Good afternoon from #Pasadena where it’s overcast and chilly 15°C/59°F).
In a stressed mood. Tried to sleep late, with mixed results and then my husband brought up Katie Perry going to space and my mood plummeted. I know that probably sounds like so little to affect me so much but I often feel I do not understand humans.
But I did my breathing exercises. That gave me some energy and now I’m continuing the installation of the hardware cloth to the dog area so Pitou & Darren, our new 10 weeks old basset puppies, cannot escape through the existing 6” holes.
Just being outside 5 minute already is lifting my mood.
PS: #AltText was software generated. Asking for feedback about it if you have any. It’s not as detailed as I would normally write it but it’s more to the point and contains stuff I wouldn’t have written. I did not edit at all.
Okay, I'm finally coming around on this whole #GenerativeAI thing. Why did no one lead with the fact that we can use it to tell users that they are doing things wrong?
home is a right not a luxury:
This is my garden it’s just the right size to balance life, it’s an outdoor living space.
Home trees that have been moving, living with me for decades. Sit within a cycle that sits with an order, new leaves, new colour, fallen blossom, and the constant visits of nature.
Economic growth does not afford life, it affords death. A #wellbeingeconomy affords, heart, connection, meaning and life. Why not sit with life?
Ah! A few proposed this very feature but none have added it yet. I did hear some other Fediverse projects experimenting with this other than Mastodon but can't find it now, but the suggestion is at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26464 @jeremyjanzen #AltText
I've missed TONS of our spring photography-wise. It's actually been a nice break from what occasionally feels like an obligation.
Open a window.
Go outside.
Smell the fresh air.
Listen to the birds.
Be in a moment.
Just one.
Watch a chickadee flit & pause before what's next.
Oh boo hoo! Someone doesn't like the new alt text warning on Mastodon!
> This warning is extremely annoying, I wish I could get rid of it and be allowed to post images without alt text if I want to without being asked every time like every other website. I know it is not ideal for accessibility, but I'm not going to add alt text because the warning tells me too, I'm too busy already procrastinating my life in other ways.
Go cry me a fucking river.
How can we make assholes like this even more mad?
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/5644#issuecomment-2804651624
Don't trust him Dave. Dave? Listen to me...
#AltText : still from 2001:a space odyssey. Fish eye view of Dave Bowman as seen by HAL.Subtitle of HAL saying: "Well forgive me for being so inquisitive"
https://frames.social/@2001x24/statuses/01JRWJWTWPFEAYMXG92VC9YW7K
@debbenoit.bsky.social
#Accessibility is a virtue on Mastodon. There are quite a few #blind or visually impaired people who use this medium with their screen readers for precisely this reason. There are also quite a few users who neither favor nor boost posts with media without #alttext text.
What a person with a screenreader sees when opening your toot: