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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

“EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request. Lithuania/Canada were also pressured to withdraw…days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website.” So the US used disinformation to undermine a disinformation conference telling the truth about US disinformation.

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Luke Turner @luketurner.com · 19/08/2026

Byline Times here details Nathan Cofnas's racist network, backed by crypto-billionaire Ben Delo. More scrutiny is needed of how Delo covertly funded the neo-Nazis in my case to the tune of £350,000 (enabling Nina Power to unlawfully dissipate her assets). bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How affordable is life in your community? 📈 Urban’s American Affordability Tracker combines the latest data on earnings, household costs, and financial strain, alongside policy recommendations for leaders at all levels. #Affordability #Data #Policy

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The American Affordability Tracker

Timely data on Americans’ finances and the cost of basic needs by state and congressional district.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 07/10/2026

Exclusive: How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51 ByTim Appenzeller www.science.org/content/arti... #womeninstem

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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)

A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 08/10/2026

The new silent majority Republican politicians have had several chances to stop Trump. Their failure to act has helped bring American democracy to a dangerous point By J 'Masharubu' Strauss

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The new silent majority

Republican politicians have had several chances to stop Trump. Their failure to act has helped bring American democracy to a dangerous point

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you for the alt-text, it's appreciated

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 09/06/2025

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

A statement from Kamala D. Harris:

Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city. Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.

This Administration’s actions are not about public safety —they’re about stoking fear. Fear of a community demanding dignity and due process.

Protest is a powerful tool — essential in the fight for justice. And as the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor have noted, demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful.

I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.

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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reform UK's funding has made headlines this year. But its ties to the UAE have largely flown under the radar. Our new report maps how an oil-rich Gulf state with no elections has built links to Farage et al, and into the wider UK far right, including Tommy Robinson. fairsq.org/petropopulis...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You have been selected for a random Monday inspection. Please remain calm. 📷️ @carlbovisnature.bsky.social

A male Blackbird stands facing the camera on a grassy lawn, fixing the viewer with a steady, serious stare that makes it look as though it's waiting for an explanation.

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you for using image description and it's great when the context for graphs is given. Here's a follow. #alt-text

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A lot of little nuggets in this story. One of the most disturbing: over 13 months, from January 2025 through January 2026, CBP sent the DNA of 492 children under 14 to the FBI's criminal database—despite rules instructing officers not to collect DNA from children that young.

Bar chart showing that over 13 months, from January 2025 through January 2026, US Customs and Border Protection sent the DNA of 492 children under 14 to the FBI's criminal database

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I name it later (probably writing) @inameitlater.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

If you add #alt4me to your post volunteers will alt-text as a reply.

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Alt text works with content filters so I don't have to see screenshots of things I've blocked and muted

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alex @dremenec.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

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!

An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

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Alice Roberts sounds fine @ismat.at · 02/11/2024

This is why this setting is also super useful:

Screenshot of Bluesky’s Acessibility Settings. The option “Require alt text before posting” is set to active. This ensures the writer gets a prompt to add alt text for each posted image.

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hello Sophia, haha I get what you mean, yes. You can use the little flag (to 'flag' the issue) and then it will put up options you can select, I think there is an option you can select to write what is wrong

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We at Skype a Scientist are deeply troubled by the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences. We urge you to contact Drexel University Leadership and Academy interim leader Trish Wellenbach to urge them to reopen the museum. President Merlo president@Drexel.edu Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu

a block of text with a statement that reads We at Skype a Scientist are deeply alarmed by the decision of Drexel University leadership and the Academy of Natural Sciences Board to close the Academy’s public museum.

Skype a Scientist is based in Philadelphia with deep roots in our city. Making science accessible, in particular for Philly’s children, is a top priority for our organization. We operate in community centers, at street festivals, and at the intersection of science and art. For the last 10 years, we have worked to engage a broader coalition of Philly residents to care for our local biodiversity.

Our program does not exist in a vacuum. The work that we do, alongside environmental education centers, our museums, classroom teachers, and more, create an ecosystem of connections with science. The loss of any part of this fragile ecosystem is detrimental. The Academy of Natural Sciences grounds biodiversity education in Philadelphia. With grand fossil halls, historical connections, and engaging exhibits, it is a place where many Philadelphians develop a love of science. Loss of access to this space cannot be tolerated.

