Sadly, the ‘G’ in WCAG is ‘guidelines.’ It doesn’t have teeth; there is no legislation around WCAG.
Used to be true. More and more government agencies are referencing the WCAG as the standard, and The Revised 508 Standards which sets the rules for government bodies directly pins it to WCAG v2.0. WCAG compliance has also been specifically ruled in various Title 3 cases, which sets the precedent.
But the US Department of Justice has the right to investigate and fine you up to $75k the first time, if it is determined that you are running a business or organisation in the US that provides public accommodations and you are discriminating against people who have disabilities and you could afford to fix it.
Yes, unfortunately i think you've missed a few things.
Anyone can be sued for anything, whether the suit is successful depends on validity and damages
It would be difficult to prove damages in this case, but you don't need to sue anyone anyway
Only businesses and organisations serving the public are required to follow the ADA
The government, if it received enough
valid complaints and received a negative reply from a place which needs to follow the ADA might consider bringing legal action or enforcing penalties
Common practise does not exclude the possibility that something discriminates against people, which is why these rules were written
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.
“This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties. Records of payments were entered in the...
Hm, 5 year old journal, with the editor board, funding and half of the authors all from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but significant hospital contribution. I remain skeptical of the headline but hopeful of the science.
Title changed from original for better internationalisation, because the ABC hates assuming you see their articles outside of their specific site categories....
Because I wanted a fruit salad and did not anticipate this level of cheaping out by the people who made it. Do you open your burger at a fast food place and count the ingredients in front of the staff to make sure the cook didn't short you?
I once looked at a job listing for something with very specialist technical knowledge in specific programming areas, for a Japanese company based in Tokyo (pre-covid so remote wasn't really a thing yet). Pretty niche stuff and needed at least basic Japanese language skills too, so I assumed it would pay ok - even if it wasn't good or great in comparison with jobs where i was.
After conversion it worked out to be around USD$40k a year, which is probably just over 1/3 of what it would pay at minimum elsewhere. More like 1/4 or less for Silicon Valley type locations, but the rent for a tiny Tokyo shoebox is about the same price even if food is a cheaper. There was no way I was applying for that.
It isn't just about a weak yen, it's much more about hugely underpaying people.
1 patient, T2 since mid-30s and now 59, had kidney transplant 2017 after end-stage diabetic nephropathy and fucked glucose control since 2019. The successful cells were endoderm stem cells from him cultivated by mice they injected with his PBMCs that they then made diabetic. So not from cadavers (except mouse cadaver i guess), which is the actual new part here. Intrahepatic implant, and cells from unrelated donor failed that were embedded at the same time. His personalised mouse-donor cells worked well enough to take him off insulin 3 months later.
Good news, everybody! Turning your cremation ashes into diamonds is pretty close to being mineralized? https://www.lonite.com/cremation-diamonds-from-ashes they claim close to 99.99% ash carbon, but who knows.
Climate change was still a "this will be a big problem and we need to do something about it sooner rather than later" issue instead of "actively experiencing and watching the damage and misery on a near daily basis and knowing it will be getting much much worse" reality.
No amount of Captain Planet telling me to separate my recyclables is going to fix this shit.
“Most of Israeli society will say: ‘Why not? It’s a nice place, let’s make the desert bloom, it doesn’t come at anyone’s expense’.”
Extremists Jews have become what they swore to destroy. The holocaust was the core justification for the creation of Israel, and while I never expected peace in the Middle East, I didn't expect them to start committing the same atrocities within living memory while using the same fertile land propaganda metaphors.
The UN fucked up hard when it formed the country and the Security Council voting system needs to be reformed based on this awful lesson. The world is less safe than ever, and nuclear weapon proliferation is accelerating rapidly, so the UN SC is just not achieving their own goals either.
This is what a failing civilization and species looks like and I'm not enjoying being on the sinking ship. Happy new year.
Lol. I've seen hot dogs sell here for US$13 (after conversion). The US doesn't understand how cheap their food is, even with inflation. The minimum wage for adults is USD$15.40 though (again converted) and we don't have "but it's OK they get tips so we don't have to pay them more than $2" shenanigans.
Fuck that paywall, but again the problem is largely how underpaid and exploited people are, not how much hot dogs have increased in price.
Blocking modal windows are a sin and make me less likely to interact with a site. Imgur is also guilty. No, I don't want to participate in your community meme event when I'm just trying to look at an image on the app that is clogging up my RAM because you think it does something important and interesting enough to warrant deeplinking it in an electron wrapper.
Also, while I'm here, fuck modal windows with no X to close button which forces you to read the buttons to figure out which one is the "fuck off" button and not the "take all my money" button.
Why Is the World Ignoring a Looming Genocide in Sudan? (foreignpolicy.com)
Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city....
OC Fun fact: Autoplaying animation on websites that you can't stop is disability discrimination in the US
It's time to know your rights!...
Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case (www.npr.org)
Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case
Polychrome urn Post-Classic 1200-1400 earthenware, pigments - Mixtec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Museum display label:...
NSW police officer said ‘na bugger it’ before tasering Clare Nowland, court documents allege (amp.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of menopause in wild chimpanzees (www.abc.net.au)
Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.
OC Avalokiteshvara, Bronze sculpture, China, 10th century
Location: China, Yunnan, Dali Kingdom (937-1253), 10th century...
[Via cat@lemmy.world] Door with Cat Door, North Door of Exeter Cathedral, 14th century, feat. Stapledon the Cathedral Cat. (lemmy.world)
“This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties. Records of payments were entered in the...
Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution (1998) (piped.video)
This song came up in a "Best Music Videos of all time" thread the other day and it has been haunting me since then....
Chinese scientists develop cure for diabetes, insulin patient becomes medicine-free in just 3 months (m.economictimes.com)
Australia's top public investigation organisation finishes 12 volume report on Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, after 4 year long inquiry. (www.abc.net.au)
Title changed from original for better internationalisation, because the ABC hates assuming you see their articles outside of their specific site categories....
OC This was sold as a "fruit salad". Technically the truth, but not the best kind of truth.
$20,000 annual pay: Japan's weak yen drives away Asian talent (asia.nikkei.com)
Takeshi Fukumoto, from Nara prefecture, obtained a working holiday visa in November and moved to Toronto, where he works at a restaurant kitchen....
OC Regret
Southern Hemisphere's first cryogenically frozen client at rest in regional New South Wales facility (www.abc.net.au)
In short: A cryonics company has frozen its first client in Australia in the hope of bringing him back to life in the future....
What do you miss the most from the 90s?
For me it’s holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.
Israeli minister reiterates calls for Palestinians to leave Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
$6 for a hot dog? That’s how much Americans now expect to pay. (www.marketwatch.com)
Asshole design (lemmy.world)
I must admit, i was somehow curious, but no!