I ordered (from Amazon) a new inexpensive stand/shelf thing that came with “fabric” “drawers.” One of those black metal and faux wood deals. And I had to throw out the “drawers” because they were off gassing something nasty.

Nasty chemicals and petroleum products.

The thing is, you need to make proper PDFs with properly structured content with proper metadata for screen readers to be able to access the content in the PDF in a logical and sane way. This is what the OP is tasked to do, and why they are looking for help. So I’m not sure what you mean by “try just using screen readers.”

I’m dealing with this right now too.

My advise is to ditch the PDFs where possible, and go with HTML documents. They are far easier to make accessible. The down side is you can’t easily pass them around in a self contained way that isn’t a bit wonky compared to a PDF or DOCX. But if you just link to them in a course, or otherwise expect students to just access them in a browser, HTML pages can work well.

PDFs have always been a nightmare, and the new accessibility rules are making thousands of people in education finally realize that.

I really hope they can set a great example for the rest of the country.

Not eating plastic is a constant battle in my house. Thin shopping bags are a favorite.

I was taught by various sources that the reason there is some truth to the idea that democrats and republicans are the same is that they are both participating in perpetuating and spreading neoliberalism. That’s the point of view I have. Do you disagree with that?

I’m not trying to redefine anything, I’m expressing a point of view. From what I can tell, republican/democrat and neoliberal are not mutually exclusive terms.

What the hell? Democrats and Republicans are neoliberals. They both participate in neoliberalism as it has been since, like, the 1970s/1980s. When everything started being dismantled.

Neoliberalism is an economic and political theory advocating for free-market capitalism with minimal government intervention, emphasizing privatization, deregulation, and free trade.

So, NAFTA, deregulating all sorts of industries, a lack of regulation on the tech industry, dismantling or not supporting unions, etc.

This tariff stuff does not change anything, imo.

Are you guys all neoliberalism supporters or something?

Neoliberalism is maintained with the two party system we have. And the two sides participate in the ratchet effect.

This is why both sides are going crazy over Zohran.

It feels like you are just using labels a bit wrong. I’m not arguing against your point, just your choice of labels. All these downvotes without proper explanation to help me understand is really lame.

My point was that they are all neoliberals.

Edit: What the hell? Democrats and Republicans are neoliberals. They both participate in neoliberalism as it has been since, like, the 1970s/1980s. When everything started being dismantled.

Neoliberalism is an economic and political theory advocating for free-market capitalism with minimal government intervention, emphasizing privatization, deregulation, and free trade.

This tariff stuff does not change anything, imo.

Are you guys all neoliberalism supporters or something?

That is a better word. It’s not that I disagree with the comments, I’m just over it. It feels like automated bots at this point, and contributes nearly nothing to the discussion.

I’m worried it will turn into political violence. 😔

“Republicans and neoliberals” is redunant.

I’m now sick of all the slammed comments.

Some of these look not unlike anime characters posted in various lemmy subs.

The next photo is the sound treatment for the walls, right? …right?

I think I get nearly as “scared” as my cat when I do that. There’s something about the cat going into pounce mode on me when I can’t see it that triggers my fight or flight.

Why call it a plot? And why is it hatched? These terms are usually used, at least in modern times, when describing bad actors. No?

Maybe I have the wrong impression/idea.

Oh, that sucks.

To avoid all the blocks you are getting?

Re: the title: Yes 😔

But I thought a different part of the government had this authority…