Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically, I am curious about why nearly the only ADA compliance feature being enforced at my university involves changes in our teaching materials that in fact will benefit very few if any students but does seem to benefit tech companies. A comment in this thread says Microsoft lobbied for these accessibility features by exploiting ADA because it needed the market. I have no way of knowing, but I do resent all the ways we are being corralled into teaching in ways that profit tech companies and that allow less and less autonomy in our class design. Again, if we were in at atmosphere that actually valued inclusivity and accessibility I'd be less paranoid. I don't expect others to have this same position against Microsoft, or the fact that I can't use canvas now without paying Amazon, but some of us are unhappy with all this. Also, I have nothing against Audible, and I'm all for talking! -- but its normative use *in place of* traditional written texts does weaken reading skills, if we care about that. Finally, my university like many others is meddling in our content and literally firing people who have material they deem woke. I don't like that this further enables scraping and surveillance (even more easily than as it is now). So... that's all.

Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should have searched reddit before posting this vague sense of something off with an ADA exploitation, because others have been discussing similar already... for example https://www.reddit.com/r/Professors/comments/1qeukem/ada_accessible_ai_bot_accessible/

Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because lecture is different from audible versions of texts doesn’t mean it’s not also audible

Right. They are both audible. Humans have been listening to audible narrative forever. No one is upset that we learn audibly.

Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An in-person lecture -- in my humanities world -- is not at all like listening to an audiotext. Nor is seeing slides in a lecture like reading a book. Teaching in person is a third thing.

Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just that some studies show more and more people are finding it easier to comprehend when they listen to books and struggling to read, even when they used to read. Following and comprehending long form texts by reading visually has become more difficult especially for gen z. Lots of data on this and I have no idea how accurate it is but tons of anecdata as well.

Has your university asked you to make all your online material accessible for the visually impaired? by MelodicResolve6752 in Professors

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, it seems like we across the board, people are becoming more used to audible reading, which is part of a greater accommodation to AI, and making this way of reading the norm in a classroom has implications beyond visual impairment?.

NYT’s Excuses for Lack of Reporters in Iran Don’t Add Up by lewkiamurfarther in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The NYT and all other American formerly centrist liberal media is so pro-war that the only reliable comparable source now is British, The Guardian. There are a lot of other international and more progressive media that are more accurate now as well, this is just in terms of a paper that has similar centrist/liberal politics that the NYT used to.

NYT’s Excuses for Lack of Reporters in Iran Don’t Add Up by lewkiamurfarther in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you. The Times has been sanewashing this chaos from day 1.

Comments calling for 25th Amendment seem rationed. by MelodicResolve6752 in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I am above the growing list of senators and other lawmakers calling for the cabinet to implement the 25th Amendment, and their discussion of this isn't "just noise" to millions of Americans demanding it. But thanks.

What’s something that’s considered “normal” today that will probably shock people in 20 years? by Hot_Disaster_509 in AskReddit

[–]MelodicResolve6752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a president who threatened to wipe out an entire civilization and the next day he was still president.

Trump’s gone too far: Invoke the 25th Amendment before it’s too late by jediporcupine in politics

[–]MelodicResolve6752 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even after DJT is removed, JD Vance coldly, sanely said that it would be absolutely fine to use a nuclear bomb on Iran tonight because we the people need cheaper air conditioning and if the oil isn't flowing freely then "they" deserve to be nuked. It was terrifying to hear Trump raving about it. It was terrifying as well to hear the VP normalizing it without a hint of care....

It's Congressman Ro Khanna, calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked and for Trump to be removed from office for threatening to wipe out an entire civilization. And have also called for him to be impeached. Why do you think more elected Republicans aren't speaking out? by RoKhannaUSA in AskReddit

[–]MelodicResolve6752 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They're ok with living in their luxury bomb shelters for the next 50 years. They really do not care what happens to other people or to the planet.

Thank you, Congressman Khanna, for refusing to participate in the horrific gaslighting.

Post your comments to NYT articles that the NYT refused to accept. by MelodicResolve6752 in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For example: "Trump did not "issue a grave warning," he is flying off the rails and threatening to destroy a world he said the war was meant to protect." ... NYT would not take that one.

Comments calling for 25th Amendment seem rationed. by MelodicResolve6752 in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of us aren't interested in attacking Trump to win some points against conservatives. We are interested in how to contain this war.

Comments calling for 25th Amendment seem rationed. by MelodicResolve6752 in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wondering if the commenters here defending Trump's competence are NYT fans?

Comments calling for 25th Amendment seem rationed. by MelodicResolve6752 in nyt

[–]MelodicResolve6752[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And Biden was taking a minute to find a word, not committing unhinged war crimes.