Hi, I’m micr0, creator of Altbot, an open-source bot that generates alt-text for images and videos on the Fediverse, with zero data retention. I’m back from camping. The DDoS is still ongoing, so I need to move Altbot off my home network into professional colocation with enterprise DDoS […]

Watercolour, 26x10cm. Looking towards Cape Wrath from Faraid Head, Balnakeil Beach, Scotland. A sea fog or "haar" has rolled in over the coast to our west while we bask in warm, spring sunshine.

"Hmm, #autism is trending." [reads posts] "Oh, no..." #actuallyautistic

1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people. Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

**Hi, I'm micr0, the creator of Altbot.** Almost a year ago, your incredible generosity helped us raise the funds to buy the server that Altbot runs on today (locally and privately) It's been operating from my home ever since, and I'm so grateful for the support that made that possible. But […]

God knows I hate saying the Mastodon crowd had it right, but those of us who are serious about living life in the reality lane are going to have to think long and hard about the resiliency of our information pipelines, at every stage.

On 18 September 1995, Skunk Anansie released their debut album, Paranoid & Sunburnt. "I’m using this almost comical baby voice on it because the song was inspired by a small swastika I had seen on a wall that looked like a four-year-old’s first try at drawing. It’s about the indoctrination of […]

This is Solo, the young vixen, keeping watch through the long grass. https://www.permuted.org.uk/photography/fox-of-the-day/ #fox #nature #wildlife #photography

A really cool Brazilian artist that I discovered today thanks to @alxd! I'm sharing my favorite illustration by them below. "Agroforestry. A commission made for a client based around the concepts of agroforestry, permaculture and solarpunk. It was also a great opportunity to experiment with a […]

I do not know another way to express to people that trying to appease fascists by “being a good minority” or totally deferring to them publicly has saved absolutely no marginalized group or profession in human history. They are coming after us anyway. Even if you l scold peers for not being nice.

this is kinda deep when u think about it

Center for a Stateless Society » “What’s a ‘Libertarian Authoritarian’?” Let Me Help You Out https://c4ss.org/content/60729

video description: Clips from various angles of small beige sloths in a grassy area by day. I think they're babies. I searched and it seems to be a species of the genus Choloepus, but not sure. Wholesome music plays. They climb on low structures that seem to be made for them to play. They're […]

White People, but with subtitles Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

Before 1933 the Nazi's only official crime was speech. Afterwards, they legalized anything that speech justified. Remember that.

Given the fact there's now good reasons to believe the (_alleged, but himself confessed_) assassin of Charlie Kirk was a right wing gun nut, to whom Kirk was not right wing enough, makes me feel more valid in my cynical criticism of Kirk and his passing. He died not just as a result of the […]

I prefer being civil. Yet I really wish people would mentally divorce the idea of "civility" from the content of a person's views. A terrible, bigoted view, even when expressed in the politest language and the most amiable tones, remains a terrible, bigoted view.

Remember to update your image/video with alt text if, for whatever reason, it's in the replies, please. Lots of people won't open, read, or see all of your replies, so they might skip interacting with your post. Also, some people configure their clients to filter, hide, etc, posts with no alt […]

The national gaslighting about Charlie Kirk https://spitfirenews.com/p/the-national-gaslighting-about-charlie-kirk

Specificity matters, especially at a moment where the governing regime is waging mass politicized violence against immigrants and trans folks. Don't talk about "heightened political violence" like structural doesn't count

Never let them forget what he stood for.

On The Last Bend https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/on-the-last-bend-justin-farrimond.html Toward the end of a pleasant walk within the woods, on the last bend, the sun breaks through a light winter mist. #PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

When I first saw this bird I was absolutely taken aback - it was stunning. The shimmer of blue on its feathers, highlights of greens and purples. Just a gorgeous bird! Of course, I got laughed at after finding out that this Sparling is effectively the crow […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Elon Musk's net worth dropped by approximately $34 billion yesterday amid his feud with Donald Trump.

No, they hate the tech industry because of the way proprietary, walled-garden platforms rely on IP to suppress alternatives, and because they see greedy, stupid CEOs using AI to hollow out, enshittify, and destroy literally everything in our daily lives, in order to line their own pockets.

I see this image posted a lot by far right accounts. They’re proud of it. I haven’t looked up the article it’s from yet to read it. This is the RW framing:

Are there any resources people recommend for helping children understand death?

remember, fascists are small men who want to feel big, dorks who want to look cool, simpletons who cant handle complexity theyre losers who embrace a low effort ideology that lets them win, playing on easy mode to feel like theyve conquered something

quem diria que os royalties daquela blusinha da grifinória alimentariam diretamente um fundo monetário dedicado a financiar batalhas judiciais pra “criar precedentes legais” e “forçar mudança de política” pra prejudicar pessoas trans. quem diria, não é mesmo? não foi falta de aviso etc

This is why men’s “loneliness” is a crisis when it’s precipitated by women’s rights and independence, and women’s “loneliness” is not a crisis when it is precipitated by men’s violence. Women are not seen to be entitled to care from men that way; they have no moral claim to collect on.

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

Accès libre | Homophobie, sexisme... Pour se rappeler les vraies valeurs du Pape François, voici un florilège des propos rances qu’il a tenu au cours de son règne charliehebdo.fr/2025...

new video youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong... this thread is for you. First: prompt questions to get you started.

If you want a more detailed explanation of some of the uses of and reasons for alt text, you can read my short thread here (though there’s lots of better explanations about it elsewhere on BlueSky!) if you don’t want to forget to use it, you can turn on a setting that requires it!

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People often forget ageism goes both ways.