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Google Still Can't Make an Accessibility Menu Accessible

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Published: October 3, 2026 00:00

I have a lot of patience for bugs that only bite me. I have none for watching the same rot land on someone else, and this one landed on a user of Backtalk. I haven't written about Backtalk here yet; a proper post is coming. It's a fork of Google's…

Starmer, the Under-16s Are Smarter Than You

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Published: June 15, 2026 00:00

Today, Keir Starmer stood at a podium in Downing Street and announced that the UK will ban social media for anyone under 16. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X, and Facebook — gone for minors, though not YouTube Kids, WhatsApp, or Signal. Regulations…

Stop Vibecoding Screen Readers

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Published: June 8, 2026 00:00

There's a trend on Android right now that is going to get someone hurt. Hurt in the sense of a blind person picking up their phone in the worst possible moment and finding out the thing they depend on to interact with the world has decided to just not…

MacBook Air M5 Review: Open, Work, Close, Done

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Published: May 14, 2026 00:00

This review might seem boring. So is the MacBook Air, and that's why it's good. The Air gets out of your way. Open, work, close, done. No friction, no fans, no setup ritual, no decisions left to make once you've decided to use it. The Air has been chasing…

MacBook Neo Review: The Laptop For The Rest Of Us

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Published: May 11, 2026 00:00

The MacBook Neo is a normal computer for normal people. That's the promise, and Apple has delivered on it — for the first time at this price point, from this company, possibly ever. It's the laptop most people should buy. That's the verdict. Everything…

The Galaxy Z Fold 7: One Month In

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Published: April 13, 2026 00:00

I wrote my day-one impressions of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and they were not kind. You can go read that post for the full rundown of every frustration, every moment of "what the hell did I just spend my money on," every accessibility papercut that made me…

I Made a Keyboard Nobody Asked For: My Experience Making TapType

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Published: March 23, 2026 00:00

I went to bed last night. I woke up this morning and Mastodon had eaten my app. I spent the morning reading notifications. I spent the rest of the day building. This post is from the other side of that. Why Touchscreen Keyboards Are Hell Blind people have…

Galaxy Z Fold Seven day Zero

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Published: March 3, 2026 00:00

I want to be upfront about something before I tell you anything else: I am a Flip user. Have been for a while now. I like it. I like the form factor. I like that it folds to something small, that I can one-hand it without negotiating, that TalkBack…

“because fuck you”: why consumer choice is being stripped away and how the tech industry profits from it

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Published: February 28, 2026 00:00

There’s a question I keep asking, and I keep getting the same answer. Not in words — the industry is too polished for that — but in practice, in policy, in the quiet removal of features you relied on, in the error messages that don’t explain themselves, in…

The Slow Death of the Power User

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Published: February 24, 2026 00:00

There’s a certain kind of person who’s becoming extinct. You’ve probably met one. Maybe you are one. Someone who actually understood the tools they used. Someone who could sit down at an unfamiliar system, poke at it for twenty minutes, and have a working…