- CHAOSS DEI Review: Midyear Reflection
Since February 2021, the CHAOSS Project is conducting a funded, long-term review of its governance, practices, and processes in a diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) “audit.” I originally joined as an internal community liaison and initially …
- A Proposal for the End of Accommodations
Language is powerful. Words are subtle building blocks to how we imagine the world around us. So, with the goal of pursuing more equitable language, I propose the end of accommodations. Accommodations move us closer to equality but not equity. The …
- Write More Accessible Markdown Images With This One Simple Trick
Sometimes the people we exclude are the ones we did not realize were there. Screen readers are an essential tool for blind and visually-impaired people to use software and browse the Internet. In open source projects and communities, Markdown is a …