We are living through an erosion of public education, particularly in the life sciences. Philadelphia cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum.

We call on the leaders of Drexel University and the Academy board to reverse their decision to close the Academy’s public museum. The children of Philadelphia and future generations of Philly-made scientists are counting on you.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

This is a site full of 30 or 40 year olds. Alt text is not only important for accessibility reasons, it is the only way some of us will know who these people in your red carpet photos are!

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🌱 #flowersonFriday It has been worth the wait for Dahlias to flower. This one is in Wisley’s Exotic Garden. So good to see the raindrops on the petals too. I’m heading off to buy some more bulbs.

A bright yellow Dahlia with narrow petals.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I also invoked @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social in response to the latest AI hysteria.

I must plug, once more, The Al Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. I kept thinking about the book this week as more and more tech moguls and futurists or whatever are getting a new round of attention for saying that Al could very likely turn against us and destroy the world. Bender and Hanna advise us to ignore the hype over Al as some future weapon of mass destruction and to look at how it's already ruining the world: spiritually and intellectually and environmentally.
They urge us to stop thinking about Al as an inevitability, as so many institutions and organizations are doing (I see you, Publishers Weekly). Just as people are mobilizing across the country to protest the building of data centers, we can still come together and show the technofascists who currently run the world that we're not buying what they're selling. And that's what they're doing even now: selling.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🔴 Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Just back from an amazing and memorable trip to Norway on a cruise ship from Southampton. Very arduous climb to get to the Pulpit Rock but worth it for the view.

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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

folks you're not gonna believe this but someone started registering trumpy and ai-related .si domains back before the announcement .si is slovenia, home of melania and barron has a slovenian passport x.com/adamscochran...

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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) on X

1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si do...

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TBT to this from 2012 in honour of Michael Gove starring as an invasion-battling leader in Sky's new show The Wargame. If you don't know what or who this comic is about... just count yourself lucky and scroll on, no worries.

[Opening scene is WESTMINSTER, LONDON. Over Downing Street a huge ALIEN SPACECRAFT hovers, silent, still, filling the whole sky a la Independence Day].

[Cut to INSIDE 10 DOWNING STREET. The (then) prime Minister DAVID CAMERON is looking out of his office window at the ship.]

VOICE FROM OFF-SCENE, BEHIND CAMERON:
Prime Minister…

CAMERON [addressing the person behind him, still keeping his eyes fixed ahead in dread at the spaceship]:
Yes?

[We see the speaker is MICHAEL GOVE, then Education Secretary]:

GOVE:
Let me do it.

CAMERON:
For God's sake, Michael, you're the Education Secretary! You've never flown a fighter plane in your life!

GOVE:
But I know I could do it, David. I could fly a fighter plane into the big space- ship...

...and shoot all the aliens.

CAMERON:
But you have no military training!

GOVE:
David

I haven't told you this, but...

I used to be a journalist. For The Times.

[Cameron reacts, turning to look at Gove with awe and respect, as if only now truly seeing him for the first time].

GOVE:
I wrote two articles about planes, David.

I've got strong opinions about aliens.

I know I can do this job.

[Cut to a title card panel]:

AND SO:

[Then cut again to Cameron on the roof of Number 10, watching a Michael Gove pilot a fighter jet up towards the spacecraft, and then completely miss it, careering towards Earth, as Cameron buries his face in his hands].

[Ends]

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"George Osborne has said he thought no one would find out about a private viewing of the Bayeux tapestry he organised for the tech billionaire Peter Thiel at the British Museum" Today's least surprising news

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George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’

British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just needs alt-text:

How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*

sexual violence centre cork

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My stickers have arrived! 😀 Thanks @aplante.com

A small pile of hand drawn stickers that say “No AI Anytime”. They look like someone graffitied a No Parking sign.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026

Nice piece here packed with information about the tech-fossil-CCS nexus that has become more clear in the past year www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/09/25/d...

