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The Smashing Magazine comment form is still broken, so I’m memorializing the comment I _wanted_ to leave about CSS carousels:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-request-to-google-on-accessibility.html#Update06 (anchor)
Includes quote fr…

My Request to Google on Accessibility
Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request. My Request Please, if your team cannot explain how the thing satisfies all WCAG Success…

Trump seems to wave the white flag on his US attorneys gambit (Erica Orden/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/13/donald-trump-us-attorneys-senate-confirmation-00689692
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p7#a251213p7

Liebe Autoren und Autorinnen,
ich habe mich jetzt bei der VG Wort als Mitglied beworben. Ich will künftig dafür kämpfen, dass sie sich nicht noch weiter von unseren Interessen verabschiedet und von der Verlagen und Multis dominiert wird. Wenn ihr in den vergangenen Jahren Zahlungen der VG Wort erhalten habt, überlegt doch, ob ihr nicht auch noch Mitglied werdet und mitbestimmt!

Delaware's acting U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray
resigned her post on Dec. 12,
and the courts appointed her successor immediately,
an unusual turn of events after months of questions about the legality of Donald Trump's attempts to fill federal prosecutor roles around the country with loyalists.
Murray, who has served as both "interim" and "acting" U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware since the summer,
posted her resignation on …

State's top federal prosecutor resigns; court quickly names successor
Delaware's top federal prosecutor resigned Friday morning and the courts appointed a successor, capping months of controversy about the position.

Only one day left in a very news-heavy work week, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial cybersecurity news you should know, including
--Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium,
--DC US Attorney launches investigation into crypto scams,
--APT exploited Citrix Bleed2 flaws in Cisco ISE,
--CISA orders patching of Cisco ASA and Firepower devices,
--Extremist group 764 member faces charges related to online child exploitatio…

Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium
DC US Attorney launches investigation into crypto scams, APT exploited Citrix Bleed2 flaws in Cisco ISE, CISA orders patching of Cisco ASA and Firepower devices, Extremist group 764 member faces charges related to online child exploitation, Musk fumbles X security key switchover, much more

The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump
By Adriaan Basson
https://www.news24.com/opinions/columnists/adriaan-basson-the-collaborators-who-betrayed-their-country-for-trump-20251110-1110

Adriaan Basson | The collaborators who betrayed their country for Trump
History will call out the names of those who could but chose not to call out Trump’s barefaced lies about the persecution of Afrikaners – one of the wealthiest tribes in Africa – to advance his white supremacist ideology, writes Adriaan Basson.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Adrenochrome/115521675720623495
Oh this is amazing!

Vanity Fair announces new hires, including Ta-Nehisi Coates as senior staff writer and Adrienne Green as executive editor, plus new contributing editors (Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/vanity-fair-annou…

'Vanity Fair' Announces New Hires
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adrienne Green, José Criales-Unzueta, Marisa Meltzer, and more join the magazine

The number two prosecutor in the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of Virginia has been fired,
⭐️the latest in a series of dismissals in an office that is leading controversial criminal prosecutions of James #Comey and Letitia #James.

4 post updates last night:
• W3C vid on `lang`: https://adrianroselli.com/2015/01/on-use-of-lang-attribute.html#Update09
• More confirmation automated tests are crap:

On Use of the Lang Attribute
Way back in October I noticed this WHATWG HTML bug (26942) where someone asked why do these examples of lack the lang attribute? I thought the answer from Hixie was a bit dismissive and not based on any data or real-world benefits of use, particularly in the context of…