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my previous policy had been “no alt text, no boost”

but now, and i can’t believe i have to say this, my policy is “no useful alt text, no boost”

alt text is there to improve accessibility for sight-impaired users. just throwing some bullshit in the alt text field so you can say you did, w/o actually putting in a description that will be of use to anyone, is deeply cynical and i’m not going to reward it

it’s not hard, you fuckers

—@nerdybutcute

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Copied from a friend, too funny not to share. This gave me a good laugh.

Hilarious! 🤣

1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.

2. To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it.

3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.

4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and I’m off like a herd of turtles.

5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.

6. When I say, “The other day,” I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.

7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.

8. I had my patience tested. I’m negative.

9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn’t fit any of your containers.

10. If you’re sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, “Did you bring the money?”

11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say “nothing,” it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.

12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.

13. I run like the winded.

14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don’t know whose side I’m on.

15. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, “Why, what did you hear?”

16. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?

17. I don’t mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.

18. When I ask for directions, please don’t use words like “east.”

19. Don’t bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That’ll freak you right out.

20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.

21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.”

—@treehousedarren

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A momma bunny caught in mid-jump, busily fetching nearby garden debris and taking it behind the blue Iris to the left.

Later, a close-up shot of the ground where she was working. The debris is covering up something. If past years are any indication, it will be two tiny babies laying on a bed of soft fur. They will live in the front yard most of the summer, growing fat on the clover lawn.

(A look out my home office window through the screen.)

#WindowWednesday
#gardening #nature

—@joewynne

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Everyone who’s ever said “if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear” is somebody trying to bully you into giving them the power to strip you of your dignity at a moment’s notice.

On a whim, whenever it’s convenient for them.

That’s the fight. It’s not about privacy, it’s not about secrets, and it never was. It’s about power.

—@mhoye

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I very much agree with @yatil here. There simply is no reason why a very common design pattern like a toolbar container should not be part of HTML, and browsers implement the proper keyboard interaction. Or why on Earth HTML still doesn’t have rich list box items or tree views / tree tables.

Because both many web developers and browsers still let blind people down regularly, JAWS still wants access to the full HTML in modern browsers so they can fix up most common errors, and even allow script authors to more finely tune the experience if they want to. For other purposes, GreaseMonkey and custom scripts for web sites to improve the accessibility are quite common in some circles. Basically, right now, the burden for a better accessible web lies on the screen readers and tech savvy blind coders who are able to script web sites via GreaseMonkey to improve the experience. JAWS has done this since 1999. And they’re not going to stop anytime soon.

https://yatil.net/blog/accessibility-action

—@Marco

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In case you didn’t know…

The Great 78 Project at the Internet Archive:
https://great78.archive.org/

Blurb: “The Great 78 Project is a community project for the preservation, research and discovery of 78rpm records. “

Tons of vintage, nearly impossible to find recordings.

Also on Mastodon at:
https://mastodon.archive.org/@great78
#Great78project #history #recordings #vintage #InternetArchive

—@tuckerteague

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Hey folks, new to the server and thought an #introduction was in order.

I’m Nolan, A.K.A.. Lights Out Games, a blind game developer making audio-focused games. Check out my profile link for examples of what these sound like.

I also do lots of open source work, much of which currently involves game accessibility in some form. Notably, recently I helped integrate the #Bevy engine with platform accessibility APIs via AccessKit.

Look forward to meeting you all.

—@lightsoutgames