2019-11-30

marjaerwin: (Default)
2019-11-30 02:56 pm
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The Contract for the Web site is not entirely accessible...

Some elements don’t scroll with the rest of the page. Other elements jump on mouseover. Others rely on modals. And there is no exit button for certain site-disabling modals.

Some text on certain pages, such as principle 4, “Make the internet affordable and accessible to everyone,” is out of place and blocks other text, probably because some of their design choices are incompatible with some of my safety/accessibility fixes.

The pdf is not entirely accessible either.

It's a pdf. So users can't choose readable fonts, contrast, font sizes, etc. Some parts use faint gray text. All of it uses 2-column format.
marjaerwin: (Default)
2019-11-30 03:27 pm

Remember N30: I wasn’t there, but I want to support those who were.

I hoped to attend the April 2001 World Bank protests, but was very sick that day.

I was active in the anti-war movement and tortured by police in the January 2005 counter-inaugural protests.

I am now struggling with chronic illness and sensory issues. I haven’t been able to travel, go to the city, or protest for years.

Many of the WTO protesters faced worst. Several accounts describe police putting hoods over the heads of protesters, and spraying torture spray under the hoods.

According to Stefani Banerian, one anonymous protester died of asthma during the Battle:

https://www.seattle.gov/archive/wtocommittee/interviews.htm

And Key Martin died of wounds several months later:

https://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/NLG-REPORT.pdf

I’ve heard a similar story, which may be Key Martin’s or a 3rd. Several accounts also describe grievous head wounds.