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veron4ica.com
I’m glad so many people have found my “capybara method” for how to write alt text and image descriptions helpful! However, I know conflicting access needs exist and not everyone can write their own #AltText, so here’s an ongoing thread of tools that can help. Inclusion in thread ≠ endorsement
An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Credit to Puzzle agency, original information from Veronica With Four Eyes and veroniiiica dot com
November 29, 2024 at 6:25 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
This Christmas, in the sciurine action movie of the year, Sean is ‘The Nutcracker.’ Let the roasting begin. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelSunday
Close-up of the face of a grey squirrel looking grimly past the camera, one front paw curled ready for action, the other stretched forward out of the frame.
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘Any danger of a top-up here?’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelSunday
A grey squirrel perches their front paws on an almost-empty table feeder and directs a plaintive expression towards the camera.
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘You wanna piece of me?’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelSunday
A grey squirrel stares belligerently into the camera, paws clenched.
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘Yeah, I flipped the table. Give me walnuts or you’re next.’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel stands with one front paw on an upside-down table feeder.
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
Nailing the double-walnut. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky
A grey squirrel stands at a recently-refilled picnic table feeder holding two walnut halves in their mouth.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘Help me, the feeder is empty.’ Reader, it wasn’t. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky
A grey squirrel looks beseechingly towards the camera, their front paws resting on a table feeder, most of which isn’t visible in the picture.
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘My usual table.’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky
A grey squirrel stands with their front paws planted proprietorially on a miniature wooden picnic table covered in nuts and seeds.
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘So, you see, it really makes the most sense for you to give me the walnuts two at a time.’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel with brown patches of her face and chest leans on a window sill, one paw raised as though explaining something, and looks earnestly at the camera.
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
Strike a pose! #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel stands on a window ledge, head turned dramatically towards the camera, her left front paw raised.
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
And the award for dramatic performance by a #squirrel goes to … Sean! #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
Photo taken looking out through a window. On the other side of the glass, a grey squirrel stands upright, head thrown back, teeth bared, one paw clutched to her chest.
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
A squirrel eating snow and sticking out its tongue. Slow-motion video.
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
The babies are getting fluffy. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A small rotund squirrel sits next to a table feeder munching a nut held between their paws.
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘No, I haven’t had a walnut yet.’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel holding a walnut in her mouth lunges towards the camera, her front paws on the window sill.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
Thinking profound thoughts about walnuts. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #Squirrelsky
A close-up photo taken from indoors of a grey squirrel on the other side of the window, gazing aloft.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
A ‘table half empty’ kind of #squirrel. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel rests one paw on a table feeder with some nuts and seeds on it and looks forlornly at the camera, as though to emphasise the dwindling contents.
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
Sean practising her pose in case we decide to put #squirrels on our money. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel poses upright in profile facing to the right.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
Hazelnut snack while waiting for me to serve the walnut. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel sits outside a window munching a hazelnut held in her paws.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
The weekend always comes around quickly, so that means it's got to be #SquirrelSaturday.
So here's a set of Grey Squirrels who wouldn't pose correctly as they said i was paying them #PeaNuts 😂, i denied it so this is all they would give me.

#mammals #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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emergencybod.medsky.social
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.

Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘I never joke about walnuts.’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
Sean, a grey squirrel glares in through the window, one front paw resting emphatically on the frame.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
So, baby #squirrels are cute. #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A small grey squirrel perches on top of a table feeder holding a peanut between their paws.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
becausesquirrels.bsky.social
‘Behold the nut of glory!’ #sqrlpix #SquirrelsOfBluesky #Squirrelsky #SquirrelScrolling
A grey squirrel stretches triumphantly holding in their mouth a nut they’ve taken from a table feeder.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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zebedeesmom.bsky.social
A lovely and generous thread. We are (or can be) better than we are told we are.
dimireider.bsky.social Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social · Nov 12
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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bingley567.bsky.social
Happy Friday, bluesky.
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM