rodaliesdecatalunya #generalitatdecatalunya #atm #amb #ambil·lusió

Badalona | acb | Copa del Rey
#acb #CopaDelRey
#badalona #barcelonès #barcelonèsnord #catalunya #català #ambil·lusió #catalans #badaloní #bdn #sombadalona #badalonaenamora #granimoni #rodalies #rodaliesdecatalunya #generalitatdecatalunya #atm #amb #ambil·lusió

As promised, here's an ACB Radio Main Menu clip of @JonathanMosen reviewing MSN Messenger 3.0, its many different features, and the overall screen reader accessibility of the client. First shown on July 24th, 2000. #MainMenu #ACB #ACBRadio #MSNMessenger #accessibility #RetroTech #ScreenReaders #WindowEyes #JAWS https://youtu.be/QyKxEdhwA3o

ACB – Ngân hàng TMCP Á Châu (ACB Leasing) nằm trong top 15 ngân hàng tốt nhất Việt Nam.

Hiện nay, trước nhu cầu vay tài chính ngày càng cao thì càng có nhiều người quan tâm “Ngân hàng nào tốt nhất Việt Nam hiện nay?”. Đa số các ngân hàng ở Việt Nam đều có dịch vụ tương đối tốt và đáp ứng được đa dạng lợi ích.
Để biết được ngân hàng nào tốt nhất Việt Nam hiện nay xem thêm thông tin tại: https://tonghop.vn/top-15-ngan-hang-nao-tot-nhat-viet-nam-hien-nay/

@abcleasing
#acb #top15nganhang #nganhangtotnhat #acbleasing

ACB – Ngân hàng TMCP Á Châu (ACB Leasing) nằm trong top 15 ngân hàng tốt nhất Việt Nam.

Hiện nay, trước nhu cầu vay tài chính ngày càng cao thì càng có nhiều người quan tâm “Ngân hàng nào tốt nhất Việt Nam hiện nay?”. Đa số các ngân hàng ở Việt Nam đều có dịch vụ tương đối tốt và đáp ứng được đa dạng lợi ích.
Để biết được ngân hàng nào tốt nhất Việt Nam hiện nay xem thêm thông tin tại: https://tonghop.vn/top-15-ngan-hang-nao-tot-nhat-viet-nam-hien-nay/

@abcleasing
#acb #top15nganhang #nganhangtotnhat #acbleasing

#ACB #CopadelRey2023 finale: l’ #UnicajaMálaga vince la seconda Copa del Rey della sua storia battendo il #LenovoTenerife in finale - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/226051

#ACB #CopadelRey2023 finale: l’ #UnicajaMálaga vince la seconda Copa del Rey della sua storia battendo il #LenovoTenerife in finale - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/226051

Parece que hayan pasado mil años en lugar de 30...🙄
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RT @DeporteVintage
Hoy tendremos un nuevo Campeón de la #CopaACB Recordamos a #Estudiantes quien lograba el primer título de su historia en la era #ACB un 08/03/1992 en #Granada
https://twitter.com/DeporteVintage/status/1627331087788548105

#ACB #CopadelRey2023 semifinali: #RealMadrid fuori! Vittoria a sorpresa dell’ #Unicaja; #Tenerife fa sua una tiratissima partita con la #Penya - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/225916

#ACB #CopadelRey2023 semifinali: #RealMadrid fuori! Vittoria a sorpresa dell’ #Unicaja; #Tenerife fa sua una tiratissima partita con la #Penya - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/225916

#ACB #CopadelRey2023: il #LenovoTenerife fa suo il derby con #GranCanaria; il Club Joventut Badalona ribalta la sfida col Baskonia e vince - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/225819

#ACB #CopadelRey2023: il #LenovoTenerife fa suo il derby con #GranCanaria; il Club Joventut Badalona ribalta la sfida col Baskonia e vince - By Laura Cristaldi
https://all-around.net/p/225819