Rachele DiTullio

For what it’s worth, the buzz and support for Talarico in 2026 surpasses the buzz that was around Beto’s challenge to Cruz.

BREAKING: House Democrats have preemptively introduced a resolution to stop the federal government from bailing out AI companies in the event of the industry collapsing. The bill says these companies should be subjected to the ordinary bankruptcy process.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Happy Monday! Reminder to consult with your accessibility team during design, before coding starts.

Now let’s learn from Brazil. The Right sabotaged the elections, interfered with transportation, used AI to makeup shit. They still lost. People power. Power to the people. #brasil

I administered the cats’ flea and heartworm medication today (every 25th). It costs $30/cat or $120/month. #BigPharma

Cleaning and sealing stone and grout today.

IPhone Duo doesn’t have Face ID. So much work will go into supporting this new device instead of going towards accessibility efforts.

C’mon Horns! #HookEm

Talarico: You want to know why they are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you. When we flip this seat in Texas, I’m going to vote to ban corporate PACs so billionaires can’t buy our elections.

Once you vote, the incessant political text messages just stop.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

I wish it didn’t cost $200 to go to UT home football games.

I miss the Web Standards movement. We used to disable a website’s CSS and revel in the beautiful, semantic structure that remained.

*me trying to get out of a meeting* “i have to go patch my php”

We got to the polling place at 0700 and voted with little wait.

I tried to go vote early after work and the line was very long. This is good.

Worse than not knowing semantics, modern full stack developers don’t seem to understand the separation of concerns. A Figma file is not a complete requirements document.

genuinely hate that i cannot hear "roundball rock" without immediately thinking "b-b-b-b-b-b-b-basketball..."

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

I installed a can crusher then replaced the fuel pump in the tractor that wouldn’t start (it does now!).

My 64GB iPhone 12 mini doesn’t have enough space to install iOS27 *whomp whomp*

Not having an <h1> on a web page is like not declaring a primary key in a database table. It may still work, but it's a sign of deeper structural issues.

I impulsively purchased a cornucopia.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Canada 🍁

It’s new Oilers versus old Oilers today on football

WATCH: Reporter Jake Pearson had an idea: Ask ProPublica editors for $$$, mimic the patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings and see if the app would encourage his recklessness. What he didn’t expect was how little pushback he’d get as he spiraled.

for the first time since tracking began, more American households have kittens than puppies. there is a reason for this: homeownership is declining, and homeowners are twice as likely as renters to own dogs. did cats engineer the housing crisis? i'll be honest: it is now more likely than not.

It’s a real shame that folk a decade ago weren’t warning developers against utterly insane things like CSS-in-J —  oh.

That AI sparkle shape is a hypocycloid.

And speaking of LLMs and the magical thinking that AI will "solve" accessibility: The people just want more accessible websites, not some hypothetical savior super app. webaim.org/projects/scr...

The 11th edition of the @webaim.bsky.social Screen Reader User Survey is now live! This is a vital resource into better understanding how people who use screen readers actually operate your website or app. webaim.org/projects/scr... My commentary on it as a thread 🧵 #a11y

Gambling is a scourge in US culture. It should not be advertised as a fun, little game.

Flock camera proliferation is going to make things really, really, really scary for women trying to leave abusive relationships with partners who are cops. They may also increase the number of women arrested for little to no reason.

I’m interested in this session about a developer’s experience being situationally disabled. I wonder if they will address the importance of #accessibility

Headed home to Austin from Boston then driving down to San Antonio for a Rush concert.

25 years of web design evolution. Craigslist website in 2001 vs. Craigslist website in 2026

I literally just found out about “Chosin’ Texas” from an NPR post. I own my oldness lol

New to me plant: Kousa dogwood Seen in Rhode Island

We tried those electric scooters last night to get back to our car and they were a bit scary because of how fast they go. I could see using one again.

We’re going to our annual UT football game tonight #hookem

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Our older neighbor has his email access back after 6 weeks. He still does not have a cellphone or working VoIP.