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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So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
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Meanwhile, DHS shows its contempt for the judiciary in a different way. In dozens, likely now thousands, of cases, DHS openly defies court orders.
Minnesota courts enter orders forbidding ICE from moving noncitizens who’ve filed habeas petitions out of Minnesota. They move them anyway.
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Minnesota courts enter orders forbidding ICE from moving noncitizens who’ve filed habeas petitions out of Minnesota. They move them anyway.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Meanwhile, DHS shows its contempt for the judiciary in a different way. In dozens, likely now thousands, of cases, DHS openly defies court orders.
Minnesota courts enter orders forbidding ICE from moving noncitizens who’ve filed habeas petitions out of Minnesota. They move them anyway.
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Minnesota courts enter orders forbidding ICE from moving noncitizens who’ve filed habeas petitions out of Minnesota. They move them anyway.
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Local immigrant defense networks were deluged with life and death cases. They put a call out for private lawyers to step in and provide pro bono help.
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
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My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
8/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Local immigrant defense networks were deluged with life and death cases. They put a call out for private lawyers to step in and provide pro bono help.
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
8/
My firm did. And since we joined the effort on January 14, it’s been some of the hardest, most exhausting, most depressing month of my life.
8/
Watching Lawrence Barretto interview Keanu Reeves for F1TV at Bahrain testing and being like "are we sure that's Keanu? He looks all... human."
Reeves is working on a documentary about the Cadillac F1 team.
Reeves is working on a documentary about the Cadillac F1 team.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Watching Lawrence Barretto interview Keanu Reeves for F1TV at Bahrain testing and being like "are we sure that's Keanu? He looks all... human."
Reeves is working on a documentary about the Cadillac F1 team.
Reeves is working on a documentary about the Cadillac F1 team.
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Personally, I dislike horny movies, but I am glad they can exist. I think dismissing this out of hand as “unserious” because sexy is not the right move.
I also think elevating it specifically because sexy is also the wrong move. There are tons of extremely valid critiques.
I also think elevating it specifically because sexy is also the wrong move. There are tons of extremely valid critiques.
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Personally, I dislike horny movies, but I am glad they can exist. I think dismissing this out of hand as “unserious” because sexy is not the right move.
I also think elevating it specifically because sexy is also the wrong move. There are tons of extremely valid critiques.
I also think elevating it specifically because sexy is also the wrong move. There are tons of extremely valid critiques.
Old-school Pandora was like magic to me.
I need someone to do music readers advisory for me. Like, I tell you a song I like and you (WITHOUT JUDGING) give me songs with similar elements. Yes I know all the music services will suggest me songs. I don’t want that, I want a PERSON who likes music.
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Old-school Pandora was like magic to me.
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Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
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NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
I do kind of enjoy how the person claimed I was making a "dishonest claim" and then misquoted me on what that claim was.
I didn't say "questioning my existence". I said "acting like our lives are up for debate".
There's a lot of science that goes into the supposed advantage of trans women competing in women's sports, if you're truly interested in learning about it.
There's a lot of science that goes into the supposed advantage of trans women competing in women's sports, if you're truly interested in learning about it.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I do kind of enjoy how the person claimed I was making a "dishonest claim" and then misquoted me on what that claim was.
TFW you don't block because you're afraid of breaking the thread for everyone else.
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
TFW you don't block because you're afraid of breaking the thread for everyone else.
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This is also why AI content filters routinely flagged Black and Disabled online communications as "rude" or "intolerant." This is also why BlueSky's default content filters are shit.
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is also why AI content filters routinely flagged Black and Disabled online communications as "rude" or "intolerant." This is also why BlueSky's default content filters are shit.
OMG I missed that Lindsey Vonn broke her leg. Damn. She's just a little older than me so based on basically just that I was hoping she could make it work even with(out) the ACL.
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
OMG I missed that Lindsey Vonn broke her leg. Damn. She's just a little older than me so based on basically just that I was hoping she could make it work even with(out) the ACL.
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As someone familiar with Discworld Death, I'm side-eyeing the Auditors but.
Look, I don't know why Death's selection list has been fucked since Prince, but we're going to need an elite heist team of religious scholars, metaphysicists, occultists and a cat burglar and we're going to go fix this shit.
James Van Der Beek, the actor best known for playing the lead in hit 90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek, has died.
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
As someone familiar with Discworld Death, I'm side-eyeing the Auditors but.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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If all goes well, the show should be running in mere minutes!
Well if this week starts a streak, our radio program will be broadcasting in a short while from 12-2am EST (10pm-midnite Mountain Time)
Love is in the air. Or something like that.
www.wuvt.vt.edu/listen-live
Love is in the air. Or something like that.
www.wuvt.vt.edu/listen-live
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
If all goes well, the show should be running in mere minutes!
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excellently playing a satire of himself - which is always fun, and he does it so well
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
excellently playing a satire of himself - which is always fun, and he does it so well
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Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
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February 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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The guy who comercialized the tracking and overlay tech for hockey helped me with a gradeschool science project
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The guy who comercialized the tracking and overlay tech for hockey helped me with a gradeschool science project
So I'm watching the men's snowboard half-pipe qualifiers and they illustrate a trick's trajectory with a line drawn on that follows the spin and then they call it "the AI-generated ribbon" and it's like...
okay so they don't call the yellow line to gain in televised football "the AI-generated LtG".
okay so they don't call the yellow line to gain in televised football "the AI-generated LtG".
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
So I'm watching the men's snowboard half-pipe qualifiers and they illustrate a trick's trajectory with a line drawn on that follows the spin and then they call it "the AI-generated ribbon" and it's like...
okay so they don't call the yellow line to gain in televised football "the AI-generated LtG".
okay so they don't call the yellow line to gain in televised football "the AI-generated LtG".
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Overlays are widgets or technologies that promise to improve a site's accessibility with third-party source code. More than 1,000 accessibility advocates and web developers have signed an open letter to explain the limitations and dangers of these products.
overlayfactsheet.com
overlayfactsheet.com
https://overlayfactsheet.com/en/
overlayfactsheet.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Overlays are widgets or technologies that promise to improve a site's accessibility with third-party source code. More than 1,000 accessibility advocates and web developers have signed an open letter to explain the limitations and dangers of these products.
overlayfactsheet.com
overlayfactsheet.com
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Why screen reader software has trouble with text in all caps:
Posts in all caps are really hard on screen reader users.
Screen readers have difficulty knowing how to interpret text in all caps. Are they supposed to read it letter-by-letter? As whole words? Is it E M U or are you shouting about an emu?
Screen readers have difficulty knowing how to interpret text in all caps. Are they supposed to read it letter-by-letter? As whole words? Is it E M U or are you shouting about an emu?
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Why screen reader software has trouble with text in all caps: