Eb
@ebthen.bsky.social
That Eb.
Accessibility. Autistic. ADHD. ND. (More). Disabled. Disability Justice. A-spec. Filipino-USian. They/Them.
Esme and Bella live here.
Justice before civility.
Actually didn't say that thing you probably heard I said.
https://linktr.ee/ebthen
Accessibility. Autistic. ADHD. ND. (More). Disabled. Disability Justice. A-spec. Filipino-USian. They/Them.
Esme and Bella live here.
Justice before civility.
Actually didn't say that thing you probably heard I said.
https://linktr.ee/ebthen
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@ebthen.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Alt text prompt Qs:
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
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Because the alt attribute doesn't work on videos, Bluesky will pass the text you input to a figcaption element being used in a way contrary to both HTML standards and accessibility best practices.
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Because the alt attribute doesn't work on videos, Bluesky will pass the text you input to a figcaption element being used in a way contrary to both HTML standards and accessibility best practices.
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On the other hand, if you upload your own animated GIF, Bluesky will convert it to a video file. I don't know why (possibly something about compression techniques?), but it will.
In that situation, Bluesky will still tell you that you can add "alt text", but it's not actually going to be alt text.
In that situation, Bluesky will still tell you that you can add "alt text", but it's not actually going to be alt text.
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
On the other hand, if you upload your own animated GIF, Bluesky will convert it to a video file. I don't know why (possibly something about compression techniques?), but it will.
In that situation, Bluesky will still tell you that you can add "alt text", but it's not actually going to be alt text.
In that situation, Bluesky will still tell you that you can add "alt text", but it's not actually going to be alt text.
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Many people don't know that video files cannot support the alt attribute and cannot have alt text. There are other tools for making videos accessible.
The way Bluesky's dev team has done things falsely indicates otherwise and confuses a lot of people, but if you look at the code, it's obvious.
The way Bluesky's dev team has done things falsely indicates otherwise and confuses a lot of people, but if you look at the code, it's obvious.
Someone once got extremely angry at being told that alt text for videos isn't a thing and was like "it seems like the argument is just that traditionally it hasn't been" and I was like "no, actual alt attribute will not work except on a few specific tags and video isn't one of them."
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Many people don't know that video files cannot support the alt attribute and cannot have alt text. There are other tools for making videos accessible.
The way Bluesky's dev team has done things falsely indicates otherwise and confuses a lot of people, but if you look at the code, it's obvious.
The way Bluesky's dev team has done things falsely indicates otherwise and confuses a lot of people, but if you look at the code, it's obvious.
Being a commercial developer is several huge leaps away from being "a builder".
President Trump was a builder before he took office, but he has continued it as a hobby in the White House. n.pr/4b7NPwa
A 'very aesthetic person,' President Trump says being a builder is his second job
President Trump was a builder before he took office, but he has continued it as a hobby in the White House.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Being a commercial developer is several huge leaps away from being "a builder".
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If you're a large account people follow for Disability-related information and you find it difficult to implement appropriate digital accessibility tools on your content, it is your responsibility to reach out and ask for assistance getting that done.
Again, you're an example of how to do this.
Again, you're an example of how to do this.
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you're a large account people follow for Disability-related information and you find it difficult to implement appropriate digital accessibility tools on your content, it is your responsibility to reach out and ask for assistance getting that done.
Again, you're an example of how to do this.
Again, you're an example of how to do this.
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If you're a large account people follow for Disability-related information, you have a responsibility to demonstrate proper digital accessibility to the extent possible. This means using alt text correctly (not popularly—correctly) and including video descriptions at minimum and ideally transcripts.
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you're a large account people follow for Disability-related information, you have a responsibility to demonstrate proper digital accessibility to the extent possible. This means using alt text correctly (not popularly—correctly) and including video descriptions at minimum and ideally transcripts.
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The assertion that people can't/shouldn't ask for others around them to help make the world to be a better place unless making the world a better place is a behavior forcibly imposed on them is a really weird position to take.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The assertion that people can't/shouldn't ask for others around them to help make the world to be a better place unless making the world a better place is a behavior forcibly imposed on them is a really weird position to take.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
It's okay to be prosocial and constructive and not always adversarial.
Today I finally emailed the trainer our vet recommended for Bella. So that's good.
I explained the situation.
I explained the situation.
December 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Today I finally emailed the trainer our vet recommended for Bella. So that's good.
I explained the situation.
I explained the situation.
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Can anyone help me? 🥺🙏🏿
$200 IS STILL NEEDED IN THE NEXT HOUR TO PAY THIS BILL ON TIME. PLEASE DONATE IF YOU’RE ABLE!
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December 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Can anyone help me? 🥺🙏🏿
I was thinking about people from the dominant groups being like "cis is a slur" and whatever and I think in the end they just don't like that people in a group they think of as lesser—and don't belong to—have a term for them that they don't have control over.
