Haven't been taken up on my offer, so let's go ahead with the lesson anyway. Here's an example of effective alt text for the image in the above quoted post. And an example of when summarizing/paraphrasing an image of text is acceptable.

Guest of honor spotlight series! We start with #NWC48 Writer Guest of Honor Ursula Vernon aka T. Kingfisher. @tkingfisher.com has written over fifteen books for children, at least a dozen novels for adults, an epic webcomic called “Digger” and various short stories. More at norwescon.org.

I need people to understand how not chill these covers were. (the sticker is not always on his butt either. LOL)

...I confess to having a wee bug up my (nurse/writer's) butt about this. But people who might ever have seen the episode of SPACE ISLAND ONE that I wrote for Sky might suspect this. (I could wish there was a better transfer of this, but maybe some day one will surface...) youtu.be/eiuhJfYBjsc...

One of my favorite pics of spouse

Since I sprained my thumb on my right (primary) hand I'm trying to teach myself to crochet with my left

Still want to learn more about the art and science involved in recreating ancient perfumes? 🌹🧪 Watch a recording of “Perfume in Pylos: Recreating a Bronze Age Scent” at gty.art/3KXvLKG.

Well that's it, Absentia won for tomorrow's #HorrorWatch! What a close race! Check in tomorrow at 9pm EST while we watch Flanagan's first film!

My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds. I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are. My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.

If you tossed a bottle of Bumbu rum bottle sealed with yellow wax full of someone's ashes into the ocean you should know the king tides washed them up in Seaside, Oregon. I chose to leave them in the sand so who knows what further adventures lay ahead.

Check it out, my Tiger Jaw bloomed!

Yesterdays ocean

I really hate when I click on a list of $5 movies and there are movies that are more than $5 on it

Loved reading this (by Rama Duwaji's stylist)

New Year’s nurse shark starts the year swimming through clear blue winter water. Let’s hope 2026 brings many more clear water days in the months ahead! 💙🩺🦈💙 #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #newyearsday #clearwater #bluewater #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Propaganda you agree with is STILL propaganda. People in Canada DO go bankrupt from medical bills and illness related work loss, they just are more often tied to medication costs than hospital visits or procedure costs

I can't believe it's been ten years since these fuckwits took over Malheur Wildlife Refuge. Fucking useless pieces of shit had the audacity to make death threats as far north as my goddamn family. Okay, so three hours isn't that far, but I'm still salty about it. www.opb.org/article/2026...

I tell people that a degree, any degree in any subject, shows you can organize a large scale project (3-5yrs courses to fulfill requirements), complete a large number of tasks that are of sufficient quality to pass a course, & participate in discussions with your peers. The work is the point!

Fuck yeah

Hello, I'm an appendix.

It’s less we assume sentience is speech (see: animals) but that GenAI convincingly generates the affect of personhood (there’s a fun Japanese word for this - sonzai kan). Coupled with AI hype and a mechanical model of consciousness, we have a perfect storm.

Look I'm TRYING to stop posting adorable photos of Mamdani and Duwaji... but that seems to be impossible.

huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun

Keep trying in the coming days. They're intermittently down with the enthusiasm that people want the fuck off those broker lists. Might not work right now, but they'll be back.

Turns out the reason my thumb hurts since the dogs pulled the leash funny was because I sprained my thumb.

Sylvie, my 9yr old lab mix, is hiding in the bathroom. She really hates fireworks. I hate them on her behalf.

What I chose www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nph...

What spouse is watching tonight www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1t...

I did get an interesting compliment this year. My boss said "you're easy to redirect" and truly meant it as a good thing. Did anyone else get a good compliment this year?

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

My favorite New Year's movie is January Man. One of Alan Rickman's more hilarious roles.

This is friggin genius

Pirate the kitten (16yrs old but always our kitten) cuddled next to Sylvie with Teaho at my feet destroying something.

Here's a paper about how Acrotaphus chedelae (a parasitoid wasp) selects which spider to parasitise, and the web that the host spider constructs when the under parasitoid's influences. 🧪 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"The USPS posted a $9 billion loss" is an interesting way to phrase "The USPS cost each american $25.94 last year."

If you finish a 200 page comic in under an hour you didn’t spend long enough reading the pictures

There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different men telling me that people “hate him because he’s brilliant” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think he’s brilliant”?

Spouse & I both work today so we should really be getting out of bed & walking the dogs. But it's so cozy & warm in bed.

Feeling some kind of way about my art being sold second hand for more than I can typically get a commission for. If you enjoy my work please consider joining my Patreon. Thanks to those who bought pieces/goods from my shop or sent me something, you’re real ones. Patreon.com/thornwolf

Fun fact: covid isn't seasonal. It's always mask season.

Do you like my gashapon? #InverteFest

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗: To ensure a document or ballot is postmarked with the date of drop-off, customers can go inside a post office and request a manual (hand-stamped) postmark or a Postage Validation Imprint (PVI) at the counter, which is applied free of charge. www.northjersey.com/story/news/2....

FASCISTS: lol chomsky is in the epstein files the libs are sooo mad about their hero LIBERALS: the commies are sooo mad about their hero COMMUNISTS: the anarchists are sooo mad about their hero ANARCHISTS: we're sooo mad anyone thinks we like chomsky. sucks for the linguists though LINGUISTS: lmao

Seven Deadly sins - Greed

You need to get into silent movies just for the infinite fun of referencing the other Harrison Ford, who specialized in light rom-coms and bedroom farces and never shot a single green alien under the table without warning

with helen mirren and maggie smith sitting by providing commentary "she's not even going to offer us a bite, is she?" "my cat has better manners"

You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?

Trans people are a gift.

just read the comments