Yesterday, I drank too much caffeine too late in the day and couldn’t get to sleep. While I couldn’t get to sleep I realised a solution to a problem I have been mulling over for about six months. Started work on it this morning and it’s going to work just fine!

Replied to https://tantek.com/2023/036/t1/footnotes-unicode-hyperlink by Tantek ÇelikTantek Çelik (tantek.com)
In recent posts I’ve used ASCII footnotes like "^1" to indicate more information about a subject in a footnote line starting with "^1" at the bottom of the post. Both inline refs & footer notes should use Unicode superscripts like 'Âč' and hyperlink both ways, in contexts that support it. I have...

I thought footnotes were a massive accessibility no-no because screen readers… is that not the case?

When my Dad first told me about Detectorists, I said, “What, so it’s about a bunch of metal detectors?” And he said “No, they’re detectorists.” And I thought “OK, fine, there’s no need to be a nob about it.”

And that kind of encapsulates the genius of that show.

I work for a little not-for-profit organisation. Whenever we come into any amount of unexpected funding, I ALWAYS raise the prospect of getting a yacht just like the @massivelyop team!

“I remember as we were walking out General Gerasimov said, ‘Never again will we be humiliated. We used to be the fourth army in the world, we’re now number two.”

I think he was right, they have shown themselves to be number 2 đŸ’©

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/30/boris-johnson-says-putin-claimed-he-could-send-missile-to-hit-uk-in-a-minute

You now need photo ID to vote in the UK. Even if you don’t need one because you have valid ID, I strongly recommend you apply for a Voter Authority Certificate here https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate