Concentrated Living

An unfinished memory.

[mrscamarena]

Just married a 23 year old Abed (Muslim groom) and 19 year old Arige (Christian bride) walk through the bombed ruins of Beirut, Lebanon, 1983.

[soberscientistlife]

[vorbisx]

Replacing physical buttons and controls with touchscreens also means removing accessibility features. Physical buttons can be textured or have Braille and can be located by touch and don't need to be pressed with a bare finger. Touchscreens usually require precise taps and hand-eye coordination for the same task.

Many point-of-sale machines now are essentially just a smartphone with a card reader attached and the interface. The control layout can change at a moment's notice and there are no physical boundaries between buttons. With a keypad-style machine, the buttons are always in the same place and can be located by touch, especially since the middle button has a raised ridge on it.

Buttons can also be located by touch without activating them, which enables a "locate then press" style of interaction which is not possible on touchscreens, where even light touches will register as presses and the buttons must be located visually rather than by touch.

When elevator or door controls are replaced by touch screens, will existing accessibility features be preserved, or will some people no longer be able to use those controls?

Who is allowed to control the physical world, and who is making that decision?

[liberalsarecool]

[liberalsarecool]

This is your warning.

[vintage-every-day]

Warner Bros. Studio Cafe Menu Hollywood, CA 1941.

[soberscientistlife]

[teamlynda-deactivated20240930]

honestly i was obsessed with LC for this (before my time as @teamlynda)

[avoidance-techniques]

Arrest warrant out for Ammon Bundy after he fails to show for court hearing on contempt charges

The case began after Bundy and an associate led protests at St. Luke’s hospitals in Meridian and downtown Boise in March 2022 over a child w

[avoidance-techniques]

The stolen treasures of James Strand: Steve Duin column

Thieves ransack the Lents home of a devout collector of rare books and comics.

[the80s]

[slipping-into-madness]

[mysharona1987]

[lovecoralei]

That right there, but also? Everything I think of as good and moral pisses them off. Reproductive rights, marriage equality, separation of church and state, honest educational materials and lessons in schools, free healthcare, ubi...hell half of them don't even want to give free lunches to kids.

Fuck em. Think about all the things they want, just the things they'll admit, and tell me why we should ever try to placate them.

[tesia-a-138-deactivated20250511]

[mysharona1987]

[gin-and-disappointment]

Let’s try this and see what happens.

[bellybuttonblue2]

[gin-and-disappointment]

No lies here. I had to wait 15 weeks to get into counseling. 15. Weeks. Good thing I wasn’t a threat to myself or others.

[youngbadmanbrown-deactivated201]

pretty much every vegetable you hated as a little kid would taste better if you roasted it with salt and olive oil instead of boiling it

[generalbriefing-blog]

The truth shall set you free

[leggyboyjohnson]

also sometimes if you just try it again with an adult palate because this is also a developmental issue little children are far more sensitive to bitter and metallic flavors it’s an evolutionary defense against poison

reblogging for science and culinary advice.

[sourpunchfuck]

shit who the fuck was trying to poison their kids so much that we evolved into a species that kids need a mechanism against poison?????

[quoth-the-ravenclaw-deactivated]

Richard III

[smiththeteacher]

I really like it when the scientific and historical / literary sides of Tumblr come together.

[avoidance-techniques]

conservatives: the government should not interfere and should not be involved in anyone's personal lives or decisions

conservatives:

conservatives:

conservatives: except gay people's

conservatives: and black people's

conservatives: and women's

conservatives:

conservatives: basically I meant I want a gun and no taxes