$Two Industries, Two Problems, One Big Carbon Capture Scam AI data centers are incredibly energy-hungry; by 2028, they may command as much electricity as 55 million households. Already, 40% of data center energy comes from dirty gas. The AI boom is already driving the construction of new gas-fired power plants and keeping old power plants on life support. This is creating a real credibility issue for the tech industry’s unenforceable climate and environmental pledges. The fossil fuel industry has a different problem. They need new customers to justify massive new pipelines, new power plants, and fracking. CCS is the bridge between these two destructive industries. It’s providing Big Tech a new fig leaf and the fossil fuel industry a massive new customer base.$

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what happens after a decade of the BBC platforming 'legitimate concerns' of the far right like Reform and Restore, and politicians like Starmer and Mahmood spouting xenophobic rubbish. Shame on them. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney at the European Union 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 Small excerpt from his speech

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

FYI for the people who need alt text, I keep a list of "Alt Text Superstars" -- accounts I've noticed that you can rely on to supply alt text.

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have similar lists, thank you very much, I've followed a lot from your Alt text Superstars.

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

From Barry Blitt published in the New Yorker.

It’s a political drawing by Barry Blitt in the New Yorker. Trump is slumped over with his hands in his lap. Bari Weiss is standing over him looking at him the way one does a child being consoled. She is holding a diet coke can with a straw in it for Trump to sip from. He looks like a consternated child.
Trump says…”Then she interrupted me, like six times. And said I was lying.”
Bari Responds…”We would never do that to you at CBS”
Trump adds “plus it’s raining…”
Bari reassures him…”Drink your juice”
Referring to the Diet Coke.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/09/2026

“You come away from a traumatic scene and you discuss it. You cry together. Of course, that’s not for broadcasts” A Q&A with Lyse Doucet by Ursula Kenny www.thenerve.news/p/lyse-douce...

The Nerve Q&A: Lyse Doucet, pictured in a red top overlooking some greenery and mountains: ‘The fear of not being a journalist was bigger than the fear of what was around me’

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16/09/2026

Mega-donors, Nigel’s £5m gift, the Channel 4 sting... Farage’s faithful couldn’t care less about his scandals. By @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...

John Sweeney: Dressed in Crusader chainmail and Reform footy kits, Farage’s faithful couldn’t care less about his scandals. Photograph: a Reform member dressed as ‘King Richard’, with chainmail, a crown and a red cape, holding a disposable coffee cup

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wish some of these wonderful people used image descriptions.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026

Membership also includes booking access to our regular events around the country www.thenerve.news/members Thanks for reading. (@tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social are you listening? 🤔) We’ll leave you with a graphic by our brilliant creative director Lynsey Irvine which neatly sums up the above! ///

Graphic showing Peter Thiel’s head with wiggly arrows coming off it pointing to heads of people in his hubs of influence including Silicon Valley (Alex Karp, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elon Musk), Washington DC (JD Vance, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon), and the UK (Louise Mosley, Nigel Farage, James Orr, Peter Mandelson)

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 18/09/2026

NEW: @amnesty.org says Ahmed Soliman & another man, Samson Birhane, had bags put on their heads, were beaten when arrested in Equatorial Guinea. They demand their immediate release. Both lived in the US since they were kids, ICE expelled them unlawfully. TAKE ACTION: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

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Equatorial Guinea: Risk of torture for unlawfully detained men: Ahmed Soliman and Samson Birhane - Amnesty International

On 11 September, the Equatorial Guinea authorities unlawfully arrested Ahmed Soliman and Samson Birhane, accusing them of “breaking a mirror” at a hotel in Malabo, where the two had been arbitrarily h...

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Carrie @carriesdickson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

An image can be read if you put an image description (There is an accessibility setting you can set to remind you to put alt-text on all your image posts so everyone can 'see' them.) If a post can't be 'seen', sorry I hope you understand, but there is no reason to repost/like/follow. #alt-text

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Anthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If your image lacks alt text, I don't repost it, no matter how good, trenchant, or funny it is.

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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Just a reminder that if you don't use ALT text in a pic I am very likely not going to repost it, no matter how cool/fun/amazing it is. Please use it; it helps people who are sight impaired, or who maybe don't know what celeb or movie you're talking about, or whatever. It just helps.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Just describe the image the way you would to somebody over the phone. There's a toggle that will remind you so you don't have to remember! It's under Settings -> Accessibility. Lots of people (including me) won't repost if there's no Alt text and some people will block for no alt text use.

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