December 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I was thinking about people from the dominant groups being like "cis is a slur" and whatever and I think in the end they just don't like that people in a group they think of as lesser—and don't belong to—have a term for them that they don't have control over.
I am prepared to go to bed now but these dogs are somehow making themselves extra heavy on my lap.
December 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I am prepared to go to bed now but these dogs are somehow making themselves extra heavy on my lap.
Rudy Yakym "make sure our veterans get what they deserve. Thank them."
With a story about an amputee vet right before that.
Because what vets need is "thanks" and not, you know, healthcare and housing and shit.
With a story about an amputee vet right before that.
Because what vets need is "thanks" and not, you know, healthcare and housing and shit.
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Rudy Yakym "make sure our veterans get what they deserve. Thank them."
With a story about an amputee vet right before that.
Because what vets need is "thanks" and not, you know, healthcare and housing and shit.
With a story about an amputee vet right before that.
Because what vets need is "thanks" and not, you know, healthcare and housing and shit.
The idea that this is an Autistic thing. I mean I haven't read the paper because it's behind a paywall but.
HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/
Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it - PubMed
Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestio …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The idea that this is an Autistic thing. I mean I haven't read the paper because it's behind a paywall but.
I just ate some leftover ham and Bella is now very meticulously cleaning my face. And my arms. And my neck.
December 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I just ate some leftover ham and Bella is now very meticulously cleaning my face. And my arms. And my neck.
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Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.*
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.*
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
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AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT:
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT:
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
Esme dragged her Snuggle Puppy (same size as she is) up the ramp onto the sofa and then pushed it back down.
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Esme dragged her Snuggle Puppy (same size as she is) up the ramp onto the sofa and then pushed it back down.
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If you're a large account people follow for Disability-related information, you have a responsibility to demonstrate proper digital accessibility to the extent possible. This means using alt text correctly (not popularly—correctly) and including video descriptions at minimum and ideally transcripts.
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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AND WEAR A FUCKING MASK
I really, really hope everyone posting about having a cold or the flu feels better soon, but I really, really, REALLY hope you're all testing for Covid. Even if it wouldn't change how you treat yourself, it could make a difference in how dangerous you are to others. Please test & isolate if needed!
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
AND WEAR A FUCKING MASK
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I really, really hope everyone posting about having a cold or the flu feels better soon, but I really, really, REALLY hope you're all testing for Covid. Even if it wouldn't change how you treat yourself, it could make a difference in how dangerous you are to others. Please test & isolate if needed!
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I really, really hope everyone posting about having a cold or the flu feels better soon, but I really, really, REALLY hope you're all testing for Covid. Even if it wouldn't change how you treat yourself, it could make a difference in how dangerous you are to others. Please test & isolate if needed!
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Please. I NEED to see a doctor. Medicaid transportation doesn't accommodate walk in clinic visits. An Uber/Lyft/Taxi is over $75 round trip. I need $50 to have my neighbor take me. Paypal.me/starbroken
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December 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Please. I NEED to see a doctor. Medicaid transportation doesn't accommodate walk in clinic visits. An Uber/Lyft/Taxi is over $75 round trip. I need $50 to have my neighbor take me. Paypal.me/starbroken
Obviously the appropriate thing to do here—if you are going to ban locals from renting hotel rooms, which... no—is not to leave exceptions up to individual managers but to have a clear and public exceptions policy for emergencies so everyone is on the same page and has a document to point to.
Based on the article, it sounds like if you approach the hotel itself directly and explain that you need a room because of an emergency, they might waive their no-locals policy.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Obviously the appropriate thing to do here—if you are going to ban locals from renting hotel rooms, which... no—is not to leave exceptions up to individual managers but to have a clear and public exceptions policy for emergencies so everyone is on the same page and has a document to point to.
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If you're a large Disability-related account, I am available to provide resources for how to do these things and help you figure out a long-term strategy for integrating digital accessibility into your content creation workflow if needed.
I won't do it for you, but I can help you think it through.
I won't do it for you, but I can help you think it through.
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you're a large Disability-related account, I am available to provide resources for how to do these things and help you figure out a long-term strategy for integrating digital accessibility into your content creation workflow if needed.
I won't do it for you, but I can help you think it through.
I won't do it for you, but I can help you think it through.
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Based on the article, it sounds like if you approach the hotel itself directly and explain that you need a room because of an emergency, they might waive their no-locals policy.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
December 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Based on the article, it sounds like if you approach the hotel itself directly and explain that you need a room because of an emergency, they might waive their no-locals policy.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
Which is not the best solution and I'm very familiar with "ask if you need an exception" policies being trash. But.
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An abled person can go around. A disabled person is completely stuck. This shit is so fucking vile.
December 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
An abled person can go around. A disabled person is completely stuck. This shit is so fucking vile.