Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.

Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.

One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet. So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them. Let's talk about scholar's stones.

I keep some flower photos around for nights like this

This is so much better

Last weekend, before the rain started falling again, @sashabdoodle.bsky.social and her social media manager went for a walk

The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.

I loved this XKCD map and wanted to see a version for Canada and well, here we are

A joy of a sight for #ThrowbackThursday - A ghost gable 👻 - caught like a fly in amber at Wirksworth in Derbyshire

Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it. @tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Cute little calf at a creamery on Vancouver Island

Quick timeline cleanse.

Tofino, BC

Your regular reminder that University of Victoria, Canada, hosts the world’s largest Trans+ archives and they are all digital and online, and free for access worldwide. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.uvic.ca/transgendera...

It's going to be raining on Friday, Vancouver. No sunny beach day for you, but HEY guess what? It doesn't rain inside Rogers Arena (I don't think)! GO BUY YOUR TICKETS. www.wnbacanadagame.com

Folks, give @victoria.ca a follow on this platform. Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back. bsky.app/profile/vict...

Self portrait, sort of.

Victoria life.

How my feed feels some days

We get some low tides now and again

My cat thinks he should be indoor / outdoor. My cat is wrong, but I took this shot in case I need it for a MISSING poster

Gotta keep motoring onward

you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois" repost to receive his blessing

I put all the Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event so you don't have to. 🇨🇦 (I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Post pics of when your pet was little @sashabdoodle.bsky.social

that paranoid feeling when you’re not sure if the film actually advanced through the camera

From the Back Window — Alfred Stieglitz, 1915

Hey pals! Right now there’s a sale on in my Redbubble store (which I don’t push nearly enough) where FINE DESIGNS such as these are available UP TO 40% OFF! It won’t last long so get them while you can! (All shares gratefully received) #art #merch www.redbubble.com/people/docha...

So… has everyone seen the interior of the “Flying Palace” Trump wants to accept from Qatar? www.executivetraveller.com/photos-insid...

“There’s a meme here somewhere, I know it” (Happy birthday Ewa)

Walk with me through my home ballpark, let’s see a M’s game together. 🧵

B.C. pals! If you or anyone in your life is at that point of wanting to bring a cat into your world, the BC SPCA just took in a group of 83 (!) persian mixes, who will be rolling out for adoption in the coming days and weeks 🥺 spca.bc.ca/news/bc-spca...

Americans really do grossly underestimate what a difference “walking everywhere” makes when they travel like yeah the walking is the reason you lost weight while eating bread in Italy, it’s not because Italian bread is imbued with magical nonna sprinkles that give it fewer calories

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If you’ve been seeing our posts for a while and just realized there’s a whole Canada Healthwatch *website,* you’re not alone. Apparently I’ve done a terrible job letting people know it exists. So let’s fix that. 🧵 1/4

What a beautiful thread.

My dear friends & readers, I’ll be hanging out at Mayfair Mall Indigo Books Sunday April 27th from 12-3! Pick up a copy of my 2nd bestselling murder mystery, The Sinking of Souls, set in Craigdarroch Castle! Please share this post! I don’t want to be lonely! #yyj #author

Had a couple friends transition in their twenties, many years ago now. Made me uncomfortable at first, but I knew that was my problem, not theirs. I got over it and they’ve been happy and flourishing.

Do you want your convention to be accessible? Hire me. I can't afford to do this for free any more, folks. I've had to drop out of Worldcon Seattle because I can't afford to attend or even work remotely for free right now. Pay disabled people.

It's not going well for me, folks. Bleak in fact. I only have a month or two left before I run out of money. I need to find work so I can pay my mortgage and stay in my accessible safe condo. I don't have alternatives. If you want to hire an events accessibility pro, temp or perm, ping me.

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving. Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

Let Marlowe, the owl from the Comox Valley animal rescue centre MARS, cleanse your timeline with his sleepy eyes

Votewell.ca is a site that may help you decide whether you need to switch your vote to give the non-CPC side a better chance. Eg, Niagara West. Right now it looks like a vote split between the Liberals and NDP will give the CPC a much better chance. If the NDP votes switch, it's tight. #cdnpoli

First Nations offer to buy ‘iconic’ Hudson’s Bay store chain for tobacco, blanket

Science World is lit up all teal tonite, along with other major landmarks across Canada, for International #LongCovid Awareness Day I'm not crying, you're crying

Friday reminder that my new collection of nonfiction stories about the Yukon and Alaska (and a little bit of NWT and Nunavut) is available at: -Mac's Fireweed Books + Well Read Books in Whitehorse 📚 -Newly in stock at Porch Light Books in Edmonton! 🥳 -And @kingsbookstore.bsky.social, which ships! 📦