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@devinprater Nobody who's worked in web accessibility for anything longer than 5 seconds disputes this. Also, the prevalence of alt text on Mastodon is because Mastodon is essentially a web application, and thus, web accessibility applies. You're presenting a dichotomy that doesn't exist, and caring about alt text on here, which includes reminding people to add it, isn't any kind of indicator that operating system and native application accessibility aren't important.

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Toot by Serge from BabkaSerge from Babka (babka.social)

@emilyk I think this article is right about how everything going on right now is some sort of psychological release for young white leftists, and wrong about everything else. Especially the age-old trope about how if the Jews would just give up everything that makes them unique, and just become voluntary rootless cosmopolitans everything will be OK and we can totally trust the people who have spent the last two months taking out their guilt issues on the Jews to not shit on the Jews once we do what they want. That right there is some nervy antisemitism.

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Elon Says Copyright/AI Lawsuits Don’t Matter Because ‘Digital God’ Will Arrive Before They’re Decided by Mike MasnickMike Masnick

So, we already wrote about the biggest headline grabbing moment from Elon Musk’s Dealbook interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin yesterday, but there was another crazy, Techdirt-relevant one involving copyright and AI. As we’ve explained over and over again, copyright is the wrong tool to use to regulate AI, and using it will lead to bad […]

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Elon, After Personally Driving Away Advertisers, Tells Them To Go Fuck Themselves (Repeatedly), And Says "Earth" Will "Judge" Them For Killing ExTwitter by Mike MasnickMike Masnick

I’m not sure Elon quite understands the concept of “damage control.” Advertisers are bailing, and the rate increases every time he says something stupid or endorses this or that conspiracy theory. It’s costing the company tons of money, but he still can’t admit that he’s the problem. So, instead, he’s blaming everyone else. And sometimes […]

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