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  1. @tiefling @VulpineDruid I agree we should assume good intentions, not exclude and not harass. But the fact that alt text is used in (part of) the fediverse comes from the fact that we collectively ask each other to use alt text and to use #alt4me when needed. These should be asked kindly, but if even that is not acceptable, then we need something else to do better by people not able to write alt texts without letting people using screen readers down.

  2. @tiefling @gwenthefops @VulpineDruid I agree completely with your second and third paragraph, but I have trouble connecting with the first one, more precisely about asking people who cannot write alt text to use #alt4me being "treating them like they're less". In the presence of various conditions being impossible to accommodate all perfectly, isn't that something legitimate to suggest?

  3. Updates for Sabina & elderly mom

    Only 17-1/2hrs to cover min 158 for hotel by 11AM ET

    kofi: sabilewsounds
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    #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DirectAid #HelpFolksLive2026 #Poverty #ALT4me

  4. Only hour to raise 147 for today's hotel! #ALT4me

  5. @Uniflame

    Thanks for the thoughtful post (and for refusing AI!).

    You might try #Alt4me, to invite someone else to write for you at those times.

  6. @Uniflame You can tag posts with #ALT4me to request people to write the text for you. Not used it myself but I've heard it recommended quite a bit, so maybe worth a try?

  7. @G3rt

    can you please add the alt to the video ?
    #ALT4you

    Video of Greta Thunberg alone facing camera and talking about climate crisis. Speech is in english and transcription is in the video.

    #ALT4me Could someone write the transcription ?

    @ambiente

  8. Not enough for even a day!

    If people don't step up to help, they won't survive!

    Every little bit adds up!

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    #MutualAidRequest #ALT4me

  9. CW: Rant about some bullshit on the Fedi

    Okay so as someone who has MULTIPLE blind friends

    One of the things that pisses me off so much about Fedi is how fucking PERFORMATIVE it is about accessibility

    Example: they will scream into the void about how you should always add image descriptions. Which is well-intentioned. They even have bots that literally publicly shame you if you don't.

    But not everyone can necessarily make an image description. That doesn't mean we shouldn't just say "don't post images." That's fucked up. I used to have issues posting descriptions when I had more brain fog problems. Sometimes I still do.

    And Fedi is not consistently helpful with the alt4me hashtags. Like good fucking luck getting people to help you.

    And all this on top of the fact Mastodon nor anything else supports adding captions to video, which is perhaps one of the most important accessibility features for videos.

    Yet they will also say "don't use AI for image descriptions." Most of my blind friends say they'd rather have an image description done by AI than none at all. And it ain't like people are stepping up to help; I know, I've tried.

    It isn't like I'm absolutely in love with AI, but I absolutely will champion accessibility every time because people I care about need it.

    So my rant is: people care about accessibility up until the moment they actually have to do something, then they suddenly resort to just shaming people and yelling at them. And that's horseshit. I'd rather you just stop pretending you give a fuck.

    Here's my position:

    1. Add an image description if you can
    2. Stop fucking shaming people for not being able to
    3. Shut those fucking image description reminder bots down, that's how you literally get people to turn against you; no one wants to be nagged by a fucking bot
    4. Start helping in the #alt4me hashtag if you can
    5. As much as I hate AI, I acknowledge that it is useful for my blind friends in this limited instance. Do not shame people for using generated descriptions. "Blah blah the planet blah blah Capitalism" The planet is already well and truly fucked.

    I cannot emphasise #4 enough, if you do not want people to use AI, don't give them a need to use it.

    (And don't police blind people or tell them what tools they can or can't fucking use)

  10. BTW the #alt4me is because I am myself disabled. It is too much work for me. I have disabled hands and chronic migraine. I have visual hypersensitivity heightened by years of cluster headaches.

    The thing about Special Relativity is if you look closely at it you see that in fact there is still an ether, it is just the ether wind moves differently in different ‘frames’. It merely HAPPENS that in the ‘frame’ of the apparatus the wind speed is zero!

    So Special Relativity does NOT solve M-M!▪️

  11. The nuclei of Helium He and Oxygen O, as deduced from the Master Field Equation of the Unified Field Theory that I had the bad luck to discover.

    (I sought it and found it by never using ANY representation of electromagnetism but Maxwell’s theory—never ONCE, for instance, speaking of ‘speed of light in a vacuum’, but always ‘speed of a wave in an EM field’—and thus also implicitly assuming Special Relativity was incorrect. A bit more about that ...)

