sylvia
@svillegas.com
Web dev 👩💻, UX 🖥, accessibility ♿️, animals 🐙, plants 🪴, outdoors 🏕, and general nerdery 🤓. (she/her)
I kinda hate tooltips & friends for many reasons (esp. a11y), but they also are kinda gross visually most of the time. There's often a clearer solution if you try a little, e.g.:
September 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I kinda hate tooltips & friends for many reasons (esp. a11y), but they also are kinda gross visually most of the time. There's often a clearer solution if you try a little, e.g.:
Greatest squirrel I ever saw was on my uni campus. It perched on the edge of a trash bin holding an entire slice of pizza. Legendary.
Hello. Today on
our living campus, best spots
for outdoor dining.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on August 11th, 2026 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelWisdom #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix
flic.kr/p/2sBa4oR
our living campus, best spots
for outdoor dining.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on August 11th, 2026 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelWisdom #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix
flic.kr/p/2sBa4oR
September 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Greatest squirrel I ever saw was on my uni campus. It perched on the edge of a trash bin holding an entire slice of pizza. Legendary.
The proliferation of excessive and gratuitous interrupting [unprompted] modal dialogs to "get my attention" nearly guarantees that I will close them by reflex without paying any attention to the content within. Great place to bury a body.
September 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The proliferation of excessive and gratuitous interrupting [unprompted] modal dialogs to "get my attention" nearly guarantees that I will close them by reflex without paying any attention to the content within. Great place to bury a body.
Okay, so I just learned about Beoga and, hello, the vocals on "Up" are Maya Angelou reciting Still I Rise, so thank you Ed Sheeran for being a massive coward and setting off all the events that came to put this in my ears.
September 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Okay, so I just learned about Beoga and, hello, the vocals on "Up" are Maya Angelou reciting Still I Rise, so thank you Ed Sheeran for being a massive coward and setting off all the events that came to put this in my ears.
Yes, the agentic software created a web page.
Yes, it follows corporate branding.
Yes, it was done faster than humans would have done.
This is all the praise and wonderment I can muster for you.
Yes, it follows corporate branding.
Yes, it was done faster than humans would have done.
This is all the praise and wonderment I can muster for you.
September 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Yes, the agentic software created a web page.
Yes, it follows corporate branding.
Yes, it was done faster than humans would have done.
This is all the praise and wonderment I can muster for you.
Yes, it follows corporate branding.
Yes, it was done faster than humans would have done.
This is all the praise and wonderment I can muster for you.
What's the word for "windy" underwater? 🤔
September 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
What's the word for "windy" underwater? 🤔
Nice evening paddle at Biidaasige Park.
September 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Nice evening paddle at Biidaasige Park.
![NYT Games Spelling Bee UI. The letters are [K] H I E A C D. My first guess is "DICKHEAD" but I got "Not in word list"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xze6eimrnifbpwdv5uapb4d7/bafkreiazee75ujywf7qanadhdrlbyxhzboemy2b5urbmf3ulrltyzelvda)
Wut?
#BREAKING: Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned.
www.cp24.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Wut?
It's weird to me that we still call these devices "phones".
September 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It's weird to me that we still call these devices "phones".
Dog, asleep on the couch, just barked loudly.
I said "Heyy! We don't just wake up and start screami--actually..."
I said "Heyy! We don't just wake up and start screami--actually..."
September 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Dog, asleep on the couch, just barked loudly.
I said "Heyy! We don't just wake up and start screami--actually..."
I said "Heyy! We don't just wake up and start screami--actually..."
Umm, the iconographer(s) never looked up what a coronavirus looks like? Never paid attention during a worldwide pandemic?
September 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Umm, the iconographer(s) never looked up what a coronavirus looks like? Never paid attention during a worldwide pandemic?
I've always had a user-centred [read: human-centred] approach to the web and UI of all kinds, and it's genuinely crushing me to see word-guessing algorithms serving corporate, capitalist desires take precedence over actual human needs.
September 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I've always had a user-centred [read: human-centred] approach to the web and UI of all kinds, and it's genuinely crushing me to see word-guessing algorithms serving corporate, capitalist desires take precedence over actual human needs.
My eldest nephew just moved into res and is all grown up and on his own and like HOW!??
September 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My eldest nephew just moved into res and is all grown up and on his own and like HOW!??
I did it. I finally fucking did it.
I simply cannot with the absolute euphoria of finally having storage in my "studio" [space between two windows] finally figured out.
I simply cannot with the absolute euphoria of finally having storage in my "studio" [space between two windows] finally figured out.
September 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I did it. I finally fucking did it.
I simply cannot with the absolute euphoria of finally having storage in my "studio" [space between two windows] finally figured out.
I simply cannot with the absolute euphoria of finally having storage in my "studio" [space between two windows] finally figured out.
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I'm reviewing this PR in which a colleague has created several skills[dot]md files and I just -- argh! WHY AREN'T WE WRITING FOR HUMANS? Yes, these are slightly terse, but they're so damn clear; they would work brilliantly as "cheat sheets" or "quick ref" guides for actual flesh brains!
September 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I'm reviewing this PR in which a colleague has created several skills[dot]md files and I just -- argh! WHY AREN'T WE WRITING FOR HUMANS? Yes, these are slightly terse, but they're so damn clear; they would work brilliantly as "cheat sheets" or "quick ref" guides for actual flesh brains!
Reposted by sylvia
"10/10 do not recommend"
Which is it, kid? 🙄
Which is it, kid? 🙄
September 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"10/10 do not recommend"
Which is it, kid? 🙄
Which is it, kid? 🙄
That feeling when I'm at my desk wishing someone would hold my heavy head up for me, like I do for her
August 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
That feeling when I'm at my desk wishing someone would hold my heavy head up for me, like I do for her
Not me using dev tools to restrict the measure on this wall of text for better readability... on an a11y website
August 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Not me using dev tools to restrict the measure on this wall of text for better readability... on an a11y website
Reposted by sylvia
You know what this #LakeAmerica thing actually is? It’s Indigenous erasure. Ontari’io is a Wendat name. The Wendat suffered colonial displacement and erasure, as all our nations have.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
The renaming jokes are really grating on me. You think it’s funny to suggest slandering a politician via geographic feature, but I’m sitting here, Indigenous and sick to my stomach about all the colonialism on display. Land and Water are relatives. Kin.
This shit is so disrespectful.
This shit is so disrespectful.
August 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
You know what this #LakeAmerica thing actually is? It’s Indigenous erasure. Ontari’io is a Wendat name. The Wendat suffered colonial displacement and erasure, as all our nations have.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
I've concluded Robertson is the best screw/screwdriver shape.
August 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I've concluded Robertson is the best screw/screwdriver shape.