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markwyner

@markwyner@mas.to

Activist, dad, husband, UX designer, technologist, researcher, writer, soccer fan, musician, vegetarian, meditator, competitive gamer, lover, hater, potty mouth, actually ADHD. He/him/his. https://mas.to/about/more?instance_actor=true moderator.

#BlackLivesMatter #AbolishThePolice #Antifascist #UX #Research #InformationArchitecture #Design #Code #Tofu

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markwyner, (edited ) to KindActions
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I don’t know who made this, but I’m glad they did. It’s an inspiring sentiment.

markwyner, to Cute
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I didn’t know I needed to watch a cute, chubby field hamster running through a field in slow motion, but here we are.

Wildlife photographer Julian Rad has a nice collection of photos/videos of furry little friends in nature. They’re super cute.

https://www.instagram.com/julianradwildlife/

First clip showing Julian holding his camera near the ground in front of the hamster, filming in real time. Second clip showing the footage from the camera in slow motion of the hamster running on the grass with its large jowls and tiny feet.

markwyner, to climate
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With all of the horrible things happening in the world, it’s nice to find the wins. Especially in the area of our environment. A group called Coral Guardian is restoring coral reefs, and it’s quite magnificent.

These photos represent 7 years of work on the Indonesia’s Hatamin Island. In this they have increased the fish population by 5x with 53k corals restored.

More wins like this, please.

https://www.coralguardian.org/en/

markwyner, to Cute
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OMG. This is the cutest thing I have seen in quite some time. 😍

(Credit: u/FootLoosePickleJuice on Reddit)

Human hand holding a twist-on cap of a plastic bottle, filled with a little water, slowly approaching a very tiny green frog on a wooden structure. The frog climbs into the cap.

markwyner, (edited ) to books
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Grace Linn’s husband was killed while fighting nazis in WWII. She’s a centenarian who has witnessed the rise of fascism first hand.

Recently she took on a school board in Florida against their book bans. She made a quilt in protest and reminded people where book bans lead:

“Banning books and burning books are the same. Both are done for the same reason: fear of knowledge.”

https://pen.org/grace-linn-book-ban-martin-county/

markwyner, to twitter
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NPR’s data shows that they lost nothing after being ostracized by the psychotic white billionaire. It counters the idea that leaving Twitter is a loss. Let’s dismiss the idea that we need to be held hostage on any platform.

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

markwyner, to UX
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Friends. I’m looking for work. I’m a UX designer/researcher, information architect, and UI designer/developer. I bring over two decades of experience to the table. I’m also an accessibility/usability expert.

If you have a need I’d love to talk with you. If you know folks, I’d love a boost. Thank you! 🙌🏻

My website:
https://markwyner.com/

Fresh case study:
https://markwyner.com/my-work/texas-a-and-m/

markwyner, to art
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Hey, artists. A four year old has exposed your magic.

markwyner, to mastodon
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Some words about Mastodon moderation:

  1. It’s hard. No decision is easy and there’s lots of gray area even with explicit rules.
  2. We’ll sometimes debate for a long time on a single post. We do our best to make the right call.
  3. Even so, we sometimes make mistakes. We’re willing to accept appeals when that happens.
  4. We get a lot of things right. You can’t even imagine some of the traumatic things we see.

1/5

markwyner, (edited ) to accessibility
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Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or pascal case.

It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.

Read more:
https://markwyner.medium.com/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone-298667b2d891

markwyner, to books
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Of course Levar Burton wants you to read banned books. Heven Haile sits down with Levar and MoveOn’s Rahna Epting to talk about it.

“When I read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time,” LeVar Burton says, “I couldn’t imagine that situation in my reality. It was a shame, right? Wow. Those poor people in that misguided society. I live in that society now. That dystopian story has become my truth.”

https://www.gq.com/story/levar-burton-wants-you-to-read-banned-books

markwyner, (edited ) to design
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As both a designer and a researcher I got twice the joy from this.

(I don’t know who originally created this. It may be Rebecca Barter? https://www.rebeccabarter.com/blog/2015-07-23-pie)

markwyner, to books
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The Sakya Monastery in tibet has a library comprising some 84,000 books. Most are Buddhist scriptures, but there are works of literature, history, philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, and art. They date back centuries.

In 2011 they began to digitize the library. All books are indexed and about 20% have been fully digitized.

More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakya_Monastery

markwyner, (edited ) to random
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Garrett Morgan invented the modern traffic signal (with a yellow caution light) in 1922. [Edited ambiguous wording/date.‬]

More on Garrett:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan

markwyner, (edited ) to random
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When I was in Wellington, New Zealand, I was entranced by their unusual crosswalk icons. I asked my new friends there about them. I was told a story about a drag performer and activist by the name of Carmen Rupe. She was a trans woman who was also Māori (native people of NZ).

Her story is pretty cool. And it’s awesome that NZ honored her this way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Rupe

markwyner, to NativeAmerican
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Today is Indigenous People’s Day in the U.S. I highly recommend the series Reservation Dogs.

It’s the first series to feature all indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost entirely indigenous North American cast and production team.

Everything about it is outstanding. The writing, the characters, the acting…everything.

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs

markwyner, (edited ) to random
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These cubes aren’t moving or changing (as implied by the arrows). At all. Not even a little. Other than the color toggle, they remain constant.

(Credit: Ja Gari Kin)

EDIT: added content warning because of the flashing.

markwyner, to dadjokes
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Dude 1: hey, bro.

Dude 2: yeah, bro?

Dude 1: hand me that pamphlet?

Dude 2: brochure.

markwyner, to dadjokes
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Me: you know Murphy’s law?
Friend: yeah. If something can go wrong, it will.

Me: you know Cole’s law?
Friend: no. What is it?
Me: thinly sliced cabbage and mayo.

markwyner, to dadjokes
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The Earth is made up of 70% water which isn’t carbonated.

So technically it’s flat.

markwyner, to art
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One of my favorite Instagram accounts is that of Japanese artist Shinrashinge. (I really wish he was here, but alas, no.)

He makes the most fascinating paper-based anime creations. Mediums include frames, cups, plates, and more. They’re so delightful.

More:
https://www.instagram.com/shin.2580/

Illustration of a Japanese woman in a red flowery dress with a streetscape in the background. His hands move small tabs on each side of the frame one at a time to create the animation in which she turns to the side and back again, then raises a lollipop to her mouth.

markwyner, to dadjokes
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I just started a band called 999 Megabytes.

We haven’t done a gig yet.

markwyner, to Metal
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I don’t know who this kid is, but I’m here for it. All day. Someone give him some lemonade.

Young skinny shirtless white boy in shorts, hat, cape, and mask. He’s playing guitar in a grassy front yard with a spray painted sign next to him that reads: free metal.

markwyner, to india
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The Indian government has now made dark patterns illegal. This is huge.

https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/dark-patterns-are-now-illegal-in-india-6b3c35c5ce50

markwyner, to random
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Recently I posted that some libraries in southern Oregon were under attack. Racist, bigoted fascists were trying to infiltrate their Board so they could ban books.

Well, the voters have spoken. Our candidates—kind people with integrity—won the election. They won!

Small elections are huge. They mean so very much. Just wanted to share, because these victories have been few and far between.

https://votelibrary.com/we-won/

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