    #alt4me #science #physics #chemistry

  12. Sabina & elderly mom have #URGENTNEED!!!

    Hotel is Monday, TOMORROW 11AM ET,
    $1053 UNMET

    $200 Car insurance is Wednesday AM,
    $200 UNMET

    Also food, laundry, hygiene needs‼️

    THEY CANNOT SURVIVE LOSS OF SHELTER‼️
    LAPSE OF CAR INSURANCE MEANS DANGER‼️

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    *add note* Sabi

    #ALT4me
    #MutualAidRequest

  13. Walnut clock cake with NicPro epoxy frosting. (Actually a clock face in production. Made of black walnut pieces glued together roughly in end-grain fashion.)

    #alt4me #woodworking #epoxyResin #epoxyArt #epoxy #DIY

  14. CW: re: Guide to Hashtagging | Making it Easy

    Even with all this in mind, it's easy to feel as though hashtagging is still overwhelming because of everything you have to look up. However, if you consistently draw or post things with overlapping themes, the process for tagging new posts can become easier as you get a more assembly line approach to it. When I tag my art posts, my thought process is tagging for my Constants,. basic Variants, and Key, Traits.

    Constants would be what is always consistent for my character I'm posting for and my organization. #BeebzArt #TristeMiedo #catboy #OC.

    Variants are what I use for what I think would be the most commonly searched objective truth about the drawing #furry #fursona #anthro #kemono.

    Traits are pretty much anything else that I think would be the appealing thing someone would look for that would be appreciated in my work for one reason or another. It's also to help peoples filters who dont want to see these traits properly hide the posts so I dont make anyones day worse, heh.#femboy #nudity #ass *#chubby

    Image attached for a practical example of how i did this :3

    #BeebzBlog #ArtAdvice #TaggingHelp #Blog #Aethytips #Feditips #hashtag #SEO #socialmedia #fediadvice #filters #cw #contentwarning #blacklists #alt4me

  15. Jfc I got a lot of mileage out of one goddamn screenshot but hey!
    My b/Blind and vision-impaired or sight-loss fellows shall feast tonight!

    … If any of you care about niche multi-layered terminology for humorous agenerational interconnective co-created commentary on base genuine media, surprises, commentary, and intersections of such!

    You goddamn linguistic nerds!!

    Ooh, I feel like youtube.com/watch?v=YrHGbCyAqO is structurally related.
    OMG. THAT’S HOW ADHD BRAINS CONNECT IDEAS.

    youtube.com/watch?v=cQKGUgOfD8

    AuHD or AudHD (urgh, I hate that initialism) people connect ideas by their structural relevance (and personal ascription of importance).
    And, apparently, Neurotypical, neuro default, or neuro expected people connect ideas by narrative relevance! And, frankly, also how much importance they ascribe to the narrative, topic, or relevance.

    Omg I’m an edu blogger?! This is like finding out that non-binary gender was an option! Holy shit.

    #EaseOfAccess #Alt #ALT4you #ALT4me #alt4u #altText #imgDesc #ImageDescriptionMeta #ImageDescriptionPostMeta #omg #AGAIN #thisCallsFor #CrusherP #Crusher #Vocaloid #metaCommentary #IdidNotKnow #itWasVocaloid #forYears #blind #BlindFedi #BlindMasto #vision #VisionLoss #eyes #eyesight #visible #visibility #sensory #sensoryImpairment #sensoryLimit #sensoryLoad #sensoryOverload #information #InformationTechnology #InformationOverload #info #InfoTech #EduBlogger

  16. CW: nsfw, gay/trans, orgy (censored)

    First finished drawing with supporter OCs for Patre0n and subscr!bestar (🔗 in bio)

    Been fun to bring back my pastels and experiment with the line art ✨

    All supporters can send me their characters to draw (and I truly appreciate the collab 💛)

    #nsfw #nsfwart #nsfwartist #orgy #gayorgy #gay #gayart #gayporn #trans #transmasc #transmascnsfwf #oral #bj #blowjob #domination #submission #kink #kinkart #queer #queerart #Alt4me

  17. Doing something a bit more stereotypically gay tonight at the #XcelCenter than the Wild games I usually go to. I'm seeing #Madonna live! Can't wait for the show to start... She's an hour late so far...but the Queen of #Pop can be late if she chooses

    #StPaul #Minnesota #TwinCities #XcelEnergy #alt4me #SaintPaul #twincitiesmn