#altmedia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #altmedia, aggregated by home.social.
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As I endeavor to wrangle an errant tagging structure of a PowerPoint file towards an accessible PDF file, I find myself pushing the limits of whatever black magic fuels Acrobat.
I will not relent.
I curse the corporate greed, professional incompetence, and ultimately low-grade, mediocre, evil- manifesting through this fiendish abomination of corrupted deviance and fuckery.
This is no way to run a document object model!
#ally #pdf #acrobat #PPT #powerpoint #microsoft #MSoffice #fail #professionalDevelopment #altMedia #accessibility #readingOrder #tagStructure #corrupt #errantFile #fixIt #Curses #madness
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No ads. No spies. No algorithms. Just unfiltered static in the fediverse night. Pixelfed is where the truth bleeds out, frame by haunted frame. 📷 Operation Watchtower lives there, broadcasting paranoia one image at a time.
Follow the signal:
https://pixelfed.social/watchtowerintel
#SurveillanceState #Pixelfed #Fediverse #AltMedia 📼🧠🔻 -
Alternative newsweeklies published articles that the mainstream media didn't — from local gossip to political corruption. But by the early aughts, many had disappeared. Coyote, a new indie site for the Bay Area, seeks to capture the same spirit. Co-founder Emma Silvers writes about what that means to her: More voices in the conversation, pushback against the narratives that preserve the status quo, and telling stories that other papers wouldn't touch.
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Alternative newsweeklies published articles that the mainstream media didn't — from local gossip to political corruption. But by the early aughts, many had disappeared. Coyote, a new indie site for the Bay Area, seeks to capture the same spirit. Co-founder Emma Silvers writes about what that means to her: More voices in the conversation, pushback against the narratives that preserve the status quo, and telling stories that other papers wouldn't touch.
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Dig, Plant, Grow. Compost the #Techshit, Repeat
Let’s be honest, much of the so-called “alternative” tech scene is still stuck. We fled the #dotcons for something better, but ended up with copies of the same broken models. The Fediverse, with all its potential, is still dominated by “mainstreaming meta” chat (“Twitter refugees incoming!”) or conspiracy-laden, #fashionista rabbit holes. It’s little wonder that even the nerdy privacy crowd struggles to find meaningful content or community. And no, shouting “fuck the system!” […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/
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Dig, Plant, Grow. Compost the #Techshit. Repeat
Let’s be honest, much of the so-called “alternative” tech scene is still stuck. Yes, we fled the #dotcons for something better, but ended up with copies of the same broken models. The #Fediverse, with all its potential, is still dominated by “mainstreaming meta” chat (“Twitter refugees incoming!”) or conspiracy-laden, #fashionista rabbit holes. It’s little wonder that even the nerdy privacy crowd struggles to find meaningful content or community. And no, shouting “fuck the […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/
